Once the girl counting reaches 5, someone else is going to take over to count the next 5. I’m not going to force any of you to play but I’m going ...o keep whipping her until all of you have counted.”The caged girls turned around and looked at each other. None of them fully understood the effects my little game would have of them. If they didn’t count, then Natasha was going to have to take some extra strokes of the whip meaning that the girls were indirectly causing her pain which would build up. “So you like her?”“She’s just a friend”My mum snorted at my answer and turned back to the television, the interrogation over – at least for now. I turned back to my conversation with Tracy. Tracy was going shopping in the high street tomorrow and we were joking about how she might avoid hearing that Carey song and what her escape strategies were. We agreed to a modification of the rules that allowed her to retreat if she heard just one line of the song; the loser had to hear at least two lines. The student and the college wins and you can too if you want to take this approach.’ I was still a little stunned but the reality of this was beginning to sink in. I could define my own structure and direction without the strict mandates set down by any university and I would be at least as successful. That would also leave me free to help both mom and Carrie through pregnancy and insure I was around to help raise our children. While I was digesting this new twist mom decided it was time to. When you touch her she startles a bit and removes her leg. What do you do? Keep trying? Go to 22. Or pretend nothing happened and continue the conversation? Go to 20. 22Once again, you try to find you leg and when you do, this time she doesn’t move. You make stroking motions with your leg against hers, staring at her to figure out her reaction. She finally smiles at you and you relax. After a few seconds you feel her other leg coming into contact with yours. You resume your conversation.