CHAPTER SIXTY NINE

Aida comforted me with kind words as she held me tight and waited for me to cry myself to exhaustion.

After finally weeping myself to oblivion, she wiped the tears away from my eyes soothingly.

"Are you done?

"Are you ready?" she said, stroking her palm down the length of my back. "If I don't get you ready, we'll be late."

As Aida rapidly reapplied my makeup and restyled my hair, all I did was nod and sit still in the chair.

She assisted me in putting on an outfit identical to the one I had been wearing the night before. The only difference was that the arm cuffs she put on me this evening cinched securely closed and had little silver loops down three of the sides.

As she watched from a distance, she gave a downcast nod of approval.

She reattached the leash to my collar and walked me back into the waiting room. As we went through the door, I had a momentary loss of balance.

"Aren't we going in?

" I inquired while craning my neck to get a better view of the door behind me.

Over her sho