windar
Teller of Tales
I don't trust them and I have never been there!!!
My goodness, if you can't trust law enforcement, who can you trust?
Well, let's see if the women fulfill their part of the bargain and if so, what happens.
I don't trust them and I have never been there!!!
My, Windar, you are an evil writer!!!
Great story!
She better have a better track record in court than Tree has...Evil? Moi? I stand for truth justice and the Trabbian way.
Besides, these women have an excellent lawyer, a Trabbian Saul Goodman, who will make sure they come out just fine, right?
She better have a better track record in court than Tree has...
I win a couple civil suits but my track record would generously described as less than stellar in criminal court....If you don't mind my asking, what IS your track record in court" I'm guessing by your name that you are sort of an inverse Perry Mason when it comes to the defense side of the bar.
I win a couple civil suits but my track record would generously described as less than stellar in criminal court....
You could have made a better living selling legal liability insurance
to naive female students going on educational expeditions to dodgy locations
We have already been told how well 'providing "services"' works....Dodgy? Trabbia is a modern country. You should see the subways in the capital; they're probably better than the ones in the US or Europe.
Just so you know, making such false, slanderous charges are a serious offense in Trabbia, punishable by up to 24 lashes and 5 years in prison. Maybe a good lawyer could get you off with a lighter sentence, or you could "earn" a reduction by providing "services".
If they are offended they will read elsewhere...The women sat in stunned silence after the lawyer left the room. Priya thought about the scene they witnessed at the punishment center and how it would feel to be whipped like those girls had been. It seemed pretty certain that she would be; the only question was how many. The attorney had said they could get up to 20. But those girls had only gotten 8 and their asses were shredded and they were howling in pain. It just didn’t seem possible that Priya could take 20.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. Was the lawyer back already? That seemed much too fast. Perhaps the discussions had not gone well. But, it was only Detective Puno and another cop bringing them dinner. Priya felt far too scared to take any food, but Susan prevailed upon her students to eat so that they could keep their strength up. Priya took her teacher’s advice and found that the food was simple, but rather tasty.
Soon after the women had finished, the door opened again. This time it was Sata. She was smiling, which Priya took as a hopeful sign. The women all bombarded her with questions: “How did it go? Can we leave? They aren’t really going to cane us, are they?”
The lawyer asked them all for calm. She sat down and began her summary of the meeting: “I must say it went very well. I got a better deal than I had hoped for. Prosecutor Mela must be in a very good mood.” Priya allowed herself to feel a dash of hope. Maybe she wouldn’t have to suffer the cane after all.
“They are willing to accept no prison time. You go to court tomorrow, plead guilty, get your strokes the next day, a few days to heal enough to travel and you get on a plane for Bangkok and then home. End of story.”
Priya’s heart sank when she heard, “get your strokes.” “But, that means we will be whipped.”
“Yes,” Sata replied. “Look, the reality is you guys broke the law, and you can’t expect to just walk away with nothing. That just isn’t going to happen. But it’s nowhere as bad as it could have been.”
“How many strokes?” Jen asked.
“Frankly, I was very pleased. You 3 get 8,” Sata replied, indicating the students. Priya gasped. That was what the 2 Thabbian students had received. “For you, Susan,” she continued, turning to face the older woman, “they see you as having been derelict in your duty to protect your students so there will have to be more. But, after a very hard bargaining, I got it down to 12.” The Professor looked stunned.
“What if we tell them to go fuck themselves?” Sarah asked.
Sata looked annoyed at the impertinence. “I don’t think you realize what a good deal this is. I would have expected that the prosecutors would have insisted on at least 12 strokes for you guys and maybe 18 or so for Susan. You guys are barely getting half that. The offer is take it or leave it. If you turn it down, you will have to hang around in jail here for a month or so, then there will be a trial, you will be convicted for sure and then you could easily get the maximum or close, maybe 16 or 18 strokes, Sarah. Do you have any idea what that would feel like? Plus prison time quite possibly and I do not think you would enjoy our prisons. For one thing, many disciplinary violations in prison are punished by flogging.” Priya shuddered at the thought.
“This is really what you in the States call a no-brainer. Mela and Baran need your answer very soon and all of you must accept it. If they have to go to the trouble of a trial for 1 or 2 of you, they will just try the whole lot.”
Susan said “It’s horrible, but I really don’t think we have a choice.” Jen and Priya quickly agreed. Sarah knew she didn’t have the stomach to go through such an ordeal alone and knew that she couldn’t be responsible for making the others, especially her lover Jen, suffer, so she went along.
“Good, I’ll have the papers drawn up and you can sign them,” Sata said, turning and leaving the conference room. A bit later she returned with the documents. Priya's hand shook so much at the idea that she was signing a warrant for her own flogging, but she steadied her hand and wrote her name on the dotted line.
Once she had left, the police
The women sat in stunned silence after the lawyer left the room. Priya thought about the scene they witnessed at the punishment center and how it would feel to be whipped like those girls had been. It seemed pretty certain that she would be; the only question was how many. The attorney had said they could get up to 20. But those girls had only gotten 8 and their asses were shredded and they were howling in pain. It just didn’t seem possible that Priya could take 20.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. Was the lawyer back already? That seemed much too fast. Perhaps the discussions had not gone well. But, it was only Detective Puno and another cop bringing them dinner. Priya felt far too scared to take any food, but Susan prevailed upon her students to eat so that they could keep their strength up. Priya took her teacher’s advice and found that the food was simple, but rather tasty.
Soon after the women had finished, the door opened again. This time it was Sata. She was smiling, which Priya took as a hopeful sign. The women all bombarded her with questions: “How did it go? Can we leave? They aren’t really going to cane us, are they?”
The lawyer asked them all for calm. She sat down and began her summary of the meeting: “I must say it went very well. I got a better deal than I had hoped for. Prosecutor Mela must be in a very good mood.” Priya allowed herself to feel a dash of hope. Maybe she wouldn’t have to suffer the cane after all.
“They are willing to accept no prison time. You go to court tomorrow, plead guilty, get your strokes the next day, a few days to heal enough to travel and you get on a plane for Bangkok and then home. End of story.”
Priya’s heart sank when she heard, “get your strokes.” “But, that means we will be whipped.”
“Yes,” Sata replied. “Look, the reality is you guys broke the law, and you can’t expect to just walk away with nothing. That just isn’t going to happen. But it’s nowhere as bad as it could have been.”
“How many strokes?” Jen asked.
“Frankly, I was very pleased. You 3 get 8,” Sata replied, indicating the students. Priya gasped. That was what the 2 Thabbian students had received. “For you, Susan,” she continued, turning to face the older woman, “they see you as having been derelict in your duty to protect your students so there will have to be more. But, after a very hard bargaining, I got it down to 12.” The Professor looked stunned.
“What if we tell them to go fuck themselves?” Sarah asked.
Sata looked annoyed at the impertinence. “I don’t think you realize what a good deal this is. I would have expected that the prosecutors would have insisted on at least 12 strokes for you guys and maybe 18 or so for Susan. You guys are barely getting half that. The offer is take it or leave it. If you turn it down, you will have to hang around in jail here for a month or so, then there will be a trial, you will be convicted for sure and then you could easily get the maximum or close, maybe 16 or 18 strokes, Sarah. Do you have any idea what that would feel like? Plus prison time quite possibly and I do not think you would enjoy our prisons. For one thing, many disciplinary violations in prison are punished by flogging.” Priya shuddered at the thought.
“This is really what you in the States call a no-brainer. Mela and Baran need your answer very soon and all of you must accept it. If they have to go to the trouble of a trial for 1 or 2 of you, they will just try the whole lot.”
Susan said “It’s horrible, but I really don’t think we have a choice.” Jen and Priya quickly agreed. Sarah knew she didn’t have the stomach to go through such an ordeal alone and knew that she couldn’t be responsible for making the others, especially her lover Jen, suffer, so she went along.
“Good, I’ll have the papers drawn up and you can sign them,” Sata said, turning and leaving the conference room.
Soon she returned with the documents. Priya's hand shook at the idea that she was consenting to be flogged, but she steadied herself and signed on the dotted line.
"Well, I will leave you now. I will see you in court tomorrow morning," the lawyer told her worried clients. Once she had left, the police
The women sat in stunned silence after the lawyer left the room. Priya thought about the scene they witnessed at the punishment center and how it would feel to be whipped like those girls had been. It seemed pretty certain that she would be; the only question was how many. The attorney had said they could get up to 20. But those girls had only gotten 8 and their asses were shredded and they were howling in pain. It just didn’t seem possible that Priya could take 20.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. Was the lawyer back already? That seemed much too fast. Perhaps the discussions had not gone well. But, it was only Detective Puno and another cop bringing them dinner. Priya felt far too scared to take any food, but Susan prevailed upon her students to eat so that they could keep their strength up. Priya took her teacher’s advice and found that the food was simple, but rather tasty.
Soon after the women had finished, the door opened again. This time it was Sata. She was smiling, which Priya took as a hopeful sign. The women all bombarded her with questions: “How did it go? Can we leave? They aren’t really going to cane us, are they?”
The lawyer asked them all for calm. She sat down and began her summary of the meeting: “I must say it went very well. I got a better deal than I had hoped for. Prosecutor Mela must be in a very good mood.” Priya allowed herself to feel a dash of hope. Maybe she wouldn’t have to suffer the cane after all.
“They are willing to accept no prison time. You go to court tomorrow, plead guilty, get your strokes the next day, a few days to heal enough to travel and you get on a plane for Bangkok and then home. End of story.”
Priya’s heart sank when she heard, “get your strokes.” “But, that means we will be whipped.”
“Yes,” Sata replied. “Look, the reality is you guys broke the law, and you can’t expect to just walk away with nothing. That just isn’t going to happen. But it’s nowhere as bad as it could have been.”
“How many strokes?” Jen asked.
“Frankly, I was very pleased. You 3 get 8,” Sata replied, indicating the students. Priya gasped. That was what the 2 Thabbian students had received. “For you, Susan,” she continued, turning to face the older woman, “they see you as having been derelict in your duty to protect your students so there will have to be more. But, after a very hard bargaining, I got it down to 12.” The Professor looked stunned.
“What if we tell them to go fuck themselves?” Sarah asked.
Sata looked annoyed at the impertinence. “I don’t think you realize what a good deal this is. I would have expected that the prosecutors would have insisted on at least 12 strokes for you guys and maybe 18 or so for Susan. You guys are barely getting half that. The offer is take it or leave it. If you turn it down, you will have to hang around in jail here for a month or so, then there will be a trial, you will be convicted for sure and then you could easily get the maximum or close, maybe 16 or 18 strokes, Sarah. Do you have any idea what that would feel like? Plus prison time quite possibly and I do not think you would enjoy our prisons. For one thing, many disciplinary violations in prison are punished by flogging.” Priya shuddered at the thought.
“This is really what you in the States call a no-brainer. Mela and Baran need your answer very soon and all of you must accept it. If they have to go to the trouble of a trial for 1 or 2 of you, they will just try the whole lot.”
Susan said “It’s horrible, but I really don’t think we have a choice.” Jen and Priya quickly agreed. Sarah knew she didn’t have the stomach to go through such an ordeal alone and knew that she couldn’t be responsible for making the others, especially her lover Jen, suffer, so she went along.
“Good, I’ll have the papers drawn up and you can sign them,” Sata said, turning and leaving the conference room.
Soon, Sata returned with the documents. Priya's hand shook at the idea that she was signing up to be flogged, but she knew she had no choice so she steadied herself and signed on the dotted line.
"Well, I will leave you now, but I will see you in court tomorrow morning," the lawyer assured her worried clients. Once she had gone, the police escorted the women to the cell where they would spend the night. Exhausted from their ordeal, they fell asleep as soon as they lay down on their cots.
The next morning after a light breakfast, the Americans were driven in a police van to courthouse and brought inside. Outside the courtroom, the women were met by Sata. She asked them how they were. “Nervous,” they replied as one. She told them that the presiding judge spoke excellent English, so all the proceedings would be conducted in that language. Sarah asked if it was OK to appear in the shorts, T shirts and sandals. Sata assured them that in a tropical country like Trabbia, they were less formal about dress in court. She advised them that unless they were asked a direct question by the judge they should let her do the talking. They would be asked how they plead and all they should say was “Guilty”. If they were asked a question, they should try to answer with a simple yes or no.
The Americans filed inside and sat in the first row beside Sata. Baran sat on the other side. The clerk had everyone stand as the judge, a rather short middle-aged man with wire-rimmed glasses entered. After some preliminary business their names were called. The judge asked the attorneys if a plea bargain had been agreed to. They both said yes. Prosecutor Baran described the deal and the judge asked the defense attorney if that was what was agreed to. She said yes. Then the judge asked the defendants to rise.
“Jennifer Collins, how do you plead?”
“Guilty, your honor.”
“Are you pleading guilty because you are in fact guilty?”
“Yes, your honor,” Jen replied. The judge repeated that for each of the other three defendants.
The judge looked down at the 4 women in front of her and began speaking. “This is a very sad case. You were all invited here to Thabbia by the government to do important work on our historical treasures that would have enriched both our country and the world. Instead you chose to violate our laws. And this, after having seen the consequences of such violations in person. Had you chosen to go to trial and been convicted, I would have had no hesitation to sentence you to the maximum punishment. Since you have made a plea bargain with the prosecution, I will respect that, though I honestly think a harsher sentence would have been in order to send a clear message. Jennifer Collins, Sarah Motello and Priya Narayan, I sentence each of you to 8 strokes of the judicial cane to be delivered on your bare buttocks under the procedures of the Department of Corrections. Once you have recovered from your punishment you will be expelled from Trabbia and barred from returning for 10 years.”
“Susan Gelden, your case troubles me even more than that of your students. You recruited them to come here and were responsible for their welfare while they were here. It was your job to see that they were aware of our laws and respected them. Instead, you participated with and even encouraged them in illegal and immoral activities. You should be ashamed of yourself. I sentence you to 12 strokes of the judicial cane to be delivered on your bare buttocks under the procedures of the Department of Corrections and then to be expelled from Trabbia. Guards, please take the offenders into custody.” The judge gaveled the proceedings to a close, as the guards handcuffed the 4 women and marched them out of the court room to a holding cell. About half an hour later they were taken out of the cell and placed in a van marked Dept of Corrections and driven to Warden Noba’s prison.
END OF CHAPTER 4
If you would be interested in reading about the justly deserved punishment being administered to these miscreants, I could continue the story. On the other hand, if you would be offended by such things, I could stop here. Your choice, dear readers.
If they are offended they will read elsewhere...
Courtesy dictates you read, look, and comment on others' work.
This ain't one-way street
I can't really answer that. I am not a big fan of whipping, caning, and abhor breast torture.I was teasing with my comment.
I have been reading here, but you are right that I should comment more. Let me ask you, as a long timer here, given my interests, as shown in this thread, if you could suggest which of the very large selection here might appeal most to me.
I think their subways are more state-of-the-art, like this
I'm expecting and looking forward to it, Windar - great story, very well-written, and just the sort of thing we come here to enjoy -If you would be interested in reading about the justly deserved punishment being administered to these miscreants, I could continue the story. On the other hand, if you would be offended by such things, I could stop here. Your choice, dear readers.
You'll find a library of contributions that we think worth keeping in The Forum Archive, just click that on the top bar and browse through the catalogueI have been reading here, but you are right that I should comment more. Let me ask you, as a long timer here, given my interests, as shown in this thread, if you could suggest which of the very large selection here might appeal most to me.
You do seem to have repeated a large chunk in the latest chapter, twice, I can easily delete the repetitions if you want me to?
I think their subways are more state-of-the-art, like this View attachment 382638
I certainly identify with those young women, imagine myself in the predicament you've got them in...
I can't really answer that. I am not a big fan of whipping, caning, and abhor breast torture.
On the other side I like a well written story as yours is. You delved deep into thoughts of your characters and while there most be some description of the punishment you have spent more time writing a story worth reading.