’ said Cassie. ‘Did Emma say how she got those bruises?’ ‘As I said before, I remarked on them,’ said Cassie, ‘and Emma said it was nothin..., and to not worry about it. It was obvious to me she did not want to discuss it, so I didn’t say anything more. I figured her husband did it. I put some pancake makeup, like movie actors use, over the bruises and we took our pictures.’ ‘Had Emma ever mentioned her husband hitting her before?’ asked Joanne. ‘No.’ said Cassie. ‘And that was the first time I’d. During sex, she could be loud but this was love and the most she would do is moan, not wanting to break the spell. ********** Friday evening, Greg pulled the car into Raymond’s back lot. ‘I appreciate you wanting to take me to dinner… but, here?’ asked Martine. ‘Sure, why not?’ Cindy asked. ‘Greg’s never been here.’ ‘I find that hard to believe… well,’ she said furiously, ‘we’re already here, might as well go on in.’ Raymond’s dining room at night was so different from its coffee shop. When you came back to the group you were acting different.” “I can’t have a good time with you and the rest of your teammates?” “That’s not what I said; don’t put words in my mouth. I just noticed a change towards the end that’s all.” “Was that before or after you stayed with the guys instead of talking to Sam with me?” “I thought you might want a break from it all.” She scoffed, “A break? She’s my friend, Marcus. Yours too, you could have come over.” “I talked to her and Gabe later. Why. "Only girls wear hair ribbons, don't they? Do youwant me to fasten your hair into the ribbon to match your panties... forJodie?" Oh yes, Mama. Please ribbon my hair for Jodie, I love him so much."Sonia was so delighted, she stood behind him and held both his hands frombehind, cuddling him round the waist, as her friend selected a good tressof his blond hair, high on his head, and slithered the ribbon to and frountil it grew into a deep butterfly bow that stood several inches abovehis hair. The.