Tantrums, crying fits, holding breath. I knew better than to give in. Any parent with a lick of common sense knows that. Donald didn't. He berated me,...called me cruel, said I was hurting our child's development. He subtly, and on some late tear-filled nights not-so-subtly, indicated that I was an unfit mother.Whatever the latest tantrum was, as soon as daddy came home a little finger would accuse me of this transgression or that, and two pairs of eyes would glower at me - my child's and my. And a smile comes across his face at the same time does mine. He looks me up and down I cant help but notice and says " You are so beautiful tonite" And I cant help but say " And I have never seen a man look as good as you do tonite" feeling a little silly for sounding as if a school girl. We drive to the finest restuarant in the city and as he comes around to open my door I take a deep breath and again the butterflies. We sit and begin to drink our wine and converse about everyday life. When. My neighbor family too had 4 members – Chaitra elder one and Chandini the younger and their parents. Our families were very close to each other, and we all were like one single family.It was during the month of December my family and my neighbor family had planned for a trip to Madikeri (a beautiful hill station in Karnataka) for 4 days. I had to stay back from the trip as I had some work regarding my project and even Chaitra stayed back as she suddenly got sick. They left that morning asking. “Rise and shine 61. Put them on, ankles first, chains at the back, then your wrists behind your back”Andy looked at the item on the floor, it was two lengths of chain, each end of each chain had a handcuff bracelet attached to it and both chains passed through a d ring, which allowed some limited independent movement of each chain whilst keeping them together. Andy thought about refusing but last nights punishment was foremost in his mind. He reluctantly closed the handcuff bracelets around.