He was sitting in the cheap apartment he’d rented to save money while he was getting his credit equivalencies, after getting back. He was frustrated...and pissed off. The school work bored the shit out of him and he hated the professors at the community college. They were a pack of soft, pudgy, pasty, smirking, condescending civilians used to dealing with a bunch of kids. It all seemed irrelevant and meaningless, and the people around him seemed aimless and ill-behaved. He knew also that he was. Fortunately, nothing dangerous comes to her attention. She isn’t sure, but guesses that the size of this place is that of a large town, or small city. It is definitely larger than an outpost and it isn’t a metropolis.She can see roads leading in three directions. Each with traffic on them. The roads lead to three different gates where people can be seen moving about, many carrying their wares on their backs. Farmers are observed leading herds of animals ranging in size from ducks to oxen. Carts. "Can you tell Megan to come upstairs?" Bill asked. "It's time for you girls to have your birthday spankings."Mallory nodded."I'll go find her," Mallory said, and she hurried down the stairs.In the basement, Megan and three of her friends sat eating their sandwiches in a circle on the floor while watching some boys play video games. Mallory came down the stairway."Megan? Upstairs. Dad wants to start the birthday spankings," Mallory said.Megan looked coyly at her three friends, and nodded at. 10:35 I hear a car pull into the drive and engine switch off. She's home. She didn't compensate for her tardiness this morning. Good. My plan is back to schedule. My heart is racing as I begin to question my mettel again. But it's to late to back out now, she's walking up to the door. I take a seat on the couch and press play on the DVD player, sit back and close my eyes as she opens the door.She closes the door behind her and turns to walk into the living room. When she catches sight of me she.