Behind the desk was a gentleman standing with his arms folded behind his back. Admiral Bentley adjusted his uniform then extended his hand towards the...chairs in front of the oak desk. "Hello, Commander Parker, Please take a seat." Parker walks to the chair and sits. "I assume you have heard about the destruction of the Montoya." The admiral says but continues without even waiting for an answer. "Well Parker with Star Fleet pulled so thin right now with recovery program and the separatist. Knowing that they have each other, though, I feel lonely. Maybe envious.This is a family. They say I am part of this family.It is springtime in Louisiana. The weather changes rapidly. On this night I went to sleep as normal. I woke when lightning lit up my room. The thunder and the lightning are scary and I am in a room being scared and alone and I have family. I do not have to be scared.I walk up the hall to their door. The house is dimly lit. Very quietly I open the door. There is that very. .”“Yes, potential problems if we don’t, for sure problems if we do. You tell me,” he said. “Whatever we do we lose.”“Like you say, it’s no win either way. But I think we should wait. Yes, maybe tell him, just not so soon,” she said.“It’s been seven months since we broke up. He has made no attempt to contact us. I think he may have just written us off. If so...” she said. He was nodding.“If so, he may have solved the problem for us,” he said.“Yes,” she said. “But, Grant, do we have the right.... You deserve the cane and I intend giving you twelve very hard strokes.“Linda heard the instruction even though she was still crying but reminded herself that she wanted to be caned because she had fantasised about that for so long. She realised that so often, in reality, she really did act as though she was a spoiled teenager, pretty much the same age as Emma and that being disciplined would help control her tantrums. She could quite see herself submitting to Emma again, but also to Sandra,.