”“I think I may have laid a trap for myself,” I said with a rueful smile.“And what trap is that, Subdeacon?”“That what I want may not be b...st for the church, and what is best for the church may not be what I want.”“Whose will are we to serve?”“God’s, of course.”“If you know that, then you are most of the way to figuring out what you should do.”I nodded, asked for a blessing, and when I’d received it, I left the office. Clarissa was waiting for me, and followed me to the nave of the. With the demeanor of an irate yet helpless child, Vicky haltingly obeyed Sean’s demand. Just What would she achieve by ignoring him? just another beating and by now Vicky was far too terrified of Sean’s unpredictability to refuse to obey him.So Sean nonchalantly inspected the gradually disappearing bruising to her bottom, breasts and back ... all left by Yates liberal use of whips and crops when he had been unsatisfied with Vicky’s cooperation. Even Sean thought they were on the harsh side, but. We opened from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am every Wednesday to Saturday. I made fifty-six dollars that night, and that with tips got me eighty-nine dollars made in one night. I was ecstatic. I could get food, clothes, and books. Anything I wanted. After working there for a month I started paying Ricky $450.00 for rent and free breakfast. Within the month without tips I made $896.00, so even after paying the rent I still had enough money to live comfortably. When I reached nineteen I decided to finish. When she arrived, a gaggle of about twenty boys and girls awaited pickup. Jolene spotted her son, Donny, standing with two other boys and a pretty little girl of about eleven, and pulled up to them."Hi, Mom’ Donny smiled "The bus broke down. Thanks for coming to get us. These are my friends Timmy, and Chuck and this is Mary-Ellen. They don’t live far from us."The boys and the little girl piled into the station wagon, Donny and Chuck in the front with her, Timmy and Mary-Ellen in the back.To her.