I love you as much as I fear you.” I took my time to answer honestly.Aunty blushed a little, “oh, that was some speech, although you were supposed... to answer in just yes or no. I would keep up with this misbehavior when exerting the punishments. Shall we start baby?” Aunty dropped the cane tightly on the floor just an inch away from my feet.I answered in a little shiver, “Yes, mam.” I didn’t know about the post happenings, but I was in very much fear already. The sound of the cane strike made me. I sat there with tears running down my face. I realized that if the med-tube had not been available I wouldn't have had any idea of how to deal with Mandy. Her injuries were not life threatening, but if a med-tube had not been available she would have been crippled because no one on board Heinlein Station knew how to treat her injuries. James walked in as I was sitting there contemplating how badly I had failed my daughter and the rest of the crew who made up my community by refusing to learn. "Based on conversations we heard between the Grand Councilor and his associates, they have issued disposal contracts for all of you. Currently, we are monitoring your homes. We are anticipating that some one will try to destroy them, whether they are occupied or not." Guys," said James, "without this group's assistance, we would have been in a very difficult position last night, no, not difficult, an impossible position." Clarence nodded his head in agreement. "The 'Lodge Incident' as Rusty. Every detail of her face was flawless, from the slender bone structure of her cheeks to her pale but perfectly shaded complexion, which lacked even a single freckle or flaw. Her most prominent feature were her blue eyes, which were the shade of the ocean on a perfect summer day. She was more gorgeous than the goddess Athena, and not even the finest artists in Rome would be able to replicate her beauty on a canvas. He knew at that moment that he could not take even a single step from that spot.