I heard my dad come trudging up the stairs a little after six and he knocked on the door to my room. I hollered that it was unlocked and to come on in... He came through the door with his "Stern look" on his face. "What's this that your mother is telling me about your behavior this afternoon?" In the first place, she is not my mother. What she is and has been for the past ten years is my jailer. Years when instead of being my father you were her lap dog. You completely turned your back on any. The whole thing seemed so abstract and academic when they were talking it over their morning bagels. But now... She had given her husband a license to whip her ass until she asked him to stop? Was she nuts? "No," she told herself. She was teaching Joe a lesson. She knew she wanted him to spank her harder when they were playing. She had to teach him what that meant. "Yes, Joe. Don't stop until you hear me say 'Uncle.'" He laid his belt against her ass and she closed her eyes. The belt. "Martin had a hard time getting to sleep last night. He just kept saying over and over there was no way Mark did those things."Mercy came out of the bedroom, still nude, and climbed into my lap. She said, "I know Mark isn't guilty. The man is a very loyal and gentle man. Everything I've seen in him has none of those traits. We'll find out that he's not guilty soon, I'm sure."As more people came into the patio, Mercy got up and went to put some clothes on. The patio soon had all of our regulars. Ika na intlo paniki cheri nappatinunchi ela ayina nanu dengalani avasaram ayithe nannu rape kuda cheyyalani anukunna nani cheppadu. Danitho nenu vadini, rape enduku nenu denga mani cheputhunnanu kada, inka alasyam enduku, na pukku pagilela deggu ani annanu. Vadu na chiraki jacket ki pettina pinnu tisesi, okka sariga na chira motham lagesadu. Jacket painunche na sallu pattukuni pisaka sagadu. Taravatha na kudi vaksham ni thana notlo pettukuni, edama vaksham ni chetitho chapati pindi pisiki nattu.