When Rose eventually got out of the bath and settled on the sofa next to me, I just grabbed the huge blanket from the box and covered us both up. We had both been thrashed very hard and I knew like Rose we'd need time to recover frm the beatings and the use we'd had.

As I fell asleep I hoped that they would not be mean to us again as we desperately needed some rest and time to recover. Maybe even another shopping trip to town. Anything but another beating.