Chapter 52 -- Japanese Lunch As reported the last time, Nguyet's mother had asked Nguyet and me to film one of our sensual afternoons, so that she could watch her daughter and me having sex at her convenience and stop being on our heels to spy on us. Little by little, I also found out that Nguyet's mother had been eavesdropping the last several times alrea...
Some men are just born dickheads. Tom was a 32 year old dickhead... or at least his wife certainly thought so. He had just lost his job of ten years and now he was having trouble pleasing his young better half. It wasn't the sex... they didn't do that anymore. It was just that Tom had a bad habit of getting into his wife's things. Basically timid in natur...
CHAPTER 15 Lucy's story I remember the horror of that moment when we parted on the deck of the ship. I feared what might become of you, carted off in chains to who knows where. I also feared for myself now alone and in the hands of what we had already seen were a cruel and ruthless bunch of pirates. Later that day I too was escorted in chains from the ship...
The King sat on the royal throne at the end at the grand marble room. A red carpet led from the throne to the ornate double doors at the entrance, which swung open to reveal a lonely figure stood in the entrance trembling slightly. The door closed shut with an echoing thump, startling the young woman who had just entered. The King watched as her eyes widened...
What happened in the previous chapters: Maartje is a Dutch woman in her thirties who after a nasty divorce tries to land back on her feet. She found herself a job as a teacher and is happy to volunteer on an Cathage exhibit in the local museum. When she races on her bicycle over the narrow cobblestone streets along the canals streets to be on time for the op...
Note: Some of the characters use pidgin English. This is not intended to be offensive just to recreate a dialect that was spoken at the time. Hong Kong: 1875 "Hey Missee. You no go there, heya." "I'm just interested, Amah". I take my ear away from the closed door. I am desperate for some excitement; for a chance to know something more of this strange pla...
To Margaret Jenkins – With Appreciation and Affection As the end of her first year operating her independent clinic neared its close, Louise Bellman was able to feel quite proud of her work: she had received paying clients from some of the best-known physicians and therapists in the area and her accounts showed a tidy profit. She had not yet turned 30 but w...
When the time came for Polly's schooling to finish, Fagin sent for her. They met in private, in the Principal's office. He was reading Polly's final report. 'You have first class report, my dear. The Principal is fulsome in her praise of you. Gives you a title of deputy-governess. That's good. With a final certificate of this quality, you should do well. Ho...
Hey Everyone, I know, I know, I'm late. It's just I got really caught up with my other series So I'm Not a Vampire? (which is now finished! Yay!) and I just haven't been doing my editing duty. I won't lie, willione (a member on lit) was the one who reminded me. And thank you for calling me out, sometimes I get so caught up in other stories that I lose trac...
Chapter Five: The Pentacle "Our people have long memories. Conflict rages on the world above, with empires turning like the tide. But underneath, the Altaeans are eternal. We laid claim to the seas uncounted years ago, and our claim shall remain for uncounted years to come." - An Altaean historian, instructing a young Princess Leona and her brother....