Sir Edward prided himself in his accuracy with the cane and waited for the housekeeper to compose herself before delivering the penultimate stroke. Dr...wing the cane back he drove it hard against her flesh exactly as intended, painting a white line which flushed red in an instant, across this enticing target. The housekeeper screamed her loudest yet as she slumped across the desk, her hands once more hovering behind her, desperate for permission to rub her throbbing behind as tears began to flow. ’‘Are you sure, Areeya?’ Alex was suitably apologetic, but I could tell she wanted to go.‘No, you all go ahead. It will do you good. Does Shane know yet?’‘No, I'll call him now, if you're sure it's OK?’ Areeya waved her hand, ‘Alex, it's fine, enjoy yourselves. She's fully fuelled, so you're ready to go.’I hugged Areeya and whispered, ‘Thanks, you're wonderful, you know.’She smiled, ‘Consider it part payment for what you did in Bangkok. Promise me you'll make it worthwhile, OK?’ I must have. “What are you doing?” Audrey asked, but I said nothing, knowing that she was straining to see though the fabric, knowing or least thinking that she knew what I was doing.“Let me watch” Audrey begged, “ I want to watch”, she demanded. “LET ME SEE, TAKE THIS OFF MY FACE” Audrey now ordered, but I continued.She rocked her head from side to side in an effort to throw it off but it remained tied. She tried to buck underneath me but I had her trapped. She began to violently shake her head. “TAKE. ” I told her which caused an even wider smile to light her face up. “Though you did expend more energy than I felt you should have. You almost completely exhausted yourself. Please, don’t push that far again.”Naci was nodding when her head suddenly snapped up as she was staring into my eyes. Her mouth dropped open as she stared harder then she was nodding her head. “I will be more careful my husband, my love.” This last a barely audible whisper.I swallowed hard when I heard these words, why was.