DARTS AND QUARTERS

"Your sister?" Cassandra asked and Bully nodded. She found it baffling that he has a sister and yet he gave women this gruesome treatment with his master.

"She is dead," he said slowly and dropped the towel in the bowl. That made Cassandra's heart fall.

"Panda, I'm so sorry about that."

Bully peeked at her and his face twitched up in a lopsided smile that didn't last. "Why do you keep calling me Panda?"

"Because you are as cute as a panda."

Bully reached into the first aid box to take out things he needed to treat her wound and she watched him. She was getting into him gradually and really wanted to hear about his sister and how she reminded him of her.

"So, was your sister this hard-headed?"

"Oh, so you know you are hard-headed. Alina was way too stubborn. But she was a strong girl who thought she could become a man."

"Wow, she must be an interesting person."

"Yes, she was. I loved her so much. We were the only children of our parents." Billy put the band-aid to her ch