“I see.”
“Casey, before her, lasted nearly a year. She was much like you, genuinely submissive. I think she might have actually enjoyed what you and I share, but she was scared, too scared. She said I frightened her. I had two others before her that I blew out rather quickly. Apparently, I’m not easy to work with.”
“Maybe I should keep my resume up-to-date.”
“Don’t worry about the others. We’ll make this work.”
“Well, since I don’t have any other options at the moment, I’ll just have to trust you about that.”
I didn’t see Patrick for the next several hours. He was lost in his work and I dove into mine, trying, at least in my own mind, to separate my job from the wildly savage feelings that I had toward my boss. With his brief description of his other assistants, a picture of him forme
