A. Violet End

Tristan looked at me with pleading eyes, as though he could forget for one moment how I was programmed to respond to him__ow even now upon hearing his confession, I wanted nothing more than to suck his beautiful cock to fulfillment, to straddle him right here on the edge of this roof, to let him fuck every orifice he__ created on my body. I fought back the feelings of lust, wondering if I__ ever truly be myself again, if I__ ever be free of the programming.

It was better with the subs than it was with the gold diggers or the hookers. These were real people, with real lives, real jobs, real hearts. It meant something when they submitted to my demands. It meant trust, and trust meant love. I got that--I mean, I understood that. And, oh, Lisa, how I needed that__ut I didn__ know how to deal. I was too broken.

I'd always thought that in another world, in another time, if he hadn't been so crazy abusive, Tristan and I could have been a beautiful thing. Our connection could have been the work of art that every other relationship fell short against. I could feel it now in the way he held my hand. I could feel it in the way my heart stirred when I heard his voice.

I suppose if you take one part asshole and mix one part drugs, then stir in too much money for a man__ own good, this is the kind of crazy gravy you end up with.

I__e got something for you,_ he crooned, reaching down and putting my wedding band back on my finger. The huge diamond ring sparkled in a spotlight against the familiar darkness__he darkness of the bedroom where Tristan had perpetrated so many drug-induced sex acts against me. __ou forgot your finest jewelry at home. Never leave home without it.

Tristan stepped away from me. __o, Robbie, listen. If there were any other way to turn off her programming, I would tell you. Lisa wants to know what she really feels, free of the programming, and I think we should help her. The pills will still keep her a bit compliant until we get her weaned off of them, but at least we can turn off her compulsion to please me sexually. Then she can really choose who she loves.

You think all I can do is frog legs? I got Legs on my mind, alright, but yours. I__l do whatever it takes the save the ass on top of __m and everything else, you hear me?

Well, fella, as much as I__ like to stick something up your ass, it ain__ gonna be my finger or anything else on my body__orry to disappoint.

Between the inner and outer beaches, a strand of woods thrived: palms, palmettos, mahogany, figs, and calabash. Coconut palms and fig trees dropped enough fruit to feed the wildlife that swooped by in droves. It was so easy to catch a fish with your bare hands, Tristan and I had made a game of it during our weeks of lovemaking on the warm, supple sand. It truly was paradise.

I gotta hand it to ya, Tristan. You may be a world-class fuckup with what you done to Lisa, but you got taste, man. You got good taste.

Just know that I always have, and always will really love you, Lisa. Baby or no baby. Past or no past. I loved you then and I love you now.