"Dial," Carolyn ordered. "And put it on speakerphone."

"Yes, Mistress," Mindy obeyed, entering the number. As it rang, she looked up at her Mistress hoping for a last minute reprieve. Carolyn just gazed back steadily. No reprieve.

"Hello," Mindy's father answered.

"Hi, Daddy," Mindy said, her body trembling.

"Where are you?"

"In New York."

"What?" he gasped. "I thought you were in Los Angeles."

"I was," Mindy answered. "But I met someone."

"Oh Mindy," he sighed. "You met some guy and moved all the way across the country."

"Not exactly," Mindy replied.

"Mindy, come home," he ordered, coincidentally using the exact same phrase as Mistress Carolyn. Mindy had absolutely no...