Her feet were spread wide and bound to the floor. Her hands were bound together palm to palm and pulled high above her head. Her body thus formed an u...side down Y– or if you know the Greek alphabet, a Lambda.Two slaves were flogging her with multi-strand whips. One was standing slightly off to her side and flogging her ass in a regular pattern. The other was standing directly in front of her swinging the whip upward between her legs. He was not following a regular pattern. Sometimes he would. She was right. Now, at the beginning of every semester I talk about crime and punishment to her class. Lydia told me that, when she tells her classes I am her husband, they're a lot better behaved.Our friends:We have two groups of good friends. She has the faculty and other school administrators that we go out and associate with. On the other side are my fellow officers and their families. We lead pretty busy lives but always make time for each other. I trust her and she trusts me. Our marriage. "OK, I will keep that in mind." Dan said. A week had passed since Dan had moved into the apartment. It as a Saturday and the first day Dan had off all week. He was up in his apartment and glanced down at the pool. Cindy was out by the pool laying in the hot pink bikini and if it has seemed tiny in covering Penny's body it was that much smaller in covering her mothers much more ample breasts. 'Fuck she was hot' Dan thought to himself as she watch Cindy start to spread sun tan oil on her. I imagine that he, literally, never knew what hit him. He had nothing of value in his pockets and we never found his horse or weapons. We tossed his body in an arroyo for the coyotes and forgot him.It took a little while to get the cattle quieted down, again, but we finally did, and Juan and I rode back to the ranch. The sun was just showing over the horizon as we rode up to the house, so we were in time for the big breakfast the cook had waiting for us.Jane was dressed by the time we got home.