" No, I don't want to change my mind." Then," Paul began as he got into his role as punisher, "Brandy, you were told time and time again that when I c...me home from work I expect a hot meal waiting for me. Today was the final straw. You were sitting on this ass I am about to turn red, reading and no hot meal ready. Now you have to pay the price." He brought his hand down on her bottom, making sure that he hit each cheek several times.Flipping up her skirt, he held her still and pulled her. ”The phone call awoke something in me. She had not contacted me the whole time she’d been away. I assumed her family had a phone; she knew our House number, so why didn’t she call?When I got to the House, the front door was open and there was a small heap of assorted household items in the hallway and two rucksacks. Helen was wielding a vacuum cleaner in what I assumed to be the living room.“That pile in the hall,” she shouted over the machine’s shrill whine, “that’s all mine. It’s going with. I could see that the emotional atmosphere around here was agreeing with her. I said, "With Mom and Dad at work, and with my sisters and me heading out on two different sets of errands, you will be here by yourself for a while. Is that okay?"Mrs. Kostas smiled at me and said, "Thank you for letting me know. But Adele will be here with me. We have some things we need to go over and we need to make a grocery list."Adele came up behind her, dressed as well. Adele smiled and said, "I'm going to stay. "OK. Well, I'll set up the press conference, and you guys decide what you're going to say." We've got the press conference scheduled," Warren said to Sophia as she entered his room."Good. I've talked to Jessie. That whole thing never happened, and if the few people that know about it bring it up, Jess and Crash will deny it. Outside of that, we're going to more or less tell the truth." Well, sort of. We're going to leave Alexa and Liz out of this, because nobody but the two of us, Alexa, and.