"I agree with you up to a point, Francesca, but only up to a point. As long as we are outlaws with a price on our heads we have to be strong. Your fri...nd was weak and fell asleep. I agree with Angela. After all I'd heard about her I was disappointed in Joanne - really torn to shreds inside, if you must know - she'd long been my heroine and still is in a way. She belongs where she is right now and for all of twelve long weeks - do her good! And she deserved every last lash and the thirty she's. We hadn't been in Taiwan long enough to know anyone "safe" to play with, and it had been about eight weeks since Laurie had entertained either of the two men she'd cuckolded me with while I was setting up our house in Taipei. At the same time, it had been that long since she'd had the opportunity to humiliate me in front of others - something we both enjoy immensely. We flew in to Manila, and then took a small jet south to a city called Roxas in the middle of the country. From Roxas, we hopped. Pip said, “I told you. You can command any object that weighs up to the weight of that stone from a distance within forty three paces of where you are standing.”Sean frowned and looked around. He pointed to a leaf a dozen steps away and asked, “I can make that leaf move just by telling it to move?”“Try it,” Clea said.Sean looked at the leaf and said, “Walk across the path.”Much to his surprise, the leaf walked across the path. He looked at Pip and said, “It really works.”“Of course it does. It. .." Sue began to cry."Mom, God, you have nothing to be sorry for. I was the one that started it, I should be shamed," Tommy said, hugging his sobbing mother. "Mom, I have to tell you that it was the greatest experience of my life, no matter who's fault it was. I learned more in one day then all the rest of the days of my life combined," Tommy said, lifting his mothers tear streaked face. "I love you more than anything in this world. I never, ever, want to hurt you, to make you cry." Tears began.