*****************************Saul was confused and frightened. Some of the general disorientation he wasexperiencing was probably due to the metamorph...sis that was undoubtedlytaking place in his brain. A level of passivity he'd never known before hadtaken hold. It seemed to come to a focus when he'd meekly accepted thatoutrageous costume from Bob's sister. And now this. The old car rattled downthe same road that they had just climbed a few hours earlier. And Bob, helooked like death. The man in the dark reached out, and Zoe took him by the hand. She kept smiling. The dark man kept his other hand out, but Michele didn’t want to take it. Fear latched onto her heart. I just want to go home, she thought. Please, please, please, just let me go home…“Come on Michele, you’ll ruin it,” said Zoe.“I don’t want to,” Michele said, as loud as she dared.“Michele!”“I don’t want to! I…I just want to go home!” Michele said. And she screamed and screamed and covered her head with her hands,. Now bend over and touch your toes, legs apart to keep your balance, and please try to keep still during your punishment.”Sophie moved to the middle of the floor, opened her legs wide and bent over, pushing her bottom out. “Do you want me like this, Sir?”“That will do very nicely, Sophie. You will thank me for each stroke and ask for the next. Is that clear, Sophie?”“Yes, perfectly.”I stood to her side and aimed the first stroke at the very crown of her bottom. The tawse landed perfectly with a. He would often make loud offensive jokes about women ortalk about his wild sexual encounters with the guys.For me it came to a head when I came across one of the female analystscrying in the parking lot because she had been let go...apparently theyneeded to downsize our overworked staff two days after she had declined adate with him. Finally fed up, I went to the Human Resources manager andfiled a complaint citing all the various issues that had been happeningin our division lately. I told.