?Well miss, my boss wants to have a word with you; it?llbe a few hours before he gets here meanwhile he says we can make a smallstart.? A backhand cra...hed across her face, followed by another she felt thetrickle of blood from her nose on her lip, and her head sang. A closed fistthudded into her stomach, she doubled up, but a hand grabbed her hair andpulled her erect, a second punch followed and Jill gagged as bile filled herthroat. ?Get some rope and string her up no point in wasting our energy. ’ ‘Have you not had sex since you split?’ I asked. She would know what was going through my mind and was I bothered? I was reasonably optimistic about where this was leading. I was so glad that I had booked a room in the hotel rather than facing the late night tube ride home. She took my hand again as she shock her head. ‘No, at least not with another person in the room.’ Softening her voice further she went on, ‘What is your name? I should know that much about you as I am sharing all these. DAY 4We had breakfast items ready when the Skully’s made their morning appearance. Elane Skully, generally known as grandma, wanted to stop being waited on and cook for a change.We and the girls took her shopping. But grandma had to drive. We navigated. She bought two good-sized chuck roasts, a 3-kilo bag of potatoes, an assortment of vegetables, and some spices. On her request, we checked the pressure cooker. It worked.Then we all decided to visit the aquarium. Grandma warned us that dinner. “Love, we can get our stuff out later. Let’s go in and face the music.” Karen was tense but nodded. As she stepped out, I embraced her and kissed her lips lightly. She braced her body internally and took my hand as I led her into the house.I opened the door to the kitchen to see my mom and dad in the midst of preparing lunch. Five plates were set out on the kitchen table. “Mom, Dad, we’re here!”They turned to face us and both of them almost gasped. I said, “Mom, Dad, this is Karen Mason, my.