.. A fresh bout of sobbing burst forth at the sight: bruises piled upon bruises, streaked with purple lines, some of them already darkening to black. ...t filled her with a despair beyond any she’d yet known, at least since her capture, for she knew that no matter how bad it looked it was only the beginning of her ordeal. She’d seen enough wounds before ... both the trophies of victory and the stigmata of defeat ... to know damage when she saw it. These are scars I might forever bear. But does it. Opening his eyes, he recognized Lori, standing in front of him. Her long brown legs were slightly spread and he detected some dark strands hair peeping out from the crotch area of her swimsuit. ‘Mind if I join you, Mr. Tanner?’ she asked with a grin once she noticed the reaction her body was having on him. ‘The names Mike and be my guest.’ Mike replied, unaware at the time that the head of his cock was visible to Lori’s gaze. ‘Where is the rest of the group?’ ‘There still inside looking. One idea George was frantically pulling together was a full-length, Christmas feature that had the potential to be released into theaters, and then rolled back through cable airings the following season and beyond. It was a bigger deal than Southern Sky Studios usually tackled, but Abby loved the script and George felt like the movie fit our model in all ways except length and scope.Even though owning seventy-five percent of the studio gave me veto rights over the project, I had no intention of. Would Ollie keep me if he knew the truth or would he spurn me? Would it matter if I stupidly angered him enough trying to cover my idiot ass? And last but not least, would Frieda even leave me a choice? Beth hugged me and rubbed my shoulder, but Frieda said softly, "You need to come clean ... Vera." If I come clean, I'm gone!" I hissed. "After all this time? You've GOT to be kidding!" Tell me," Beth whispered. "You might as well, and I might need to know..."I looked at my daughter for a moment.