You should know by now that your girls can take care of themselves. I have a better idea of what this guy is like than you do; I watched what he did t...o Sammi." Her eyes were moist with tears again. "Either I go with you or we don't go and poor Sammi is left there with him. She will probably die today." My heart lurched as she said that calmly."What do you mean? Why would she die today?" Somehow, I knew Julie was telling the truth, at least as she knew it."She said she couldn't take it anymore.. She looked so tired and washed out. Iknew why, it looked like I wasn't the only one who had a fitful nightssleep! Mum gave me my toast but I couldn't stay there, I kissed hercheek, grabbed my toast and ran out of the door. I carried on runninguntil I got at least a block away from my house. Only then when I wasout of view and totally out of breath, I slowed down & threw the toastat the seagulls. Walking along the pavement, head down and hands in pockets, I thoughtand thought and thought,. Now, because you failed to keep me informed of how you were doing and in fact you failed to give me a way to be there at your graduation itself you will be punished. You will count the number of lashes out like so ‘One, Thank You Master. Two, Thank You Master’ and so on and so forth until I stop. If you fuck up I will renew the number and add 10 more to the number you’re getting. I’ll give you a hint it’s about the same amount of days I haven’t heard from you in, and yea, that means about a. We devoured the feast the Joe and Barb prepared.Joe asked, "What is everyone planning today?"I answered, "Sherry and I are going to hike up the along the lake shore and up creek to Farnham Lake." Sherry looked at me questioningly. I just smiled and shook my head yes.Jon said, "I would like to canoe across the lake. I heard there is a cool beach for swimming and tanning. Anyone want to go along?"Not surprisingly, Amy quickly answered, "Sure, sounds like fun!"Katie said, "Will and I want to canoe.