She could see the skin changes take place in real- time as she lay there. Mai-Lin held her hand and spoke to her softly, assuring Lynn of her well bei...g. A general feeling of well being and of arousal swept over her, and she fell gently asleep. The little pain that she felt from her flogging was totally gone, as was the remaining marking of her skin. Awakening, she was still holding Mai-Lin’s hand. “Welcome sister,” she said. “You are now and forever one of us.” Standing up for the first time. So you deserve a sore bottom.” She nodded sheepishly at this. “Yes, sir. Sorry sir.” I asked her for a glass of water, which she dutifully fetched from the kitchen, her bare feet sticking to the linoleum flooring. As she returned, and placed the glass on the dresser with a faint clink. I leaned forward and grabbed her by the wrist. With a strangled yelp, more of surprise than pain, she allowed herself to be guided into my lap and over my knee. We sat like that for what seemed to be an eternity,. I assured him that Papa would not. Papa had a habit of blowing up and then thinking about it and calming down. All mama said was, "Things happen that Papa and I have no control over. You're an adult now, you made a decision, along with Ray. Now we all will do our best to give your new baby a happy and healthy life." Mama and I would spend the day planning for the baby. We looked through magazines, picking newborn clothes that would work with a boy or girl. Ray and I wanted to be surprised by. I had forgotten about that."Now what?" I asked, relieved that I might get out of urinal duty."I know!" Cynthia said looking to the rear of the yard. "Over there."It had become dark, and the back yard was lit by a few floodlights on the upper floor of the house. The line of females waiting to use the women's room was snaking halfway around the house by then. Karen and I followed Cynthia out back to where the crowd had thinned and entered that cabana by the canvas-covered pool.Tiny, it was, too..