The much-loved double sound of the slap of the leather on her bare skin quickly followed by the sharp crack of leather on leather filled the room. I l...ifted my arm to give a clear view of the target area and watched as a red mark slowly appeared. I also waited for a response from below.“Ooof! One, thank you Sir,” came Marta’s muffled voice, on cue and as expected.I struck twice more before pausing, being greeted each time by the right response.“Two, thank you Sir,” followed by, “three, thank you. "I'll have your badge for this," I threatened as Officer Deimos led me to his squad car. "How dare you treat me like a common criminal!" Lady, there's nothing common about you," he expressed in an insulting tone. With one quick push, he sat me down in the back seat of his car and closed the door. My mind was fuming! I couldn't wait to call daddy and tell him what had happened. They would pay, every last one of them - including this Judge Jasper if he messed with me. I was as close to being a. He claims it's for my own protection, butHorst was only assigned to me after we got into a blazing row followingone of Goebbels' parties where Albrecht caught me flirting with ahandsome young Wehrmacht officer. That was months ago, and Horst stillfollows me everywhere." Horst!" I said, snapping my fingers. "That's who he is. I thought helooked familiar. He's Grost's chauffeur." Was his chauffeur," said Lexi. "Albrecht doesn't have the same need fora chauffeur here as he did when he was a. "Margo thought things were going well until her eldest, Anita, asked her at mealtime, "When we go visit Jeannette, Mummy?"Lorenzo picked up on this. He swallowed his mouthful of pasta, and asked, "Who is Jeannette?" Oh, she is a girl friend from years back, when we were both in the army. She wants me to visit her. I said I would think about it."Anita looked from her mother to her father, puzzled, then forgot about it. Life was full of puzzles for a two-year-old.Lorenzo decided to make an.