Love you.”“Love you, too.” He canceled the call.Adam resumed sudsing his car. He rinsed it with a garden hose. I was going to wax it, he thought.... Screw that idea. He picked up his phone and saw Kara’s text of her mom’s address. Using a mapping app he formulated a route from the bungalow to there.He headed inside, showered and shaved and then dressed in a pair of khaki pants, a patterned long-sleeved shirt and a pair of loafers.Following the route he established Adam piloted the Mustang to an. How you felt so small and weak. Powerless. You’ve told me that story so many times. The secret story you’ve only told me. How humiliated you felt after. How you blamed yourself. You still do don’t you?”She nodded meekly, eyes closed, grunting softly. His fingers were experts, sliding along her folds, teasing her. Her panties were already soaked, she could smell herself in the air. Desire and shame all mixing together as he talked to her.“It was probably your fault, but that’s ok. You responded. It belonged to the fairy. Merita.“Henrietta.”It came through clearly. It sounded alien, her mouth not quite pronouncing the sounds right. It was an accent I had never heard before. London was a cosmopolitan city. One of the first to get electricity. Travelers across the British Empire passed through its port. And I had never heard the like.“Henrietta, stop ignoring me. It’s okay. You don’t have to be afraid.”Warmth engulfed my body. I did still have a body. I wasn’t just a consciousness. Of course, being pragmatists, they emancipated their slaves gradually. They also compensated slaveholders. They replaced their appointed Senate with an elected one in stages too. ‘The Vorindun Revolution was more inclusive than some revolutions in Earth history, especially that of ancient Rome. The King and titled nobility were overthrown by about half of the lesser aristocracy, including children born out of wedlock. It was nicknamed ‘The Bastard Rebellion’ for that reason. These second and.