‘Yeah, but she don’t mean it,’ Tammy assured him. ‘And?’ Richard said again. ‘Richard!’ Bernadette yelled out and he got to his feet. �...Yeah?’ he called back. ‘Need an extra hand,’ she called out. ‘Just fucking great,’ he muttered, earning gasps from Bee, Tammy, and Patrick. Richard roughly dried an uncooperative Philip while Bernadette dried a docile Phyllis. Then they helped the twins into their pajamas. ‘Now, who’s hungry?’ Bernadette asked the two and herded them out of the disaster area.. It is not scheduled for use anytime soon.’ ‘That’s wonderful Robert. Now you have one more thing to do for me. Since my daughters insulted you they are waiting upstairs for their punishment. They are expecting to be punished with their paddles 10 times. You can hit them once, and reserve nine for a later date, or you can use all of them now. It is your prerogative. If they complain, their punishment doubles. Remind them of this rule. It has been many years since I have had to enforce punishment. She had been aware I was stopping in to pay Kettie's mortgage payment for a couple months, but she kept asking question about her supposed "trip throughout Europe" story I told people she was on with her sister."Hello, Marianne it's nice to see you. Can I buy you a drink?" I asked."No, I can buy my own, but thank you. My fiancé wouldn't approve of a strange man buying me a drink." I'm strange?" I asked.She flushed red and whispered, "No, you certainly aren't strange to me. We've had our. " She nodded softly, I looked at the time, "ohh, I missed the party, mom is going to kill me, she did all this for me, an-" Celeste interrupted me in mid sentence, and softly spoke, "no worries master Holios, she understood just fine, now it is late, and you have an important meeting tomorrow." Celeste grabbed me by the hand, walked into the temple and made sure I had everything ready for bed. "My room is two doors down, please call me if you need me." I just nodded, waved good-bye, and laid.