THE ABILENE DOULOS RANCH

BY KENNA

[ part 8 ]

After breakfast the next morning, George asked his wife what she had planned for the day. It was the first time he’d bothered to ask since their arrival. “Why, dear?” responded Lauren. “Getting tired of your little Marcia?” She didn’t particularly want to answer his question and besides they had agreed that the week was no questions asked for them all.

“Not at all,” said George. “Sorry, I know I shouldn’t have asked, but you’re acting like something’s up.”

“Well, I do have a favor to ask you,” she said. She didn’t want to give him too much information, but she could leak a little bit carefully. “Would you mind taking Rory out for a walk later? Nina is spending the day with me and he ought to get some fresh air.”

“Not a problem” said George. He completely missed the implication that his wife would be sharing her doulo with his daughter. His mind had already leaped ahead to his own fantasy and an opportunity to pair the little boy and girl together in bed. It made his cock hard just to think of the two little ones naked and playing with each other.

Just before 10 o’clock, Lauren, Nina, and Jake were at the gate to the adult side of the park. Lauren stripped quickly as Jake got dressed. “Don’t dawdle, Nina,” she had to say to her daughter as she took her time.

Nina glared at her mom and finished stripping. It felt humiliating to be naked outside. Though they were hidden from sight for now, they soon would be out where hundreds of eyes could see her. Jake removed his collar and put it around Lauren’s neck. Then he pulled out an extra collar and stepped toward the nude 14-year-old. She fixed him with a nasty stare, but allowed him to collar her. He clipped a leash to her collar.

“Mistress Nina,” said Jake. “You must smile. The whole game depends on you acting…”

“Yeah, I know,” said Nina.

When she attempted to turn away, Jake used her leash to hold her facing him. “My doulo is the prettiest doulo in the world,” he said, looking at her face. “She should be proud of how lovely she is. She should strut in front of everyone, telling them all how proud she is to belong to me. Your tits are lovely and round, show them to the world. You are proud to show your body.” Then he said the same thing he’d said to Lauren on her first day. “They’re all going to be staring at you and you need to know only one thing.” He paused and waited for those words to sink in.

“Yes, master?” asked Nina. His words had all made sense. If she was going to play along, then she had to do all of that. But she wondered what he thought was the most important thing to tell her.

“Know that I am proud to lead my beautiful, sexy doulo for all to see. Know that I am taking you out to show you off because I am proud of my selection.”

He looked at them both and said, “Smile like a silly little doulo smiles all the time.” He opened the gate and led them through.

Right on the other side of the gate, Abby was waiting. She took Lauren’s leash. “Let’s walk,” she said, tugging Lauren along behind her. She led the adult doulo and let the boy lead the young doulo. With that pairing, it wouldn’t look as awkward to have an underage doulo in the park.

As they turned a corner, several people came in sight. Jake casually glanced over his shoulder at Nina and saw her looking at the people. He stopped and turned to face her. His voice was low as he said, “The other doulo likes having people look at her. She takes it as a compliment. So should you. But, you must not acknowledge it. Do not take your eyes off me. And when I stop talking, please say, yes, master.”

“Yes, master,” said Nina. When Jake turned and led her along, she remembered to keep her eyes on him. She thought about how she’d ridden him the night before. She thought about how she was going to spank him and ride him again tonight. She thought about how she was going to making him pay night after night. It wasn’t so hard to smile and look at him when she thought about it.

Another hundred yards and suddenly they were in a crowd of people, Nina felt her body tingle in embarrassment, but she forced herself to smile and keep her eyes on Jake. Without looking directly at them, she could tell she was getting more attention than her mother was. Everyone seemed interested in the young doulo that paraded in front of them. Some thought it scandalous and some thought it naughty, but nice. Whatever their thoughts, they all stared. She wanted to just die.

Abby slowed her pace and waved Jake on ahead. As he passed, she said to him, “I’d like to see how the young one walks. Everyone is staring at her. Walk her around a bit more, let’s let everyone get a look at those pretty young tits.”

Nina knew Abby had spoken for her benefit. Then, as she passed Abby, the woman said, “Those look so precious, dear. I’ll bet every man here wants to touch them.”

Nina didn’t like Abby already. Jake had been helpful, but Abby was just being mean. And Nina knew there was nothing she could do but smile and say, “Thank you, mistress.”

The path they took wove back and forth and Nina figured that they were taking almost every path in the park, going the long way around to their destination. They were doing it just to humiliate her. What was worse, she was starting to feel a tingle in her tummy, like she did when she got sexually excited. It was about that time that they arrived at Abby’s motor coach.

The two masters led the two doulos inside the coach. Going from the bright sunlight to the darker coach, Nina had to do a double take when she saw a small figure waiting. Her eyes got wide and she had to force herself to keep a smile as she saw the 11-year-old Billy. Her mom hadn’t warned her about that.

“Oh, good,” said Billy as he ran his eyes up and down Nina’s body. “She’s got tits. I was worried you were going to bring me one with no tits.” His aunt had promised him a younger one so he could see if he liked young ones better. He didn’t want one his own age. His hands reached out and grabbed Nina’s tits. He squeezed them. “I like these,” he told his aunt. He reached over and squeezed one of Lauren’s. Then he squeezed Nina’s again. “She’s firmer,” he said of Nina.

Then the boy stepped behind Nina to check her out from behind. “I like this better, too,” he said. “It’s not as big.” He went to a drawer and pulled out a paddle. “Bend over,” he told Nina.

This was Nina’s worst nightmare. The little boy had a mean looking paddle and she had to bend over for him. “Yes, master,” she said as she bent to offer him her ass. This was going to be a long day.

Billy took a good swing and swatted Nina. “Aaahhh,” gasped the young girl

“Oooo,” said Billy, surprised that the doulo had made any sound at all. It sounded good to have her make that noise.

He swatted her again. “Aaaahhh,” said Nina again. A third time and her voice went up in pitch, “Aaaeeeee,” she moaned.

“Cool,” said Billy. “I like it when she makes that noise.” His little cock was getting hard from spanking the girl. He swatted her three more times, enjoying the increasing pitch and volume that he got with each one.

As Nina was getting paddled, Abby put leather cuffs on Lauren’s wrists. Then she clipped the cuffs to rings in the ceiling of the coach. Lauren’s hands were spread three apart with her arms in the air. By the time Billy was done paddling his 14-year-old doulo, Lauren was helpless to do anything for her daughter if things got out of hand.

The 11-year-old dropped the paddle and took his clothes off. He lay back on the sofa in the coach and said, “Suck me now.”

Nina hadn’t notice as Jake left, going back to entertain Lucy in the back bedroom. He couldn’t wait to turn on the TV and watch what happened. The two doulos watched Nina getting spanked by Billy. “Damn, that is so sweet,” said Jake. “She spanked me last night. I fucking wish that was me doing her.”

“Want to do me?” asked Lucy.

“Spank you?”

“Yeah,” she said. “I could squeal like she’s doing.”

“Thanks, but no, I just want to watch her for a minute. She’s really hating this.” He wasn’t disappointed as she had to start blowing Billy, too.

“Yes, master,” said Nina. She smiled at Billy, but what she really wanted to do was tell her mother what she thought of this insane idea. Kneeling in front of him, she started the way she’d seen Hannah and Heather do her brother. She licked the little cock a few times and then started sucking on it. It wasn’t that she minded sucking a cock. She did it for her doulos, but she didn’t like being forced to do it. And she liked to tease her boys. She knew she couldn’t do that. It took her about a minute of sucking before she realized in horror that there was something else about to happen. She was going to have to swallow the boy’s cum.

“Suck me good. Here it comes,” announced Billy. He shot his load in Nina’s mouth. She sucked the cum out of his cock and swallowed the disgusting stuff. Fuck, her mom was going to pay for this. She hadn’t imagined all the things that could go on with her acting like a doulo. She could only hope the boy was satisfied and it was over for now.

“You don’t mind if I give her a try, do you?” Abby asked Billy. Nina was kneeling between Billy’s legs, watching his chest rise and fall. She didn’t dare look at Abby as she heard the terrible question.

“It’s OK,” said Billy. “I want to watch anyway.”

Abby stripped off her clothes and spread her legs. “Come on, Nina, I want to cum, too,” she smiled sinisterly. Nina rose and turned. Halfway through the turn, her eyes locked with her mom’s eyes. It was ever so brief, but she passed her horror and anger before facing her mistress with a smile. “Yes, mistress,” she said.

When Nina knelt and stretched out her tongue, Abby reached down with her thumb and forefinger and caught the girl’s tongue. She pulled it out as far as she could before Nina’s eyes started to water. “Put it that far up my pussy, little girl,” she said and let go.

“Yes, mistress,” said Nina. She pushed her tongue out as far as she could and poked it between her mistress’ pussy lips. The taste was unlike anything she’d ever tasted before. It wasn’t totally repulsive, but it was unpleasant. She willed herself to poke around between the pussy lips until she found the entrance to Abby’s pussy. Then she pushed her tongue in until her nose was buried between the lips. Just as she was about to pull back out, Abby’s hands grabbed her head and held her face tight to her pussy. “Smell it, taste it,” said Abby. “Enjoy my pussy.” But, Nina’ couldn’t smell, she couldn’t breathe at all. Abby held Nina’s face in place until Nina started to struggle. When she let go, Nina pulled away and took a deep breath.

“God damn, that makes me hot,” said Abby. “Now lick me and make me cum, little girl.” Nina pressed her tongue between Abby’s pussy lips and found her clit. She found that Abby was indeed excited. Doing what she knew she liked, she licked and nibbled on Abby’s pussy until the woman came.

Billy had recovered and when the action was over, he stood up and walked around behind Lauren. He picked up the paddle that he’d used on Nina. “Can I?” he asked his aunt.

“That would be nice,” said Abby. “See if she’ll make some noise for us, OK, sweetie?”

It only took about five swats before Lauren started making some noise for them. She squirmed under the firm swats and gasped out with each one. After the tenth one, she said, “Thank you, Billy, spank me all you want.” She felt her pussy getting wet just from the pain and the knowledge that an 11-year-old boy was playing with her ass.

Though he wanted to watch some more, Jake also knew he was supposed to get Lucy out of the coach. He turned off the TV after watching both his mistresses be abused and fucking Lucy twice. He dressed and came out, leading the naked Lucy. “We’re going for a walk,” he said. “Maybe we’ll drop by the sharing circle.”

“Fine,” said Abby. “Back well before 4 o’clock, though,” she added.

“Hey, Billy, how about doing some more with Nina,” suggested Abby. “Don’t want her to feel left out. I need to fix up Lauren anyway.” Billy watched as she put a spreader bar on Lauren’s ankles. By spreading her legs, Abby forced Lauren up onto her tiptoes.

“Lay down on your stomach, Billy, I know what you want now.”

“Yeah,” said Billy as he remembered on of his favorite feelings. He looked back over at Nina and said, “Lick my ass.”

Abby kept an eye on Nina; she wasn’t sure the girl knew what was expected. She was right. She bent down and pulled Billy’s ass cheeks apart and whispered, “Lick his asshole, doulo bitch. That’s what he likes.”

After everything else, Nina couldn’t believe what she’d just been told. She hesitated, starting at the pink asshole. Abby whispered some more, “Do it for mommy. Lick his asshole or I’ll send her to jail. If Billy finds out, I’ll send you both to jail.”

Nina hadn’t been lost in the doulo fantasy, so it didn’t shock her to hear those words. She knew what was on the line. Reminded of the stakes, she stuck her tongue out and licked the little boy’s ass. She heard him moan in pleasure and forced herself to keep it up, going around and around the puckered asshole.

“Now,” said Abby so everyone could hear. “As far up my pussy as you stuck your tongue, I want to see it up his ass.” Then she leaned forward and whispered, “Do it my little mommy’s girl. Do it for mommy and do it for me.”

Nina shivered at the words. Abby was meaner than she’d first thought. She stiffened her tongue and pushed it past Billy’s tight sphincter. She pressed her face forward, getting her tongue just as far up his ass as she could. “Hey,” said Billy in surprise, “not that far.” He squirmed out from under her. “Jeez,” he said looking at her. “You really like ass licking, don’t you?”

He looked up at his aunt and said, “Can we keep this one? I like her.”

“I don’t think she’s available to take home,” said Abby. She looked at Lauren as she said, “I can check but I’ll bet we can’t keep her.”

Lauren looked back in horror. Abby had said just 6 hours. Of course they couldn’t keep her, but if Billy liked Nina, would they ask for her back tomorrow and Saturday?

“Well, I want to fuck her now,” said the boy.

Nina felt relief that finally the boy wanted to do something that she didn’t mind. His cock was not much bigger than Rory’s and she liked having him fuck her. She lay back and let Billy stick his cock inside her. He fucked her quick and came inside her pussy.

“Why don’t you get dressed and go play outside for a bit,” said Abby. “I want to play with them for a while.”

“OK,” said Billy. “After lunch I want to do it all over again. I like her.”

“Sure, sweetie,” said Abby. She helped him gather up his clothes and get dressed.

As the door slammed behind him, Abby said, “This is more fun than I imagined.”

“This is gross,” said Nina, knowing she was finally alone with the woman who knew she really wasn’t a doulo.

“Say, this is gross, mistress,” said Abby, staring down at the little girl.

Nina swallowed hard and said, “This is gross, mistress.”

“That’s right, you’ve got six hours of being my doulo and I didn’t say you could talk back. But it is fun to know that neither of you really are. It’s fun to know that I’ve got a 14-year-old girl and her mommy at my command for the day. It’s more fun than making a doulo lick my pussy. It’s more fun than watching a doulo stick her tongue up an 11-year-old boy’s ass. It’s more fun than listening to a doulo squeal as she gets her tight little ass spanked. And now, it’s going to be fun to watch you get down on your knees and make your mommy cum with your tongue.”

Nina looked at her mom, stretched spread eagle and waiting. She knew she had no choice, but that didn’t make it any better. She started to kneel down, but Abby grabbed her by the hair and pulled her painfully back to her feet. “You better thank your mistress,” said Abby with a laugh.

“Thank you, mistress,” said Nina. She knelt down in front of her mom.

“You know what’s really funny about this,” taunted Abby.

“No, mistress,” said Nina.

“Your mom likes to play doulo. It makes her excited to be on display, to be spanked, to be naked, even in front of Billy. She likes to be forced to do things. Don’t you, mommy.”

“Yes, mistress,” said Lauren.

“That means right now she is so excited. She’s excited because her 14-year-old daughter is going to lick her helpless pussy until she screams in orgasm. Aren’t you, slut?”

“Y-yes, mistress,” said Lauren, her body shuddering from the anticipation.

“She’s excited because it’s embarrassing. She’s going to cum right in front of you, right on your precious little tongue, and she’s going to enjoy it. Now, you may lick pussy.”

Nina believed every word that Abby had just said. Her mom was in her fantasy world and enjoying herself. She, on the other hand, was not enjoying a minute of this. Still, she reached out with her tongue and ran it up her mother’s slit. She looked up at her mother’s excited eyes as she did. “Yessss, Nina,” hissed her mother.

At least Nina knew it wouldn’t take long. She pressed her face to her mom’s pussy and licked up and down. Using her hands, she spread the pussy lips and tongued the swollen clit that she’d exposed. She kissed it and then took it between her lips. Feeling a little mean, she took the sensitive little nub between her teeth and bit down lightly. “Aaahhhh, God, yesssss,” said her mom. It surprised the girl to hear her mom react to that with pleasure. She bit harder and got a louder gasp. She kept that up, chewing on the clit, until her mom moaned, “Fucking eat me, Nina. God damn it, girl, mommy is going to cum. Please, make mommy cum.”

Nina heard Abby’s voice join in. “Cum for us, slut. Do it for your little girl. Look at that, Nina. Mommy is begging for it.”

Lauren responded, “Oh, fuck, yeah, please Nina, please make mommy cum. Make me do it. Watch me cum. Make me scream. Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck.” She focused her eyes on Abby. “Make her. Make my little girl eat pussy, my pussy.” She started panting like a wild animal.

“Come on,” urged Abby. “Show us how good her little tongue is.” She picked up the paddle and swatted Lauren’s bare ass.

“Eeeeee, for God’s sake,” squealed Lauren. “I’m fucking cumming now.” Her voice got louder and she yelled, “Eat me, Nina, make me cum. Make mommy cum. I’m cumming for you. Watch me, watch me.” Her hips bucked forward and back, fucking herself on Nina’s tongue. Nina kept licking and nibbling, amazed at how her mom was reacting to the role playing. Her mom really was a slut who liked playing this game. She really was more excited than Nina could have believed. It was almost fun to watch her mom squirm around, trying to get more tongue. She kept licking despite her disgust. Finally Lauren’s body relaxed, hanging limp in the restraints. “Thank you, mistress,” she said to Abby. “The little slut did me good.”

Nina seethed at her mother’s words. She was on her knees, doing the most disgusting things and it was because her mom really enjoyed herself. She began to wonder if her mom had been a willing party to recruiting her to join in the fantasy.

Abby unbound Lauren’s feet and let her rest flat footed on the floor. Then she unhooked the restraints at the ceiling. “Thank the little slut,” she told Lauren. “Nina, get up on the sofa and spread your legs. Mommy’s coming to say hi.”

The 14-year-old girl did as she was told. Her mom crawled between her spread legs, but didn’t stop at her pussy. She came higher and licked and sucked on Nina’s firm tits. “Thank you, Nina,” she said as she suckled on her daughter’s tits. “That was the best. Now mommy wants to see you cum.”

“I’d imagine you don’t really want to cum right now,” said Abby. “Your mommy’s pretty damn good with her tongue, so just relax and let it happen. The alternative is I’ll bring Billy back in and let him spank you and fuck you. You can lick his ass, his cock, and any other part of his body that he wants. So, just relax and let mommy thank you properly.”

Abby was right. Nina was not turned on by what was happening, not like her mom. In an odd way it had been exciting to watch her mom abase herself by begging and screaming. But the idea of cumming while her mom ate her just was wrong. Still, there was now a threat of punishment if she didn’t cum. She watched as her mom slipped down between her legs and started licking her pussy. She closed her eyes, imagining it was someone else. It was Rory, her doulo, licking her pussy. He was eager and exciting. He was good with his tongue.

Their mistress watched her two captives as mother licked daughter. She could tell what Nina was doing. She was in another world, letting herself be taken to an orgasm. But, Abby had plans to embarrass Nina anyway. She watched carefully as Lauren enthusiastically ate the young girl’s pussy. There came a moment when Nina gave a quick intake of breath and Abby knew that Nina was on her way.

Nina’s breath started to come in ragged gasps as she approached her orgasm. “Hunnnh,” she moaned and her hips twitched, reaching for the tongue that teased her.

Abby leaned forward and spoke. “Do it for me, Nina. Let me watch you cum. Let mommy make you cum now.”

Nina’s eyes opened at the first word. Her private world was gone and she looked again at her mom’s tongue furiously working on her pussy. Abby had timed it right. She was seconds from her orgasm. There was no turning back. She stared down at her mom and knew she was going to cum. “Huhh, haaahhh, hunnh,” she panted. “Yeah.”

“Say it, Nina, say it for me, say make me cum, mommy.” She was so close, but her mom had slowed. Her mom was going to make her. She heard Abby say, “Beg for it. Tell her what you want.”

“Please, mommy,” she said. “Make me cum.” Her mother attacked her clit and she felt the wave of an orgasm sweep through her. It was strong, stronger than she’d have thought. “Do it, mommy,” she said, and the feeling intensified. “Haaaah,” she gasped a quick surprised inhalation. She hadn’t expected that it would feel this way. “Make me, mommy,” she said. She locked eyes with Abby. “Watch me, mistress.” She’d never felt an orgasm last this long before and it was still building. “Fucking eat me, mommy,” she said insistently. “Lick your little girl’s pussy for mistress, and… haaaahhhh. Tongue fuck me, bitch, make me squeeeeaaaaalll.”

The orgasm passed and she lay there trembling. It was embarrassing to the core, but it been incredible. She couldn’t speak as she tried to understand her feelings.

Finally Abby said, “Well, I don’t know who’s more surprised, me, you, or mommy.”

“Me neither, mistress,” said Nina.

“Well, I trust I won’t have any more problems from you for the rest of the day,” said Abby. “I’m going to take Billy for lunch and leave you two here. I’ll bring back lunch for you.”

The two doulos thought they were getting a reward for their good behavior, but that wasn’t on Abby’s agenda. “Stand up,” she told them. The two stood side by side and she hooked a chain to each of their collars. It wasn’t a very heavy chain, but it was sturdy and would hold them in place. Then she cuffed their hands behind their backs. She opened the door and pulled them out into the daylight.

Nina looked around as she stepped out. There were a few people in sight, but it was different now. She didn’t mind it as much. Abby fixed the two chains to a post and put a padlock on it. “Wouldn’t want anyone to walk off with my doulos,” she joked.

Great, thought Nina. Now they were chained out in front of everybody. But, it got worse. Abby picked up a sign that she’d printed earlier. She showed it to her two doulos. The neatly printed letters said, “NAUGHTY DOULOS. PLEASE SPANK.” She leaned a paddle against the post they were chained to. Then, it got worse. She showed them two balls gags.

“Open up,” she said to Lauren. Lauren opened her mouth and let Abby put the ball in her mouth. It filled her mouth as she bit down on it. Abby fastened the strap behind her head and looked at Nina. “You too, little one,” she said. Nina opened her mouth and let herself be gagged as well.

The two doulos watched as Abby and Billy walked down the lane to get some lunch. Already a couple came up and read the sign. The woman laughed and picked up the paddle. She gave Lauren a swat, making her jump and then gave one to Nina, who jumped and squeaked through her gag. The man took his turn, swatting them both soundly. Then the couple left. Lauren and Nina looked at each other. Lauren was wondering how long lunch would be. Nina was wondering if the word got out about a 14-year-old tied and ready for a spanking, would a crowd show up?

A few more people wandered by and gave the naughty doulos a swat. Nobody did more than one swat, but they were adding up. Nina turned and showed her sore ass to her mom, and Lauren did the same. They both correctly assumed their ass was just as red as the other’s. Being lunchtime, it seemed like most people were inside so they felt a little bit lucky.

Just then a motor coach lumbered down the lane, looking for a campsite. The one next to Abby’s coach happened to be free, but the coach stopped right in front of the two doulos. A man stepped out of the side door, just a few feet from Lauren and Nina. He walked around the coach once. As he completed his circle, he pounded on the door. The door popped open and two more men jumped out. One held some bolt cutters that he quickly applied to Lauren’s chain. It snipped through the chain without much effort. He did the same to Nina’s chain. The first man grabbed Lauren and pulled her toward the open door of the coach. She struggled, but she was cuffed and gagged and he was stronger than her. Nina watched her mom disappear through the door. She looked with frightened eyes at the man who grabbed her. “Uh uh, uh uh, uh uh,” she argued, shaking her head. He pulled her into the coach, too. The third man climbed in and shut the door. Then the coach started up again.

Nina was dragged to the back of the coach. She saw her mom was already backed up against the side wall and the man was clipping her cuffed wrists to a ring set into the wall. The young girl struggled, trying to break free. Through her gag she tried to argue. The man dragging her, set her down on her feet, and grabbed her by the hair with one hand. Holding her firmly, he slowly pulled back his other hand. She saw it coming, but couldn’t do anything about it. He slapped her hard, making her see stars. Groggily, she felt her wrists being attached to the wall opposite her mom.

“Let’s get ‘em put away,” said one of the men. Two of them pulled open a false wall in the back of the coach. The third opened a narrow door. There was a naked young girl in there, younger than Nina. “Oops,” he said and shut the door. He opened the next one and it was empty. The two men unhooked Lauren’s wrists from the wall and moved her toward the door. She struggled, but they pushed her to her knees with her back to the open stall. They pulled her arms up cruelly and clipped her wrists to a ring in the back of the stall. They stood her up and she had to step right back into the stall to keep her arms from breaking. The door closed on her.

One of the men laughed as he turned away from Lauren’s stall. “I fucking love the look in a doulos eyes when you put ‘em away. It’s that stupid look that says she ain’t got the faintest idea what’s going on, but she doesn’t like it.” He turned to Nina. “Do you, honey?” He unhooked her wrists and the two men pulled her toward the last empty stall. The process was repeated with Nina. Her wrists were hooked inside the stall and she was stood up and back into the stall. “Well, what’s going on is you ain’t gonna see your master ever again. You’re getting a new one.” He slammed the door on her.

Nina’s hands were chained against the wall. She could feel it right behind her. There was no room to back up. Her ass pressed against her hands and the door pressed against her tits. It was a tight squeeze, but it kept her from being bounced around as the coach moved through the park toward the exit.

Lauren wondered if Abby staged this. It couldn’t possibly be really happening. For her the stall was a very tight fit. Her tits were squashed against the door. She listened to the voices through thin wall that separated them. “You see the fight that little one put up? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a doulo do that before.”

“They never surprise me anymore,” said another voice. “Funny, though, you gotta wonder why she’d do that. I’m betting she had a kind master who pretended to love her. I’ll tell you what, though, what ever it was, she didn’t want to leave.”

Nina heard the same thing and tears ran down her cheeks. She had no doubt that these were real doulos rustlers and she’d been mistaken for a doulo. She cursed her mom for getting her into this mess. From the conversation she gathered that the rustlers had a full load now and were headed home. A few minutes later the sound of tires humming on pavement told her that they were on the highway.