She shuddered as I slid the thin material up and over her head and off so that her skin not her dress was in direct contact with the sandy heap. She p...aced her hands behind her and round the pole, I attached the cord to each wristlet with a quick release knot and slowly she slid herself down onto the anthill putting her long legs out in front of her and her seat directly on the sandy pile. I warned her not to move and upset the little devils, as they tended to sting when upset; her eyes opened. “That shit ended last night, Master Husband.”“Harry will do,” Harry said, chuckling.“Yeah,” Lori said, pushing Angela off her. “We’re not in charge here anymore. It’s all in the Culberson’s capable hands.”“Sure enough,” Magda said. “Mistress Kissie said last night if she heard of us being in that kitchen again she was going to ‘whup us’, so we got to sleep in this morning. Can I have some of that coffee, please?”There was a knock at the door, and Candy went to open it.“Yes?”“I’m here to see. Mark," Mark said in the tone of an adult speaking to an especially slow child. He squinted his eyes suspiciously, "You feeling alright, take a knock on the head or something?"Tom sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes with his palms, "Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital with a bunch of tubes sticking out of you?"Mark looked surprised. "Didn't your girl tell you?" he asked while gesturing at Mia's supine form. When Tom looked blank, Mark continued, "Huh. How about that? Well, your. Do you understand?" he inquired."Yes, Master," she whispered.As he left, Karen lay there thinking, "Why could he not have been her Master. He seemed so nice: gentle, considerate, and caring. The complete opposite of what Eric was." Tears came to her eyes as she remembered the pain and humiliation that Eric had visited on her in the short time they had been together.Robert reached the Overseer's office quickly. It was located across the common area but out of sight of the corner of the room.