They crack them a couple of times. Then they move to the front. They stand side by side, facing me, almost at whip's length Simon on my right. I reali...ze now what they are going to do. Robert puts down the whip and puts a pair of safety glasses on me. "We wouldn't want to poke an eye out"Simon starts. "Left, belly button" Whack! He flicks the whip, and it strikes, left of my belly button. It feels like a hornet just stung me there. Robert repeats it on the right, then says "Right armpit" And. Sam was sure she'd be a spinster by the age of 28 before it was all said and done. What made her go along with this next impromptu set up? "I let Nick talk me into this, she always talks me into things". Sam shifted in the tough wooden barstool that had slowly grown uncomfortable after sitting so long. The bar wasn't packed but it wasn't empty either. It was filled with the smell of cedar and autumn flavored beer taps. No men, just women. It was the newest lez club to hit the city, set. " Another sob and then, "I love you."The pain twisted into my broken body right then. I imagined it was penance for the pain I inflicted on those whose lives I took.Grace continued sobbing. "Don't you leave me, not now, not this way Angel."I looked at Death, a shadowy figure cloaked in his robe standing there almost ready to part Grace and I from the lover's perfect world.Grace pulled the pointed shaft of wood out of my chest, leaving me on the ground, coughing and shaking. She stared at the. And, just for good measure, she has a little brother, as do all older sisters, for whom she has almost no appreciation and even less tolerance. Santino, Italian for Little Saint, is nothing close to his namesake. If any young man can find a way to get into trouble, it is he, and especially if it involves tormenting or teasing his sister. When their parents are not around, the most heard phrase is "Sandy (his nickname) I am going to kill you this time!" And if she could come close but not quite,.