That reduced theincident to rumor and rendered it a nonissue.The Sergeant major in charge of the Quartermaster's department knewabout Trace, but was n...utral about her. Sergeant major Marcus Dawesjust wanted his people to do their jobs and he knew Trace's alleged jobdidn't need to be done. Sergeant major Dawes told her,"Look, Sergeant, just go and sit in the office and look at books orlisten to the radio or do something, just don't get underfoot, OK?"After a day of that, Trace started reading. “You never ask me why, you always decide what action needs to happen.” She handed him a paddle for lesson two. “You need to discipline me. I need to be spanked for not doing what I am supposed to do.”Brad looked at her confused, he had never thought about hitting his mother. “I can’t spank you mom.” “Don’t look so worried” Vicki said, “If, I didn’t want this I wouldn’t have let you be my master.”Brad took the paddle reluctantly not knowing how to spank his mother. Vicki walked over to the. "Lyla nodded at the contract lying on the coffee table. "And ... he's offering to have us live in one of his houses for up to a year — rent free — while we find our own home in the Saint Louis area. He's even offering tutoring for our kids if we think they need it after having to change school systems."Both had avoided the elephant in the room, but finally, Lyla said, "The salary he listed must be a typo. I know you're the best, Hon, but a starting salary that's three times what you make now. The night before, Erin and I arranged to meet for a little breakfast in El Paso. So, on Thursday morning I headed straight to El Paso to a diner in the heart of town. When I entered the diner Erin was there waiting for me. She hopped up from her seat and embraced and kissed me right on the lips. But we could not make it too big, since we were in a public place. We sat down and ordered our breakfast and stared at each other. We ate and had a nice little talk about her trip so far and about.