He shakes his head, “No, I won’t do that.” Gordie can tell he’s lying and Mr Hilston intends to kill himself. That’ll destroy Melody, and Go...die can’t allow it. He must do something to stop this happening.Gordie walks over to the telephone, but it’s disconnected. He doesn’t dare leave the room so he pulls out his radio, and Mr Hilston’s eyes go wide at seeing such a small boy with a radio like that. Geordie activates it then he waits for a response.At Clay Comm Jenny Smith has listening watch. I was sobbing when she reached for her hairbrush. I squirmed around but knew I must not avoid her spanks, but must take them as best I could. I was in floods of tears when she finally stopped and asked “do you agree yet?” Through my sobs and my tear filled eyes I said a very wet “Yes, I agree. I’m sorry” I conceded, tears streaming down my face. Smiling now, she said “Good boy” and then after kissing my cheek continued as though nothing had happened “so yes, Tessa will discipline you. Maggie smiled. Whatever Richard had inside his trunk, she was almost certain it would involve a great deal of reading. Slowly she made her way to the center of the room, breathing the scent of books. She would love nothing more than to grab a copy of Jane Eyre (her favorite book) and enjoy some leisure reading. Richard never allowed her to spend time alone in the study. The study was his place, his sanctuary, and she was not allowed anywhere near it, at least not without his consent. Richard. Ironically, it was her Mom that inspired some of what I had to say. I said, Cherry, you know that you are the most important part of my life and that I want to be with you forever. And you know I dont exactly have a lot of money, I cant promise you that I will be able to give you all of the things you may want. I cant even promise you that I will be able to provide you with everything you will ever need. I want to promise you that we will never have hard times with money, but Im sure we will..