“Yes, Mistress.” No ball kicks for me. And no punishment. The floggings, paddlings, and everything else was for pleasure only…I didn’t want to...disappoint her. I felt the restraints being removed and one of the women tugged my chain and I stood up promptly. “You see…it only took the flogging and some cropping…and he now responds and handles wonderfully.” I beamed with pride, but I didn’t know why.Hands ran over me. Not of the Mistress, but someone else. I didn’t quite know how to respond. “It’s. “About the same length of time each of us took.”Maeve replied with a smile, “Well while you all were out gallivanting around, we decided to take care of housekeeping. It needed to be done anyway, so we can now leave whenever we decide.”“So how was your journey?” queried Keira of Siobhan’s Clan.“Well from my perspective, it wasn’t very different from the brief views we had of yours before we left, however Caitlyn was our scribe,” replied Emma.Kendra said, “I sense that you have a proposal?”“Well. I washeartbroken and forced to continue my father's company on my own. Notknowing much about the industry, I hired professionals to run the day-to-day and only made occasional visits to ensure the company was being runcorrectly in my father's absence. During this time I mostly stayed athome, grew out my hair, and grew a beard. My wife hated the beard, butknowing my pain put up with my sloppy appearance. Also, we began torealize our son may not have just been going through a phase. When. I must admit it was a good idea and I did want to surprise my husband so I said as long as it is warm enough.I got a towel ready in the kitchen while Gary and Brandon got a couple of bowls ready with warm water, a chair was placed in the middle of the garden and I walked to it, a big bowl was placed on the ground in front of the chair where I was asked to step into it and sit down, it was to get use to the temperature I was told, another tip.Gary stood behind me and picked up the smaller bowl.