Vanessa moved into Jack's house about two weeks later.

It was an inevitable development, but for Vanessa it still represented a big step: her first time cohabiting with a man! The idea of sharing this huge house with her lover made her feel once more like a combined wife and daughter. She plunged into her spousal responsibilities--outside of the bedroom--with enthusiasm, taking up the cooking duties at once and making sure the place was neat and tidy. But Jack wasn't about to reduce Vanessa to the level of a household drudge: he had a cleaning woman come in once a month, and a gardener also came by every so often...