Free Aqua Domination by William Doughty Page A

working hard at college she felt sure, and now that it was the summer break they were doubtless doing a sincere job on their projects. Carol wanted to work in forestry, while Faye was fascinated by geology. Both of them were all friendliness, sincerity and gentle warmth. What problems, thought Mary, they would face in later life! It was safer to understand evil from the inside rather than being good. She would be doing them a favour, toughening them up, if she could somehow bring them to understand even a little of her and David’s peculiar evil.
    ‘I’m sure you’re right, Mary,’ said Faye. ‘Our parents are old-fashioned. Especially mine. Why tell them anything? Anyway, Carol and I have both been with men and it wasn’t so bad. Maybe we’re just going through a phase.’
    ‘It’s always good to experiment,’ said Mary, without spelling out David’s kind of experiments. Even if she had wanted to, it was not so easy to explain the allure of SM in the bathroom. Wet domination. It was such a speciality.
    ‘Human sexuality is a mess,’ said Faye.
    ‘Don’t worry about it,’ Mary advised cheerfully. ‘It doesn’t matter what you do. If you’re straight you’ll have problems, if you’re lesbian you’ll have problems, and if you’re celibate you’ll have problems. So, obviously, the only thing to do is learn how to ignore the damn problems.’
    It was nearly ten when Mary got back to David’s house, but he was still asleep. Mary set about tidying up and cleaning the kitchen as quietly as she could. Truly the whole house was in a mess. It must help David feel a little less depressed if his place did not so closely resemble the end of the world on a rainy Monday afternoon. Then she prepared a nutritious lunch, as David was so thin, and consuming such unhealthy food. Not that she gave a damn what he did, but if she fed him well, then he would miss her all the more when she left.
    Grumpy as a bear trying to give up heroin, David made his appearance around eleven. Mary ignored his bad temper and got him to eat a good combined breakfast and lunch, which seemed to take the edge off his irritability.
    ‘I went jogging with Carol and Faye this morning, then had breakfast with them,’ she told David at the strategic moment when he was enjoying dessert. She went on to paint a bright and colorful picture in words, showing these lovely young women isolated from their parents and their peers, living as though they were castaways on an island, in a mood of sexual discovery and experimentation. Mary’s words and facial expression practically oozed implications of bizarre sensuality.
    ‘What the hell are you suggesting?’ David demanded, glaring at her in suspicion.
    ‘Nothing. What could I suggest?’ Mary replied innocently, trying not to overdo the innocence. ‘I mean, I’m leaving anyway, and you’re not interested in them or me.’
    ‘Good! Just so long as you realise that,’ said David. For a full minute he managed to stay silent. ‘Come on, you might as well tell me what plan you had in mind,’ he exclaimed, and then he laughed a little. His laugh sounded weak and rusty from lack of use. ‘You know I’m dying of curiosity. Faye and Carol are lovely girls and you have some crazy plan about them, don’t you? You’re so cunning. But you’re nuts too. Carol and Faye would run a mile if we tried to get them into the bathroom.’
    ‘Oh, you guessed my idea. Ten points. So they’d run. That’s why we’ll let them introduce themselves to it,’ Mary said with complete calm, giving David a warm smile and a sweet look from her bright brown eyes. I spoil him, she thought. ‘We’ll ask them to house-sit for a couple of days while we go away. They’ll discover the bathroom and your collection, and you can set your hidden video cameras to record the results, if any.’
    ‘You really are crazy! That’s an evil idea,’ said David. Mary thought that his attempt at moral outrage was not nearly so