"What are your plans after you graduate?" I said that Iwas keeping all options open. "You don't have any plans?" I told her notat this time. She said,..."I suppose that youth causes one to not worryabout plans for the future."There was an awkward moment of silence. I asked her if she wantedanything to drink. She said that she could drink a glass of white wine.I started to get up when Tom told me to stay put. He went to the kitchento get a bottle of wine and some glasses."How long have you known. " Tanyee paused, and gave Amanda a wan smile. "Well, mostly. Except for the 'traditional twenty' near the beginning."Amanda looked confused. "The what?" I'm sorry, I keep forgetting you don't know about these things. Near the start of training, every Trainee gets twenty strokes with the paddle."Amanda looked shocked."It's just to give a taste of what real punishment can be like." That's horrible!" Amanda cried, recalling the scene with Garas.Tanyee looked surprised at Amanda's reaction. "It's. I HAD A WEEK OFF FROM WORK JUST REALLY TO USE MY HOLIDAYS UP,SO I WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.I WAS BORED SO I DECIDED TO GO INTO TOWN AND LOOK AROUND THE SHOPS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.I PARKED THE CAR IN THE MULTI STOREY CAR PARK AND HEADED FOR THE SHOPS.IT WAS QUITE BUSY,PEOPLE DOING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING I GUESS,SO AFTER AN HOUR OR SO I WAS STARTING TO GET FED UP.I STARTED TO HEAD FOR THE CAR WHEN I HEARD A VOICE ,HELLO IAN,LONG TIME NO SEE,I TURNED TO SEE KEN SMILING AT ME.KEN WAS A. Subconsciously she felt what he was getting at. “No, no, tell me.” Frank looked at her. His eyes pierced through hers like he was trying to look deep inside her. “You can’t fool me,” he whispered, “I see that something is eating you up. Something is gnawing at your soul and it has been for a long time.” Mary was shocked. Was it that obvious? Was it so obvious that a stranger who she met maybe forty-five minutes ago could see it? Memories flashed through her brain and within one second she.