He'd finished removing his first layer of clothes and quickly slid offhis boxers before hopping onto their king size bed. The satin covers feltamazing... on his naked body. He laid back and ran his hands through hisshort, black hair as he watched his well tanned darling look throughtheir toy box. Alice wasn't wearing any of her leather or latex Dominaoutfits tonight, just some typical silky lingerie. At least she'd donnedone of her Mardi Gras style eye masks. It gave her an alluring air ofmischief. She calls out, “Daddy?”“Breakfast will be ready in a few,” he quickly calls back.Zaria loves it when he cooks. “Okay. I’m going to hop in the shower. I’ll be right there.” She looks at her father’s bathroom and turns away. She thinks about showering in there, but ultimately decides to use hers—that is where all her stuff is anyway. Once there, she turns on the shower and lets the water get warm.Reaching to her bedside table, the girl pulls out her phone. A missed call and two texts from Yesenia. But I am smart!” they protested.“Well, half of smart is mediocre, but half of mediocre is dumb as a brick. No offense, but you seem to have gotten pretty stupid.”The Elizabeths pouted, but it was hard to deny; they couldn’t even read anymore!“But I don’t wanna be stupid!” they whined.Darwin sighed.“This is a problem. I can’t read the spell for you. It has to be read by the person it acts on.”The Elizabeths cried harder. They were stuck like this!“Oh there, there,” Darwin said, patting them each. Beauty was fickle, the slender frame now skeletal, ravaged by years of starvation and her skin sagged on her dejectedly, the lines that burrowed into her brow premature. Rumpled clothing, the kind that one bought in the attempt to feign wealth, in cut that nearly draped beautifully, save for the cheap cloth and subtle imperfection, clung in silent witness to the sleepless night. The nearly exquisite exterior that covered up the slowly decaying innards, cloyingly sweet perfume that nearly.