The woman stepped back, and appraised the dispirited girl for a few minutes, admiring her form, her strong looking legs, and her barely marked back an... buttocks. ?I’m sure you will do well here, and if you don’t?? the woman arm barely seemed to move, but the end of the whip lashed into Ravie’s left buttock, leaving a thin angry red line. Ravie gasped with shock, jumping away from the whip, her feet scrambling for purchase.The woman smiled at Ravie, ?Oh, I nearly forgot ??, she stepped forward,. I’ve been lucky and we’ve never had a crisis at work that needed my attention while I was away. And now that my sister is running things, there’s even less risk. What have you done the last two weeks?”“Mostly trying to wrap my head around the conversations we’ve had. They’re so unlike anything I’ve ever experienced! I really wish our teachers were like you.”“As we discussed, parents would never put up with it.”“What about college? Isn’t it better?”“To a point, but even the colleges are being. ”“Micah,” Ben beamed.Debbie looked at Ben and then Alice in disbelief,gasping she declared “Micah is your son!” Her eyesblinking rapidly she asked, “Are you suggesting?” Inunison both Ben and Alice declared, “Yes!” Astonished she thought about what they were proposing.It was bizarre. She adored Micah and his image rose inher mind. He was tall for his age, about her height. Hehad the African features of his father and the gentlepersonality. If it gets too low, it can kill you.”“Y-y-y-yeah, thu-thu-thanks for t-t-t-telling me that. So now I’m gonna d-d-d-die?”I shrugged a shoulder. “Probably not, but you’re not gonna warm up for a while, either, unless we do something.”“Ok-k-k-kay, you have m-m-my attention. What does the Boy Scout manual s-s-s-say?”“Well, as long as you’re wearing wet clothes, they’re going to keep drawing heat from your body. That means you need to, uh, get them all off. You know, strip. Then you need to wrap up.