”“I am not sure I can do pain that isn’t in anger,” Victor nodded.“Trust me, I get angry with them, but this pain is for their own good. It�...�s like your kids. You have to punish them because you don’t want them to grow up to be brats. You don’t want them to enjoy it, but you also don’t want to do it when you are angry.”“I never thought about it like that,” Victor nodded in appreciation. “I wish my father talked to you. He would have thought nothing of hanging my mother upside down and using her. "Scootch," she said as she tried to wiggle her way in front of me.I complied — as I had hundreds of times before. It had been several years since Kasey and I had cuddled on the couch. When she was younger it was something she did every chance she got. But as she grew older and into puberty, the snuggle time had decreased. By the time of the divorce, it had ended completely.I'll admit that I had missed it."How are you doing, Daddy?" she asked softly."I'm good," I said I lightly stroked her hair. The next to enter were Jaimie and Rick Samuels and their three kids.Sylvia went right for her cousins and asked if Anne was taking theintroductions well. Anne nodded yes, showing she was doing alright.Eli demanded to know where Hugh was, getting his parents to tell him,"He's downstairs playing. Don't force him to do what you want to do. Hehas a right to be alone and not get hassled by you."He was about to say something but his mother's look shut him up. He wasstill new to being part of the. “The client is going to provide us with the times he wants her followed. He wants images of anything out of the ordinary.”“Okay, I can do that,” I said.“I’ll pay you thirty bucks and hour plus expenses,” Deacon explained. “Most of the times we need to follow her, I can handle.”“That’s fine with me. If I am not working at the time, I’ll be glad to sit in the car watching somebody,” I agreed.Since the conversation and the offer took place during our regular Friday breakfast, I didn’t put much.