Okay, we were well on the way to being hammered! We were on our way out of the main room when IT happened! I had seen a couple of guys I knew who were...not part of our group of friends but were acquaintances of mine. One of them, Jim let's call him, was a real drunk. I mean a downright juice freak. I never saw him when he wasn't either drunk, getting drunk, or PLANNING on getting drunk. His girlfriend was with him and I had met her one other time when Jim and I were bowling on a team in a. .. I could go on and on but you get the idea. Jan, please don't ask!"Jan held Cindy close and started to cry. She whispered in the girl's ear, "You don't know what seeing those scars does to me, though! Cindy Martin, you're the most beautiful girl in the whole world. What I did to you was utterly beyond belief."Tears were streaming down her face as she continued, "I still remember that terrible night here in the kitchen. You stood right over there with your back to me while I uncoiled the whip. Amanda frowned, "Yes Commander?" She said.Cathy smiled, "I'm still Cathy! I haven't changed although my rank has. Now the next person to call me Commander will be on latrine duty, is that clear."Amanda smiled and saluted again, "Yes Cathy, I'll pass that on as well." She said as Cathy and Helen got into the car.Once they were there the windows darkened, allowing them to look out but preventing anyone from looking in. Helen turned to Cathy. "Now Cathy after what you've just said to Amanda out. You just didn’t see things, like people cheating on a test or taking a carton of milk without paying. No squealing was the unwritten, number one rule. He knew there was a small group of boys who sneaked out of the cafeteria and hid behind the hill at the back of the big playground to smoke cigarettes at lunchtime. Everybody knew that but nobody talked about it. And he knew there was a group of girls who used lipstick, perfume and eye makeup in school but did not wear it going home and always.