Training Carrie
Chapter 26
It seemed like she was gone for quite a while. When she returned, I was
surprised to see her dressed. She was wearing a white pair of very short
shorts and a white see-through blouse from her forbidden clothing pile.
The blouse was rolled up to just below her breasts and tied in the
front. It was unbuttoned and wide open all the way down to where it was
tied. Her nipples barely remained covered, but were clearly visible
through the filmy material. She also had on a sexy pair of black high
heels. She looked spectacular, and I couldn't help staring at her. She
saw me staring at her, and said I would have just earned my second
punishment, for raising my eyes without permission, if we were
downstairs. She said the clothing my Mistress chose to wear was not for
scrutiny by the Slave, and I had better keep my eyes to myself or I
would be punished. I lowered my eyes immediately, and was impressed with
her ability to begin manipulating me so soon. I knew for sure I would be
in for a tough time if I let her get me in the basement.
She proceeded to mark and cut the loose ends from my collar, belt, and
wrist manacles. While she was working right next to me, it was all I
could do to avoid looking at her in those sexy clothes. But I knew she
would be watching my eyes for just such a slip-up. When she went to mark
and trim the ankle bonds, I thought of a suggestion that might help me
to get on her good side and also find out if she was trying to trick me.
But I couldn't speak without permission, so I cleared my throat. She
looked up and asked me if I had something to say. I nodded, and she said
to say it quickly. I said, "Mistress Carrie, before you trim the ankle
manacles, you might want to fit them on your slave's thighs, Mistress
Carrie." She was puzzled, and told me to switch to informal speech and
tell my Mistress what the hell I was talking about.
Using as submissive a tone as I could, I suggested that she remove her
slave's ankle manacles and reattach them at the tops of the slave's
thighs, then she would find that she could connect the wrist manacles to
them, as another way of restraining her slave. She tried that, and was
very pleased with the result. She patted me on my ass and said I had
done well. Then she stuck two fingers in my asshole, and fucked my ass
for a few seconds while she smiled at me. She told me that the next time
she had two fingers up my ass, if I was permitted to speak, I would ask
her for three fingers instead. She asked me if I would remember that,
and I said I would. When she pulled her fingers out, she wiped them on
my ass. Without releasing my wrists, she then marked and cut the
ankle/thigh manacles.
Now was my chance. She had left me under informal speech rules, so I
asked, "Mistress Carrie, your Fuck Toy humbly asks his Mistress to
explain the functions of the other items in the drawer, Mistress
Carrie." She looked in the drawer, and didn't say anything for a moment.
Then she told me curtly that she didn't know what those items were, they
were just among a lot of bondage gear she had purchased. Again in my
most polite and humble voice, I asked her if she would like her Fuck Toy
to explain to his Mistress what her Slave thought the items were. She
said Ok, she would humor her slave a minute longer, to tell her what the
items were. Still using polite speech, I said those items only had one
use, and that was to torture the male slave's cock and balls. I asked
her if it was her intention to use those items on her Fuck Toy when we
were downstairs together. She said she hadn't thought about it, but now
that she knew what the items were used for, she wouldn't rule it out as
a possible punishment for misbehaving.
I asked her if she would like her Fuck Toy to demonstrate how those
items were used. She said to go ahead, and released my wrists. I first
demonstrated the cage that was used to trap the cock and balls, with the
cock pulled back and pushed down between the two balls, Then the cage
was tightly strapped in front and behind to the belt. This made it
excruciatingly painful if the slave were to get an erection. But it
still allowed urination, although it was very messy. I let her strap it
on me, to see if she would actually try to get me excited while I wore
it. When she had it in place and strapped tightly, she seemed upset by
its function. She quickly removed it and threw it back in the drawer.
I then showed her the device that trapped the balls tightly and squeezed
them. I told her it could be tightened to cause immediate severe pain,
or could be left relatively loose. In that case, the balls would soon
begin to ache, and the pain would get worse over a matter of an hour or
so, until it was excruciating for the slave. She put it on per my
directions, and tightened it until she saw me wince. She tightened it
more, until I was gasping and groaning, and left it in place. Then she
told me to stop whining and explain the cock rings. Fighting the pain, I
explained how a ring was fit snugly over a flaccid cock, then caused
extreme pain when the slave was given an erection. I told her that the
ring also made it hard to get rid of an erection after it was achieved,
because it trapped blood in the penis.
She had me try them on until I found one that was a snug fit. I said
that her slave recommended this ring. She said to remove it and replace
it with the next smaller ring. That ring was so tight on my cock, it was
hard to get on. When I had finally worked it over the head of the cock,
she brushed my hands aside, grabbed my cock at the head, and pulled
hard, making my limp cock longer and narrower. She quickly pushed the
ring all the way to the base of the cock. Smiling at me, she said, "See
how easy that was?"
She reattached my wrists to the manacles on my thighs, told me I was
under formal speech rules, knelt in front of me, and started giving me a
blowjob. In no time she had me hard, and it hurt like hell. As soon as I
was rock hard, she stopped stimulation me and stood up. "The slave will
definitely receive more of this treatment downstairs," she said. She
stood back and looked at my cock for awhile, then said, "You were right,
Fuck Toy, it does make your erection last. Perhaps it would allow you to
fuck your Mistress longer if you always wore this ring, or perhaps the
next smaller sized ring."
She then grabbed my stiff cock with her hand, and began walking around
the room, pulling me after her. I had little choice but to follow her.
The mural room was not large, so she was limited to walking me in
circles. After making 3 circles, she stopped and pressed her body
against me, still firmly gripping my cock. She gave me a long,
passionate kiss, then asked me how it felt to be kissed while she had
control of my cock. I told her it made her Fuck Toy feel very submissive
and under his Mistress' control, just what she had said she felt like
when I held her labia.
She said she needed to know how the devices I wore would affect my
performance, so she was going to finish the blowjob now. She knelt and
began working on me again. Surprisingly, my cock got even harder, and
the pain in both my cock and my balls became severe. I was groaning, but
I was determined I would not speak again without permission. At one
point she cupped her hand under my balls and lightly slapped them. When
she did that, I couldn't hold back my tears, and she stopped the
slapping when she noticed. She worked on me slowly with her lips and
tongue for nearly 20 minutes, and then I finally exploded in her mouth.
I felt a lot more pain than pleasure at the orgasm.
Rather than swallowing my cum as she usually did, she kept a mouthful.
My cock was still spurting when she stood up, put her arm around my
neck, put her lips to mine, and pushed the cum from her mouth into mine.
She immediately broke the kiss and told me not to swallow until I was
given permission. Then she went back to my cock with her hand and began
stroking me, trying to get me to ejaculate as long as I could. When I
had no more to give, she kept her hold on my cock. She said she was
impressed that I was still maintaining my erection and it was obvious my
Mistress would get more use out her Slave's cock if it wore this ring.
She stood and watched my cock for a number of minutes, tapping it
occasionally, and then asked if I would like another blowjob right now.
I shook my head No, and she smiled. She dropped her pants, pulled out
the tampon, and leaned against the console. Smiling, she said, "In that
case, Fuck Toy, live up to your name and fuck your Mistress hard and
long, right now."
I walked up to her and slipped my cock into her pussy. When I started
stroking, the pain in both my cock and my balls was intense. My cock
seemed super sensitive to the friction between us, but instead of a
pleasant feeling it was very painful. I felt like the cock ring was
cutting into my cock, and wondered how long I could do this without
tearing or cutting my skin. She told me to go faster, and then the agony
in my balls overwhelmed everything else.
As my balls were slammed back and forth by the action of my hips, the
clamp was causing agonizing pains to shoot through my whole crotch. I
glanced at her face and saw that she knew how much pain I was in, but
she was not going to let me stop until I came again. It was nearly 30
minutes until I could come, and when I did it was the worst pain I have
ever felt. I cried out, or perhaps it was a scream. The pain shot
through my body each time my cock throbbed in ejaculation. Unmoved by my
agony, she said it was for sure that her Fuck Toy would be wearing this
equipment for most, if not all, of its training session. Then she smiled
at me and told me I had been a good boy, and I could now swallow my cum.
She had been holding me by my hips while I fucked her. She looked at my
face and told me I could raise my eyes and look up at my Mistress now.
We held one another's gaze for nearly a minute, then she put both her
arms around my neck and kissed me long and hard. She finally broke the
kiss, then freed my wrists, stepped back, removed her blouse and shoes,
and thanked me for permitting this trial run. I didn't want to say
anything I would later regret, but I wanted to give her a sense of my
immediate reaction. I pointed to my cum she had pumped on the floor, and
said, "Get on your knees and lick that up." She immediately kneeled down
and started licking the floor.
I told her to give me the key to open my bonds, and she stopped licking
the floor long enough to offer to remove them for me. I told her to shut
up, give me the key, and remain on her knees until I returned. I went
next door to the bathroom and immediately removed the clamp squeezing my
balls. That made them hurt even worse. My cock was still much too
engorged to remove the ring. I removed all the bonds, then got in the
shower and turned on the cold water. It was a shock, but eventually my
cock went limp enough that I could force the ring off. I got out of the
shower and toweled off, then sat on the edge of the tub trying to think
of what I should say to Carrie.
After awhile, I went back to the mural room and threw the bonds and
torture devices in the drawer. Carrie waited on her knees with her eyes
downcast. I asked her why the hell I would ever agree to 24 hours as her
slave, after what she had just shown me in only a few minutes? Keeping
her eyes downcast, she said she had wanted to give me an honest idea how
she would behave as my Mistress. Then she got bolder, and asked me if I
would have preferred that she felt my muscles and then told me how much
she looked forward to being fucked by her Fuck Toy. I told her I wasn't
in the mood for humor. She said she was totally serious when she said
she wanted me to experience all the things I had done to her. She added
that she was not trying to get pay back or revenge, and she had told me
the whole truth when she said she wanted us to re-experience what we had
gone through together, only from the other person's point of view.
I asked her why she had cock and ball torture gear, and why she hadn't
shown that to me before. I told her it looked like she was trying to
trick me into this 24-hour scenario, then stick it to me. She said that
wasn't true, she was being truthful that she just bought a bunch of
bondage gear, and those things were included. She could tell it was all
male stuff, so she had no use for it, and threw it in the drawer with
the spare restraints. She said that if I hadn't brought it up here, and
then offered to model it for her, it would have stayed in the drawer
forever. I asked her if she would use it again if we went through with
the role reversal. She said she would never put the basket back on me,
it was stupid. But she would use the ball clamp and cock ring, perhaps
for the full 24 hours. Then she said that she would also use the nipple
clamps, vibrators and dildoes on me, would flog me, would punish me with
a crop or whip for any errors or disobedience, and that the only food I
would get during the 24 hours would be the secretions from her pussy, my
own cum, plus whatever she decided to put in my stomach through a hose.
Then she asked if her intentions were clear now.
I told her there was no way now that I would grant her request. I
expected her to plead with me, but all she said was that she was sorry
it looked like she was trying to trick me, and she would understand if I
refused her request. I saw that she had cleaned the floor, so I told her
to get up, it was time for bed. She asked me if I wanted to take the
drawer back to the basement, and I said No, we would just leave it there
for now. She smiled at me and jumped to her feet.
I went into the bedroom and crawled into bed. She followed me, and said
very meekly that she needed to use the toilet and shower, and she needed
a new tampon. I told her she didn't need me for any of that, to go
dispose of the used tampon, then do whatever she wanted to, but I was
going to sleep. She said I was wrong, she did need me, and she stood in
the middle of the room with tears flowing down her cheeks. I said that
my balls ached and I probably wouldn't be able to use my cock without
pain for weeks, and she did that to me in less than an hour. Why should
I give a shit if she had to use the toilet, and why would I ever agree
to let her do that to me again for 24 hours? She said there was no
reason, except that I loved her and she had asked me to.
Cursing, I got out of bed and led her by the arm into the bathroom. I
told her to sit down and do what she needed to do. She sat, then put her
arms out to me and asked me to kiss her. I said I should go find a
clothespin and put it on her clit, after an hour she would have an idea
how I felt. She said she would gladly submit to that if that was her
Master's wish.
I knelt in front of her, took her hands, and told her I thought the idea
was for each of us to re-experience our shared training experiences,
only from the other person's point of view. She agreed that was the
idea. I then asked her if she could refresh my memory, because I
couldn't remember ever attaching torture devices to her labia or clit.
"And yet you just threatened to put a clothespin on my clit," she said.
"I'm angry with you," I said. "I've never tortured your clit, and have
no intention of torturing you at all. I wasn't threatening you, I was
saying that was what you deserved. Why did you do that to me?"
"Because you wanted me to," she answered.
"I hated it, Carrie. It hurt like hell. How could you think I would like
that done to me?"
"I didn't say you liked it, I said you wanted me to do it. If you didn't
want to experience those devices, why did you show me what they were and
how to use them?"
"Because I thought you already knew what they were, and you were trying
to get me into the basement for 24 hours and use them on me, and I
wanted you to admit that. By the way, you now say that is exactly what
you would do if I were stupid enough to let you. Do you know that
wearing those devices for 24 hours might cause serious damage to both my
cock and my balls? Don't you care? I thought you were getting some
regular use out of my cock." She said of course she cared, and she
didn't want to cause me any harm.
I pointed out that she was a submissive, but I was not, and everything I
experienced during the "trial run," as she called it, was unpleasant for
me. She asked if having my cock sucked and fucking her was unpleasant. I
told her that both had been unpleasant this time, because it hurt to
have an erection, it hurt like hell to come, and it hurt like hell to
have to fuck her for 30 minutes wearing those devices. I told her she
had my balls in agony for nearly an hour, and that is possibly the worst
pain a man can experience. She lowered her eyes and said she was sorry.
She paused, and then asked if I would consider a 24-hour role reversal
if the ball clamp and cock ring were not included. I told her I was
considering it seriously until she tortured me, now I had doubts I could
trust her. She said I could trust her, all she wanted was for us to
share one another's experiences, to remove the barriers between us
caused by her being submissive and me being dominant. I asked her if
that difference between us wasn't the thing that brought us together and
let us discover our mutual love.
She said everything I had said was true, but didn't I also think that
seeing our relationship from the other side would be a good thing? I
thought for a few seconds, and had to admit it would be good. She asked
if that meant I would agree to the 24 hours, and I said I wasn't ready
to agree, but I wasn't saying No. She thanked me, and offered to submit
to any painful or unpleasant thing I would like to do to her. I pointed
out that she had been with me in the basement when I threw away all of
her sex toys that had no use other than torturing the female body, so
how could she ask me now if I wanted to torture her? She said it would
only be fair, since I felt that she tortured me.
I said what she did to me was torture, and I wondered why it didn't seem
to her that she had tortured me. She said she knew she was hurting me,
but she thought she was helping me to experience something new, and
probably scary, and that was her goal, not torture. She said I knew I
was hurting her when I hit her with the flog or punished her with the
crop, why didn't I consider that to be torture? I admitted she was
right, it was the same thing, and for sure she had helped me experience
something new and scary. She said it was entirely up to me, but she
could assure me that the next time it wouldn't be so scary, and I might
begin to find pleasure with the pain.
I asked her if she was saying I should consider letting her use those
devices on me again? Again she said it was entirely up to me what we
did, or if we did anything at all. But from my responses, during the
time she was doing what I call torture, she thought I needed to
experience it again. We could set strict limits on how the devices were
used, and for how long, and she promised to follow any guidelines we
decided on. I looked at her for a long time, and said Ok, but I still
wouldn't have a final answer until the day before. She kissed me and
thanked me.
She then asked me if, aside from the torture devices, didn't I find a
lot of what she did to me unexpected, scary, and exciting? I said
practically everything she had done could be described like that. She
said that was perfect, that was exactly how she felt during her first
few days with me in the organization's training room. She said even
after it is no longer unexpected, total submission is still a little
scary and very exciting, and she wanted me to feel that also.
She asked me to please come into the shower with her, and she would
prove to me that I was still functional, and she promised I would feel
only pleasure, not pain. I said No, and she said she was asking me
because she loved me and wanted to make up for hurting me. She said this
was important to her, and she would beg for it on her knees if I wanted
to humiliate her. I said I doubted that it would be painless, but I
would let her try. She kissed me and thanked me, then jumped up and led
me to the shower. I stopped her before we got under the water, and told
her she would not come again until I gave her permission, and it might
be a very long time before that permission was given. She lowered her
eyes and said, "Yes, Master, your Slave will obey."
She was true to her word. Gently and carefully, she got me hard with her
mouth, then slowly fucked me. When I sensed I was about to come, the
memory of the pain I had felt the last time made me try to pull away
from her. But she held me and told me it would be all right, she would
take care of me. Other than feeling like I had come one too many times
already today, the sensation was very pleasant and pain free.
When we were ready to go to bed, she asked if I would restrain her. I
asked her if she really wanted to continue doing that, and she said it
was more important than ever tonight. After her brief role-playing as my
mistress, it was important that she be submissive for the next few days.
She said it was not up to her to tell her Master how to behave, but it
might also be wise if her Master was more controlling than usual for a
few days. That way both of us would reinforce our normal roles and avoid
possible confusion. I tied her on her back in bed. When I was lying next
to her, I stimulated her breasts and clit until she asked me to fuck
her. I then told her she was under formal speech rules until told
otherwise, rolled away from her, and turned off the lights.
As I was trying to get to sleep, I realized that I didn't want to leave
things like this, so I rolled back over, put my hand on her breast, and
told her I was sorry. I said I was still angry over what she had done,
and it was causing me to treat her more severely than I should. She
would be kept under formal speech rules for awhile, but I was rescinding
the ban on orgasms. Then I moved my hand to her pussy, caressed her
clit, and told her to cum. Of course she came at once. I kissed her on
the lips, told her Good Night, and went to sleep with my hand on her
breast.
When Philip made his appearance the next morning, Carrie remembered not
to speak. I told Philip the Slave had been commanded to silence, and
asked him to please prepare the usual breakfast for both of us, and we
would be in the dining room about 7:30. As Philip was leaving, he looked
at Carrie, and she smiled at him. I released her from the bed and led
her to the bathroom, where I refused to kneel in front of her while she
used the toilet. When it was my turn, she immediately knelt before me
and put her hands on my thighs. I sat and looked at her, but made no
move to touch her. Soon a tear fell from her eye. I told her I wasn't
sure if she was my Slave, or playing another role, but either way she
was to stand up and face the wall, I didn't care to see her tears. She
stood and turned away from me.
When we had both used the bidet, I clipped her wrists together behind
her back, then had her to take me to where she had left her housewear
and heels. With her properly dressed, I asked her if the designer of her
learning machine had given her any papers to describe how he had built
it. She answered formally that he had given her a schematic, listings of
the PC program, and a parts list. She told me where they were, in a
drawer in the basement. I put her in the Waiting Pose and went to get
the material. It occurred to me to wonder why I was interested in that
machine at this time, but something told me I shouldn't think about the
reason now. In the basement, I saw that she had organized everything
associated with building and furnishing the basement, and it was easy to
find what she had on the learning machine. I brought it upstairs and
left it in the bedroom, then led Carrie to breakfast.
After she was properly seated, I told her I was sure she wanted me to
feed her, therefore she would feed herself instead. I unclipped her
wrists and told her to begin eating. She smiled at me, and we both ate
breakfast in silence. When breakfast was finished, I led her back to the
bedroom, where I pushed her face-first onto the bed. Without using any
lubrication, I forced my way into her ass and began pounding her. She
soon began coming every few seconds. When I came, I stopped moving and
lay on top of her for a few minutes. I was resting my whole body on
hers, and I knew she must be uncomfortable. She had said she wanted to
be controlled, and that was what she would get today. After I had
recovered my breath, I rolled off of her and told her to suck my cock. I
had not refastened her wrists after breakfast, and that made it easier
for her to kneel and put her mouth over my cock. I still had not
recovered fully from last night, but she was very gentle and careful,
and had me on the verge of orgasm again in about 15 minutes.
I suddenly commanded her to get off of the bed and go to the bathroom. I
followed her, and told her to kneel. Then I masturbated in front of her,
and covered her hair, face and breasts with my cum. When I was finished,
I clipped her wrists together behind her back, and told her not to move
until I returned for her. She looked at me, smiled, and silently mouthed
"Thank you, Master."
While I kept Carrie waiting, I found Philip and told him we would set
out on our walk before lunch today. I asked him to fix us 2 sandwiches,
put them in the six-pack cooler along with two diet colas, and have it
and the full canteen on the table by the side door at 10:00. I also told
him that Carrie might prefer that he not see how she was dressed when we
left. Then I went back to my Slave.
Carrie was waiting as I had commanded. My cum had dried on her face and
breasts. I told her to get up, it was time for her aerobic exercises.
She got to her feet, and I led her to the exercise room. I attached the
leash to her collar, then freed her hands. While she put on her shoes
and socks, I told her not to touch herself with her hands, I didn't want
her to mess up the designs I had made on her body. After attaching the
leash to the rear of the elliptical trainer, I told her to start warming
up. I walked to the front of the machine, sat on the floor, and watched
her. I told her that cum looked good on her, I would let her wear it
more often. She smiled at me. After she had warmed up and stretched, she
started her exercise. I told her I didn't want her to talk to me nonstop
during her exercise today. After waiting for the disappointed look I
knew she would give me, I said I had another approach we would follow
today.
I told her I still would not give her an answer on the role reversal
question until the day before we had scheduled it, but I wanted to talk
through it now, while she exercised. We would both say all we had to
say, then we would not speak of it again until I gave her my decision.
She nodded, then I told her she was on informal speech rules, to make
her case. she asked me if I would first tell her what my reservations
were. I said that was easy, I knew I would hate it, and I wasn't sure I
could trust her not to do me harm. She asked what else, and I said that
was it. She said there was at least one more reason, and she wanted to
hear me say it. I looked at her silently for a long moment, then I said
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid I'll like being submissive, I'm afraid you'll
like being dominant, I'm afraid our partnership will be damaged, and I'm
afraid to submit to your control. Is that what you wanted me to say?"
"Yes, Master," she said. "Do you remember when we met in the waiting
room at the organization, and I told you I was afraid? Do you remember
what you told me?"
"I told you we would give you cause for fear. Is that what you're
telling me, Carrie, that you want to make me afraid? I thought you
wanted me to agree to this."
"Fear is not necessarily bad, Master. What matters is how you respond to
fear. When I walked into your training room, I knew nothing about you, I
only had a vague idea what would be done to me, but I was sure the first
steps in my training would be to terrorize me and make me think I had
walked into hell. Fear doesn't begin to describe how I felt the first
few hours we were together. But I overcame my fear, and now I'm exactly
where I want to be, with the man I love and belong to.
"You know me very well, and you know you can trust me. You're just using
that as an excuse, because I surprised you with the level of control I
was willing to impose on you last night. You also know what I will do to
you while I control you. No, you don't know exactly what I will do,
neither do I. But you know the range of treatment you will receive. If I
could walk into that room not having any idea how I would be treated,
you can do it when you have a very good idea how I will treat you.
Your strongest reason to refuse, Master, was your first one. If you know
now that you will hate acting submissive, you should refuse my request.
I want you to experience slave training from the point of view of a
willing submissive, someone who is eager to obey and learn, as I was.
And I want to experience it as a dominant trainer, as you did. If we
can't do that, we won't have the sharing of experience I want for us,
and this will all be a waste of time. And don't fear that you will want
to stay submissive and I will want to stay dominant. That won't happen,
and I think you know that both of us are what we want to be right now."
I said, "Let's talk about the ball clamp and cock ring. My conditions
are that both will not be applied at the same time, and neither will be
left on longer than an hour. Once either is removed, whether or not it
was applied for a full hour, neither will be used again for two hours.
Also, the ball clamp will not be tightened beyond the first point that I
feel pain. After an hour at that setting, I'll be feeling plenty of
pain, if that is your goal. You will use the cock ring that I originally
selected, and not the next smaller size you chose instead. Do you accept
those limitations?"
"Yes, Master," she said. "Do you wish to impose any limitations on my
use of vibrators and the nipple clamps?" I told her the nipple clamps
would never be tightened more than necessary to keep them from falling
off, and pointed out that was how I had used them on her.
"How about flogging and whipping, Master?" I said I would trust her not
to flog me harder than I normally flogged her, and to use a crop rather
than a whip for punishment, and then only when a rule was broken or a
command was disobeyed. She said she agreed to everything.
I told her that what she had agreed to was a binding agreement between
us, as important as our partnership. She asked if that meant I was
agreeing to submit to her control. I said she would still not get my
answer until next Friday afternoon. We would not speak of this again
until then, and in the meantime we would try to forget the subject, and
live our lives as we had before the subject came up. She said she agreed.
I had not been watching the time carefully, and I now saw that she had
exercised 5 minutes too long. I told her to start her cool down. She
asked if she could please stay on informal speech rules. I said she
could, but if she brought up the subject of our role reversal again, she
would be on formal speech until next Friday. She thanked me.