Another blow, a little lower, with the same result, then a third, high, just below the twin dimples of her spine and hipbones. The squeals became gro...ns, and her bottom was now marked with three dark track-marks, surrounded by crimson borders. Tears were running down her cheeks by now, and I felt pity for her pain, and admiration for her fortitude. ‘Only three more, Mabel dearest.’ I said quietly, and, somehow this quieted her. Three more blows of the cane, three more track-marks, one low,. . Relish all is good. Mustard means that you are getting carried away and Ketchup means stop. And stop means stop!, Got that! All nodded their heads in the affirmative. Also we need a time limit. Lets say 48 hours.”Toni spoke up with a question, “Will it just be Mom and myself as slaves or do you guys have to have a competition? It does not seem fair to me.”Dad replied “That is a good question Toni. We will decide during the week.Back to the rules, Nothing can be done to leave a mark on the. " She gave aweak cough."What about the laundry?" Hedley asked softly. "She still has to bringback what we gave her to be cleaned."Clara coughed again, holding her napkin up in front of her mouth. Shewas crying now. "After that, I don't want him in this house." Am I to do the laundry, then?" Mrs. Spaulding asked indignantly. "No,we'll continue to use the Diaz family laundry, I think, but we'll askthat _Mrs._ Diaz be the one who comes for it. Her daughter is notwelcome in this house, and,. ’ Tears swam in her eyes and her lips quivered in sorrow. He sought to explain himself without hurting his daughter but knew that would be inevitable no matter what ‘Your mother had me pegged a womanizer and used that as an excuse to live the life of a tragic queen but your act gave her reason to believe that I was a pedophile. It wasn’t my alleged crime that made her take her life it was her failure to protect you from me that made commit suicide.’ Cybil angrily brushed her tears away and said.