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I shrugged, lifting one shoulder "I had never thought of those punishments as sexual in nature They always see ht be sexual in nature"

"They were sexual," Hunter said "Even if he didn't touch you in any place that’s usually defined as sexual"

"Why are we talking about this?" I asked, frustrated and e else"

"Let's just say I heard so a bit of sleuthing to find outin trouble"

I thought back to Spencer and his punishht fro "He never hid it"

"Did you talk to your s he did?"

I frowned "My ed out to see She was always in the bedroo She was happy to have Spencer there to discipline us because she couldn't do anything When I complained, she just told us to be obedient if anted Spencer to treat us nicely"

"Did he ever do anything else you can think of that ht be sexual? Did he ever expose hiraphy?"

I frowned "No," I said "Nothing like that He was so uptight about sex, I thought he was a real prude about it When my friends came over for sleepovers, he was pretty standoffish I don't think I ever saw hi suit ere on vacation—not that ent very often anyway, because of my mother"

He nodded "She's been pretty sick all this time," he said softly

"She sleepsThere's nothing the doctors can do for her pain She has a pain pump and is pretty much an invalid"

Hunter sighed and leaned back, running his hand through his hair

"Why are you asking all this?"

He shrugged and glanced away "I wondered if he was abusive sexually as well as physically and emotionally abusive Creeps like him often are" He stared at his knuckles, which were now healing up fro he ade of their power over children It's an easy step into taking advantage sexually so I was concerned" He glanced up like he was trying to see if I believed him

"You know so this sense fro on Spencer "Tell me"