"I leaned over the arm of the leather chair in the corner of my bedroom. Michael swished his flogger through the air inches from my arse."Ten strokes ...ow please, Michael." He started the first and the flogger coming down on my arse but not too hard."One, thank you, Master."Thud. Two, slightly harder. Another thud, this time a little more forceful. My boy continued to flog my arse increasing the force ever so slightly with each stroke.Finally blow number ten, I let out a gentle gasp. "Ten, thank. ”Both men turned to look at who was talking. She was standing right behind them.“Oh, shit!”“A Jade Warrior.”“Let me introduce myself. I’m Sword Sada. Oops, that’s not right. I’m acting as a Pen, today. So call me, Pen Sada.”“Hello. I’m Wilfred Tanguma.”“I’m Bertulfo Venzor.”“Your friends call you, Bert. Can I call you Bert?” she asked in a chipper cheerful voice.“Feel free,” he answered wondering how she knew that.He looked over at Wilfred as if to ask what was happening here. Wilfred shrugged. Usually, when someone comes in to take over a new operation like this, they'll have some of their own people with them already. I'll make sure that the new man knows this was your idea, and that you want to be considered for the project director position when he fills it." You're saying he might decide to bring in someone else though?" His decision. If he asks me for my opinion, I'll tell him what I think." What do you think?" She was clearly worried and concerned now."I think you'd make a. The way she kissed you,” she said at the same time fixing the pillow for dad to be more comfortable.Pulling himself up to sit straighter, he said to me, “That didn’t take you long.”“I said the same thing, Costa,” my aunt said while simpering at me.The next few weeks went by quickly. I visited my father twice a day. We would sit and converse for hours. The years that we lost. We were making up for now. The doctors told us, it would be more likely that he will spend the rest of his life in a.