After a while she heard him sigh, a long exhalation of breath. Then: “All right, child. As you wish.”
He helped her to her feet and took her by the hand, but even so it suddenly seemed as if she no longer had a body. In the darkness created by the mask it seemed as if she had been reduced to her essence, floating there, the touch of his hand in hers a sensation as distant as the moon, the feel of her bare feet on the braided rug and then the concrete floor as he led her toward the workroom something totally unrelated to her. Indian sex “Do you like my new undies?”
She lowered the dress again. Then she began undoing the buttons that ran down the front. When they were all undone she held the dress open with both hands and looked at her reflection. Was this how Jane had done it, letting him see…everything?
Chrissy looked at herself—the red sandals, the long white legs, too-tight bra and
