Like us more.”“They already fucked her last night. What else can they do to her?”“It was all good last night, but we gotta keep up the act y�...�all know. Make ‘em think y’all really want them havin’ sex with her and after they say we can stay, we’ll cut ‘em off! No more sex with her.”“How can we stop ‘em?”“I’m workin’ on a plan. Y’all just gotta trust me on this. Once we get to Fort Benning and they tell us we can stay, everything will change, I promise y’all.” He could see the hesitation in his. Presently, she reached the door of the shop, and went in. A bell tinkled over the door as she opened it, and again, as she pushed it closed behind herself. Standing for a moment, to allow her eyes to adjust to the dim lighting indoors, she was struck by the smell of sandalwood, mingled with the musty smell of old things, and a closed building. “May I help you?” She was startled to hear a high, thin voice, and turned to her right to see a thin, little man, maybe 5’4”tall, dressed entirely in. It was very cozy with three of us in the double bed. As soon as Maria was situated on her back, she pulled me towards her for a kiss.“I’ve been waiting soooo long for this day, Tyler. I thought it would never get here,” she moaned into my mouth.I broke the kiss and started working her shift up her legs until I had it pushed up around her waist. Belle had started at the top and had the bodice pulled down also. Maria raised her hips and I finished pulling the cotton shift off her. Maria’s body. I ran into Florian in the corridor and he greeted me with a smile, which made me wonder exactly how much of the previous night his memory had retained. His eyes were red and his complexion sallow but he was unmistakeably sober. “Shall you be staying for the second half?” he asked jovially. I turned the question over in my mind a couple of times before I understood what he meant. It was only then that I was able to place my finger on what had felt so different about the parlour that I woke up.