I put on my robe and headed downstairs to welcome in the New Year with Dad.He had a fire going in the den and was sitting on the sofa with his stockin... feet up on the coffee table watching Dick Clark on the TV - it was 10:30, so we had an hour and a half before the ball dropped in Times Square. I worked the cork loose on the bottle and as it popped free yelled, "Happy New Year! Let's do a little celebrating!"Dad was startled but then laughed as I poured the champagne for us. I sat down by him. I quickly made my bed and changed my outfit. I made a bunch of noise, knowing Jack would be coming up soon. My shirt slides off my shoulders as I hear him coming up the stairs. I hear a gasp and turn to see him standing there, frozen. He looks up and down my half-naked body. I pat the bed, and look into his eyes. "You going to join me, or just stand there?"HIM...I got to the top of the stairs, and headed straight to Ashley's room. The door was cracked open, and I cautiously stepped inside. 'Oh,. Later, of course, Glassrose always takes her revenge for the humiliation, finding some pretext to punish Luslayla. Yes, Luslayla may be punished. She used to live in Hagarch House to oversee my punishment term, imposed on me by Pauline College. But my punishment time run out and so did the African girl's commission. To stay in Hagarch House the proud beauty became officially Mr Hagarch's slave, just like me. I was present as witness when the master whipped her naked body in the city office to. ’ They all broke down in laughter as she finally reached for one, burning her fingers on the hot shell. She looked daggers at them, saying, “Up yours!” Seeing her own mother laughing, she cried, “You, too, Mom!” at which Maggie fell backwards, laughing until the tears rolled down her cheeks. Mary turned back to crack her lobster open; she wouldn’t admit it, but she loved lobster, and these were pretty good.After dinner, with the sun well down, Malcolm threw an armload of driftwood on the fire.