Her eyes never left mine when she bent forward and said something to the older woman, who immediately extended her hand, palm up, to the girl, who ben...t over it. I couldn’t believe my eyes when her lips parted and a long line of drool started to drip down onto the offered hand, landing in the middle of it and forming a small puddle. I think I gasped when the woman brought the hand to her mouth and started to lap up the girl’s spittle with deep gratitude in her eyes. I so wanted to push my hand. .. hoe-lee she-it, a phrase that would see much abuse in the future. We took it as our own.Truck unloaded, Grace and our sheep-cat herded us dumb animals to the living quarters where the Chief and Arnold used the phrase many many times. I predict wide spread use by the military. I wonder if we can get a Tee Shirt? HOE-LEE in an arc across the top ... bicycle in the middle ... SHE-IT in an arc across the bottom. I told my mind trap of a brain to retain it for future use ... yeah ... right.So I. Nina looked at Miss Millie and again saw her angry face, and realised there was a huge difference between being spanked or caned on her bottom compared to being caned on her hands. This way, she was looking at Miss Millie’s angry face knowing that she was annoyed which was very different to looking at the seat of the chair or at the floor when being spanked or caned on her bottom. Somehow, she found this much more difficult to deal with, knowing for sure just how angry Miss Millie was.As Millie. Her sobs began to decrease and the tears stopped flowing as she readied herself to tell me what happened. I sat there silently, waiting for her to speak on her own accord. If she wanted to tell me what happened, I would be all ears. But I didn’t want to push. My fingers worked through her hair as she began to speak. “Matt, they kicked me out. Mom and dad. Well dad really. Mom just watched, silently, as usually.” Dad always made the decision in the family, Mom was just there, never really making.