“How do you feel about me?”
“I’m in love with you. Can’t you tell?”
“You never said it.”
“I’m saying it now.”
She paused to take this in, then said, “Do you want to spank me?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“Why, do you want me to?”
“Of course not. But if that’s what you like to do with girls, I mean with women ...”
“Ah, you see that’s the point. I do like to spank girls, I don’t mean little girls, children, I mean a certain type of woman. Not like you.”
“What kind of women are you talking about?”
“Submissive women. Women who like to be dominated, women who like to be hurt so they’ll feel dominated, even humiliated.”
“And that interests you?”
“Yes. I’m sorry if you think less of me because of it.”
They were silent for a long time. Finally Roth broke the silence. “Val, how would you like to
