It was shearing pain, like nothing Melissa had felt before. Her whole body shook and her whole lower body felt like it was on fire.SWAT!Her whole bod... shook again as Melissa cried out in pain. The crowd cheered and Melissa began to cry. She expected to be punished, but not like this.SWAT!Melissa was now breathing rapidly and was crying, but felt the bench revolve around very slowly again. She could her people making comments on how red her bottom looked, with only three swats from the razor. I don't need anyone around to talk to, never did. I guess I've been a loner my whole life but I don't care. I'm happy, or at least I was until this afternoon, and now that I'm thinking about it I suppose I've been happy my whole life so I guess I can't complain.Living by myself was never a problem for me. I certainly don't have any use for money. I've always thought money was an evil idea to begin with, and if you ever took the time to really think about it you'd realize it truly is the cause. " Uh, Wally, we're two weeks from Doctor Cindy, you know..."Wally laughed as we idled the engines. "I know it's Cindy, but she's gonna have to do for airplanes what she does for engineering. She's gonna be carrying HER little butt in this thing..." He continued the lesson. "You're MUCH bigger. Heavier. Inertia, girl. You got it. Lots more of it."I saw her head bob, nodding. "Yessir." Who's steering?" Stoney asked."I am," Wally answered.We taxied down the length of the runway. At the end, Cindy. When Lucilla came into her quarters, her dress was intact, her face was unmarred, and her porcelain complexion was much paler than usual. She was shaking. “Lucilla?” I asked as she carefully sat on her bed. “Lucilla, what’s wrong?” She stared at the fire crackling in the hearth, and didn’t seem to hear what I said. I walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder, and she jumped in surprise. “Your Grace?” I asked her, feeling the tension in her body, feeling the panic in my chest rise. I’d.