Eva’s face reddened slightly, not because of what she had just done in front of her brother, but because she had been to shy to tell him before about this aspect of her relationship with Jean.<br/><br/>She stood, facing Jean, and said, Thank you Mistress.  I hope your day was a good one.”  But then, turning to her brother, she said, “Well, now you know.  I meant to tell you before, but…well, I was worried about what you would think, and so I said nothing.”<br/><br/>Turning back to her Mistress, she began to remove her Jean’s outer coat for her so that she would be more comfortable in the house and continued speaking,  “You see, Mistress Jean is my Mistress.  I have given myself to her, and she owns me.”  Eva added, perhaps a little defensively, “It has been this way with us for some time, and it works very well for us.”<br/>