"Jake chuckled. "It's probably just a matter of time. Someone will push the boundary and you'll see your limits." I don't know, Jake. Hasn't happened ...et!" So what if I asked you to ... do twenty jumping jacks?"Abbie stood up and began to jump up and down. "What's the big deal? It's just exercise! Everyone should exercise more." What if I asked you to ... dump your coffee on the floor, and then use your sweater to clean it up?"Abbie looked at Jake, shrugged, and then poured her coffee on the. Herbrother having more fun than her, got under her skin. Then she did noteven get the reprieve from her punishment. No calling her friends, noquick outside excursions and no help doing her chores. The punishmentstill being in effect was not normal. Her mom always looked the otherway when her dad's punishment was out of line. Today Alice did not. Thisshould be a sign that the punishment was just. Not to Lori, this was asign that her dad went way too far by having her mom side with him.. My cries do not stop. I see blood coming from the wounds in my hands and feet. I see my life slowly draining, but the pain remains. “Hoist him up.”Slowly, the guards raise my cross. As I rise higher, the weight on the nails increases until all my weight hangs. Pain shoot down my arms, as the weight constricts my chest. I cry out. I try to lift myself with my legs to relieve the strain, but the nails in my feet protest and do not allow me any relief. I struggle to find any respite from. "‏Sounds like a plan Jen. See that's why I let you hang around with me. You come up with a good idea now and then, ‭" Max suggested."‏You let me hang around with you. Damn you are delusional.‭" I replied laughing.When Maxine got out of the van, she had two brown bags in her hand.‭ "‬What do you have there‭?" I asked."‏I passed a construction site. Helen had her van there doing breakfast. She has a big deal wedding at six tonight but she still had time to do a breakfast run. That woman is going.