Derek surveyed the body he had almost worshipped three years earlier, before the girl who lived in it had dumped him for a man she mistakenly thought ...ould help her career.'Now the stupid girl is about to be whipped again, and all she has to look forward to is life as a brothel prostitute and then as a field slave, ' he thought, 'It's all her own fault for trying to get to a station in life she couldn't begin to understand.'Whish ... THWACK!The first blow was diagonally across one breast and. ”“Yes, My Lord.”“Good, now who are you?”“Chandra.” She answered.“Tell me your title and who do you serve.” I countered louder.“Postulant Chandra of Kassandra.” She replied getting my drift.“Much better, now I want you to remember that tomorrow. No one can take that from you. Now tell me what you found in the chest besides the scrolls.”“Just money and a lot of it. There are fourteen gold coins, seventy-six silver, fifty-four copper and seventy-one half copper pieces.” She walked over to the. You have really given me a fresh outlook on life."Kathy started crying along with Ruth and the two got up and went back to the bed. They cuddled and kissed before dosing off to sleep.Chapter 5 - EurekaI woke stiff and sore after just one hour's sleep and headed upstairs to shower. I stripped off my stinking clothes, a shave and a shower and I was still feeling tired but refreshed. I put on fresh jeans and a T-shirt grabbed a bread roll and a coffee before heading back downstairs.I hadn't. "Did you get him?" Yes. Exactly where you said he'd be. Back road to Dallas. We took a beatup truck from the impound lot, loaded some irrigation pipe and drove out. He never thought a thing of it when I pushed back my straw hat and asked him what he thought he was doing."He got out of the car and walked over ... I slammed open the door. Down he went and 'the irrigation crew' had him cuffed in a second" He grinned..."You take over for Alice?" She's talking to E'veen. Nope ... here she is."Bill.