A reunion conversation was getting underway when I ran up.I gave Dad a quick hug, and said, "GREAT job, Dad! You did us proud. Sorry to be quick, but ...'m worried about Ava. I want a ride to the hospital RIGHT NOW to check on her. Paul, can I grab a couple of your guys and one of these cars please?"Paul looked to Dad for approval, who amused me by saying, "What he said."Paul indicated four guys.While they were getting the car started and turned around, I whispered to Dad, "Make sure to keep Paul. I noticed if I thought something, it would happen, now that can’t be real so I must be just dreaming them. I began to experiment, first with my girl. I thought, ‘I want you to take off your blouse,’ she looked at me and said, ‘It’s so hot in here do you mind if I take my blouse off?’ ‘No I don’t mind why don’t you take your bra off too?’ ‘What are you crazy, I’ve already told you I don’t do those kinds of things.’ So then I thought, ‘take off your bra.’ ‘You know I think I will take my bra. I didn't mean to."--- "I think you did. I think you owe them something."--- "Whatever they want, sir." --- she said --- "I'm here to serve them."--- "Yes you are." --- he said, coming closer to her, and calling off the dogs.The dogs sat around them, waiting obediently.--- "Look what have you done with the dress" --- he said pulling at the material.The dress was in shreds. It was ripped by the dogs teeth, and cut by the dog's claws. Under it you could clearly see scratches on her soft flesh.---. More and more she was feeling like a machine whose only function was to see to his comfort. He never touched her anymore. It had been almost a year since they had made love. He complained when his meals were late or the house was a mess. He bellowed at the boys but refused to parent them. And when he felt that he was not getting his demands met he would storm out of the house to sit in a pub with his buddies, swilling beer with money they could not afford to be spending. Sometimes he would be.