” Daddy pointed to the dining room table. Brandon lifted me up from underneath my arms and walked me over to the table with great care, and even tho...gh I hated him I loved the feeling of his arms wrapped around me, and the cool softness of his shirt against my hot tear streaked face. He gently laid me over it, my shaky legs standing my body up. I had to pee really badly.“One more punishment, it won’t take as long, but it will probably be the most painful yet.” I was only half-listening to what. But first, do your homework. Have you started yet?" I've read the math textbook but have not started on the problems yet. I don't remember how many assignments are due tomorrow; I still need to check." I felt guilty, but with the memory damage, and my need for protection, I just didn't have the time."Just don't forget. Dad will be home in less than hour and we'll have dinner at half past seven. You can do some of it now." The last sentence was not a suggestion."Yes, Mother." That answer got a. He and I study the same subject, so naturally we attend all the same student parties and so on. Maybe it’s for the best though, I thought, because I will have to meet him at some point anyway. Better to get it over with. I decided not to think about him any longer and went to the shower. I undressed slowly, staring at my image on the bathroom mirror. Absent-mindedly I started to play with my long auburn hair that fell on my back. A small smile flickered across my face as I studied my smallish. It was their first fight as a couple and she didn’t like it, not one bit. She didn’t care if she saw that man again, never would be too soon. She heard his car pull into the driveway and got even madder. How dare he come here, how dare he. ‘This is my house not his, mine!’ she was muttering to herself now. ‘The pain in the ass, now what does he want to fight about.’ She stood in the hallway and watched him come to the door, the broken door. Nick noticed the hinge and the crack in the frame and.