"AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!!!" Dawn let out an inhuman sounding squeal as she took the stinging paddle across her backside.A second 'SHA-WAP!' sound filled the...room as Mr Clark brought the paddle up as far as he could over his head, fully extending his arm, and then back down as hard as he could. The other students in the room visibly flinched when they saw the force he put into the second blow, which struck only a few seconds after the first."OH GAWD!"The look on Dawn's face was one of pure agony as. She’d put a good deal of care into the sermon. It was the only sermon of hers that her grandmother or Rachel would ever hear, one of the very few that her parents would ever hear. Hell! It was one of the few that some of the parishioners present today would hear. Not that anybody would remember it.David might. She looked fondly at her fiancé during one of the hymns. He remembered the oddest things, and he did pay attention to her.When the service was over, she headed back to her office. Her mom. You must send me an invitation to the wedding." Of course," Mary said. Jake shot her a strange look but she chose to ignore it.Sharmila was delighted with the room. Jake warned her that, mornings, the sunlight streamed in and it could get hot and stuffy. She told him she didn't mind and she enjoyed the sun. She told him he didn't know what heat was. The sash windows had lost their counterbalance weights but Jake propped them open with short pieces of timber. The cool breeze was refreshing and. People cried and shook with sadness as they tried to piece together whatever news the doctors just gave them. His stomach churned when he thought of it all.Every firefighter knew the risks of their job. Each one had training and equipment to carry out their assigned task. They chose their profession for different reasons. All of them understood that fires were unpredictable. Stories of injuries and deaths made their way around the stations. Derrick never imagined Todd making a mistake of going.