It had become habit to take our meals there and to always asked questions. I never really stopped thinking about Shelley.It was a different Marine gua...d who held us at the entrance. In the end a different unnamed man showed us the tape. He showed it to us only after he called on the phone. My guess was that he called the man from the first night.Mike spotted the son of the manager leaving the hotel at twelve thirty. It was plenty of time for him to have done whatever was done to Shelley before. The screen flickered into life It started with views which my dad must have recorded when he was driving I won't bore you with the detailsThe screen went black then there was Kate's mum on all fours, her black lacy knickers down just above her knees,two red marks was across her bum cheeks , then a cane came down on her bum, she yelped in pain, thank you sir she said. She received twenty in total , each time she said thank you sir , her voice got weaker almost crying by stroke 16The camera. When she passed away, I felt that my heart had been punctured and it fluttered to the pit of my stomach before reforming its pieces into a lead weight that didn’t shift.After the funeral, Jermaine sat me down on the tapestry sofa in our lounge and vowed that he would always look after me. He said that when he adopted me, he’d taken that particular commitment very seriously indeed.For weeks after Mum’s death, I was lost and I knew that Jermaine was struggling in his own way. However, eventually,. She flashed back into fire and sped off.The raven watching Kyle's house, perched on the power line across the street, took flight despite the heavy rain weighing down its feathers. The raven's master would need to know what it had just witnessed.Fumi shivered in the heavy rain and let out a yelp of happiness. A startled bird took flight across the road. She stood up, clutching Windfeather in her hand. The rain was icy cold and another, powerful shiver shuddered through her.She crossed the damp.