Outside, Richard gave me half of the $800.00. The rest of it would come upon confirmation of Melody's pregnancy. That seemed reasonable.When I got to ...heir house the breeding went very well. Richard remained in the general vicinity, but also not too close. Melody's earlier shyness (as I'd observed at the coffee shop) had vanished, and we were undressed, and laying together on their bed in a matter of seconds! Though somewhat pudgy, Melody proved to be very eager, and more than a little. Melinda and her last question ceased to exist for him."Melinda, I don't think we can count on that bit of luck again," Jason said. "His mother had to deceive the Darkness to give us this place, and pressing her for more would be asking for trouble."Melinda opened her mouth, but when she finally perceived the tone in his voice and the look in his eyes, she closed it again without a word. She folded her arms and huffed. "Then we still need a place for that," she muttered."I guess she's right,. Her sobs slowed, and then finally stopped. “Thank you Master, I’m sorry I was so afraid. That was part of the lesson wasn’t it? My fear of looking weak and crying out in front of the group and my fear that caused this, until I get over the fear, the pain will continue. My ass was on fire by the tenth swat, but I refused to cry out. I thought you were done at twenty and I would be fine, until you started up again and it was so bad I just couldn’t stop myself anymore. I cried out and you still. The boys on the team, and various siblings, all ran inside to change into their swimsuits, and soon all emerged and jumped into the pool. The parents were clumped into groups of two or three yakking for the first fifteen minutes or so, but eventually they started moving around a bit. Finally Jake saw his opportunity when Gina was momentarily alone and started digging through the ice chest of drinks. He sidled up and started the conversation.“The adult beverages are in this other cooler behind.