/authors/raven/Recent content in Raven on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usThu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2007/07/12/greedy/Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2007/07/12/greedy/<p>It was just a little mistake. I had just gotten a little greedy. Who doesn&rsquo;t once and a while? But the price I had had to pay for it hardly seemed fair. But I couldn&rsquo;t really blame anyone but myself. I was down on all fours at the foot of my husband&rsquo;s bed. An H-shaped steel frame held me with my forearms against the smooth carpet. Leather cuffs were locked to the frame at my wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles; so I wasn&rsquo;t going anywhere.</p>