Peanut, "Two, Sir." Last whack. Peanut, "Three, Sir." "Peanut now that your ass in red from the whipping, do you understand why you got punished? "...es, Sir, I understand now. It won't happen again, I promise," she said, with small tears running down her face. When she turned around Bear saw the tears and immediately took her into his arms and comforted her until she was done crying. Leah had to rush back to the shop after lunch to finish some office paperwork. Back at the shop, Leah quickly. ’ Mr. Madison batted his hand against the document in my hands. ‘And now, she’s under your protection,’ he said with a sly wink, making it clear that I was to leave his office. What did he mean by that? I wondered as I waited for the elevator down to the lobby. Mr. Madison couldn’t have been suggesting that I take advantage of his high-school-age daughter. That was too vulgar to even imagine. Wouldn’t that imply Mr. Madison had a less than conventional relationship with this Dominique? That was. Maybe he wanted the park to be astarting point for me, too... but it can't be that simple, can it?"Mr. Wilson's voice interrupted her thoughts. "I'm sorry, Miss Parker,did I say something inappropriate?"Candice hadn't realized that she had been staring down at the table forso long, and quickly reassured the staff. "Oh, no, of course not! I wasjust trying to estimate how many employees we'll need. Assuming that thefive of you decide to stay on, would eight or ten more be enough fordaytime hours. You've got people hungry for this information. We've heard from some gang bangers in San Diego—where we don't have a presence—who are interested in our religion. So far we've managed to fend them off by setting them up with rehab and job training sites, but they're interested in knowing what we stand for and what we can tell them about you. It seems word of your deeds is spreading pretty far on their own, even without the media's help.''Thanks. That doesn't add much pressure, ' Alex deadpanned,.