Page 129 of Caught in the Crossfire
Willow: So then what’s the problem?
Leona: Is that…weird?
Leona: I wanted to submit. I wanted him to punish me and make me forget about everything else. I knew I was being a brat, but that almost egged me on more. Maybe I did know that I’d done something wrong…
Fallon: Not weird at all
Willow: No, that’s not weird. It can be really freeing to give it up to someone else, especially if you feel really tangled up inside
Zoya: Have you felt like that often? Tangled up inside?
Zoya: Since everything happened?
I paused, trying to decide what to tell them. The truth was that the box inside my chest rattled constantly. It always threatened to break loose and devour me from the inside out. The only way I could control it was to bury it, jump on it, and pretend that it didn’t exist. Last night with Obi, I hadn’t had to do that. With him in charge, it just wasn’t there.
I didn’t want to talk about what had happened, but Zoya also didn’t necessarily ask.
Leona: Yeah
Willow: You’re dealing with a lot
Fallon: Whenever you feel like that again, you should go to him. Sounds like he liked it too and wants to do that for you
Leona: Yeah
Leona: Okay
Leona: Thanks, everyone
Fallon: We can talk about sex and spanking any time
Zoya: Educate me
Fallon: Well, when two (or more) people love each other very much…
Willow: Please stop
Fallon: Willow, why don’t you ask Colin what he knows about this. I’m sure he’d have a lot to say on the subject
Willow: For the love of God
Zoya: Colin was here yesterday
Fallon: He’s there every single day. He’ll be there today, tomorrow, and the day after too
Willow: I’m leaving
Willow: I have to go to work
Leona: Willow and Colin sitting in a tree…
Fallon: K-I-S-S…
Willow: Stop blowing up my phone, it’s annoying
Willow: Bye
I couldn’t stop giggling while Fallon and Zoya continued to tease Willow, and I almost died laughing when, not ten minutes later, Zoya texted the group chat a picture of Colin at Willow’s house.
