“No, I followed, and you did not know I was there. So you must agree that I am worthy to Journey as well.”Seth was nonplussed. He loved his daught...r dearly, and would do nearly everything she could ever ask of him, but the custom of the Group decreed that females could not take part in the same rituals as males. They had their own responsibilities and duties, and only extreme emergencies allowed them to deviate from their normal routines. “No,” he replied, “I must do no such thing. We have. Her parents did, in fact, figure things out pretty quickly. But by the time my sister actually got on a plane to go visit her daughter at college, she'd had some long distance conversations with Kat, and had figured out, as parents are wont to do, that she could talk herself blue in the face and it wouldn't make any difference to her offspring. There had only been one phone call to me, where the term "bastard" was tossed around freely, but by the time she got there she'd calmed down a little. Again, she stood with her hands on her head and waited for Ellie to carry on. She dared not speak, not even to wish Ma’am a good morning. “Right girl, day one of your punishment. You will start by running my bath, whilst I am bathing you will start my breakfast. I want scrambled eggs on toast, fresh orange and a mug of coffee. Then you will press my skirt and blouse for work. Then after I have left for work, you may have your breakfast. Then I want the bathroom scrubbed, the hall, stairs and. Finally I had it on Jerry. He looked at me like, "What took you so long?"We got in the car and Jen asked if we could go to an Italian restaurant. She said that Jerry would make a mess but loved spaghetti. So Italian it was. Jen ordered spaghetti and got an extra plate and gave some to Jerry. She brought along a tiny fork but he was doing better with his hands.I was having a great time. I can't remember the last time I laughed like this. Jen did tell me that she did enjoy herself the night.