I needed to dig some to see what was up with Tami. I knew she and Beth talked and I needed a little intelligence before I put my foot in my mouth. It ...eally chafed me that no one had bothered to mention to me that my best friend was dating. I thought she didn't really like Bert all that much. In junior high he had been kind of a jerk to her, so I figured Beth might know what was going on."I see Tami brought her new boyfriend." You'll have to talk to them about that. I really don't know if they. ” Replied Carol. Peter escorted Allison on a tour of the school, stopping into various classes and introducing her to teachers and the occasional pupil. He spoke at length about the history of the school and its many achievements. At lunchtime, they stopped in the school canteen or restaurant as Peter referred to it. Allison was very impressed with everything she had seen and heard. Even the food was of a very high standard, nothing like she remembered from her school days. Most impressive. " Then I went about my Cruise Director duties.The son of a bitch was ten minutes late. I was afraid that he had chickened out."You're late, John. Were you waiting for your little blue pill to kick in?" I asked it jokingly."Oh no, sweetie," he said, glancing down at his crotch, "this ol' guy is still hitting on all cylinders. I don't need any artificial sweetener."I smiled at his unusual metaphor but then my brain took over."Carol knows, doesn't she, John?" Not about you tonight," he said.. He stood, picked up the cane, and walked back to her, and administered the next stroke almost as hard as the first one. Brenda's knees bent forward and she hissed and panted, but she didn't lift her hands off the floor. He stood looking at the two livid stripes across her bottom as they flared and changed colour. This was the best moment of a caning, he thought. He raised the cane again.He stopped after six strokes, judging that was all that she could take, and told her to stand up and get.