I even let him kiss me,but it was like kissing my dad, and we quickly dropped any hint ofromance from our relationship. Our interests after that did n...ot includeanything other than being good friends and company for the other.I went to the Fourth of July party, wearing a short, thin, blue andwhite summer gingham checked dress that exposed just enough to makeeveryone believe that I had gone farther than I had. My buffoon cousinstried teasing me, right up until I kissed Tim, right on the mouth.. Thankfully, between Laura and Heather, the libidinous energy he was forced to endure each day found an outlet. In fact, Gregg was so grateful for Laura's near-constant presence in his office that he even returned her pledge paddle so she'd have it for tonight's ceremony. She didn't go into detail about it, but from what he glanced in her mind, Natalie had no idea what she was in for."So, where are we going tonight?" he shouted at Heather's closed bedroom door."The Black Box. It was Charli's. So I got something to eat and then went in and apologized to her for forgetting. I rolled her on her right side, which was awkward because her right arm got under her and she wanted to keep rolling, or fall back. She ended up on her stomach, with tubes stretched places. I turned her head sideways and messed up her hair in the process. There was some special lotion from the pharmacy on the night stand, so I got that. I'd never done this before or watched Mom do it. I'd seen the exercises, but. She had heard the judge, in his slightly accented English, pronounce his decision:"Fifty strokes with the number 2 cane. Bailiffs! Take the prisoner down to the punishment room - I expect that room two will be free again now - and will the next officer available please administer the punishment directly. Miss Holmes, I trust this will teach you to obey the laws of our country. Assuming that it will, I am directing that as soon as you have suffered the appropriate punishment then your record.