Chapter199

Backintheroom,seeingmythingsbackinplace,CecilandBlakeweredeadlockedassoonastheysawme,andbothsmiled,lookingembarrassedandhappy.Irespondednothing,butcameinmotionless,stoppedinthemiddleoftheroom,pointedwithmyfinger,andsetthemonthebed,andbothdid,butbothstaredatmewell,waitingformetospeak.

"Ifyou'regoingtobewithme,youhavetobeinmycondition,remember?"

Afterawhile,IfinallyhuggedCecilandnoddedtoBlake.

"Letmetellyoutheconditionsofcohabitation."

Theyalmostreachedoutandinvitedmetospeak.Ithoughtforafewseconds,andthenIstarted.

"Firstofall...youcan'ttouchmeagain,evenifIagree,notlikethatnight."

CecilandBlackfinishedtalking,andtheirfaceslookedasiftheworldhadcollapsed,andtheirexpressionsandvoiceshaddisappeared.

"Oh,that'sapity."

"Thisisnotforced,youwill,itshouldbenatural."

"No,wecan'tbetogether."

Ithoughtitwasjustaquietvoice,andthenmyeyesturnedtocomplain.Ioverlookedthesecondcondition.

"Numbertwo...nomoreviolenceunderanycircumstances."