Janice sat on a kitchen chair and wept. The divorce had been loud and traumatic. She remembered that initially Rob had become distant and secretive, b...fore finally he had admitted to her about the affair. Janice had been devastated, insanely uncontrollably angry, shouting at Rob at every opportunity, belittling him in front of Maddie. She had made him sleep on the sofa in the lounge, until finally she came home to find his wardrobe empty and a curt note. Six weeks later solicitors papers. He was due home so I put some music on, sat down, and waited, legscrossed, back straight, head up, like a real lady!I did not have to wait long, he burst through the door."Hi princess, how have you been?" he said. He grabbed me and kissed me,hard."I've been good, done everything I was told David." I felt now was thetime to use first names."Well done Samantha," he said, holding my face in his big hands, kissingme deeply again. The first time today he had actually used my name, thename he had. There was a sour smell, like he hadn't bathed in weeks.Alicia hesitated a moment. It was only a coin. But in the back of her mind, Master's voice echoed. Her nipples were suddenly so hard. She could not deny Master's command, His compulsion. She looked down at the scraggly man. He was hunched over, trying to look downtrodden as possible. "Please," Alicia said, "I need that quarter."The panhandler looked her up and down. "Frankly, Miss, I need it more than you." He continued to stand there,. "No."He thought he'd heard the sound of a motorcycle. But there was no need to make Nikki upset. It had been her first job, and she was pretty nervous as it was.Brad opened the car door and got out onto the road."Don't you feel like a breath of fresh air?" he asked.Vicky nodded again, but she just opened the door and remained seated.Brad stopped in the tracks. There was that engine sound again. And before he had time to react, it was too late: A police motorbike came over the hill and stopped.