Bridget took Marissa at her word, but she noted the unease that she’d expected to find, as well as the completely understandable anger that would take time to fade.  The first one she could work around, the second could be a problem, only time would tell.<br/><br/>“One thing you need to realize.  There’s no anger here.  What I’m going to teach you should never be used against him, but used for him.  Breaking the trust he’s willing to place in you is the worst thing you could possibly do.  If you wish to continue past today I will be teaching you every aspect of the relationship you’re going to try to build, much deeper than what he and I share.  If you ever discipline him, or use him as a target for your anger when you are being dominant over him this will never work.”<br/><br/>“I think some ground rules would be the place to start.  First, while you’re here you listen to me.  If I tell you to stop you stop. If I tell you to leave the room to give each other space I expect you to do so without question.  It’s not an attempt on my part to maintain control for controls sake, but to ensure that you both come through today without any fresh scars, physical or otherwise.  Can you handle that?” she asked.<br/>