Charlotte turned back into position, gritting her teeth. WHACK, WHACK! The last two lashes hit home where they were supposed to hit. Ken’s work was ...one. Loud applause in the auditorium. Again, strobe lighting, now just with three ‘players’, as the next executioner was randomly selected. “The lucky winner gets to whip or cane Miss Gray’s breasts”, announced Mr. Styler. The light stopped on Ralf. “Congratulations, Ralf. Before you turn the implement wheel, please take off the remaining clothes. I found a bottle of very cheap vodka. I ripped off the cap, and swigged it to my lips, and took a few great swallows. It burned like almighty hell going down. And then I felt very sick. I just made it to the bathroom in time to throw up. I felt better. A little better.It was sunday, and it was early morning. There was no way the Wine & Spirits Shoppe down the street would be open this early. I went out the door and down the stairs to Nat's room. I knocked on the door, and she opened it. She. All of my rehearsed and well-practiced conversations had been one-directional affairs. This would be a two-way street, driven not just by what I wanted and said but also by what my wife’s ex-lover and ex-boyfriend did.We just looked at each other for ages, before it was Chris who spoke first.“You know, Dave, I’m sorry things got to where they got to. I really am. But I’ll not lie to you, I’d do it all again if it came to that. I never wanted to hurt you, but you have to understand I love Jill. "We're from Bel Air," the tall girl responded. "It's about six or eight miles away. I felt this odd sensation, like there was something important I couldn't let slip away," she said, proving that Alex's reach had grown substantially if he was pulling people from so far away. She'd been sitting in her house at the time, and had found her car keys, told her husband she was taking off and had driven downtown. She hadn't been able to tell what she was following when she'd left her house, claiming.