The actual concerts shouldn't present a problem, as the stage would be shielded. Contact with fans, was another matter.The safety of Melody, Harmony, ...nd Lyric concerned me greatly. I loved all my children dearly. To complicate matters further, Joan would be going with them. She was their mother, and there was no way she was going to stay behind, if they were in harm's way. In fact, she was going to be their opening act!I tried several times to get my family to let me go along, but the idea. Which promptly came up and gave me 36 chips. I deposited 25 of these with the banker and then went back to the blackjack table.Although it was draughty, it was also profitable and by 1:30 I was another 100 chips better off. icum4u was walking around in just the women's underwear flashergirl had got yesterday and had even managed to grab a few chips to bet with even though he couldn't win.The poker game, with flashergirl and big_boned_lucy was also profitable but at 3:00, when I was another. Carla’s head smacked into the metal of the door and her vision went briefly dark. Shit. Gazing blearily about, she saw his hand come in again, and then nothing.Chapter 2?Wake up.?Carla did so, more because of the sudden stinging in her nipple than the quiet words.?Open your eyes?She did, but it was darkness. She felt cloth against her eyelashes. Her mouth was dry, and packed with a soft plastic ball. Her face ached where she had been hit, and her head was screaming agony. What?What had happened. It was not pleasure for her. It was like she lived her life constantly punished... even when she pleased him." She shook her head and allowed tears to form at the corners of her eyes. "And what's even sadder..." What?" She still loves him... and would stay if he would only change a little."I pulled her close again and kissed the top of her head as she silently let out all the fear and loathing she had felt for the past two months, the time it took to set our plan into motion. She had been.