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DITW 12-11: Of Optic Glass & Tuscan Artists

Devlin’s low animal voice grumbled near her ear. “He wants you to show him. He knows you’re wicked and he wants you to show him.” He thumbed her bursting nipple again, sending off sweet fireworks. Her breaths were quick and shallow, and her heart raced at the rhythm of lust and need. Though it was Devlin talking, he wasn’t wrong. Josh wanted what Devlin said. That’s all Josh wanted right now. That was why he was here. To see. To know.

She nodded, still struggling against the chains of virtue and modesty. Her body was far ahead of her mind. Her body was all in; chambered and ready to fire. She was turned on, and though it had been stiff and laggy at first, the arousal was hot now and growing hotter.

But her mind still struggled. This act of stark betrayal performed before the man she loved weighed down the passage like a heavy anchor. Her body urged her to charge ahead, show off, give the performance Josh craved, but her mind never trusted anyone or what they said. And she knew she couldn’t trust Devlin Stone. He’d showed her; he’d earned her wrath.

Her pants stayed unzipped, her panties askew from Josh’s hand, the crotch snugged against her sex, which throbbed with need right now. She felt the spate of her desire spreading, soaking her panties, preparing for penetration by an oversized cock. Devlin handled her bared breast, both men watching her, both men under the spell of a sexuality she didn’t know existed before this summer. All it had taken was application and look what it got her.

Josh watched her with that hurt look on his face, the one he showed when she pushed him around sexually. One time Devlin had said Josh drew the bullies to him, that Devlin hadn’t sought Josh out. Maybe Josh did enjoy subjugation; she knew it made his dick hard as a rock, and he’d worked hard to outsmart her and bring her into this luxury suite trap.

She said, “Aren’t you ashamed? I can’t even help it, Josh. My body has needs.”

Josh’s eyes fluttered with whatever joy he could find in such harsh treatment. It was though it was him submitting. But it wasn’t—he was in control. Josh led the show. She submitted to him.

Submission to Josh seemed right. Submission to her husband—the sin is the penitence—was righteous. Victory was everything, but victory could be measured in different aspects. If she submitted to Devlin, the submission was to a proxy. Devlin was Josh in this moment; Devlin was a man who didn’t exist. Josh was her friend and husband and so much more, and she would perform for the man she loved. And that would be the true triumph.

She wanted to smile, wanted to kiss him, but feared she could dull the sharp edge of her instrument. Josh’s kink required a steady hand and a sharp blade; precision was key. No smiles. No compassion.

“You certainly have needs,” Devlin said.

She stepped rearward to rest her back on the wall, Devlin stepping along with her like they danced. She never let her eyes leave Josh, luring him into a dark performance for his pleasure. Her hips pressed forward, her pelvis tilting, and Devlin wasted no time claiming the real estate of her exposed flat stomach, sweeping his hand across the bare skin above her opened fly and her panties. Her eyes still stayed on Josh, steady and sure (while Josh’s trembled). She communicated to him she would allow this man who’d bullied him in his tenderest time to do what he wished to her body. Josh’s chest rose and fell at a quicker pace, his cheeks sinking, his jaw dropping.

“I’m going to let him do whatever he wants, Josh. You’re going to watch.”

Josh’s legs twitched. His thighs flexed. She knew if she peeped in his underwear right now, she’d see a steady stream of clear excitement streaming from his rock hard dick.

Devlin’s face loomed close to hers, smirking. “Even take her mouth with mine, stick my tongue in her mouth.”

She turned her face away in disgust, trying to stay connected to Josh.

Devlin sniggered, his hand running up and down her bare stomach, getting very close to dipping inside her panties.

She said, “I need it. And you want it. We’re perfect, aren’t we?”

Josh looked his lips, his eyes widening in horrified awe.

Devlin said, “Tell her you want it, Josh. Tell her.”

Josh raised his chin, showing defiance and bravery. “Show me,” he said.

“He wants it,” she said, eyes narrowed on Josh’s, showing him confidence.

Devlin came closer again, this time not to attempt to kiss her, but to whisper in her ear. “I told you I’d make him beg you for it.”

She scoffed and moved her ear away from him, putting her hand over top of his, pushing it toward her pussy, guiding his fingers to dip under her panties. “I’m so wet,” she whispered.

Josh’s Adam’s apple went up and down in draggy jumps. He couldn’t swallow. He was frozen by the sight of her leading another man’s hand into her underwear, guiding another man to touch that most private part of her; the most private part of Josh’s possession. He nodded, eyes blazing with terror.

She shoved Devlin’s hand further, inhaling sharply feeling his big fingers wriggle through her sopping sex. The pleasure was unexpected; she’d been so focussed on Josh, she’d forgotten how good this would feel. She grunted and mewled, rolling her hips against Devlin’s fingers. Knees flexing, up and down, humping Devlin’s hand, his two middle fingers spreading her labia. When he slipped a finger inside, she froze and shuddered, held his hand in place there and humped it harder, eyes on Josh the whole time. “His fingers are so big.”

Josh almost crumpled, and she couldn’t help laughing. She recovered quickly, turning the laugh into moans of pleasure. Josh stepped aside, eyes tugging away from her for a moment to locate a seat, pulling one away from the table where she thought she’d be sitting across from benny Chan this afternoon. He dragged the seat out and sat down, eye-locked and aghast again.

She said, “I hope he doesn’t make me come,” sly and seductive and definitely hitting some kind of sweet spot in Josh’s psyche, given the rise in his spirits, the blush on his cheeks, the new wildness in his eyes.

“That would be terrible,” Devlin grumbled, stroking his finger in and out of her pussy. Shallow, not deep; perfect. She was wet and elastic right now.

When Devlin drew his finger out, then ran two combined fingers inside her, she sighed with ecstasy, letting Josh know in a husky whisper, “He has two fingers inside me.”

Devlin uttered a growl of appreciation, saying to Josh now, “She has such a tight little snatch.”

She grunted disapproval, but Devlin and her own theatrics meant for Josh had her unable to pull from the draw of Devlin’s pleasure. She ended up grimacing, squeezing Devlin’s wrist, but her hips were undeterred from fucking against Devlin’s slow thrusting.

“Don’t worry,” Devlin said. “Josh already knows how much I love your pussy.”

She grimaced again, puling away from the pleasure for a second, enough to put a hand on Devlin’s broad chest and push away. Devlin laughed as his hand slipped out from her underwear. Devlin showed Josh the shine on his fingers, holding them up and wiggling them.

She said, “Did he say something like that to you?”

Josh shook his head. “Don’t listen to him, Kimmy. You know better than to listen to him.”

Devlin loosened the knot on his tie, then ran the tie out from under his collar, taking its length in one hand and looping it around the palm of the other, like a prize fighter taping his hands before a match. He watched her, smiling a wicked smile, eyes sparkling. She knew what he intended, and then was unsure if she should accept it before Josh. Would it look too familiar? Or would it send Josh into orbit with passion?

And did it matter? Josh knew she’d cheated. He would never say it aloud. But he knew.

Why fight it anymore?

Devlin came close till they were face to face, him looking her over, enjoying himself. Without looking over to Josh, he said, “She likes to get tied up. You know that?”

Josh squeezed his thighs together, then let them go. He looked like he was enjoying the worst case of stomach cramps he’d ever had.

But she would stick with denial.

“You have an active imagination.” It would almost be enjoyable for Devlin to fuck this up, to state some of her worst crimes. She might welcome it. She dared him to try her with her eyes. Try me.

Devlin unfurled the tie then roped it around her neck, pulling her to him so their chests touched. “I want that tongue,” he said. “Don’t deny me, Kimmy.”

She didn’t turn away this time, just stared at him with a small measure of contempt and a lot of indifference. She eased her face closer, put her lips on his and kissed him, long and slow and seductive, putting her hand on the back of his neck, stroking his hard, angular jaw. Devlin was surprised, but he didn’t flinch, getting what he wanted when he thought it would be much harder.

No tongue, though—she pushed away from him.

“I kiss my husband,” she said. “I put my tongue in my husband’s mouth.”

Devlin smiled the whole while, tossing his tie to Josh’s lap. Josh batted it to the floor.

She said, “There’s only one reason you get to be in this room with my husband and I.”

Devlin said, “And what’s that?”

She dipped her chin, looking between his legs. “Pull it out. Let’s see it.”

Devlin cocked a hip. “That’s all I am to you? After all we’ve shared, it comes down to my huge dick?”

“You love it more than I do. You love it more than Josh does. Let’s see it. I know you’re dying to whip it out.”

Devlin sneered. “Josh does love it, doesn’t he?”

She chuckled too. Couldn’t help it. Josh had a certain obsession she couldn’t deny. Couldn’t blame him for either.

Then Devlin said, “You know you love it, Kimmy. You know you can’t get enough of it.”

“It’s really sad when your whole persona revolves around your oversized dick.”

Devlin showed her a mean laugh, amused at her, downplaying how close she’d come to something he probably thought about some times when no one was around. She showed him her own smile, a smug, commandeering one.

Devlin slowly drew down his zipper, looked to the right, saying,“Josh, you know she got herself a replica, right? She fucks herself behind your back with a rubber copy of my dick when I’m in Kingston.”

He pulled out his cock, tugged it, dropped it and let it hang; this huge flaccid pound of brownish flesh swinging left to right between his parted legs.

Comments

"Eppur si muove" ponderously behind the scenes like Devlin's lumbering ambitions, mayhap. The man hefts a lot of wood!

Bill F Protagoras

Apropos the chapter title, can we say of Josh's underwhelming appendage, and even with his shame, jealousy, and rage: "and yet, it moves"? Or, are we thinking of Devlin's schtupzimmer as approximating the dimensions of Hell, measured with a high degree of accuracy by the Tuscan artist?

Donkatsu

I have to keep reminding myself they are still only in their twenties. Kimmy gets such a rush from showing off, gloating at causing envy, not that that doesn't stoke the ego when you're older but it seems more like reassurance than validation, not like young Hamlet... "Th' expectation and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, Th' observ'd of all observers," And the Prince of Denmark fared no better than a much admired leader of the Myrmidons... The one thing that doesn't rankle me is how deeply they, heroes and villains, indulge in shagging and the like... what's there not to like...

Bill F Protagoras

Not that he was weak—she didn’t think he was a weak man, not at all. Just he feared the application of his strength.

Bill F Protagoras

It bothers me that Josh is so manifestly considered a loser... because if life is a game... let me assure everybody, not just us mob, we are every last one , losers insofar as life is concerned...

Bill F Protagoras

Let's say what some people say, and one of the things the title of the whole book implies, that Kimmy is possessed of her own devil... Isn't it also true, as Kimmy believes, that inside Josh there is hidden a demon peculiar to him which when he lets it off its leash galvanizes him? Doesn't this mean what we are witnessing now is a struggle between peers... during which even Josh can come out on top. Because one thing I believe is a serious misapprehension is to think Josh weak because he shows compassion, has a conscience, exhibits ethical values and doesn't use his self doubts as an excuse to hurt others. Might it not be that it is their own inner fears and inner insecurities that permit Kimmy to a lesser, and Devlin to a greater, perhaps pathological, extent to lord it over others, sometimes to an abusive even illegal extent?

Bill F Protagoras

Pride come before the fall... And then there is the deed all his followers must submit to, to show their fealty... the Devil's Kiss! On the bright side she may get to sit next to Johnny Rumble at home games...

Bill F Protagoras

In the Dark Arts Kimmy began to grasp what might have begun as a sadistic game to play with Devlin's perennial victim, as a Tomcat/PussyWillow tag team plays with a trembling mouse, was suffering an unanticipated ludic metamorphosis that might liberate them from her overwhelming boss riding roughshod over their lives and aspirations. The gradual lifting of the shroud of base cravings and narcissistic yearnings which would surely have suffocated her marriage has now exposed the Damoclean sword of recidivism dangling or rather tumescent over her addled head... Now would be the time to realize that... "What's got over the devil's back is spent under his body." As though that would daunt her lean lust-worthy loins in the slightest!

Bill F Protagoras

"O what a goodly outside falsehood hath." "Love is a familiar; Love is a devil: There is no evil angel but love." "The devil is a gentleman." "We are each our own devil and we make this world our hell." Doubt in love is the Devil's paradise." "Speak the truth and shame the Devil" "Abash'd the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is."

Bill F Protagoras

You're right... Apparently, KT can't make an omelette without breaking Josh's heart!

Bill F Protagoras

My objection to epilogues is I usually find them unsatisfying... Jane Austin knew how to finish a novel... What you say about Maggie is true, except KT did what Shakespeare did in his comedies... gave a formal ending... Whereas in Cherry Blossoms, like Jane Austin she just wrote the skilful hell out of the denouement... leaving the door ever so slightly ajar... As for Maggie I may really believe it's over when she draws Keely to a close. PS Now, KT comparing you favourably to Jane Austen is flattery! When I had to read Emma as a set text, I fell in love with her sharp mind and her barbed irony... If they were breaking me on the rack ... wanting to know the name of the best writer, even when they number, at the very least, hundreds and I gasped Jane with my dying breath I would'nt be ashamed... If I gasped K they might think I meant Kay Thompson, but I've never read anything by her...

Bill F Protagoras

I'm not sure Devlin doesn't have some other pragmatic need for Kimmy or something related to her determination to claw back her loyalty to Josh. Devlin seems obsessed with Josh and I don't think it is purely homoerotic... I think sexuality is a currency for him... something to bank so he can shore up the creaky timbers of his carefully concealed ego. Or maybe he's just a clever sociopath!

Bill F Protagoras

"And don't forget to tell them," 'that' Kimmy cries raucously ,"I bang like a shithouse door in a gale... for my luuuuurrrver!" What seems odd to me is that she doesn't refer to Josh as her lover... though love allows for leeway or vagaries ... lover has different types of applicability... maybe the greater the size, the greater the love is trumps. So she used to be physically more extremely exuberant with her lover than her buddy, chum, hubby who she loves. I hope her perceptions are clearer now than they used to be before the flood. Scant consolation for Josh if not. Well she seems to recognize she has a problem... at least.

Bill F Protagoras

There's so much in this chapter that I have my theories about... and I can't believe I forgot about Betsy and the prospective fuck pad and the show Kimmy puts on... and how she on that occasion seems like such a dreadfully aspiring bourgeois mean girl... Look at me! Look at me! I'm not just a successful lawyer and a swotty basket weaving cinderella... I'm also the lover of a prodigiously endowed dark handsome prince and I did it all without a fairy godmother... and I'm so clever I may be doing it without my husband... no wonder she has so many ill-wishers... but I still hope she will survive these Campbellesque rites of passage... for me she is still the maiden of difficult attainment, and Josh is her unlikely saviour, her Jack the Lad.

Bill F Protagoras

As Donkatsu said you really do your research, O heKaTe!

Bill F Protagoras

Gali fuckin leo Areopagitica Freedom of Thought? Think Bill! Think! The superior fiend... Is it Devlin's persona revolving round his oversized dick... like the earth moves round the sun? Even if it isn't... great Title! Thank Milton's God for the internet or I'd still be desperately searching through my small print complete Milton!

Bill F Protagoras

Asking what work is, is like asking how we know when a thing is alive or an inanimate object, sometimes it's fucking easy and sometimes it's well nigh impossible to define but you just know. In the case, of Mr Devlin I can only infer that some bugger has done a stroke, 'dado un palo al agua.' Of course in biological terms... even evolutionary, his organism has done a lot, I could write volumes... has he done anything which you would dignify with the name work? No tautologies and try to keep the sophistry to a minimum and no mentioning glass houses.

Bill F Protagoras

Yeah... but I would simply confirm that cos KT has eked out most of that... some people seem to think she sent "Josh's Ur-texts" as Devlin hinted to Kimmy... I suspect he set that up by first of all ostentatiously giving his card to Josh to prove he didn't have battery boy's number... obviously it was to throw doubt on the card he left in the drawer. But it, and his comment about her crazy eyes throws suspicion on her... but are we to be as gullible as Kimmy used to be... we now know he has lied to and tricked her on many key occasions. Amy seems like a snake because of her attitude to Josh, but although I have other theories about her, she also may be a bad friend to Kimmy, jealous of her new status in Devlin's eyes... I think there may be some deliberate hostility to the couple because she knows from personal experience the devastating effect of Devlin's Tool... Didn't some Greek bloke have a theory... something about give me a phallus stout enough and fornix sturdy enough... I forget the rest, but you get the idea... Malice aforethought yada yada... A lot is speculation but I think not without foundation. I think Karina is a real friend to the couple, and isn't it hinted she had an erotic scrape with the Devster... anyway she knows more about Stone's dirty abusive laundry. Also she has the same name as one of Thomas Robert's best female leads... Tis pity she was a whore... but...'Our' Karina seems otherwise.

Bill F Protagoras

Let’s fill the waiting time with speculation! Amy - I’m gonna speculate that during the late drunken night when Amy saw Josh taking a pee and realized he was …ahem..lacking in the size of his manly attributes, she started pushing Kimmy toward Devlin, hoping it would happen. Her motives? She’s a mean little snake in the grass as you mentioned. Plus she probably hoped Devlin getting with Kimmy would be “good” for Kimmy and maybe even help her get into her girlfriend’s pants as well.

CSH

Define work.

CSH

Does Devlyn actually ever do any work?

Bill F Protagoras

And then there's Karina who actually unsettles Devlin enough for it to be noticeable. And there's Amy, is she Devlin's ally, and/or his scapegoat? She certainly seems like a snake in the grass were Josh and Kimmy are concerned... Then Ella and the wholesome wellness protocol that had Devlin enquiring if it had made Kimmy feel frisky, the next day (mosqueo)... And though Devlin is far from an open book, he is also far from imperturbable. Does he lie through his teeth more often than not? And there is a more than slight suggestion that he has a whole other life of sexual mischief... and things adjacent... so after everybody's finished wringing their draws out, there'll be room for more hijinks. Everyone can continue their high dudgeon about Hyummy! They've got love in their tummy! So, lay on MacMorrison...

Bill F Protagoras

I generally like epilogues when it's a long series such as this one because it's a good way to jump time and show a snapshot of the future to wrap things up. It's not THE end, it's just an end. It's closure for us while the characters move one with their lives in a way we don't get to see but can fantasize about. Granted, I haven't always liked the way KT handles them (Maggie for instance) but they accomplish a goal of wrapping things up. Which isn't really necessary for a single novel, but does wonders for an epic with 10 or more.

L_S87

I support physical releases! All this could be gone! But a physical book of KT masterpieces remains!

Andrew Mellein

I have all the books too... They work without being charged. They work when there's a power cut. I love books!

Bill F Protagoras

Me too! Bought the book on Amazon. I have all KTs books in print! The Africa trip was🔥🔥🔥

Andrew Mellein

Of course, when you say the cat is out of the bag, you imply there will be punishment, harsh nine knotted tailed flogging of the good old Royal Navy formal, ceremonial type. It's amazing how the full implications of that phrase have fallen away. Just a secret has been revealed... not images of blood being washed off the deck with buckets of sea water. I do realize it is a dramatic revelation though, I'm not a total gobshite.

Bill F Protagoras

PS... loved "Happy Endings."

Bill F Protagoras

If there is a climax of cruelty and humiliation it will not be of Kimmy's making, rather against her will. She will have sold herself short for weakness for cock. She will be exposed as the reluctant instrument of Devlin's brutish malice, and we may get the cake we basely crave... but will we enjoy the eating of it? Only those who are of the devil's part, who wish for the suffering of Kimmy and Josh, both apart and together... chacun a son gout. Happy endings have long since ceased to be the stuff of fairy tales and become a monetary transaction. Filthy lucre, slobber slobber! Will joyous depravity be followed by cruel indifference?

Bill F Protagoras

In English fuck pad... in cinema "The Apartment." I apologize I forgot about the other apartment.

Bill F Protagoras

I don't think Devlin needs Kimmy sexually as anything but a plaything to pound and besmirch in his fuck pad. She is just evidence of his conspicuous wealth and penis power... what he can't have is meek Josh stealing such an asset as she out from under him. Though it's difficult to believe, the hollow man is a graceless monument to pride!

Bill F Protagoras

No, no, not an epilogue! Epilogues are like the after life... unconvincing and giving the impression that everything of real interest is being placed in a filing cabinet... and I use this antiquated analogy advisedly... l must say Rocambole I admire how you never mince words and your unsentimental approach... but it seems that we are about to reach the nitty gritty... our author has just been giving us some foreplay, bringing the pot to the boil after tickling our fancy! A bit of fancy tickling often comes in handy.

Bill F Protagoras

Kimmy may have been restrained with Devlin for the past few weeks (if you consider telling him to jerk off in front of her, and then rubbing it on her leg restrained. Lol), but she’s been downright reckless and completely stupid with Hyun. I know she’s desperate for Josh to stay with her and raise the baby, but what if whatever happens here finishes him, and he leaves her? Do you think she might then just do whatever her sexual side wants? While she was trying to hold back and hone her performance for Josh she said this: And did it matter? Josh knew she’d cheated. He would never say it aloud. But he knew. Why fight it anymore? Maybe if Josh leaves she won’t have to fight it anymore? She does have issues controlling her sexual urges. Lol Seriously, why is she still working for Devlin? I know the reasons she’s stated, but if her relationship was paramount she would have quit weeks ago. Just some thoughts. I’m dying for the next chapter.

Kat

I'm just not sure of the viability of that scenario for Devlin. Kimmy has been remarkably restrained over the past few weeks in how she behaved towards Devlin. Partially for Josh, partially because she is livid with Devlin for putting her marriage in this place. (We know she's ultimately responsible, and so does she, but Devlin is an easy target for her ire given he got the ball rolling) So, yeah, it's a risk Devlin could take, but I feel like it's got a really low percentage of payout. Then again, as quoted by Alfred from "The Dark Knight". "Some people just like to watch the world burn." Devlin is just enough of an asshole to blow everything up of he thinks he's not going to win.

L_S87

Josh is going to feel pain regardless of what happens. He loathes it, but it’s part of the thrill for him. I can’t see KT going full out humiliation for him. It wouldn’t follow the characters intentions, especially Kimmy who seems desperate to keep him with her. It would, though, for Devlin. This situation is definitely all under his control. He wants to crush Josh, but keep Kimmy. Maybe he will just try his luck at blowing up their marriage (destroying Josh), thinking he’ll still get Kimmy somehow, because without Josh she’d be free to continue sleeping with him, because as she stated many times, she needs what he has.

Kat

Thanks CSH, I've been around, mostly lurking.

JamesIsAsleep

I see your point and agree, but I don't think that's what's happening here, nor would I categorize it as softening the scene were Kimmy able to pull this off. Kimmy has shown over the last two books that she's very devoted to "fixing" things with Josh. Her methods are questionable at best, and her relationship with Hyun could easily sabotage that, but whenever she's with Josh or focused on him, she shows an obsessive dedication to keeping them together. Josh has said this scene is what will make that happen, so she's walking a very fine line to get her forgiveness, her salvation, by giving Josh what she thinks he wants while also scratching her own itch without letting Devlin derail things. That last part is what will make or break this. Loath as I am to admit it, because Kimmy is still an awful person, she's working her ass off to do right by Josh in this moment. The problem is, the ultimate goal both of them want isn't really in their hands. It's in Devlin's, because he's got knowledge Kimmy doesn't want divulged, that Josh doesn't want to hear, but Devlin will totally get off on providing because of the position of power it puts him in, and the pain he knows it will cause Josh. Devlin is in a tricky place too, after all. He wants to dominate Josh, crush his psyche, but he also still wants to have sex with Kimmy on the regular. So he's got his own fine line to walk. I'm just not sure what he values more. Total annihilation of Josh or Kimmy in his bed on a regular basis. He'd like to have both, I'm sure. But if he thinks he can't get both, what does he do? One last amazing round with Kimmy before he mic drops Kimmy and Josh's marriage? Can't wait for KT to show us!

L_S87

Welcome back!

CSH

Didn’t someone enter the apartment when she was in his bedroom?

CSH

If the preservation of the the relationship forces KT to soften the scene limiting Josh pain, in my opinion would be watering the story and blurring the climax. We have been reading half a million words of double meanings and half truths. Is time for the masks to drop and for the story to reach a climax, the stronger the better. They can cry together and forgive each other afterwards in an epilogue.

Rocambole50

Yes this fun to read about .. I am not about this lifestyle IRL...definitely handled differently IRL.. No one would leave happy I am afraid....but to each its own!!! Love the convos and sharing of opinions..That is what make KT the best and this group the best!

Mike Monroe

I hope Kimmy is not tied up. Would be terrible that all ends with these two males enjoying their dominance over her. Josh must be the victim and Kimmy must be the executioner. I hope KT does not succumb to have sorrow for Josh and goes to the end. The farther, the better. After so many twists and turns, the story is asking for a sustained crescendo that drives to final a climax of cruelty and humilliation. No more ambiguity. Josh has fall in the trap and the spider is going to inject all the venom, and enjoy doing it now that has discovered her personality as spider.

Rocambole50

I too am looking forward to the banging headboard and the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth... That is one of the ways, Ayesha, She Who Must Be Obeyed twists us to her will... That and writing really fucking well. ( Mmm, must include this in an Amazon review)...

Bill F Protagoras

Come on, Andrew, who the fuck IS the real Kimmy? I don't know who the real me is? And the serried ranks of my dead are still at times enigmatic? If you mean mean nasty Kimmy... I'm not so sure... if you mean Kimmy the muggins who fell for the candyfloss and a thrilling ride on the Big Bell End... there's a good chance... Can Devlin still win her with dark good looks... who the fuck knows. What does put her in his callous hands... is coercion, outright lying, and that old Danish favourite, blackmail. Then last, but by no means least, his fall back and personal favourite... bullying. But obviously he would only resort to it because as a victim and his personal (ex?)submissive tart she's begging for it! On the other hand, Kimmy is his lawyer and there's the 'je ne sais quoi' that has him desperate to control her. And if you're thinking Bill's usually a calm and collected chap... I wonder what's rattled his cage? KT Morrison made me do it!!!

Bill F Protagoras

Yey, Mike is this part of the Monroe doctrine too?

Bill F Protagoras

Oh, yeaaaaaaaaaah! That tease of a single pussy shot was a clever ploy... on wily KoyoTe's part especially... and as you say the pied a terre... the first thing I thought when he put it at Kimmy's disposal was The Wire! But with a budget for video! Though the dildo leak may have another source too... and no, l don't think Hyun is playing mole to Devlin's slimy Mr Toad (a nod to one of my favourite books... and her satannic majesty's use of it in "Sinner." If Kimmy sold her soul it was then).

Bill F Protagoras

At last! The penny has dropped! Han caído del burro! Had a revelation as Saul did when he fell off the donkey on his way to Damascus. (caerse del burro)

Bill F Protagoras

What a tangled web that was weaved to deceive. The cat will soon be out the bag. The true nature of Kimmy and Devlin relationship will be shown to Josh....It will be devastating...but to whom the most??? Does Kimmy truly love Josh??? I will always say ..Hell No!! Will Josh get past this ???. The full truth will be displayed. I am on the side that whatever happens Josh goes stronger not weaker. Devlin can go to Hell and Kimmy could go with him as well. I don't want a accepting wimpy husband like in a Manus Dare tale...babysitting a child who is not his ..allow Kimmy and Devlin to do whatever and he sits in the corner watching as his life force disappears. I still in the camp that he didn't ask for this. He is not a usual cuck.. It shouldn't be wrap up like that!

Mike Monroe

That recording I believe will be shown to Josh somehow! Maybe by Devlin.

Andrew Mellein

In regards to the recording. I recall that Kimmy wanted to stop at the "right" point, which was what she wanted Josh to hear, and nothing more, but during the actual scene, Devlin convinced her to keep recording, though the entire episode of them having sex. She never let Josh hear that, but presumably the audio still exists. And also, as you noted, Devlin could have his own copy. That particular scene would tear Josh up. Also the one in Cayman where both Kimmy and Devlin laugh and ridicule Josh and his reactions to their closeness. There's no doubt Kimmy did a number of things to belittle Josh that Devlin could use as ammunition. Josh won't trust a verbal accusation, but audible or visual proof to back it up? That would be brutal. And unquestionable. Josh would go from half enjoying this and half hating it to completely hating it.

L_S87

Yeah, I’m pretty sure he’s got recordings of everything. It’s been too easy so far. Devlin’s going blow it all up very soon.

Kat

KT, in keeping with your latinate chapter names, how about Irrumabo Locus" for this chapter. It translates as "schtupzimmer" in German.

Donkatsu

Seems to me both Kimmy and Devlin are returning to an earlier meme wrt Josh: he's asked for it, he won't stand up for himself, he won't admit what he wants, it does not matter that we were already doing it before he had {we put - ed.} the thoughts in his head about us, etc. There was quite a bit of that earlier in the story and I wonder if Devlin has recordings of some of those conversations. He certainly must have evidence of Kimmy mocking various aspects of Josh. Still a very bumpy road ahead. PS: why wouldn't Stone brokerage (and the true schtupzimmer, Devlin's pied a terre) have the same sort of surveillance technology the hedgies have - every keystroke, all phone conversations, all areas of the office (to record water cooler talk)?

Donkatsu

You are right, @L_S87, about Kimmy’s control. She really does love and care for Josh, despite her horrible actions throughout this series. She’s trying to hold back, even though she can’t stop her body from reacting. First she won’t kiss Devlin. Then she kisses him, but refuses him her tongue. I don’t know how much longer this will last. As I said before, it all seems too easy. If both of them were in agreement about taking care with Josh’s feelings it might be okay, but it’s not. I agree with what you said about Devlin wanting to destroy Josh. That’s his goal. Kimmy’s goal is to give him what he wants. Devlin undoubtedly will be the winner here. How can he not be? I still think Devlin has to have more “evidence” that will kill Josh’s soul. He’s cunning and evil. It would be totally like him to have videos.

Kat

That was the phone recording Kimmy made in Book 8 for Josh. But, who knows, Devlin could have secretly recorded a copy, as well.

Kat

And, of course, Devlin did not get any Kimmy tongue and nor did Josh beg him for anything... he'd already placed his order for a slice of Kimmy after all! Is this why Mr Tall Dark and Hungsome made a misstep... overstepping his mark..? Revealing intelligence he oughtn't to possess.

Bill F Protagoras

One of the newest and most revealing pieces of information we find out in this episode is... "Her body urged her to charge ahead, show off, give the performance Josh craved, 'but her mind never trusted anyone or what they said'." This X-Files level skepticism has not been referred to previously. Maybe it has only recently developed. It makes sense without a doubt. Also it gives greater credence to her most recent claims to strength. Skepticism is a rock, a foundation! She has shown that she doesn't take Josh at his word... even when she should...She has, at last, caught on to Devlin. Though HE might have a bag of tricks the size of a pocket universe... Resources... that's what plutocrats have, especially those that don't by rights belong to them! Yet, when all's said and done, a shrewd informed Kimmy could be a thorn in Devlin's side if he's thinking of making a move against, or without the Stone patriarch...

Bill F Protagoras

I wonder if her new found willpower is chalked up to her being pregnant. Also didn’t Devlin have a video of Kimmy being seductive leading to sex? But they cut out the sex scene and kept Kimmy being sexy. I believe Devlin lied and has the full video and probably showed it to Josh!

Andrew Mellein

That's an interesting thought, Kat. Does he put that together? Maybe after the fact? In the moment I think he would be too focused on his pain, his lust, and the awful "truth" unfolding before his eyes. But he's been very good at compartmentalizing these things after the fact and being more analytical about what happened as he ponders how he feels and what he should do. (Which is typically where his anger comes in). Would he remember that and pick up on the nuance? Or, does Kimmy do such a good acting job here that she sucks Josh in? As much as it's easy to hate her for all the selfish, nasty shit she's done, her prime focus on making this about Josh, for him, toeing a line she wants to cross but refuses to because of how she knows it would effect him, is rather amazing. At least for her. Somehow, at least to this point, she's found the willpower to ignore what her body wants in favor of what is right for keeping Josh mentally "safe", which is pretty astounding given her past history. It shows that the past couple of books have had a profound impact on her. But, she's still the same woman who sleeps with Hyun and has that dildo. Can she hold on to this? Devlin clearly doesn't want her to. He wants her to wreck Josh, destroy him. That thought about the video would be brilliant of Devlin. Asshole he may be, but stupid he is not. Video evidence of her betrayal would be devastating. Will be interesting to see who "wins".

L_S87

Felices fiestas!

Bill F Protagoras

I'm just waiting for the thrusting and the bed shaking to happen! That's when the horror show begins and Josh is going to see the real Kimmy!

Andrew Mellein

Do you think Josh may put it together, the long shape in the bag that Kimmy pulled out of her trunk when he was spying on her outside of Hyun’s? My second question is how does Devlin know about this? There are several parts of the story that are missing, one being who walked into Devlin’s apartment when Kimmy was in his bed with the replica. We are assuming it was a maid, but KT never stated who it was. Maybe Devlin has cameras in his place that recorded her. He also could have recorded other times that they were together. If he did record the times they were together before Josh found the panties it could be devastating for her. Some of the stuff she said to Devlin, especially about Josh was pretty awful. Her whole story will unravel if Devlin has that stuff on video. It all seems too easy right now. Kimmy is holding it together, and Josh seems to be okay with what’s happening in front of him. I think Devlin’s going to expose her very soon. We may yet see a horror show. I don’t know how it doesn’t happen.

Kat

Bad move... Big Bro you just stepped on your dick... far too soon to play a card that reveals your cheating hand... I stand aghast at his temerity... power can so suddenly lead to overconfidence... but when ya feel like ya ain't got nothin' ya got nothin to lose... but fear itself. I always forget... is it metaphors you're not supposed to mix... or quotes... Time to go stew!

Bill F Protagoras

Isn't anything just penis envy anymore, and I'm not talking about Freud's male chauvinist's schtick! Let's face it guys, as far as men are concerned the dolls can own a penis if, or when they want... I'm talking about a man or whosoever wishing they had a bigun' so they could make other people ecstatic, rather than it being an unutterable desire to take it up the bum. It's a shame really. It must be the wrong conclusion to jump to sometimes... cos, you know, the exception proves the rule.

Bill F Protagoras

That's right, Kimmy! Call his bluff! Fence while Devlin flails with his butcher's cleaver...

Bill F Protagoras

Big B for benny KT?

Bill F Protagoras

Did the mask slip when she laughed at Josh's discomposure? Which mask was it though? It wasn't the one she was wearing in "Sinner" I sincerely hope. This was the most unkindest cut of all... though some more were struck that very night... and have, as yet, been unperceived...

Bill F Protagoras

Is "Josh's possession" meant to be ambiguous, not just crass male presumption on his part... or control of his self overridden by an occult power,

Bill F Protagoras

Talking of which... it's wonderful how on the fly Kimmy usurps the role of commentator to capture the narrative from her limited male audience (Laurel & Hardy)... this is how I make notes when I read a completed episode.

Bill F Protagoras

When flies are mentioned we've got to question who is wearing the trousers...

Bill F Protagoras

This is a solid point, she was by herself wasn't she ...

JamesIsAsleep

More cart before the horse sophistry from Devlin. "As long as the general population is passive, apathetic or is diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome," now, thank you Mr Chomsky, that goes together horse and carriage-like...

Bill F Protagoras

This is really heating up, I'm here for it! Happy Holidays ya'll

JamesIsAsleep

So far Kimmy is playing this perfectly. Better than I expected. It won't absolve her of the sins Josh doesn't even suspect, but it might absolve her of *this* particular sin, or at least allow Josh to stomach the shame due to Kimmy's perseverance in defiantly not giving in to Devlin like she always did before. Gives Josh the illusion that she isn't what Devlin implied, did it for her own reasons, never allowed Devlin control. We know that's false, Josh probably does too, but Kimmy's effort for him is worth a lot, in this scenario. Right or wrong, she's a great actress and using it here. Of course, this all hinges on Devlin not blowing it up with comments. Like the one about the dildo he dropped at the end? Too many of those and it stops being pleasurable pain and is just 100% pain. That's when Kimmy loses him.

L_S87

It was AS though it was him submitting... 'as' omitted I believe.

Bill F Protagoras

My body has needs... did I say that out loud? Just put some quotation marks around it and hope nobody has noticed!

Bill F Protagoras

Aaaaaaaah! The spate of her desire, just pronouncing it in my head is so evocative. Just a note. They could produce a blockbuster with that title...

Bill F Protagoras

Devlin slowly drew down his zipper, looked to the right, saying,“Josh, you know she got herself a replica, right? She fucks herself behind your back with a rubber copy of my dick when I’m in Kingston.” How does he know that?

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