"You're harder to keep track of than Chet, and he's had Uncle Sam helping hide him!" Alicia added."What kind of work could you possibly do for the McK...esson Foundation that you have to disappear down the rabbit hole to do it?" Mike added."Well, if I told you, I'd have to kill you." I said.Chet fell out of his chair laughing. "Hey, I thought that was supposed to be my line!" Okay, I wouldn't have to kill you, but I can't tell you anything unless I can get your sworn promise that you'll never tell. The lights in the room in which I was awakening were dim at the moment, and somehow it registered to my brain that it must be nighttime. I guess the logic centers in my brain were cueing to the fact that I was in a hospital and that the very low activity level around me lent itself to the atmosphere of a night shift.The pain that I remembered having felt when I had last come out of my slumber was not gone by a long shot. But it was now a recognizable dull ache -- and not a small one, either --. Frustratingly, neither Sarah or Zoehad any interest in such activities.The following week, Mrs Braithwaite met with her best friend for lunchand it was during this meeting that Emily first put her crazy idea toShirley.Emily had a few days earlier read an article in a woman's magazine aboutunusual punishments that some parents gave their naughty children. Onesuch story was about a single mother who used something called petticoatpunishment to control her wayward teenage son. The results were. She then remembered the carrot. She grabbed the jar of Vaseline and smeared some on her anus before inserting the carrot. Then she slowly made her way downstairs worrying all the way what was in store for her today.Autumn heard June coming down the stairs and yelled for her to come into the kitchen where she was sipping a cup of coffee while she waited for her.“Well, good morning sunshine. I see you remembered to wear only flip flops. Come over here and turn around and bend over.”“I didn’t.