"I started to sob and cry."There we go girl", I heard Mommy Adriana say. "I have just thething for Andrea to reinforce your new status as her maid. He...ehoney, my beloved paddle. I don't think I need it anymore but Ibelieve you should use it when ever you think she needs it."Just hearing the word paddle increased my sobs and then I feltthe first hit. It wasn't so much the pain but knowing it wasAndrea, who held the paddle hitting me with it reduced me to aemotinoal wreck. I started to cry. They just know that they are forgiven. You won’t find a ‘stuffed shirt’ or ‘holier than thou’ type in the bunch. Will you go as a favor to me?’ ‘Yeah, I guess so. But, I still think I’ll be uncomfortable.’ I broke in and asked if Yvonne had remembered that, after church today there was a ‘pass the dish’ lunch? She hadn’t, but I had made up some deviled eggs to take with us. **************** When we got back from church Sue seemed to be in a very pensive mood. We all went into the living room to. ? Myeyes were closed and Icould only feel the sensation of floating.? The onlything I could hear was the voice.?I felt wonderful.? Thevoice talked and I listened.? Butit was like some otherpart of me was paying attention.?I was just floating.? Iwished it would never end. ????????????????????? *?? *??*?? *?? * I was floating in space and far away there was a distantsun.? I could feel the warmth ofthe sun on my face andhands as I watched it in the darkness of space.? A voicetold me the sun was. I guess, because it was a resort, the gun was probably a fake. That photo hangs on the wall in the hallway outside my parents’ room along with a whole lot of other old photos.Mum gave me a kiss and a hug and told us both to have a good time. Dan held out his elbow and I hooked my hand over it like a proper lady and we walked out the door together. The yellow sports car Dan had borrowed was pulled up right in front of the house. Dan held the door open for me and I got in. I had to wriggle a bit.