Thank God, neither one of our shots had made the two men unrecognizable. We had forgotten that we had to exhibit a recognizable corpse if we were goin... to collect our money. We were saved by chance, and if that kept up, I was going to take up poker!Now the rain started. We ran over and pulled all three bodies under a roof over the sidewalk to provide some shelter while we looked through their pockets, etc. Well, there was nothing special to be found there, but Cactus Jack was wearing a money. Charlotte let out further yelps, looking at the smiling faces in front of her, getting more and more embarrassed. The smacking continued and Charlotte was squirming but dared not move her legs, just bending them to try to reduce the stinging, not knowing when it will stop but struggling to cope, tears running filling her eyes from the pain, until Mrs. Denver said above the repetitive smacking sound, “Shall I continue or will you remove your knickers?” It took several more stinging smacks before. I was considered quite unique both in the agency & the jobs, I liked that take it as a compliment, took my time to get to know the people & the jobs. I liked the variety, different people, different types of offices, different ways of doing accounts. Then this one changed that, felt different, meant far far more. I was sent to a new job on a Monday, the girl in the office said she had picked this one especially for me, she knew I would like the boss, yeah right I thought bet the others just. After I recovered and felt up to going back to work, McKayla took her maternity time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act. I don't know if she was entitled to the leave, but her boss gave it to her anyway. She did all the mommy things around the house, and almost never called me wondering what to do with the baby. The only thing she couldn't do was nurse; in every other way, it was as if Maureen was her very own.We promised one another that the little girl was our daughter, not mine. We.