"A little more than thanks," she said and walked back to her seat.Her friend got up and shook her finger at me, "You could've been a little nicer," sh... said."What would you like me to do?" I asked."Why don't you give her a kiss?" That's not appropriate. I'm not allowed to fraternize. You're passengers and I'm on probation. If I get caught kissing you - I could lose my job," I said calmly and tried to move on. I was flattered though."What's wrong? You never kissed a white girl before?"I looked. ” With that, Mel snapped back to reality and said, “Time to go dear?” She was still doing Mayfair although there was one point in her conversation when I thought I detected Alabama.My guy hopped to his feet and said. “Please don’t go. The evening is still young, and we have a beautiful condo right up Jefferson Street.” He almost looked like he was pleading with us. I suppose the giant tent in the front of his pants was the thing that was motivating him. I said, “No, we have a really early. At the same time I see it, the knowledge floods into my mind through my uplink: my hands have clenched so hard that my fingernails have dug into my palms. The super-strong lattice of burned out carbon nanotubes in my skin prevented the nails from drawing blood, but the pressure exerted on the nerves caused pain.The knowledge also floods my consciousness that I'm about to be shut down until my mother system can determine a way for me to deal with these problems. My mind goes dark.The second time. Over and over the ruler smacked Sonia’s bottom cheeks and the backs of her legs until they turned pink and then bright red. After about five minutes, Sonia relented.“Stop, stop, oh please stop! I’ll do whatever you say. No more, please!”That’s better,” Hope smirked. OK, girls, lets get her in that yoga pose she likes so much. Sonia, now subdued and compliant, was assisted to her feet and then gently laid down on her back. Sharon and Hope each took one of Sonia’s ankles and raised her legs.