’ he hadn’t thought the words through and his apology sounded clumsy as it came out of his mouth. She didn’t respond. She didn’t look at him, ...he didn’t say anything, she just walked out, her arms drawn across her chest, her face taut. The door rattled as it closed behind her and the silence it left in its wake was deafening. She darted into the woods, Richard considered following her but quickly dismissed the idea. He hoped against hope that she would come back so he could apologise again, so. "OK, she has a broken nose, two teeth which are loose, but not knocked out. Her ribs aren't broken thank God, but only bruised. The nose is going to hurt, but I packed it." he sat and rubbed his face. "Her lip is torn from where the teeth and fist, it had to be a fist or something like it, not a slap, met and tore it. It put three stitches into that to close the wound. I gave Sherri a prescription for anti-biotic and pain killers, she had some left from when I gave her some, and we gave Lisa. She was also why I was here. From what I could gather (and I could 'gather' quite a bit) she and Danny were very close when they were younger but lately had grown apart.That was not quite true. Upon entering high school she had become embarrassed to be his sister. She had blossomed into a very beautiful young woman and he was an outcast.He was tall, painfully thin, acne and not smart enough to fit in with the nerds. As soon as she realized that most of those in her desired social circle viewed. " When did you hit sub drop?" Jennifer asked.Monica's face fell. "The same weekend. I hit sub space Friday night, and stayed there too long, I'd wanted it so badly by then. My Dom was a novice too, and made the mistake of leaving me there too long. Another Dom stopped the scene, he had more experience, and pulled me down. They both cuddled me, but in the morning, I lay there and cried, my whole body ached with horrible cramps. Bill cared for me all weekend, and with Theodore's help, I managed.