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e and administer a harsh
spanking but was only too aware of what the consequences might be
if Ryoko Etou told our parents. Unwilling to let my temper get the
better of me, I through the fragments into Ryoko's bin, and went back
to my room.
All I heard for the next hour was Judy's sobbing. I knew it was
all put on, so ignoring her, continued the work in front of me.
At about midnight, I heard the front door open, then the quiet
scamper of feet as Jude ran down to see them. 'Calm before a
Storm' I thought, accurately since the next sound was the loud
thump of my fathers feet as he raced upstairs.
"IAN! WHAT'S THIS JUDY TELLS ME ABOUT YOU BREAKING HER RECORDS?"
my father shouted, standing at my door. "Dad - I was trying to do
my work, and couldn't concentrate - It was Ryoko's fault!"
"IF I HEAR YOU BLAME YOUR SISTER ONCE MORE YOU'RE OUT! DO YOU
HEAR ME? OUT!" With that, he picked up the pile of work I'd
completed, and ripping it in two, through it out the window. "NOW
BEFORE YOU START YOUR WORK - AND YOU'LL DO IT PROPERLY OR
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