..The next morning before heading off to school I checked and sure enoughthere was a reply from Sharon. She said she was thrilled to hear fromme and y...s, they'd love to come to the show on Thursday. Bob had beenworking hard all spring, she said, and they'd been talking aboutgetting away for a few days, so this was going to be their excuse. Sheasked me to get back to her with all the details. AND she asked if Markand I would be able to meet the two of them for lunch on the followingSunday,. Later that night Jeff headed down to the Laundry room again. He knocked at the door, then as he was about to knock again it unlocked and opened a crack. Shelly peeked through and smiled then opened the door fully. To Jeff’s surprise she was now clad in a black robe and from what he could see, grey pajamas with black slippers, and her hair was loose.Shelly smiled “It’s laundry day and usually no one is aroundJeff nodded “Thanks again.”“Don’t mention it, seriously don’t” Shelly giggled. . They had it printed during that day, then the twenty entered the town hall. The remainder of The Hand of Man, that is every male over the age of fifteen in the town, stood at attention outside in the street. As the twenty walked, marched, limped in their old age and infirmities, to the lectern, they passed bundles of the pamphlets to each seated row of women. The noise from the floor became a din and a steady chant of rapists, rapists, rapists was begun. Ninety-year-old Freddy Driscolle, still. ‘Hmmmm’ said Bernadette’ they seem a little tight to me’ and indeed they did little to hide Maria’s bottom or vagina. But they would have to do. The Order of St Beryl’s was not made of money! ‘Pack your belongs and be ready to leave first thing in the morning after prayers’ said Bernadette. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The next morning Maria was packed. Her possessions, such as they were, went easily into a small old brown leather suitcase. Maria was dressed in the very.
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