Mrs L kept the normal stern look on her face as she watched Ella prepare herself to be caned. It wasn’t so different to the girls at college who had...to lower their knickers and step out of them, before lifting up the hems of their college dresses and tucking them into their belt to hold the dress in place so that when they bent over the caning table the dress would never fall out and cover the girl’s bottom. Here, Mrs L made more sure by insisting that Ella removed all of her clothing below her. .. they did, after all ... go to American schools ... but there are appearances to keep up.Barbara suggested she drop the ROV to see just how bad the crash messed up the little chopper. Since the Captain ... David ... was still under the knife of the surgeon ... Lieutenant Commander Gary (Jake) Zalewski was second in command ... no matter that most of the orders came from Chief Sanchez.At the moment Jake was gazing fondly into the huge brown eyes of Rose ... Rosalie ... Rose ... Rosalie .... I almost didn’t notice in time.I only had a fraction of a second to respond. I moved out of the way and grabbed the lynx by the scruff of the neck. It didn’t have claws out when it jumped at my back, so I knew it was here because Ellen somehow told it to come here. It made what sounded a bit like a baby crying and then possibly a meow. I put it down, and it started rubbing against me like a house cat wanting attention. I reached down to scratch it behind the ears. Damn, if the cat didn’t start. “It looks as beautiful as you.” I complimented her. Turning around, she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling me towards her. Kissing me on the lips, as we stood there gazing into each other’s eyes. Our lips joined again, this time for longer. Releasing me, she took the tray of Moussaka. “Let me put it in the oven. It’s not finished yet.” With the timer set and the shop locked up, we started making our way upstairs.Climbing into the shower together, we made love under the running water..