Remember how Jamal got mad when you did that, and had toput you over his lap for a sound spanking?"Of course I remembered. Who could forget a painful...humiliation likethat? He was slender but muscular, and had swatted my bare ass hardenough to make me cry. I'm sure he intended for my wife to see meshedding tears. He loved to do anything that demeaned me and loweredher opinion of me. Besides, I could tell that he enjoyed it himself.So I nodded to Valerie and told her meekly that I hadn't. " Then you better get used to doing it yourself every week from now on. Wecould some hair remover to make it easier on you, but why waste money ona little bastard like you' ,she snarled at me.?"I didn't know what to say, and she went on, "That's a nice sun tan youhave on your chest. You must look lovely in a bikini." Silently I glared at her." Oh, you're so beautiful when you're angry,' she cooed. 'And now I'mgoing to make you even more beautiful, ' she told me" She picked up a pair of. Carol looked around and saw the two men you’d burstinto the apartment before leaning against a workbench, talking in a whisper and laughing.“Bastards!” Carol yelled. “Motherfuckers! What theHell do you think you’re doing?!? Let me the fuckdown!”They laughed again and moved towards her. One wasshort and fat, the other tall and going bald.“Tough-talking Foxy Brown,” The skinny one laughed.Carol noticed he had a broken nose and was missingseveral. So on quite a few days, I let myself skip, and swing my arms, even though that’s silly. But it made sense. I had a great boyfriend, who had been healthier for months, and now a good friend who was very supportive, a job that was relatively low stress. I even started jogging some mornings, something hadn’t done since high school. Considering I was in such a perpetual good mood, it surprised me when I got so pissy on the Saturday before Halloween, after doing a ton of errands, when I came home.