A soft, soothing, feminine voice. Then a soft body pressed lightly against my back. Those soft pillowy breasts were mashed between us again. I don't t...ink they were covered this time."What happened?" I managed to croak through my arid mouth. "Where am I?" You're in my bedroom, in my bed."I tried to place the voice so I didn't have to turn around. Whose house would I be in if it wasn't mine? Well, Cassie's, of course. I breathed a little easier, until I remembered the confused almost horrified. “Then I guess you’re going to school in your night gown.”“Mom no I can’t! It’ll be humiliating!”“You could use the humilation! You tried to pull a fast one on your father and I.”“Can’t we go change at home?”“No dear you should’ve answered your phone earlier if you wanted that option. You’re not going to be late for Saturday school. You need to make up this grade immediately.”Lila wasn’t sure what to do but her mom was dragging her to the door.“quit resisting, girls wear less to school all the. But, I reminded myself, he had just been gone for five days, on his own in Boston. I knew he traveled there for work frequently. Maybe he had someone there… ‘No,’ Nick said adamantly, interrupting my thoughts. ‘I haven’t dated anyone since you and I…well, since long before you moved to New York, actually. I’m not interested in meeting anyone else.’ Relief flooded through me though I was still confused. ‘Then what’s this about?’ I asked, exasperated, tucking a leg under me and facing him. ‘I. One hit right after the other, swing, aim, swish. I can’t see Anna’s face from my position, but she is making a strange humming sound, so I guess it smarts pretty well.After about a minute I reduce the speed a bit to maybe one hit every five seconds for the next minute (this is hard work!). But when I look at her foot, I can barely see anything -- no welts, no stripes, it’s barely even red. Maybe I’m not hitting hard enough? So I increase the strength with which I hit her. Anna’s humming.