Dont forget, only Paul and his sisters Sara, Tina and Margret have the same father and he died in an auto accident before his mother remarried and wen... on to have his four brothers Tony, Ted, Jason and Mark. I would have had Pauls father over the day Tony, Ted, Jason, Mark, George, Jeff and George but he was out with Pauls mother that day. Oh yes we did get around planning Pauls surprise birthday party. I also had a surprise to tell Paul at his party and that was I was pregnant. He was sure. "His words sounded slurred, not by the whiskey, he could drink way more than that and not feel it, more likely by his own excitement.He cracked the whip on the air a few times, experimentally. I screamed every time, although it probably sounded more like a moan through my ball gag.I sensed rather than saw when he was ready to strike the first time."I think twenty is a reasonable number," he said, to no one in particular.Crack! The sonic boom of the bullwhip reached my ears a fraction of a. "What're you reading, lad?" he asked in a friendly manner. Brady glanced up with a slight look of surprise. He had been so engrossedin his reading that he hadn't noticed the large man sitting down next tohim. "History of the Middle Ages," replied Brady as he held up the book. Devlin nodded knowingly. "Excellent book, I've read it myself. Do you goto the college down the road?" Brady nodded. "I like studying here better than the library, I prefer tostudy where there's noise, if that makes. When they got home, April and Bailey went to the room they shared. Ordinarily they might have gone out on a Saturday night, but after the party at Gabe's and then the hour-long drive home, neither was inclined to go visit with any of their small-town friends.They each crawled into their beds. April turned the television on while Bailey changed and brushed her teeth in the bathroom."So what were you and your boyfriend talking about all night?"Bailey blushed. Neither of the girls could hide any.