She lay her head in the crook of my right arm and I wrapped my left arm around her waist and interlocked our legs like we had been lovers for a life t...me. I lay there listening to her soft breathing. I can’t explain why I didn’t have a raging hard on, but I held this young woman in my arms and smelt her hair and sweet aroma of her body and thought, “What the hell, have I fallen in love with this beautiful woman?” When the first rays of the early morning sun shone into the room I realized. " I know but branding is so cruel," Penelope argued. "Isn't there something else we can do so it doesn't have to happen again?" They just have to be obedient, that's all."Penelope didn't agree with him but she kept it to herself. She was going to single out Mary to take care of her mistress so the hurt might gradually fade away. She recalled how all the slaves her father and mother had with no problems. Show gratitude and kindness would win her over like her father's household.The first time. " Well, I'm not like most moms. I'm a little more open about certain things."The tension around the kitchen table was apparent, and Jacob didn't know how to react to his mother's words of candor. "By the way, I'll be going out this afternoon with my friend. I'll be back by this evening." No problem," Laura said happily. "Have fun."***Once Jacob left the house that morning, Laura found herself struggling with what to do next. A part of her wanted to go about her day as she normally would. But. Well, you are not really an orphan, but it sure feels like it recently. After your mother left you and your father to 'find herself', your life has been pretty much a living hell. First, you lost your college money. Mom and dad were barely able to afford it together, and with your mother now treating you as 'his child, not my responsibility' you can barely afford to finish this last semester. It is a pity too, because you are really starting to get into your chosen major of Astrophysics; not a.