“That fucking bitch!!” She screamed in her head. Her thoughts were interrupted by her mother grabbing her ear. “Get upstairs to my room right no...w, get in the corner hands on your head. You are going to get the longest and hardest spanking of your 21 years.” “Mommy....” “I said NOW!” Tears welled up in Makaela eyes as she hurriedly went upstairs. Amber had won. She went into her mother’s room. The room was beautiful. It radiated with comfort. Makalea went to the corner and put her hands on her. The other employee was awoman working in the office, an old school bus just outside the barn.Until she had taken over the paperwork in October, George had beenworking herself towards a nervous breakdown. But she had to be trained,and all the others."I never get to just weld anymore," the native woman moaned as shestarted a bead on a sheet of steel. "That's what I love, and now itseems I'm just a boss." Then she shook her head and concentrated on herwork. After all, she had no chance of going. “You can say it, honey. I screwed around on you by pulling a train at our second honeymoon cruise. I’m as guilty as our kids. If you want a divorce, I’ll ... be upset, I won’t deny that, at losing two decades of a happy marriage, after an event meant to celebrate and express our love, over my ... mistake, but I’ll understand. Before you say it, I also know that you fucked the stripper during your bachelor party, but that was a little less serious, as it was one woman, not seven, and it was. I don’t have to make a living doing surrogate work so I can charge less. The second advantage is that if I fill both the therapist and surrogate roles I can not only guide the process but also observe your progress first hand. Likely it will go faster because of the integrated functions,’ she concluded. Judith was a striking woman in her own right. Maybe a few years older than me, maybe not. Tall and classy, streaks of silver in her radiant almost black hair, just a few pounds too many but.