The following story reflects the Author's Christian beliefs and contains no profanity nor is it intended to promote illicit sexual relations nor is sexually explicit language used. The appearance of this material on any site does not constitute approval of that site or the works of other authors. It is his intent to show the power of true love and the harm selfish mind control can cause, to remind people of God and to show that profanity and pornographic language is not needed. However it does reflect his actual subjugation to mind control that may be considered adult and erotic in nature. It is the author's belief that the marriage bed is undefiled and that anything good, goes between husband and wife in private. The Bible calls this "Sport". The Author maintains he is a dominant male tricked by females he either loved or liked very well. He maintains that the male is stronger, smarter and will by nature arise to dominate, that it is the responsibility of the superior sex (opinions as to which sex that might be may vary widely !o) to cherish and protect the weaker and love them completely. He also maintains he is now immune to hypnotic feminine charms lovely as they may be. This and all related stories are to be considered the copyrighted property of the Author and permission to reproduce, copy, distribute or archive is revocable at Author's discretion. He hopes you enjoy!
Pt. I: LOVE, Pt. II: FEMDOM, Pt. III: ANTOINETTE, Pt. IV: PROM DATE, Pt. V: THE GENE, Pt. VI: INDUCED FANTSASY, Pt. VII: AWAKENING, Pt. VIII: CHALLENGE; Pt. IX: MISS OR MISTRESS? - A COLLAR WITH MY NAME ON IT?
A mostly True Story of Undying Love, as told by Annabelle for her cousin. RLC@techie.com
With Thanks:
I wish to thank the females in my life that have comforted me in my loss. Have helped me by taking notes for my story. For those that helped me with guided imagery to recover some buried treasure. And then there were those that stroked my temples, rubbed my back and otherwise tried to hypnotize me themselves. And finally that promise if I didn't get married by Winter's day `03 that they were going to take me and sell me to a Domme-What better motivation could one ask for? Whoops, clock has run out!!!
Part iii was told in 3rd person form as dictated by Rick.
Rick still can't say if he was ever hypnotized although at a very young age he was certainly entranced by an older woman, She was seven :). Rick doesn't know when he first remembers her or that she was different. He might have been four or five but he remembers when he and she started becoming connected-- one might say, they shared the "gene". [Pt. V: THE GENE]
She was stronger than him at the first. They would wrestle on his grandparent's living room carpet and she would pin him every time, Rick just didn't have a chance. One day to add insult to injury, she bent over and placed a little kiss on his forehead. Rick struggled but he was helpless. Eeyeww, he had just been kissed by a girl!!! Rick was indignant. No girl was going to do that to him... The moment she released Him, Rick grabbed for her to take her down. No such luck, pinned again. Rick saw it coming this time and he couldn't do a thing about it as she planted a big wet kiss right on his cheek. Now Rick was really ticked off. Couldn't do much about it but he was really ticked off. Again she let him up and once more he tried for an advantage. You can guess... he wound up on the bottom again staring in to her pretty sparkling eyes and golden curls. She did it again! Rick was going to get the "cooties" for sure, whatever that was. He didn't know but it supposedly comes from kissing girls.
She had him, I mean he was stuck and Rick certainly wasn't going to call for help and be caught in that embarrassing position. Then she said, "I'll let you up if you'll kiss me back." Oh horrors, Rick liked his cousin but kiss her? "NO!" he said. She said she wasn't going to let him up until he promised. Rick was immovable but he also was not going anywhere. Just as stubborn, she was determined to not let him get away. Finally, exhausted, she laid down on him and both fell asleep in each other's arms.
How embarrassing it was when the parents woke them up. They thought this "compromising position" was cute and that made Rick's face even redder. Her older brother started chanting taunts like "Ricky's got a girl friend" and something about up in a tree "K-I-S-S-I-N-G".. BUT, Rick did kind of liked getting kissed by her. From then on, whenever he and she got together, if she didn't initiate the wrestling match he did. Usually Rick didn't have to though. Just turn his back and she would pull him down. Over a period of about a year and a half she gradually began to lose her advantage. Rick was becoming the proverbial beanstalk as he sprouted up and overtook her. Then Rick's day came.
They struggled and struggled and struggled. SHE WAS GOOD! But his male chemistry helped him finally win. There and then at age six Rick finally became the conqueror. And now that Rick finally won, what was he going to do? Rick didn't ponder for long. He slowly bent over so she could see it coming. Rick was just about to give her this tender kiss on her forehead when drat it all, an adult showed up and made him let her go. That was the last time they ever wrestled, and his hard won victory (kiss) was denied.
She never would wrestle Rick again.
Over this period of about a year and a half, a tragedy overwhelmed the family. Rick's Dad was working in the oil fields for Forest Oil Co. One day he was ordered to do something he question the safety of but was assured it was O-K. It wasn't but to refuse would mean to be fired and blackballed in a time when jobs were hard to come by. An explosion resulted and three one-million gallon tanks of oil went up in flames. When Rick's Dad came too, he was on fire and ankle deep in burning oil. He tried his best to beat out the fire but because of the deep oil he couldn't get down and roll. He walked a quarter of a mile to where the Boss' son was waiting in safety and was driven to the hospital. This horrific accident burned what was left of the man's skin so black that Rick did not know it was his own Dad. His Dad was burned more than any other person to survive at that time. The doctors said he should be dead but by shear strength of will he chose life and would spend months recovering from 2/3rds second and third degree burns. Because it was Texas and dirty democratic politics ruled, he would not only be denied compensation for his injuries, the company would go Scot-free while his family had to deal with economic hardship for decades to come.
All during this time Rick had just one companion near his age. Just one companion he could relate to... his First Love. All the adults were occupied by the tragedy and everyone else was years older or years younger. She was imprinting on him a way no other could. I think it could be said his hurt also caused her bonding to him as well.
Rick's birthday is in December during the Christmas Holidays so his birthday party also doubled as a family get together for the "City Folks" anyway as the rest of the Holidays would be spent on the Farm.
On his sixth birthday his seven year-old cousin gave him a special gift. All the kids were running around outside playing hide and seek while the adults were inside trying out the eggnog and mince-meat pie. While everybody seemed occupied she took him by the hand and lead him to the bathroom. The next thing he recollects is being in the bathroom alone with her and she is explaining the difference as best she could between boys and girls - graphically! Now, nothing naughty or nasty ever did nor ever would take place between the two children. They were just two innocents aware of gender identities but not the underlying reasons. Perhaps they were a soul cleaved in two prior to birth! Theirs was however, pure love, young love, innocent and unselfish love but make no mistake as the full grown man will quickly correct, it wasn't just puppy love. They had a connection few mortals could ever know. She owned his heart and he hers. She also made him promise to marry her when they became grownups and they discussed their future together even going as far as to choose the names of their first children. This was a promise that they would keep for the rest of their lives.
Rick was confused as to how she worked but he could see she was definitely plumbed differently. This was thrilling and exciting for him and he launched back into the party eagerly describing his new discovery to the red-faced adults. Total innocence in the face of amazing discovery... Finding himself obeying her and allowing her to undress him like a doll and being hugged and caressed by her and promising to marry her when they grew up doesn't seem to bother him at all. Several of us have heard the retelling of this cute little story for years.
At school she was a grade ahead of him and had made friends with the other girls. He was also a tad jealous at losing her attentions. He remembers the girls playing horses and ponies at school, play-acting the parts -- Rick thought that was so silly!! Rick got some of his friends together and suggested they chase the girls. Well they weren't interested in chasing girls but Rick convinced them they would be "Cowboys" running down a wild herd of horses. Okay -- they bought it and chased the girls er... ponies. This went on for about a week and the girls didn't seem to appreciate this turn of events. Then one day the chase went a bit farther than usual.
The girls were second graders, the cowboys were first graders and except for Rick, usually outran. Rick wasn't particularly fast but he had learned that by persistence, he could win if the race ran long enough. This time it did! The girls swung a wide arc and covered more distance than usual and the 1st grader boys just weren't fast enough to keep up. Rick however, caught up with the girls and they spread wide and feathered back until he was surrounded. Then they turned and caught him much to his surprise!!! His partners seeing what happened abandoned Rick to his fate with the girls and headed for the hills, which in Odessa Texas was a long, long ways away.
The girls pulled Rick to the ground and held him down spread-eagle. After a few minutes of the girls pretending to stomp him to death, his cousin ordered the girls to continue to hold him down. With a girl on each arm, two on each leg and the rest standing around to block the view, Rick found himself totally helpless and under the control of these girls. This was no fun anymore and he was beginning to get a wee bit afraid. "Shhh... Hush" said his captress as she brushed the dirt and grass off of Rick and wiped his face. She had one of the girls stand in the sun to shade Rick's face as she gently rubbed and caressed it. "We just want to teach you something so you are just going to be held here until you listen."
"Are you comfortable Rick," she asked- "yes" he admitted. She continued talking to him in a soft and gentle voice (well what would you expect from a seven year old girl?) Rick vaguely remembers a woman yard monitor coming over to see what the girls were doing to him. She knew both kids well and knew they were related so she seemed to accept the statement that Rick was overly excited and just needed some rest. She said "just relax Rick and listen to your cousin." The lady yard monitor then turned and intercepted the yard coach and led him off explaining that all was OK. Rick struggled a few more times but the girls held him firmly and he found himself giving in and surrendering to his cousin's voice. Ms. yard monitor even arranged for Rick to go lie down at the nurse's office under the watchful eyes of his older cousin who continued to stroke his temples and say comforting words. Helplessly held down by the girls, Rick simply had no choice but to to obey... to surrender to the girls' will. Once again his cousin had him just where she wanted him, under her, helpless and going no where until she permitted.
To this day, after all these years have gone by, Rick is still haunted by her words, words that melted their way into his heart, his mind and Yes, his very Soul. "Don't fight us Rick... Just relax and listen then we will let you go... Don't be afraid... I love you don't you know... and I am not going to allow anything to hurt you... I just want you to relax and listen to what I have to say...and I promise then we will let you go...
I want to tell you a secret so I need you to listen very carefully to each and every word I say... I am going to tell you of a secret place... a wonderful place were you and I can go and play...Shhh...relaxxx. You are getting tired and need to rest... You are so tired you can barely move your legs... You are so tiiirrredd you can't move your legs... Relaxxx and just listen to the sound of my voice... listen to the sound of my voice and the secret I want to share with you... Your arms are now getting too tired to move... too heavy and tired... You are getting so tired and sleepy...tired and sleeppeeeey...Just listening to the sound of my voice.....
Rick you are doing so good... You know you hafta mind me... I'm your kissin' cousin... I am your older cousin... and you have to mind me... Remember what Mammur said... Toni is your older cousin and you have to mind her... You know you are safe with me... I'll watch over you... we girls will watch over you and protect you as you just resssttt and relaxxxxx and drift off to sleeeepppp. Yes you are getting so so sleeeeeepy and tirrrreddd... so sleeeepy and tirrrreddd...
Before you go to sleep... before you completely close your eyes I want you to look over yonder at those beautiful clouds..." Rick is now unable to move so the girls help lift his head so he can see the clouds. "Look how big and beautiful they are... Do you see those big fluffy white clouds Rick?"
"Uh Huh" He agreed maybe too energetically!
"Good Rick... Now I want you to take a very deep breath and see if you can blow those clouds away..."
"But that's sil..." He started to complain!
"No!!" She interrupted! " Don't say anything, just breath-in deeply and then blow as hard as you can." Rick blows but nothing happens as the clouds just drift on by. "Oh nothing happened... well try again! That's right breath-in verry deeeeply and blow as hard as you can." Rick presses his lips together and blows hard for a second time and still no results. "Oh that was a good try maybe one more time will do it. Take in a deep breath one more time and blow just as hard as you can!" Rick summoned his last bit of energy and blew as hard as he could and things started to swirl in his vision and he becames very dizzy even while lying down. "Oh Oh look I think you did it. It looks like the cloud is moving now doesn't it Rick?"
"hmmmm hmmm" He mumbled
The girls laid his head back down. She bent over and kissed him on the forehead and said "I know... you are just to tired to talk... just give me a little nod OK Sugar? Just a little nod if you could see those Big Ol' Clouds moving over yonder... " {Nod} " Did you see how big and softttt and white they are? " {Nod} "Goooodd Rick!!! I am so proud of you!!! Now close your eyes and go to sleep in my arms... I will watch over you and I will protect you... Think of those Bigggg...white, fluffy clouds... Imagine that they are just like cotton candy... cotton candy so big...and soft... soft like the soffftessst bed you could ever lie down on... so soffft and comfortable... We are now here floating on the clouds Rick... this is our special place... our secret place... This is our secret Rick, just yours and mine...It is such a wonderful place to be... so safe and warm... so soffft an comfortable... You really like it here don't you Sugar?" {? Nod} "You are my sweet Sugar aren't you Rick" {Nod} "That's right Rick... you have always been my sweet Sugar and you always will be my sweet Sugar won't you Rick?" {Nod} Good boy!...Oh you are just so sweet and good!!! I am really proud of you!!! I know you really like it here on top of the soffft clouds... clouds so soffft and fluffy like a big bed of cotton candy...Listen to my words Rick...Listen and mind me now!!! You want to come here often... You love sleeping on the cloud tops and being here with me... The way here is a secret... Your secret and my secret... and only I can bring you here... No other person can bring you here... I am the only one you want to come here with and it is our secret... Do you promise to keep our secret Rick?" {Nod} "Good Boy... For being such a good boy I am going to reward you and allow you to relax even farther for me... so tired... so comfortable... so sleeeepy... deeeeper and deeeeeper you sink into the soffft clouds... so deeeep... so sofffft........."
"As you sink deeeeper into sleeeep... as you sink deeeeper into the soffft clouds... they begin to rise... deeeeper and deeeeper into sleeeep... higher and hiiigherrr the clouds rise as I am here watching over you... So safe... so sleeeepy... so soffft... so wonnnderful....."
"Keep your eyes closed Rick... You know you can see with your eyes closed... You and I can see with our eyes closed... Keep your eyes closed and look at the Sunset Rick... It is so beautiful isn't it?" {Nod} "Yes you and I can see with our eyes closed... the sunset is so colorful...and look over there...the full Moon is rising... Look how large the full Moon is... It is so big and beautiful with a brilliant golden yellow color... This Moon is special Rick... This Moon belongs to you and me... Its our Moon Rick...just yours and mine... This Moon belongs to us and we belong to each other... Do you understand Rick?" {???} "That's Ok Rick... You see Rick... This is a Lover's Moon Rick...Do you know what a lovers Moon is?" {?????} "That's OK too Rick...I will explain this secret too... Listen carefully Rick as my words sink deep into you... These are special words and you will hold on to them... you will remember these words and never let them go... You will never let anyone take them from you... This is a special Moon Rick... It is a Lover's Moon... It is your Moon and it is my Moon... Whenever a man or a woman... Whenever a girl and boy kiss under a Lover's Moon it means whenever they grow up they will marry each other... When a girl like me kisses a boy like you... When I kiss you like this... " {SMACK} " it means you belong to me... you will never care for another girl... you will ONLY marry me... You do want to marry me someday don't you Rick?" {Nod} "Very good!!! I am so happy and we will be so happy on that day!!! I promise we will be so happy forever and ever and ever....."
"Ooh look Rick... look the lights of the towns below... Look at the sparkling cities like jewels on the plains... Look how silvery blue the moonlight makes the clouds that we are floating on... Oh how wonderful and how beautiful... It is just so wonderful and beautiful here... it makes you want to come back and keep on coming back... You love it here on the cloud tops floating high above the world... so peaceful and so wonderful...This is your most favorite place to be and I am the only one you want to be here with... I am the only one you want to be here with........."
"It is getting cool Rick... Let me take you in my arms and keep you warm...Let me hold you in my arms... let me whisper more secrets in your ear....... See all the stars Rick and the beautiful moonlight... Study the stars Rick...Become an astronomer or an astronaut... only then will you be able to come here alone... But you needn't come here alone...You don't want to come here alone... All you have to do is fall into my arms and let me whisper secrets in your ear... Just fall into my arms and we will be here among the cloud tops floating under the Moon... Our Moon... Just floating on the moonlit cloud tops......"
"Whenever you are outside or in a car or plane and you see the clouds lit up by the moon, you will remember your promise to me... The words Lover's Moon will come to your lips. You will whisper the words out loud Lover's Moon and remember me..." For some time Rick had no longer needed to be held down, just help walking to the nurse's office where the day floated by and he longed for the soothing voice and soft touch his 1st. Love provided. If he hadn't been committed to his promise to marry her before that day, he was forever after.
Rick didn't see much of his male friends anymore after that. They were too afraid to come near the girls and mess with their new Stallion (Rick). Rick said he was well into his teens before he quit wakening in the morning believing his spine ended in a glorious horse's tail that he had to hide from everybody. He said he was absolutely horrified on his first day of Jr. High gym class when he saw all the guys getting naked and he trying to figure out how to hide his flowing horse's tail. Then Rick turned beet red as he looked up into the faces of a half dozen females (kin and friends) hanging on his every word and realized what he had just said. It was like to die for so cute!!!
After his capture, Rick's playtime certainly did change. His cousin had him right where she wanted him, wrapped around her little finger. She made him start playing the girly games like jacks and hopscotch and jump rope. Typically a clumsy boy, Rick so wanted to please her that he worked hard to be better. She was just so proud of him! At first what the other girls thought funny -- that he had to obey his cousin soon turned to petty jealousy as he became best in all the girl's games. When he and she teamed up, they were undefeatable... The boys didn't much care for the change in Rick either. It was humiliating to see this boy being led around by the girls. As one said in Cowboy twang "Jist taint naturl, nope taint natural atall" One day a 3rd grade bully and two of his toughs felt they were "man" enough to take on the 1st grader. They tackled Rick from behind and held him down, said they weren't going to let him up until he agreed to quit playing with the "gurls". Rick is stubborn, he is now and he was then so he was not going to give in! The bully then resorted to torture by trying to give a muscle pinch to Rick's biceps. Ohh.. where is a yard monitor when you need one... Rick looked up to see if any hope was in sight and a big smile crossed his face. An uncomfortable look also crossed the bully's face, something "twernt rite". The boys had been so intent on making Rick give in that they hadn't noticed about fifty girls surrounding them. Yes two competing remudas of ponies er.. groups of girls, had seen what was going on and for a first time, united to save their young Stallion (Yes - Rick). What the weaker sex did to those three boys earned Rick's undying respect and appreciation (and a bit of AWE) from then on... He says he still wonders if the boys ever found their socks and underwear!
Oh Well... Girls games weren't so bad after all, especially when he was winning against older girls but his cousin had one more game that just went against the pale. HOUSE! Oh No! If there could be an upside to an avalanche, at least this was only played after school when they were together. How humiliating! One girl remarked "how did she get him to do it?". She told all the other little girls Rick was going to be the real daddy to her real children just like he was a good daddy with her dolls. The girls all sighed sighs of envy. Rick just rolled his eyes but knew it was true and there was nothing he could or would want to do about it. In fact he found himself liking the idea more and more!
The Permian Basin Oil Boom went bust (again) and economic pressures forced the families apart so they weren't together much after that. After parting Rick would only see his cousin once more years later as she was whisked away and never seen at school again. Actually this is not quite correct. After this story was first published, his Mom would remind him of another encounter still later -- one in which he had been made to forget...
Months later, his Dad's injuries and resulting job loss would force the family to move over a thousand miles away and in the opposite direction, he would not see his true love again until at a summer time family reunion when he was eleven and she was twelve. Her power over him would not diminish and again she managed to get him alone. Actually he kept pestering her and finally out of exasperation she yanked him aside. Well this is what really happened...
Rick was following her all over the place and she was acting like she was ignoring him. He thought she was mad at him but she just didn't want the family, especially her pesky older brother to know their secret and felt Rick was being too obvious. Rick had dropped back and was following her at a distance. She turned and went down into the community hall. As Rick entered the dark archway he was grabbed from behind and hand went over his mouth! He was dragged backwards through a doorway. At the same time he heard a firm "Shush Sugar". His love had yanked him inside a bathroom and was trying to say something. As he went through the door he thought he saw a "skirted" emblem on the door. He had learned a little bit about "plumbing" and was looking for the tank... the tank... NO TANK... Oh No! he was in the wrong restroom for sure!!! So distraught he was, she couldn't get his attention! She peeked out the door and spied the utility closet across the hall, whispered follow me and dragged him all the way. Once inside and out of sight her giggle caused Rick to laugh! "Shush" she said with a sparkle in her eye. "I have a secret I want to tell you" as she leaned over and whispered into his ear... All they did as far as Rick could remember was just talk and plan their future together. He loved her and was still determined to marry her in just another six or seven years. They even had a name for their first daughter which he thinks he had forgotten from before but would never forget again. He rode the bus home to California in a happy state of bliss.
A man set down beside him although there were plenty of seats. The man told Rick that he was a Hollywood talent agent looking for kids just like Rick to make rich and famous TV stars. He held up a watch and asked Rick what he thought of it as he slowly started moving it back and forth, side to side. Rick was totally immune. An old Negro lady saw what was going on and asked Rick to come sit with them. The pervert got off at the next stop. Gee- Rick sure would have loved to be a Star Trek character. Even then his True Love's spell was protecting him. Probably saved his life. He return home and almost promptly went into puberty about three years early.
Rick had no idea what was happening to him but he spent most of fifth and six grade recesses hanging from the jungle gym with his knees drawn up waist high. Perpetual waves of pleasure would engulf him but he didn't know why or why he sometimes seem to, well what a male will do, when they did. He discovered the back of the bus that year too. Rick found the same good feeling could be had at the back of the school bus as it went over the bumps down Birmingham Ave. on the way to Cardiff Elementary. Normally all the kids would jockey to the front of the bus but soon some of the girls were joining Rick in the back. Smiles would cross their little faces and a few oohs and aahs could be heard but the rest of the boys didn't get it... Ahh, the power of LOVE!
Rick doesn't know how many times over the months and years earlier he was hypnotized by Antoinette. In fact only in the last couple of weeks while working on some corrections to this story did his mom remind him of the last time which he had obediently forgot.
It was a difficult time. Rick was 14 and she was 15 and her Dad had been hospitalized in Las Vegas in serious condition with cancer. It was about a five hundred mile trip or so and Rick was like an eager puppy to see his Beloved again. Rick was sorry for the circumstances but he missed her so very much...
She was frazzled over the ordeal and had been short with Rick. He so much like that innocent puppy, just didn't understand. It was as if he had done something wrong. Rick wanted to be with her, he badly wanted to be with her and she had no time. He tried to understand but I guess there was more there than he knew. Rick was feeling really dejected but the next afternoon she took him outside and had him lean on the hood of the car in the shade. The thermometer had finally dipped below the 130's so they could tolerate the only privacy available, out in the open on the front car port. For the first time Rick was taller than her so by leaning on the car he was both lower and a bit off balance. He had to use both hands to steady himself. She then reached up and placed her hands upon his temples and started cooing gently. He remembers about that moment, her older brother showed up and immediately spun on his heals as if he knew what was going on... He remembers her leaning over and whispering into his ear, of helplessly sliding down into a seated position on the car's bumper and getting dizzy as his world began to spin once more, of remembering her telling him to forget meeting her on this trip. She was afraid it would stress him out and worry their plans for marriage. So as she started stroking her fingers over his temples and through his hair, she was brushing his memories away. They would stay for awhile but after he got home he would only remember the trip as a vacation and not remember seeing her or her brother.
It was a pretty unusual trip and we talked of it many times. Rick's family had just bought a Jeep Wagoneer without air-conditioning and his Grand Parents from Texas had come for a visit when they found out about our relative's illness. They were going to the Redwoods so that changed their itinerary. It was 136° in the daytime and 116° at midnight. The wind coming in from the rolled down windows was so hot it blistered. They left Las Vegas and went on to see Scotty's Castle and camped in the Sierra's before a late snow storm sent them home.
Recently we were talking about our trips and relatives and Rick asked about visiting his Beloved's Dad and he asked his Mom if she knew why the son and daughter weren't there. His Mom looked real surprised and reminded him of the time albeit short that the kids had spent together and of even them going outside in the heat to talk (Moms notice don't they?). As if struck by a jolt of lightening all Rick's memories came flooding back, including her telling him to forrrrgeeeett.
When Rick was sixteen, his true love was killed in a car wreck. He was devastated. He still didn't know the power she held over him but for once he felt truly alone. He hurt so bad that he decided to give up on emotions and become like Star Trek's Mr. Spock. He indeed grew cold and detached as he withdrew from the world around him, it hurt so much less that way. He decided to graduate a year early and get on with his life in a rush towards some unknown destiny... [Pt. iv: PROM DATE]
...Often, Rick says, he is in an open plain surrounded by fog. A beautiful white mare comes running up to him and before running him down transforms into a beautiful young woman that puts her arms around his neck and kisses him deeply, passionately... Another transformation occurs and two beautiful white horses, a sire and his dam, disappear over a ridge and into the fog... Rick looks sheepishly at the ground and says he wishes he had still had that tail!
Most of Rick's relatives would have no idea about cousin Annabelle though in a way she is real in Rick's heart for you see, if his first love had lived, Annabelle would not only be his cousin (4th) but his daughter.