Luckily, he hadn’t broken anything, but from what I heard via Dad, he was a little more confused and seemed more frail. He was a good age after all;...he’d more than exceeded his three score years and ten. There weren’t all that many left who had served in the Great War... I had a couple of colds; travelling on the crowded bus exposed me to coughs and sneezes that spread diseases, but nothing too bad. Julie reported that nearly everybody at college had brought back a dose of the sniffles from. Endlich Ruhe, dachte ich mir, es waren schließlich Ferien. Um genau zu sein war heute der erste Tag der Schulferien und ich war froh, dass ich die Schule erst einmal für ein paar Wochen hinter mir lassen konnte. Ich war mit meinen 21 Jahren zwar keine schlechte Schülerin, aber eben längst nicht die beste, vor allem langweilte mich der Unterricht mich aber maßlos. Jetzt war erst einmal Schluss damit. Endlich Ferien. Ich rollte mich auf die andere Seite. Oh man war ich müde. Meine Hotpant, die. She heard him pull his belt free from his pants.SMACK.She felt the sting of the leather belt across her ass…and again…and again. He whipped her over and over, her tender flesh stinging and bright red. A few tears fell as a natural reaction to the pain, but inside, she was numb.He beat her a few more times.“Never talk back to a potential client. Never hurt a client!” he hissed at her as the lashing came with every word.His arm tired, he sat on the edge of the bed, pulling her down to the floor. He too had wondered why they were not already together. They walked for a while as Jacie unburdened her woes, Steven listening intently. They found themselves at the high school. “Fancy a spliff?” Tempted Steven, as he found a break in the conversation. “Why not!” They made their way to the back of the playing fields, away from the main road. Steven got to work, Jacie helping him, blocking the wind and holding various smoking paraphernalia. Silence fell as they passed the joint between them,.