Understand?? ?Yes,? she said meekly but defiantly. ?You know that any disrespect you show in here will result in you being enslaved?? ... ?Yes.? ?You will refer to all prison staff as ‘sir’!? ?Yes sir.? ?Any misdemeanours will be harshly punished, especially in your public whipping. I have no sympathy for you. Do you understand?? ?Yes sir,? she said reluctantly. Baxter signalled to one of the half dozen guards in the room. He started taking. She jolted to her feet. She was weak.Wobbly. She felt she needed to get to safety. Her dresswas in tatters. The thing roared again. She decided togo the opposite direction.As she ran down the beach barefoot, a large lizard camefrom behind her, snapping its massive jaws. She thoughtshe could hear bone crunching. It was as big as adinosaur but that was impossible. Wasn’t it? It wascatching up with her. She could not match its gait.Sweat beaded off her forehead. She would have cried ifshe. A couple of weeks before the reunion, Phil and I were sitting up, reading in bed. Out of the blue, Phil asked me if I was ready to see some of the guys I had dated in high school. I said, "sure." "Did you date a lot in high school, Janice?" he asked. "No, not a lot. You have to remember, in high school I was still in my chubby phase. I was Marge Pearson's chubby daughter. It wasn't until college when I got away from my mother's cooking and discovered swimming that I slimmed down and firmed up.". ‘Why do you call me wildcat?’ ‘Seriously?’ He grinned. ‘You know why. Let’s just say your Halloween costume was appropriate.’ ‘Rawr,’ she said playfully, her eyes twinkling. Gavin lunged for her and she gave a small shriek, running toward the bed while laughing. She climbed onto the bed and Gavin caught her around the waist, his chest pressed against her back. ‘Gotcha,’ he said, his lips tickling her ear. She giggled as his hands unfastened her jeans and dragged them off her legs. She started.