His mom and dad were up sitting in the nook and drinking coffee. Robbie grabbed a bagel and popped it into the toaster then joined them. Carl was alre...dy dressed to go golfing, he had an eight o’clock tee time at the public golf course a few miles from their house. Karen came down a few minutes later and kissed her parents on the cheek. She told them she felt better today and was up for midnight mass that evening. Carl had asked if he should stay home but Karen insisted he go golfing as. “Oh no!” I thought to myself as I walked towards him. “Over my knee, Kaitlyn,” he said sternly. I winced as I draped myself over his knee, my palms touching the floor. He placed his hand on my behind. “This time you’re going to count the strokes. You know how to count?” He asked with an almost sadistic tone. “Yes, sir,” I replied as I grimaced bracing for the first stroke. He spanked me with the paddle and I counted aloud. “One, two, three, four (ow!), five, six.” I said as each stroke hit me.. The pills were having an effect. Soon I was in a deep sleep. It seemed like minutes, but it must have been a couple of hours later, my folks returned home. My mother came rushing upstairs and raced into my room.“How are you, Honey?” she asked, as I awakened.“Mmmm. Okay, I guess. The ankle doesn’t hurt too much in the soft brace, but I don’t think it will be too easy to walk just yet.”“Your Dad’s telephoning the doctor. I think he’ll ask the doctor to come around and have a look at it.”“It isn’t. At the same time he saw the danger his wife had recognized before he did and stepped on the gas, hard. A pickup was idling in the driveway of a business with two men in the back. They both had rifles propped over the top of the pickup cab and were watching the approach of the loaded down F250. Rob saw one man on top pound the top of the pickup cab just as he hit the gas. He wasn't too worried about the men in the back if they tried to chase him. It might look cool in the movies to be shooting.