His return home was shattering. He found out that his mother had terminal cancer, and that his father had left.He had always considered his family nor...al and average, for having only one child, that is. His father was a man's man, avidly supporting Ryan's athletic success through High School. His mother was a gem, providing everything he ever imagined a mother could. At the time of his return, he did not realize how stunted his own and his father's emotional development had been.Though he was. "The words just burst out of my mouth like they were buckshot from a shotgun. The helmsman reacted instantly. The Windrunner was an agile craft and we came around almost on a dime. As we did Dork grabbed his signalling flags. One of the things that I'd implemented once I knew we'd be heading out as a taskforce against the Minoans was to create a system of relaying orders between ships. Thankfully, there were enough outworlder sailors in our small navy who understood semaphore. I'd gone for a. The loser got a sound thrashing in public. Once they staged a race across an array of electrified wires. Every woman, at some point, fell and writhed on the floor as the electricity convulsed her body. One had to be treated for a heart attack; they used a portable defibrilator. In short, the women’s lot was not a happy one. As far as they could tell, the male prisoners fared no better.Kathy would have slipped into deep depression, but for two things. Whenever she was whipped, caned, the. Thank you for your helpful cooperation. I enjoyed the whole performance."Tokunbo sniffed, "So I am not your beautiful one, Olu?"Olu rose to the occasion. "Of course you are, my darling. You are both beautiful, each in your own way. Your maturity sits well on you, and your experience is a wonder to behold. You must have loved your late husband." I did, and I also love my Olu; my man with the big dong." She directed her attention to Susan, and took something out of her skirt pocket. "I brought a.