Cat o’ nine tails she thought to herself. The strands gently caressed her back and she shivered as the warm leather touched her skin. It was like mu...tiple fingers touching her at the same time. He ran it down her back twice, the second time moving it all the way down her leg. He raised it up to do it again and snapped it to bring it down on her ass.She jerked against the restraints as the pain flashed through her. It was momentary, but it was there. He struck her again and she felt the sting of. Louise, you tell her. Andrew M'Kenna lay with me, 'e did it over and over, right upstairs, night after night. No one else, ever. Not since my 'usband died. Oh Clemence! Damn!" She gasped and almost rose from the stool, thinking of her late-night visit from Walter Cochran and wondering if the slaves knew about that too. Miranda held her down and pursed her lips. From the doorway she saw the overseer near his office window, head bent at his work. Heat shimmered between them.For the next hour. (Troy and Julie are so used to this feeling that they’re able to carry on long conversations in trance. I’m not there, yet.) There were other things that she said, too, but I could ignore those. They were for my subconscious mind. And now that I was so deeply relaxed, some friends of mine who came from there were coming to help me answer some questions. I was just waiting for them to show up... My head. Well, I can ‘t really call it “the final frontier,” can I? I mean, there are certainly other. I mean, we have relatives, you know, they'd make the cover of "Redneck Homes". And Mom and Dad love 'em, cuz they're family."I mulled that point quickly. "Yeah, but that's still family. You don't get to choose family. But another thing you learn is that you get over things with people who want you to get over them."Maddy knew where the statement went. She smiled. "Yeah ... And I'm glad, too. People sometimes make big mistakes that they really want to get over..." Oh, Maddy, you 'n' Kellen 'n'.