.. the freaks are back.Great. Just what we need right now.Don’t worry. Just keep on walking, we’re almost there. “Sorry, no requests. School’s... over and we don’t have the time.”“But ... you two are still on school grounds ... you have to comply” one of the boys said as the group quickly surrounded them.“True, but so do you. Remember, you are all in the Program now.”“Uhm ... never mind then. Let’s go guys.”“Yes leader” the rest of the group replied.Emanuel watched the group quickly retreat. “I. The spanks were not overly harsh, but the cumulative effect turned her” Ouch” to soft cries as he finished up the first segment of her spanking.Spank! Whack! Crack! Swat! Slap! Thwack!The count reached ten hard spanks to top off her stinging bottom.Claudia was relieved that the spanking though it hurt terribly and her bottom felt like it was on fire, she had survived.Her bottom was a watermelon pinkish red on her lower thighs where just a spattering of spanks had landed.Claudia heard her boss. This activity would take place after the bonfire, which Clare and Cathleen had prepared in the now empty garden, had burned down. Those two had used their Magic to collect dry branches from all over the O'Connell Realm, and had a huge pile of them in the center of our garden area. All of our Wives had baked bread, made stew, and other foods for the celebration that night.We were joined that night by our Sisters, our male Cousins, and our younger Aunt and Uncle in addition to their friends.. That Jill and I could control it between us.As I considered all these warring thoughts and emotions, I felt philosophical – pretty sure that the road Jill was describing would be a bumpy and rocky one which we’d have to revisit if things turned in a direction we didn’t expect.But the situation with Luther was one about which I felt decidedly unphilosophical.I’d not had the emotional energy the previous night to raise the huge unresolved issue of Luther. But I knew without a shadow of a doubt.