”“Pleasure to meet you Sir, I’m sure,” she replied, having shot a quick glance at Miss la Mare, “and yeah, me sister is very well, consideri...’ how nervous she is, an’ all.”“We had a long and tedious train journey, Milly and, after all, he is a professional detective,” Mary laughed and Milly, clearly more relaxed in her employer’s company than mine, joined her in the amusement.It was a pretty laugh, Milly was probably a very young girl of only 15, 16 or so.“Well,” the girl responded to her boss. I’ve told him a million times that I do care about him and love him, not the way I love my husband but truly,” said Ava.“It was the words he heard,” she said.“Oh. Yes, I know they must have hurt him really bad. He’s actually told me that himself,” said Ava.“Yes, they, the words, are the one thing, the biggest thing that he just can’t get by,” said Bea.“Bea, like we’ve talked about, I said them out of frustration and only that,” she said.“Yes, and I told him that. But he said his frustrations. ‘Ryan!’ I squealed. Though we talked frequently online, I hadn’t seen him since the Halloween party. I ran over to him and he grabbed me in a hug that lifted me off my feet, not difficult for him since he was a good six inches taller than I was. ‘You look great!’ he said. ‘Thanks, so do you.’ I flicked the brim of his hat, as I did every time I saw him. ‘Where’s Gail?’ ‘She’s around here somewhere. She’s cohosting this, so she got roped into helping with decorations as soon as we walked in the. She knew she yelped and heard Diane make a comment, “Well, that was rather a good stroke, but shouldn’t the rest be even harder?” That comment was followed by sounds of laughter from Diane, and although Nina knew it was said as a joke, she knew that it was absolutely right to make the caning a hard one because that was the best way to teach the lesson that she needed and actually wanted to learn.As Lexie's second stroke landed, so Nina yelped even louder, realising as well that was only the.