. how'd it go?" asked Van cautiously."Fine," she said lugubriously. "I did what you wanted, Van. I left a note telling Bobby I couldn't be his girlfri...nd any more." She then looked at him with a bit of the fire in her eyes that he'd been expecting."Did you bring the pictures?" she said, eyeing him closely for the first time."Sure baby," he said soothingly. He pulled the pictures from a pocket and handed them to her, face down. Julie took them and put them on her lap without turning them over.. She had pulled the T shirt up until her breasts were exposed. The finger and thumb of her left hand twisted and pulled gently at her nipple whilst her right hand rested gently on his head. Enjoying the effect he had created he stopped at the top of her lower lips. She opened her eyes and looked down with a questioning look. He smiled and found her clit flicking his tongue directly back and forth over it for the first time. Her eyes widened and she cried out "Shit!" Before clapping a hand over. A series of security locks later, he was able to carry the many plastic bags into the kitchen where he emptied the contents and arranged them in the cupboards where they belonged. Lance felt a need to keep his house tidy now a woman was living there. He'd recently extended the hours that the maids would service his house each month and thrown out some of the more shabby items of furniture. He'd also, perhaps reluctantly, disposed of the last few remaining signs that he'd once shared the house. He cut Fieth loose when the punishment was concluded. Like Jorgarn, Fieth refused to move while Renoit was strapped to the wooden pole. He too accepted 12 lashes with resolve and vowed he would do whatever Sir Torbert asked to make the Noble Guard noble again.Twelve recruits left for home that day. Many thought a resignation would allow them to forego the lashes. Torbert refused to accept their resignations, punished them and sent them home anyway.More surprising were the nine that accepted two.