President Suarez could, in theory, start World War Three if she so decided, but that power was so hedged round by restrictions to prevent misunderstan...ings and accidents that in essence she had to abide by the consensus of her advisors' deliberations. This man could order anything. Have poison put in her coffee as easily as sugar, and then smooth it over as an unfortunate accident. Have her strip searched in front of him. Have her carried off to his harem. The possibilities were endless...She. Already Caroline had landed the leather paddle expertly on the same spot on her twitching bum some four times, and she cried out and begged for Caroline to stop. For a moment she did, and Rebecca sighed with relief that she had some control over the beating. But then Caroline put her mouth by Rebecca’s ear and whispered coldly, “If you ask me to stop again, the Countess will be VERY angry and tomorrow’s deal may well fail. It is only pain and you WILL bear it – do you understand me,. Using you as a sound-board. I think you need, to use me as the sound-board now. Coffee?’ They found a coffee shop, and talked about life after cancer, and how there were coping with it. After about three hours of tears, laugher and every thing in between Rob said to her ‘I had the same suicide thoughts about two years ago. A friend helped me through them. I am going to do the same to you. We are going to your house now, and no arguments’ Ten minutes later they walked into her house, ‘First. It was the home base of the Red Horse Mining and Drilling Company: the RHM&D, whose blue collar workers took the edge off in town most Friday and Saturday nights: that either at any of the eleven bars in town or with the ladies who plied their trade in such places—or maybe both if it were close to payday. For me Aimesburg was back to school time. Her name was Ruby Lindstrom, as I found out later. She was tall, like my wife, she was pretty, she was old enough—read experienced enough—to instruct.