. your arse looks ... very spankable," he finally stammered."Fine," said Martha briskly, "Over your knee, or do you want me on the bed or on a bench?"...On the bed, please," said Hubert, reassured by her professionalism, "and I'll cuff you into position."Martha piled several pillows on the bed and lay down with her belly on them and her hands and feet spread wide for him to handcuff into place. As she did so, the thought crossed her mind that she hoped that there wasn't a dire emergency while she. Uhh" She was silent for a couple of seconds, thinking what to do. She hesitated, wanted to say something then was silent again for a couple seconds."Oke Rob... Shall we?" uhh W-What?" Adrenaline was pumping so hard i could hear my ears drum. "Let me be clear only 2 things: No Looking whatsever and you need to know i cant be as fast as you, so you need to slow down a bit. So we can come together, then its less weird you see, hihi" o-oke, wow, oke. uhh" Dont be shy Rob, just start as you always. Her name shows here on the registry document," and Brandon pointed that fact out to the officer."Muchas gratias, Senor. It makes this easier when we can see all owners, instead of someone hiding from who and what they are. People who hide are ones that have something to keep secret, no?" I wouldn't know, Senor," Brandon feigned ignorance. "I try not to hang around people that hide things." A wise move, Senor," and the Mexican returned Brandon's passport to him.After the First Officer had gone. Claire had done marathons before, though she wasn't in shape for one now. She could feel the burn that had replaced the feeling of invincibility in her muscles. Her body was telling her she was, after all, human, and that she was stressing things too much.The desire to be better than this young man overcame her common sense, and she lengthened her stride again, running what she considered to be "fast" now, to leave him behind.But he stayed right with her.Now she abandoned even caution, running.