There was a casting call for a local repertoire theater. "Ah this could be something to do." I told myself after all I did take a course in drama at s...hool and I thought I wasn't all that bad on the boards. I of course had no idea that fate had stepped in and took complete control of not just my life but the life of a couple of family members.My day starts early in the morning so that I can have a lot of free time in the afternoon so today was no different than any other day. The drive home. When they were done with their howling, Alfie leaned over and licked the leader's face, then turned and went back to the antelope. The three of them ate their fill while the five outsiders watched. When they were full, Alfie yipped a couple of times and the three of them left the antelope and came over to us.The five newcomers seemed surprised to see us. Bev sent over an OK for them to finish the antelope and they rushed over to it and started tearing into it. It seemed strange to see them. However, I was surprised when she confided in me over coffee in Starbucks. “You got any new stories?” She asked. “One or two in the pipeline… why do you ask?” I asked. “Oh it’s just that I have a little tale from college that I’ve been keeping to myself,” she said. “Really! Something a bit juicy is it Emma?” “I would say so,” she said, looking guiltily over her coffee. I got in another drink and a muffin and she told me the whole sordid tale. Hope you enjoy my retelling of it… Emma had dropped. I turned my attention to the man. "Explain yourself," I said."She's very disobedient. I wanted to teach her some manners." He looked sullen and frightened."In the dark of night? With a whip? Naked?"'I have the right," he said. "Who the hell are you?" A soldier," I said, "and her friend." A rebel you mean, just as she is, disloyal, a traitor to her class." This your house?" I asked the man."Yes, of course," he said."She is leaving," I said. "You are to send her things later, all of them,.