The twins sat at the dinner table, waiting for their meal. All they wore was a white bathrobe. That’s all they had to cover their bodies with since they came to Paradise Island. Their bodies ache because they trained most of the day. Spreading their legs and holding them up high is hard to do. Bending over and touching the floor with their hands was an equally painful position unless you are training for gymnastics. And if they didn’t do this exercise right, Rosita slapped their behinds with a flat stick. Every time that happened, the twins screamed. Maria Andino noticed that the long hair of the slave girls was a burden to them and she said to Rosita, “Cut their hair. It’s way too long, but don’t cut it too short. Men like women with longer hair. They have something to hold on to.” Now th
