Susan's Pride

Anna ended up exercising indoors with Roy since her legs were killing her. Her goal was just to make sure that she didn't lose track of her daily exercise goal. 

When she was done, she freshened up and went to the dining room to have a big breakfast. "I can finally see how hard you are working."

"How much are you going to pay me to continue working hard?" she asked without moving her gaze from her cereal plate.

"If you add submission to it, $100K a month wouldn't be such a bad deal," he replied.

Anna heard that and nodded. But after a while, she remembered something and said, "There is something you have never told me, and a question I have never dared to ask."

"What could that be?" Roy seemed curious. Was there ever something important that he kept away from her?

"Your birth mother." As soon as Anna said that, she noticed his breathing stop and his spoon hand in mid-air. "You have never told me about her."