<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>E McDermott on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/e-mcdermott/</link><description>Recent content in E McDermott on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="/authors/e-mcdermott/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>First Evening</title><link>/stories/1/01/01/first-evening/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/1/01/01/first-evening/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;*
Lynn and I had never met until that evening. We had exchange E-Mail
over the Internet, and then talked on the phone later into the evening,
but we had never seen each other. While she was aware of my taste for bondage,
and I was aware of her curiosity we had made no commitments or decisions.
We met near a soaring statue before the train station at 5:30 PM, surrounded
by the hurrying hordes of commuters who were intent on catching the scheduled
trains back to the suburbs. I spotted her immediately. She demure blue
raincoat, her black stockings, and her two inch heels seemed more appropriate
to nun, than to a married woman about to meet her potential lover for the
first time. I watched her as she scanned the crowds, her blonde hair ruffled
by the wind, and her purse held defensively before her. Then she looked
my way and I smiled, as I walked directly up to her and introduced myself.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>