It didn't really make any difference. They had already seen them.” Sandy was not about to tell her mother about being with those same guys, topless,...last year, when she was just sixteen. “Yeah, well, whatever,” Mrs. Grafton said resignedly. “So you let 'em look. Did they act as if they liked your uh... tits, I guess we can call them?” “I guess so. I mean, Charlie and Paul for sure did.” Sandy got more animated. Her face lit up when she said, “They kept trying to touch them... every time I had. . The Ghost."I gave my own little start. His grin got bigger."People talk" he said, "and the more alcohol the looser and louder the tongue. Now, Miss Kelly, what do you want?"I looked into those warm brown eyes, and for once in my life decided to be truthful."I want a man. A real man." I gestured around the bar. His eyes widened, he probably didn't expect that."Not like these guys. Oh, they're nice enough, but they live in their own little universe. I want to meet someone who has been out in. The number four whip prescribed for use on you has three leather straps about a metre long and two centimetres wide that will fan out in use and cover a wide area of your flesh but will not break the skin or produce bleeding. When used by the punishment officer to the full extent of their swing, they will cause considerable pain, pain that you will feel for a long while and which, we hope, we remind you not to steal or to abuse our staff in future. It is fully intended that this be a punitive. He looked at Richard again,"Rachel?" Oh sorry," said Richard. He tried to clear his throat because his voicedidn't sound right, "Thank you," he said, still puzzled."Look in the card. She'll be waiting for you when we get back home,sweetie," said his mother.Richard opened the card. It was a photo of a kitten. His parents WEREgetting him a cat!Then, he realised that his hands looked different. His fingers lookedsmaller, and his nails were polished.He noticed some hair falling down. He reached and.