The miners and the men cutting timber and sawing it into boards were left undisturbed, as were their families.Day 332Abdera was the final city I plann...ed to attack before heading for Sparta. Abdera, too, capitulated without a fight.Evidently, word of our campaign had reached the Achaean League. They had hurriedly abandoned their invasion and attempted subjugation of Sparta and rushed their troops and navy home to protect their own lands.Even though we didn’t directly help Sparta, and they had. Her mother didn’t have a lot of extra money, seeing as teaching didn’t pay much better, per hour worked, than fast food. Norma had given birth to her daughter, Maya, in her junior year of high school. She hadn’t been ready for the responsibility of a daughter yet. Hell, she hadn’t even been ready to care of herself. The baby’s father acted like he never even knew her, besides secretly trying to slip her some money for an abortion, as if fifty bucks could help with that. She knew her mother, a. It was asmall, black leather-bound journal which would list all of mytransgressions, together with the punishments that I received. Althoughshe had not yet spelt out exactly what the punishments might entail.Thankfully there were no entries at present but I had a horrible feelingthat things would change before much longer. Finishing the final mirror I walked across the salon to tidy awaycarefully all of my cleaning equipment. With every step I could feel thetiny skirt of my pink latex dress. Jake took Mrs. Finch’s arm and guided her onto the bench on the other side. Jake slid in after her.“What do you think you’re doing, young man.”“Please, Mr. Finch, we have important things to talk about. Let me ask you a question. What do you call it when a bunch of married couples get together and swap their partners?”“Why do you want to know?”“I’m pretty sure that it’s going to come up in this conversation. I just want to call it by the right name.”“It’s usually called the Lifestyle. Some.