Private Lessons in Obedience

She can manage a boardroom, a crisis, and everyone else's problems, but asking for what she wants still feels impossible.

Dean teaches obedience classes, and she enrolls only because her rescue dog will not sit.

His commands are calm and absolute, and she is startled to find that she answers that voice too.

Dinner at his home becomes a private lesson in commands, consent, and the rush of being told she is good.

The more she chooses to obey, the clearer it becomes that she may have been the one in need of training.