"Where are you going?" I asked him. "I'm gonna watch some TV." No, please!" I was begging before I even realized it. "I need you, sir." You'll have...to convince me. When I come back -- if I come back, you'regetting this."With that he laid a long wooden frat paddle on the floor in front of me.It was about 4 inches wide and an inch thick and it looked like it couldreally set my ass on fire. My mouth went dry. And he walked out of theroom.He must have left me there about twenty minutes and by. I’m going to take a shower now.’ ‘Okay, I take one too, then I make breakfast, okay Mister Walt?’ ‘Yes, that is okay Thai.’ INHERITING THE ESTATE AND HOUSEBOY Three months earlier after my uncle’s tragic death, I had inherited his estate. A condition of the inheritance was that I keep the houseboy Thai as an employee. Thai, not his real name, was a 21 year old young man from Thailand. My uncle had taken him in when he was 18 and he had lived at the house for just over three years. My parents. Dying for love is one thing, but going to jail because of it is just stupid. Anyway things were moving along smoothly in our relationship, and around January or so of 2000, I made my first phone call to her. I remember how nervous I was… I was at my workplace that is not far from where I live. Here’s some background information. I met this guy named George in Canada about 9 years ago and it may sound odd, but he was 60 years old and I was 9 years old. We have slowly become friends over the. But I did catch him staring me up and down. School had already let out so he asked the custodian to show me to my potential classroom. Ruben was a very polite older (65 maybe) black man. Probably 6’4” 240lbs but you could tell he was still in shape. I felt comfortable and safe with him escorting me. He addressed me as Mrs Fields and I quickly corrected him it’s Ms and I prefer Karen I said as I showed him my barren ring finger. I’m sorry Ms Karen I just assumed anyone as pretty as you would be.