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her bonds. Tossing her coat to her, he coldly ordered her to leave, turned his back on her and walked away. She covered her bruised, naked body with the trench coat, and walked out the door, still crying pitifully.As she drove home, many thoughts ran through her mind. At first all she felt was pain, both physical and psychological. In a short while, these sensations were joined by a sense of outrage directed at Tony for what he had done to her. By the time she arrived at her door, however, the thought had started to creep into her mind that if she hadn't disappointed Tony in the first place, he wouldn't have had to punish her. She felt certain that there was something wrong with this line of thinking, but she couldn't quite determine what it was. All she was certain of, was that she was hurt and confused.
When Claire entered her condo, her husband, Bill, was preoccupied watching a game on television. She greeted him with a kiss on the cheek and went directly to the bathroom. There she showered, changed into a long nightgown to cover her many bruises, and then went straight to bed.
Meanwhile, Tony was sitting in his own living room. He too had the television turned on, but was not really watching it. He felt ill at ease. Something was bothering him, but he wasn't sure what it was. After the evening's events, he thought he should feel content and powerful, but he did not. Although he had enjoyed himself immensely while they were going on, that feeling was now gone. He too was confused, and depressed as well.
He decided that a good, stiff drink would straighten him out, so he had one, and then another. They didn't help.
Tony turned off the T.V. and went to sit out on the deck at the rear of his home. Sometimes just sitting there, looking up at the stars helped to clarify his thoughts when he was wrestling with a problem he couldn't solve. As he sat there sipping another drink, he reviewed what had occurred that evening in his mind, searching for a clue as to what was bothering him. He went over the events in detail, one at a time, looking for something he had overlooked, but to no avail. Finally, he just decided to sit there and clear his head. Maybe it would come to him if he did that.
Several hours passed with Tony just sitting there. He was tired, but had no desire to sleep. Then, as the first, feeble streaks of sunlight began to chase away the stars, it hit him. It wasn't a detail that was bothering him. It was the whole damn thing!
He was faced with the reality that this thing he had about dominating Claire had taken on a life of his own. When he had started it, he had simply been searching for a way to ensure that their sexual relationship and their emotional involvement would continue. Now it had become the be all and end all of their entire relationship.
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