I know what to do.’ Her beaming grin was full of confidence. The fabric aloft in her arms made a dark shimmering path. She played with it, making lo...ps and shapes. Then she wrapped her arms around his neck. ‘Thank you so much for thinking of me.’ ‘You’re welcome.’ He smiled into her hair and folded her into his arms. ‘I love you, Lucy.’ ‘I love you, too,’ and she kissed him with a heartfelt grace. That night she wore the fabric to their bedroom, draped around her body like a sari. The creased. He cleared his mind and focused on the signal his brain was sending to his body. The pain from the welt down the centre of his back had subsided. He tried to relax and but the position he was in caused him to tense his back and shoulder muscles. His knees were starting to feel his weight and they were beginning to throb.‘Miss, he said lifting his head. ‘Can I please sit down or something?’Swiftly and with no warning he heard a whoosh through the air and felt an incredible sting on his back.. "Now Mrs. C. I want you to tell me in detail about your evening. I will be paddling your ass with this paddle while you tell me because you failed me miserably today at school. How long and how many times the paddle meets your ass depends on how interesting your story is."WAM. The paddle lands forcefully on the bound teacher's ass. "Owwww. I changed into the clothes you gave me in the restroom. "WAM. "Who told you had permission to go to the restroom to change." Owww. I just thought... "WAM.. I was pissing blood again, and it took a week before I could see out of my left eye. I had deep bruises and long cuts pretty near from belly button to nose including one on my cheek that the woman of the family put a couple of stitches in. I rather not describe what my privates looked like or how they felt. I could not get it up no matter what I tried.I made my aching way through small settlements and smaller crossroads called, among the ones that I do remember, Brandon's Camp, Cedar Springs,.