"Yes," they parroted, and then laughed together—a good thing. Until then, they'd been quiet and tense."What? You don't see yourselves as centerfolds...in Playboy and Playgirl magazines?"They laughed some more."That's the spirit I want to see. Cory, Nora, the expression 'no pain, no gain' is accurate. You're going to experience some pain. You might as well have some fun while your bodies are screaming at you to stop whatever you're doing to make yourself svelte." I paused. "Svelte. I like the. " Her anger vanished into such disappointment that Caine could empathise with the younger girl as she crumbled.Her sister took one last hard look at her sobbing charge and pulled her into a comforting embrace.Again the atmosphere changed dramatically from charged and stressed to consoling and soothing.Caine stepped up to the group and the woman saw him for the first time.He blue eyes widened in fear as she saw him for what he was, the monster beneath his skin.He felt his soul swelling into. He picked up the rattan once again, and without pausing between blows for the sting to be absorbed into the skin, he relentlessly pummeled her bare reddened skin. She had no time to become accustomed to the pain, to allow her body to accept it and her brain to whisper to itself that it could not last forever, as is the way with women, hence their higher pain thresholds. Oh no, she had no time for anything, for thoughts, for reactions, for resistance. Her body melted and all strength and power. I've been hiding these things and Auntie Madgefrom you for too long. If I want a man or a woman to spend the night,that's my business. And that goes for you as well. If you have agirlfriend, or a boyfriend over, then I'll certainly understand and allowyou the privacy that every individual should have to explore theirsexuality."Mother had to stop a couple of times when things got a little intense inher personal area.So how does Auntie Madge fit in to all this mess? Before Motherconfronted Jamie.