.. !YOOOO!Speakers would have been nice, but the little machine put out just enough sound, over the "whrrr", that I could hear words that I would soon...be using myself. These four-letter gems I'd heard hear and there on the school grounds, but only chose to "think" of them rather than say them, up to this point.I had watched a couple of the Teachers handle the larger machines, so I knew enough to run this "home model".After a glance at my watch, I chose to rewind the film, being very careful to. Twelve strokes in all and any jumping up will earn you extras. And you'll stay down till I tell you at the end. Got that, boy?”“Yes, sir.”The visitor on the couch watched with bated breath as the rod sliced through the air to bite into pale flesh and spring back quivering. As the double-edged stripe blossomed into view, two more strokes followed in short order. Yet save for a sharp intake of breath at each point of impact the boy had made no sound. He was shaping up to be a candidate for one of. . you're not there. I just wanted to hear your voice. Guess I'll have to settle for the 'Hi, leave a message' part. Maybe I'll call again... just so I can hear it again. I was thinking about you... about us. In fact, I really can't stop thinking about it. Missing you... already. Hoped you'd be there. Oh well. Kiss kiss. I... oh, you know. Bye. You can't call me. I'll call back."She had not called back yet. Laura had listened to the message three times after the first time, when Jane had been. It was semis and flatbeds and bobcats and workers, OH MY!! I managed to blurt, "Fuck me. Diana is in so much shit." My Angel was weaving between vehicles and clots of workmen asking anxiously, "Where do I go Billy?" From the backseat Gwen said firmly, "Look for a pickup with a group of angry men standing around it." Then she poked me in the shoulder saying in the same resolute tone, "Try to remember everything Big Leo taught you." Made me laugh. My best buddy at school is Leo. Leo is a 'junior'.