The Asian woman looked at Janice as if she had just shat on her shoe. She reached into the pocket of her kimono and removed a silver pen like instrument. Janice recognized it at once. It was the same as the nurse had carried. As the Asian woman snapped it open, Janice realized her dreadful mistake.
Frantically, the young woman tried to scramble away. “No! Please don’t hit me! Please!” she yelled. She felt the fire-like sting of the whip against her flesh. “Owwwwwww!” she cried out. Silently, the Asian woman followed the terrified girl around the room, striking unmercifully her thighs, back, buttocks and her bound arms with the steel whip. “Ohhhhh! Ohhhhhhh!” Janice cried out. “Please, please, I’ll be good! Please!”
Finally the woman ceased her pursuit. Janice was huddled in a corner trem
