” With a wink and cheeky grin, she left.I took a minute or two to recover some composure and consider what had just happened. And what might be abou... to happen. I shook my head, a smile on my lips, and pulled on my trunks, hoping that Andrea wouldn’t notice the bulge down there.When I walked outside, I had another shock. Andrea’s sister Sally, her guy Richard, and Mr and Mrs Jones all sat in the hot tub. “Hi, Mark,” said Mr Jones brightly. “Are you going to join us in here?” I was still. ’ ‘My, my. She’s gotten really bold today. First the office and now a little exhibitionism?’ I looked back at Tina who was blushing and then to Allison again. ‘What exactly happened at the office?’ ‘You should have seen her. I mean, Tina’s great, but she really let’s the doctors boss her around. Dr. Grant, in particular, treats her like his personal slave. Makes her do things like his dry cleaning, and she never complains. Until today.’ ‘Oh really?’ I said. ‘Oh yeah. I don’t know what got into. How else could she have known of Francine's lunge at the animal? And on this Planet, even a threatening gesture was enough to get one horribly punished. On the whole she had got off quite lightly!Francine had returned to the cellar and been chained in filth once again. Her floggings with the Slave Whip had been resumed in all their previous ferocity and her diet had reverted to the basic and rather unpleasant fare enjoyed (if that is the right word) by the other Slaves. This had been her wish. She studied the flickering flame when she heard the faint sound. She focused on the rain lashed glass beyond the candle.Her brow furrowed; maybe it was a fox trying to get to shelter or a broken branch being blown along the garden wall. She got up and made her way to the window. Nothing was discernible through the streaks of water running down the glass. Glancing at the door latch beside her she took a deep breath and cautiously reached for it.The latch clicked and the door slammed open against.