He had slammed the door and bolted it. Jennifer had screamed for nearly an hour and had tried every means that she could think of to escape. The other...stall occupants, those who were not gagged, all yelled for her to shut up. She didn’t listen. Finally, after nearly an hour of yelling one of the matrons came in and cruely and severly whipped her with a whip. Jennifer counted fifty whacks that fell across her body. She tried in vain to avoid the lash but could not. Her writhing only managed to. ”“You agreed?” Celia asked.“I suppose I convinced her. She wanted to join me in New York, and I let her know I planned to be in LA for a little while. I think if that hadn’t been the case, I would have agreed. We’re actually collaborating.”“She’s doing the translations of your poems.”“Something else. When we’re together we trade poems. She reads hers and I read mine. I don’t understand the Spanish, but enjoy her words. She likes what I’ve been writing during the tour and suggested a. She enjoyed it. She was getting attention hell she thought to herself if he would slap me I would love it. The thought made her giggle and realize how fucked in the head she might be. Mike shook his head. “I think I know why your last man left. You're annoying as fuck; you don’t know what no means and you won’t shut your mouth.” Mike took A huge hit off his beer. He hated he was this way to her but too many failed relationships had made him bitter, and he wanted nothing to do with so called. Does that work for you morning or afternoon, Kim?’ ‘Yes, Clemmie. Let’s do it at eleven before the gallery gets busy.’ Clemmie also said, darn her, ‘Clara also wanted to know if you had picked a date for you know what.’ ‘Ok, I hear you, will talk to her. Have to go over to school, may not make it there today. Give me a ring if anything comes up.’ Kim was standing in back, pulling my ears. ‘Theo, don’t tell me you are romancing my best salesperson.’ ‘I swear, and I have a witness, that she hit.