I twitched nervously, shooing off another tickling fly. “I’m sure you’ll be wiggling soon enough so the flies won’t be a bother,” J.T. said. “It’s my plan to use these until they wear out.” I know my heart leapt out in front of me hearing his plans. But I didn’t reply, nervously staring into his face seeing an expression I didn’t expect. Strangely compassionate, his mood stunned me. “It might surprise you to know that I don’t relish this. Discipline is a fact of nature for some women—and for you, Susana, it is very important in your education, because of your own fantasy, and how you define yourself so submissively. Not to take you to this end would insult the woman that you are, and deprive you of a need that reverberates through you like the sun and wind through these trees.” H