” “I see,” she answered, feeling a little more confident. “And then I am going to give you a taste of your own medicine.” “You can’t ...o that,” she asserted. “I am …. I was your Akela.” “History.” I said “And if I don’t accept” ……... But she could see from my face that I would not be put off. “Very well, I see I have no choice.” “Shut the hall door,” I said “and then you will spank me as you did last time.” She did as I instructed and returned with the cane. When I said nothing she took. His fingers moved like lightning over the calculator and finally he looked up,"Roughly, about eighteen thousand, give or take the odd pound or two" Yeah that sounds ok, when can you start?"He agreed to give me a start date later on and he was about to say something when his phone rang, we all tried not to listen but I heard him asking if he could bring two friends,"We've been invited to a rather special evening not too far from here, would you like to go with us?"I nodded and looked at Billy. Most of the day Mrs Martin does all the talking,leaving Dawn to her thoughts. By the late afternoon Dawn is convinced that this is a trial of her faith and that Jehovah will see her through it! At four they're back at the Kingdom Hall, Mrs Martin going in to return the extra literature and the donations raised.Going inside Dawn doesn't see the maroon Town Car in the parking lot,but it is very aware of her, her phone beeps for the newly received text message, 'Wear that outfit tonight!" then. Reggie glanced at me nervously, wondering, no doubt, if an ugly family secret was about to be revealed."Then why aren't you still in Charlotte?"I had a half-true explanation devised for this situation, but I had never tried it out on Reggie. "Well, you see, Mrs. Weinstein," I said, feeling very uncomfortable, "there's this problem with my reputation. I was in reform school for a year, and we all agreed it wouldn't be good for me to go back to my old high school in Mecklenbergh County and face.