Gustav broke his in two, and the girls giggled as he tried valiantly to spread butter on the resulting crumbs. Lauren looked past Emma and watched the...lights of San Falino fading into blackness, thoughts of home drifting through her mind. She wondered how Jim was, realising that she hadn't talked to him or thought about him for weeks. Perhaps he had a girlfriend now. She hoped so. That would make life easier when she returned.The remainder of the flight was uneventful and the plane taxied to a. The storm was getting worse, Tamao could hear the wind blowing the shutters around.The shutters banged against the window."I hope the window glass doesn't break." Tamao said out loud as she continued to rock in here chair.She just wanted to be close to Nagisa like Shizuma was, holding her and saying the nicest things to her."Maybe I should get back to my writings." Tamao said to herself, "No. I'm not really in the mood right now. Should I go to bed? No. I'm not sleepy yet. Should I read a book?. Dustin glared at her, the threat implicit in his eyes as he raised the belt.“Mommy’s fine,” she called out, her eyes pleading with Dustin. “Mommy just likes having her ass whipped with a belt and Dustin was helping me. Dustin is very good at whipping your slut mommy’s ass, baby. But I like it. Everything’s okay.”With a mumbled response, her son returned to the living room and she heard the video games resume. She cowered before Dustin, wondering why he wanted to hurt her.“I’ll be your slave,. ”Next to stand was a small man in his early thirties.“Duncan Nautilus,” he introduced himself, with a deep voice that didn’t fit his body. “I’ll be your infield coach this week. I hold the same position with the single-A club for the Phillies.”A large older man stood.“I’m Lewis Short. I’ll be rotating between different teams, working on your batting.”Finally, another young man, who was about my height, stepped forward.“Art Way, I’ll be working with the outfielders,” he said and sat back.