As she pressed her lips to his in another passionate kiss, Dave’s mind continued to swim. He knew the danger in his actions, but he was incapable of...resisting this woman’s affections all the same. Rolling his body to lie on top of hers, Dave could feel his throbbing cock pressing against Madeleine’s pelvis. Her legs parted to allow him access, and the moment he had waited so long for had arrived at last.“David… my hero…” Madeleine whispered.“Madeleine, I want you to promise me one. Still, it was a better way to deal with discipline than to kill the transgressors in an unwelcome permanent way that did no good for either side.In the case of female culprits, the policy was quite different and a team of young lads would make the women suffer the consequences in a way that would rob them of their dignity but not cause any harm to their limbs. Those incidents were usually never advertised in any way because of the shame involved with the circumstances but almost everybody knew. " Is your mother part of the team too?" Yes but only part-time. Dad's getting busier and busier so he's going to need me full-time to do the meeting and greeting and general facilitating so that he can concentrate on the technical aspects and running the workforce." Is he a marine engineer then?" Yes. He was in the Navy for ten years or so and took his degree through them." Why did he leave?" He was due to do nothing but sail a desk and he's a hands on man. He also reckoned he might make a bit. And Sara needed to go through some healing before she'd be ready for a committed relationship. Or it would end up just like the one with Chris.Which reminded me. I needed to talk with Chris. He deserved to know that Sara didn't ditch him because of him. No. He deserved to know, but it wasn't my place to tell him. Maybe I could convince her to talk with him. He did deserve to know. And she could use all the support she could get.I realized I hadn't talked to Jeff since he came out of the closet..