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You see – I have no idea if you’re joking – and if you’re not – then I think I’ll stay in Georgia.Crates are a hard limit for me. Sorry I made you mad. Tell me you forgive me.AFrom: Christian GreySubject: JokingDate: May 30 2011 22:31To: Anastasia SteeleHow can you be emailing? Are you risking the life of everyone on board, including yourself,by using your BlackBerry? I think that contravenes one of the rules.Christian GreyTwo Palms Twitching CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc.Two palms! I put my BlackBerry away, sit back while the plane taxis to the runway, andpull out my tattered copy of Tess – some light reading for the journey. Once we’re airborne,I tip my seat back, and soon I’m drifting off to sleep.The flight attendant wakes me as we start our descent into Atlanta. Local time is 5:45a.m., but I’ve only had four hours sleep or so… I feel groggy, but grateful for the glass oforange juice she hands me. I glance nervously at my BlackBerry. There are no furtheremails from Christian. Well, it’s nearly three in the morning in Seattle, and he probablywants to discourage me from screwing up the avionics system, or whatever prevents planesfrom flying if mobile phones are switched on.The wait in Atlanta is only an hour. And again I’m luxuriating in the confines of the firstclass lounge. I am tempted to curl up and go to sleep on one of the plush, inviting couchesthat sink softly under my weight. But it will just not be long enough. To keep myselfawake, I start a long steam of consciousness to Christian on my laptop.From: Anastasia SteeleSubject: Do you like to scare me?Date: May 31 2011 06:52 ESTTo: Christian GreyYou know how much I dislike you spending money on me. Yes, you’re very rich, but stillit makes me uncomfortable, like you’re paying me for sex. However, I like traveling firstclass, it’s so much more civilized than coach. So thank you. I mean it – and I did enjoythe massage from Jean Paul. He was very gay. I omitted that bit in my email to you towind you up, because I was annoyed with you, and I’m sorry about that.But as usual you overreact. You can’t write things like that to me – bound and gaggedin a crate – (Were you serious or was it a joke?) That scares me… you scare me… I amcompletely caught up in your spell, considering a lifestyle with you that I didn’t even know