‘’woa there sweet cheeks, I do not want to fall’’ He laughs, but also hugs me back tightly. I kiss his cheek and look to him; my jaw almost dr...ps. He has changed…. a lot! His small tender body has been replaced by amazing muscles, his babyface is now fully gone and his clothes are really fashionable. I can also see him checking me out and I flush bright red. I take his bag and walk inside ‘’Jeez Mark, you did not tell me you got so handsome’’ I grin and put his bag on the chair. I turn around. It must have only been a few swats, but I was ready to beg for it to stop when my master put the paddle down.He turned my reddened face towards him and pulled out what looked like an hourglass.“This is going to count ten minutes exactly from the moment I turn it over.”He paused momentarily, allowing my imagination to run wild with questions about what was going to happen to me in those ten minutes.“I will use the paddle on you until the time runs out.”At that, my face dropped and I looked at. "Mark, what happened? I couldn't reach you or Teacher. What's wrong?"Angela called from the front entrance, "Hank is struggling with two others."That snapped Melissa out of her stupor. She jumped up, ran past Mark and her mother and jumped out the door. Mark stepped outside just in time to see her leap into the air and do a double kick while in mid flight. Hank polished off the other one.A black SUV slid to a stop and an individual got out of the driver's door. He pointed a weapon at Hank and. When Rolly explained the situation to Saleen, namely that they were stuck there for the winter and might as well run the saloon and make some money, she took it better than he expected. On Cassandra she was a professional entertainer. She told him that owning her own club had always been a possible future for her, and staying on Chaos in relative safety would give her stories for the talk show circuit. That would help build her celebrity back home. The more they talked the more enthusiastic.