And I denied her attempts to bail me out before the trial started just to avoid having to face her and see the betrayal in her eyes. I made the deal p...tting me in prison just so I would not have to face her. It was not a brave thing to do and any attempt to convince myself that I did it for them was false. I knew better. I knew the truth. I was afraid to face her. I was afraid she would tell me she didn't love me and that she wanted more than I was able to give her. I was afraid she would tell. I counted six in my head, and expected it to stop, but he carried on till twelve on each buttock. I was crying now and begging him to stophe just looked at me and said "pathetic" I need my house cleaned boy, everything you'll need is under the sink, get on with it"for or the next two hours I washed, scrubbed, polished and hoovered. I also made Sir cups of tea and sandwichesthe house was ready for inspection..Sir moved through each room and seemed pleased. He found fault (there was none,) with. The computer finally yielded, edging us above Oklahoma to give us the third position in the BCS standings. We were looking pretty. All we needed was for USC or LSU to falter in the final weeks of the season.Jeremy and Notre Dame hosted USC next Saturday in South Bend. Hopefully the Fighting Irish could take down the Trojans. In two weeks LSU would face the winner of the SEC-East. At the moment Ed's Florida Gators were tied with the Georgia Bulldogs for the lead in the division. The two teams. That's very important. I don't want to miss it." You won't miss it. Trust me," I said. "Now let's go and meet her."I took Ramon's hand and he followed me willingly through the crowd to the spot where I had left Beatrice. She hadn't moved an inch, just as I had told her. The two looked at each other and quite obviously liked what they saw.I was going to do the introductions. "Ramon, meet Bea..."Beatrice interrupted me in mid-sentence. "Lola," she said.It dawned on me that the name she had given.