Soon after my marriage broke up <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I lost my job and my apartment <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life was very harsh but I did not fade <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And very soon I secured another position <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But my problems were just starting <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As one of the senior managers <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Took an instant dislike to me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suspected that she knew <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What a transparent life she was leading <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that I could see through her gauze <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was eager to tell her what I thought of her <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that would have been like a dog biting itself <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet at times I would catch her looking at me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her deep emerald eyes were beginning to betray <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We often went to repetitive meetings together <\/p>\n\n\n\n
South east north west we were always on the road <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A politeness was beginning to surface between us <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was nothing spectacular but it was definitely there<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I soon sensed that she liked to be dominated <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As at some time in her life she had been badly hurt <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whether in a relationship or something far worse <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This matured when we were trapped by snow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And were unable to travel in any direction <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had never heard of Lynne but it obviously existed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we found a restaurant and a hotel there <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hotel was filling up due to the weather<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We booked separate rooms on the first floor <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deep down I knew what was going to happen <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although her theatre surprised me a great deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The animosity between us was beginning to thaw <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was just Carrie and Grahame lost in the snow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet our dynamics were far from gentle <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She treated our lovemaking as a punishment <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And asked me to slap and hurt her drawing blood <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was almost as if she wanted to be attacked <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was her idea of what was pleasurable and normal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following morning over breakfast she revealed her past <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which I will not share as it will not be of interest to any decent soul <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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