"Licker, my boys have set you for local anesthetics for all procedures. Branding, of course, cannot be accomplished painlessly with a local pain kille.... You would have to be put under, and what with the extra fees and longer processing time it really adds up on the processing bill, and your father wasn't willing to foot that charge. But the majority of slaves, as you will find out today, are not put under for branding; they are branded right on the hook, as you will be. When you reach the. About 10 minutes later, she made her way back into the front cab of the truck to sit next to Jason, who checked her out as he drove. She wore a long sweater as Jason could see but no skirt as he could see or tell. Lola thanked Jason once again to let her come into the dry and warm truck of his, sat on the seat such that she pulled her knees up against her chest tucking them under the warm sweater. Realizing her feeling cold, Jason turned up the heat and cheerfully told her that she will be warm. ”I nodded, “I appreciate it. Bethany, what’s the plan for today and tomorrow?”“What’s going on with the rehearsal?” Bethany asked.“What rehearsal? Given the timing, they skipped it. I know how things work at St. Andrew’s from when I was an altar boy. So I’m free both tonight and tomorrow.”“Well, then I want to meet Josie, for sure, and I haven’t seen Jennifer in ages. How about we go to dinner?”“That makes sense. Do you mind if we invite my sister?”Ed made a face, which didn’t surprise me,. She made her way through her living room and towards her kitchen, hearing movements within and seeing the dim glow of a light, possibly a torch as she moved ever closer, trying to prepare herself mentally for whatever could happen next.As she stepped forward, however, she felt her shin bash unexpectedly into the side of her coffee table, forcing a surprised grunt of pain from between her lips.She knew her house like the back of her hand, but this asshole had stumbled through it knocking things.