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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was almost three o\'92clock when Peter Stewart awakened and realized he still had \softline
his hand on Jan\'92s breast.  He lay in bed without moving as he reflected on the last few \softline
weeks.  He couldn\'92t believe his good fortune: He had come out to Hawaii for a rest and \softline
was going home with a wife.  The girl whose head was still rest-ing on his shoulder was \softline
lovely beyond his wildest dreams.  Then he moved his head to be able to see her more \softline
easily.  Even that slight movement was enough:  Jan\'92s eyes opened and she looked at \softline
him.  The look she gave melted him.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As she turned her head, she smil-ed lovingly and whispered, \'93Hello, my husband.\'94  \softline
She rolled over so her body was on top of his, then folded her arms across his chest and \softline
rested her chin on the back of her hands.  As she did she lifted her chest slightly so that \softline
her breasts were barely in contact with his chest.  She started to rotate her chest and \softline
smil-ed as her nipples almost instantly became erect.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He felt her movement as tiny pebbles moving around his chest.  \'93What are you \softline
doing?\'94 he asked softly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m torturing you.  I\'92m digging up your chest.  Pretty soon it will be bloody from all \softline
my digging.  Do you mind terribly?  The wounds will be mostly superficial, though.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She pulled her-self up and softly kissed him on the lips.  Pete wrapped his arms \softline
around her back and squeezed tight, mashing her breasts against his chest.  As she did, \softline
she made soft noises deep in her throat and then frowned.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What\'92s wrong?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, how much larger would you like my tits to be?  I\'92m going to start to work \softline
to develop my chest so it\'92ll be the way you want it.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He lifted her up from his chest, spun around and sat up on the edge of the bed with \softline
his feet on the floor.  Jan\'92s eyes widened for a moment as she feared he was going to \softline
spank her again.  Instead he picked her up and sat her on his lap with her back against \softline
his chest.  His arms were around her and her head was again resting against his \softline
shoulder.  He held out his hand and asked, \'93What do you think of my hand?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was puzzled by the question.  She took it in both of hers and held it.  She turned \softline
her head to look at his face and replied with a quizzical look, \'93It\'92s a nice hand.  In fact, \softline
it\'92s a perfect man\'92s hand.  It\'92s big and strong and... and it\'92s very hard when it contacts \softline
my backside.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93How about the fingers?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93They\'92re long and strong.\'94  She smiled at him and said, \'93I love your hand... even \softline
when you use it to spank me.\'94  Her eye-brows furrowed as she added, \'93But what does \softline
your hand have to do with anything?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete was holding her in his right arm.  It was his right hand that had been cupping \softline
her breast while she slept.  He placed his hand over her breast and cupped it.  Then he \softline
gave her breast a slight squeeze.  \'93What do you see and feel?\'94 he asked.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan had closed her eyes to savor the feeling.  She opened them again and said, \'93I feel \softline
a strong hand around my boob, squeez-ing it.  I see a beautifully tanned hand over my \softline
boob.\'94  She was bewil-dered.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, how big is my hand?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s huge!  It\'92s at least twice as big as mine.  Your fin-gers are long and strong and \softline
feel wonderful when they stroke my body.\'94  She smiled and added, \'93Pete, you\'92re \softline
magnificent when you do that, too.  I think about your being a virgin when we met.  \softline
Your knowledge of women should be ille-gal!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete smiled warmly at his beautiful bride.  \'93Honey, you still don\'92t get it, do you?  \softline
Look at my hand on your breast.  What do you see?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I already told you,\'94 she protested.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab His smile got broader.  \'93Honey, I can\'92t get my hand fully around your tit.  There\'92s \softline
more of it than there is of my hand.  Yet you said I have a big hand with long fingers.  \softline
Darling, your breasts are perfect }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 exactly the way they are}{\plain \fs24 \f2 .  I really don\'92t like cows.  I love \softline
a woman whose breasts are lovely firm hemi-spheres tipped with tiny pink nipples; \softline
breasts that are larger than my large hand can completely get around.  I love a woman \softline
whose breasts are perfect and who would be taking a big risk if she tried to change them.  \softline
Darling, please leave perfec-tion alone.\'94  As he said it, he gently squeezed her breast.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan leaned her head back against his shoulder, then turned to look up at his face.  \softline
She said, \'93Husband, would you do me a favor?  Could we go down to our beach for a \softline
while?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete immediately agreed and a short time later they had their towels spread on what \softline
they now considered to be their personal spot on the beach.  Again, they went through \softline
the ritual of putting lotion on each other\'92s body.  Jan was lying on her back with her eyes \softline
closed.  Pete rested his head on his hand and looked at her as he reclined on his side.  He \softline
was lightly running his fingertips over the part of her body that was within easy reach.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As he watched her, he saw tears coming from under her closed eyelids.  \'93What\'92s \softline
wrong, honey?\'94 he asked, concerned.  \'93Why are you crying?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She opened her eyes and he could see the tears glistening in them.  \'93I\'92m so damned \softline
happy, Pete, I can\'92t stand it!  I was think--ing about what\'92s happened and I can\'92t believe \softline
it.\'94  She pulled herself up and rolled on her side.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She rested her head on her hand and looked at him.  \'93You can\'92t know what it\'92s like \softline
to feel your fingertips on my body.  Darling, no one ever did that be-fore.  I was a slut and \softline
a whore.  Men and women used my body like it was a piece of meat... and I guess it was.  \softline
I had a whole range of imitation emotions I turned on and off.  Now I have you.  Pete, \softline
I wouldn\'92t even let myself dream of getting out of the business before I met you.  The \softline
idea of ever getting married \'97 let alone to someone as wonderful as you \'97 never \softline
occurred to me.  Darling, I\'92m in Heaven... and I don\'92t think I\'92ve even died.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Pete continued to idly run his fingertips over her body.  \'93Pete, what are you doing?\'94 \softline
she asked, amused.  \'93You look like a little boy playing in the sand.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He grinned and said, \'93You\'92re right.  That\'92s exactly how I feel.  I remember going to \softline
the beach when I was just a little boy when my parents were still alive.  This is much \softline
more fun, though.  I\'92m thinking about how lucky I am.  I get to fondle the most beautiful \softline
woman alive!  I get to run my fingers over her lovely body and enjoy the feel of her warm \softline
satiny skin.  But it\'92s more.  I can feel your muscles move under your skin.  They respond \softline
to my touch.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He looked at her with a small smile on his face.  He asked, \'93Do you realize how \softline
important this beach is to us?  Jan, if you hadn\'92t allowed me to come with you that first \softline
day \'97 and if I hadn\'92t screwed up every ounce of courage I could muster to come down \softline
with you \'97 this would never have happened.  Darling, you\'92ve been so preoccupied with \softline
feeling unworthy, it never occurred to you to think of my side: I\'92m here in Hawaii \softline
alone... and having a miserable time.  Then I\'92m in the pro shop and I\'92m asked if I want \softline
to play in a foursome... and meet you.  Honey, I don\'92t know if you remember, but I sure \softline
do.  You turned to look at me and I almost fell over.  I know my jaw dropped.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He grinned and said, \'93Now I remember!  You had to notice!  You slid over to drive \softline
the cart.  That was the first indication of how smart you are.  You knew damned well I\'92d \softline
go straight into a tree or off a cliff or something.  Remember?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s eyes were glistening and she had a small, warm smile on her face.  She leaned \softline
over towards him and kissed him softly.  Again they felt the electricity.  \'93I remember, \softline
darling.  I hope I didn\'92t hurt your feelings.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 \'93Hurt my feelings?\'94}{\plain \fs24 \f2  he exclaimed.}{\plain \fs24 \i\f2  }{\plain \fs24 \f2  \'93That\'92s impossible.  I was dazzled by a blonde \softline
apparition!  Jan, I\'92ve never seen a girl as beautiful as you are in my life.  Then we came \softline
on the beach and I saw you the way you are now.  I can\'92t tell you what that did.  Except \softline
you saw what it did.  I got hard and stayed hard!  Jan, if I hadn\'92t seen you here and if \softline
you hadn\'92t insisted on putting that lotion on me, I never in a million years would have \softline
had the nerve even to speak to you again.  Wife, you are }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 awesome!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 And I mean that in \softline
the truest sense of the word: inspiring awe in a viewer.  You have been so focused on \softline
your... back-ground, you never think of the way you look to others.  Honey, I could lay \softline
here forever just running my fingers over your body.  Your skin is like satin, but so much \softline
more!  It\'92s warm and smooth and I can feel your muscles ripple under your skin.  You\'92re \softline
responding to my touch, aren\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s eyes began to glow with her love as she listened to Pete.  She replied, \'93Of \softline
course, darling!  What I\'92m feeling is a sensation I never knew existed.  I feel your fingers \softline
and I don\'92t want you ever to stop \'97 except now I want you to put your enor-mous cock \softline
into my cunt in the worst possible way.\'94  She glanced down the length of her body and \softline
said, \'93Look at it.  What do you see?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He was startled as he saw moisture on her nether lips.  \'93Do you mean to say that\'92s \softline
for me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab She smiled broadly and lay on her back.  She spread her thighs wide and opened her \softline
vaginal lips with her fingertips.  \'93Now look.  What do you see?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete moved over to her towel and knelt between her legs.  \'93I see your clit exposed.  \softline
It\'92s erect, isn\'92t it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course, darling.  Will you take me again?  Please?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He moved forward and she took his weapon and placed it at the mouth of her vagina.  \softline
He started to move in.  This time he enter-ed her easier than he had earlier in their bed.  \softline
When he was fully inside he leaned over to kiss her on the lips.  Her kiss was warm, \softline
sensuous and loving.  When he took his mouth away he asked, \'93Jan, why was it so hard \softline
to get all the way inside you this morn-ing?  It was never quite that difficult out here on \softline
the beach.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Again she smiled warmly and pulled his lips down to hers for another kiss.  \'93Darling, \softline
I guess when I\'92m on the beach I\'92m soak-ing up the sun and I\'92m relaxed.  Then I\'92ve \softline
already been running my hands over your body and you\'92ve been caressing mine so I \softline
could-n\'92t get any wetter inside.  Did you mind this morning?  Would you like me to \softline
stretch my cunt to make your entry easier?  I can, you know, and will in an instant if you \softline
want me to.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete just smiled and shook his head.  He was starting to move slowly in and out with \softline
his usual long strokes.  He said, \'93Dar-ling, you have to be kidding!  You feel so glorious \softline
as you squeeze my cock with your muscles.  Please don\'92t change a thing!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He kept up his movements and watched as Jan\'92s head started to toss and her body \softline
became sweat-coated.  Her arms were flailing.  She would hold him, drop her arms to the \softline
sand and then hold him again.  He watched as she began to convulse with her or-gasms.  \softline
He just continued to pump into her with long strokes.  He found Jan crying out in tempo \softline
with his strokes, letting out an involun-tary scream each time he struck her firm bottom \softline
with his balls.  His tempo increased.  Now Jan was in an almost continuous orgasm, \softline
going higher and higher each time.  He could feel her about to explode.  It triggered an \softline
explosion of his own that carried her over the brink.  With a scream, she lost conscious-
ness as he collapsed on top of her steaming body.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He could feel her chest rise and fall as her body struggled to regain oxygen.  Pete \softline
propped himself up on his hands and then pulled his beach towel closer to hers.  He lifted \softline
her head and rested it on his shoulder and held her close.  After a few moments, her eyes \softline
fluttered open again.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan turned her head and looked up at his face.  \'93Darling, thank you!  That was the \softline
very best yet.\'94  She took a deep breath and lifted her head to look down the length of her \softline
body.  She made a face and exclaimed, \'93Pete, how can you stand to }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 look}{\plain \fs24 \f2  at me?  I\'92m an \softline
absolute wreck!\'94  She ran her hand through her hair and said, \'93Yuck!  It\'92s in strings, \softline
there\'92s sand in it...  Pete, what was I doing, for God\'92s sake?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete leaned over and kissed her softly.  He withdrew his lips and said, \'93You were \softline
enjoying yourself.  I was enjoying you.  You look even more beautiful than you did before.  
Your skin is shin-ing, your muscles are still throbbing, your hair is tousled and looks \softline
cute...  And all this without a drop of makeup.  Dar-ling, I love you very much.\'94  He \softline
grinned at her and said, \'93How about some swimming?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I would love to but there\'92s no way I could move the few feet to get to the water.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93That\'92s easy enough to fix,\'94 he said picking her up in his arms and cradling her to \softline
his chest.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Peter!  Put me down!  I\'92m not a baby to be thrown around and carried under your \softline
arm.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93That\'92s a great idea!  Why didn\'92t I think of that?\'94 he mused.  He let go of Jan with \softline
his right arm and swung her under his left and carried her with his hand holding her \softline
under her waist.  Her head was hanging down by his knee.  She kept on struggling as \softline
Pete waded out into the water and finally heaved her in where the water was deep \softline
enough.  He knew Jan was a very strong swimmer and moved in the water with the ease \softline
and grace of a porpoise.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan jack-knifed and went under.  Pete could see her golden body move through the \softline
clear water as he dove in after her.  They had gone out far enough that the water was \softline
now about twenty feet deep.  She came back to the surface, took a breath, and again \softline
went under.  The next thing Pete knew, a hand had grabbed him by the balls.  He jack-knifed under and found his bride who he could see grinning even under water.  He took \softline
her in his arms and hauled her back to the surface.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Wife, I thought we had covered obedience earlier this after-noon?\'94  He reached \softline
under water and gave one of her buns a light pinch.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill formed her lips into an \'93O\'94 said, \'93Ouch!\'94, and rubbed her bottom, but all the \softline
time her eyes were twinkling.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She moved closer and went into his arms.  She kissed him and whispered, \'93I\'92m sorry, \softline
my husband, but I just couldn\'92t resist!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They swam around for a while and then went back to the beach.  It was getting late, \softline
so they gathered their belongings and headed back for the hotel.  When they returned \softline
to their suite, they took a shower together and delighted in soaping each other\'92s body.  \softline
Pete left Jan in the shower washing her hair.  When she finished and returned to the \softline
bedroom she found him in bed, so she climbed in with him and lay back against his \softline
shoulder.  In no time they were both asleep.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Later they dressed and went down to the dining room for dinner.  The ma\'eetre d\'92hotel \softline
gave them a lovely table overlooking the beach and the neigh-boring island.  As they \softline
watched the last of the sunset, Jan put her hand in his and looked at him.  He could see \softline
the love glowing in her eyes as she said, \'93Darling, today you have made me the happiest \softline
woman alive.  Thank you so much!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab They ate, danced some more and finally returned to their room.  As they walked \softline
hand-in-hand, she turned to look at him and said softly, \'93Pete, would you do me a great \softline
favor?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He smiled warmly at her and said, \'93Of course!  How could I refuse my bride on her \softline
wedding day?  Anything.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, you\'92ve heard of exorcism, haven\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You mean driving out devils or something like that?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93That\'92s it exactly!  Darling, I need you to exorcize me.  You know I\'92ve done all sorts \softline
of things that disgusted me?  The only way I can possibly rid myself of the sense of \softline
shame I feel is if you will do them to me or let me do them to you.  Will you please?  For \softline
example, tonight would you please take me in the ass?  Your cock is gigantic but I really \softline
have to do it.  Will you let me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He looked at her skeptically and shook his head.  \'93Jan, you can\'92t!  I\'92ll kill you.  You\'92ll \softline
be ripped in half.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, of course it will hurt.  It usually does.  And you\'92re right.  I have never \softline
taken anyone as big as you.  But Pete, I love you desperately.  All the others were \softline
custom-ers.  I not only didn\'92t love them, I disliked most of them.  It makes a difference.  \softline
Honest.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By this time they were back in the suite.  Jan took Pete\'92s hand and led him into their \softline
bedroom.  She looked at him and kissed him softly on the lips.  Meanwhile, she was \softline
starting to undress him.  Moments later Pete was standing before her naked.  She rocked \softline
back on her heels and looked up at him.  \'93Darling, how did I ever get to be so lucky?  \softline
You\'92re an Adonis, do you know that?  You stand before me like a Greek god, but I don\'92t \softline
even think the statues in the museums are built as well as you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She leaned forward and took his sex organs in her hands.  By this time he had a \softline
monstrous erection; his cock was slanted upward towards her face with its red tip \softline
glowing.  She put her hands together and gently lifted his balls, appearing to weigh them \softline
in her hands.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Looking up at him she grinned and said, \'93Pete, they are awfully full for a newlywed \softline
on his honeymoon.  Doesn\'92t your wife like sex?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Leaning forward she took the tip of his cock in her mouth, sucked and then licked \softline
it trying to get as much of her moisture on it as she could.  She jumped up, went to the \softline
night stand and returned with a condom.  Quickly opening it, she unrolled it along the \softline
length of his cock.  Again she took it in her mouth to moisten the tip.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Stripping off her dress and then kicking off her bikini, she hopped on the bed.  She \softline
held a pillow in her arms and pulled her knees up under her, raising her ass high in the \softline
air.  Then she spread her ass cheeks exposing her small pink anus to him.  She turned \softline
her head and whispered, \'93Darling, your wife is ready.  I only wish it was virginal for \softline
you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Pete had been watching with amusement that changed to amazement as he realized \softline
what Jan was doing.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 My God!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 he thought.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 She is going to take me dry!  I\'92ll kill her!  \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \f2 Aloud he said, \'93Darling, I\'92m going to see if I can find some Vaseline.  There is no way \softline
you can take me dry.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Do it now, Pete!  I moistened your tip with my spit.  That\'92s more than most of my \softline
customers ever allowed me to do.  They like to feel their tool ripping me.  Please!  I really \softline
am ready!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Shaking his head he knelt on the bed behind her.  He really did not know what to do \softline
other than to put the tip of his cock against her tiny ring.  Just as he did, relaxing her \softline
anal ring as much as she could, Jan pushed backward against him.  He heard her give \softline
an involuntary gasp of pain, but he was in her!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She turned her head to look back at him and gasped, \'93That was the worst of it, \softline
darling!  It\'92s easy from here on.  Just do what you normally do and I think you\'92ll like it.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He eased forward and could feel his rod start to penetrate.  He picked up a rocking \softline
motion while Jan rotated her hips and concentrated on receiving his full length.  The \softline
pressure of the ring around his cock was strange.  Soon he had penetrated to his full \softline
length.  Jan could feel his balls bounce against her cunt and could feel her buns in \softline
contact with his body.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, it feels so good!\'94 she whispered.  \'93Like everything else, it has never been \softline
like this before.  Please keep going!  I want to feel you spend inside me.  Please!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete began to move in and out.  The pressure of the ring around his cock was inde-
scribable.  He kept going back and forth.  Meanwhile, he could see sweat breaking out \softline
from Jan\'92s skin.  Soon her body was covered with her moisture; he could feel her body \softline
becoming slippery.  He continued to move.  He decided to use his long arms to reach a \softline
hand around to her cunt.  As one of his fingers entered her slit and contacted and then \softline
fondled her clit, he heard another involuntary gasp.  

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s sexual excitement was mounting and her movements were now timed to his.  \softline
With his finger on her clit all sensation was now concentrated in her lower body.  \softline
Suddenly, her hips started to shake as she experienced the first orgasm she had ever felt \softline
with a man in her ass.  It took her completely by surprise.  Now he kept moving in and \softline
out, increasing the tempo of his strokes.  She could feel herself start to vibrate as \softline
another orgasm overtook her.  His rod in her ass now felt so good.  She could hear herself \softline
making involuntary sounds as her excitement continued to mount.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete could feel himself reaching his release point.  It was harder and harder to \softline
restrain himself and finally he lost control.  He buried his shaft in her bottom just as he \softline
felt himself release in a flood.  The sensation triggered a massive orgasm for Jan as well, \softline
as she felt his shaft vibrate inside her.  The flood seemed never-ending, but finally the \softline
spurts slowed and then stopped.  Pete waited a few moments and withdrew as gently as \softline
he could.  He went to the bathroom to dispose of the condom while Jan straightened out \softline
her legs and collapsed face-down on the bed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab When Pete got into bed, Jan rolled on her side to face him.  She leaned towards him \softline
and kissed him softly, then with increasing hunger.  \'93Thank you, my husband!  You\'92ve \softline
made your wife very happy!  There\'92s only one thing wrong with it.  I can\'92t kiss you while \softline
you are in me, and I love kissing you so much!\'94  She looked at him speculatively and \softline
then her hand went down to his balls.  Remarkably, they still seemed full!  Her face took \softline
on a woeful look and she whispered, \'93Darling, I\'92m a failure!  It is almost the end of our \softline
wedding day and your gorgeous balls are still almost full!  What am I doing wrong?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete leaned over and kissed her again.  \'93It comes of marrying a virginal husband,\'94 \softline
he whispered with a grin.  \'93I\'92ve been saving up for years.  Can my darling wife take any \softline
more?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab For answer she rolled on her back and spread her legs wide.  \'93Of course, darling!  \softline
But you have to promise to kiss me this time.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He moved between her thighs and entered her soaking wet cunt.  Soon they were \softline
moving back and forth in tempo.  Again, her sexual excitement mounted.  She had an \softline
orgasm, then another, and a third.  Soon it became nearly continuous as they moved \softline
together on the bed.  Pete reached his release and began to flood her cunt with his fluids.  \softline
Jan felt the flow for a few moments as she, too, released in a massive orgasm.  She was \softline
gasping for breath and then fainted with the sensory overload.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When he recovered his breath, Pete smiled to himself looking at the beautiful girl \softline
sprawled on the bed beside him.  He felt her pulse which was slow but very strong.  \softline
Going to the closet he removed clean bed sheets he had arranged to have stored there.  \softline
Gently he lifted Jan off the bed and placed her, still unconscious, on a lounge chair and \softline
then quickly changed the bed which was now soaking wet from their sweat and sexual \softline
fluids.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Since Jan was still showing no signs of recovering consciousness, he smiled to \softline
himself and went into the bathroom.  He filled the tub and then gently placed her in it.  \softline
He carefully washed her, enjoying again the sensation of running his hands over her \softline
gorgeous body.  As he lifted her up in the tub, her head just lolled from side to side.  \softline
Nevertheless, he took her comb and brush and carefully fixed her hair.  Lifting her from \softline
the tub, he dried her off and carefully carried her back to the bed.  Returning to the \softline
bathroom, Pete took a quick shower.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As he returned to the bedroom, Jan was showing the first signs of regaining \softline
conscious-ness.  He jumped into the bed and put his arm around her shoulders and under \softline
her head.  Then he put his hand on her right breast and gave a small squeeze.  When \softline
Jan\'92s eyes opened they focused quickly on his face.  She smiled warmly and then looked \softline
confused as her hand moved over the bed.  Rather than the wetness she expected, the \softline
sheets were clean, crisp, and dry.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Her brow furrowed as she continued to look at him.  \'93What happened?\'94 she \softline
whispered.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93What happened what?\'94 he asked, appearing to be puzzled.  \'93I guess it was a long \softline
day for you and you fell asleep in bed after dinner.  What\'92s the problem?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan quickly sat up in bed, alarmed.  \'93You mean, you didn\'92t...\'94  Then she felt the \softline
soreness in her ass and remembered what happened.  She tried to glare at him but he \softline
could see her blue eyes dancing.  Then she felt her hair which was still damp even \softline
though it was combed.  \'93Peter Stewart, do you mean to say that I was out so long you \softline
changed the bed \'97 and even had time to give me a }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 bath!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 Oh, Pete!  Was I that bad!?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He leaned over and softly kissed her.  Again he could taste the sweetness of her lips \softline
and feel the electricity.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 God, I love this woman!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 he thought.  \'93No, darling, you weren\'92t \softline
bad at all.  In fact, I guess you enjoyed it.  Didn\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan lay back on his arm and carefully placed his hand back over her breast.  \softline
\'93Darling, you are a dream!  Thank you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete reached out with his other hand and turned out the light.  In moments they \softline
were both asleep.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Peter Stewart was awakened by the Hawaiian sunlight flooding into the room.  He \softline
looked down and found Jan still asleep with her head on his shoulder.  Her hair was \softline
spread like a golden fan beneath her while his hand was still cupped over the golden \softline
globe of her breast.  She had formed her body to his during the night; their bodies were \softline
in contact for almost her entire length.  He marveled again at his good fortune.  Girls \softline
like Janice ignored him; they most assuredly did not fall in love with him.  Yet she said \softline
she had and he was now con-vinced it was true.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab A small motion of his hand on her breast awakened her.  Instantly he found himself \softline
looking into her glorious blue eyes.  He winked and glanced out the window.  It was true.  \softline
Her eyes were the color of the ocean he could see out the window and he told her so.  He \softline
noticed Jan was instantly awake with her eyes clear.  She reached out her arm and rolled \softline
over on top of him so her head was on his chest.  Then she reached out both arms and \softline
stretched causing her nipples to chafe against the hair on his chest.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She folded her arms under her chin and looked into his eyes.  \'93Good morning, \softline
darling husband,\'94 she whispered.  \'93What can I do to give you pleasure this morning?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete felt a wetness on his chest.  He looked down and saw tears flowing from \softline
Janice\'92s eyes.  \'93Darling, what\'92s wrong?  Why are you crying?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Because I\'92m so damned happy I can\'92t stand it, darling.  You have given me \softline
happiness I never dreamed existed, let alone happiness I could ever have!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He put his arms around her and squeezed hard.  She could feel his heavy muscles \softline
bunch as he crushed her to his chest, flattening her breasts.  \'93Mm, that feels }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 so}{\plain \fs24 \f2  good!  \softline
Darling, you can\'92t know how wonderful that makes me feel!  It makes me feel small and \softline
cuddly and warm.  And loved!\'94  As she said it she could feel his cock engorging beneath \softline
her.  She lifted her hips, positioned his rod, and eased herself down on it.  With a series \softline
of hip movements she finally got it in to its full length.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete relaxed his hold but continued to caress her body.  She began to stroke his \softline
shoulders and upper arms with her finger tips while she rested her head on his chest.  \softline
Breathing in deeply she smelled the man-smell of him.  She looked up and whispered, \softline
\'93Peter Stewart, I love you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He smiled warmly and replied, \'93Janice Stewart, not half as much as I love you!  You \softline
can\'92t imagine how great it feels to have my cock trapped by your cunt.  It\'92s warm and \softline
wet and it moves.  It\'92s delicious!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He pulled the covers up over them and moments later they were asleep \'97 or nearly \softline
so.  First one and then the other would move hips or work internal muscles to maintain \softline
the erection.  Jan started to work her muscles \'97 muscles she did not know she had nor \softline
had ever used \'97 to squeeze and then relax pressure on his cock.  Without moving an \softline
external muscle she reached an orgasm and felt her hips and loins shake.  She smiled \softline
and kept it up.  Pete opened his eyes and looked at her lying with her cheek on his chest \softline
with her eyes still closed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab He could feel himself being taken higher and higher.  Finally he couldn\'92t take it any \softline
longer and released.  Then her cunt with a life of its own continued to milk the last drop \softline
of fluid from his balls.  Still without moving, they fell asleep.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When Pete awakened again, even without opening his eyes he knew something was \softline
different.  Janice was gone!  He opened his eyes, startled, and saw her sitting at a chair \softline
in front of the computer.  Moving as quietly as possible he got out of bed and padded over \softline
behind her and put his hands over her breasts.  Instantly her hands came off the \softline
keyboard and covered his.  She swung her head around and up towards him for a good \softline
morning kiss.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What is my wife doing on the morning after her wedding?\'94 he teased.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Your wife is taking responsibility for the business her husband is trying to run.  Are \softline
you awake enough to look at some material I\'92ve put together?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Initially Pete was amused.  He thought it was some kind of joke.  After all, Jan didn\'92t \softline
look particularly businesslike sitting naked at the computer keyboard.  His attitude \softline
quickly changed as she began to go run through a set of computer graphics on the screen.  \softline
They showed conclusively that Illinois Technology was headed for serious trouble.  A \softline
diminishing number of products were pulling their own weight.  It was only the absence \softline
of good cost information coupled with rising unit sales that had hidden the facts.  \softline
Moreover, it was Hugo Bingham\'92s Argus Corporation that was eating IT\'92s lunch.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab At the end of the presentation there was a list of suggestions for immediate changes \softline
to restore growth and profitability.  They included dropping a large number of products, \softline
price increases on others, and concentration on a single product, a 40-megabyte hard \softline
drive.  Most impor-t-ant, though, was the need for new products.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When the presentation finished, Jan turned to him.  By now he was down on one \softline
knee beside her to have a better view of the screen.  He turned and took her in his arms, \softline
squeezed tightly, and then crushed her lips with his.  He could feel her arms around him \softline
trying to flatten her breasts against his chest.  Finally, he pulled back to take a breath.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Bob Gordon was absolutely right, darling.  You do have all of the answers.  I guess \softline
I really don\'92t know what to do.  I married you because of your beauty and charm.  I also \softline
got an incredible business brain as an extra added attraction.  God, I love you!\'94  He \softline
kissed her again.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thank you, darling,\'94 she replied softly.  \'93I\'92m so glad I could help \'97 at least a little \softline
bit.  Pete, I don\'92t think I ever told you this, but I became a prostitute in order to earn the \softline
money for my graduate education.  I obtained the education but almost at the cost of my \softline
life and my soul.  Honey, I still don\'92t see what it is you see in me.  Why in the world did \softline
you ever marry me?  You could have so many girls who\'92d be so much better for you.\'94  \softline
She grinned weakly and added, \'93There is one thing, though.  I not only paid for my \softline
graduate education, but I actually saved some money.  Darling, it\'92s all yours.  It\'92s all I \softline
can present to you as a dowry.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Pete just slowly shook his head.  \'93Jan, I am starting to worry about you.  You seem \softline
like such a bright, intelligent girl.  Why do you have a problem with such a simple thing?  \softline
You\'92re utterly exquisite and I\'92m such a bumpkin!  Janice Stewart, you glow!  You\'92re \softline
radiant!\'94  He reached out a hand and put it on her stomach.  He just ran his fingertips \softline
over her skin very lightly.  He could feel her muscles rippling as he did.  Then he leaned \softline
forward and kissed her softly.  \'93Janice Stewart, you are my love and my life!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Her arms went around his neck and she pulled him close, burying her lips in his.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They had just returned to their suite after lunch when there was a knock on the \softline
door.  Jan opened it and found it was Bob and Jill returning.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Hi, hon!\'94 Jill exclaimed taking Jan in her arms.  \'93My God!  You look exquisite!  \softline
Married life certainly agrees with you... at least the first twenty-four hours of it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After an exchange of greetings they decided to return to the nude beach for their \softline
afternoon swim.  Jan noticed the difference right away.  Pete was no longer nervous \softline
putting on her suntan lotion.  She was no longer nervous either, now that her \softline
background was out in the open and Pete had insisted on marrying her.  This time Pete \softline
and Jan initiated the \'93love in the afternoon.\'94  They finished the afternoon in the water \softline
with Pete noticing again how much like twins Jan and Jill appeared, both moving as \softline
smoothly and effortlessly as playful dolphins in the water.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab That evening Bob insisted on taking them all out to dinner at an excellent \softline
restaurant nearby.  It was the most perfect evening they could remember.  Finally they \softline
returned to the hotel and went to their rooms.  This time Pete made love to Jan slowly \softline
and gently.  Again, though, she ultimately lost control as he made her orgasms virtually \softline
continuous until he came and she lost consciousness.  They were in each other\'92s arms \softline
just necking when they heard the sounds of Jill reaching her crest.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Suddenly, Jan sat up.  \'93Pete, remember the exorcism?  There is one more thing.  I \softline
have to go to them.  Do you mind?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Without waiting for an answer she bounded out of bed and went into the bedroom \softline
next door.  As she expected, Jill was sprawled on the bed, uncon-scious.  She winked at \softline
Bob and jumped on the bed, spreading Jill\'92s legs wide.  Carefully she used her tongue to \softline
lick up her juices and Bob\'92s from the girl\'92s cunt.  She ran her slim fingers over the girl\'92s \softline
body noticing how smooth and slick it was.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Meanwhile Pete had followed her into the room and saw her lovely ass in the air.  He \softline
knelt behind her and entered her from behind.  Jan gave a little wiggle to her ass as she \softline
welcomed him inside her.  She continued her licking of Jill\'92s sweet cunt.  Her tongue was \softline
like a snake as it went up her canal in search of more of the succulent fluids.  Jill \softline
regained consciousness and looked down expecting to see Bob but seeing Jan\'92s golden \softline
head instead.  Her hips began to move involuntarily as Jan took her back up towards her \softline
crest.  Finally, just as Pete was about to explode in Jan, Jill lost control and came in 
Jan\'92s mouth.  The girl licked and sucked the sweetness until it was gone.  At this point \softline
Jan collapsed face down on the bed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thank you dear Jan, but what was that all about?\'94 Jill asked softly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93That was about the last of my exorcism,\'94 Jan replied, lifting her head.  \'93I\'92m sure \softline
you remember the first time we met?  I was licking the cunts of some rather unattractive \softline
women.  You said later that they were the ones who appeared obscene?  At any rate I \softline
decided that the only way I can fully recover from my days as a prostitute is to repeat the \softline
things I was forced to do for money with people for whom I do them for love.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She looked at Jill solemnly and added, \'93Jill, I do love you and Bob very much.  Your \softline
cunt is so sweet and clean and beautiful.  And you taste wonderful!  I hope you didn\'92t \softline
mind?\'94 she asked with a small frown.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill looked over at Bob and then back at Jan.  \'93Darling, it was absolutely delicious!  \softline
Thank you so much!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As she lay on her back Bob moved between her legs.  Jill gave him a glorious smile \softline
and raised her hips to welcome him inside her again.  \'93Robert Gordon, are you showing \softline
off for our friends?\'94 she asked softly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Meanwhile Pete rolled Janice over on her back.  She, too, spread her legs and felt his \softline
still-rigid cock slowly enter her cavity.  She wiggled her hips to make his entry easier.  \softline
As he entered her, she turned her head to look at Jill.  She reached out her hand and the \softline
girl took it in her own.  The girls clutched each other while their men pumped inside \softline
them.  They soon lost interest in each other as all of their sensation concentrated in their \softline
loins.  The two golden heads started thrashing from side to side as the two men worked \softline
inside their bodies.  They reached orgasm simultaneously, but their men didn\'92t stop.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They were in tempo as they continued to thrust in and out with long, smooth \softline
strokes.  Each time the men\'92s balls struck the girls\'92 bottoms, they let out involuntary \softline
cries of joy.  Soon they were both continuously cuming.  Jan could feel her syrup forced \softline
past the huge vibrating plug in her cunt and stream down the inside of her thighs.  With \softline
simultaneous loud cries, the girls reached their ultimate orgasm as their men released \softline
inside them.  They both fainted.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete looked over at Bob as they rested on the still bodies of their loves.  When he \softline
caught his breath he said, \'93Bob, do you want to try something?  I did it to Jan earlier.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What\'92s that?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93We\'92ll change the bed and see what happens.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The two men gently released the girls\'92 hands from each other, lifted them out of the \softline
bed, and carried them in to the Stewarts\'92 bed.  They quickly changed the sheets, brought \softline
the girls back to the Gordons\'92 bed and lay them down after combing their hair.  Finally, \softline
they put the two girls\'92 hands back together.  Pete spread Jan\'92s legs and knelt between \softline
them.  He carefully licked out her cunt, lapping up her juices and his own.  Out of the \softline
corner of his eye he saw Bob doing the same thing with Jill.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab As the girls started to show the first signs of recovering consciousness, the men both \softline
got in the bed and put his girl\'92s head on his shoulder while they each cupped a round \softline
tanned breast.  The girls were still holding hands.  Simultaneously, two pairs of eyes \softline
opened, one set of emerald green and the other of sapphire blue.  The men bent over and \softline
kissed their women.  It was only then that the girls realized they were still holding \softline
hands.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan ran her free hand over the crisp sheets and glared at Pete.  \'93Peter Stewart, did \softline
you do it to me again?  Was I out so cold you changed the bed on me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete just bent over and kissed her softly on the lips.  Her tongue probed into his \softline
mouth and Jan tasted the mixture of his spend and her love juices in his mouth.  She \softline
glanced over at Jill and saw she was enfolded in Bob\'92s arms.  \'93Pete, this shit has got to \softline
stop!  Do you mean to tell me you and Bob had enough time to get us out of bed, change \softline
it, and lick out our cunts all in the time we were unconscious!?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, I\'92m not telling you anything.  You were telling me.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Pete, have you ever seen a more glorious body than Jill\'92s?  She is absolutely \softline
exquisite.  And God, is she in love!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93She is almost as pretty as the cute little girl I have in my arms.  You get so slippery \softline
and beautiful when you are in my arms.  I love you desperately, Janice Stewart.  You\'92re \softline
my life and my love.  But I guess I already told you that.\'94  He bent over and kissed her \softline
again softly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan finally released Jill\'92s hand and rolled over on top of Pete.  She decided it was one \softline
of her favorite positions.  With her cheek on his chest she gently ran her fingertips over \softline
his chest and shoulders, making soft little sounds as he squeezed her tightly.  \'93Mmm, \softline
that feels }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 so}{\plain \fs24 \f2  good,\'94 she whispered as she could feel his heavy muscles bunch up as he \softline
squeezed her.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He relaxed his grip and she looked over to Jill and Bob who were doing the same \softline
thing.  \'93Jill Peters, do you realize Bob Gordon is just using you as a sex object?  You \softline
want to be respected for your brain!  Keep that up and I\'92ll have to report you to the \softline
National Organization for Women!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill\'92s cheek was mashed against Bob\'92s chest.  She just murmured softly and said, \softline
\'93Jan, whatever he wants he will have.  I absolutely adore the man!  I finally decided he \softline
really does like me.  He even likes my large size!  He claims this way he doesn\'92t lose me \softline
in the covers.  Of course at this rate the poor man will be utterly destroyed within a \softline
month.  But what a way to go!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob looked over at Pete and said, \'93Stewart, I think we do have it all!  Isn\'92t it wonder-
ful to have two tiny women who are soft and cuddly and warm and wet...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Tiny!  Of all the nerve!\'94 Jill exclaimed as she started to beat on his chest with her \softline
fists.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Bob just held her tighter and easily lifted her up so that her lips were above his.  \softline
Then he kissed her soundly.  Jan and Pete were watching and Pete said, \'93Hey, that\'92s a \softline
great idea!\'94  He lifted Jan up and repeated what Bob was doing to Jill.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally Bob released her.  Jill\'92s eyes, glazed with passion, finally refocused.  \'93I give \softline
up!  Okay, I\'92m tiny and warm and cuddly.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob ran a finger lightly through her cunt and licked it.  \'93You forgot wet.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete shook his head, got out of bed and with no apparent effort lifted Jan out of bed \softline
and held her in his arms.  \'93Say goodnight, Jan.  It\'92s time for you to go nighty-night.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan grimaced, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and waved to the other two on the \softline
bed.  \'93Nighty-night!  Sleep tight.  It\'92s my bed time now,\'94 she said in a high-pitched little-girl voice.  Then she kissed Pete again and whispered, \'93You bully!  Always picking on \softline
defense-less little girls!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Returning to their bedroom with Jan in his arms, Pete deposited her back on their \softline
bed and made love to her again.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan and Peter Stewart were in a rental car they had picked up at O\'92Hare International Airport.  It was mid-November, their honeymoon was over, and they were on their \softline
way to the small town of Deerfield, Illinois, about twenty-five miles north of O\'92Hare.  \softline
When they saw the first sign for Deerfield, Pete heard a little gasp from Jan.  He glanced \softline
over at her and could see an expression of dismay verging on fright.  \'93What\'92s wrong, \softline
darling?\'94 he asked softly, reaching out his hand to take hers.  Fortunately, they were on \softline
the Tollway and he did not need both hands on the wheel.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 \'93I\'92m}{\plain \fs24 \f2  the trouble,\'94 she said.  \'93Darling, I never should have let you talk me into \softline
marrying you!  There are nice apartments all around here.  I should just rent one to be \softline
close to you and be available to you when you want me.  Agreeing to marry you was \softline
stupid of me.  Darling, }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 I am a whore!\'94}{\plain \fs24 \f2 

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He glanced over and then took his hand away as they approached a toll booth.  When \softline
he accelerated out after paying the toll, he glanced over again and said, softly but firmly, \softline
\'93Janice Carson Stewart, that is just about enough of that!  You are the best thing that \softline
ever happened to me.  The only thing I worry about is what my friends are going to think \softline
of your eyesight or judgment when they learn you married me!  Darling, you are a vision!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab But even that\'92s not all!  Darling, you positively glow!  You are a vision in gold.  Your \softline
tan is glorious, your hair is like a golden cap on your head...  You know what?  I was \softline
thinking of joining a nudist group so we could maintain our tans.  I gave up on the idea \softline
when I realized what the sight of your nude body would do to them!  The men would \softline
want to rape you and the women would want to kill you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan grinned and squeezed his hand.  \'93No, darling.  The women would be lined up to \softline
have you service them!  You are unbelievable!  And you are all mine!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He glanced over and grinned back.  \'93I\'92m glad we finally got that one settled.  I \softline
certainly am all yours!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They drove up to a large house set back from the end of a quiet road on a large \softline
wooded lot.  He drove up the driveway and shut off the engine.  Getting out of the car, \softline
he went around to open Jan\'92s door.  When she got out, he easily picked her up in his \softline
arms and carried her up the front walk.  He had the house key in his hand and quickly \softline
opened the door in spite of her weight in his arms.  Carrying her across the threshold, \softline
he kicked the door closed and carried her upstairs to the master bedroom.  Meanwhile, \softline
Jan just rested her head against his shoulder as she delighted in the feeling of being \softline
carried in his strong arms.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Depositing her on the bed, he had her stripped in no time and was soon entering her \softline
warm loins.  When he reached full penetration he stopped, leaned over and gently kissed \softline
her lips.  As usual he received a jolt of electricity that was like a small electric shock.  \softline
\'93Welcome home, my darling,\'94 he whispered.  \'93I hope you aren\'92t disappointed in your \softline
new home.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan just enjoyed the feeling of Pete inside her.  She reached out and holding the back \softline
of his head pulled his lips down to crush hers.  When she finally released him she said, \softline
\'93Darling, I would cheerfully live with the pigs in a wallow as long as I could be with you!  \softline
I didn\'92t get to see much, but what little I did see is lovely!  My darling, you can\'92t believe \softline
what this means to me.  A home of my own?  A husband I adore?  In my most optimistic \softline
dreams I never dreamed I could have any of it.  Darling, you married a prostitute \'97 a \softline
filthy dirty pig!  Darling, I love you and I love it.  Now please fuck me?  Please?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Soon Jan was writhing on the bed in ecstasy.  This time with an effort of will she \softline
retained consciousness as she reached her peak.  Pete rolled off her body and held her \softline
tightly to him as she slowly regained control.  She looked up at him with a look of \softline
unadulterated joy on her face.  \'93Darling,}{\plain \fs24 \i\f2  I didn\'92t pass out!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 I stayed conscious!  Honey, \softline
it could not have been better.  It just couldn\'92t!  Thank you, my darling.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After taking a nap, he helped her out of bed and into the bathroom.  She reveled \softline
again at sharing a shower with her husband and grinned when he went to his knees to \softline
lick out her cunt that was still flooded with their juices.  Jan grabbed a bottle of shampoo \softline
and started to wash his hair while he was on his knees in front of her.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What are you doing?\'94 he exclaimed, looking up at her from under a head full of \softline
suds.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Washing your hair while you do my cunt.  Darling, I\'92m now a housewife with all \softline
sorts of things to do.  We don\'92t have the time to only do one thing at a time anymore,\'94 \softline
she said with a big grin.  She went back to washing his hair.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they were out of the shower, Pete insisted on drying her off.  \'93I can\'92t get \softline
enough of your body, woman!  It is absolutely exquisite!\'94  He took the opportunity to \softline
bite her nipple lightly as she stretched high to dry his head.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She gave him a quick kiss as she finished.  \'93Thank you, dear.  That little bite means \softline
you\'92re still interested in me!\'94

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The next day Jan was alone in the house, cleaning.  She loved her new home and was \softline
impressed with Pete as a housekeeper.  Everything was neat as a pin.  There was only \softline
the dust that had collected during his four-week absence.  She was wearing a pair of blue \softline
jeans and a chambray shirt with her hair tied up in a red kerchief as she cleaned and put \softline
things away from their trip.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was surprised when the doorbell rang.  An attractive dark-haired girl was \softline
standing on the doorstep when she opened the door.  \'93Mrs. Stewart?  I\'92m Anita Collins, \softline
society editor of }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 The Deerfield Times}{\plain \fs24 \f2 , the local weekly here in town.  May I come in?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled warmly and stepped back from the door.  \'93Of course, Miss Collins, but \softline
I\'92m scarcely dressed to receive company.  I hope you aren\'92t offended.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl came in and was seated in the living room while Jan went for coffee.  In the \softline
kitchen she removed her kerchief and shook out her hair, then smoothed it with her 
hand.  Returning to the living room she sat down and looked at the young woman \softline
attentively.  \'93What brings you over here this morning?  What can I do for you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl studied Jan and just slowly shook her head.  \'93Wow!  They certainly got that \softline
right!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Who got what right?\'94 Jan asked, looking puzzled.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl grinned at Jan and said, \'93The word\'92s all over town.  Peter Stewart went on \softline
vacation to Hawaii and brought back an angel as his wife.  Mrs. Stewart, you are the \softline
most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on!  At any rate, I said I was society editor.  \softline
That\'92s true.  In all honesty though, there are only two of us full-time on the paper.  He \softline
\'97 my husband, Bill \'97 is editor-in-chief and I guess I am editor of everything else.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab "Anyway, I guess you and Pete went shopping yesterday and the word spread like \softline
wildfire.  Since Pete\'92s president and owner of Illinois Technologies, you are the big story \softline
in this week\'92s issue.  Do you mind if I interview you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan agreed even though she could feel a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.  \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Here it comes!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 she thought.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93First, where are you from originally?  Could you give me some background about \softline
yourself?  Where did you grow up?  Go to school?  Things like that.\'94  Jan told her that \softline
she grew up in Iowa, went to school at Yale and received her MBA from Columbia\'92s \softline
Graduate School of Business in June.  \'93I guess you met Pete in Hawaii.  What were you \softline
doing out there?  Vacationing?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I was working, Anita.  I guess there\'92s something you should know about me:  You \softline
see, when Pete met me, I was a working prostitute.  That\'92s how I put myself through \softline
graduate school.  It paid well and did pay for my education.  It also destroyed me.  I was \softline
out in Hawaii with a couple of wonderful people who befriended me.  They had recently \softline
met and wanted to hire a prostitute to give them pointers on their lovemaking.  That\'92s \softline
what I was out there for.  Then I met Pete and he forced me to marry him.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What do you mean, forced?  How did he do that?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled ruefully and said, \'93He did to me what women have been doing to men for \softline
centuries.  I wanted to be his mistress.  He had made love to me and it was the most \softline
exquisite experience of my life.  He refused.  He said the only way he would sleep with \softline
me was if we were married.  So we are.  I can\'92t live without him.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Anita blushed as a thought ran through her mind.  She blurted out, \'93Could I see you \softline
bare?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked at the girl strangely, stood up, and quickly shrugged off her clothes.  She \softline
stood in front of the girl naked with a questioning look in her eyes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My God!  I didn\'92t know the half of it!  Pete took an awful chance, didn\'92t he?  He \softline
could have lost you!  You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!  And you look so \softline
happy and... and fulfilled!  That\'92s it!  Fulfilled...  You have a great love life with Pete, \softline
don\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan quickly dressed and sat down again.  She smiled warmly and said, \'93I couldn\'92t \softline
imagine anything better.  As it is, whenever he takes me I feel I\'92m dreaming.  I think it \softline
couldn\'92t possibly as good as I remember, but it always turns out to be even better.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Anita, he\'92s kind, considerate and gentle.  At the same time he\'92s so big and strong \softline
and muscular he makes me feel like a little girl.  Believe it or not, when he took me the \softline
first time I felt like a virgin doing it for the very first time.  He stretched me.  He has \softline
such control over himself and such a feel for me that I swear my orgasms last at least \softline
fifteen minutes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The first day here in our bedroom was the very first time he took me without me \softline
losing consciousness from a sensory overload.  Once I was out so cold Pete carried me \softline
from the bed, gave me a bath, changed the bed, ate out my cunt and was holding me in \softline
his arms when I finally came to.  If that meets your definition of a great love life, I guess \softline
we have one.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Anita Collins had been making notes as Jan had been talking.  Without comment-ing \softline
on Jan\'92s reply she said, \'93Jan...  Do you mind if I call you Jan?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Not at all, if I may call you Anita.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl grinned, nodded, and continued.  \'93The story I have in mind will read like \softline
this: \'91Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stewart returned home to Deerfield after their wedding and \softline
honeymoon on Maui, Hawaii.  Mr. Stewart is the founder, chairman and president of \softline
Illinois Technolo-gies of Deerfield.  The bride, the former Janice Carson of New York \softline
City, grew up in Davenport, Iowa.  After graduating from Davenport High School she \softline
attended Yale University where she graduated with highest honors with a major in \softline
economics.  She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93\'91Mrs. Stewart pursued a professional career in New York City while she was a \softline
student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.  She graduated with \softline
highest honors in June with a combined degree in finance and marketing.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93\'91Mrs. Stewart will be serving as vice president, finance and marketing, at Illinois \softline
Technologies.  She is also planning to be active in the Junior League\'92s Northbrook \softline
Chapter, in addition to maintaining their home in Deerfield.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93\'91Mr. Stewart is a graduate of New Trier Township High School.  He received his \softline
bachelors degree, }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 summa cum laude,}{\plain \fs24 \f2  from Harvard University with a major in history \softline
where he was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  Subsequently, he received his masters and \softline
doctoral degrees in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  After \softline
receiving his degrees he founded Illinois Technologies here in town.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 \'93\'91The Deerfield Times}{\plain \fs24 \f2  joins all of the people of the town in welcoming such a \softline
beautiful person into our midst.  Congratulations, Jan and Pete!\'92

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It requires a little work, but that\'92s the gist of the story we\'92ll run in this week\'92s \softline
issue.  Now if you\'92d stand over against the wall, I\'92ll take a picture to accompany it.  \softline
Actually, I am a lot better photographer than I am a writer, so your picture should look \softline
pretty good.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan allowed herself to be led to the wall and smiled as the shutter clicked.  The girl \softline
took two more and then put the camera away.  Jan was still shaking her head.  \'93Anita, \softline
what were you thinking about with that story?  I don\'92t know who you are talking about!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Since you are the only one around, it must be you.  Now what\'92s wrong with the \softline
story?  You are from Davenport, aren\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Yes, but...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I did some fast checking before I came over.  That\'92s how I know about Yale, Phi \softline
Bete, Columbia, and so forth.  Jan, I would be old and gray before I ever found it out \softline
from you.  It is true, isn\'92t it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Yes, but...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92ll bet you didn\'92t even know about Pete with his degrees from Harvard and MIT, \softline
did you?  I think two Phi Bete keys with neither knowing the other had one is a riot!  We \softline
all tease him about being a professional bumpkin!  He\'92s the smartest person I ever met \softline
\'97 or was until I met you.\'94  Anita stopped and regarded Jan thoughtfully.  \'93You know, \softline
it really isn\'92t fair.  I just realized for the first time how big and powerful Pete really is.  \softline
Although he hides it pretty well, he really is a hunk, isn\'92t he?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab At this point Jan smiled warmly.  \'93You certainly have that right!\'94  She then \softline
proceeded to tell about the first day they met and how they put sun tan lotion on each \softline
other.  \'93So you see, after I had only known him for a couple of hours I saw what he is \softline
really like.  Anita, he\'92s a dream!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She frowned at the girl and continued, \'93But that\'92s not what I mean.  You said I \softline
pursued a professional career!  Some career!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl smiled softly and said, \'93I have always heard prostitutes and whores referred \softline
to as pros.  So I guess they must be professionals, right?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan let that remark pass but asked, \'93What\'92s this Junior League nonsense?  Where \softline
did that come from?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93From right here.  I\'92m nominating you for membership in the professional section.  \softline
You\'92ll make a big hit.  They\'92re always talking about \'91displaced homemakers\'92 and similar \softline
shit.  With a Phi Beta Kappa key, a graduate degree and a business vice presidency, \softline
you\'92ll fit right in.  By the way, you and Pete }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 do}{\plain \fs24 \f2  have separate bedrooms, don\'92t you?  \softline
After all, that is the way to go these days.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She tried to look unhappy as she continued, \'93Bill and I can\'92t afford a second \softline
bedroom.  In fact, we can\'92t even afford a second bed.  In fact, our bed is so small I have \softline
to snuggle close to Bill or we both can\'92t fit.  I\'92m afraid they\'92re going to throw me out if \softline
I don\'92t do something about it pretty soon!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked at the girl carefully.  She realized that she was like a pixie.  She was \softline
about five feet two but had a beautifully trim figure.  She decided she liked this small girl \softline
very much.  \'93Anita, could I pass on one tip?  Maybe you and Bill have already discovered \softline
it.  I picked it up from my friends in Hawaii.  Regardless of what else happens, when we 
are about to go to sleep I have my head on Pete\'92s shoulder.  His arm is around me and \softline
his hand is cupping my boob.  Usually I have one hand on his prick and balls and always \softline
have the other on top of his, keeping it in position over my tit.  We go to sleep that way.  \softline
The next morning, if I awaken first I squeeze his hand.  If he awakens first he squeezes \softline
my tit.  Then he takes me.  It\'92s always so slow and gentle and wet and wonderful!  What \softline
a marvelous way to start the day!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Anita started to laugh quietly while she shook her head.  \'93Jan, thank you so much \softline
for the tip.  I think I\'92ll try it with Bill tonight.  The reason I\'92m laughing has nothing to \softline
do with you and everything to do with the Junior Leaguers!  I don\'92t think there is one \softline
of them in ten who would have the first clue what you\'92re talking about.  What you\'92re \softline
talking about is worshiping the ground your husband walks on, isn\'92t it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You are so right!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl got up to go and held out her hand.  Jan took it in a firm grip.  Just then \softline
Anita took Jan in her arms, stood up on tiptoe and kissed her.  \'93I love you, Janice \softline
Stewart!  You are a wonderful person.\'94  With that she fled out the door.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Janice just stood rubbing her cheek.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab That night when Pete got home, he received a surprise.  He closed the door and \softline
called to Jan when he realized she was standing behind the door wearing only the white \softline
shorty peignoir that scarcely reached her crotch.  She went into his arms and melted him \softline
with a kiss.  Then she led him into the living room where she sat him in his favorite chair \softline
and then sat on his lap.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You\'92ll ruin the crease in my pants!\'94 he protested with his eyes sparkling.  \'93And it\'92s \softline
my very best suit, too!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She kissed him softly and whispered, \'93Tough shit!\'94  Then she reached for two \softline
martinis she had made and passed him one.  \'93And how is my beloved husband this \softline
evening?  Did he have a good day at the office?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93As a matter of fact, it was awful!  I couldn\'92t concentrate on a thing.  All I could \softline
think of was this small golden girl with skin like velvet, a mouth like liquid fire, and a \softline
cunt...  Well, words fail me.  Everyone said I was just walking around in a daze with this \softline
silly shit-eating grin on my face.\'94  He looked at her quizzically, \'93Do you think I have a \softline
shit-eating grin?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No, dear, it\'92s a cunt-licking grin.\'94  She gave a little wiggle of her hips on his lap.  \softline
\'93And darling, you are too good to be true!  I get wet just thinking about it.  But then I \softline
get wet whenever I think about you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab With her arms around his neck she told Pete about her visit with Anita Collins and \softline
what had transpired.  She ended by glaring at him \'97 or trying to.  \'93Peter Stewart, you \softline
held out on me!  You never mentioned Harvard, MIT, or Phi Beta Kappa.  What gives?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab He kissed the tip of her nose.  She wiggled it and he kissed it again.  \'93And you never \softline
mentioned Yale!  Or Phi Beta Kappa!  Or highest honors at Columbia!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93How did you know that?\'94 she asked shyly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93A small dark-haired bird told me this afternoon.  The same bird who said I married \softline
an absolute dream.  A small bird who thinks you\'92re the best thing to happen to me, to \softline
Deerfield and to Illinois Technologies in living memory.  That little bird!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Did she tell you I told her all about my background?  Did she tell you she\'92s sponsor-
ing me for the Junior League?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He kissed her again and said, \'93No, but I\'92m not surprised.  Incidentally, I invited Bill \softline
and her over for dinner and bridge on Friday night.  Can my child bride cope?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan jumped off his lap and ran out to the kitchen.  She returned with a plate of \softline
gorgeous canap\'e9s she had made that afternoon.  Each was a tiny work of art and Pete \softline
just whistled.  \'93Darling, they don\'92t sell things like this at the store.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I know,\'94 she said without comment.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The dinner she served that night was magnificent.  It featured tournedos Rossini, \softline
soufl\'e9ed fried potatoes and a glorious salad.  She made cr\'e8pes Suzette for dessert.  She \softline
finished with coffee and cognac which she served along with cigars.  Peter just stretched \softline
in his chair and looked at his wife with his eyes glowing with love.  \'93Janice Stewart, I \softline
just don\'92t know about you.  Is there anything you can\'92t do?  I\'92m astounded!  This was the \softline
finest meal I\'92ve ever eaten in my life!  Darling, what can I do for you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She reached her arms out and said in a husky voice, \'93I thought you\'92d never ask!  You \softline
can take me to our bedroom and thank me there.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He picked her up from the chair and carried her off to bed.  She gloried in having his \softline
arms around her with his muscles bulging while he held her tight.  Again, she lost \softline
consciousness when she came.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The next morning, though, she awakened first, squeezed his hand that was cupping \softline
her boob and then reveled in the slow and quiet lovemaking that followed.  After their \softline
lovemaking Jan took a shower while Pete shaved and then ran downstairs to make \softline
breakfast.  It was on the table when he came down.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He leaned over, kissed her softly, and asked, \'93Isn\'92t there anything my darling wife \softline
can\'92t do?  Jan, this is becoming embarrass-ing!\'94  She just grinned, finished her breakfast \softline
and ran up to get dressed.  He was waiting to kiss her goodbye when she ran downstairs.  \softline
His jaw dropped when he realized she was wearing a business suit.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Where are you going?\'94 he asked.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93To work, of course.  Since we only have one car, you\'92ll have to give me a ride.  \softline
Remember me?  Vice president of finance and marketing?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab They went to the office and Pete took great pride in introducing her to the office \softline
staff.  Then he had an idea.  He asked everyone in the office to come out to the plant \softline
where he was going to introduce his wife.  They walked through the shop to a platform \softline
in the corner used for plant-wide announcements.  Jan could hear the sounds of \softline
machinery shutting down and soon the workers were crowded around the platform.  She \softline
estimated there were over 100 people.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete said, \'93Good morning!  I want to take this opportunity to introduce you to my \softline
bride, Janice.  You\'92ll be reading about her this week in the local paper but I wanted to \softline
tell you about her personally.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93We met on the island of Maui in Hawaii just a few weeks ago.  What followed have \softline
been the happiest weeks of my life!  Not only is she the most beautiful woman I\'92ve ever \softline
seen, she\'92s also an MBA from Columbia University in New York with degrees in \softline
marketing and finance.  And you all know how short this company is on marketing and \softline
finance!  She received her degree with highest honors, incidentally.  Previously, she \softline
graduated }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 summa cum laude}{\plain \fs24 \f2  from Yale University with a degree in economics.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then last night I found out she is one of the finest cooks alive!  Please welcome the \softline
love of my life and our new vice president of marketing and finance, Janice Stewart!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There were cheers from the crowd as they looked at the beautiful girl standing with \softline
their boss.  She waved at them and then went to the microphone.  \'93Thank you so much \softline
for your welcome.  I\'92m going to take a risk with my husband, Peter.  You see, he doesn\'92t \softline
love me more than a tiny fraction as much as I love him.  But there\'92s something I must \softline
tell you all.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93For those of you who read the local paper there will be an article about us in this \softline
week\'92s issue.  Anita Collins who\'92s writing the story will say something to the effect that \softline
I pursued a professional career in New York City while I was in graduate school.  What \softline
she won\'92t say is what the profession was.  You see, I was a prostitute when I met Pete.  \softline
I didn\'92t want to marry him.  In fact, I refused.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Tears were flowing from her eyes as she spoke but she held her head up straight and \softline
tried to look into the eyes of the workers in front of her in spite of being unable to see \softline
anything through her tears.  Her voice cracked as she tried to make a joke: \'93You see, \softline
Pete did to me what women have been doing to men for millennia \'97 until we were \softline
liberated.  He had made love to me on the beach.  It was the most thrilling experience \softline
of my life.  I desperately wanted to be his mistress and be available to him as long as he \softline
wanted me.  But that wasn\'92t good enough.  He insisted I become his wife.  He wouldn\'92t \softline
sleep with me unless I married him.  I was finished.  You see, I can live without food or \softline
water or air easier than I can live without him.  He forced me to marry him.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93At any rate, you may hear about me from our biggest competitor, Argus Corporation.  They may say that I worked for their chairman, Hugo Bingham.  I was his favorite \softline
prostitute.  He loved to beat me in public.  It\'92s all true.  I allowed myself to be humiliat-ed \softline
by performing the most obscene acts imaginable in public and allowing them to be 
performed on me.  It was in the interest of money.  After all, I had to pay for my \softline
graduate education with both of my parents dead.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thinking about it, I guess I\'92m glad they are dead.  I cringe thinking what they \softline
would think of me now \'97 about what I did to myself in the interest of money.  I made \softline
the money but I destroyed myself in the process.  Just a few weeks before I met Pete I \softline
guess I didn\'92t care if I lived or died.  I was just a piece of unfeeling meat.  Then I met two \softline
people \'97 Jill Peters and Bob Gordon \'97 who saved my life.  Believe it or not, they hired \softline
me to come to Hawaii with them to give them pointers on lovemaking.  They\'92ll be \softline
married soon.  I\'92ve never seen two people more deeply in love nor two people more \softline
deserving of every happi-ness.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93They saved my life and through them I met Peter Stewart.  Now Peter has honored \softline
me above all women by making me his wife.  I don\'92t deserve him.  I insisted that he \softline
needed a woman who was fresh and clean and lovely, not a whore!  I\'92m a whore!  Or I \softline
was.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She stood up straight in front of the group with tears still streaming from her eyes.  \softline
She had made no effort to hide them or wipe them away.  Finally she said, \'93I\'92m going to \softline
try to help the company with its marketing and finance.  I hope you all will be willing to \softline
work with me in spite of what I am.  Please!  It\'92s not for me.  It\'92s for Pete, who deserves \softline
all your support, and for your-selves.  Please?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete took her in his arms and held her tight.  Now her back was to the audience as \softline
he continued to hold her.  There was silence for a few moments, then there was applause \softline
that just increased in volume.  There were no yells nor cheers.  It was a tribute to a \softline
woman who had won their respect and admiration.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He said, \'93Thank you all, very much.  I didn\'92t know what Jan was going to say to you.  \softline
But knowing her \'97 and knowing her better every day \'97 I\'92m not surprised.  She told you \softline
the chance I took with her.  It really wasn\'92t much of a chance, though.  She\'92s the most \softline
honest person I have ever met.  So when she said she couldn\'92t live without me, I wasn\'92t \softline
taking much of a chance by threatening not to sleep with her until she married me.  Her \softline
own honesty did her in.\'94  Pete could feel her shoulders shaking and he looked down at \softline
her face.  With her tears he was becoming concerned.  He realized she was laughing.  He \softline
turned her around to face the crowd and gently lifted her chin.  She was beaming as he \softline
held her close.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You see, she\'92s so honest, she sees the humor in what she did.  One more thing.  \softline
She\'92s fully dressed so you will have to take my word for the fact that she has the most \softline
exquisite body God has ever created.  You don\'92t have to take my word for something else, \softline
though.  You see the tear tracks on her face?  Have you ever seen a more beautiful face, \softline
tears and all?  Jan never wears any makeup.  She doesn\'92t need any.\'94  He looked down \softline
at her and said, \'93Do you want to add anything, hon?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan spoke while still being held tightly to Pete\'92s chest.  \'93There\'92s just one thing.  I \softline
guess you\'92ll see my body at the next company picnic.  Of course, with any luck by then 
I\'92ll be bulging with Pete\'92s child growing inside me.  My breasts will be swollen, my \softline
abdomen will be out a mile, my ankles will be puffy and I\'92ll be a mess!  If it happens, \softline
though, I\'92ll be the happiest mess on the face of the earth!  Thank you so much for your \softline
understanding.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they climbed down from the platform, Pete was amazed to see the workers \softline
lining up to greet Jan individually.  One after the other they came up, shook hands, and \softline
wished her well.  All indicated she had their full support.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally, it was over and Pete looked down at her.  \'93Wow!  I knew they would like \softline
you, darling, but this surprised even me!  I think they love you.\'94

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab On Friday evening, Bill and Anita Collins were coming over for dinner.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 The \softline
Deerfield Times}{\plain \fs24 \f2  was delivered that morning.  When they returned home from the office, \softline
Pete grinned as he showed Jan the front page with a two-column picture of her on it.  \softline
The story read very much like the one Anita had outlined when she visited on Monday.  \softline
The published story elaborated significantly on her accomplishments and Pete\'92s.  It also \softline
had details of the wedding on Maui.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was five-thirty when they returned home and the Collins were expected at six-thirty.  Jan had said nothing about them and Pete had forgotten.  Seeing the paper \softline
reminded him.  Jan asked him if he wanted to take a shower and change while she got \softline
a few things underway in the kitchen.  Then she kissed him lightly and shooed him out.  \softline
When she came into the bedroom at ten after six, Pete was just finishing dressing.  Then \softline
she asked him to get the liquor out and she would be down in a couple of minutes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Janice was downstairs ten minutes later wearing a beautiful hostess gown.  Even \softline
though he thought he knew her well, Pete\'92s jaw dropped.  She looked as if she had spent \softline
the previous three hours on her grooming.  She just grinned and gave him a light kiss \softline
that quickly turned passionate.  They were still locked in an embrace when the doorbell \softline
rang.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Anita introduced her husband, Bill, who was sandy haired and about five feet ten.  \softline
His face had a very friendly smile as he held out his hand.  He was surprised at the \softline
firmness of Jan\'92s grip.  Anita apologized for not bringing any food: \'93I called you today \softline
but then I remem-bered you were working, so I guess we\'92ll have to take pot luck.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete and Bill went to the kitchen to make drinks and Anita presented Jan with a \softline
gaily wrapped package.  She opened it and found a studio print of her picture from the \softline
paper\'92s front page.  It was exquisite and Jan said so.  She claimed the camera even \softline
caught the love-light in her eyes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She was about to run to the kitchen to show Pete when Anita stopped her.  \'93Jan, this \softline
is a welcome-home gift, but it\'92s also a thank-you gift.  I tried your suggestion the other \softline
night.  Bill had just taken me and we were going to sleep.  I put my head on his shoulder, \softline
put his hand over my boob and put my hand over his to keep it there.  Then we went to \softline
sleep.  The next morning I awakened first and squeezed his hand.  Jan, he just rolled 
over between my legs and took me again!  It was as delicious as you said it would be.  \softline
And besides...  Now we even fit in our small bed!\'94  Jan grinned and ran into the kitchen \softline
to show Pete her picture.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They sat down in the living room.  While Pete served drinks, Jan brought out a \softline
platter of hors d\'92oeuvres she had prepared.  When she saw them, Anita\'92s mouth opened \softline
in surprise.  \'93Jan, where on earth did these come from?  I\'92ve never seen anything like \softline
them in any store.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My wife prepared them when she got home from work.  I saw a few of the remains \softline
still in the kitchen.  Why do you ask?\'94 Peter replied, somewhat surprised by the \softline
question.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Do you mean to say Jan made these?  Just now?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Yes.  Why?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My God, I couldn\'92t have made them if you had given me a week!  When did you get \softline
home from work, anyway?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete looked increasingly puzzled.  \'93About an hour ago.  Why?\'94  Anita just rolled her \softline
eyes and whistled softly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After chatting and getting acquainted, Jan announced that dinner was ready.  She \softline
served a magnificent feast, beginning with a fresh lobster cocktail, followed by a roast \softline
filet of beef, and concluded with peach Melba.  Coffee and cognac ended the meal.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Anita looked at Jan with an expression of utter amazement.  \'93Jan, I\'92m going to have \softline
to tell your husband some facts of life.  This was the most marvelous dinner I\'92ve eaten \softline
in years... anywhere!  Peter Stewart, your wife may be the finest cook alive in the world \softline
today.  And you say she prepared it all in less than one hour!  I\'92m utterly crushed!  I \softline
don\'92t think I\'92ve ever felt so inadequate in my life!  At our house, using my work as an \softline
excuse, Bill is lucky if I open a can.\'94  She grinned at Jan and added, \'93I\'92m not sure I dare \softline
play bridge against you.  You\'92ll kill me at that, too!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled back and said, \'93That\'92s easy to fix.  We\'92ll play the boys against the girls.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The bridge game was very hard-fought.  Pete, with his mathematical mind, was a \softline
whiz.  Jan accused him of playing like he had a computer in his head.  However, she was \softline
nearly as mathemati-cally skillful but coupled it with unerring instincts and card sense.  \softline
When it was over, the girls had edged the guys.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan excused herself to get coffee and Bill Collins spoke up for the first time.  \'93Wow!  \softline
I don\'92t think you know this, Pete, but I was writing the bridge column for the }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Tribune}{\plain \fs24 \f2  \softline
before I bought the paper.  I still do, in fact.  I thought I was pretty good until I encoun-
tered you two!  Incidentally, I married Anita because of her skill at bridge, but if we had \softline
been playing together tonight you and Jan would have utterly destroyed us.  Where did \softline
you find this person, anyway?  And what could she possibly see in you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Pete grinned and replied, \'93The answer to the first question is I found her in Hawaii.  \softline
You\'92ll have to ask her the second question.  I\'92ve never been able to come up with a \softline
decent answer to that one, either.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What question is that?\'94 Jan asked as she returned with a tray of cups and a pot of \softline
coffee.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I asked Pete what you could possible see in him.  He didn\'92t know.  What did you \softline
see?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Looking at Pete with love glowing in her eyes, she replied softly, \'93I saw a gentle \softline
giant.  I saw a man who makes me feel like a little girl.  A man who\'92s so powerful he \softline
could break me in half but at the same time is so gentle and delicate that when he \softline
strokes my body I could almost scream from the indescribable pleasure he creates with \softline
his fingertips.  I saw a man who\'92s so good with me in bed that my orgasms last at least \softline
fifteen minutes.  I saw a man who even makes me forget I was a prostitute.  I saw a man \softline
who I love more than life itself.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She leaned across the table and kissed Pete softly.  Anita and Bill could see the \softline
electricity flow between them.  Jan sat down and concluded, \'93I see a man whose kisses \softline
cause my bones to turn to rubber, cause my eyes to glaze over, and cause me to want to \softline
get him into bed before my love juices run all over our nice clean carpet.  Is that enough \softline
of an answer?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bill grinned and said, \'93Stewart, you have to be the luckiest man alive.  I used to \softline
think Anita loved me, but seeing Jan with you causes me to think ours is just a light \softline
infatuation by comparison.  Could I thank you both, but particularly you, Jan, for the \softline
nicest evening we\'92ve spent in years?  The dinner was utterly spectacular and the caliber \softline
of bridge was better than anything I\'92ve seen outside a masters\'92 tournament.  Thank you \softline
so much!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After the Collins left, Pete took Jan in his arms and kissed her passionately.  As he \softline
did, he smelled a glorious fragrance and inquired about it.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, that\'92s the musk oil I poured in my slit.  When you kiss me, my cunt heats \softline
up.  When my cunt heats up, the musk oil heats up increasing its odor intensity, too.  \softline
What you smell, my darling, is your wife\'92s hot cunt that desperately needs her husband\'92s \softline
gigantic cock inside it.  And just think!  Tomorrow is Saturday.  We don\'92t even have to \softline
get up early!\'94

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan had been going over the books and the customer records.  The changes she had \softline
recommend-ed had already been made; the product line had been cut by almost 90 \softline
percent in terms of number of items.  It was clear that their best-selling item was the 40-mg. hard drive.  Although it was very good and very reliable, there was nothing to \softline
distinguish it from several others on the market.  Their biggest competition was from \softline
Argus Corporation which had virtually locked up the original-equipment market.  She \softline
looked at all of the OEM companies and couldn\'92t figure out how they could break in.  \softline
What IT desperately needed was a superior new product but there was no sign of one so \softline
she had to make do with what they had.  Finally she identified a single company, San \softline
Diego Computing, as a possible OEM customer.  She asked Pete about it.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93San Diego?  It\'92s really a screwball company.  It\'92s owned by a woman in her sixties \softline
or seventies.  She\'92s a real character.  She appears at the big computer shows, but no one \softline
I\'92ve ever met knows her.  Her name is Jennie Carlson.  At any rate, she makes all the \softline
decisions at San Diego.  Darling, all I can say is, good luck!  I don\'92t have the foggiest idea \softline
how we could sell them.  But I do agree it\'92s probably our only shot.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan swallowed hard and looked in the manufacturers directory.  After finding the \softline
phone number she placed a call to Mrs. Carlson at San Diego Computing.  A woman \softline
answered, identifying herself as Mrs. Carlson\'92s secretary.  \'93I am Janice Stewart, vice \softline
president of Illinois Technologies.  I would like to make an appointment to see Mrs. \softline
Carlson at her convenience.  We\'92re prepared to offer her very attractive performance \softline
guarantees on our hard drive and offer an excellent price structure.  When would it be \softline
convenient for her to see me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Miss Stewart, Mrs. Carlson does not see salespeople.  Perhaps you might care to \softline
talk with her son, Mr. John Carlson?  He looks after things like this.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93That would be fine.  Today is Tuesday.  Would it be possible to see him on Thursday \softline
morning?  Say, at ten o\'92clock?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93That would be fine, Miss Stewart.  Mr. Carlson will expect you at ten.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan hung up the phone.  She was discouraged and afraid she was wasting a lot of \softline
money on air fare to go out to San Diego but she went off to find Pete.  Finding him on \softline
the shop floor she took him to the cafeteria and made a point of buying the coffee.  \softline
Ignoring the employees sitting at the tables he leaned over and kissed her softly on the \softline
lips.  Jan reached over and put her hand behind his head to hold him in position while \softline
she enjoyed the electric sensation she always got from his kisses.  She looked up and \softline
grinned because of the applause and cheering from the workers who had been watching \softline
them.  She waved and then stood to take an impromptu bow.  When she was seated \softline
again, she explained to Peter what had happened.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Honey, I agree completely with your analysis.  If we can\'92t sell to San Diego, we can\'92t \softline
sell OEM.  Why don\'92t you give it a shot?  I\'92m afraid your old friend, Hugo Bingham, has 
the rest of the major manufacturers tied up and I guess he\'92s probably in at San Diego \softline
Comput-ing, too.\'94  The discussion continued and Jan agreed to make the trip.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was a beautiful afternoon when Jan cleared the airport in San Diego.  She smiled \softline
to herself thinking of the small car she rented and the inexpensive hotel near the airport \softline
at which she had booked a room.  It was quite a comedown from her days as a prostitute \softline
working the very best hotels and lounges.  After checking in at the small hotel she called \softline
San Diego Computing to confirm her appointment with John Carlson for the next \softline
morning.  Then she went out to a small inexpensive restaurant, had dinner and returned \softline
to her room.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was eight o\'92clock Pacific time, ten o\'92clock in Deerfield.  She called home and Peter \softline
answered almost immediately.  \'93Hi, darling, I\'92m here.  My date\'92s confirmed for \softline
tomorrow morning.  Do you miss me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete proceeded to tell her in explicit detail how and how much he missed her.  She \softline
was nude and she just lay back on the bed.  She ran her finger up her slit and licked it.  \softline
\'93Darling, I\'92m wet just talking to you.  Do you realize this is the first night we\'92ve been \softline
apart since we got married?  Honey, I am thinking about turning in my resignation.  \softline
Except that would mean you would have to make the damned trips so the result would \softline
be the same.  I love you so desper-ately!\'94  She smiled softly and hung up.  Jan had a hard \softline
time falling asleep that night.  It just didn\'92t feel normal not to be sleeping on Pete\'92s \softline
strong shoulder with his hand cupping her breast.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Arriving at San Diego Computing at ten, Jan was pleased when she was shown right \softline
in to John Carlson\'92s office.  He introduced himself deprecatingly as the president of the \softline
company and added that his mother really ran things.  He looked at Janice and was \softline
impressed.  She was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, and he said so.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thank you, sir.  That\'92s very nice of you to say.  However, I\'92m here this morning to \softline
talk about hard drives.  I want to ask you for all of your 40-megabyte business.  I believe \softline
you buy your drives from Argus now.  We believe our drives are better... and independent rating services support our claim.  I\'92m prepared to offer them to you at a lower price \softline
than Argus is giving you, provided we can have all of your business.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Carlson\'92s eyes widened and he let out a silent whistle.  \'93Miss Stewart, you don\'92t beat \softline
around the bush, do you?  All I can say is, wow!\'94  He looked at her speculatively and then \softline
his eyes widened.  \'93It is miss, isn\'92t it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No, sir,\'94 Jan replied with an apologetic smile.  \'93It\'92s Mrs. Stewart, but I don\'92t like \softline
to correct a prospective customer on such a small point.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He looked at her quizzically.  \'93Isn\'92t Peter Stewart the owner of Illinois Technology?  \softline
Are you related?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He saw a glorious sunshine smile as she said, \'93He\'92s my husband.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93And obviously he\'92s a very lucky man!  Mrs. Stewart, I am impressed.  I\'92ll tell you \softline
what: I handle marketing and administration here.  My mother handles the technical \softline
side, most particularly including the kind of hard drives we use in our units.  I don\'92t \softline
know one from another, I\'92m sorry to say.  Would you excuse me a minute?  I hope you \softline
don\'92t mind waiting for a few minutes in the reception area?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan went back to the reception room and started thumbing through a magazine.  A \softline
few minutes later, John Carlson came out to see her.  \'93Mrs. Stewart, I should have \softline
asked: Do you have any other appointments today?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No, I don\'92t.  I came out specifically to see you people.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then I guess you wouldn\'92t mind visiting my mother at home.  Could you drive out \softline
to see her?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan agreed instantly and John gave her detailed directions to find the house.  She \softline
drove out and found herself at the gate of a fenced estate.  There was a closed-circuit TV \softline
camera with a squawk box mounted on a post.  After she stopped and identified herself, \softline
the gates opened smoothly and closed quickly behind her as she went up the driveway \softline
to the entryway.  The house was a massive Spanish colonial that was obviously worth a \softline
fortune.  As she got out of her car the door to the house was opened by a beautiful young \softline
woman about her own age.  Jan was amused to see she was wearing her own favorite \softline
casual attire: skin-tight Levi\'92s and a blue chambray work shirt.  Her feet were bare.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl held out her hand and Jan took it in a very firm grip.  She decided she liked \softline
this young woman very much.  \'93Hi!  You must be Janice Stewart.  I\'92m Jess Collins, Mrs. \softline
Carlson\'92s private secretary.  I\'92m terribly sorry, but Mrs. Carlson became ill just after \softline
speaking to her son.  Since we couldn\'92t reach you and you drove all the way out here, she \softline
asked me to see you.  Would you mind coming out to the pool?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was impressed as they walked through the house to the back.  Although it was \softline
new, it was authentic Spanish colonial.  Even the furnishings were sparse giving a feeling \softline
of spaciousness to what were already large rooms.  The decor was impeccable.  She \softline
followed Jess as she padded out to the pool area.  They sat down at a pool-side table with \softline
an umbrella shading it and found the table set for two luncheons.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jess turned to Jan and said, \'93Mr. Carlson doesn\'92t pay attention to the clock.  Since \softline
it\'92s after twelve, I took the liberty of having lunch served.  I hope you haven\'92t already \softline
eaten?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No, I haven\'92t, and thank you so much.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The meal was a Mexican salad served in a large tostada shell with iced tea.  The girls \softline
chatted and when they finished eating, the subject turned to computers.  Jan noticed \softline
that Jess had no paper nor did she need any notes.  Nevertheless, it was obvious that she \softline
was very knowledge-able about both Illinois Technology and Argus and their respective \softline
products.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As they talked Jan studied the young woman.  She felt she was a kindred spirit.  Her \softline
hair was more brown than Jan\'92s but still golden.  Her eyes were also a deep blue \'97 
almost the identical shade as her own.  She was deeply tanned and wore no makeup.  As \softline
the conversation continued, an idea developed in Jan\'92s mind.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally, she was convinced her idea was correct, so she acted on it.  Jess had just \softline
stopped speaking and Jan took advantage of the pause to say, \'93You\'92re Jennie Carlson, \softline
aren\'92t you?  John\'92s your husband, not your son.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl\'92s eyes widened and she opened her mouth to protest, then she closed it.  She \softline
just looked at Jan closely.  Without acknowledging the statement she said, \'93Jan, I\'92ll \softline
make a deal with you.  We\'92ll have a little competition regarding the order.  Do you \softline
swim?\'94  When Jan said she did, the girl grinned and said, \'93Let\'92s do it!  Eight laps in the \softline
pool for openers.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jess/Jennie stripped off her shirt and jeans and slipped off her bikini.  It was all she \softline
was wearing.  She was standing nude waiting for Jan.  Jan grinned and began to \softline
undress.  When she, too, was bare, Jennie gave a soft whistle and said, \'93Janice Stewart, \softline
you\'92re too much!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They went to the end of the 25-meter pool and Jennie gave the starting count.  At \softline
\'93Go!\'94 they both entered the pool in flat racing dives.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jennie was an excellent swimmer, but Jan was better.  She slipped through the \softline
water and did beautiful racing turns at each end.  At the end of the eight laps she had \softline
Jennie by nearly half the length of the pool.  She was sitting on the pool edge when \softline
Jennie touched.  The girl flipped her hair out of her eyes and looked up at Jan.  \'93You \softline
really are good, aren\'92t you?  Now it\'92s time for tennis.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was nonplused.  She had nothing with her other than her business suit and said \softline
so.  Jennie grinned and said that was okay, they wouldn\'92t wear any clothes.  She found \softline
a tennis racket for Jan and, still dripping, went over to the tennis courts.  Fortunately \softline
for their feet, the courts were made of Hartru, a soft, clay-like material.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Hitting the tennis ball gave Jan an even better look at Jennie.  Her body was \softline
exquisite.  Like her own, there was not an apparent ounce of fat, only well-toned muscles \softline
and tanned skin.  Her figure was perfect.  They warmed up and began the match.  It was \softline
remarkably even, but Jan started to pull away.  She hadn\'92t realized until that moment \softline
the extent to which her tennis game had improved as a result of playing with Pete on \softline
Maui.  She finally won the set 6-4.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jennie hurdled the net to congratulate her.  Jan had her hand extended to shake \softline
hands but Jennie ignored it.  Instead, she took her in her arms and kissed her cheek.  \softline
The two sweat-slickened bodies came in contact and Jan decided it was very pleasant.  \softline
She hugged the girl back.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As they walked off the court Jennie looked back ruefully and saw where their \softline
footprints \'97 quite deep in places \'97 had dug up the previously perfect court surface.  \softline
\'93Carlos is really going to be pissed at me!\'94 she said.  \'93He always gives me fourteen kinds \softline
of hell for playing barefoot.  Come on!  Let\'92s cool off.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab She led the way back to the pool and dove in.  This time she leisurely stroked up and \softline
back.  Jan had a thought and caught Jennie just as she was about to get out.  She \softline
grabbed the back of her head and shoved it under water while she lifted herself out of \softline
the pool.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jennie came up sputtering and coughing but with a big grin on her face.  \'93Stewart, \softline
you have one hell of a nerve!  Not only do you beat me in my own pool and on my own \softline
court, then you try to drown me, for chrissakes!  I thought you were trying to sell me \softline
something?  Where in hell did you learn salesmanship?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was laughing as she extended her hands to Jennie.  Jennie tried to jerk Jan in \softline
but she was prepared for it and yanked Jennie out instead.  Then the girl pertly stuck \softline
out her tongue.  The girls padded back to the table and sat down.  Jennie threw a towel \softline
over to Jan and started drying herself with another.  Then she disappeared into the \softline
house and came back with two bottles of beer.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She gave one to Jan, sat down, and leaned back and poured a little into her mouth.  \softline
Then she put out her hand and said, \'93How do you do, Janice Stewart?  I am Jessica \softline
Carlson.  I am chairman of San Diego Computing.  And you\'92re a girl after my own heart.  \softline
I thought I was in good shape but compared to you, I\'92m a failure.  How tall are you, \softline
anyway?\'94  When Jan said she was five feet nine, Jess shook her head and said, \'93That\'92s \softline
it!  I\'92m giving away two inches in height which you certainly know how to use in the \softline
water and on the court.\'94  She looked at Jan speculatively and then shook her head.  \'93Out \softline
of curiosity, what\'92s your golf handicap?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When Jan told her it was eleven, the girl just shook her head in disgust.  \'93Okay, \softline
damn it.  You get the order.  All of it!\'94  Then she smiled and said, \'93Jan, would you do me \softline
a great favor?  Am I correct in assuming you are headed back to Chicago tomorrow \softline
morning?\'94  Jan said she was.  \'93Would you mind joining Jack and me for dinner tonight \softline
and be our guest overnight?  As you can see, we really do have plenty of room.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan quickly agreed and Jess grinned, grabbed two mats and dragged them over to \softline
the pool deck.  \'93Since I can\'92t beat you at anything, Stewart, I might as well work on my \softline
tan.  And I can\'92t even beat you on that.  Janice Stewart, I have never seen a more perfect \softline
body in my life!  All I can say is Peter Stewart is a very lucky man!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was a glorious November day in San Diego with the temperature in the eighties.  \softline
When she finished her beer, Jan rolled over on her side, propped her head on her hand \softline
and asked, \'93Jess, why the charade?  What are you hiding?  Incidentally, there\'92s \softline
something I need to tell you before you sign anything, and before I bring my things over.  \softline
You may wish to cancel the order and withdraw the invitation.  You see, before I met \softline
Pete I was a prostitute.  That\'92s how I earned my way through graduate school.  To make \softline
it worse, my best customer was Hugo Bingham.  I guess that\'92s because there was nothing \softline
\'97 no matter how degrading \'97 I wouldn\'92t do if the money was right.  Since Hugo enjoyed \softline
humiliating me, he paid the money.\'94  She looked at Jess with tears starting to roll down \softline
her cheeks as she concluded, \'93So you\'92re free to withdraw the order and order me out of \softline
your home!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan was astonished by the girl\'92s reaction.  Her eyes had widened as she started to tell \softline
her story.  Then as Jan finished, Jess jumped to a kneeling position facing Jan with her \softline
arms outstretched.  Jan put out her hand but again the girl threw her arms around Jan \softline
and hugged.  Jan didn\'92t hesitate.  She put her arms around the other girl and hugged \softline
back, suddenly realizing that her breasts were being mashed by another pair as firm and \softline
shapely as her own.  Jess held her tightly and Jan could hear her whisper, \'93You poor \softline
thing!  And I thought I had it bad!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They separated and they sat back on their heels facing each other.  \'93What did you \softline
mean by that, Jess?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl smiled wryly and replied, \'93Because I put myself through Cal Tech by \softline
stripping out on Sunset.  That\'92s where this whole charade came from.  I guess I\'92ve been \softline
terrified of being seen by an old customer, so Jack and I created this dual identity thing.  \softline
Actually, there are very few people even in our own company who know the truth.  Yet \softline
you worked as a prostitute and your biggest competitor was formerly your biggest \softline
customer.  Aren\'92t you afraid he\'92ll blow the story?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s face was impassive as she answered, \'93I\'92m not afraid he will, Jess, I }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 know}{\plain \fs24 \f2  he \softline
will.  As a result, I make no effort to keep it a secret.  On the first day in Deerfield I told \softline
the newspaper.  On my first day at the office I told the whole staff.  I can\'92t be \softline
blackmailed if everyone who counts already knows the truth.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What did Pete say when you told him?\'94 Jess asked.  \'93Was it after you were mar-
ried?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan shook her head and grinned wryly.  \'93I guess you could say Pete extorted me into \softline
marrying him.\'94  She then told Jess about his refusal to sleep with her until they were \softline
married and ended by saying, \'93I couldn\'92t have the milk unless I bought the cow, so I had \softline
to.  To say that I can\'92t live without him is the simple truth.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jessica just shook her head with a smile.  \'93Jan, thank you!  I\'92ve only known you for \softline
a few hours, yet I would like to count you as one of my best friends.  I guess I\'92ll give up \softline
this ridiculous charade I\'92ve been playing for the last few years.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked at her new friend quizzically.  \'93I guess I see how it started, but how did \softline
you hook up with John \'97 although you refer to him as Jack, don\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab With a smile she replied, \'93I guess I\'92m the only one who does.  As for the rest, I guess \softline
he\'92s like Pete.  He wouldn\'92t take no for an answer.  I was working in one of those places \softline
where the girls are expected to sit with the customers between shows.  I used to look for \softline
guys who looked kind of embarrassed.  I figured they\'92d leave me alone while at the same \softline
time I was keeping the management happy by doing my job.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93At any rate I saw Jack sitting alone one night and asked if I could join him.  Then \softline
I got a series of surprises.  First of all, he started to talk to me about my act.  It turned \softline
out he\'92d been at the club a number of times and had a whole series of suggestions about \softline
improv-ing it.  Anyway, when we closed up that night, he was waiting for me and bought \softline
me coffee.  I asked him where the ideas came from and he blushed.  He said it was for a 
project at USC business school.  He was majoring in marketing in the MBA program and \softline
I was his thesis!  It seems that they often take some product or service and write their \softline
thesis on how its marketing could be improved.  Anyway, he was taking me as his \softline
marketing challenge.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I played along.  I put a couple of his ideas in my act, and then put in the rest when \softline
the first ones worked pretty well.  Pretty soon I was the headliner.  Anyway, we \softline
continued to talk at the club.  He still didn\'92t know my real name or anything about me.  \softline
Then one night he asked me to marry him!  I was shocked!  We had never even gone out \softline
on a date.  It turned out he had followed me home one night and then played detective \softline
over the next few weeks.  He knew I was a computer-science student at Cal Tech.  That \softline
night he kissed me for the first time and it was all over!  Anyway, I came up with this \softline
cockamamie idea, and we\'92ve been going along like this ever since!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Just then they heard a voice from the doorway.  The girls were still sitting nude, but \softline
Jess jumped up and ran to the door to greet Jack, giving him a very warm kiss.  Jan \softline
could see the electricity flow between them.  She was tempted to grab some clothes but \softline
decided not to.  The couple came back to the table hand in hand.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, you said you thought I\'92d like Janice Stewart.  You were wrong.  I love her!  \softline
You said she was very attractive.  Look at her!  You didn\'92t know the half of it!  She is \softline
absolutely exquisite.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan gracefully rose to her feet and shook hands with Jack Carlson.  He grinned and \softline
then looked at the two girls.  \'93Wow!  Honey, you\'92re right.  How was your afternoon?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jess smiled warmly and held his hand.  \'93It was okay.  On the bright side we now \softline
have a new supplier for hard drives, Illinois Technologies.  I can\'92t wait to tell that \softline
bastard, Hugo Bingham, where to head in!  On the dark side this girl beats me in my own \softline
swimming pool, massacres me on my own tennis court, and then nearly drowns me!  I \softline
thought about getting some revenge on the golf course, but she\'92d kill me there, too.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Her face turned serious and Jan could see her gripping her husband\'92s hand harder.  \softline
\'93Honey, I\'92m going to give up this ridiculous charade I have been playing.  I learned today \softline
that Jan was formerly a prostitute.  In fact, Hugo Bingham was her biggest customer.  \softline
While I\'92ve been hiding for fear a former club patron might recognize me as a stripper, \softline
Jan has been telling everyone that she was a prostitute.  She is the bravest person I have \softline
ever met.  If she can do it, I guess I can, too.\'94  She smiled warmly and added, \softline
\'93Incidentally, even though we have only known each other for a few hours, she\'92s already \softline
my closest friend!  Thank you so much for calling.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan went over to where she had left her clothes and checked her watch.  It was \softline
nearly six o\'92clock \'97 eight o\'92clock in Chicago.  Jess came over and led her to a guest room \softline
so she could shower and dress.  A few minutes later she was back downstairs and found \softline
Jess in an office which was obviously where she worked.  She used her phone to call Pete \softline
and tell him the good news, then went to the hotel, checked out and returned to the \softline
Carlson\'92s.  Over drinks and dinner they talked about the computer business in general 
and finally focused on mass storage devices.  The three agreed that the need for large \softline
hard drives for personal computers was increasing.  Then they talked about desirable \softline
performance characteristics of such units.  Jan called it her market research.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The next morning Jess rode with her to the airport with Jack following in his car.  \softline
Jess said today was the day she was going to tell the people at San Diego Computing \softline
about herself and bury Jennie Carlson once and for all.  When they said goodbye at the \softline
security gate, Jess took her in her arms and kissed her warmly.  \'93Jan, this has been a \softline
wonderful twenty-four hours.  Thank you so much for everything!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan held her new friend and looked at her with astonishment showing.  \'93Thank }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 me?  \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \f2 For what?  All I did was eat your food, sleep in your bed, and clean your clock in the pool \softline
and on your court.  Oh!  And almost drown you \'97 I nearly forgot.  Jess, }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 thank you!  \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \f2 You\'92re my first friend in the industry and you\'92ve just given me an order that may save \softline
our company.  I\'92ve learned a great deal about your design requirements.  Darling, I can\'92t \softline
thank you enough!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As she finished, Jess could see tears forming in Jan\'92s eyes.  She hugged her tight and \softline
said, \'93Thanks for getting me out of my dumb shell!  Jan, I really do love you!  Have a \softline
great trip back.  You can think of sleeping with Pete tonight!\'94  The girl winked and \softline
scampered off.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete was waiting at the security gate when Jan came through.  He took her in his \softline
arms, lifted her off the ground, and kissed her soundly.  As usual, it quickly became \softline
passionate.  When he put her back on the ground she continued to hold on to him.  He \softline
could see tears in her eyes as she said, \'93Peter Stewart, you know damned well whenever \softline
you do that to me my bones turn to water and my eyes glaze over.  Darling, I really \softline
missed you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The next day at the office they went over the order from San Diego.  It far more than \softline
covered the volume they had given up by eliminating products and would be far more \softline
profitable because they now had decent production runs.  Then they reviewed the \softline
discussion she\'92d had with the Carlsons on new products.  Pete agreed that they needed \softline
to do something with large hard drives but they hadn\'92t had any particular success.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Honey,\'94 he said, \'93I think it may take a miracle.\'94

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill Peters and Bob Gordon drove up a dirt driveway leading to a farm house.  It was \softline
near a small town in the Texas panhandle close to Amarillo and it was her home.  She \softline
clutched Bob\'92s arm and whispered, \'93Darling, I\'92m scared!  It\'92s been years since I have \softline
been home.  And I don\'92t think my parents like me very much.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Two people had emerged from the house and were standing on the porch waiting for \softline
them.  When he saw them, Bob was surprised.  He\'92d not known what to expect because \softline
Jill had never said much about her parents.  He thought of them as an elderly couple in \softline
their sixties.  What he saw came as a surprise.  The man was very tall \'97 possibly six feet \softline
four or taller \'97 and looked to be in his forties.  The woman, also tall but not quite as tall \softline
as Jill, was beautiful and appeared to be in her thirties.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When he stopped the car, Jill jumped out and ran up the steps into her mother\'92s \softline
arms.  She was surprised to feel tears flowing from her eyes as she hugged her mother \softline
tightly.  \'93Mom, I\'92ve missed you so much!  It wasn\'92t until this minute I realized how \softline
much.  You\'92re looking beautiful!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab In the meantime Bob had introduced himself to Mark Peters, Jill\'92s father.  Mark \softline
looked Bob over carefully and nodded.  \'93Young man, you just might do.  I\'92m very pleased \softline
to meet you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill came over and went into her father\'92s arms.  Bob smiled to himself as he saw \softline
Mark envelop his daughter as if she were tiny.  He held her close and then eased her \softline
away to get a better look at her.  \'93Daughter, you\'92re beautiful!  I\'92ve never seen you look \softline
better.  Now what brings our wayward child to this part of the world?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By this time they had gone inside the comfortable farmhouse and were sitting \softline
around the kitchen table.  Jill\'92s mother, Martha, was serving iced tea.  Jill said, \'93Mom \softline
and Dad, I wanted you to meet my future husband, Bob Gordon.  I\'92m sure you\'92ll like him \softline
because he is really everything you wanted me to be.  He is smart, hardworking, and \softline
most important \'97 unlike some other people you know \'97 has his head screwed on \softline
straight.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill smiled at Bob and reached out her hand to take his.  \'93Bob, my parents really \softline
don\'92t think much of me or my former attitudes.\'94  She looked at her parents and said, \softline
\'93Mom and Dad, all I can say is I have really changed.  Honest!\'94  She held her head up \softline
and said, \'93I\'92m Bob Gordon\'92s mistress.  I will do absolutely anything for, to, or with this \softline
man.  If he wanted one of my tits for breakfast I would cheerfully cut it off and cook it \softline
for him!  I guess I never knew the meaning of love until I met him.  Mom and Dad, I \softline
came home to get married.  I hope you will approve.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark looked at Martha, leaned over, and kissed her softly.  Bob saw Martha\'92s arms \softline
go around her husband and hold him close while their passion flowed between them.  \softline
Martha said, \'93Mark Peters, I thought I took care of you just a couple of hours ago!  You \softline
know damned well that my cunt starts to gush when you kiss me like that!\'94  She ignored 
the presence of the young people as she said it.  Mark ignored them too as he unbuttoned \softline
her dress and put his large hand over one of his wife\'92s full breasts.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She got out of her chair and sat on his lap with his hand again caressing her boob.  \softline
She closed her eyes as she enjoyed the sensation.  When she opened them again they \softline
were glazed with passion.  With an effort she brought her eyes into focus and asked, \softline
\'93Jill, what were you saying?  Something about love?\'94  With a grin she added, \'93We\'92re \softline
delighted you\'92re settling down and now seem to know what love is all about.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill just grinned, got up from her chair, and quickly kissed both her parents.  \'93You \softline
two are too much!  I guess the problem was I never understood it before.  There won\'92t \softline
be any problem with Bob and me sleeping together will there?  We really would rather \softline
not have to get a hotel room.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Her parents just smiled.  They talked about wedding arrangements and Martha \softline
called the church to see how soon the wedding could be scheduled.  They arranged it for \softline
a Saturday three weeks later, between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  After talking with \softline
them for awhile, Bob decided that he liked Jill\'92s parents very much.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally the conversation swung around to him.  Jill told how he had founded \softline
GorTech, built it up and finally sold out to American Computer.  Mark Peters perked up \softline
when he found that Bob had been in the computer business.  He smiled and said, \'93There \softline
is something I have been playing with you might be interested in.  Could I show it to \softline
you?\'94 he asked with some diffidence.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob agreed and Mark took him down to his workshop in the basement.  Jill and \softline
Martha followed.  Bob was astonished when he saw the large collection of very \softline
sophisticated tools and electronic test equipment neatly arranged around the workshop.  \softline
Mark picked up an object with wires and an electrical connector on the end and passed \softline
it to Bob.  It looked like a personal computer hard disk.  \'93Is this what it appears to be?\'94 \softline
Bob asked.  \'93It looks like a standard hard disk for a PC.  Is it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Well, it\'92s a hard disk but I don\'92t know how standard it is.  What you are holding in \softline
your hand is 200 megabytes.  It has an access time of under 5 microseconds.  What do \softline
you think?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Under 5 microseconds!?  You\'92ve got to be kidding!  No disk is that fast.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark looked embarrassed.  \'93It is under that.  I really don\'92t know by how much, \softline
though.  That\'92s as fast as my equipment can measure.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My God, this is incredible!  How much does it cost?  Can it be made for less than \softline
$3,000?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark laughed.  \'93Under $3,000?  It can be made for under $300 and possibly under \softline
$200.  Do you think there might be a market for it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob looked at Jill and together they exclaimed, \'93Illinois Technologies!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What is Illinois Technologies?\'94 Mark asked.  Meanwhile, Martha had just been \softline
watching the exchange saying nothing.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab They went back up to the kitchen with Mark carrying the drive.  They sat around \softline
the table and Bob and Jill brought them up to date on Jan and Peter Stewart, including \softline
how they met and what happened in Hawaii.  Bob concluded by saying, \'93I know Pete \softline
produces fine drives.  I also know he\'92s desperate for new products.  He would give his \softline
right arm for this unit, Dad.  What kind of a deal do you want?\'94  They talked about it but \softline
Mark never really answered the question.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Later Mark set up a little demonstration.  He brought up an IBM personal computer \softline
and set it up on the kitchen table.  Then he asked Jill to try it.  She sat down, called up \softline
a familiar word processing program and then, following her father\'92s instructions, did \softline
some exercises.  The computer worked just fine.  She looked at him with a quizzical \softline
expression on her face.  Her father just smiled.  Shutting off the computer, he opened it \softline
up and in moments replaced the hard disk with his own.  He closed up the box and \softline
started it up again.  Jill repeated the same steps with Bob and Martha watching.  While \softline
previously the machine was fast but with some noticeable pauses, now it was instantaneous.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Wow!  It really works!  What did you do?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The first drive was a standard 40-megabyte hard disk that comes with a lot of IBM \softline
equipment.  The second was my 200-megabyte unit.  Incidentally, the 40 had only 15 \softline
megabytes in use; the 200 has 160 in use \'97 over ten times as much.  I guess you could \softline
see it was faster.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob just shook his head in amazement.  \'93Dad, this is going to be a winner!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Meanwhile, Jill called Jan in Deerfield and told her about the upcoming wedding.  \softline
\'93Darling, I need you to be my matron of honor and I know Bob would like Pete to be his \softline
best man.  Can you come down?  We miss you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They continued to talk and Jan told about her trip to San Diego and the new \softline
contract.  Finally she said, \'93The one thing we must have, though, is a big new product \softline
and we don\'92t have the first clue where to get one!  Our research has come up dry.  We \softline
don\'92t even have any good ideas about places to look!\'94  Jill chuckled and said she might \softline
be able to help them out on that, too.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan asked Jill to hold and left the phone.  Moments later she was back.  \'93Jill, Pete \softline
and I would love to come down to Texas!\'94  Then her voice changed.  \'93Jill, I want you to \softline
know that I owe you my life and Peter insists he owes you the love of his life.  We can\'92t \softline
wait!  Just tell us where you want us to be and when and we will be there!\'94  They \softline
chatted a bit more about arrangements and timing, then hung up.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill returned to the kitchen and found her father and Bob poring over blueprints for \softline
his disk drive.  There was an expression of utter amazement on Bob\'92s face.  Finally he \softline
said, \'93Dad, I don\'92t want to be insulting but how did you do this?  This represents not just \softline
state-of-the-art design, but a breakthrough that the best brains in the business thought \softline
was utterly impossible.  How did you do it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Martha, standing at the sink turned and said, \'93Bob, it\'92s what happens when you \softline
don\'92t associate with the best brains.  Here we are stuck up in the Texas panhandle, so \softline
Dad has never met a computer scientist, let alone talked with one.  I guess he just never \softline
knew it couldn\'92t be done.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob was shaking his head.  \'93With all due respect, this is not a sophisticated \softline
mousetrap!  It requires an incredible knowledge of metallurgy, ultra-high-end \softline
electronics, and I don\'92t know what else.  Mark, what do you do for a living, anyway?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark had been looking at Bob with an expression of amusement on his face.  \'93Bob, \softline
I\'92m just a dirt farmer.  Of course it can get pretty rugged up here in the winter \softline
sometimes.  So I guess I took a couple of extension courses at schools and started to play \softline
around.  It comes of having a wife who is wearing out a bit, of course.  She claims her \softline
cunt is getting entirely too much wear and tear so she thought I should have a hobby of \softline
my own so she could have some free time.\'94  He winked at his wife as he said it.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha pretended to glare at him but Jill and Bob could see the love in her eyes.  She \softline
marched over to the table, took her husband\'92s hand and led him out of the room.  \softline
Moments later they could hear passionate sounds coming from the master bedroom.  Jill \softline
grinned and took Bob\'92s hand and led him into the parlor.  She went to her knees and \softline
started to undress him.  When he was naked and lying on the floor, Jill stood above him \softline
nude.  \'93Darling,\'94 she asked, \'93are you sure you want to marry me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill was exquisite.  Her entire body was now deeply tanned by the Hawaiian sun.  \softline
Her hair had been bleached even lighter and her eyes were a brilliant emerald green.  \softline
Even her pubic hair was a patch of white gold against the golden tan of her body.  \'93I \softline
couldn\'92t be more certain.  Woman, you\'92re a man\'92s dream.  Now that you got me \softline
undressed are you just going to stand there and look or are you going to do something \softline
productive?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill looked down and saw the love in Bob\'92s eyes.  While he was admiring her, she was \softline
admiring him.  His hair was also bleached from its former sandy shade to gold and his \softline
blue eyes now shone from a deeply tanned face.  She looked down at his powerful \softline
muscles and his cock that was standing at attention.  Even it was tanned.  She went \softline
down on her knees straddled him and positioned his rod at the entrance to her now-soaking-wet cavity.  Easing herself down, she could feel him enter and sighed with joy \softline
as he did.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She leaned over to kiss him and he held her tight, crushing her body to his, hearing \softline
again those wonderfully happy sounds coming from deep in her throat.  He held her and \softline
then rolled over so she was under him.  She smiled and quickly swung her legs up over \softline
his shoulders.  She smiled to herself because she had never been in such great physical \softline
condition in her life.  Plac-ing her legs to give Bob maximum penetration had become a \softline
way of life.  She did not even think of the lower-body control her quick movement \softline
required.  As he started to move in and out in long smooth strokes, she could feel his \softline
balls hit her firm ass when he reached full penetration and could hear herself \softline
involuntarily gasp every time he did.  Soon she had reached her first crest.  She saw Bob 
smile warmly as he continued to move inside her.  They were now so well attuned to \softline
each other that he just took her higher and higher.  Her orgasms were now almost \softline
continuous; sweat was pouring from her body and her head was flopping from side to \softline
side.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill was determined that this time she would not lose consciousness.  When she \softline
reached her ultimate peak, Bob let go.  She could feel the muscles in her cunt contracting \softline
in an effort to drain him dry.  He was lying on top of her body now and she held him \softline
tight, raking his back with her fingernails as all of her sensations were concentrated in \softline
the joy in her cunt.  Her eyes glazed with passion but this time she did retain consciousness.  She could feel her heart and Bob\'92s racing with sexual excitement and then their \softline
beats slowed towards normal.  He leaned over and kissed her while the contractions in \softline
her vagina were still draining the last drops of his semen.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling, that was heavenly!\'94 she gasped.  \'93And I didn\'92t even faint!  Aren\'92t you \softline
proud of me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He grinned, withdrew, and went down on her.  She delighted in the wonderful \softline
feeling of his tongue probing her cunt and his teeth gently nibbling on her still-sensitized \softline
clit.  She let her breathing slow as she just enjoyed the feeling.  When Bob had licked out \softline
their love juices, he lay on top of her and kissed her again.  She loved the taste of their \softline
cuming in his mouth.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Are you finished yet?\'94 Martha asked quietly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob lifted his head and Jill strained around to see.  Her parents were standing at the \softline
end of the room with their arms around each other, just watching.  Jill rolled over on her \softline
stomach, looked up at her parents and grinned.  \'93I guess so,\'94 she replied airily.  \'93At least \softline
enough to get through dinner.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark grinned and said, \'93Jill, you\'92re beautiful.  In fact, I guess you both are.  Of \softline
course you take a lot longer than Martha and I do, but I guess we\'92re more practiced.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The older couple went into the kitchen while Jill and Bob went up to her room to \softline
shower.  Later they were back in the kitchen which clearly was the social center of the \softline
house and Bob brought the conversation back to the hard disk.  \'93Mark, I still don\'92t \softline
understand how you did it, but beyond that, why?  Why a disk drive?  Why not a better \softline
plow or something?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s your mother-in-law\'92s fault.  She was complaining about slow access times and \softline
running out of disk space and asked me to do something about it, so I did.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93\'91Slow access times?\'92\'94 Jill asked, puzzled.  \'93Accessing what?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark grinned and asked, \'93Have you ever heard of Karen Fletcher?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The novelist?  Of course!  Who hasn\'92t?\'94 Jill replied.  \'93She has at least one book a \softline
year on top of the best-seller list \'97 and I guess that would be in a slow year.  Why?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Karen Fletcher is your mother.  She figured if you could write, she could, too.  Of \softline
course she always thought it was a waste of time and money to be in New York so we just 
stayed here.\'94  He grinned at his wife and added, \'93The worst part of it is \'91test-driving\'92 the \softline
sex scenes.  It\'92s absolutely awful!  Your mother will be gasping for breath, I\'92ll be inside \softline
her, but she\'92ll still roll over to make some notes on a pad.  She\'92ll be the death of me yet.  \softline
Besides, she says my working on the drive gave her more time to write.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob and Jill just looked at each other in amazement.  Jill said, \'93I think I must have \softline
read all the Fletcher books.  Do you mean to say you two have tried... }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 everything!\'94}{\plain \fs24 \f2 

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha smiled wryly but her eyes were sparkling.  \'93Did you think you and Bob \softline
invented something?  You didn\'92t.  In fact maybe we might give you some lessons.\'94  She \softline
looked at Mark lovingly and said, \'93Do you think we could get back to normal before too \softline
long?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Again Bob and Jill looked at one another, puzzled.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark said, \'93Your mother and I rarely wear clothes around the house.  Do you think \softline
you are the only ones who are fully tanned?  Honey, why don\'92t you show your daughter?  \softline
Then she\'92ll see why I call you honey.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha just slipped off the shirtwaist dress she was wearing.  She slid down her \softline
bikini and stood like a model.  Jill gasped and Bob whistled softly.  Martha Peters looked \softline
almost exactly like her daughter with the same emerald-green eyes and the same golden \softline
hair.  Her body was that of a girl in her twenties.  Her breasts were almost exactly like \softline
Jill\'92s with high up-thrusting nipples.  The only difference was that her small nipples \softline
were brown while Jill\'92s were pink.  Her skin was the all-over color of golden honey.  She \softline
looked down at herself and said, \'93The brown nipples are a result of you, darling.  Yours \softline
will darken, too, after your first child.  What do you think?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mom, I think you\'92re exquisite!\'94 Bob interjected.  \'93But how in the name of God did \softline
you give birth at the age of four?  You don\'92t look like you are thirty years old yet, and I\'92m \softline
looking at you without clothes!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Bob, it\'92s my husband\'92s fault.  He gives me lots of exercise... along the lines of your \softline
exercise with Jill.  Honey, how do you feel?  You certainly look pretty good... at least for \softline
a city girl.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill had been watching her mother in mounting amazement.  \'93Mom, I think I am \softline
going to ask for my money back!  I thought I looked pretty good until you took your dress \softline
off.  I\'92m sure you did it just to make me feel bad!\'94  The frown on her face was belied by \softline
her dancing eyes.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Over the next couple of weeks Jill and Bob developed a deep appreciation for her \softline
parents and their life together.  It turned out that Mark made a very good living as a \softline
tester and troubleshooter for a number of computer companies.  It was all done by \softline
computer link, facsimile, and so forth.  He had never met anyone for whom he worked.  \softline
In spite of the teasing, Martha was delighted with her newly-rediscovered daughter.  She \softline
and Jill spent a lot of time together on the trousseau and on the wedding arrangements.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jill was reminded of how successful her mother was when Martha insisted she buy \softline
a magnificent wedding dress.  Jill was concerned because she didn\'92t know if she could \softline
afford it.  When she took out her checkbook to check her balance, her mother saw her \softline
do it.  \'93What\'92s that for, dear?\'94 the woman asked.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m not sure I can afford such an expensive dress, Mom.  That\'92s the problem.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93In that case it\'92s a good thing you\'92re not paying for it, isn\'92t it?  Jill, the parents pay \softline
the bridal expenses, or did you forget everything I tried to teach you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mom, you are too much!\'94 Jill exclaimed and gave her mother a hug.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha put her arms around her daughter and hugged her tightly.  \'93You forget, \softline
sweetheart, you\'92re the only child we have.  Dad and I want your wedding to be lovely.\'94

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan and Pete arrived late on the Thursday evening before the wedding, and Jill and \softline
Bob were at the airport in Amarillo to meet them and drive them to the Peters home.  \softline
Neither Bob nor Jill said a thing about her parents.  On the way back from the airport \softline
they talked about Illinois Technologies and Jan was still bubbling about her order from \softline
San Diego Computing.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they walked into the house, Jill presented her parents to Jan and Pete.  Jan\'92s \softline
jaw dropped as she was introduced to Jill\'92s mother.  \'93But... you can\'92t possibly be Jill\'92s \softline
moth-er...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha winked at Bob and slipped off her dress.  She was only wearing her bikini \softline
and heels.  \'93I am, too.  You can still see the stretch marks,\'94 she said as she indicated a \softline
couple of tiny lines on her flat abdomen.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan played along and went up to Martha.  She ran her fingers lightly over the older \softline
woman\'92s smooth abdomen and could just feel the tiny lines.  She looked up and grinned.  \softline
\'93Okay, you are her mother.  But I didn\'92t think stretch marks would last if you give birth \softline
at the age of five.  Don\'92t you outgrow them or something?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha took Jan in her arms and hugged her.  \'93Welcome, Jan!  I\'92ve heard so much \softline
about you.  We used to say that any friend of our daughter\'92s was no friend of ours, but \softline
in your case we definitely make an exception.  You are simply exquisite.  Married life \softline
agrees with you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They sat around the kitchen table talking and then went to bed.  The next morning \softline
Jan went downstairs early, leaving Pete asleep in bed.  She stopped short when she saw \softline
Martha moving around the kitchen nude.  Jan was about to slip back upstairs when \softline
Martha looked up and saw her.  \'93Good morning!  Are you ready for coffee?\'94  She was \softline
totally unconcerned about her nudity.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I would love some!  Is it ready?\'94  Then she made a little face and said, \'93Men!  They \softline
just can\'92t take it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course they can\'92t, but why do you say so this morning?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93It\'92s Pete.  That jerk!  He has his hand over my boob all night and I\'92m all snugly and \softline
warm.  He squeezed my tit and woke me up.  I kissed him and he moved between my \softline
thighs and took me.  Then he has the nerve to say that the bed is so great he\'92s going back \softline
to sleep.  And he did!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There was a question in her eyes as she asked, \'93Would you mind if I joined you?  May \softline
I undress?  You look so comfortable, and it\'92s the way Pete and I always are at home, \softline
too.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Don\'92t be silly!  Of course not.  Actually, I was hoping you would so I could see you.  \softline
I\'92ve heard so much about you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan slipped off her robe which was all she was wearing.  She stood with her back \softline
straight and waited.  Martha\'92s eyes ran up and down her slim body and said, \'93You have \softline
the most perfect figure I\'92ve ever seen, Janice Stewart.  You are a vision!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Coming from you, I take that as high praise indeed!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They sat down to coffee.  Jan admired the other woman\'92s breasts which were \softline
beautiful and firm.  She liked Jill\'92s mother very much.  Martha\'92s face grew pensive and \softline
she looked at Jan thoughtfully.  Finally she said, \'93Jan, I have a great favor to ask.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan said, \'93The answer is yes.  What is the favor?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha looked down at her coffee cup and stirred it.  With her eyes still down she \softline
said, \'93Jan, Jill told me you were a prostitute.  Is that true?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan stiffened and then started to get up from the table.  As she did she said, \'93Yes, \softline
Mrs. Peters, it is.  I thought you knew before you invited us.  Pete and I can be out of \softline
here in just a few minutes.  I\'92m terribly sorry.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha jumped up from the table and caught Jan in her arms.  She gave the girl a \softline
hug and then a soft kiss.  \'93Darling, of course we knew!  I\'92m sorry you think so little of \softline
us that you thought we would be bothered.  Incidentally, I love just holding you.  Your \softline
skin is so smooth and you smell so clean and fresh!  You\'92re a delight.  Peter Stewart is \softline
a very lucky man!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She eased away and looked in Jan\'92s eyes.  \'93I am sorry.  Could I start again?  \softline
Remember, I asked for a favor and you said you would grant it.  I still haven\'92t had a \softline
chance to tell you what it is, though.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The two sat down again with Jan looking sheepish.  She looked up with a grin.  \softline
\'93Okay, I give up.  Let\'92s start over.  What\'92s the favor?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha looked back in her coffee cup.  \'93Have you ever heard of Karen Fletcher?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course!\'94 Jan replied, \'93Who hasn\'92t?  She\'92s probably the most successful writer \softline
alive.  I absolutely adore her books.\'94  She grinned and put her forefinger to her lips, \softline
\'93Please don\'92t tell Pete!  He thinks all I read are business books.  But what about her?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha looked up directly at Jan.  \'93Thank you.  I\'92m glad you like them.  You see, I\'92m \softline
Karen Fletcher.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Again, Jan\'92s jaw dropped.  \'93You!  But...  My God!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha smiled wryly.  \'93It\'92s true...  And I have a problem.  You see, Mark and I test-drive all of the sex scenes, so they\'92re pretty accurate.\'94  She grinned and added, \'93He can \softline
\'97 and probably will \'97 keep you in stitches about what goes on between us sometimes.  \softline
He asks why I can\'92t just cum like a normal woman without having to pick up a pencil \softline
and paper to record the sensation while my pelvis is still going crazy.\'94  Jan laughed at \softline
the mental picture.  \'93Anyway, the problem is in my new book the heroine is a prostitute \softline
\'97 a New York one, at that.  I finished the book and now I\'92m scared.  Mark asked how \softline
do I know a girl would act like that... and I have no clue!\'94  She smiled wryly and said, \softline
\'93Jan, would you mind critiquing it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled broadly and said, \'93Would that make me a technical advisor or something?  \softline
Oh, Martha, I\'92d love to!  What do you want me to do?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha went to a corner of the kitchen and came back with a manuscript.  Jan \softline
thumbed it and found it was over five-hundred pages.  \'93Martha, do you get paid by the \softline
pound?  By the word?  What?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The nerve of some people\'92s children!\'94 Martha retorted sticking out her tongue.  Her \softline
eyes were dancing as she said it, though.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan poured herself another cup of coffee and started to read.  When Jill appeared, \softline
she raised a hand and waved but kept on reading.  Martha started to make breakfast for \softline
the three of them, but kept nervously glancing over her shoulder at Jan who was \softline
continuing to turn the pages.  Still with her head down, she started groping around on \softline
the table.  Martha produced a pencil and Jan took it.  Periodically she would underscore \softline
some words and put a check in the margin.  The three women started to eat with Jan \softline
continuing to read while eating with her left hand.  Martha thought the girl was \softline
skimming until she looked at Jan\'92s eyes and saw them flying over the pages.  Bob came \softline
down and kissed Jill and Martha \'97 all the women were now nude.  Jan only waved at \softline
him.  She continued to read.  She didn\'92t lift up her head for two hours.  In that time \softline
Mark and Pete had also appeared.  Martha smiled to herself as Pete received the only \softline
peck on the lips he\'92d ever had from Jan.  She just continued to turn the pages.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab At long last, she turned over the final page.  By now she and Martha were again \softline
alone in the kitchen.  \'93Martha, it\'92s absolutely marvelous!  I love it!  There are only a few \softline
things that we ought to discuss.  What you said isn\'92t really wrong...  It just isn\'92t quite as \softline
accurate as the rest of your work.  Would you like me to write out my comments?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha clapped her hands in glee.  \'93You liked it?  You really did?  Honest?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan got up and took the older woman in her arms and kissed her.  She was again \softline
reminded of the strangeness of the sensation of hugging a woman with skin as smooth \softline
and breasts as firm as her own.  \'93Martha, I love it!  Have you let Jill read it?  She\'92s the \softline
writer.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha looked aghast.  \'93My daughter?  You\'92ve got to be kidding!  Why... Do you \softline
think she would?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan started to laugh.  \'93The next thing you will be telling me that you are proving \softline
something to your daughter...  You are, aren\'92t you?  Confess!  That\'92s why you became \softline
a writer, isn\'92t it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Sure it is.  Why in hell else would I do it?  That girl used to make me so damned \softline
mad...\'94  Martha grinned and asked again, \'93Do you think she would?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m sure!  But why don\'92t you ask her?  Here she is.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill had just come back in the kitchen, this time dressed to go out.  Martha started \softline
to speak when Jill said, \'93Ask her what?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha\'92s head was down so Jan said, \'93Jill, would you be willing to read Karen \softline
Fletcher\'92s latest novel?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mom!  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Could I?  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 Would you let me?  God, I would be so proud!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha looked up quickly with skepticism obvious in her eyes.  \'93You don\'92t really \softline
want to, do you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mom, you\'92re possibly the most famous female author alive!  I\'92d love it!  Will you let \softline
me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan said, \'93Martha, how about if we go over the comments I made and then you can \softline
give it to Jill.  It might enable her to relax a little by taking her mind off the wedding.\'94  \softline
As she said the last words, Jan comically rolled her eyes around in her head.  The other \softline
women laughed as she added, \'93Bob is finally making an honest woman of her.  And it\'92s \softline
about time!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The two women spent the next couple of hours going over Jan\'92s comments.  Jan was \softline
impressed by the knowledge Martha had.  Finally she asked if the Peters traveled a great \softline
deal.  Martha said they seldom went anywhere.  \'93This is our home, our workshop, and \softline
our playpen.  I guess you could say that Mark and I are best friends.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93But how can you possibly know as much as you do about \'97 New York City, say \'97 \softline
if you haven\'92t spent any time there?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha grinned and said, \'93Maybe that\'92s why I like Mark to take me in the ass.  I \softline
have my rear up in the air and I read while he amuses himself.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 \'93You don\'92t!\'94}{\plain \fs24 \f2 

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course I don\'92t...  But I like the idea.  I may use it a book sometime.\'94  She smiled \softline
softly and stretched.  Jan could see that Martha, like herself, was beautifully muscled \softline
with no fat at all.  She stretched like a great sleek cat.  \'93I guess we both do read a lot, \softline
though.  Did I get the atmosphere of the city right?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Martha, I can see it, smell it and fear it.  It\'92s as if I were back.  You\'92re amazing!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They continued through the comments and then the two women padded off to a \softline
room Jan had not seen but which was obviously where Martha did her writing.  She \softline
booted up her computer and a few minutes later her fingers were flying over the \softline
keyboard making the manuscript changes they had just discussed.  There was a whir 
from a laser printer and revised pages started to pour out.  Martha was much too fast on \softline
the keyboard for Jan to be able to follow the changes she had been making on the \softline
monitor.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She started to read the first changed pages and said, \'93Wow!  It is perfect!  Absolutely \softline
perfect.\'94  Then she grinned at Martha and added, \'93There is one problem, though.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha stopped typing and looked up with concern showing on her face.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s so perfect, I\'92m afraid only high-end prostitutes in New York will appreciate how \softline
accurate it really is.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha grinned, stuck out her tongue, and went back to work.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The wedding was a very small one.  There were just the Peters, with Jan and Peter \softline
as matron of honor and best man, along with a few family friends.  In spite of its small \softline
size, the wedding mass was beautiful.  After the ceremony, they all went back to the \softline
Peters where Martha had prepared the reception herself.  The food was magnificent and \softline
after the cake was cut and the bride threw her bouquet, the other guests left the house.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After taking off her bridal gown Jill came back downstairs wearing skin-tight Levi\'92s \softline
and kissed her parents.  Martha could feel tears as her daughter hugged her and thanked \softline
her for the beautiful wedding and reception.  They went out to the kitchen again where \softline
Jan and the men were finishing the cleanup.  Martha looked around and laughed.  \'93This \softline
has to be a first!  Just look!  Here we find the matron of honor, the best man, the }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 groom,}{\plain \fs24 \f2  \softline
for chrissakes, and the father of the bride doing the dishes.  By the way, where are you \softline
two going on your honeymoon and when are you leaving?  Your father and I forgot to \softline
ask.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill looked up sheepishly.  \'93Mom, would it be all right if we honeymooned here?  Bob \softline
and I...  Well, he\'92s an orphan and...  Could we stay for Christmas?  We sort of had our \softline
honeymoon on Maui before we got married.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha exclaimed in delight.  Then she looked at Mark and said, \'93Darling, I think \softline
it\'92s time to give the kids their wedding gifts, don\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Golly, after springing for an expensive wedding and all...   You mean we have to give \softline
them gifts, too?\'94  But his eyes were dancing as he said it.  He and Martha went into \softline
another room and came back with two envelopes which the young people looked at, \softline
puzzled.  The containers were sized and shaped like no wedding gifts any of them had \softline
ever seen or heard of.  Bob was sitting at the table with Jill sitting on his lap.  He had \softline
unbuttoned her shirt and was caressing her breasts while she just made soft happy \softline
sounds.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha said, \'93Could you kindly quit handling the merchandise and open your pres-
ents?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93But it\'92s such beautiful merchandise,\'94 Bob protested.  Nevertheless, he withdrew \softline
his hand.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill opened the smaller package and found it was a business envelope.  Opening it, \softline
she found it contained a legal document.  She scanned it and just shook her head.  She \softline
wasn\'92t sure exactly what it was and passed it to Bob who studied it more closely.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After reading it carefully, he looked up, startled.  \'93Martha, is this what I think it is?  \softline
It\'92s the assignment of a copyright, isn\'92t it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha smiled warmly and said, \'93Kids, it\'92s pot luck.  It\'92s the copyright on the new \softline
book you and Jan have read.  It\'92s yours.  Let\'92s hope it makes a lot of money.\'94  She smiled \softline
softly and added, \'93Bob, we know you made a ton of money when you sold GorTech.  We 
don\'92t even know where you\'92re going to live so we couldn\'92t buy anything for your home.  \softline
So we thought you might like a different sort of wedding present.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan jumped off Bob\'92s lap and hugged her mother and father.  \'93Thank you so much!  \softline
But Mom, you\'92re giving up income.  You need it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha smiled wryly and went to a kitchen drawer.  She took out a fistful of \softline
envelopes and dumped them on the table.  It was obvious they were all checks.  \'93This is \softline
a couple of weeks\'92 worth of royalty checks.  Dad and I haven\'92t had a chance to get to the \softline
bank since you two arrived so they just piled up.  Darling, we really aren\'92t hurting for \softline
money.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill just shook her head and went back to Bob\'92s lap.  He opened the larger of the \softline
packages and found a packet of drawings and another legal document.  This was more \softline
familiar.  He scanned through it and looked up in dismay.  \'93You can\'92t do this!  This is \softline
the dumbest thing I\'92ve ever seen.  Jill, your parents are giving us the new disk drive.  It\'92s \softline
ours!  Honey, there\'92s no way we can accept it!  It\'92s value makes the money I got for \softline
GorTech look like petty cash.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Mark had his arm around his wife\'92s waist and turned to kiss her.  The others could \softline
see the electricity flowing between them.  \'93I told you he could figure it out.  See?  Our \softline
new son is smart.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He looked at Bob and said, \'93Bob, Martha and I have a favor to ask.  Could we think \softline
of you as our son, not our son-in-law?  We want you to know we love you as much as our \softline
daughter.  In fact \'97 and I guess it\'92s largely due to you and Jan \'97 we love you far more \softline
than we did her up until a few weeks ago.  We had just about given up hope.  You\'92ve \softline
restored our daughter to us and we hope you will be our son.  Will you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill looked at Bob and saw tears in his eyes.  She got off his lap to allow him to stand.  \softline
He went to Mark, gripped his hand and then hugged him.  The others heard him say \softline
with a hitch in his voice, \'93Thanks, Dad!  That\'92s the finest present I could possibly have.  \softline
And it\'92s all we can accept.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He then hugged Martha, picked her up the way he did Jill, swung her around, put \softline
her back on her feet and then kissed her soundly.  When he released her, her eyes were \softline
glazed.  She said softly, \'93Wow!  I didn\'92t know sons ever kissed their mothers like that!\'94  \softline
Turning to Mark she said, \'93It\'92s a shame we had to wait so long to get a son.  I didn\'92t \softline
know what I was missing.\'94  Turning to Jill, she said firmly but with her eyes gleaming, \softline
\'93You better take care of this young man.  If you don\'92t, I\'92ll ask him to move in with us.  \softline
Your father could use the help,\'94 she added with a wink towards Mark.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob had been gathering up the papers and was going to give them back.  Mark said, \softline
\'93Son, they\'92re yours.  Your mother tried to tell you that we are well fixed.  The fact is our \softline
net worth is embarrassing.  It may not be quite as high as yours, Bob, but it\'92s \softline
remarkably close.  What in hell do we need more assets for?  It\'92s all going to end up with \softline
you two anyway.  Right now those plans aren\'92t worth much so we have no gift-tax \softline
problem.  Please take it off our hands?  Please?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan and Pete had been watching events with increasing amazement.  They really \softline
didn\'92t know what the discussion was all about.  Finally the newlyweds kissed the parents \softline
and sat down at the table.  Bob looked at Jill and nodded.  She turned to Jan and said, \softline
\'93When we were talking on the phone you said you were looking for new products.  Are \softline
you still?\'94  As she spoke, Bob and Mark left the room for the cellar workshop.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93New products?\'94  Jan pulled up her sleeve above her elbow and indicated a point \softline
midway between her elbow and shoulder.  \'93Not really.  You can have my right arm to \softline
about here for one that we could sell 100 units of.  That\'92s all.  Unless you would like \softline
something else?  Both legs, maybe?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The two men returned with the computer.  Mark had the new drive in his hand.  Bob \softline
took it from him and set it up for Jan.  It was loaded with a very large spreadsheet \softline
incorporating data from five others in its mass storage.  He gave her instructions with \softline
respect to a particular set of calculations to be run.  She looked at him strangely but did \softline
as he asked.  At some points where the program needed to import data from other sheets \softline
on the hard disk there were pauses while it worked.  She ran through the full set and \softline
then looked up.  \'93It\'92s a very nice computer.  It gets the job done.  What\'92s the problem?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab While she was talking, Mark had disconnected the computer, opened it up and \softline
replaced the hard drive.  Jan was looking at Bob and missed seeing it but Pete saw the \softline
exchange of drives.  Mark closed it up and put it back on the table.  Again Jan ran \softline
through the analyses.  This time the data import was virtually instantaneous.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When she finished she looked up and asked, \'93What did you do?  I\'92ve never seen or \softline
heard of anything this fast.  Did you change the processor or something?\'94  Then she \softline
looked puzzled.  \'93No, that can\'92t be it.  The delays were retrieval delays, not processing \softline
delays.  What did you do?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My bride and I are now the proud owners of a drive you and Pete might be \softline
interested in.  The first one you used was a standard 40-megabyte hard drive with about \softline
15 megabytes in use.  The second was a 200-megabyte unit with over 160 megabytes in \softline
use.  What did you think of it?\'94  Bob asked with a impassive expression on his face.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete had been watching the exercise with amusement that quickly changed to \softline
amaze-ment.  When Jan ran the new tests he was on his feet watching carefully.  When \softline
she finished and the machine was shut down, Mark opened it up and showed Pete the \softline
disk.  When he was told the operating speed and capacity he let out a whistle.  He turned \softline
to Jan, kissed her warmly and said, \'93Darling, we have to have this hard drive!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan quickly stripped and went on her knees in front of Jill and Bob.  \'93I guess I\'92ll \softline
have to be your slave, then.  What would you like me to do?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill immediately entered into the game.  \'93Kneel up straight, slave.  Let me look at \softline
you.\'94  She walked around Jan holding her chin and looking at the girl thoughtfully.  \softline
Finally she said, \'93Bob, have you noticed how the quality of available slaves has been \softline
going down lately?  Just look at this woman.  Have you ever seen a more abused body in 
your life?  Of course the muscle tone is okay, so maybe she might make it as a field slave.  \softline
What do you think?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bob just lifted Jan to her feet and kissed her.  \'93Jan, the drive is for you and Pete \softline
with our love.  I hope it works out for you.  Now quit showing off and get some clothes \softline
on!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan pertly stuck out her tongue but quickly dressed.  They sat around the table while \softline
Mark explained the drive and how it was made.  Finally he said it could be sold at a \softline
profit for $300 and possibly as low as $200.  They went over the drawings and finally Jan \softline
and Pete looked at each other and then at Bob and Jill.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan said, \'93As chief financial officer, I guess I have to negotiate our deal.  \'91Negotiate\'92!  \softline
That\'92s a laugh.  I\'92ll sign anything you want me to sign including signing away our \softline
firstborn.  What do you two want?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill replied, \'93Would a $10-a-unit royalty be too much?  How does that sound?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Ridiculously cheap!\'94 Jan replied.  \'93How about $100?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete and Bob winked at each other and sat back chuckling.  Martha was on Mark\'92s \softline
lap necking and giggling at the strange negotiation.  The buyer was fighting for a higher \softline
price while the seller was holding out for the lowest.  Finally they compromised on $20 \softline
per unit.  Jan looked at Pete and said, \'93Darling, that was the toughest negotiation of my \softline
life!  It\'92s not much, but she won\'92t go a cent higher.  Can you live with it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They laughed and Mark opened another bottle of champagne.  They all drank to the \softline
success of the Peters Drive.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was a snowy January day in Deerfield when Jan\'92s phone rang.  It was Anita \softline
Collins calling.  They had spent a delightful Christmas with the Collins \'97 their first \softline
Christmas together.  Now Pete was busy arranging for the production tooling for the \softline
new Peters Drive and there wasn\'92t much for Jan to do.  \'93Hi, Doll!  What can I do for \softline
you?  Are you still avoiding pregnancy?  And how are you coming on your campaign for \softline
a bedroom of your own?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She heard a soft chuckle on the phone.  Anita said, \'93Stewart, you\'92re a witch!  I\'92ve \softline
never been happier!  On the other hand I\'92ve never been so exhausted.  I just constantly \softline
ache.  I have a question.  How in hell did you ever handle men professionally?  Bill \softline
absolutely wears me out.  We\'92re not in your class yet, but Bill can keep me in orgasm for \softline
nearly five minutes!  I\'92ve never had such an experience.  All of my sensation is in my \softline
cunt.  I just want it to go on and on!  Meantime, my arms are thrashing, my head is \softline
flopping, my pelvis is in convulsion, I\'92m making the wildest sounds, and I\'92m sweating \softline
like a pig.  How did you do it?  I\'92m serious!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s simple.  Anita, I never had an orgasm until I met Pete.  That\'92s how he got me \softline
to marry him.  As a prostitute, I was a piece of meat.  I allowed men to use me but didn\'92t \softline
feel a thing.  Anyway, I meant to compliment you at Christmas.  You looked absolutely \softline
exqui-site,\'94 Jan replied.  \'93But I don\'92t think that\'92s what you called about.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No, it isn\'92t.  Jan, I\'92m the chairman of the Junior League\'92s big winter meeting \softline
scheduled for next month.  It\'92s become one of those \'91can you top this\'92 sorts of things.  \softline
Each chairman tries to outdo her predecessors.  Anyway, I have to send out the \softline
announce-ments the end of this week, and I still don\'92t have the first clue about a \softline
program!  Can you possibly help?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Nita, how would Jill Peters be?  Any interest?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jill Peters, the writer?  Are you serious?  How could I possibly get her?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Honey, she\'92s my very best friend.  I was her matron of honor last month.  Interest-
ed?\'94  Then Jan had an idea.  \'93I know I can get Jill.  How about a full panel?  I could also \softline
get Jessica Carlson, chairman of the board of San Diego Computing.  And a big one?  \softline
How about Karen Fletcher?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The novelist?  You\'92ve got to be kidding!  She\'92s the greatest mystery in the \softline
publishing world.  She\'92s utterly invisible.  My God, if Karen Fletcher were willing to \softline
appear, she would be featured on }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 The Today Show}{\plain \fs24 \f2  tomorrow morning!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I think I can get her.  Anyone else?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Since you asked, yes.  You!  You are Yale, Columbia, Phi Beta Kappa, and the co-owner of a computer company right here.\'94  There was silence on the line for a few \softline
moments and then Anita added, \'93If you get me any one of them, plus yourself, I\'92ll scrub \softline
your kitchen floor with my tongue!  Can you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93Let me make a couple of phone calls.  I\'92ll get back to you.  When is the luncheon, \softline
by the way?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Anita told her the date and Jan called Jill at her parents\'92 home.  She said that they \softline
were having a marvelous time in Texas.  \'93Jan, you won\'92t believe it!  Remember when the \softline
boys took us side by side in Hawaii?  Now Mom and I hold hands while Dad and Bob do \softline
us.  Dad\'92s weapon may even be bigger than Bob\'92s!  My parents are too much!  We just \softline
love them dearly!  Thank you, dear Jan.  That\'92s all your fault, too.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Honey, blame it on Bob.  He did it, I didn\'92t.  But back to the question.  Can you \softline
come up?  Would you be willing?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Just a moment.  Let me ask Mom.\'94  There was silence on the phone for a few \softline
minutes.  Then Jill was back and very excited.  \'93It\'92s a go!  Mom has decided it\'92s time for \softline
Karen Fletcher to put in an appearance.  We\'92ll be there!  We decided to go on and travel \softline
through Europe.  My parents have never been and Bob and I can\'92t wait to show them \softline
around.  We\'92ll arrange for a Chicago departure.  Okay?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan instantly agreed and then called Jess Carlson.  Jess answered the phone \softline
immediate-ly.  \'93Hi, Doll.  How would you like to get away from that dull San Diego \softline
sameness and come out to where there\'92s real weather?  Like Chicago, next month?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jessica chuckled and said the offer was almost as good as having some impacted \softline
wisdom teeth removed.  \'93On the other hand, Jack says I\'92m a masochist, so what the hell!  \softline
What\'92s the occasion?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan explained the big Junior League meeting and who had already agreed to be \softline
there.  When Jess heard Karen Fletcher, she let out a low whistle and agreed instantly.  \softline
\'93I have copies of every book she\'92s ever written.  She\'92s my favorite writer!\'94  She chuckled \softline
and added, \'93But don\'92t you dare tell Jack!  Every time a new book of hers is published I \softline
go into my office and close the door.  I\'92m supposed to be thinking important strategic-type thoughts.  Actually, I can\'92t put her book down until I finish it.  The answer is yes.  \softline
In fact, it\'92s hell, yes!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jan, I have an idea for another guest.  There is a friend of mine \'97 a fellow stripper, \softline
if you will.  Actually, she had the finest exotic act in the country for a short time and \softline
then quit to get married.  Her name is Jennifer Clifford Chapman.  She\'92s the daughter \softline
of the fourth richest man in the country and married to the son of the ninth or tenth \softline
richest man.  They live in Chicago.  Jen is a Phi Beta Kappa in history from Princeton \softline
and has her doctorate in political science from UCLA.  She\'92s also one of the nicest, most \softline
beautiful girls it has ever been my good fortune to meet.  Interested?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan replied that of course she was interested.  Jess put her on hold while she made \softline
a call.  A few minutes later she came back on the line to say that Jen would be delighted \softline
to appear.  She gave Jan the phone number and then paused.  \'93Jan, to show you the kind \softline
of person she is, she asked if you would please call her.  You see, as much as she\'92d love \softline
to appear, she doesn\'92t think she belongs on such a program and could not believe you 
would want her.  Would you mind talking to her?  If there\'92s an opposite to spoiled, Jen \softline
Chapman is it.\'94  They talked awhile longer and made tentative arrangements.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan hung up and then called the Chicago number she had been given.  She knew \softline
from Jess it was an apartment on the Lakefront on the North Side.  When the phone was \softline
answered by a woman with a very musical voice, Jan asked to speak with Jennifer \softline
Chapman.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93This is Jen.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jen, this is Janice Stewart.  I guess you were talking to Jessica Carlson a few \softline
minutes ago.  I\'92m calling as a result of that conversation.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen quickly said she would be delighted to appear but couldn\'92t see why anyone would \softline
possibly want to have her on a program.  \'93Jan, I\'92m really not a nice person.  Or I guess \softline
I wasn\'92t.  When I met my mother \'97 she was my stepmother then \'97 the first thing I did \softline
was try to break up her marriage.  How do you like that?  I then find out that she\'92s \softline
perhaps the nicest person on earth.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan could hear the girl\'92s voice crack as she contin-ued, \'93She nearly destroyed herself \softline
and my father because she refused to come between father and daughter.  It was \softline
perfectly all right for her daughter to be an obnoxious bitch, of course.  Anyway, the \softline
situation was salvaged by my mother\'92s law partners.  Then I find that she loves me!\'94  \softline
Now the tears were audible.  \'93She really does.  Would you believe what she did?  She \softline
actually pulled out my pubic hair for me?  I needed it done for my act.  Can you imagine \softline
a more vile thing to have to do?  She did it.  Then she gave me a bath and a massage and \softline
tucked me into bed.  And it just goes on and on.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93If it sounds like I worship the ground my mother walks on, it\'92s only because I do.  \softline
Incidentally, she\'92s the one you should really have on your panel.  She\'92s Allison McGrath \softline
Clifford.  You may remember the name Ali McGrath?  She was a movie star in the \softline
seventies.  She is also Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kansas, tops in both \softline
business school and then law school getting an MBA and then a law degree from UCLA.  \softline
She\'92s the senior partner of the most successful law firm in Southern California.  It\'92s all \softline
women, by the way.  Would you be interested?  If she\'92s free, I know she would come.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan said that would be spectacular.  Jen said she would call her mother and call right \softline
back.  A few minutes later she called.  \'93Mom sends her regrets.  She and Dad are playing \softline
in a mixed doubles golf tournament that week on Maui.  She\'92s very sorry.\'94  There was \softline
a quiet chuckle on the phone and Jen continued, \'93Jan, if I said it was important to me \softline
she will come anyway.  I assumed that it doesn\'92t make that much difference to you.  Am \softline
I right?  If not, I\'92ll call her back and she will be here.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan just shook her head in amazement, but said, \'93Of course not!  My God!  She \softline
would give up Maui for a dumb Junior League speech?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Honest, she would.  She just lives to make others happy.  Starting with my father, \softline
of course.  The poor dear is in a perpetual sexual daze.  Mom feels she\'92s failed unless she 
keeps Dad\'92s balls drained dry.\'94  There was a giggle on the phone and she added, \softline
\'93Whoops, I\'92m sorry!  I shouldn\'92t have said that, I\'92m afraid.  What will you think of me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jen, before you go on, there are two things you should know that might cause you \softline
to change your mind.  First, I used to be a prostitute.  I intend to tell the bright young \softline
ladies at the Junior League, so you will know it then, anyway.  You probably won\'92t want \softline
to be in the same town with me.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jan, I heard all about you from Jess.  She tells me you\'92re the finest person she\'92s \softline
ever met and she loves you dearly.  That is plenty good enough for me.  Now what\'92s the \softline
second thing?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Actually, Jen, it\'92s much more serious.  You see, I graduated from Yale.  All I \softline
remember were the jerks from Princeton wearing their orange-and-black checked blazers \softline
and \'91Hate Yale\'92 buttons.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There was silence on the phone for a few moments.  Then she could hear Jen trying \softline
to maintain an even tone of voice without giggling.  \'93Yale?  Oh!  Which one of the three \softline
or four lesbian organizations did you belong to?  I guess now I see why the League asked \softline
you to speak.  A lezzie would fit right in.  By the way, how is Gay Awareness Week going \softline
these days?\'94  Jennifer could no longer control herself and started laughing out loud.  \softline
Finally, she said, \'93\'91Hate Yale\'92 buttons, indeed!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Okay, Chapman, I know when I\'92m licked.  I\'92m looking forward to meeting you.  I \softline
really am!\'94  Jan hung up and then called Anita to tell her the news.  The girl was \softline
bubbling over with excitement and said she would get out the announcements as soon \softline
as possible.  Then she asked Jan when she wanted her kitchen floor scrubbed.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was February and the day before the Junior League luncheon.  As Anita predicted, \softline
it was already a runaway success.  The facility had been changed to increase capacity \softline
three times.  Now it was in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort.  In \softline
spite of being held in the largest room in the area, reservations were being turned away.  \softline
Anita told Jan that, thanks to her, she was going to retire the \'91Can You Top This\'92 \softline
trophy.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was at the door to the penthouse apartment in the most luxurious apartment \softline
house in Chicago.  She rang the bell, not knowing what to expect.  It was opened by a \softline
beautiful blonde girl wearing skin-tight Levi\'92s and a chambray shirt, her own favorite \softline
apparel.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The barefoot girl put out her hand and said, \'93You have to be Jan!  I\'92m Jennifer \softline
Chapman and I\'92m truly delighted to meet you.  Please come in.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan took the girl\'92s hand and was im-pressed with the firmness of her grip.  They \softline
walked into a magnificently decorated apart-ment.  One wall was floor-to-ceiling glass \softline
looking out over Lake Michigan.  It was snowing and the snow was blowing by the \softline
window.  The apartment was delightful.  There was even a cheery fire in the fireplace.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jen stopped and looked at a spot on the carpet.  \'93Jan, maybe you can help.  Do you \softline
know how to get cum out of a carpet?  You know that line beloved of so many of our \softline
sisters, \'91women as depositories of men\'92s sexual fluids?\'92  Well, I guess I\'92m a lousy \softline
depository.  I can\'92t keep all of the damned stuff inside.  Even with Steve stuffing my cunt \softline
like a gigantic plug, it still forces its way out and on the rug.  And that\'92s after he does \softline
me, too.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was laughing and gave the girl a hug.  \'93I don\'92t have the first clue.  Why don\'92t \softline
you use a hard floor covering?  Marble, perhaps?  It doesn\'92t absorb liquids.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen looked sorrowful and replied, \'93Because it\'92s too hard and too cold.  And I don\'92t \softline
have nearly enough padding as it is.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked at her thoughtfully but with her eyes dancing.  \'93Why don\'92t your put on \softline
some weight, then?  You know, I think there\'92s something to be said for broad hips and \softline
a well-padded ass.  It makes a much better shock absorber.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Janice Stewart, I love you!  You\'92re too much.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They sat and got acquainted.  A few minutes later Jessica Carlson arrived from \softline
O\'92Hare.  She looked exquisite.  The two friends hugged and then Jennifer held her friend \softline
at arm\'92s length.  \'93Jessica Carlson, you\'92ve never looked so good in your life!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Blame it on your new friend here.  She gave me a tip and Jack and I haven\'92t been \softline
the same since.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What tip is that?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Now, when we\'92re ready to go to sleep I put my head on his shoulder, snuggle as \softline
close to him as I can and cup his hand over my boob.  If I wake up first, I squeeze his \softline
hand.  If he awakens first, he squeezes my boob.  In either event then he takes me.  It\'92s \softline
so slow and gentle...  What a way to wake up in the morning!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You\'92re kidding!  That\'92s what my Mom told me to do!  I thought it was a family \softline
secret.  Steve and I have been doing it from the beginning.  It\'92s like heaven.  Welcome \softline
to the club!\'94  The girls started to talk and Jen went off to get drinks.  When she \softline
returned, Jan complimented her on the apartment and asked how many servants she \softline
had.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen grinned and held out her hands which were beautiful.  She was trying to imply \softline
they were work-worn.  \'93Can you look at these rough, red hands and ask that question?  \softline
For heaven\'92s sake, if I try to caress poor Steve, he thinks I\'92m using sandpaper!  Besides, \softline
we tried it but they were always embarrassed finding Steve and me naked on the floor \softline
making love.\'94  She looked quizzically at her friends and asked, \'93Why does it bother \softline
them, I wonder?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The two girls laughed just as the doorbell rang.  Jen went and welcomed Jill and her \softline
mother.  They were seated in the living room and Jen went off, coming back moments \softline
later with a platter of canap\'e9s.  They were miniature works of art that Jan immediately \softline
knew the girl had made herself.  Drinks were served and Jan looked around the room at 
her friends.  She decided that they were all very much alike.  She commented that poor \softline
Jessica at only five feet seven was the shortest girl present.  Jill at five feet ten was the \softline
tallest.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jennifer\'92s eyes kept darting between Jill and Martha.  Finally she said, \'93Are you two \softline
sisters?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill laughed and squeezed her mother\'92s hand.  \'93No.  Karen Fletcher is my mother, \softline
Martha Peters!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jennifer\'92s eyes widened.  \'93You have to be kidding!  People tease me about my mom \softline
who is actually my stepmother.  But you...  Martha, you\'92re Jill\'92s natural mother?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What\'92s the big deal?\'94 Jan interjected, \'93Aside from giving birth at the age of five?  \softline
I mean...  Really!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They all laughed and exclaimed over Martha\'92s appearance.  The talk shifted to the \softline
reason for the get-together \'97 the luncheon the next day.  Jan quickly confirmed what \softline
she already suspected.  All of the girls were as contrary to the conventional women\'92s lib \softline
mentality as it was possible to be.  Jan made notes and prepared her introductions.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As they were getting ready to leave, the door opened and a tall, very good looking \softline
young man came in.  Jen ran to him and he took her in his arms and kissed her.  Jan \softline
recognized the signs as the girl\'92s arms went around her husband\'92s neck to keep from \softline
falling as her knees weakened.  Jan heard the man whisper, \'93Hi, Stick.  Did you miss \softline
me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course, Sailor.  Come and meet my friends.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Steve Chapman was introduced to each of them.  He let out a low whistle when he \softline
learned that Martha and Jill were mother and daughter.  When he was introduced to Jan \softline
he winked and gave her a kiss.  \'93I feel I know you.  You\'92re all my wife has been able to \softline
talk about for the last couple of weeks.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I have a question, Steve.  I thought I heard you call your wife, Stick.  Was I hearing \softline
things?  If you think she looks like a stick, there\'92s no hope for us mere mortals!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The Chapmans were standing side by side with their arms around each other\'92s waist.  \softline
He leaned down and kissed his wife as she tilted her head up to his.  Jen leaned back \softline
against his shoulder and said with a grin, \'93You heard him right.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She then explained that she and Steve had spent the better part of fifteen years \softline
avoiding each other like the plague.  Their fathers were friends from graduate school but \softline
their first date was only after Steve saw Jen perform as an exotic dancer.  \'93Anyway,\'94 she \softline
said, \'93Steve used to claim that in the picture he saw of me I had all the female curves of \softline
a straight stick.  He was right, too!  On the other hand, his picture showed a pompous \softline
kid wearing a sailor\'92s blazer in front of some yachts here in Lake Michigan.  So anyway, \softline
I\'92m Stick and he\'92s Sailor.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Some stick!\'94 Jan said with a grin.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Steve cupped his hand under one of his wife\'92s full breasts and grinned.  \'93Well, maybe \softline
there\'92s a little something here.\'94  He bent over and kissed her softly and then with \softline
increasing passion.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen frowned up at him but her eyes were dancing.  \'93Would you kindly knock off that \softline
shit?  If you don\'92t you\'92ll have to take me right here in front of my guests!  Come to think \softline
of it, I certainly wouldn\'92t mind, and I don\'92t think they would, either.\'94

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The next afternoon Janice was sitting next to Anita Collins at the speakers\'92 table.  \softline
They had been discussing the fact that the turnout was the biggest crowd of women \softline
either had ever seen.  Anita looked at Jan and asked, \'93Do you think you can handle it?  \softline
I don\'92t know what\'92s going to happen.  I do know that at least half the people have never \softline
been to a Junior League function in living memory!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Her face took on a puzzled look although her eyes were sparkling.  She added, \'93By \softline
the way, I hope I don\'92t have to use cleanser when I scrub your kitchen with my tongue?  \softline
I tried it and it really doesn\'92t work very well at all.\'94  Her face turned serious and she \softline
said, \'93Janice Stewart, I just want you to know that I really owe you!  Again!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The banquet staff was withdrawing after pouring additional coffee.  Chairs were \softline
being turned for a better view of the podium when Anita rose and went to the \softline
microphone.  \'93Good afternoon, ladies!  Welcome to the seventeenth annual winter \softline
luncheon of the Junior League of North-brook.  I\'92m sure it\'92s obvious to you all that this \softline
is the biggest turnout in our history.  Thank you all for coming.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It is now my great pleasure to introduce my best friend \'97 in spite of everything \'97 \softline
Janice Carson Stewart.  Janice is now a Provisional in the League and is acting as \softline
Program Chairman this afternoon.  I should explain my comment, \'91in spite of everything.\'92  Very briefly, Janice received her BA from Yale University in economics.  She was \softline
also elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.  She obtained her MBA \softline
from Columbia University with a combined major in finance and marketing, graduating \softline
number one in her class.  She\'92s now vice president, finance & marketing, of Illinois \softline
Technologies and recently closed the biggest order in the company\'92s history.  Clearly, \softline
she\'92s our kind of gal!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93So why \'91in spite of everything?\'92  No one \'97 and I mean }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 no one}{\plain \fs24 \f2  \'97 can make a woman \softline
feel more inadequate faster than Jan Stewart.  Less than a week after returning from \softline
her honeymoon and just a couple of days after meeting her, my husband and I were \softline
guests for dinner and bridge on Friday night at the Stewart\'92s.  As my husband, Bill, and \softline
I were driving over, I was feeling very badly.  I wanted to help by bringing some food \softline
over but had been unable to reach Jan.  She got home at five-thirty and Bill and I arrived \softline
an hour later.  I had been working on Bill to get him to realize that regardless of how \softline
little there might be to eat, not to worry.  We could always stop at Ch\'e8z McDonald on the \softline
way home.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93We ring the bell and are greeted by our hostess, a vision of loveliness who had \softline
obviously spent at least four hours on her grooming to look the way she did.  A little later \softline
I found out it was not quite ten minutes!  (Are you starting to get a picture?) We sit \softline
down and canap\'e9s are served with drinks.  All I\'92ll say about them is if she had a catering \softline
service the canap\'e9s would go for at least five dollars \'97 }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 apiece! }{\plain \fs24 \f2  At seven thirty we sit \softline
down to a typical Junior League potluck supper: lobster cocktail, roast filet of beef, sauce \softline
P\'e9rigord; peach Melba \'97 you know, the usual stuff we serve when we get home less than \softline
an hour ahead of our guests?  Sure we do!  But Jan does and did.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Does it end there?  I should be so lucky!  You remember I said, \'91dinner and bridge?\'92  \softline
Well, my husband, Bill, is a Life Master; he still writes the bridge column for the \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Tribune.}{\plain \fs24 \f2   I\'92m close to getting my Master rating.  I won\'92t bore you any longer.  I will only \softline
say if Jan and Pete had been playing together, Bill and I would have been utterly \softline
destroyed!  As it was, Jan was my partner and we edged the guys.  I had the good sense \softline
to follow her bidding leads, always arrang-ed to be the dummy, and watched her imitate \softline
a Grand Master!  Now you get some idea.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93At any rate, it was through Janice that we have our guests today.  It\'92s a great \softline
pleasure for me to introduce my very best friend in the whole world and my inspiration, \softline
Janice Carson Stewart!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Janice rose, winked at Anita and stood behind the rostrum waiting for the applause \softline
to die down.  She noticed that a number \'97 a small minority, to be sure \'97 of the women \softline
appeared to be glaring at her.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 What the hell,}{\plain \fs24 \f2  she thought, }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 those gals are never going to \softline
be my best friends, anyway}{\plain \fs24 \f2 .  Jan allowed the applause to die down and then began her \softline
talk.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Good afternoon, ladies!  While Anita Collins was running off at the mouth, or \softline
addressing the group, or whatever, I was thinking about the speakers today.  We have \softline
an interesting collection.  First, we have ten degrees among the five of us.  There are \softline
three Phi Beta Kappa keys and one from Sigma Xi, the scientific honorary fraternity.  \softline
I guess we have done fairly well in academia.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93As far as professions, we have a Board Chairman of a computer company, two \softline
world-class authors, and me.  Then there\'92s Jennifer Chapman.  She\'92s a little hard to pin \softline
down.  You see, I found out she\'92s an associate professor of history and political science \softline
at Northwestern.  On the other hand it seems her principal occupation is trying to spend \softline
the money that keeps pouring on her head.  Her father ranks number four on the }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Forbes\'92 \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \f2 list and her father-in-law is number nine or ten or something.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93There are a few other things about us, though.  We also have two strippers \'97 \softline
although one insists she was an exotic dancer.  The difference, apparently, is she started \softline
her act completely nude and stayed that way.  Then we have two world-class writers.  \softline
Finally, we have a former prostitute.  Me!\'94  As she said it, Jan looked up from her notes \softline
and just looked around the room for a few moments.  The room, as big as it was, was \softline
totally silent.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93That is what I want to talk about.  A biography Anita Collins wrote about me says \softline
I pursued a professional career while in graduate school.  She points out that whores and \softline
prostitutes are referred to as \'91pros\'92, so she felt it was true.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Ladies, I\'92m sure I entertained at least a few of your husbands between my thighs \softline
when they visited New York on business.  Why, do you suppose, that is?  You might say \softline
it\'92s because he was horny and you weren\'92t there.  You could say men are always like \softline
that.  You might say he was enticed.  Any of those statements could be true.  Unfortunately, none of them is.  The reason your man came to me is }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 you!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 I gave him something \softline
he wanted that he could not get at home.  I hasten to add that what I gave him was as \softline
phony as a three-dollar bill!  You know what?  Not only was I faking my emotions, the \softline
customer knew it, too!  Why would he bother, then?  Because he thought I at least cared \softline
enough to go through the motions of faking it!  You just give him a hard time.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s expression changed to one of great warmth.  \'93I am no longer a prostitute.  I \softline
met a man, Peter Stewart, through a friend you will meet today, Jill Peters.  Jill is now \softline
Jill Gordon.  She and her husband, Bob, literally saved my life.  To this day I don\'92t know \softline
why they bothered because I was utterly worthless.  As I said to Bob Gordon one \softline
evening, I became a prostitute as an easy way of making money to pay for my graduate \softline
education.  I earned the money.  I also destroyed myself.  I told him I was now a degreed \softline
slut!  I had fewer morals than an alley cat.  There was nothing I did not allow to be done \softline
to me or force myself to do, no matter how degrading, as long as the money was right.  \softline
It generally was.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then I met Pete.  He did to me what women have been doing to men for millennia.  \softline
You see, he made love to me.  I achieved the first orgasm of my life.  I loved him \softline
desperate-ly and wanted to be his mistress, but he refused to sleep with me unless I \softline
married him first.  Since I had to be with him, I had no choice so we were married a few \softline
months ago.  I dedicated myself to making my husband as happy as I possibly could.  \softline
There is nothing I won\'92t do for Peter Stewart!  Absolutely nothing!  The only question \softline
in my mind is will it give my husband pleasure?  If the answer is yes, I do it, regardless \softline
of what it may be.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The result?  I cannot be happier.  I use the term advisedly.  The reason is Pete has \softline
me in continuous orgasm for at least fifteen minutes at a time.  Then my circuit breakers \softline
trip out \'97 I can\'92t take it any more and I faint.  Faint?  Out cold is more like it!  One time \softline
it was so bad that Pete lifted me out of bed, gave me a bath, ate out my cunt, fixed my \softline
hair, changed the damned bed, if you please, and puts me back into it \'97 all while I\'92m \softline
unconscious.  Look at the speakers\'92 table: The common denominator of all of the women \softline
you see \'97 the thing we all have in common \'97 is the same dedication to our husbands\'92 \softline
happiness.  And you know something else?  We could not possibly be any happier.  In \softline
front of you today you have the happiest collection of women in the country!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It is now my great pleasure to introduce our first featured speaker today, Jill Peters \softline
Gordon.  As many of you know, Jill Peters is an internationally acclaimed writer and \softline
author.  She has her BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin.  She 
graduated }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 summa cum laude}{\plain \fs24 \f2  and also received a Phi Beta Kappa key in her junior year.  \softline
She also graduated first in her class from Columbia University\'92s Graduate School of \softline
Journalism.  Please welcome my best friend in the world, the maid of honor in my \softline
wedding, Jill Peters.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There was silence for a few moments.  Then the applause began.  Jill, expecting the \softline
reaction to Jan\'92s speech, remained seated.  The applause grew in volume.  Moments \softline
later, women began to stand; it soon seemed like all the women in the great hall were on \softline
their feet.  Anita returned to the rostrum and said, \'93Jan, please rise!  What you\'92re \softline
hearing is a tribute to you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Janice rose at her seat and stood for a few moments.  She did not smile or wave.  The \softline
applause reached a crescendo and then tapered down.  Jan smiled and resumed her seat.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill went to the microphone.  \'93Good afternoon, ladies!  Thank you so much for \softline
inviting me to be here today.  I want to personally thank you for that tribute to my best \softline
friend, Janice Stewart.  It seems I\'92ve spent a good part of the last six months or so telling \softline
Jan she\'92s the loveliest person I know.  I use the term in its most literal sense: deserving \softline
of love; inspiring love and affection.  That defines the Janice Carson Stewart I know.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m not sure why Jan invited me, though.  You see I stole one of her customers.  I \softline
met my husband, Bob, while masquerading as a call girl.  Bob had just closed the sale of \softline
his company, GorTech, and was registered at a New York hotel.  Jill Peters, girl reporter, \softline
was out to get a story on the business genius of the computer world, Bob Gordon.  I \softline
followed him to the hotel and watched as he checked in.  When the bellman returned to \softline
the lobby I went up to him and he looked at me with interest.  It seems Bob had given \softline
the guy fifty dollars and asked if he knew any tall blondes.  Being five feet ten, I \softline
qualified.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Later I found out that Janice Carson was on the bellman\'92s list.  It cost me fifty \softline
dollars to take her place.  At any rate, I learned the meaning of love that weekend.  I \softline
haven\'92t been the same since.  You see, I had no experience with men, and it turned out \softline
Bob had nearly none with women.  I\'92m here to tell you, though, he does not need to read \softline
any books!  Janice says she loses consciousness?  I do, too.  She told you about being \softline
unconscious?  Once we were together when our husbands took us.  We were }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 both}{\plain \fs24 \f2  out like \softline
lights.  The guys changed the bed, fixed our hair, ate us out and still had their arms \softline
around us when we revived.  My career?  I guess I don\'92t give a damn.  My career now is \softline
trying to become pregnant before Stewart!  I\'92m bound and determined to beat her at \softline
something.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My advice?  Do what Janice said.  She is totally right!  Thank you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Janice returned to the rostrum and introduced Jessica Carlson.  \'93Our next speaker \softline
is Jessica Carlson.  Jess has three degrees from California Institute of Technology.  I\'92m \softline
afraid the poor thing is in a rut.  They are all in computer science, culminating in her \softline
Ph.D.  She is considered the most brilliant computer scientist and computer designer in \softline
the industry.  In addition, she has to be the most beautiful!  I\'92ll add just one thing.  If 
you want to find out how to really live in Southern California, just watch Jess Carlson.  \softline
Her house is a senior-grade palace overlooking the Pacific from the heights.  She has her \softline
private twenty-five-meter swimming pool and a pair of tennis courts.  This woman \softline
started from nothing just three years ago and built one of the most successful computer \softline
companies in the country.  Scientist, engineer, technical genius, chief executive officer, \softline
and very rich: ladies, please welcome Jessica Carlson who flew out from San Diego \softline
yesterday just to join us here today!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jess Carlson looked fantastic, Jan thought, as she made her way to the rostrum.  She \softline
was wearing a hand-tailored suit in a shade of blue that exactly matched her eyes.  It was \softline
tailored to her perfect figure.  Coupled with her copper tan and her golden hair, she was \softline
gorgeous.  At the same time she looked every inch the very successful senior executive \softline
that she was.  She stood at the rostrum and acknowledged the welcoming applause.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thank you so much!  I would like to say I\'92m delighted to be here.  Unfortunately, \softline
I can\'92t.  Jan called me and offered me a change from the tiresome San Diego weather.  \softline
 You know: every day is sunny with the temperature in the low eighties?  \'91Why don\'92t you \softline
come out to where we have real weather?\'92 she asked.  Yesterday when I got off the plane \softline
at O\'92Hare, it took me almost a full second to remember why the hell I bailed out of the \softline
Midwest and swore I would never come back \'97 particularly in the winter!  On the other \softline
hand, Janice Stewart wanted me to come, so I\'92m here.  Just a brief note on Jan:  She \softline
never asks anything for herself.  It\'92s always for others.  Of course, at the top of the list \softline
\'97 indeed in a class by himself \'97 is her husband, Pete.  For him, anything!  And I do \softline
mean anything.  Other people \'97 her friends \'97 scale below him.  Jan?  She doesn\'92t even \softline
make the list at all!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93There is another reason, though.  This is my \'91coming out\'92 party and what could be \softline
a more appropriate place than the Junior League?  I guess I should tell you something \softline
about myself.  You see, until two months ago, I was invisible.  The owner of San Diego \softline
Comput-ing was ostensibly an old battle-ax named Jennie Carlson.  She\'92s in her \softline
seventies, you see.  She was well known at computer trade shows and conventions.  In \softline
fact, they were the only places she was ever seen.  I was her secretary.  Jack Carlson, the \softline
president, was her ineffectual son keeping the president\'92s chair warm.  You see, I was \softline
Jennie Carlson.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Why this weird charade?  Why, in hell, would any woman in her right mind dress \softline
up as a seventy-year-old several times a year?  Why would she hide behind high fences \softline
around her home?  The answer is simple.  She was scared to death!  She was frightened \softline
someone who knew her before would see her and remember.  You see, I was a stripper \softline
for a long time out on Sunset in Los Angeles.  It\'92s the way I put myself through school.  \softline
I started off as a cocktail waitress with forged ID.  Then I waited topless \'97 it paid more.  \softline
Then I went on stage.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Curiously, through my husband, Jack, I became the headliner.  He was an MBA \softline
candidate and I was his marketing project.  How do you sell a female body?  To make a \softline
long story short, he blackmailed me into marrying him.  Like Pete Stewart with Jan, he 
wouldn\'92t sleep with me until I married him!  Well, in spite of all the obstacles, we started \softline
San Diego Computing and built it up.  Things were going along fine until one day late \softline
last year Mrs. Stewart comes out on a sales call.  She sees Jack and he calls me.  We then \softline
played a little game we used from time to time whenever there was a visitor for Jennie \softline
we couldn\'92t duck.  Jan came out and I met her, explaining that Mrs. Carlson had become \softline
ill but asked me to see her.  We had lunch and talked for maybe half an hour when, out \softline
of the blue, she says, \'91You\'92re Jennie Carlson, aren\'92t you?\'92

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Well, there wasn\'92t much to say, so I challenged her to race me in my pool.  Let me \softline
emphasize, }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 my }{\plain \fs24 \f2 pool!  What does she do?  She cleans my clock!  I thought I had her at an \softline
insurmountable psychological disadvantage, too.  We were nude.  Little did I know that \softline
she\'92s even more comfortable without clothes than I am.  And you should know that \softline
occasionally weeks go by without me putting on a stitch.  Then we play tennis, barefoot.  \softline
I had her there!  Have you ever tried playing tennis barefoot?  Try it sometime: it\'92s a \softline
different game.  She killed me at that, too.  Then we go back in the pool to cool off.  I\'92m \softline
about to get out when she shoves my head under water and uses the leverage \'97 on }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 my \softline
head}{\plain \fs24 \f2  for chrissakes \'97 to vault out of the pool.  Then she extends her hands to me.  I\'92m \softline
going to yank her in the pool.  Wrong!  She yanks me out!  My pool!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93After all of that, there was nothing else to do but give Jan our business.  We are \softline
soaking up the sun and drinking beer.  I\'92m looking at her and then at myself.  I used to \softline
feel pretty smug about my body until I met Janice Stewart.  She has the perfect female \softline
body.  Fat?  Not an ounce!  I think the real reason she killed me on the tennis court was \softline
I was too busy watching her move to watch the damn ball!  All you see is skin like honey-colored satin and muscles moving beneath.  In the water she moves with the ease and \softline
grace of a porpoise.  On a tennis court, she moves like a ballet dancer.  After she left I \softline
decided it was worth every cent just to have had the joy of watching her move!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I digress.  We were drinking our beer and she probed and found out all about me.  \softline
I told her I had been a stripper, in a defiant tone of voice.  I might as well have said the \softline
sun was shining for all the reaction I got.  That is when she told me she had been a \softline
prostitute.  Moreover, her best customer was the chairman of the company whose \softline
business she had just taken away.  She said he would tell me if she didn\'92t, so she did.  \softline
Then she told how Pete had forced her to marry him \'97 the story she told earlier.  I \softline
looked in her eyes and saw beauty and incredible love!  If Jan could package her love for \softline
Pete and sell it, she would make billions!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Right then, I decided my charade had gone on long enough.  You know what?  Our \softline
profits are up fifty percent in the last two months!  Do you know why?  Because I\'92m at \softline
the office now.  Jack acts like the executive he really is and always has been.  There is \softline
a great deal more confidence in our organization now.  Last week I met Jack in the \softline
cafeteria for coffee and kissed him.  One of the results of being alone all the time is you \softline
tend to forget it when other people are around.  Anyway, Jack and I don\'92t deal in \softline
perfunctory kisses.  I guess we were getting pretty passionate.  The next thing I know 
everyone in the place is on his feet cheering!  I remember getting red as a beet, and then \softline
went back to kissing Jack.  God, I love that man!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93One final point.  When Jack comes home, Jan rises to greet him.  If she didn\'92t have \softline
Pete, I would have lost Jack on the spot!  She was exquisite.  You know what?  She \softline
looked regal.  She really did.  She was not wearing a stitch, but she was like a queen.  \softline
Another one of my great ideas that backfired.  Before she left, she gave me some tips on \softline
ways to make Jack happier.  Now the poor dear just walks around in a daze.  I keep his \softline
balls drained dry, and he keeps me in a sexual coma.  I guess we were almost landing in \softline
Chicago before I woke up.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What\'92s next?  Children!  I\'92m now expecting a baby.  We are so thrilled, with the \softline
prevailing winds, I could have floated out here from San Diego.  Someone said Jack and \softline
I didn\'92t invent the little things, so they don\'92t think we\'92ll get very far with our patent \softline
application.  But at any rate, I think you wanted to hear how to get ahead in business.  \softline
The answer to that is very simple:  Marry a very smart husband and keep him very \softline
happy!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92ll say just one more thing.  The harder I try to make Jack happy, the happier I am \softline
myself.  Oh yes, sex!  I have a bone to pick with Stewart.  She gave me some tips on \softline
making Jack happier and making myself happier at the same time.  It doesn\'92t work!  \softline
Now I end up on the bed \'97 or the floor, or the pool deck, or wherever \'97 unconscious!  \softline
How can I know if I\'92m enjoying sex more if I\'92m unconscious?  As a matter of fact, I think \softline
I even missed the conception of our child.  I\'92m sure I was sprawled somewhere, out cold, \softline
and looking like a discarded rag doll!  Stewart!  What do you have to say for yourself?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jess waved to the crowd and started to return to her seat.  Applause started and just \softline
got louder.  Soon the crowd was giving Jessica a standing ovation.  The girl waved again \softline
and returned to her seat as Jan took her place at the rostrum.  While the applause \softline
continued, she looked at Jess and winked.  The girl grinned and winked back.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally, the applause died and the guests were seated again.  Jan waited until the \softline
room was quiet and then said, \'93Jess, you just confirmed what I\'92ve said all along.  You are \softline
just not in good shape.\'94  Turning to the audience she said, \'93I ask you?  Have you ever \softline
seen a more abused-looking female in your life?  If it wasn\'92t for the fact that she just \softline
glows, you could see what a wreck she really is!\'94  Jess led the laughter.  \'93Maybe she\'92s \softline
radioactive?  Do you think that\'92s it?

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Well, anyway, it\'92s now my pleasure to introduce my newest friend, Jennifer Chap-
man.  She\'92s here today because we wanted a panel of career women.  I\'92m not sure exactly \softline
what her career is, but maybe we\'92ll find out.  Ladies, Jennifer Chapman!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen came to the rostrum, gripped Jan\'92s hand, and winked.  She was wearing a plain \softline
tan wool dress with a double strand of priceless pearls.  She looked every inch the picture \softline
of an extremely wealthy young woman.  Like the others, she was glowing with happiness.  \softline
There was a round of welcoming applause as she stood and looked out at the audience.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93Wow!  This is worse than one of my introductory political science lectures.  Why \softline
can\'92t we do it the same way here, I wonder?  At school I set up my tape recorder on the \softline
rostrum and the students set up their portable recorders at their seats.  Then my \softline
recorder talks to their recorders.\'94  She grimaced and added, \'93I was all set to do it, too, \softline
but wouldn\'92t you know it?  My recorder crapped out last night.  So I had to come in \softline
person.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Seriously, though I really don\'92t know why I\'92m here at all.  My career?  My career \softline
is being Steve Chapman\'92s mistress, concubine, whore \'97 whatever I think he wants me \softline
to be.  Teaching?  I consider it to be something of a joke.  It just shows what can happen \softline
when you get enough little initials after your name.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I think of myself as filling in for my mother, Allison Clifford.  She\'92s the one who \softline
should really be here.  Career woman?  Which career?  She was a major-league movie \softline
star.  She\'92s the senior partner of the most successful law firm on the Pacific Coast \'97 all \softline
women, by the way.  She is the most successful money manger in the world in her spare \softline
time.  My mother generated through her investment skill about a billion dollars last \softline
year.  You heard it right \'97 billion: with a \'91B\'92.  I think she\'92s the one you wanted to hear \softline
from.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93How would she describe herself?  As Bill Clifford\'92s wife, mistress, plaything.  There \softline
is }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 nothing}{\plain \fs24 \f2  she will not do for my father or to him or beg him to do to her.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Absolutely \softline
nothing!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 I should say she\'92s my stepmother.  I guess technically it would no longer be \softline
accurate.  Last year she adopted me as her daughter because she says she loves me so \softline
damned much.  I don\'92t think I\'92ve cried so hard nor been so pleased with a gift as when \softline
I signed the adoption papers making Allison Clifford my legal mother.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course the reason she loves me so much is that the first time we met I tried to \softline
destroy her marriage.  I learned shortly after that this was tantamount to killing her.  \softline
She says she cannot live without Bill Clifford, and I believe her.  Of course, he can\'92t live \softline
without her, either.  What did I do?  I accused her of being a cheap, dumb, gold-digging \softline
whore!  Those were my first words to her.  Do you know what she did?  She left my \softline
father.  She would not come between a father and his daughter \'97 even at the cost of her \softline
own life.  She filed for divorce.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then I encountered her law partners.  I found out why it\'92s the best law firm on the \softline
Coast.  It was pointed out to me in court that I was somewhat inaccurate in my \softline
characteriza-tion of my mother.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Cheap?  I was tied in knots by her partners, but they pointed out that she was \softline
wearing no makeup of any kind and was dressed in as conservative a manner as possible.  \softline
That took care of cheap.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Dumb?  Phi Beta Kappa, and }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 summa cum laude}{\plain \fs24 \f2  from the University of Kansas.  \softline
Number one in her class at the UCLA graduate school of business.  Number one in her \softline
class at UCLA law school.  Incidentally \'97 and I only found this out months later \'97 the \softline
com-mencement address she prepared and delivered served to attract their first big 
client, Boeing Company.  So much for dumb.\'94  Jen grinned wryly and added, \'93One of her \softline
partners asked the Court to take judicial notice of the fact that with her degrees and \softline
academic standing, she was not dumb.  The California court, therefore has officially \softline
ruled that my mom ain\'92t dumb!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Gold digging?  At that time she and my father had been married only six months.  \softline
She was just getting started on her investment management.  As a result, she had only \softline
increased the family net worth $200 million or so.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Whore?\'94  Tears were visibly streaming down Jen\'92s face.  \'93I found out that Mom and \softline
Dad had been married for three months before they had sex for the first time!  I found \softline
out that prior to marrying Dad she had been with two men a total of three times, with \softline
the most recent experience seven years earlier.  Comparatively, I was the whore!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The divorce action was ended.  Then what?  Then I found out the kind of person my \softline
father married.  I went to her and begged for forgiveness.  I would have thrown me out.  \softline
What did she do?  She held me close and comforted me.  Later, she removed all of my \softline
pubic hair \'97 the club owner where I was working as an exotic dancer wanted me that \softline
way.  Can you believe it?  No one would do such a thing for her natural daughter.  It\'92s \softline
disgusting!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then I met Steve Chapman.  We made love after he saw my act at the club.  Then \softline
I threw him out of my apartment and went to mother\'92s.  I was a wreck!  I couldn\'92t talk \softline
\'97 hell, I couldn\'92t even see for all my tears.  She stroked my hair, put me to bed and \softline
kissed me.  Then she fixed it up with Steve.  Finally, I was coming out here to meet his \softline
parents.  She and her partners assembled a fabulous wardrobe so my future in-laws \softline
would like me.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Why did she do this?  Because she loves me.  She says I\'92m a piece of my father who \softline
she adores.  Anyway, here I am.  Can I apply for membership in the League?  In spite of \softline
everything?\'94  She smiled and Jan could see the tears had dried leaving her face as \softline
beautiful as ever.  Jen was another girl who wore no makeup.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Turning to Jan, Jennifer continued, \'93As for you, Mrs. Stewart, I have a few bones \softline
to pick with you, too.\'94  She turned back to face the audience and said, \'93The first time I \softline
met Janice Stewart it was at my apartment.  I ask her a perfectly simple question: How \softline
do you get cum out of the carpet?\'94  The audience exploded in laughter.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What\'92s so funny?  It\'92s a problem.  Do you know what she said?  She said to redo the \softline
floors in marble or something.  I pointed out that the carpeted floor was hard enough on \softline
my rear end and she just shook her head and replied, \'91Maybe there\'92s something to be \softline
said for having broad hips and a well-padded ass.\'92  Is that help?  I ask you?\'94  Again there \softline
was laughter.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93And another thing:  This question I will address to the floor.  We have all heard \softline
about a woman as a depository for a man\'92s sexual fluids?  Well, I\'92m a lousy depository.  \softline
I wouldn\'92t have the problem with the carpet if I could just hold it inside.  I can\'92t!  Not \softline
even with an enormous plug in my cunt.  It still spills out.  If there are any \'91depository\'92 
types here today I would like to hear from you, either in the question period or after the \softline
meeting.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93A final point: I\'92m getting a little annoyed at the idea that I don\'92t work.  I do!  Very \softline
hard!  Actually, it\'92s my mother\'92s revenge.  She forced me to agree to something as a \softline
condition of forgiving me for almost breaking up her marriage.  She and dad insisted that \softline
I agree to help spend some of their money.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen stopped as laughter broke out from the audience.  \'93What\'92s so damned funny?  \softline
You can\'92t believe how sinister my mother is.  Almost every week Steve will come home \softline
shaking his head, looking sorrowful.  The reason is always the same: more money \softline
appeared in our account.  We can\'92t seem to keep ahead of it.  But I try... I really do.  The \softline
last point?  I want to talk to some of you women who can have sex with a man and still \softline
look fresh and undisturbed.  Jess made me feel better.  She told us how she looks like a \softline
discarded rag doll.  I\'92ll second that, with a qualification.  A rag doll that\'92s soaking wet, \softline
to boot!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Anyway, thank you for asking me.  And please consider my application for member-
ship seriously.  I freely admit I\'92m not much, but you will get a bit of my mother as an \softline
added attraction.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 She}{\plain \fs24 \f2  is very much worth having!  Thank you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Again there was a standing ovation for Jennifer as she returned to her seat.  Janice \softline
was back at the microphone.  \'93Thank you Jen, very much!  I\'92m not sure for what, but \softline
thanks anyway.\'94  Jan looked at Jen and appeared to frown.  \'93Chapman, what }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 are}{\plain \fs24 \f2  you \softline
good for, anyway?\'94  She shook her head and then visibly brightened.  \'93I know!  First, it \softline
seems I read somewhere in the Provisional material that we\'92re supposed to try to get \softline
new members.  Okay, you\'92re my new member!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then Jan frowned again.  \'93On the other hand, why would the League want you?\'94  \softline
Again she brightened.  \'93I just realized, you do have one skill!  Signing checks!  It\'92s not \softline
as valuable as stuffing envelopes, of course, but I suppose it will come in handy for our \softline
fund raiser!\'94  When Jan mentioned signing checks, Jen began a pantomime.  She stuck \softline
her tongue out of the side of her mouth and imitated a little girl trying to sign her name.  \softline
Jan saw her and laughed.  Then she said, \'93And just what do you think you\'92re doing, Mrs. \softline
Chapman?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen appeared to jerk up with a start.  \'93Oh!...  Nothing...  It was just...  Damn it, Jan, \softline
why did you have to go and ruin it?  It was fine until you mentioned signing checks.  \softline
Steve loves me and takes care of me!  That\'92s why he bought me a check-signing machine \softline
for Christmas!  Do I have to sign my name?  Really?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jennifer had been speaking into the microphone placed in front of her for the \softline
question-and-answer session scheduled to follow the speeches.  Jan couldn\'92t keep a \softline
straight face and started laughing.  The audience was howling, too.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan saw a woman standing with a big grin on her face and recognized her.  \'93Mrs. \softline
Stewart, I\'92m Karen Anderson, treasurer of the Northbrook Junior League.  First, I want \softline
to thank you for all your help in recruiting speakers who have produced the biggest 
turnout in League history.  Secondly, in the spirit of cooperation and friendship for \softline
which the League is noted \'97 along with greed \'97 we\'92re willing to accept Mrs. Chapman\'92s \softline
machine-signed checks!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab At this comment everyone, particularly Jen, redoubled their laughter.  When it died \softline
down, Jen stuck out her tongue at Jan and said, \'93See, not everyone is as nasty to me as \softline
you are, Janice Stewart!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan just shook her head and waited for quiet.  \'93Ladies, it is now my great pleasure \softline
to welcome Karen Fletcher, our featured speaker this afternoon.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I can\'92t remember when I first read a Karen Fletcher book.  I do remember two \softline
things, though: first, how enjoyable it was; second, that there was no picture nor any \softline
other biographical information about Karen Fletcher.  What I do remember is how \softline
authentic everything always was.  I recall envying all of the travel she must have done \softline
to research her locales in depth.  Why in depth?  Initially I thought she was writing \softline
about where she lived.  Then I realized it would have been impossible for anyone to have \softline
lived in so many places.  Finally, I guess I envied the money she makes.  She always has \softline
a book on the best-seller list!  I can even recall one time when she had numbers one, two, \softline
and four on the same list.  Then I met her and really felt badly \'97 but for a different set \softline
of reasons than I ever would have guessed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Ladies, please welcome Karen Fletcher in the first public appearance of her career.  \softline
Karen, we are honored!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha rose gracefully and went to the rostrum.  She was wearing a white wool dress \softline
that set off her honey-gold tan along with a string of pearls.  She appeared to be about \softline
thirty years old.  She took Jan in her arms in a hug, and then kissed her and whispered, \softline
\'93Jan, please keep your fingers crossed!  I\'92m so scared!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan kissed her cheek and went back to her seat.  Martha just stood up straight as the \softline
people rose to their feet and applauded, then cheered.  Finally the noise subsided and the \softline
room grew quiet as they waited to hear Karen Fletcher.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thank you so much,\'94 Martha began.  Jan could hear her subtly emphasizing her \softline
Southwestern heritage as she spoke.  \'93This is a first, as Janice Stewart said.  It is the \softline
first appearance of Karen Fletcher in public.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Anywhere}{\plain \fs24 \f2  in public.  You see, my name is \softline
Martha Peters.  I\'92m Jill Peter\'92s mother and a dirt farmer\'92s wife.\'94  Jill jumped from her \softline
chair and went to the rostrum where she hugged her mother tightly and then kissed her.  \softline
Martha put her arm around her daughter\'92s waist and faced the crowd again.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill was five feet ten inches and Martha was almost five feet nine.  Standing together \softline
the family resemblance was unmistakable \'97 except for the one-inch difference in height, \softline
they were twin sisters.  There were audible gasps from the crowd.  Jill kissed her mother \softline
on the cheek and returned to her seat.  \'93I listened to Jan\'92s introductions \'97 both her \softline
general introduction and mine.  It was all I could do to keep from laughing.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I think she said there were ten degrees represented up here on the stage.  I have \softline
zero.  We\'92re knee-deep in academic honors up here.  I don\'92t have any of those, either.  
My education?  I graduated from a consolidated regional high school near Amarillo, \softline
Texas, more years ago than I care to remember.  I married a dirt farmer with a wind-blown piece of land near there.  It\'92s where we still live.  Research?  Well, I use the public \softline
library.  Oh, and for the most important research, I use my husband, Mark.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Those of you who have read my books know all about my love life.  You see Mark \softline
\'91test drives\'92 the sex scenes with me to make sure they really work.  He complains bitterly \softline
when my pelvis is jerking uncontrollably in orgasm and I reach for a pad and pencil to \softline
record the sensations.\'94  From the gasps heard from the audience it was clear there were \softline
many Karen Fletcher readers present who knew what she was referring to.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93How did I become an author?  It was all my daughter\'92s fault.  Beginning when she \softline
was in high school, I would borrow her English books while she was sleeping and study \softline
them.\'94  She looked down the table at her daughter and said, \'93And by the way, Jill Peters \softline
Gordon, they were usually unopened!  I never mentioned it before for fear you would ask \softline
me how I knew!\'94  Jill laughed and winked at her mother.  \'93This continued as she \softline
majored in English at University of Texas at Austin.  Of course, with her away at school \softline
it was a mixed blessing.  On the one hand I had a lot more time and I didn\'92t have to hide \softline
the books.  On the other hand, I was always at least one term behind.  Jill aimed to be \softline
a writer.  Her father and I were convinced she knew nothing worth writing about.  I \softline
figured if she could do it, I certainly could.  So I did.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Martha grinned out at the audience.  \'93Do you know what I did?  I wrapped up my \softline
first manuscript and mailed it off to New York.  How did I select a publisher?  I mailed \softline
to the first one for which I found the complete mailing address.  A couple of weeks later \softline
I got a check and a contract.  It seemed easy enough, so that\'92s how I became a writer.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93How do I do it?  I just think of Mark and try to communicate my love for him in \softline
words on paper.  Of course I change the names from time to time.  That\'92s called \softline
character-ization.  Not even my daughter knew anything about this until she came home \softline
to get married the end of last year.  A young man had found her who\'92s a real dream.  Jill \softline
doesn\'92t know it yet, but Mark and I have initiated adoption proceedings.  He\'92s going to \softline
be our son.  We\'92re taking this step in case our daughter is so dumb she manages to lose \softline
him.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I heard about playpens.  I heard about an estate in San Diego and a penthouse \softline
overlooking the lake in Chicago.  My home in the Texas Panhandle is my playpen.  I \softline
adore my husband.  He is my life.  He\'92s also my best friend, my confidante, my playmate.  \softline
At any rate, that\'92s the story of Karen Fletcher.  I hope you\'92re not terribly disappointed.  \softline
Jan?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan went back to the rostrum.  This time there was little applause.  The audience \softline
was sitting in stunned silence.  Jan said, \'93Thank you, Martha.  I don\'92t see why these \softline
women are so quiet.  Of course!  They\'92ve never actually met a woman who gave birth at \softline
the age of five before!  That must be it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab With those words, there was a sudden thunderous cheer as the women jumped to \softline
their feet and started applauding wildly.  It was minutes before order returned and the \softline
question period began.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab One woman sitting close to the speakers\'92 table rose and said, \'93Would it be possible \softline
for the Peters women to stand together away from the rostrum?  I think we would all \softline
like to get a better look at them.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jill rose and went to where her mother was sitting.  The two women went around \softline
the front of the platform and stood together looking almost like twin sisters.  Jan went \softline
to the microphone and said, \'93It really is true.  I saw the stretch marks on Martha\'92s \softline
abdomen.  Of course I was surprised.  I thought she would have outgrown them when \softline
she reached puberty!  Incidentally, her husband, Mark, calls her Honey.  Of course a lot \softline
of husbands call their wives that.  In Mark\'92s case, there is a different reason.  You see \softline
\'97 or would, if you saw her bare the way I did \'97 her body is the most exquisite all-over \softline
honey-gold I\'92ve ever seen.  But yes, she is Jill\'92s mother.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There were a series of questions that the women fielded.  Finally at three o\'92clock the \softline
luncheon ended and the women started to leave the room.  Jan was talking with Jennifer \softline
and teasing her.  Jen was just beaming back at Jan when a handsome woman came up \softline
behind her and poked her in the ribs.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan spun around and shrieked in surprise, \'93Mother!  I didn\'92t know you were \softline
coming!\'94  She turned around and said, \'93Jan, may I introduce you to my mother \'97 \softline
Steve\'92s mother \'97 Judy Chapman?  Mother, this is Janice Stewart.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Judy Chapman took both of Jan\'92s hands in hers and looked at her steadily.  Then she \softline
just shook her head.  \'93Jan, I\'92m so proud to meet you!  When Steve brought Jen out from \softline
Los Angeles, I thought she was one of a kind.  You\'92re as beautiful as she is \'97 and if you \softline
knew how much I loved my daughter, you would appreciate the significance of what I \softline
just said.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Judy then smiled and hit Jen on the arm with a small fist.  \'93As for you, Jennifer \softline
Chapman, what\'92s your excuse?\'94  Then she grinned at both of the girls and asked, \'93Did \softline
you two ever think of getting up a comedy act?  I almost fell off my chair laughing!  Jan, \softline
you really should have seen Jen with the tip of her tongue coming out of the corner of \softline
her mouth as she pretends to be writing her name!  It looked exactly like a little girl just \softline
learning to write in the second grade!  Jen, you were terrific!\'94  She beamed at the two \softline
girls and added, \'93Now I\'92m getting some respect!  Not all of my friends had met Jen \softline
before, but they were all here today.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She turned to Jen and said, \'93Darling, I could have filled up your social calendar for \softline
the next year and a half in the last ten minutes.  By the way, how many boards of \softline
directors would you like to serve on?  They }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 all}{\plain \fs24 \f2  want you \'97 check-signing machine and \softline
all,\'94 she added with a big grin.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jill and Martha came up to her and kissed her.  \'93Jan, thank you!  And we do mean \softline
for everything!\'94 Martha said.  \'93Thank you for what you did for our daughter.  She \softline
turned out pretty well after all.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan just shook her head.  \'93Martha, honestly, I had nothing to do with it.  It was Bob \softline
and it was Jill, herself.  She\'92s the most beautiful woman I\'92ve ever seen in my life with \softline
the possible exception of you.  Thank you so much for coming!\'94  The women then told \softline
of their European trip which might extend to a world cruise.  They kissed her warmly \softline
and departed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The room was now clearing and only a few people were left.  Jen and Jessica were \softline
compar-ing notes and catching up on old times when four men appeared at the door.  It \softline
was Bill Collins, Steve Chapman, Jack Carlson, and Pete.  The men went up to their \softline
wives, took them in their arms, and kissed them soundly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When Pete released her, Jan still had an arm around his shoulder.  She looked at \softline
Jess and saw the girl holding on to Jack to keep from falling.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan whispered, \'93See, smarty!  I\'92m not the only one!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Steve and Jen Chapman invited the Collins out for dinner and the Stewarts and the \softline
Carlsons left for dinner, too.  They went out to the hotel\'92s lounge because it was not \softline
quite four o\'92clock.  When they sat down, Pete told Jess and Jack about the new hard \softline
drive.  Jess jumped out of her chair and sat down hard on Jan\'92s lap, wrapped her arms \softline
around her and kissed her warmly.  \'93Stewart, would you like our first born, growing \softline
inside me?  Perhaps a wet nurse for your baby?  You\'92ve seen my breasts.  Are they good \softline
enough to feed your child?  I\'92ll be your slave, of course.  Is that enough to have access to \softline
the Peters\'92 Drive?  Perhaps a slave couple?  Jack\'92s an excellent bartender.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan hugged her friend tightly and said, \'93Jess, I didn\'92t have the chance before:  \softline
Congratula-tions!  I\'92m so happy for you both!  I have heard about it, but can\'92t recall ever \softline
seeing it before.  As beautiful as you were in San Diego, you\'92re far more beautiful now \softline
that you\'92re expecting!  You look... fulfilled!  You really do!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Tears started flowing from Jess\'92s eyes, but she had a beatific smile.  \'93Jan, isn\'92t it \softline
what we were made for?  Isn\'92t this the most important thing that differentiates women \softline
from men?  We can create, with God\'92s help, another being!  Jan, I can\'92t tell you how \softline
happy I am!\'94  Still sitting on Jan\'92s lap, she turned to Jack and stuck out her tongue.  \softline
\'93And just think, John Carlson, I am making a baby right this minute.  I\'92m doing it all \softline
by myself, with just the tiniest bit of help from you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jack got up, came over to Jan\'92s chair and lifted Jess up in his arms as if she were a \softline
feather.  Jess\'92s eyes widened for an instant, then she just snuggled into his shoulder with \softline
her arms around his neck.  When he sat down with Jess across his lap, she lifted her \softline
head and he melted his lips to hers in a kiss.  Jan heard Jess whisper, \'93Are you happy, \softline
darling?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jack squeezed his wife tightly and said, \'93Love, I could not possibly be happier!  I just \softline
couldn\'92t!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab They ate dinner together and finally Jan produced a contract for them to review.  \'93It \softline
provides that San Diego Computing gets first call on the Peters\'92 Drive.  You will receive \softline
any quantities you need limited only to 100 percent of our production.  You are \softline
guaranteed the lowest price offered to any customer.  The contract runs for five years.  \softline
Is that acceptable?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Darling,\'94 Jess asked Jack sweetly, \'93Would you mind being the slave first?  After I \softline
deliver, of course, I\'92ll relieve you.  By that time Jan will need a wet nurse, and my \softline
breasts will be filled with milk to feed her infant.  Along with each of our right arms, of \softline
course!  I think that\'92s fair, don\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They all laughed at the way Jess had made her speech without so much as cracking \softline
a smile.  Then Jess turned to Jan, \'93Fair?  It\'92s the most unfair contract I\'92ve ever heard \softline
of in my life!  You give us every-thing and get nothing!  It\'92s absolutely ridiculous!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What do you think would be fairer?\'94 Jan asked, puzzled.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93How about first refusal on our requirements at any price you set?  And how about \softline
one year instead of five?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan kissed Pete softly and whispered in a stage whisper making certain Jess and \softline
Jack could hear, \'93Aren\'92t you glad you married such a good negotiator, darling?  It\'92s a \softline
tough deal for us, I admit, but it\'92s the best I can get!\'94  Pete kissed the tip of her nose.  \softline
She wiggled it like a rabbit, and he kissed it again.  By this time Jan was sitting on Pete\'92s \softline
lap and he was hugging her tightly.  As he hugged her, she made the wonderful noises \softline
deep in her throat that he loved so much.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jack, isn\'92t this fun?  Your wife looks exactly like mine.  Tiny, and warm and wet \'97 \softline
like a little girl!  It\'92s neat!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They finally agreed on a deal and went in for dinner.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was sitting in her office going through the mail.  It was April and spring was \softline
coming to Chicagoland.  The weather was gorgeous; it was the first warm sun-drenched \softline
day of the season.  Jan could almost forget that Pete had left two days earlier for an \softline
extended trip to Italy, Germany and Japan to line up specialty machine-tool suppliers \softline
whose equipment was needed to go into production on the Peters Drive.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The drive had been introduced a month earlier at COMDEX and it was the runaway \softline
hit of the show.  They sold out their intended first-year production and planned to \softline
increase capacity substantially.  Jan had run demonstrations at their booth similar to \softline
the ones that Mark had used to demonstrate the drive at the farm.  The results were at \softline
least as spectacular.  Meanwhile, units had been released to trade writers and the first \softline
reviews were now on her desk.  Without exception, they were raves.  For the first time, \softline
there were no clouds on Janice\'92s horizon.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then she came to the certified letter.  She opened it and found it was from Hugo \softline
Bingham at Argus Corporation.  He stated that he had acquired Illinois Technologies\'92 \softline
$20 million demand note from Chicago Trust Company, IT\'92s bank.  According to the loan \softline
terms, payment was demanded forthwith.  The loan agreement provided for 15 days \softline
notice.  Notice ran from that morning.  Jan was in a state of shock but she immediately \softline
called the bank.  Her account officer, Cynthia Martin, a vice president, was in conference \softline
so she left word for her to call.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She opened the letter again and found there was more material in the envelope.  \softline
There was a note from Hugo Bingham.  He said that Argus would rescind its call of the \softline
note provided she returned to him as his slave!  Enclosed was a photo Jan recognized.  \softline
It was a picture of herself, although her face did not show.  It showed her back scored \softline
with bleeding welts after having been whipped.  Jan\'92s stomach turned as she remembered that day.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She still hadn\'92t heard back from her bank officer, so she drove into Chicago and \softline
confronted the girl in her office.  Martin admitted she had been ducking Jan.  Yes, the \softline
bank had sold the note to Argus.  \'93But Jan, we had no choice!  He offered us a 20-percent \softline
premium on its face amount.  After all, dear, we couldn\'92t say no, could we?\'94  Jan stormed \softline
out of the bank without another word.  She vowed to do no more business with that \softline
institution ever... assuming she ever had any more business to do.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Over the next days there were nearly-daily reminders from Hugo Bingham.  A couple \softline
of days after the first letter, Jan received a set of leather bracelets for her wrists and \softline
ankles.  They fastened permanently and had steel rings on the outside that Jan realized \softline
permitted the wearer to be hooked to fasteners on a wall or post and locked into a \softline
position.  The next day she received a collar that served the same purpose.  Similar \softline
mailings, detailing her future duties as a slave, arrived almost daily.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By now nearly two weeks of the fifteen days had passed and Jan was beside herself.  \softline
Her first thought had been the Gordons, but they hadn\'92t yet returned from their trip.  
As they all expected, it had turned into a world cruise, and they could not be reached.  \softline
To add to her frustration, at least twice a week she received cards from Jill or Martha \softline
describing what they were doing and telling of all the fun they were having.  Jan was \softline
beside herself with worry.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She had tried to reach Jennifer Chapman but an answering service picked up.  When \softline
she identified herself she was told that the Chapmans \'97 senior and junior \'97 were \softline
traveling.  Questioned closely, the operator admitted she seldom heard from either of the \softline
families.  There was already a thick stack of messages waiting for them to call.  Jan \softline
indicated her call was an emergency, and the operator said she would be sure to pass the \softline
message along... }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 if}{\plain \fs24 \f2  the Chapmans called.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was tortured every time she talked with Pete on the telephone.  His trip was \softline
going very well, and he missed her.  She didn\'92t tell him of Bingham or his actions \softline
because there was nothing Pete could do about it anyway.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab One event did make her feel better.  She learned that a couple of men \'97 obviously \softline
hired by Argus \'97 had appeared at a Deerfield bar where workers at Illinois Tech hung \softline
out.  The men had started to talk loudly at the bar about Jan and about the fact that she \softline
had been a prostitute.  They even had pictures of her.  The IT people and the other locals \softline
ignored them until they produced the pictures.  Then the fun began.  It seemed that the \softline
two men were left unconscious in a ditch just inside the town line.  There they were \softline
picked up and arrested by Deerfield police for disorderly conduct.  When they tried to \softline
explain that they had been attacked, three officers testified to the magistrate that they \softline
had been in the bar all evening and never saw the men before in their lives!  The next \softline
day the remains of the pictures arrived on Jan\'92s desk, torn into confetti.  There was no \softline
note.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There were now only a few days left, and she was terrified.  She didn\'92t mind for \softline
herself, but she knew what it would do to Pete if she were Bingham\'92s slave.  It was clear \softline
that she would be forced to attend computer trade shows appearing in the most \softline
degrading manner his dirty mind could conceive.  Jan admitted that he was very creative \softline
in such things.  No possible solution occurred to her.  Finally, she decided to check her \softline
computer database to see if there were any people she might have overlooked whose help \softline
she could possibly enlist.  Going through the names, she came to Jennifer Chapman\'92s \softline
file.  Listed there was her mother, Allison Clifford, with the notation that she was one \softline
of the richest people in the world.  Further, it said she was senior partner of a law firm.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan called Anita Collins.  Anita gave her the name of a lawyer friend in town who \softline
was likely to have a copy of the Martindale-Hubbell lawyers\'92 directory.  She called and \softline
got an almost-immediate answer.  The firm name was Clifford & Jamison; Allison \softline
Clifford was managing partner and the phone number was provided.  She checked her \softline
watch and saw that it was eight-thirty in Los Angeles.  Swallowing hard, she dialed the \softline
number.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab A girl answered, \'93Clifford & Jamison, good morning!  How may I help you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93Good morning.  Mrs. Clifford please.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mrs. Clifford\'92s office.  This is Kathy.  How may I help you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Kathy, this is Janice Stewart calling.  Mrs. Clifford doesn\'92t know me, but I\'92m a \softline
friend of her daughter, Jennifer.  May I speak to her, please?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m sorry, Mrs. Stewart.  She isn\'92t in the office and is not expected today.  Can \softline
someone else help you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No, I\'92m afraid not.  I really need to see her on an urgent matter.  Could you get a \softline
message to her?  It\'92s very important that I see her as soon as possible.\'94  Kathy said she \softline
would do what she could, and Jan left her telephone number.  After hanging up the \softline
phone she looked at her calendar.  It was already Thursday.  On the following Tuesday, \softline
Jan would become Hugo Bingham\'92s slave.  The loan \'97 all twenty million dollars \'97 had \softline
to be paid on Monday.  For the first time since she was a small child, Jan put her head \softline
on her arms and started to cry.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Just then, her phone rang.  She answered it and heard, \'93Mrs. Stewart?  This is \softline
Kathy Carlson, Mrs. Clifford\'92s secretary.  I reached Mrs. Clifford.  She said she can see \softline
you but asked me to find out the purpose of your visit.  She asked me to assure you that \softline
you can speak to me in confi-dence.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan glanced at the calendar and started to cry.  \'93Kathy, I need money.  I am vice \softline
president of Illinois Technologies in Deerfield, Illinois.  For reasons I can\'92t go into over \softline
the phone, I need twenty million dollars by Monday.  It\'92s an investment, I guess.  Does \softline
that help?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mrs. Stewart, let me get back to you.  I\'92ll call you back within the hour.\'94  The \softline
connection was broken.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Thirty minutes later, the phone rang again.  It was Kathy Carlson.  \'93Mrs. Stewart?  \softline
Mrs. Clifford asked if you could catch the American flight to Los Angeles arriving LAX \softline
at six-thirty Friday evening.  Someone will meet you at the security barrier.  Mrs. \softline
Clifford will meet with you at eight o\'92clock on Monday morning.\'94  There was silence on \softline
the line for a few moments.  Then Kathy added, \'93I explained the urgency to her.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan said she would be on the plane and hung up, then went home to prepare for the \softline
trip.  She took a portable computer and one of the Peters\'92 Drives.  Early Friday morning \softline
she was in the office carefully going over the financial information she thought she \softline
would need.  Finally, she made arrangements to be driven to O\'92Hare.  If the trip wasn\'92t \softline
successful, she wouldn\'92t be coming back to O\'92Hare to pick up Pete\'92s car... ever!  She \softline
boarded the plane.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The flight to Los Angeles was the longest flight she could remember.  She was so \softline
preoccupied, she could barely remain civil to the young lady in the next seat who wanted \softline
to talk about women in business.  Finally the wide-body was in its final approach and \softline
then started setting down at Los Angeles International Airport.  Getting off the plane, \softline
Jan\'92s heart was in her mouth.  She didn\'92t know what to expect.  All she knew were three \softline
things: first, Allison Clifford was one of the richest women in the world; second, Jennifer 
Chapman worshiped her; and third, she cared about other people \'97 or Jen claimed she \softline
did.  She passed through security and heard a musical female voice say, \'93Mrs. Stewart?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan stopped short.  She saw a beautiful girl standing in front of her wearing Jan\'92s \softline
own favorite leisure costume: skin-tight Levi\'92s and a blue chambray work shirt.  The girl \softline
was a golden blonde with piercing blue eyes and a golden tan.  Jan smiled and said, \'93I\'92m \softline
Janice Stewart,\'94 and stuck out her hand.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl took it in a firm grip and smiled warmly.  \'93Welcome to Los Angeles, Mrs. \softline
Stewart!  I\'92m Ali.  Mrs. Clifford asked me to look after you until Monday morning, if it\'92s \softline
all right with you?  Do you have any luggage?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan admired the young woman who moved with a very athletic stride.  Because of \softline
the Levi\'92s there was no question about her figure.  Her legs were perfect.  Looking at the \softline
shirt, she could see the girl\'92s nipples protruding under the material.  Clearly, she wasn\'92t \softline
wearing a bra.  They chatted and went to the baggage claim area where Jan retrieved her \softline
suitcase and the special padded case she used to transport the computer.  She carried the \softline
Peters Drive in the cabin with her, never letting it out of her sight if she could avoid it.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali helped her with the bags and they went out to the curb where a long gray \softline
limousine was waiting.  Ali said, \'93Fred, this is Mrs. Stewart.  She\'92s a friend of Mrs. \softline
Clifford\'92s.\'94  They got in the car and it smoothly pulled out into traffic.  When they got \softline
clear of the airport, Ali asked, \'93Mrs. Stewart, do you drink?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Ali, the name is Jan, for God\'92s sake!  You aren\'92t that much younger than I am, and \softline
you make me feel like an old woman!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and stuck out her hand again.  \'93Hi, Jan.  I like you very much.\'94  Jan was \softline
impressed with the girl\'92s firm grip.  \'93But you still didn\'92t answer the question.  Do you \softline
drink?  If so, would you like one?\'94  The girl grinned even more broadly.  \'93Every once in \softline
a while, Mrs. Clifford gives me an assignment like this and I get to use her car and \softline
driver.  I feel like a little kid and want to bounce up and down on the seats!\'94  With that, \softline
she started to bounce.  She blushed when she caught a glare from the driver in the \softline
mirror.  \'93Oops!  Fred may tell the old lady!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She opened a panel in the back of the partition and revealed a fully-equipped bar.  \softline
\'93I\'92m going to have a very dry martini!  How about you, Jan?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled and said she would join her.  Ali mixed the drinks with practiced skill and \softline
gave one to Jan.  \'93Good luck, Jan!  May I consider you a friend?  I hope you will think \softline
of me as one of yours.  I heard a rumor that you\'92re a friend of Jennifer Clifford\'92s.  Is that \softline
true?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled again and said, \'93I hope so!  She\'92s one of the nicest \'97 and certainly one \softline
of the funniest \'97 girls I\'92ve ever met.\'94  She told Ali about the luncheon and Jen\'92s \softline
pantomime with signing the check.  She went on to tell about her first meeting with Jen, \softline
her question about cleaning cum out of the carpet, and her reply.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab By this time, Ali was giggling merrily.  She finally admitted to knowing Jen.  \'93She \softline
really is a nice person, I guess.  I know Mrs. Clifford thinks the sun rises and sets in \softline
her.\'94  They enjoyed their drinks.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally they arrived at a very impressive downtown office tower.  Ali said that they \softline
might as well bring her computer and things in and lock them in the office where they \softline
would be safe.  Jan realized with a start it was almost eight o\'92clock in the evening.  They \softline
rose in the elevator to the top office floor.  Getting off the elevator, she saw a beautiful \softline
entrance with the name, }{\plain \fs24 \scaps\f2 Clifford & Jamison,}{\plain \fs24 \f2  in brass letters over the door.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After Ali used a key to let them in, Jan was surprised to see the office was dark.  She \softline
understood law firms, particularly the most successful ones, were going till all hours.  \softline
She asked Ali about it, but the girl just shrugged and said, \'93Not this one!\'94  They went \softline
into a corner office; Jan had noticed the discrete lettering next to the door that said, \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \scaps\f2 Allison Clifford, Managing Partner}{\plain \fs24 \f2 .  Ali opened the door and stood back to allow \softline
Jan to precede her.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93My God, what an office!\'94 Jan exclaimed.  \'93It\'92s like a Hollywood set!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was a beautiful evening in Los Angeles.  Looking to the west, the sun had just set.  \softline
There was a magnificent vista out to the ocean and north to the mountains and the San \softline
Fernando Valley beyond.  Jan just went to the windows which were floor-to-ceiling and \softline
admired the view.  Then she looked at the very large leather-topped desk in front of the \softline
window.  She sighed and Ali asked what was wrong.  \'93There\'92s nothing wrong!  I was just \softline
thinking of being at this window and having my husband, Pete, take me on the desk.  \softline
Just the two of us and the lights of the city.  We would both be bare and making love in \softline
full view of anyone who cared to look!  It would be heavenly!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and said, \'93I don\'92t think there\'92s a girl in the office who hasn\'92t been taken \softline
at least once on Mrs. Clifford\'92s desk, most particularly including yours truly!  I\'92m afraid \softline
it\'92s not an original thought.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali asked about hotel arrangements.  Jan blushed and admitted she had none.  \'93Ali, \softline
I\'92ll be honest.  My husband and I are facing financial ruin.  I guess I was thinking of \softline
sleeping on a park bench or something.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and said, \'93In that case would you mind sharing my apartment?  There\'92s \softline
an advantage to it: Mrs. Clifford asked me to show you how our computers and things \softline
work and help you to prepare for Monday\'92s meeting.  I hope you don\'92t mind?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Not at all!  How about dinner?  With you providing my housing, I could certainly \softline
buy dinner for us.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali just shook her head.  \'93Mrs. Clifford asked me to pick up a lot of food and charge \softline
the firm.  It\'92s all at the apartment.  Do you cook, by any chance?  Because if you don\'92t, \softline
we\'92re going to have a big problem.\'94  Jan admitted that she did cook a little.  The girls \softline
closed up the office and went down to the lobby and then to the garage below.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned at Jan and said, \'93I run another con job.  You might wonder what I do \softline
around the place.  Actually, I\'92m the girl of all work.  One of the things I do is take care 
of Mrs. Clifford\'92s car.  Periodically I\'92ll tell her it needs servicing and she never knows the \softline
difference.  Anyway, I told her it has to go in the shop early on Monday, so I have it for \softline
the weekend!\'94  Because of the late hour the garage was nearly empty.  They went up to \softline
a white Mazda RX-7 convertible.  As she got in and retracted the top into its boot, Ali \softline
looked at Jan and said, \'93I hope you don\'92t mind if your hair blows?  Guest or not, if you \softline
do mind, that\'92s tough!  It\'92s my chance to enjoy a convertible instead of my old clunker!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She expertly handled the small car through the garage and then accelerated when \softline
she reached the street.  Jan leaned back in the seat and enjoyed Ali\'92s driving.  Regardless \softline
of what Mrs. Clifford might do with the car, it was clear Ali knew how to handle it.  She \softline
wound her way to an apartment complex in a not-very-good section of the Valley and \softline
pulled into a parking space.  After putting the top up she led the way into an apartment \softline
unit.  The unit was very clean but rather spartan.  Clearly, she was not rolling in money.  \softline
Ali helped carry her things into the bedroom and then went to a closet.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She was taking a blanket off the shelf when Jan noticed what she was doing.  \'93Ali, \softline
what are you doing with the blanket?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl looked embarrassed but said, \'93It\'92s not very cold, Jan, so I didn\'92t think you \softline
would need an extra one tonight.  I\'92m just taking it out to the living room.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What on earth for?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Well, you\'92re sleeping in here, so...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Young lady, do you mean to say you intend to give up your bed and sleep on the \softline
sofa?\'94  Ali didn\'92t answer; she just looked sheepish.  \'93The hell you will!  I can be perfectly \softline
happy on the sofa.\'94  Her face fell as she added, \'93If I don\'92t get the money, I\'92ll be sleeping \softline
on the floor next to Bingham\'92s bed.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali just shook her head.  Then she said, \'93How about a compromise?  Could we share?  \softline
The bed is pretty big and neither of us are fat...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s face fell.  \'93Ali, I forgot to bring any pajamas.  I\'92ve slept bare for so long I\'92m not \softline
sure if I even have any!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl just grinned.  \'93If you can stand it, I\'92m sure I can.  I don\'92t have any either, \softline
and I would feel like a fool putting on a bra to go to bed.  I think I can stand it.\'94  She \softline
grinned and cocked her head, \'93You don\'92t snore, do you?\'94  Jan just grinned back and \softline
shook her head.  The two young women went out to the kitchen.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali opened up the refrigerator and the cupboards and then just looked lost.  \'93Jan, I \softline
can boil water.  Mostly I get that right.  I can even make coffee in an automatic coffee \softline
maker.  Now you know the extent of my culinary skills, end to end.  I was all set to take \softline
you out to dinner tonight \'97 live it up on Mrs. C. \'97 when she insisted on buying the \softline
food.  I could have even headed that off but her secretary \'97 who really can cook \'97 had \softline
already done the ordering.  Are we going to starve?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab While she was talking, Jan was taking inventory.  She found two magnificent-looking \softline
sirloin steaks.  \'93Would you like steaks and a salad?\'94 Jan asked.  Ali nodded her head 
vigorously and offered to make drinks.  She said she drank martinis, and Jan said she \softline
would join her again.  Moments later Ali was back with the liquor and quickly made two \softline
drinks.  She sat and watched while Jan moved easily around the kitchen.  Ali marveled \softline
at how quick and sure she was.  In no time things were cooking, and Jan was fixing a \softline
salad.  While things were coming together, Ali set the table, claiming it was another \softline
culinary art of hers she had forgotten.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She had just lighted two candles on the table when Jan brought the dinners out.  \softline
They started with shrimp cocktail with Arnaud\'92s sauce from New Orleans.  It was \softline
followed by entrec\'f4te, sauce P\'e9rigord with soufl\'e9ed potatoes and served it with a salad \softline
she created.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali\'92s eyes widened as she tried the beef and then the potatoes which were like tiny \softline
crisp balloons.  \'93Jan, what did you do!?  This is utterly spectacular!  Where did you ever \softline
learn to cook?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked down at her plate then looked into Ali\'92s eyes.  \'93Ali, I guess you know \softline
from Jen I was a prostitute?\'94  Ali remained impassive, merely nodding her head.  \'93Well, \softline
I didn\'92t like myself very much.  In fact, I hated myself.  Aside from going to school and \softline
working, I did a few other things \'97 like learning to cook.  I would pretend that I was \softline
married and my husband was coming home.\'94  She smiled faintly and continued.  \'93Often, \softline
I would even set two places at the table.  I knew no man would ever have me, but I \softline
pretended someone did marry me.  I knew I had to be a good housekeeper because I \softline
couldn\'92t be good with him in bed.  I was just a piece of warm meat with a small range of \softline
imitation emotions.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then I met Bob Gordon.  He hired me to coach Jill and himself.  Jill had only been \softline
with a man once before in her life, and Bob had only been with a girl twice.  Lessons!?  \softline
On the first morning \'97 I escaped from Hugo Bingham, and they allowed me into their \softline
hotel room to protect me \'97 Jill made me a bet.  It seems that the night before she bet \softline
Bob that he couldn\'92t get her to beg him to fuck her.  Bob absolutely took her apart!  He \softline
would fondle her and caress her and bring her to the point of release \'97 and stop.  She \softline
claimed it went on all night long.  Finally she assaulted him, hoping he would take her \softline
over his knee and make her cum by spanking her and putting pressure on her clit.  Well, \softline
he started to spank her all right, and she became excited.  Bob realized what she was \softline
doing so he took her to her peak spanking her.  Just as she was about to release, he \softline
changed tempo.  She didn\'92t get her release, but she certainly got a very sore little ass!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled warmly and continued, \'93Then the trouble began.  Jill told me what had \softline
happened.  She bet me ten dollars I would be begging Bob for release, too!  I took the \softline
bet.\'94  She shook her head, remembering.  \'93It turned out to be the best money I ever lost!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93At any rate, I was naked, too, and Bob had me kneel on the bed facing him.  He \softline
started to caress my boobs and my body, then moved to my inner thighs.  Finally, he \softline
entered my cunt with his finger and started to tickle my clit.  When he started, it was \softline
like it always was with the customers.  I didn\'92t feel anything.  He has a fantastic touch, \softline
though.  Soon I was moaning and could feel myself going higher and higher.  I was 
enjoying sensations I had never experienced in my life.  I could feel myself rising to a \softline
higher and higher sexual peak and was about to explode.  Then he stopped.  I was \softline
vibrating!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I remember it vividly as I tell you about it.  When I had calmed down a bit, he \softline
started working on me again.  I had never met a man who was so attuned to a woman \softline
and her body!  He took me to the crest... and stopped.  I don\'92t know how many times I \softline
went up and down like a yo-yo!  Finally, I started to cry and scream.  I begged him for \softline
release!  Then he started working on me again.  He took me to the crest, and over.  He \softline
kept working on my body and I was continually cuming.  It was unbelievable!  I remem-
ber just falling face-down on the bed with my knees still under me to keep my crotch \softline
raised.  My thighs were spread wide, and I was just pouring fluids on the bed like a river!  \softline
Bob slowed down and let me come off the crest.  Then the dear just caressed my ass!  I \softline
remember wiggling it on the bed, it felt so good!  When I was relaxed, he pulled the \softline
covers up over me, and I fell asleep.  It was heavenly!  I had never cum before and didn\'92t \softline
think I ever could.  He showed me that I could.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Then on Maui, I met Pete.  He had never been with a girl before in his life.  He was \softline
a virgin!\'94  Jan told how they spent the first afternoon on the nude beach and spread \softline
lotion over each other.  The two girls laughed when Jan recounted how Pete had skipped \softline
from the middle of her back down to her legs, missing \'93the part I least care to have \softline
fried!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then she described how they first made love on the beach.  \'93Ali, I thought Bob had \softline
a feeling for women!  Pete is indescribable!  On the one hand, he\'92s so big and strong, he \softline
can pick me up like a feather.  In fact, on our wedding day he carried me under his arm \softline
holding me with one hand like a loaf of bread!  But at the same time he has the most \softline
exquisite touch!  The first time he took me, he maintained my orgasm for over fifteen \softline
minutes, until I passed out!  He has the most extraordi-nary control I\'92ve ever heard of.  \softline
He knows exactly how to move inside me so that I just keep pouring out juices in a \softline
flood!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan grinned and added, \'93Ali, you wouldn\'92t believe what a mess I am when Pete \softline
finishes with me!  I\'92m sweating like a pig, even my hair is soaking wet, and I\'92ve been \softline
pouring juices all over the bed!  My head flops from side to side, I make the most obscene \softline
noises, my arms just flail around... I\'92m utterly destroyed.  And this is every day, now!

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m sorry, Ali.  This was all a long story to explain how I learned to cook.\'94  Then \softline
Jan smiled brilliantly.  \'93The first day we were back from our honeymoon in Deerfield, \softline
Bob had gone to the office.  I met him at the door wearing a shorty peignoir that doesn\'92t \softline
even reach my crotch.  I had one of the dinners I dreamed of making prepared for him.  \softline
He loved it.  He really did!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan started to cry.  Tears were streaming down her cheeks but she managed to say, \softline
\'93I never thought it could possibly happen, but it did!  Then he carried me up to bed.  I \softline
was cradled in his powerful arms, and crushed to his broad chest!  It was so delicious!  \softline
Then he put me on the bed and took me... and took me... and took me, until I passed out.  
It was the evening I dreamed about, but my dreams were not nearly as good as the \softline
reality!\'94  She wiped her eyes and asked with a little smile, \'93Did you like the dinner?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali smiled softly and said, \'93Jan, it was the most marvelous dinner I\'92ve ever eaten.  \softline
But you know what?  As good as it was, it was like nothing compared to hearing you \softline
speak of your husband.  You love him, don\'92t you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan shook her head and said, \'93Ali, it\'92s such a small word.  I adore him.  There is \softline
absolutely nothing I won\'92t do for him!\'94  Jan\'92s face dissolved in tears.  \'93I\'92ll go into slavery \softline
for him!  I guess that\'92s what is going to happen on Tuesday!  Ali, no one would give a \softline
person like me twenty dollars, let alone twenty million!  I thought it wouldn\'92t matter, \softline
but Ali, I\'92m afraid it will.  Before, I was a worthless piece of meat.  Now... Now, that I\'92ve \softline
experienced Pete\'92s love.  I...\'94  She looked up and Ali could see both pain and determination in the girl\'92s eyes.  \'93When Hugo rescinds the call of our note, I\'92m going to kill myself.  \softline
I couldn\'92t stand it, and I won\'92t allow Hugo to use me to hurt Pete.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali went pale listening to the girl.  She got up and came back with a bottle of fine \softline
cognac, poured a large glass for Jan and watched as she drank some.  Color started to \softline
come back to her face.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then Jan smiled and said, \'93I\'92m sorry, Ali.  This isn\'92t your problem.  Thank you so \softline
much for listening to me!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By this time it was eleven-thirty.  It was one-thirty Central time and Ali could see \softline
the girl was about to drop.  Ali quickly put the dishes in the sink, turned out the lights, \softline
and the girls went into the bedroom.  Jan used the bathroom first and came out nude.  \softline
Then Ali got a glimpse of a perfect figure tanned all over as Jan got into bed.  When Ali \softline
got into bed the lights were already out.  She enjoyed her proximity to a beautiful girl \softline
whose skin was like warm satin.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Allison Clifford was awakened late at night by the sound of weeping.  She turned on \softline
the bed light and looked at Jan.  The girl was crying like her heart would break.  Ali \softline
turned out the light again and moved closer to Jan, taking her into her arms.  When Ali \softline
put her arms- around her, Jan could feel herself pulled tightly against a beautiful female \softline
body.  She felt her breasts mashed by another pair as firm as her own.  Then she felt the \softline
girl gently stroking her hair.  She heard Ali whisper, \'93Please don\'92t cry, Jan.  It will be \softline
all right!  I know it will!\'94  Then she kissed the girl lightly on the lips.  She was surprised \softline
when her kiss was returned.  She was amazed at how sweet and tender the kiss was.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Thank you, dear Ali!  I\'92m so sorry!  I didn\'92t mean to awaken you.  But God, I miss \softline
Pete so!  And I\'92ll never see him again!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali just softly caressed the girl\'92s hair and could feel her begin to calm down.  Her \softline
shoulders were no longer shaking so much and her breathing became more regular.  Ali \softline
could feel the girl mold her body to her own and finally fall sleep.  Ali thought how \softline
strange yet pleasant the sensation was.  She was used to sleeping in Bill\'92s arms and she \softline
adored the feeling.  She decided she liked the feeling of being held tightly by the \softline
beautiful girl beside her.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan awakened at six o\'92clock.  Since it was eight o\'92clock by her biological clock, for her \softline
it amounted to sleeping late.  She was amazed to find she had been sleeping face-to-face \softline
with Ali.  The two girls\'92 bodies were entwined, and Ali\'92s hand was behind Jan\'92s head.  \softline
Although Jan didn\'92t know it, Ali had fallen asleep while caressing her hair.  Jan could \softline
feel her breasts and her body held closely against Ali\'92s.  Curiously, she loved the \softline
sensation.  She looked carefully at the girl now only inches away.  Her skin was \softline
magnificent and her figure was perfect.  A loose lock of hair had fallen over the girl\'92s \softline
eyes.  Jan saw that she had very long, full eyelashes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As she tried to carefully brush the hair off Ali\'92s face, the girl\'92s eyes opened.  Like Jan \softline
herself, there was no sign of puffiness.  Rather, Jan found herself looking into the most \softline
beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen.  Ali\'92s eyes glistened, and Jan could feel the girl\'92s \softline
hand stroking her hair.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Hi,\'94 Ali whispered, \'93How are you this morning, dear Jan?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan\'92s arm was around her, and she gave a squeeze.  \'93Ali, I\'92m so sorry!  Thank you, \softline
so much!  But how can you bear to be so close to a whore?  You may have saved my life, \softline
but it had to be disgusting for you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was surprised to see tears appear in the corners of Ali\'92s eyes and see her head \softline
shake.  \'93Jan, you don\'92t understand, do you?  I\'92m as far from being a lesbian as a woman \softline
can be.  Yet holding you tight feels so good!  You\'92re so soft and warm but...  You\'92re not \softline
really soft.  I can feel muscles moving under your soft skin.  Janice Stewart, you\'92re \softline
exquisite!\'94  Ali gave her another soft kiss filled with love.  Then her eyes gleamed and \softline
she said with a grin, \'93Now are you going to get your tight little ass the hell out of my \softline
bed?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan hopped out of bed and went into the bathroom.  After showering and washing \softline
her hair, she wrapped her hair in a towel and went out towards the kitchen.  Ali went \softline
into the bath as Jan disappeared.  When Ali came into the kitchen, Jan\'92s towel was \softline
folded, and she placed a plate in front of her.  It was the most elegant omelette Ali had \softline
ever tasted, served with crisp bacon.  Minutes later, Jan took fresh popovers out of the \softline
oven.  By this time her own omelette was ready, and she brought it to the table.  Ali just \softline
looked at the girl in amazement.  Clearly, she was as comfortable in her nudity as Ali was \softline
herself.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they were finished, Jan asked diffidently, \'93Do you have a cigarette in the \softline
apartment, by any chance?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and scampered into another room.  She came back with a tattered \softline
cigarette pack with two cigarettes left.  She frowned and said, \'93They\'92re stale.  They\'92ll \softline
smoke as hot as firecrackers, but what the hell!\'94  The girls lit up, then leaned back in \softline
their chairs and grinned at each other.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Stewart, how much are you going to charge me for this weekend?  Of course, I\'92m \softline
going to blow up like a balloon, but right now I couldn\'92t care less!\'94  She looked down at 
her chest and then at Jan\'92s.  \'93Jan, I envy you your chest!  You are magnificent!  I\'92m still \softline
on the scrawny side.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 \'93Scrawny?\'94}{\plain \fs24 \f2  Jan exclaimed.  \'93I\'92ve heard of women fishing for compliments in my \softline
time, but you really take the cake!  Lady, you are perfect!\'94  Jan\'92s face displayed concern.  \softline
\'93Why did you say it the way you did?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Because when Mrs. Clifford found me, I was starving.  Literally starving to death.  \softline
I don\'92t think I had eaten in three days.  I... I could have sold my body, I guess, but chose \softline
not to.  I\'92m sorry.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan knelt on the floor next to Ali and hugged the girl.  \'93Ali, you were right and I was \softline
wrong.  Although, maybe there are compensations.  I was in hell before I met the \softline
Gordons and then Pete.  I think maybe I appreciate heaven more, as a result.\'94  She \softline
kissed the girl softly on the cheek and sat down in her chair again.  \'93Did you really like \softline
the breakfast?  Would you like another popover?  They\'92re still hot?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Stewart, you\'92re destroying me!  A gourmet meal for me is a trip to McDonald\'92s.  I \softline
used to like Egg McMuffin!  After this, what am I going to do?\'94  She grinned and \softline
gathered up the plates.  Soon she was washing the dishes including the ones left from the \softline
night before.  Jan shook her head and went to get dressed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She put on her skin-tight Levi\'92s and chambray shirt.  As she brushed her hair she \softline
realized that she and Ali had almost identical heads of hair.  Both girls were golden \softline
blondes with hair that was very full-bodied and naturally wavy.  When she went out to \softline
the kitchen, Ali was putting the last things away.  She was standing on tiptoe reaching \softline
for a high shelf.  Jan realized what a tempting target her tight little ass was.  She gave \softline
her a quick spank and jumped back as Ali spun around.  She held up her hands and said, \softline
\'93I\'92m sorry!  But, Ali, I just couldn\'92t resist!  Now I guess I see why Pete loves to squeeze \softline
my buns.  You have a beautiful little ass!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali was rubbing her bottom with a sorrowful look on her face.  \'93Thanks a helluva lot, \softline
Stewart.  I would get revenge if I wasn\'92t still enjoying that meal so much.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Oh, what the hell!\'94 said Jan as she turned around and bent over exposing her own \softline
ass now covered by the skin-tight jeans.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She felt a smack and then heard Ali squeal, \'93Ouch!\'94  Jan turned around and laughed \softline
as she saw Ali making a face and shaking the hand she had just used to spank her.  \softline
\'93Damn it, Stewart, when it\'92s covered with denim, it sure in hell is not the same thing!\'94  \softline
The two girls laughed and Ali scampered off to get dressed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was another beautiful day in Los Angeles.  The first thing Ali did was put the \softline
convertible top down before they headed for the downtown office.  Since it was still very \softline
early on a Saturday, there was almost no traffic.  Ali waved at the guard as she drove \softline
into the garage and parked the car where it had been the night before.  They went up to \softline
the office and went in.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali turned on the lights and then said, \'93Oh, hell!  I\'92ll bet no one told the building to \softline
provide air conditioning today!  She grinned at Jan, made sure the front door was locked, 
and went into Mrs. Clifford\'92s office.  She stripped off her shoes, shirt and jeans and was \softline
just wearing her bikini.  \'93Jan, it\'92s going to be like an oven in here today.  I wash easier \softline
than my clothes.  Do you want to join me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan just grinned and stripped off her clothes.  She turned to Ali and said, \'93I \softline
understand you\'92re supposed to help me get ready.  Is that right?\'94  Ali said it was.  \'93Then \softline
I guess you know how all this hardware works?  Can I give you a demonstration?\'94  Ali \softline
quickly agreed and Jan gave her some exercises to run on the computer after first \softline
familiarizing herself with its software and major files.  As Jan expected, the computer \softline
\'97 a very powerful 80386 machine \'97 visibly slowed when retrieving data from disk.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When Ali finished, Jan shut down the computer, and using a quarter as a \softline
screwdriver, opened it up.  She carefully removed the hard drive and put in the Peters \softline
Drive.  She closed it and booted it up again.  \'93Okay, do the same exercises.  There are \softline
comparable files on this disk.\'94  Ali did as she was told.  She let out a low whistle as she \softline
saw the machine retrieve and manipulate files essentially instantaneously.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When she finished Ali looked up, shaking her head.  \'93This drive is }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 fast!  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 What did \softline
you do to it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Ali, the one that was in your machine was a 70-megabyte unit.  The one in it now \softline
is 500-megabytes.  Moreover, it has over 450 megabytes in use right now.  The file \softline
exercises were set to require the machine to go essentially end-to-end in its memory.  \softline
This is what I want Mrs. Clifford to invest in.  Do you think she will?\'94  Ali could see the \softline
fear appear again in Jan\'92s eyes as she asked the final question.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I\'92m sure you will get a good hearing.  Let\'92s get going!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As they started to work, they heard the door open.  A gorgeous girl with auburn hair \softline
stuck her head in.  \'93Ali, what are you doing in Mrs. Clifford\'92s office?  She\'92s going to have \softline
a bird!\'94  Then she saw Jan and came in.  She, too, was in Levi\'92s and a shirt.  \'93Hi, I\'92m \softline
Ginger Jamison, the junior partner in this firm.  I don\'92t think we\'92ve met.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan jumped to her feet and extended her hand.  It was taken in a grip as firm as her \softline
own.  \'93Hi.  I\'92m Janice Stewart.  I\'92m making a presentation to Mrs. Clifford to try to get \softline
her to invest some money in our company.  Ali said we were supposed to use Mrs. \softline
Clifford\'92s computer.  I hope you don\'92t mind?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab While she was talking she was amused to see Ginger stripping off her own clothes.  \softline
Like Ali\'92s, the woman\'92s body was perfection.  Her breasts were larger than Ali\'92s but very \softline
high and firm.  Rare for a woman with her coloring, she had a rich all-over tan.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali said, \'93Ging, how did you possibly get your abused and overused ass out of bed \softline
this morning?  What\'92s wrong with Charley?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl shook her head sadly but her eyes were gleaming.  \'93He can\'92t take it any \softline
more.  He says I have to get a job stripping or working the bars or something so he can \softline
get some sleep.  He insists his law firm isn\'92t nearly as considerate of his working hours \softline
as ours is.  As a result, this morning when I squeezed his hand over my boob, he barely \softline
opened one eye.  He just moved between my legs and fucked me silly!  Then I passed out, 
as usual.  When I regained conscious-ness, he was sound asleep again.  I don\'92t think an \softline
earthquake would wake him.\'94  There was a beautiful happy grin as she added, \'93As long \softline
as I\'92m home by four, poor Charley won\'92t even know I\'92m gone!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ginger went into her office next door, taking her clothes with her.  Jan asked, \softline
\'93What\'92s with the Levi\'92s and chambray shirts?  Is that the company uniform?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and shrugged.  \'93I guess it must be.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They spent the rest of the morning setting up spreadsheets and going over the \softline
numbers with Ali.  From the questions she raised and the points she made, it was clear \softline
to Jan that Ali was no dunce.  Finally Ali raised the question of the investment \softline
structure.  Jan sat up straight and said, \'93I will give her fifty percent of the company for \softline
the investment.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali slowly shook her head.  \'93I\'92m afraid that\'92s not good enough, Jan.  She will insist \softline
on control.  How about fifty-one?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali could see tears come to Jan\'92s eyes.  \'93Ali, I can\'92t!  I only own fifty percent!  Pete \softline
doesn\'92t even know anything has happened!  I\'92ll give her all of my stock in return for \softline
twenty million going to repay Argus.\'94  She looked at Ali and wailed, \'93I can\'92t sell what \softline
isn\'92t mine!  What can I do?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl\'92s face was very serious as she said, \'93There is one possible thing: Would you \softline
consider becoming Mrs. Clifford\'92s slave?  You\'92re prepared to do it for Bingham.  What \softline
about her?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Swallowing hard, Jan said, \'93Could we make it for a term?  Ten years, maybe?\'94  Ali \softline
thought that would be all right.  \'93But what would I do?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Cook, for one thing.  Jan, that\'92s what gave me the idea.  You could cook, clean, and \softline
perform personal services.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s a deal!\'94 Jan exclaimed.  \'93Do you think she will accept it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I didn\'92t tell you what the personal services are, Jan.  Are you sure?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I guess I don\'92t really care.  What is she like?  What\'92s her body like?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali frowned and said, \'93Considering her age, I guess she\'92s in good-enough shape.  \softline
She\'92s not a tub \'97 no cellulite-filled thighs.  I guess she\'92s okay.\'94  Ali looked almost \softline
frightened as she said, \'93Jan, I think she might want you to lick out her cunt after \softline
preparing her for her husband.  Of course, I can\'92t believe that happens very often at her \softline
age.  Could you do it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course,\'94 Jan replied.  \'93What about discipline?  With Bingham, I would be \softline
shredded.  Almost anything would have to be better than that pig!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jan, could you take it?  I really shouldn\'92t have suggested it, but you need to do \softline
something.  There\'92s no way you could go to that maniac, Bingham!  He\'92ll kill you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They got dressed and went out to lunch at one of the few downtown lunch counters \softline
open on a Saturday.  While eating, Jan had an idea.  She asked if there was any leather 
store that might be open nearby.  Ali remembered one, and they went there after eating.  \softline
The clerk looked askance at Jan as she selected four different whips ranging from a \softline
small dog whip to one that was near a bull whip in size.  She picked up several cans of \softline
leather oil, paid for her purchases and they returned to the building.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They continued their business review and then Ali started to set up a computer \softline
graphics presentation for Monday.  Jan sat and oiled her newly-purchased whips.  As she \softline
worked on them they became less stiff and more supple.  They finished up about four-thirty.  As Ali had predicted, the office was stifling hot by then and sweat was pouring \softline
off the two girls.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they were getting ready to leave, Ali grinned and said, \'93Let\'92s have some fun!  \softline
Mrs. Clifford has a new shower.  Let\'92s use it!  She\'92ll never know the difference.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali opened a door off the magnificent office and turned on a light.  It was a fully \softline
equipped bath on the top office floor of a forty-story building.  Ali turned on the shower \softline
and luxuriated in its spray.  She used the shampoo and conditioner that Jan recognized \softline
as the same very expensive brand she had seen at Ali\'92s apartment.  When she was \softline
finished and was drying her hair, Jan showered.  As they dressed, Jan asked about the \softline
shampoo.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali replied, \'93Shh, don\'92t tell!  This is my source of supply.  It\'92s a helluva lot cheaper \softline
here than it is at the stores!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After completing their showers, the girls headed back to Ali\'92s apartment.  This time \softline
Jan\'92s dinner featured a rack of lamb.  It was utterly spectacular.  When Jan finally \softline
served coffee after having flamed cr\'e8pes Suzette at the table, Ali disappeared.  She \softline
returned with a bottle of magnificent cognac and two very light panatella cigars.  Jan\'92s \softline
eyes widened, but she took one.  The two girls lighted the cigars and sipped the cognac.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali closed her eyes in pleasure.  \'93Jan, I think this thing will work.  After about two \softline
of your meals, Mrs. C. will be }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 your}{\plain \fs24 \f2  slave!  This was spectacu-lar!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was savoring the cognac and enjoying the cigar.  \'93Ali, where did the cigars and \softline
cognac come from?  Is this more of Mrs. Clifford\'92s private stock?\'94  Ali just shrugged and \softline
grinned.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali was in bed when Jan emerged from the bathroom.  She knelt on the bed and \softline
looked at the girl.  \'93Ali, I have a favor to ask.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The answer is yes.  What\'92s the favor?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93May I eat out your cunt?  I used to do it all the time but I\'92m out of practice.  The \softline
last time I did it, it was a form of exorcism I performed with Jill.  May I?  Who knows?  \softline
You might even like it.  I used to be pretty good.  I was beaten savagely if I wasn\'92t.\'94  Jan \softline
looked pensive as she added, \'93You know, I think women are naturally more cruel than \softline
men.  I seem to recall that when the Indians took prisoners, they were turned over to the \softline
women for torture.  At any rate, will you let me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s never happened before.  But I always say I\'92ll try anything once.  Come ahead.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan pulled the covers down exposing Ali\'92s beautiful body.  She asked the girl to \softline
spread her legs and she just knelt between them.  Ali didn\'92t know what to expect.  Jan \softline
was just looking at her fondly.  Then she leaned forward and kissed her softly on the lips.  \softline
Ali realized the kiss was sweet and loving, but not at all passionate.  Then she felt the \softline
girl\'92s fingertips on her body.  They felt like sensual feathers as they moved on her skin.  \softline
Then she felt the girl start to tease her nipples with her finger tips causing them \softline
instantly to harden.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then Jan lowered her head, took one of Ali\'92s nipples between her teeth and bit down \softline
gently, Ali could feel her body begin to involuntarily writhe on the bed in pleasure.  The \softline
girl\'92s lips surrounded her breast, first one, then the other.  Meanwhile she could feel \softline
Jan\'92s fingers move on her inner thighs, creating exquisite sensations and causing her to \softline
spread her thighs even wider.  Then she felt a finger enter her cunt and immediately find \softline
her clit.  She let out a small shriek of pleasure as Jan tormented the little sentinel while \softline
still kissing her breasts.  The next thing she knew, Jan\'92s head was between her legs.  She \softline
could see the top of the golden head and feel the girl\'92s tongue enter her slit.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali moaned with pleasure as she tried to open herself even wider to make Jan\'92s \softline
access easier.  She gasped as she felt the girl\'92s teeth lock on her clit.  Then her tongue \softline
started darting like a small snake up her vagina.  Jan was holding her legs now to keep \softline
from losing her position.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali was amazed.  She could feel her passion rise higher and higher as Jan\'92s tongue \softline
continued to work.  Suddenly she let go in a flood of syrup.  She could feel Jan lapping \softline
faster to catch all of the nectar before it soaked the bed.  She continued to caress Ali\'92s \softline
smooth skin as the girl\'92s breathing slowly returned to normal.  Finally, she lifted her \softline
head, leaned forward, and kissed her softly on the lips.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan pulled up the covers and covered them both.  Finally she said, \'93Thank you, Ali.  \softline
You are absolutely delicious.  Did it hurt?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali\'92s head jerked to the side.  \'93Hurt?  You have got to be kidding!  Jan, that was \softline
exquisite!  If I didn\'92t have a man, you would be a close substitute!  Thank you!\'94  She \softline
leaned over and kissed Jan on the lips, then turned out the light.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The next morning Jan was awakened by a wonderful sensation in her loins.  She \softline
opened her eyes and found Ali kneeling beside her caressing her skin with a feather \softline
touch.  When she saw Jan\'92s eyes open, she moved between her legs.  Then she did for \softline
Jan what Jan had done for her the previous night.  She began by kissing her lips softly \softline
and caressing her breasts.  It was almost a replay of the previous night.  When she \softline
finished, Jan\'92s pelvis was jerking uncontrollably as she was seized with a massive orgasm \softline
triggered by Ali\'92s work on her clit and vagina.  As her juices poured out in a flood, Ali \softline
was licking up every drop.  Finally, Jan just lay still in exhaustion.  Ali kissed her on the \softline
lips again, but this time Jan forced her tongue into the girl\'92s mouth so she could taste \softline
her own juices that were still on Ali\'92s tongue.  \'93Did you like it, Jan?  Was I any good?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan smiled weakly and said, \'93Ali, if you were any better, I\'92d be unconscious!\'94  She \softline
looked puzzled and asked, \'93But Ali, why did you do it?  I\'92m the one practicing for \softline
slavery, not you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Because I love you, Janice Stewart.  You gave me great pleasure last night.  I just \softline
wanted to return the favor.  You do know, I hope, that everything about you is warm and \softline
sweet and lovely.  And, Jan, your cunt is delicious!  That\'92s why.\'94  She was kneeling \softline
beside Jan and Jan could see the love in the girl\'92s eyes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She jumped up and knelt on the bed facing her and kissed her softly.  \'93Ali, you\'92re \softline
delicious, too.\'94  She smiled warmly and added, \'93If all of my female customers were like \softline
you, I might have been paying them.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Again that morning the girls followed the pattern of the previous day.  When Ali \softline
came into the kitchen, Jan was just serving Eggs Benedict.  Ali tried the hollandaise \softline
sauce and moaned.  \'93Stewart, this is utterly marvelous!  But why?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s your own fault.  You said a big treat was an Egg McMuffin, but I can\'92t make \softline
that.  So I thought of Eggs Benedict, instead.\'94  She grinned and said, \'93But I could run \softline
down to McDonald\'92s real quick if you would rather?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali pretended to frown at Jan, but her eyes were dancing.  \'93Thanks anyway, Jan.  \softline
But I\'92m economizing this week.  I\'92ll try to make do.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they reached the office, it was already hot.  The accumulated heat from the \softline
previous day hadn\'92t been exhausted, and the sun was shining brightly through the \softline
windows.  Again, they shed their clothes.  Two other young women who Ali introduced \softline
as Connie and Joan were there already.  Ali explained that Joan was the office computer \softline
wizard.  Both were beautiful, and both were stripped to their bikinis, but both moved as \softline
if they were fully dressed.  Ali explained what they were doing.  They reviewed their \softline
progress with the presentation to that point.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Joan sat down at the keyboard and grinned.  \'93Ali, why don\'92t you and Connie cut out \softline
paper dolls or something while I get this show on the road!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and left the office with Connie while Jan and Joan began to review the \softline
work.  After they had worked for a while, it was apparent that Joan could make the \softline
computer sing.  Jan told her about the new disk and installed it for her.  Joan yelped \softline
with glee and went back to work, this time using the Peters Drive.  It apparently made \softline
a real difference in graphics operation.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally they finished the presentation and asked the other girls to review it.  Connie \softline
was the guinea pig because she knew nothing about the proposal before seeing the \softline
presentation.  She thought it was great.  Then the girls dressed and went out for lunch.  \softline
When they returned, Ali made a phone call, and they had a run-through.  At this point \softline
Joan shooed them all out so she could really sharpen the graphics.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and said it was their chance.  The health club where they had a \softline
membership was open, and the girls decided to go down.  Ali watched Jan on the exercise \softline
machines.  As she suspected, there was velvet skin over very smooth but powerful 
muscles.  When they finished, they went to the pool and started swimming laps.  After \softline
doing ten, Connie pulled herself out and watched the other two.  They were moving \softline
faster and faster but always maintaining incredibly smooth strokes.  After another \softline
fifteen laps, Jan was ahead by about three body lengths.  She pulled herself smoothly out \softline
of the pool and was sitting on the edge with her legs in the water when Ali touched.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan extended an arm and smoothly pulled Ali from the water.  \'93About time, isn\'92t it?\'94 \softline
she asked airily.  \'93I had you by nearly a pool length.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali sputtered and looked at Connie.  The girl, who had silver-blonde hair and \softline
emerald-green eyes like Jill\'92s, just shook her head.  \'93Ali, you keep me out of this.  I can \softline
get into enough trouble all by myself!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then she glared at Jan and said, \'93A pool length!  Maybe three feet \'97 four at the \softline
outside!\'94  Sticking her nose up in the air, Ali said, \'93Besides, my mommy always told me \softline
to let the guests win.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93And since when did you ever do anything your mommy told you to do?\'94 Jan airily \softline
inquired.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They went back to the office and found that Joan had finished augmenting the \softline
graphics.  After the final run-through, Connie just whistled.  \'93Joan, you outdid yourself!  \softline
The folks at Cal Tech would be proud!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Hearing Cal Tech, Jan asked, \'93Joan, by any chance did you ever meet Jessica \softline
Carlson out there?  I guess she was there in the computer science department for years.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jess?  Do you know Jess?  Where is she?  What\'92s she doing now?  She was one of my \softline
very best friends... really my mentor, I guess.  She could really make these things fly!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan told her about San Diego Computing, John Carlson, and the charade.  Joan was \softline
so excited to hear about her friend again.  Then the conversation shifted, with Ali asking \softline
more about Hugo Bingham.  The light in Jan\'92s eyes died.  She went to her briefcase and \softline
pulled out the file of letters and photo-graphs she had received from Bingham.  She also \softline
produced the leather collar and bracelets for neck, wrists, and ankles he had sent.  She \softline
gave them to Connie without comment.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Connie started to read with Ali reading over her shoulder.  When they finished they \softline
looked at Jan with sorrow and pity in their eyes.  \'93You poor thing!\'94  Connie exclaimed.  \softline
\'93He\'92s serious, isn\'92t he?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan told how Hugo Bingham was particularly creative in humiliating her.  \'93I don\'92t \softline
know what it is about me,\'94 she said softly, \'93But I guess I\'92m the only girl he ever really \softline
worked on.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93The answer is simple, Jan,\'94 Connie said.  \'93You\'92re like a princess.  You\'92re truly \softline
lovely, and Bingham knows it.  He feels he has to bring you down to his level.  Obviously, \softline
he couldn\'92t do it, but just as obviously he hasn\'92t given up trying!  You\'92ve become an \softline
obsession with him.  He is obsessed with the idea of making you destroy yourself.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Finally, it was time to go.  Again they all took showers in Mrs. Clifford\'92s shower and \softline
got dressed.  Returning to the apartment, Jan asked Ali to take a nap.  She had \softline
something special in mind for dinner and had already ensured that everything she \softline
needed was there.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali looked puzzled.  \'93Take a nap?  Janice Stewart, what }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 are}{\plain \fs24 \f2  you planning to do?  You \softline
can prepare a gourmet feast in about seven minutes flat!  What could possibly take a lot \softline
of time?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan just grinned and shooed her out of the kitchen.  Ali got undressed, slid under the \softline
bedspread, and was soon asleep.  It seemed only an instant later when she felt a kiss on \softline
her lips.  She opened her eyes and found Jan sitting on the edge of the bed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Hello, sleepyhead!  Are you ready to rejoin the ranks of the living?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and sat up.  Jan was still watching her closely and said, \'93Ali, you are too \softline
much!  You were sleeping soundly a moment ago but now you\'92re wide awake.  There is \softline
no puffiness, or sleepiness \'97 just brilliant blue eyes.  Are you ready to eat?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali noticed that Jan was wearing a simple blue sleeveless dress with a strand of \softline
pearls.  She guessed they were the girl\'92s best jewels.  She smiled warmly and said, \'93I\'92ll \softline
be there in two minutes!\'94  She jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom.  Jan \softline
returned to the kitchen and lit the candles on the dining table.  Exactly two minutes \softline
later, Ali appeared.  She was wearing a very plain dress, too, in white.  Her only \softline
adornment were large rhinestone ear studs.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I found some wine that I\'92m going to serve.  No drinks before dinner tonight.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When Ali was seated Jan poured a fine white wine and served the first course.  Ali \softline
looked at her plate but didn\'92t recognize the food although its presentation was exquisite.  \softline
She looked up with a question in her eyes.  \'93It\'92s glac\'e9ed breast of pheasant stuffed with \softline
foie gr\'e0s.  I hope you like it.\'94  She grinned at Ali and said, \'93Kathy has amazing taste in \softline
food!  It would have been a tragedy to let all this spoil.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali thought it was the finest dish she had ever eaten.  She started to rise from the \softline
table when Jan motioned her back.  \'93That was only the appetizer, silly!  Have another \softline
glass of wine while I finish our dinner.\'94  Ali sipped the fine wine.  Jan refused to allow \softline
her even to help clear the table.  She reappeared with two dinner plates.  Again, it was \softline
beautiful.  \'93This is tournedos Rossini on artichoke hearts, sauce P\'e9rigord.  Julia Child \softline
claims it\'92s as far as you can go with a piece of meat.  It\'92s what I served Pete for our first \softline
dinner at home.  I hope you enjoy it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan replaced the wine glasses and poured a fine chateau-bottled Bordeaux.  Ali said \softline
nothing as she enjoyed the gastronomic sensation.  After salad and dessert cheeses Jan \softline
poured coffee.  Then Ali disappeared and reappeared with the cognac and panatella \softline
cigars.  Jan had never smoked a cigar before her trip to Los Angeles but had decided that \softline
it was a wonderful accompaniment after a perfect dinner.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After sipping her cognac, Ali pushed back from the table and stretched.  She put both \softline
of her hands on her flat stomach and said, \'93I\'92m ready.  As soon as I finish my cigar, you 
can bring in the firing squad.  Or is it going to be something worse?  Jan, I could not \softline
}{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 imagine}{\plain \fs24 \f2  a dinner such as we just had.  It was the finest meal imaginable \'97 if one\'92s \softline
imagination could stretch so far.  You have to be the finest cook in the world today!  \softline
Thank you so much!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She glanced at a clock and saw it was nearly eleven.  \'93Jan, get your tight little ass \softline
in that bedroom!  Tomorrow is an early day.  Although you aren\'92t meeting with Mrs. \softline
Clifford until nine, they asked if you could get in at seven.  I hope you don\'92t mind?\'94  Jan \softline
smiled and shook her head, then went to the bedroom.  When Ali went in, the girl was \softline
lying on the bed, exhausted.  She went to the bathroom, got a plastic bottle and sat down \softline
on the bed next to the girl.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She poured some liquid from the bottle on Jan\'92s shoulders and started to give her \softline
a massage.  As she did she could feel knotted muscles around her neck and shoulders \softline
slowly relax.  \'93You poor kid!\'94  Ali murmured.  Jan just made warm happy noises as Ali \softline
worked on her.  She worked on her neck, shoulders, and upper arms, then moved down \softline
her back.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan knew how gentle Ali could be.  Now she was feeling strength in the girl\'92s finger \softline
tips as she worked on her muscles.  The warmth spread as she got down to her buttocks, \softline
thighs, and calf muscles.  Ali rolled her over and started on her front.  \'93Ali, that feels so \softline
good!\'94  Jan murmured with her eyes closed.  Sleepily, she added, \'93I\'92ll make a deal.  I \softline
cook and you massage.  Then we\'92re even.\'94  Finally Ali finished.  She pulled the covers \softline
up, climbed into bed with her and turned out the light.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Later that night Ali awakened.  Jan was in her arms and Ali\'92s hand was on her hair.  \softline
She stroked it lightly and heard a warm murmur from deep in Jan\'92s throat.  The girl \softline
snuggled her body even closer and fell back into a deep sleep.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Jan was still sleeping soundly when the covers were unceremoniously yanked off her.  \softline
She woke up with a start and huddled into a ball looking up at Ali with a hurt expression \softline
on her face.  \'93Why did you do that?  I was so snugly and warm!\'94  Then she looked at Ali \softline
with her expression changing to one of love.  \'93Ali, I dimly remember being held tight \softline
against a gorgeous body last night.  My breasts were being crushed against another pair \softline
as firm as mine, and I felt the lightest touch stroking my hair.  That wasn\'92t a dream, was \softline
it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali blushed and said softly, \'93Jan, it was the very least I could do.  You\'92re a truly \softline
wonderful person.  I hope you know that.\'94  She grinned and said, \'93Now get your tight \softline
little ass the hell out of my bed!  We\'92ve got to get this show on the road.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When Ali came out to the kitchen, Jan was wearing her best business suit.  She \softline
looked beautiful and Ali said so.  She sat down to a breakfast of bacon and eggs.  Then \softline
Jan went to the oven and took out fresh croissants she had just baked.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali looked up after taking a bite and there were tears in her eyes.  \'93Jan, why did you \softline
do this?  You\'92re facing the most terrifying day of your life, but you took the time to make \softline
the finest, flakiest croissants in the world.  Why?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Because I wanted to.  Ali, you don\'92t understand!  I\'92m a dirty, filthy person!  Yet you \softline
comforted me in a way I can\'92t describe.\'94  Then she beamed.  Ali realized it was a \softline
sunshine smile that lit up the apartment.  \'93Even though you\'92re younger than I am, you \softline
com-forted me like my mother used to.  It was so long ago I had forgotten, but now I \softline
remember!  She even used to stroke my hair exactly like you did, except you have an \softline
even softer touch.  Thank you.\'94  Her voice dropped to just above a whisper, \'93Ali, I love \softline
you!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali took Jan in her arms and kissed her softly.  \'93And I love you very much, too, Jan.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They went out to the car.  Again Ali was wearing her Levi\'92s and Jan teased her about \softline
it.  \'93Don\'92t you have anything else to wear?\'94  Then she smiled and said, \'93I apologize!  I \softline
forgot to compliment you on how beautiful you looked last night.  You do, too, own a \softline
dress.\'94  The car pulled up at the office building and Jan got out.  She was starting to feel \softline
tense and nervous.  \'93Ali, I wish you were going to be there with me.  Now I feel naked!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali made a thumbs-up sign and said, \'93Jan, it will work out!  I know it will.  I\'92ll pray \softline
for you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan smiled gratefully and entered the building as Ali drove off.  She remembered \softline
that Ali had said she was taking the car in for servicing.  Finding the office door locked, \softline
she rang the bell.  Moments later it was opened by a beautiful brown-haired girl.  \'93You \softline
must be Janice Stewart.  I\'92m Sandy Benson, one of Mrs. Clifford\'92s partners.  I also act \softline
as her personal attorney from time to time, and it\'92s in that capacity that I wanted to \softline
meet with you this morning.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab She ushered the girl into her office which was as beautifully furnished as Mrs. \softline
Clifford\'92s, but slightly smaller.  \'93Why don\'92t you leave your things here, and we can go \softline
into the conference room?\'94  She smiled warmly and added, \'93In this zoo, it sort of takes \softline
the place of the kitchen table at home.  We can get some coffee and talk.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Carrying a stack of papers she led the way into the conference room.  They poured \softline
coffee and Sandy took her to the end of the very large table.  \'93Jan, we know that timing \softline
is critical.  Argus is in New York, and it\'92s ten o\'92clock there already.  Accordingly, Mrs. \softline
Clifford wanted all the papers executed in advance of the meeting so no time is wasted \softline
later.  Are you repre-sented by counsel?\'94  Jan shook her head, no.  \'93You really should be, \softline
Mrs. Stewart.  This is very important to you.  I could get a lawyer to represent you, if you \softline
would like.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mrs. Benson, I\'92m prepared to sign away anything I own to save my husband.  What \softline
do I need a lawyer for?  He would probably try to talk me out of it and just waste time.  \softline
I don\'92t have any money to pay one, anyway.\'94  Jan thought she saw great warmth in the \softline
other woman\'92s eyes, but Sandy just shook her head.  She produced stacks of papers and \softline
Jan started signing wherever Sandy indicated.  Finally, there was only a single paper \softline
left.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jan \'97 may I call you Jan?  \'97 this is the one I cannot ask you to sign, let alone \softline
advise you to.  It\'92s drawn up as a personal service contract.  But we both know what it \softline
means:  Jan, signing this sells you into slavery.  You\'92re obligated to do anything Mrs. \softline
Clifford tells you to do.  Ali told me about your buying a collection of whips.  That\'92s \softline
included, too.  This is the document, Jan, but I\'92m begging you not to sign it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan just picked up her pen and scrawled her signature.  Then she put her head on \softline
her arms and started to cry.  Sandy Benson reached for the girl\'92s hand and just held it \softline
and watched her body shake with sobs.  As the tears slowed, she took the girl into her \softline
arms and just held her while she listened to the awful sounds.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked up and saw the sympathy in the other girl\'92s eyes.  \'93What is it about you \softline
people?  You are all so... caring.  Why?  Is it Mrs. Clifford?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Sandy\'92s smile was the warmest Jan had ever seen.  \'93Yes, it is.  You see, she virtually \softline
saved the life of everyone in the firm at one time or other in some way or other.  The \softline
short answer is we worship the ground she walks on!  Jan, I do care.  I think of Jack \softline
Benson, my husband.  There is nothing I won\'92t do for that man, either.  I adore him.  I \softline
think of myself signing what you just signed, and I see a little bit of your love for your \softline
husband.\'94  She reached out her hand and squeezed Jan\'92s.  \'93I\'92m sure it will all work out!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan forced herself to look more cheerful as Joan came in.  Sandy greeted her sarcasti-
cally, \'93Delighted to see you, Joan!  How did you manage to get your overworked ass out \softline
of bed this morning?  Is Bill starting to wear out?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Joan stuck out her tongue and said, \'93He was on duty last night, Smarty!  I got lots \softline
of sleep.  I didn\'92t sleep well, but I got lots of sleep.\'94  Then she cocked her head and asked, 
\'93Sandy, do you feel something is missing if Jack isn\'92t there to sleep on and hold your \softline
boob?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Me?  Of course not!  All I do is watch the Late Show, then the Late Late Show, then \softline
maybe a tape and finally fall asleep in my chair.  I hardly miss him at all.  I just don\'92t \softline
bother to go to bed.  I can toss and turn a lot easier in my chair, too.  But why do you \softline
ask?\'94 she said with a grin.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan watched the exchange and shook her head.  These girls were so much like she \softline
was!  They even slept the same way.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Joan set up the presentation.  She showed Jan a projection-type television set that \softline
was to be used as the monitor for the presentation.  \'93The only problem with the dumb \softline
thing is the room has to be completely dark.  Any light at all and the screen appears to \softline
go blank.  I hope you don\'92t mind?\'94  They then reviewed the sequence of visuals.  It was \softline
eight-thirty and Jan\'92s nervousness was mounting rapidly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ginger came in, saw Jan, and took her into her office.  \'93Jan, while we\'92re waiting, can \softline
I ask you something?  Are there any tips you can give me to improve my love life?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab They talked and Jan found that Ginger ended up unconscious every time.  \'93Ginger, \softline
the only thing you can possibly do is work with your husband to make it last longer.  \softline
Pete keeps me in a sustained orgasm for fifteen minutes or longer before I pass out.  He \softline
has the most fantastic control and feel for my body.\'94  She smiled and added, \'93Maybe \softline
that\'92s why I\'92m in pretty good shape.  Pete causes me to use muscles I never knew I had!  \softline
I don\'92t know how he does it, but maybe he could talk to your husband.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Fifteen minutes!  My God!  I would be destroyed.  How can you take it?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I honestly don\'92t know, but Pete does.  I\'92m just in convulsions.  Pete is in control \softline
and doing all the work.  All I can say is it\'92s delicious.  Of course when it\'92s over, I\'92m \softline
uncon-scious and look like a soaking-wet rag doll with my arms and legs just sprawled all \softline
over the place.  Pete threatens to take a picture of me and send it to }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 Playboy}{\plain \fs24 \f2  as an \softline
illustration of the fact that women just can\'92t take it!\'94  By this time Jan had relaxed \softline
again.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ginger checked her watch and winked.  \'93Jan, I guess it\'92s time.  Good luck!  I \softline
certainly hope it works out!\'94  Jan saw great warmth in her eyes as she added, \'93My \softline
husband, Charley, told me to tell you we have over $500,000 saved.  You\'92re welcome to \softline
all of it.  Unfortu-nately, it isn\'92t enough, but maybe it might help.  Jan, it\'92s all yours if \softline
you want it.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was startled.  \'93Ginger, what are you saying!?  Did I hear you offer me your life \softline
savings?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl smiled warmly and said quietly, \'93Easy come, easy go.  You need it, dear \softline
Janice, so it\'92s yours if you want it.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan took the other girl in her arms and kissed her.  \'93Ginger, all I can say is this is \softline
something I will never forget.  I can\'92t thank you and Charley enough for making the 
offer.\'94  They went towards the conference room.  Ginger gave her a quick kiss as Jan \softline
entered a door at the front of the room.  Ginger continued around to enter the room \softline
from the rear.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As Joan had said, the room was dark.  Jan could just make out the chairs around the \softline
table and see they were almost all occupied.  She thought she saw the top of the head of \softline
the person sitting at the far end of the table.  From the size of the chair and its position, \softline
she assumed it must be was Mrs. Clifford.  She began her presentation.  First she gave \softline
a history of Illinois Technologies, then described the Peters Drive and demonstrated it \softline
on screen.  After reviewing the exclusive license from the Gordons, she told about the \softline
special tooling required and the costs associated with it.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally she told how the bank had sold their note to Argus which had called it.  \softline
\'93Payment is due today.  Accordingly, Mrs. Clifford, I need twenty million dollars right \softline
now.  I\'92m offering half the stock in our company along with other considerations \softline
discussed with your attorney, Mrs. Benson.  All the papers have been signed.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Tears came to Jan\'92s eyes.  She had maintained her control and poise perfectly to that \softline
point.  Then she made a final appeal: \'93Mrs. Clifford, Peter Stewart is a gentleman in all \softline
senses of the word.  He is kind and loving and... I adore him.  This is not for me, it\'92s for \softline
him.  Without your help I\'92ll be forced to do things that will hurt Pete terribly.  My only \softline
alternative is to destroy his dream.  I\'92m a slut.  You know that.  I just don\'92t count.  But \softline
please help Illinois Technologies!  Peter deserves it, even if I don\'92t.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan sat down in the empty chair at the head of the table.  She could not look up as \softline
the lights came up in the room.  She didn\'92t dare look to the end of the table to see Mrs. \softline
Clifford\'92s reaction.  While still looking down at her hands, she felt a hand on her \softline
shoulder.  When she turned around, she almost fainted.  It was Ali!  She was standing \softline
there looking at Jan with love in her eyes.  Jan jumped up and Ali hugged her and kissed \softline
her warmly.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then Jan almost fainted at what she heard next.  \'93Good morning, daughter!  Will \softline
you forgive me?\'94  She just held Jan and looked in her eyes.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What did you say?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I said, \'91Good morning, daughter.\'92  What\'92s so complicated about that?\'94  Jan could \softline
see Ali\'92s eyes were dancing with glee.  \'93Sandy warned you that you should have been \softline
represent-ed by counsel!  You see, one of those papers you signed agreed to your adoption \softline
as the daughter of William Harrison Clifford and Allison McGrath Clifford.  Allison \softline
McGrath Clifford is me, so you\'92re now my daughter.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan went into Ali\'92s arms and started to cry.  Ali held her and stroked her hair.  Then \softline
Jan felt herself being taken into the arms of a man with broad shoulders who held her \softline
tightly while continuing to stroke her hair.  She heard a soft whisper in her ear, \softline
\'93Holding crying daughters is the father\'92s job.  Honey, I\'92ve gotten to be pretty good at it.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She looked up and found herself in the arms of a man she had never seen before.  He \softline
was six feet two with graying temples.  There was love in his eyes as he continued to hold 
her.  \'93Hi, daughter.  I\'92m your new father, Bill Clifford.  Come on.  Let\'92s go to your \softline
mother\'92s office and get acquainted.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan allowed herself to be led to Ali\'92s office.  She sat down on the sofa with Ali beside \softline
her while Bill Clifford sat on a chair by her side.  Ali swung around to face her and took \softline
Jan\'92s hands in hers.  \'93Darling, how can I apologize to you?  What I did today was utterly \softline
unforgivable!  Can you find it in your heart ever to forgive me?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked into loving blue eyes and squeezed the woman\'92s hands.  She realized that \softline
Ali was the picture of a very wealthy woman this morning rather than looking like a \softline
beautiful urchin.  She was wearing a silk suit that was obviously hand-tailored to show \softline
off her perfect figure.  \'93I said it this morning, Mom: I love you very much!  There is \softline
nothing to forgive.\'94  Then her expression changed to a frown although her eyes were \softline
sparkling.  \'93I think I take it all back though.  Some of the things you said about my new \softline
mother!  \'91Old lady\'92 indeed!  Ali, that\'92s what I can\'92t figure out.  I would have sworn you\'92re \softline
younger than I am, but you can\'92t be.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and said, \'93I certainly am older, child!  I would guess about ten years \softline
anyway.  And yesterday in the pool I felt it was about thirty!  I thought I was going to \softline
die.  I felt every one of those years in every muscle in my body!\'94  Her face sobered and \softline
she said, \'93Jan, I need to change the subject quickly.  First, your financial problems are \softline
taken care of.  The loan due at Argus has been paid in full.  Now there are a few \softline
unpleasant surprises in store for Mr. Bingham!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then Bill spoke up.  \'93Jan, there are a couple of things that have become traditional \softline
with our daughters.  Incidentally, you join Jennifer, Joan, and Connie \'97 mostly we seem \softline
to run to blondes.  You\'92re our second golden-haired daughter; Connie is the silver \softline
blonde.\'94  She stood up, and Bill asked her to put out an arm which she did.  The next \softline
thing she knew she was being dressed in a full-length mink coat.  She heard Bill whisper \softline
in her ear, \'93Take a look at yourself in the mirror, honey.  See if you like it.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali had opened a closet door revealing a full-length mirror mounted on the back of \softline
it.  Jan looked at herself and put her hand to her mouth.  \'93Oh, Dad!  It\'92s absolutely \softline
gorgeous!\'94  She turned so Ali could see.  Bill went to her, lifted up the collar and pulled \softline
it around her face.  She snuggled in the fur as Bill looked at Ali and asked, \'93What do you \softline
think, dear?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Oh, Bill, it\'92s beautiful!  It has golden lights in it that show off her hair.  She\'92s so \softline
beautiful!\'94  Ali worked at her ears for an instant and then went up to Jan, \'93Darling, \softline
these are for you, too.  You seemed to admire them when I wore them last night.\'94  She \softline
grinned and added, \'93I took a chance, but I thought you would think they were so large \softline
they had to be rhinestones.  They\'92re not.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali removed the earrings Jan was wearing and replaced them with the diamond \softline
studs.  Then she took the girl in her arms and kissed her.  Stepping back she said, \'93Jan, \softline
I would much rather hug you than hug the coat.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab They sat down again with Jan looking totally bewildered.  Bill said, \'93Being a Clifford \softline
isn\'92t all roses, though.  There are responsibilities... and your mother keeps adding to \softline
them.  Do you know how much money your mother made with our investments last \softline
year?\'94  Jan just shook her head.  \'93Over one billion dollars!  Young lady, do you realize \softline
how hard it is to spend one billion dollars?  Try as we might, we can\'92t do it.  We looked \softline
to Jennifer for help, but she\'92s useless.  (Incidentally, she told us how you laughed at her \softline
when she told about having to spend money.  Now you\'92ll be sorry!)  Anyway, poor Jen \softline
gets it from us and the Chapmans, too.  Connie is worse than useless!  She married poor \softline
Chip Cartwright who is now pushing a net worth of about half a billion in his own right.  \softline
So, I\'92m afraid it\'92s all going to be on your head!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was grinning as she listened.  Then Ali said, \'93There\'92s one more thing.  This is \softline
from me, too.\'94  She gave Jan a box.  Opening it she found a woman\'92s gold Rolex watch \softline
which she realized was a duplicate of the one now on Ali\'92s wrist.  She looked at it and \softline
turned it over.  Engraved on the back were the words, \'93To my darling daughter, Jan, \softline
with all of the love I can give.\'94  It was signed Mother.  Jan couldn\'92t speak.  She went into \softline
Ali\'92s arms and started to bawl.  Ali held her tight and stroked her hair softly.  \'93Darling, \softline
everything is all right now!  Please don\'92t cry.\'94  Jan just snuggled closer.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Sensing the women wanted to talk, Bill left the office.  Slowly Jan regained control \softline
and eased away to look at the woman who was now her mother.  \'93Mom, is this all a joke?  \softline
Say it is, please?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jan, I heard about you from Jennifer.  She said you\'92re the nicest person she\'92s ever \softline
met.  Then I got your phone call.  I\'92m sorry for the agony I put you through.  I really am.  \softline
But the last few nights were exquisite.  If I didn\'92t have your father, I would be tempted.  \softline
What you did for me was not to be believed!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mom, all I know is a lovely young woman held me tight when I was coming apart.  \softline
I took strength from you... I really did.  I felt the most gorgeous female body pressed \softline
tightly against my own.\'94  She smiled and added, \'93You know what was the funniest part \softline
of it?  I could feel my mound pressing against yours instead of Pete\'92s huge cock.  Our \softline
pubic hair was intertwined and it\'92s almost identical in color and texture.\'94  Jan smiled \softline
warmly and shook her head.  \'93You are something else!  I still can\'92t believe you\'92re older \softline
than I am!  That\'92s what fooled me.  I guess I was a fool, though, because I never even \softline
asked your last name.  It was always just \'91Ali\'92.\'94  She smiled softly and said, \'93What now?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Now we go and have a little party.  It\'92s sort of a tradition here at Clifford & Jami-
son.\'94  They went back to the conference room and found all the women waiting for them.  \softline
There was no sign of Bill Clifford.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As Jan entered the room, a pair of hands came from around her back and covered \softline
her eyes.  \'93Guess who?\'94 she heard whispered in her ear.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Jennifer Chapman, is that you?\'94 she exclaimed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The hands were removed from her eyes and Jan spun around to find Jen standing \softline
behind her.  The girls happily embraced, and Jen kissed her warmly.  \'93Welcome to the 
family, sister.  You can\'92t know how happy this makes me!  And just think!  I now have \softline
a sister living just a few miles away from me.  I think it\'92s really neat!  And besides, \softline
maybe now you can print my checks for me on your computer.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Just then Ali spoke up from the front of the room.  \'93Girls, you\'92ve all met my brand \softline
new daughter, Jan.  What she doesn\'92t know is there is a tradition here in the firm that \softline
began the day I first came into the office following my honeymoon.  It has continued and \softline
most certainly includes my daughters.  Jan, the tradition is to strip for the office staff.  \softline
You see, they have a sort of veto power.  They maintain the firm has a tradition to \softline
uphold!  I warn you, though.  There is one shared ability in the firm: We can all do a full \softline
side split.  It comes from spreading our legs wide to welcome our husbands inside.  Can \softline
you do it?  Do you want to try?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Entering into the spirit of the challenge, Jan went to the front of the room.  She had \softline
seen a small Muzak-type speaker on the wall.  She turned up the volume and listened to \softline
the music.  Then she began to undress with her motions timed to the music.  She slipped \softline
off her suit jacket and lay it over a chair.  Moving gracefully, she let her skirt slip off and \softline
then took off her blouse.  Finally, with a graceful move no one could follow, she stepped \softline
out of her bikini.  She was now only wearing her shoes and her new ear studs.  Slipping \softline
out of her shoes she started to move sinuously.  Thinking of Pete caused her nipples \softline
visibly to harden and her cunt to moisten.  Reaching down with her hands together as \softline
far as she could along her slim legs, she slowly brought them up while caressing her \softline
inner thighs.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When she got to her cunt lips, she spread her legs wide and arched her back to show \softline
off her cunt.  Then she used her long fingers to spread her nether lips, exposing her erect \softline
clit.  With her head back, she stroked it with a forefinger while she slid another up into \softline
her gaping vagina.  Quickly she brought the finger to her lips and sucked the love juices \softline
from it, moaning as she did so.  Then she straightened up and continued to bring her \softline
hands higher on her body until she reached her breasts.  She caressed them to show how \softline
firm they were while she teased her nipples to an even greater erection.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan let her hands drop to her sides and stood motionless for a moment.  Then she \softline
swung her left leg up and over her head in a slow-motion cartwheel, ending with it folded \softline
under her torso while her right leg was extended straight ahead.  Then she jack-knifed \softline
her body and touched her forehead to her thigh.  The girls started to cheer, but the show \softline
wasn\'92t over.  Somehow she lifted her body off her left ankle, freeing it.  Then she \softline
extended her legs straight out to each side and slowly lowered her body until she could \softline
feel the carpet against her gaping cunt.  She could hear sounds of incredulity from the \softline
girls; they didn\'92t believe what they were seeing.  Then she somehow lifted herself up \softline
from the floor by forcing her legs together.  Although her face was showing passion, they \softline
could see muscles in her thighs bulging from the strain.  When she had raised her pelvis \softline
about two feet above the floor, she casually put her legs together.  Then she folded her \softline
body forward, keeping her legs straight, until her forehead touched her thighs and her 
golden hair fell over her head.  She straightened up quickly, and threw her arms out \softline
straight.  It had timed out perfectly with the end of the music.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab There was a thunderous cheer from the girls, and Jan was mobbed.  Finally, she got \softline
free and went back to where Ali was sitting and began to get dressed.  \'93Show off!\'94 Ali \softline
said with a grin.  \'93Jan, that was the most incredible demonstration of strength and \softline
muscle control I\'92ve ever seen in my life!  You were marvelous.  You know Jen was an \softline
exotic dancer.  Your sister, Connie, was a stripper.  I thought Connie was great when she \softline
did a backward cartwheel like you did, but I don\'92t know how you lifted yourself off the \softline
floor after doing a split!  Muscles don\'92t work that way!  But, darling, you certainly passed \softline
the test!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Connie and Jennifer came over and sat down.  Jen was just grinning and Connie was \softline
shaking her head.  \'93Sis, how did you do that?  You\'92re looking at two dancers, you know.  \softline
We }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 know}{\plain \fs24 \f2  what that takes.  I\'92m absolutely overwhelmed!  How could you possibly have \softline
leg muscles strong enough to lift yourself off the floor from a full side split?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali grinned and said, \'93Remember, this is the girl who cleaned my clock in the pool \softline
yesterday.  She beat me with her kick.  By the way, Jen, what do you think of your \softline
sister\'92s figure?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jen pretended to frown but her eyes were sparkling.  \'93Mom, it\'92s not fair!  Why does \softline
Jan get everything?  What\'92s wrong with you and Dad, anyway?  Not only does she have \softline
all the brains and beauty, but she can cum for fifteen minutes at a time!  It\'92s just not \softline
fair!  Why do Connie and I have to be the ugly ducklings in the family?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan went over and kissed her sweetly.  \'93Don\'92t feel badly, dear Jen.  After all, you \softline
have the comic ability.  What would you possibly want with looks or brains?\'94  She \softline
pretended to scrutinize Jen carefully.  \'93But since you asked, why }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 is}{\plain \fs24 \f2  your left tit so much \softline
lower than the right?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After glancing down quickly at her chest, Jen looked up and glared at her.  \'93Mommy!  \softline
Janice is teasing me again!\'94 she said like a little girl.  \'93You have to make her stop!\'94  By \softline
this time Ali and Connie were laughing so hard at the byplay they almost fell on the \softline
floor.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Children!  Both of you stop it this minute!\'94 Ali exclaimed, trying to control her \softline
giggles, \'93I can\'92t take you any-where!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Later Bill took all of them out for a quick lunch.  When they returned to the office, \softline
they went back to Ali\'92s office where there was a long typed message lying on the center \softline
of her desk.  She read it quickly and passed it over to Jan.  \'93Well, it\'92s a start, anyway.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan read it quickly.  It said that Hugo Bingham had been taken into custody by \softline
agents of the FBI that morning in New York.  He was charged with extortion under \softline
Federal law.  In addition, there were a series of other charges relating to his requirement \softline
that Jan become his slave.  The second part of the message said that there had been a \softline
call for a special meeting of the directors of Argus Corpora-tion.  Voting control of the 
company had changed hands.  Over fifty percent of the shares were now in hands of \softline
owners hostile to Bingham continuing as chairman and CEO.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked at Ali and said, \'93Mom, why is it I get the feeling that I\'92m seeing the \softline
slender hand of Allison McGrath Clifford in this message?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali was the picture of wide-eyed innocence.  }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 \'93Me?  }{\plain \fs24 \f2 Darling, what could have ever \softline
given you that idea?\'94  Then her face changed.  \'93Actually, dear, it was your father more \softline
than it was me.  The message we are trying to communicate is don\'92t screw around with \softline
the Cliffords!  It could be hazardous to one\'92s health!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She looked through some other papers on her desk and grinned.  \'93Speaking of which, \softline
it\'92s now official.  Here is your copy.  According to the Family Court of the State of \softline
California, you are now the legal daughter of William H. Clifford and Allison M. Clifford.  \softline
Wear it in good health.\'94  She passed a copy to Jan who looked at it in amazement.  As \softline
Ali had said, there on the form was her signature; it was one of the stack of forms she \softline
had signed for Sandy.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Speaking of signing things, young lady, there was another one you signed.  It was \softline
the one my partner urged you not to sign.  Do you remember?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan felt her heart jump to her throat.  Almost choking, she said, \'93Yes, Mom, I do.  \softline
I\'92m your slave for the next ten years.  Are... are you going to enforce it?\'94  Then the girl \softline
brightened.  \'93I seem to recall a conversation we had a couple of days ago.  Something \softline
about \'91preparing Mrs. Clifford for her husband.\'92  Do you remember?  I seem to recall you \softline
saying that it couldn\'92t happen very often.  How often, Mom?  Fewer than ten times a \softline
day?  Then there was something about no cellulite.  You can say that again!  Mom, \softline
seriously, nothing would give me greater joy than to prepare you for Dad!  Your body is \softline
utterly exquisite!  Would you like me to?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali\'92s eyes were gleaming as she remembered the conversation Jan was referring to.  \softline
She replied, \'93No, dear, thank you.  Your father does that by himself, although it does not \softline
take a great deal of effort on his part.  Usually, being within a hundred yards or so of me \softline
is about all it takes.  Then my cunt starts running like a river.  Besides, I love to lick off \softline
our fluids from his cock as he licks out my cunt.  He claims it\'92s a great source of \softline
nutritious protein.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan could not make out the look in her eyes as Ali continued, \'93Your father and I \softline
have sold your contract.  The buyer will be out this evening with your father and me to \softline
inspect what he\'92s buying.  Accordingly, please be prepared to greet a guest for dinner at \softline
the apartment.  There is only one thing.  He insists that you be nude.  You may wear \softline
your new ear studs, but that\'92s all.  You\'92re to prepare a feast \'97 I told him about your \softline
cooking skills.  I also told him you would wait on him hand and foot.\'94  When she stopped \softline
speaking, Ali just looked at Jan impassively.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan didn\'92t know what to do.  Her stomach was churning and she was afraid she \softline
would throw up.  Finally she came to the realization that her new father and mother \softline
really did love her.  There had to be some trick, even if she couldn\'92t figure out what it 
was yet.  She was sure it would work out.  Her face brightened and she said, \'93What \softline
would you like me to serve, Mother?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali just smiled and shook her head.  \'93Darling, you have to be kidding!  I was serious \softline
when I told you the limits of my culinary skill.  You may not know it but your father and \softline
I live at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.  As a matter of fact, to reduce costs, we recently \softline
bought it.\'94  She grinned and added, \'93There is one other culinary skill I forgot, though!  \softline
I can order from room service.  Your father says I do that very well!  Darling, you figure \softline
out what we are going to eat.  I couldn\'92t possibly think of anything.  By the way, ask \softline
Kathy where to buy what you need.  Just charge it to us.  We\'92re known.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan felt a sinking sensation again.  She asked, \'93Mother, should I set the table for \softline
three places or four?  Will I be eating with you?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93No dear.  The help \'97 and that includes slaves, I suppose \'97 eat in the kitchen.  The \softline
only thing I ask is for you to be attentive to our guest.  I want you to be sure he\'92s \softline
comfort-able.  Perhaps you might kneel by his side at the table?  Since the apartment is \softline
hard to find, Fred Clark, our chauffeur, is at your disposal with the car.  He\'92ll help you \softline
with your shopping, and he knows all the places where we have charges.\'94  Ali grimaced \softline
and added, \'93I guess that must include at least two-thirds of the places in greater Los \softline
Angeles.\'94  She went to Jan, lifted her out of her chair and kissed her.  Then she hugged \softline
her tightly and whispered, \'93Jan, I can\'92t tell you how much I love you.  You\'92re the best \softline
thing that has happened to me since Bill Clifford!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan stopped at Kathy Carlson\'92s desk and introduced herself.  The girl, a beautiful \softline
brunette, jumped up from her chair and extended her hand.  \'93Mrs. Stewart, I\'92m really \softline
delighted to meet you!  I... I... I\'92m very pleased that everything worked out for you.  I\'92m \softline
glad I was able to help... at least a little bit.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan studied the girl and then shook her head slowly.  Her face looked sad, but her \softline
eyes were sparkling.  \'93Kathy, you look... abused!  That\'92s it: abused!  You and your \softline
husband do have separate bedrooms, don\'92t you?\'94 she asked trying to sound as innocent \softline
as possible.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Kathy was starting to glare but then saw the sparkle in Jan\'92s eye.  \'93Mrs. Stewart...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93It\'92s Jan, Kathy.  Or Janice or \'91you cheap whore\'92, which would be accurate...  Wrong.  \softline
It wouldn\'92t.  \'91Over-priced whore\'92 would be very accurate, though.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I agree completely with Jen\'92s assessment of you, Janice.  You\'92re like a queen or a \softline
princess!  You are regal.  Honestly, you are.  But at the same time, whenever you \softline
mention Pete, who I assume is your husband, you melt.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93But back to separate bedrooms.  It\'92s funny, but your sister, Connie, said almost \softline
exactly the same thing about a year ago.  I\'92ll repeat for you what I told her: I tried it once \softline
and it isn\'92t worth a shit!\'94  The girl\'92s brown eyes glowed and Jan realized she was truly \softline
beautiful.  \'93Jan, I adore my husband, Ken.  If I thought he would like them, I would cut \softline
off my breasts, cook them, and serve them to him on my knees.  There is nothing I won\'92t \softline
do for him.  I\'92m not quite in the same class as some of the rest of you \'97 I only pass out 
about one time in three \'97 but I\'92m working on it!  When I\'92m in Ken\'92s arms, I\'92m fulfilled.  \softline
Would you believe it?  I can\'92t even watch television sitting alone any more?  Now I have \softline
to sit on his lap.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The girl grinned and said, \'93Usually I just go to sleep.  One thing about it, though.  \softline
I really hear about it if I gain even a pound!  Ken claims to be sensitive.  I just adore \softline
leaning back against him with his arm around me holding me tight and squeezing a \softline
boob.  Mine aren\'92t nearly as beautiful as yours, but Ken likes them.\'94  Suddenly the girl \softline
beamed, \'93Now we\'92re trying hard to make a baby!  I can hardly wait!  I\'92ll feel my belly \softline
bulge with Ken\'92s child growing inside me!  Jan, that\'92s what I was really made for!  I can\'92t \softline
wait!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab On impulse, Jan took the girl in her arms and kissed her.  \'93Kathy, I\'92ll pray for you!  \softline
When you talked about becoming a mother, you were so beautiful you lit up the office.  \softline
I\'92m sure it will be a wonderfully strong and sturdy child.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Kathy blushed with pleasure.  Then Jan asked her about the food stores and Kathy \softline
provided her with a complete list including which stores specialized in which foodstuffs.  \softline
\'93Jan, Ali has been simply raving about your cooking.  Do you think...  Would it be \softline
possible...  Could you give me lessons, some day?  She said every meal you cooked, most \softline
particularly including breakfast, was a work of art!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab It was Jan\'92s turn to blush.  \'93Did she tell you how I learned to cook?\'94  Kathy shook \softline
her head but was very interested.  \'93Kathy, I was a prostitute.  I used to pretend that \softline
some day a man would marry me.  Since I had no sexual feelings, I knew I couldn\'92t be \softline
good for him in bed.  Since the way to a man\'92s heart is through his stomach, I decided \softline
to work on my cooking.  This is what happened.  I guess I did get pretty good.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93But... but, I thought you had a magnificent love life?  I know you adore your \softline
husband.  What happened?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan quickly told her the story of Jill and Bob and then meeting Pete.  \'93Kathy, the \softline
first time Pete took me, he took me to three massive orgasms without withdrawing.  I \softline
was like a limp dishrag when he finished with me, but it was so incredibly joyous at the \softline
same time.  I looked like a discarded rag doll that someone had thrown in a lake.  But he \softline
loves me.  He really does.  I\'92m convinced of it now.\'94  Kathy gave Jan a quick kiss and she \softline
went down in the elevator to the waiting car.

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{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Janice looked around the apartment one last time.  It was almost six o\'92clock and she \softline
was waiting for Bill, Ali and her new master.  In the interven-ing few hours, using the \softline
Clifford money, Jan had not only prepared a magnificent dinner, she had redeco-rated the \softline
entire apartment.  As instructed, she was nude except for the diamond ear studs Ali had \softline
given her that morning.  She thought about the whips, which she had been oiling and \softline
which were now lying in the corner of the bed-room, and cringed.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When the doorbell rang, she jumped.  Squaring her shoulders she went and opened \softline
it for Ali and Bill.  Ali took her in her arms and kissed her warmly.  \'93You look exquisite, \softline
daughter.  But let your father take a look at you.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By this time Jan\'92s back was to the door.  She hadn\'92t been able to glimpse the third \softline
person in the group.  As she faced Bill her back was still towards the door and towards \softline
her new master.  Bill just shook his head and sighed, \'93Jan, I think you may be even more \softline
beautiful than your mother.  Knowing how much I adore her, I hope you realize what a \softline
compliment I just paid you.\'94  His warm smile turned into a grin as he added, \'93I guess it\'92s \softline
appro-priate for me to see you this way, too, today.  A father usually sees his child naked \softline
when she\'92s born.  Since you\'92re only one-day old as our daughter, I guess that counts.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan went into his arms and hugged him.  Releasing him she turned and almost \softline
fainted.  Peter Stewart was standing behind Ali!  She ran to his arms and broke down \softline
in tears.  He held her tightly and caressed her hair as she cried.  It was a release of all \softline
of her fear and tension coupled with her joy at seeing him again.  She hiccuped and \softline
looked up at him.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He bent over and crushed her lips to his while squeezing her tightly.  He was \softline
rewarded with muffled moans of pleasure.  Finally he eased her gently away and frowned \softline
at her.  \'93Mrs. Stewart, I need to have words with you... alone!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab On her way to the bedroom with Pete leading her by the hand, she looked at Ali and \softline
waved in the direction of the kitchen.  Ali winked at her and went into the kitchen.  She \softline
found the liquor set up on the counter and found trays of exquisite canap\'e9s ready to be \softline
served.  Bill had followed her out.  He made drinks for the two of them, and Ali carried \softline
a tray back to the living room.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab For the first time she looked around.  \'93Good Heavens!  Bill, that girl }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 is}{\plain \fs24 \f2  a miracle \softline
worker!  I don\'92t think you remember the apartment, but I certainly do.  Let me say it \softline
looks nothing like it did when we left this morning.  I don\'92t know how she did it!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali curled up on Bill\'92s lap as he was looking through }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 TV Guide}{\plain \fs24 \f2 .  He smiled and \softline
reached for the television control.  Turning on the set, he leaned back and held Ali.  She \softline
had kicked off her shoes and squealed when she realized the movie was one of hers.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bill kissed her nose and said, \'93This is great!  I have a feeling we won\'92t be seeing Jan \softline
and Pete for a while, so I\'92ll just watch my favorite actress.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Ali grinned back and unbuttoned her blouse.  \'93While you watch, sir, you get to \softline
handle the real thing.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab After closing the bedroom door, Pete took Jan in his arms again.  \'93Darling, I missed \softline
you so terribly!\'94  Then he glared at her and added, \'93However, there is the small matter \softline
of your now being my slave for the next ten years!  Slave, kneel on the bed.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete undressed and lay on his back on the bed.  Jan knelt back on her heels by his \softline
side facing him.  He began to caress her body and could feel it start to vibrate with \softline
passion in no time at all.  She looked at him and said, \'93Master, please take me!  I\'92m \softline
ready.  I need you inside me so desperately!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Keeping his face impassive, Pete continued to stroke her body.  Just as he could feel \softline
her reach the point of her release, he stopped.  He watched as Jan\'92s muscles vibrated \softline
with unsatisfied passion.  \'93That was for not telling me about that bastard, Hugo \softline
Bingham!  Why didn\'92t you tell me, Jan?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I didn\'92t want to worry you, Pete.  He was after me, not you.  There was nothing you \softline
could have done anyway,\'94 she protested.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete\'92s hand started to move on her body again.  Again he brought her to the edge of \softline
release.  This time using his sense of touch he maintained Jan right on the edge but \softline
didn\'92t allow her to go over.  While he was keeping her on the very edge he said, \'93Wife, \softline
did you forget your marriage vows?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By this time tears of frustration were pouring from her eyes.  She couldn\'92t see and \softline
his words barely penetrated her conscious-ness.  \'93Marriage vows?  I don\'92t understand, \softline
Pete.  What about our vows?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Still maintaining the tension and the feeling he replied, \'93The part where you vowed \softline
to take me \'91for richer or poorer, till death do us part.\'92  Jan, Hugo Bingham could have \softline
had the damned compa-ny.  When are you going to understand that you count for every-
thing in my life?  Without you there is nothing at all.\'94  He frowned and said, \'93Janice \softline
Stewart, without you I have no life!  None!  Are you starting to get the picture?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Meanwhile he could see her muscles begin to spasm from the tension she was feeling.  \softline
She had difficulty speaking, but managed to gasp, \'93Pete, it was because I love you so \softline
much!  I didn\'92t want to see your dreams \'97 everything you\'92ve worked for \'97 disappear \softline
because I\'92m a whore!  Don\'92t you understand?\'94  Finally, she could take it no longer.  She \softline
fell forward on her face and began to weep in frustration.  \'93Please, Pete, beat me with \softline
a whip!  They\'92re lying over there in the corner.  Just pick one!  But please stop!  I can\'92t \softline
stand this any more.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Will you say you\'92re sorry?  Promise to never, ever do it again?  Promise that you \softline
come first in my life over everything?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93But Pete...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Back on your knees, Slave!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab \'93Pete, I can\'92t!  I just can\'92t.  I promise... I swear... Never again!  I\'92ll tell you \softline
everything.  I won\'92t keep anything from you!  Please stop....\'94  Her words dissolved into \softline
uncon-trolla-ble tears.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete couldn\'92t take it any longer, either.  He gently took her in his arms and rolled \softline
her on her back.  With a beatific smile she spread her thighs as wide as she could to \softline
welcome him inside.  Gently he entered her.  Almost instantly she had a massive orgasm.  \softline
He rested inside while she regained control and started to move inside her with long, \softline
smooth strokes.  Soon he was taking her from one crest to another still higher one.  \softline
Finally her loins were moving with a life of their own as he maintained her in a virtually \softline
continuous orgasm.  Love juices were pouring from her cunt in a river in spite of his \softline
massive weapon inside it that served as a cork.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Finally, she lost all control and fainted.  When she came to again she was on her back \softline
in Pete\'92s arms.  He whispered, \'93Kiss me, Slave.\'94  She rolled over on top of him and \softline
gently lowered her mouth to his.  She could feel the wonderful contact of her nipples \softline
against the hair on his chest.  The kiss was exquisite as their love for each other flowed \softline
between them.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab She lifted her head just enough to whisper, \'93Was that ade-quate, Master?  Master, I \softline
love thee more than my life.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You can\'92t love me as much as I love you, my darling.  I love you more than life \softline
itself.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Then he smiled up at her and put his arms around her and squeezed, mashing her \softline
body against his own.  Jan could feel his heavy muscles bulge as he squeezed.  She \softline
couldn\'92t move but she could make the wonderful happy sound deep in her body that \softline
showed how much she loved the feeling.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You\'92re wrong, Master.  I forgot in just a few days how much I love to have your \softline
arms around me squeezing my body against yours.  Even when I\'92m a mess the way I am \softline
now.  Pete, how can you stand to look at me now?  I\'92m a total wreck!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab He smiled and kissed the tip of her nose.  \'93Darling wife, did you forget you have your \softline
parents \'97 my brand-new in-laws \'97 over for dinner?  What are they going to think of \softline
their daughter as a hostess?  What are they going to think of their new son-in-law?\'94  He \softline
helped her out of bed and they took a quick shower together.  Pete said with a smile, \softline
\'93Darling, I think we would all be just as happy if you got dressed.  What do you think?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan bowed deeply from the waist and said, \'93My master\'92s wish is his slave\'92s \softline
command!\'94  Quickly she put on a white sleeveless dress that was very appropriate to the \softline
warm San Fernando Valley weather.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab When they went out to the living room they found Ali in Bill\'92s arms with her movie \softline
still on the TV.  Bill was watch-ing it while Ali slept in his arms while still holding his \softline
hand against her breast.  He grinned at them and whispered so as not to awaken her, \softline
\'93Age is catching up with your mother, Jan.  Why don\'92t you two get your drinks and \softline
watch the end of the movie?  I think it was your mother\'92s best.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Pete made them drinks while Jan brought out more hors d\'92oeuvres.  They watched \softline
the last twenty minutes of the film.  As the music rose at the conclusion of the film, Ali\'92s \softline
eyes opened.  She kissed Bill softly and asked, \'93Did the good guys win?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Of course, dear,\'94 Bill replied.  \'93The good guys always win in Ali McGrath movies.  \softline
Children, what did you two think?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete just shook his head.  \'93Dad, I have a question: How could Mom have made the \softline
movie when she was older than she is now?  I don\'92t understand.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Bill laughed and squeezed Ali tight.  \'93I have no idea.  I agree with you, though.  What \softline
do you think, daughter?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Dad, I think she\'92s exquisite!\'94  She then told the men how she never realized who \softline
Ali was over the weekend simply because she was certain Ali was younger than she was.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab By this time Ali was fully awake and looked at her watch.  \'93By the way, daughter, \softline
I wish you would learn to be a little less noisy in your lovemaking.  You were in the \softline
process of cuming for almost seventeen minutes by my watch.  Can\'92t you be any quieter?  \softline
How in hell do you expect me to get any sleep?  If it weren\'92t for your father holding me \softline
close, I would have been really dis-turbed.\'94  She finished with a broad grin and then \softline
rubbed her flat belly.  \'93Incidentally, I could have sworn we were invited over here for \softline
dinner.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan yelped and ran out to the kitchen.  While she was there Ali set another place at \softline
the dinner table.  In no time she announced that dinner was ready.  Once again it was \softline
a gour-met\'92s dream.  The first course, a mixed seafood cocktail, was served with a \softline
magnificent }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 grand cru}{\plain \fs24 \f2  Chablis, while the beef Wellington was served with a vintage \softline
Cabernet Sauvignon.  Jan made crepes Suzette for dessert and followed it with cheeses, \softline
coffee and cigars.  She grinned as Ali took a light panatella and Bill and Pete raised their \softline
eyebrows.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93What\'92s the trouble?\'94 Ali asked with a gleam in her eye.  \'93Don\'92t tell me you two are \softline
turning sexist on us?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab The men just grinned and lighted their coronas.  Finally, Bill leaned back and raised \softline
his hands in surrender.  \'93Ali, you\'92re absolutely right!  Our new daughter is a marvel.  \softline
Never have I had such a dinner!  And she serves it after being unconscious from \softline
lovemaking and at the end of what has to be the most terrifying day of her life.  What do \softline
you think?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali just smiled warmly and shook her head.  \'93I spent the weekend with her, \softline
remember?  I don\'92t know how she does it or why.  All I know, Bill, is she\'92s the most \softline
loving and lovely person it has ever been my good fortune to meet.  And don\'92t forget, she \softline
has some pretty stiff competition from Jennifer, Connie, and the rest.\'94  She turned and \softline
raised her glass to Jan.  \'93Janice Carson Clifford Stewart:  Your new parents want you \softline
to know we love you with all our hearts.  Darling Jan, thank you!  For everything!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan looked genuinely bewildered.  \'93Thank me?  For what?  All I did was hopelessly \softline
screw up everything.  My husband has been eyeing the whips lying in the corner of the 
bedroom.  I think he\'92ll probably beat me to within an inch of my life.  You know some-
thing else?  I deserve it, too.\'94  She looked at Pete and asked softly, \'93Are you ready to \softline
begin?  I\'92m about as ready as I can ever be.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete rose from his chair and went around the table.  He picked Jan up from her chair \softline
as if she were a feather and carried her in his arms back to his seat.  He sat down again \softline
with her sitting across his lap.  Squeezing her tightly, he was rewarded with the \softline
wonderful happy sounds from deep in her throat.  When she turned her head to look at \softline
him he kissed the tip of her nose.  When she wiggled it, he kissed it again.  \'93Mom and \softline
Dad, don\'92t you think Jan is cute?  She\'92s so small and warm and wet and cud-dly...\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Mother!\'94 Jan exclaimed. {*\bkmkstart BM_1_}{*\bkmkend BM_1_} \'93Would you please tell this ape that a girl my size can\'92t \softline
possibly be cute and cuddly?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I don\'92t know, dear.  Bill, what do you think?\'94 Ali replied in a thoughtful tone of \softline
voice belied by the glint in her eye.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93I think she looks cuddly and cute,\'94 Bill answered.  \'93I agree with Pete.  After all, she \softline
has to be small and cute and cuddly or he couldn\'92t pick her up the way he does.  Right?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93You\'92re absolutely right, dear,\'94 Ali responded, nodding her head.  \'93I knew you were \softline
smart.  She has to be small and cuddly, or he couldn\'92t pick her up.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan was resting her head against Pete\'92s shoulder and watching the exchange \softline
between her new parents.  Finally she just sighed and nuzzled Pete\'92s cheek.  \'93Okay, you \softline
bum.  I guess I\'92ll just have to be small and cuddly.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete kissed her on the nose again and said, \'93You forgot warm, and cute, and wet.\'94  \softline
He squeezed her tightly again.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab This time she raised her lips to his and whispered, \'93Pete, you can\'92t know how \softline
wonderful it makes me feel to be held in your arms this way.  All I feel are your huge \softline
muscles bulging and squeezing my body.  It feels absolutely heavenly!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Speaking of warm and wet and cuddly,\'94 Bill said, \'93I\'92ve been deprived of the most \softline
marvelous woman in the world for a whole weekend.  Furthermore, before dinner I had \softline
to listen to the most outrageous sounds I\'92ve ever heard in my life.\'94  Turning to Ali he \softline
said, \'93Woman, on your feet!  Your lord and master wants you naked in his bed!\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Ali jumped from her chair and prostrated herself on the floor in front of Bill.  \'93Oh, \softline
Master, please forgive your unworthy servant!  I\'92ll try to make it up to you.\'94  Bill bent \softline
down and picked Ali up in his arms.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As he did, Jan jumped up from Pete\'92s arms and went to her.  Bill put Ali back on her \softline
feet and Jan took her in her arms and hugged her.  \'93Mom, I can\'92t thank you enough!\'94  \softline
She kissed her and held her while she spoke to Bill, \'93Dad, I can\'92t tell you what it was like \softline
to hold Mom and be held by her in bed.  She stroked my hair like I was a little girl.  But \softline
I mashed my body against hers and felt safe.  Dad, you\'92re so lucky!  If I were a man, \softline
being in Mom\'92s arms would be like going to Heaven.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \ul0 \tab Bill kissed her softly and said, \'93Daughter, you sure have that one right!  Your \softline
mother is utterly indescribable.  She focuses herself on trying to do new things to make \softline
me happy.  If you can die of sex, that\'92s going to be my cause of death.  All I can say, \softline
though, is: What a way to go!\'94  With kisses all around, they left the apartment.

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Jan turned and found herself in Pete\'92s arms.  He leaned over and kissed her softly.  \softline
She could feel her lips melt under his and again feel the electricity flow between them.  \softline
When their lips parted Jan murmured, \'93Darling, that is so wonderful!  Thank you.\'94  She \softline
looked in his eyes and asked, \'93What can you possibly see in a mess like me, though?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Pete just shook his head in resignation.  \'93I give up!  Janice Stewart, for a genius \softline
you\'92re awfully dumb sometimes.  Hasn\'92t anything that has happened over the last few \softline
days sunk in yet?  Ali loves you.  Bill Clifford loves you.  I heard that Charley and Ginger \softline
Conrad offered you their entire life savings.  Young lady, Ali Clifford was in tears this \softline
afternoon telling me what you had done over the weekend.  She couldn\'92t imagine \softline
someone who could be so caring in spite of crushing personal problems.  She also told \softline
how you\'92re the most lovely girl she\'92s ever met.  She said the same thing only a few \softline
minutes ago.  Yet still you come up with the same garbage!  Darling, I love you more \softline
than life itself.  Nothing \'97 and I mean }{\plain \fs24 \i\f2 nothing}{\plain \fs24 \f2  \'97 counts for as much with me as you do.  \softline
Now are you starting to get the picture?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab Knitting her brows, Jan pretended to be puzzled and said, \'93I\'92m really not sure, Pete.  \softline
Could you paint one for me?  Using that incredible weapon between your legs as a \softline
brush?\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab \'93Enough of this, Slave!  I need you where you belong: naked and on your back with \softline
your legs spread wide.\'94

}{\plain \fs24 \f2 \tab As he swept her up in his arms she snuggled into his shoulder and murmured, \'93I\'92ll \softline
settle for that.\'94

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