《The Exploits of Lilly, the Scoundrel》 1. Scoundrel Scene 1. Scoundrel The evening commuter train is usually very crowded but it is past the peak traffic of an average work day. It is after 8:30 PM, drizzling rain in this cold, dark, fall night.All the car¡¯s seats are taken, mostly by salary-men returning home late from the office. A middle-aged male beast-folk (a wolf) is standing, one paw holding a vertical handrail the other a newspaper, looking out the water-streaked car window into the feeble light from the gas lamps hanging from the lamp posts along the streets, thinking, The city looks so depressing in this rainy darkness. I wish I had remembered to bring an umbrella. Maybe I should buy a car. He looks back to the rail car passengers to see sitting motionless on the center-facing seat across from him a girl of ambiguous species. She is seated sideways with her legs folded under her seat, looking towards the back of the car. She is wearing a blue and white long-form nun-type middle-school girl¡¯s uniform, modeled after an antique sailor¡¯s uniform. The uniform is conservatively styled, nearly covering her entire body. She reveals only the short white fur on the bridge of her nose and her attractive glossy-white fur-feathered ankles, above her high-laced step-shoes. Her hat band is just above her eyes and the billowing head-covering projects up above her head to the back like a crown. The high neck blouse is slit in front, down her chest exposing her white neck ruff-fluff, and slit down the back for her long fall of white mane. He is drawn to the exposure of her beautiful glistening-white fluff. That¡¯s a lot of white fluff to show. What is this I am feeling by looking at it? The girl is also wearing a hospital-type face-mask that covers her long snout, mouth, and chin. Why is an attractive middle-school girl riding in a rail-car filled with old men, this late at night? Her large and slightly projecting eyeball turns to stare at him from the side of her head. Her body remains motionless as she pivots her head around to stare straight back into the man¡¯s eyes with both eyes. Uh, oh, she caught me staring at her, now she is staring right back at me. He is mesmerized in her hypnotic staring eyes. She certainly has unusual eyes, glowing with a light-violet light, and with a disturbingly barred, jet-black, pupil... Is she an angel? Here to save me? Or is she a demon? Here to kill me... Scene 2. Hunter Suddenly the rail car lurches to a stop. A scratchy, barely audible, voice announces the station stop: ¡°Park District, Park District, cough¡±. The rail car door opens onto a city station loading platform. The girl turns and steps into the car door stairwell next to her seat. She stands and turns her head back, again locking her barred light-violet eyes with the man. What does she want? Does she want me to follow her? The girl steps out onto the station platform and proceeds down the stairs toward the station gate. She stops at the gate and glances back over her shoulder at the man who is standing at the train car¡¯s open doorway. This isn¡¯t my stop. I shouldn¡¯t do this, but I feel she is beckoning me. The man steps out onto the platform and toward the girl at the gate. She turns and resumes walking, exiting the terminal area into the city streets. I have never been to this part of town. It¡¯s creepy, dark and seedy here. And wet. Adult bookstores and love-hotels line the main street, with shills beckoning. The girl seems is carefully maintaining the distance between herself and the man. She turns down several streets but attempts no evasion. The streets become alleys, almost completely dark. The girl turns a corner and is out of sight. The man looks around the corner into a short alley, dimly illuminated by a gas lamp over an oil drum on end at the end of the alley. The girl is nowhere to be seen. He slowly walks to the end of the alley, up to the oil drum displaying a lurid pornography magazine, titled: ''BAAAAD GIRLS!''. On the cover is an explicit picture of a smiling sheep-girl, with a fluffy white fleece, down on all fours. The sheep-girl is looking over her back at her freshly-shaved, and prominently displayed, wide black rump. He reaches out and turns the cover page. What is this, an ¡®immoral¡¯ magazine? That poor exploited sheep-girl. A dark hooded figure with iridescent violet eyes rises up from the shadows behind the man. The shadow is holding something long and wide overhead. The man¡¯s world suddenly explodes in a flash and a loud whack. The man plunges into unconsciousness, collapsing into the puddles of the alley. The alley is quiet, then the sound of rusty metal wheels: "Squeak, squeak, squeak.¡± Scene 3. Kidnapper The man feels a cloth over his eyes and a gag in his mouth. He is lying naked, on this back, spread-eagle on a large bed with his ankles and wrists tied to the four bedposts. His chest is being compressed by something soft but heavy, "mmmugff!!!" The blind-fold is suddenly removed. He opens his eyes to see the same girl, still partially in the uniform but in a terrifying transformation. She is kneeling on the bed with her legs spread over his loin, her grimaced face hovering above his chest facing down at him. Although he could only see her eyes before, her facial expression has changed from cute and alluring to a large, hungry grin. With her head covering off, she is revealed to be a young, but mature and full-figured, goat-woman, with a huge head and two long white horns, starting above her eyes and ears and curving back. She has a long muzzle with thick lips and a long broad nose, ending with large dilated nostrils and a short beard on her chin. Her lips are drawn in a grimace-smile revealing an array of very large white teeth, and fangs. Her long ears hang down the side of her head and feature large silver-staple jewelry attached to each of them. Her ¡°ruff¡± is thick, long and translucent white, wrapped around her shoulders and neck. Down the back of her neck is a thick white mane. From the top of her head are swirls of long white hair. All the rest of her of her body is covered with a short, snow-white pelt. Slightly visible, beneath her translucent pelt, is the pink hide of her solid, muscular body. She shakes his shoulders, ¡°You stop struggling against the straps!" "I know you are strong enough to tear this old wooden bed apart, but if you do, everyone is going to see this nice picture!¡± ¡°Take a good look!", "Aren¡¯t I cute, next to you?¡± "That¡¯s a good boy, now you just relax!¡± ¡°Wow! You¡¯re a furry cutie, with a nice fluffy tail!", "Maybe I¡¯ll have you ¡®stuffed¡¯.¡± ¡°I am going to remove your gag now, but if I hear the least bit of barking or howling you will get some stun-gun action and your body dumped in the alley, dead!", "Nod your head if you understand me and agree.¡± Fendor examines the room. He sees an oddly grim and menacing collection of metal figures along the dark walls, some standing on the floor, others on shelves, apparently welded randomly together from metal junk. At the end of the room, under the window is a large table or desk with junk piled high on the top. Next to the desk is a carriage looped with heavy electrical cables, with a face-mask (welder¡¯s hood) setting on top. Scarey! Is this stuff for torturing victims? ¡°We are in my apartment,¡± ¡°So relax!¡± ¡°If I was just going to rob you (or kill you) your body would still be in the alley.¡± The gag is removed and the wolf coughs a few times, ¡°Who are you?" The goat-woman is holding and examining her veil, ¡°A better question is why are you following what you thought was a middle-school girl from a local church school?¡± ¡°What did you plan to do once you caught her?¡± ¡°Be glad I am not with the police.¡± ¡°There are serial rapists working this neighborhood so there are cops are everywhere.¡± Serial rapists? Are any of them in this room? The goat-woman throws her veil on the bed and unbuttons her tight shirt, ¡°Ah, there! That¡¯s better!¡± ¡°Now I can breathe.¡± ¡°This uniform disguise is to small for me now¡­¡± ¡°You seem more calm now too,¡± ¡°Maybe it helps relax you, having a ¡®little girl¡¯ setting on your chest.¡± What ¡®little girl''? I see, and I feel, a large, heavy, white monster on my chest! ¡°Where are my clothes?¡± ¡°Your clothes are in a safe place.¡± ¡°You carried me back here, wherever we are, all by yourself?¡± ¡°It wasn¡¯t too hard, you are not very heavy.¡± ¡°I just wrapped your limp body up in my tarp and tied you on my wagon.¡± ¡°I am always collecting junk for my art projects from these alleys, so the neighbors don¡¯t think it is unusual for me, and I am stronger than I look.¡± You look like a large, hungry, dragon, from my vantage point! ¡°Why am I still handcuffed to the bed?¡± ¡°So you won¡¯t run away until after I have finished with you.¡± ¡°Eeep!¡± ¡°I heard that!¡± ¡°No barking, whining or whimpering or back on goes the gag!¡± Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. "I thought that angels were always white?" "In this world, angels are black, and devils are white!" Scene 4. Rapist ¡°What are you going to do to me?¡± ¡°I thought you would never ask.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s just say that you and I might be looking for the same game, only this game is going to be played by my rules.¡± ¡°This is your lucky day¡± ¡°You caught me in ¡®rut¡¯.¡± Rut? ¡°What is the pink cylindrical thing you are holding?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what it is called, all pink and squishy with a hole down the center." "I found it in the back of one of my uncle¡¯s drawers." "We are going to use it for the game of ¡°Ride ¡®Em Cowgirl¡±. She then plants a big wet kiss on his cheek, "Smack!". ¡°Eeep!¡± "Aah aah aah!" "Don¡¯t you start whining and wiggling, unless you want me to press ¡®stun¡¯!¡± ¡°See!¡± ¡°I even left my uniform on just for you!¡± She rocks back upright, to reveal her impressive chest that has clearly outgrown her middle-school uniform. ¡°Ouch!¡± ¡°This uniform is much to tight on me now, I am going to have to unbutton all of it before I burst out,¡± ¡°and be thankful that I am not a police plant (really!).¡± It¡¯s too soon to be ¡®thankful¡¯. Let¡¯s see if I live through this first. ¡°Now it is showtime." "And don¡¯t you dare disappoint me!" "You pervert!¡± She bends forward and presses her large bony head down beside his head, her chest against his. Then she begins to squeeze her upper body against his. ¡°Let¡¯s start with a whiff of young breast.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t shower today so I should be nice and ripe for you.¡± She smiles with eyes closed and sets her head down on his soft cream-colored chest fur. He smells her thick ruff fur around her neck. She smells like the meadows that I played in as a pup! She inhales deeply, through her nose, nostrils dilated, ¡°Mmmmmm¡±, ¡°You feel wonderful and you smell wonderful!¡± ¡°I get off from smells, especially from all of you ¡®vicious carnivores¡¯!¡± ¡°Enough ¡®foreplay¡¯, it¡¯s time to saddle up for the ¡®rodeo¡¯! Let me get my spurs," Spurs! "Reins around the neck (sorry), and now to saddle up on ¡®Mr. Squishy¡¯.¡± She quickly arches up and mounts him, "Squish!" She throws her head back in ecstasy, ¡°Ohhh myyy!", "Okay, now you, ¡®giddie up¡¯!¡± He sequels in pain: ¡°Owoooooow!¡± She ignores his pleas and starts to bounce up and down on him, on her pleasure ride, with her mouth wide open, loudly bleating, ¡°Bhaaaaaaaaa!¡± He continues on his pain trip, howling, ¡°Wooooooooooooooooooooo! She bounces her heavy body up and down on him several times. Then Lilly suddenly stops, shuts her eyes, and grimaces, tightly holding him with her strong fore-legs by the sides of his chest. Then her entire lower body convulses, in a powerful thigh contraction, and she screams a loud bleat, ¡°Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!¡± Despite her threats, he also screams a howl, ¡°Aaaaaaa¡±, ¡°Arrrgh!¡± Heavy breathing is followed by sounds from below her and then the wall at the end of the room, ¡°POP!" "SPLAT!¡± ¡°Wow! Mr. Squishy shot out from me and hit the far wall!,¡± ¡°Eouu!¡±, ¡°What a mess!¡±, ¡°Did I do that?¡± ¡°I am sorry.¡± I kind of ''lose it" when I get excited¡­¡± ¡°For how long have ¡®we¡¯ been holding ¡®all this¡¯ in?¡± ¡°Perhaps ¡®we¡¯ have more?¡± ¡°He he!¡± He struggles to breath and survive. ¡°Ahaa!¡±, ¡°Gasp!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t hurt you did I?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you dare die on me!¡± ¡°Breathe!¡± After a little rest and breathing time, she resumes her position and smiles down on him, ¡°Do you want to play again?¡± He looks up at her frowning, and silently thinking, I guess that question is ¡®rhetorical¡¯. Scene 5. Release After a few, much gentler, rides, She pushes herself off of his chest and stands, naked, next to the bed. She releases his handcuffs and drags his motionless (dead?) body around to the end of the bed. She props him up and shakes him gently, for a ¡®groan¡¯ of life. He slowly stirs back to life and opens his eyes. She then applies antiseptic to the board wound on his head and wraps clean cloth bandages on his wrists and ankles, burned by the cuffs.¡± ¡°See!¡±, ¡°You lived!¡± He writhes in pain, ¡°Ouch!¡± What have you done to me? ¡°I made you some dandelion tea, to revive you.¡±, ¡°I can¡¯t have you falling under a train on the way home,¡± ¡°And you can¡¯t go home smelling like me." "It''s too bad that I can''t shower with you.¡± ¡°The bathroom shower is right over there on the right, there is a clean towel on the holder and a blow-drier on the hamper.¡± ¡°I used gloves handling your clothes to avoid marking them with my smell." "They are in a bag next to the shower.¡± ¡°I drew a map back to the station so don¡¯t miss the last train, as it is a long walk from here back to your neighborhood and I don''t have a car.¡± ¡°And you might get rolled (again)!¡± ¡°It is pretty safe around here now though, I cleared out all the muggers and riffraff a while back!¡± He reflects thinking, So you are the rapist terror, of justice? He slowly stands up, naked and walks unsteady toward bathroom. After a pause, showering then blow-drying sounds are heard. She speaks to the bathroom, ¡°I am taking a chance, by letting you walk out, rather than dumping your body back in the alley,¡± ¡°Now you have seen me and know where I live," "But I don¡¯t think you will turn me in," "Just yet.¡± Scene 6. Counselor He is still staggering a bit. He slowly walks out of the bathroom, now neat and fully dressed as a salary-man. He looks at Lilly, who has also cleaned up and is attractively dressed in a loose pink blouse and short skirt (and without cumbersome undergarments!) She is sitting on the edge of bed and he regards her form, especially her distinctive light-violet eyes, What an unusual woman, attractive even, in her own, unique, way. ¡°I raided your wallet, so I know your name is ''Fendor Willis''¡± ¡°We didn''t do introductions.", "I''m ¡®Lilly¡¯," "With two ¡®l¡¯s¡±. ¡°I know you are going home to your wife and family.¡± ¡°I can see from your wallet picture that your wife is young looking and pretty and your son is handsome.¡± ¡°So why the HELL are you out chasing after school girls!?¡± Fendor is staring off into space, ¡°I don¡¯t know if I can answer that question. It just seems like my life is missing something, something vital." "I have difficulty seeing joy in anything anymore.¡± ¡°It wasn¡¯t always this way." "When we were first married I saw joy in everything.¡± ¡°And when I saw you on the train I felt that glimmer of joy again, for the first time in a long time.¡± ¡°My wife and I are likely headed for a divorce.¡± Lilly frowns and growls, ¡°Gurrr!" "Is there something in the suburban water that turns people stupid in middle age?¡± ¡°You already have a perfect life. Are you so anxious to throw that all away chasing school girls?¡± (The very idea!) ¡°You should be home with your boy." "It isn¡¯t good to leave kids alone." "Look what happened to me!¡± ¡°Okay, fine!¡± ¡°My neighbor, Rosie, runs the flower shop on the street level." "The shop is closed now, but she¡¯ll put something together for you, as a favor to me." "That¡¯s right!" "You¡¯re taking flowers home to your wife!" "And here,¡± ¡°Take these discount tickets to the local steakhouse chain." "I think there is one near where you live.¡± ¡°I kept them in hope of taking one of my carnivore victims out to dinner some day, as a reward for a good performance." "But I never was brave enough to take the risk.¡± ¡°And your apology to her is more important anyway.¡± ¡°Get home on time tomorrow night and take her there!¡± "And don''t tell her about me!" That¡¯s Right! That¡¯s an Order! ¡°I expect a full report at our next meeting." "Right here, at 7:30 pm, same week-day, Wednesday, next week." "Don¡¯t forget or I might change my mind about having you stuffed!", "And if you ''wuss out'' with the flowers and dinner, I will butt you into next week!¡± ¡°And next time, pick up some food for us on the way, there is a convenience store on the corner." "I really like veggie pizza, with extra cheese!" "Get the big one!" "Or maybe two...¡± Fendor, looking at Lilly and thinking, Are you a dragon? Fendor walks out of the bedroom into the living room. His briefcase is setting neatly next to the front door. He then walks out of the apartment down the stairs, to the quiet city sidewalk. Fendor hesitates for a moment and then starts to walk toward the train station. He then stops and turns back toward Lilly¡¯s apartment. Through the thick curtains of her second-floor apartment bedroom window he sees an eerie, brilliant, blue-white, flashing-shimmering light. Is she a witch? But Fendor is relieved, sore and happy. He could not remember having such a strongly emotional encounter with anyone since his college days. And he has been given a mission! He then thinks back to Lilly, Why is that strange young woman attracted to me? Scene 7. My Love Fendor is back at work the next day, sitting at his desk. He looks around and no one is looking his way, thinking, I am glad that she kept track of my briefcase. It seems okay. She didn¡¯t even take my money. What is this? What is in these two sealed plastic bags? He pulls out the first bag. It is the graphic ''BAAAD GIRLS'' pornography magazine, from the top of the oil drum. He pulls out the second bag. It is a (large) pair of woman¡¯s panties, with a smiling goat face in a red heart monogram, apparently, recently used. What have I gotten myself into? End of Chapter 1. 2. Return Scene 1. Counseling A few weeks pass with more weekly ''counseling sessions'' of pizza and sex in Lilly¡¯s apartment. Their physical relationship is intense while their meetings have been largely wordless. Today, after the now usual ¡®cordial welcome¡¯, Fendor is setting on the end of the bed and Lilly is setting on the floor, both are staring at the far wall. Thinking about their relationship, and each other, ¡°Lilly, we haven¡¯t talked about you and your world very much.¡± ¡°Is there any special reason that you bushwhack men in the alley?¡± ¡°You tease me about my difficulties, what are your relationships like?¡± "You''re young and attractive.¡± ¡°I don''t believe that you can''t get men by other less violent means." Lilly looks down, depressed by the thought of a confession, ¡°I lied to you." ¡°I know you know that I am not in middle-school.¡± ¡°I am a college (and everything else) drop-out.¡± "Right now I am not doing anything except taking care of my parent¡¯s apartment building. Mostly, I unclog my neighbor''s drains," "And that doesn''t take much time." "I have thought of getting another job too, at least a part time job, as a distraction, and to kill the ''day-mares''," ¡°But I can''t imagine myself in a customer sales or service job. Fendor catches, Day-mares? ¡°Also, I don¡¯t get on with boys of my species, or any boys near my age, or with any of my classmates for that matter. I am a foreigner and I look different. I finally made a friend playing tennis, with a girl a class ahead of me, but she is the dark, silent type. She waits for me and we hang together, but I do all the talking. She is also a foreigner, a black Nubian goat, from the States. She is a tall, thin, thing,¡± ¡°And we are dynamite at doubles tennis.¡± ¡°My other problem is my looks.¡± ¡°By now I am sure you have noticed that I am brawny.¡± ¡°My shoulders are too broad, my boobs are too big and my butt is too big.¡± ¡°Everything about me is too big but my height.¡± ¡°Boys don¡¯t like girls with muscles.¡± ¡°And then there is my head.¡± ¡°My big head looks like a horse skull. No, but maybe a dragon. ¡°With my body and scary face, the boys keep their distance. At least I (usually) don¡¯t have to worry about being assaulted, everyone just turns around and runs.¡± ¡°Fortunately, you salary-men are delusional, and you usually don''t notice my ¡®large shape¡¯ right away." "I wear loose gowns and I cover my horns, head and face." "Note that I carefully stepped on the stairs from the seat, to avoid standing fully up in the train." "I am too big and too old to play the middle-school bait-girl anymore." "I was too big for this game when I was still in middle-school.¡±, ¡°But you middle-aged salary-men are delusional, seeing only what you want to see.¡± ¡°But still there was something else about you, besides your violet eyes", "an ¡®air¡¯ about you that I found attractive.¡± Lilly coyly smiles, ¡°I cheated with that too.¡± ¡°I used a ''love potion'' on you, one-third wolf pheromone, one-third wildflower aroma, but that last one-third was all me.¡± "It helps being a pray animal." "At least you didn¡¯t pass out from it right there on the train." "I have had that happen.¡± ¡°What! You knew you were luring a wolf?¡± ¡°And you call me out for chasing young skirts!¡± ¡°How long have you been stalking me?¡± ¡°You need to stop this man bushwhacking business before you kill someone!¡± ¡°I never said that I haven¡¯t killed anyone¡­¡± ¡°So I take it I am not your first?¡± ¡°You seemed pretty practiced."¡°There have been quite a few others. But most were too scared to ¡®get off¡¯. Yeah, no wonder. ¡°I usually ¡®get off¡¯ on the man-smell regardless.¡± ¡°So I keep on doing it.¡± ¡°I coerced some of them into continuing relationships, but eventually they all ran away,¡± ¡°Either bored with me or frightened of me.¡± ¡°I never followed through on my threats to expose them as I would be exposing myself also.¡± ¡°They had served their purpose, so I just moved on to the next victim.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you ever get assaulted or hurt?¡± ¡°I once had a scare from a college dog-boy.¡± ¡°He played dead until I got him home and then he turned the tables on me.¡± ¡°Fortunately, it was just a standard rape.¡± ¡°I was lucky that he wasn¡¯t vicious enough to maim or kill me.¡± ¡°And after all that, you still didn¡¯t stop?¡± ¡°No¡±, but now I now stick to middle-aged salary-men, such as yourself." "I am stronger than most of these men. Plus these types are so fearful and compliant, weak from desk work and no exercise, and pent up. " ¡°I can mold them like putty, and it¡¯s so cute!¡± "A few actually seem to like the experience, and get off on it." ¡°How long do you plan to keep it up?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think I am young or attractive enough for this game anymore.¡± ¡°And it is just a matter of time before the police catch me or I pick the wrong man.¡± "I could wait outside a bar with a board," "But alcoholics stink in a bad way." "I prefer nice, sweet smelling, fluffy, middle-aged salary-men, going home to ''wifey''," "Yum!" "Yum!" Lilly turns to Fendor and grins at him with her signature threatening grin, and winks, ¡°And besides, I can retire now.¡± ¡°I have a slave!¡± ¡°That''s right!" ¡°You!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t even think about leaving me!¡±, "Your ''wifey'' will understand, I¡¯m sure.", "I am not greedy, I am only taking one night a week," "And I am providing you both with the valuable service of marriage counseling!", "It is reasonable that I extract a small fee for my time and concern." Lilly drops her stare and turns back, ¡°You know if you run away I¡¯ll hunt you down and have you stuffed!¡±, ¡°Actually, I would have you stuffed right now if I didn¡¯t love your smell so much,¡± ¡°And that smell just doesn''t stay fresh if you¡¯re not alive...¡± You know this from experience? After his shower, Fendor stands at the apartment door, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll be back again, same time next week, but only if you promise to wear that same perfume you wore on the train,¡± "What was it now, ''Old Bushwhacker''?¡° I also have an additional condition,¡± ¡°You are to immediately return to school,¡± ¡°No excuses!¡± "You are too bright to stay ignorant!" ¡°If you have any trouble with the subjects, I will help you.¡± ¡°I used to teach college...¡± Fendor looks up at the ceiling, ¡°Once upon a time...¡± Scene 2. Student And so the next day Lilly appears at college registrar¡¯s office to makes excuses, and fill out forms. The she makes the rounds to the various department heads, to collect the signatures required for to college readmission and to attend classes again. Afterward, she waits by the door of an art class. The class is dismissed and the students walk out. One student, a tall, thin, black, goat-woman slowly walks out and she sees Lilly. Liz jumps a little, and then shouts with surprise, eyes wide: ¡°Lilly!¡± "What a surprise!" ¡°I thought you were dead!¡± "Where have you been?" ¡°Well, not quite dead, but it wasn¡¯t for lack of trying¡­¡± ¡°You free for a game of tennis?¡± "And maybe an early dinner at ''Henny''s'' after?" ¡°If I don¡¯t answer ''YES!'' to that question, you will know that I am dead! Wordless, the two women friends walk toward the athletic fields. Lilly borrows one of Liz¡¯s rackets, Liz even has a spare tennis outfit the fits Lilly surprisingly well. Then they are off to the tennis courts. They appear on the court as a visually striking pair of attractive young goat-women. The tall black Liz, in blue-white stripes and the shorter white Lilly, in pink. They quickly bring all of the action on the other courts to a halt. Lilly gazing at the stricken, wide-eyed, audience, ¡°I forget about all of this unwanted attention we seem to get.¡± Liz, flashes a beautiful smile and waves to them, ¡°Who says it¡¯s unwanted? At least they don¡¯t have cameras today.¡± Their continuing audience, of both males and females of all species, is then rewarded with a fast action, professional quality, women''s tennis demonstration. Everyone is now crowded around their court, watching these hot ladies intensely. The women finally tire from the games, and the attention, and start to walk back toward the gym. A handsome young male Minotaur steps out of the crowd and up to them. He broadly smiles, ¡°Are you two students at this college?¡± ¡°We are now, I just re-enrolled.¡± The Minotaur states his name and business, "My name is Arno, and I recruit players and manage some of the sports programs at this school,¡± ¡°And you are?¡± ¡°Liz¡± ¡°Lilly¡± Arno continues: "We have team tryouts on Wednesday mornings. Please come by the main field and find me.¡± ¡°I watched you and we could really use your help.¡± ¡°We got waxed in tennis last year and I loved your action on the court today.¡± If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Lilly and Liz discuss this offer. Liz: "I really could not find a suitable tennis partner for ''doubles'' so I dropped out of the team last year. Lilly reaching down and pinches the fat roll forming at her waist, From all that yummy pizza with Fendor? "I could use the exercise..." And so the two women sign up for the college tennis team. "That Minotaur boy was kinda cute...", "Arno?", "I wonder if he has a girlfriend?" "He''s too young for me... " "Although he did smell nice." Scene 3. Busted The women truly enjoy tennis and are tearing up the rounds with the other schools, losing only rarely. Although they were apart during Lilly¡¯s low period, they quickly reestablished their friendship. Both were anxious to show the other their cooking skills so they rarely eat anywhere but at school or at each other¡¯s apartment (except on Wednesday nights!). One evening, Liz is over at Lilly¡¯s apartment for dinner. The evening is warm and still with the cooking smell persisting in the air. Liz is closely examining the Lilly''s apartment. She opens the door to Lilly¡¯s bedroom and walks in. ¡°Something is different about your place,¡± ¡°For one thing, it is a lot neater than I remember,¡± ¡°And you have moved some of your clunky ¡®art¡¯ out of the way,¡± ¡°Plus it smells different,¡± ¡°Now what is that smell?¡± Liz tilts her head up and raises her long nose, her nostrils dilate as she inhales. Lilly quickly scurries into the bedroom and up to Liz. Lilly pushes Liz back out of the bedroom, into the living room, and closes the bedroom door. ¡°That will be enough snooping!¡± Liz, unaffected, turns her head toward Lilly, ¡°And, by the way, I have been meaning to ask you,¡± ¡°Why are you so happy now?¡± ¡°Humming, singing, smiling...¡± ¡°Where is that down-and-out, end-of-the-world, college-dropout, ''Lilly'', I used to know so well?¡± Liz is glaring at Lilly, who is pretending not to hear, ¡°HUH? You say somthin''?¡± Liz is now staring intently at Lilly, and accuses her, ¡°Do you have a ¡®Pet¡¯ in here somewhere?¡± Lilly is violently shaking her head ¡®no¡¯. Not fooling the glaring Liz for a second. ¡°You had better let me in on this ¡®action¡¯,¡± ¡°Or else!¡± Scene 4. Wealth A few more weeks go by¡­ In Lilly¡¯s apartment, during her weekly ¡®counseling session¡¯ with Fendor. And after their usual ¡®greeting¡¯ of sex and pizza, Fendor stares at the two empty large pizza boxes. Next time, I guess I should get three... ¡°I don¡¯t mind hanging around the house with you Fendor, but it would be nice to get out once in a while." "Sigh..." "If only our ages (and species'') difference wasn''t so great, we wouldn¡¯t get so many looks." "If we could go to dinner or a movie, just regular stuff. I¡¯ll even pay, since, after all, I am your master.¡± Lilly suddenly reflects, thinking, Am I falling in love with him? No, no, I can''t! ¡°What can we do when there is just the two of us.¡±,¡±I could invite my wife.¡±, "Ha, ha." Lilly thinking again: She must suspect something by now. Although I haven''t seen a PI following us yet. Lilly downs the last piece of pizza, ¡°I have and idea," "Let me introduce you to my friend and tennis partner, Liz." "Unlike me, she is a tall, attractive, nice, and quiet girl. She is a little older than me but she looks like she is my age or younger." "The three of us should look fine anywhere." "You can be out with your ''nieces''," "And yes, I¡¯ll pay for her too.¡± "We¡¯ll still need to avoid places that might have people you work with or know otherwise," "but this is a big city, that shouldn¡¯t be too hard.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll text her and see if she will meet us for ice cream (she loves ice cream) on Wednesday afternoon." "She doesn''t have classes then." "I know this plan isn¡¯t perfect, but at least we will be able to get out sometimes.¡± Scene 5. Ice Cream A few days later, Lilly, Fendor and Liz are seated at a table, at Henny¡¯s, a local coffee shop¡­ For ice cream sundaes¡­ Fendor, for his part, is now appearing more substantial. He seems more confident now and is cutting a handsome middle-aged form. ¡°Fendor," "This is my friend Liz." "We met playing tennis and we do other stuff together too." "Her brother is a champion ball payer that played at our college on a scholarship." "He''s a pro now.¡± ¡°Liz," "This is my friend, Fendor.¡± Liz is dressed in a complementing (and form fitting) top and skirt, displaying her thin black midriff. She is very attractive, even stunning, in face and figure. Fendor cannot stop himself from staring, bottom to top, at Liz''s black curls on her hornless head and her thin, statuesque ''model'' figure. He reflects on Lilly''s stout, white, horned, figure, seated next to Liz. Who would even guess them to be the same species? Liz sits motionless, never saying a word, never breaking her barred, blue-eyed, stare at Fendor. Liz slowly lifts her glass and begins sucking the straw of her ice cream sundae, making soft, suggestive, sucking noises, drawing in her cheeks and with a slight wiggle of her nose. Liz has frozen everyone in the restaurant solid, where they sit. Staring at the group. Scene 5.5. Bonus Scene Later that day, at college, Liz hunts Lilly down, after a class. ¡°If you think I am going to remain quiet about this ''for free'', think again!¡± Lilly, waving to calm her excited friend, ¡°Okay, okay, I get it," "You liked Fendor." "I¡¯ll set something up for you.¡± Scene 6. Introduced Liz and Lilly walk across town, to Lilly''s apartment. Lilly is concerned about her tall strong friend, "Please be gentle with Fendor as he is ''old and brittle''. " Liz is shuddering, "All I want to do is brush that luscious fur of his." " Don''t worry!" "I''ll just cut off and keep his fluffy tail, as a souvenir!" "Ha ha." The two girls enter Lilly''s apartment. Fendor is already there. Lilly turns and sits down on the couch and picks up a magazine from the coffee table. She looks up and smiles, "You two have fun!" Fendor walks Liz to Lilly''s bedroom and closes the door behind, "Are you okay with this?" Liz looks down, stares at the floor and answers almost inaudibly, "Yes". ¡°Is this your ¡®first time¡¯?¡± ¡°With a man?", "Yes.¡± Wait! What!?? ¡°With women?¡± ¡°Only a few casual, locker-room, type encounters,¡± ¡°Once I was assaulted by a bitch gym coach and that turned me off from sex...¡± "Until now..." Fendor reaches his fore-paw out to touch Liz: ¡°Why do you recoil from my touch?¡± ¡°Do I scare you?¡± ¡°Am I the Big Bad Wolf?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s not that.¡± ¡°Sorry." "I do that with everyone, Lilly too.¡± ¡°I am just not used to being touched." "My family is not physical and so we rarely touch each other, no kisses, no hugs¡± ¡°and I feel bad because Lilly is so physical and that is so not my thing.¡± ¡°Wow, you are not making this easy." "Let¡¯s see..." "where to start.¡± Liz starts to undress. ¡°Stop!¡± ¡°Leave your clothes on for now.¡± ¡°Here is something that my family has always done and it shouldn¡¯t be too stressful for you.¡± ¡°When we greet each other, we start by standing apart, facing each other like this.¡± Liz is half a head taller then Fendor. Liz starts to fidget. "Relax!¡± ¡°I am not going to grab you and eat you,¡± ¡°yet...¡± ¡°Move a half step to the right side, walk forward, with fore-legs down at your sides, slowly, until your chest touches mine.¡± ¡°Again, relax and don¡¯t tilt your head back.¡± ¡°Now move your head a little bit to the left until your cheek touches mine.¡± ¡°Very softly, brush your cheek, just a little, back and forth, against mine,¡± ¡°Yes, like that,¡± ¡°Mmmmm.¡± ¡°What do you think? Is that okay?¡± ¡°I feel sorry for you fur-less species, that will never know this ''furry- face" feeling.¡± ¡°Now slowly we increase the areas of contact.¡± ¡°Forelegs, arms, shoulders, the back, ever larger areas as we slowly proceed.¡± With the contact, Liz emits a long, soft, moaning, bleat, "Maaaaaaaaaaa..." Adorable! ¡°Garments can be removed as those areas are reached." "If you want to leave anything on, leave it on." "There is no wrong way to do this." "Proceed at your own pace.¡± "A brush feels pretty good too at this point!" Liz slowly disrobes as they continue to embrace. Eventually she reveals her thin, lithe body. Her body is completely covered with short jet-black fur and clearly visible beneath her hide are the thin tight muscles of a trained athlete. Her head has a curly black mane down the back of her neck, but no horns. She has long ears down the sides of her head, each with a large gold earring. At the end of her spine is an erect black fluff of a short tail. Liz becomes flushed and is beginning to perspire. She suddenly faces Fendor, ¡°Okay, enough teasing, I¡¯m hot, let¡¯s get on with it.¡± Fendor then fully embraces Liz: ¡°Mmmmm, Liz, you smell great!¡± Liz: ¡°Lilly dumped something on me.¡± Oh, that Lilly! ¡°Please hold on to that thought for a little longer, Liz," ¡°Let me show you something else first.¡± ¡°I will demonstrate ¡®cunnilingus¡¯ for you." "It is a form of ''oral sex''.¡± "We will stop if there is anything you don''t like, just let me know." Lilly is trying to read her magazine in the living room, but she can''t stop staring at the bedroom door, listening to the barely audible conversation from within. Then a period of quiet. Then rather loud shuffling and goat-bleating is heard from the bedroom... Lilly thinking, Me! Next! ¡­¡­. After some time, Fendor emerges from the bedroom, pulling his shirt on the rest of the way. He meets Lilly, alone in the her living room, still seated on the couch, pretending to read. Lilly looks up, ¡°Well, how did it go?¡± It sounded like it went pretty well! ¡°I think Liz enjoyed it.¡± I know I did. I also think she broke my nose. ¡°And Liz didn¡¯t pass out completely.¡± ¡°Liz didn¡¯t say if she liked it?¡± ¡°Liz hasn¡¯t said anything for a while." "I had to help her get dressed." "She seems to be in shock and a bit ''out-of-it''.¡±, ¡°Could you please take her home?¡± Lilly opens her mouth, but does not speak, Wait! What! No session for me? Lilly then grimaces, thinking, If she can¡¯t walk I¡¯ll have to take her home with my wagon. Damn that long ¡®wolf¡¯ tongue! 3. Islands Scene 1. Travel Plans Lilly and Fendor meet at Lilly¡¯s apartment for what is now their weekly, Wednesday night, habit. They have not tired of their eager greeting, of sex and pizza. Liz is not joining them tonight as she has ¡®something to do¡¯ with her brother. Lilly is now noticing Fendor staring at the floor, downcast, ¡°Why are you so pensive tonight? Are you tired of me already?¡± Fendor looks up, "No, It''s not that..." ¡°I am being sent away for a while on business¡±, ¡°it looks like I may be over there for a couple of weeks, maybe a month.¡± Lilly eyes widen, ¡°Where are you going?¡±, ¡°Baaaa¡­¡±, her voice breaks into a soft bleat. She is suddenly feeling lachrymose, already intensely missing him. She feels her body slipping into withdrawal, without her weekly, furry, ¡®sex-fix¡¯. Fendor self-absorbed and looking away does not seem to notice the emotionally struggling Lilly. ¡°I am going to The Islands.¡± Lilly¡¯s violet eyes suddenly illuminate, her momentary depression forgotten: ¡°Is your family going too?¡±, emitting soft hopeful ¡°squeaks¡±. Fendor continues not noticing Lilly, glowing pink, ¡°No, my wife is going back to East, to visit her parents, and let them see how Timmy has grown. She said it would be a good time", ("as her family doesn¡¯t seem to care much for me.") ¡°She hates the sun, hates the beach, and hates bathing suits, anyway.¡± Fendor finally notices Lilly, who looks like she is ready to explode ''pink'' everywhere, ¡°Lilly, I know that look," "What evil are you plotting?¡± Lilly flashes her signature smile at Fendor, ¡°I have a standing opportunity to attend swimming classes in The Islands, for college credit.¡± ¡°The college Physical Education department knows that I am a strong swimmer so they want me to get life-saving and deep water diving certifications. The college needs more life-guard supervision for the college¡¯s water field trips. I can enroll in the classes at any time in the Summer as they have classes every week.¡± Lilly continues, growing ever more excited, "My parents own a condo there which I have never seen and would dearly love to.¡± ¡°I will take Liz along, as my parents won''t trust me there alone,¡± ¡°and we¡¯ll stay at my folk''s condo.¡± ¡°Liz will likely sign up for the water classes too as her family is really into athletics and sports,¡° ¡°And the college encourages it for all athletes.¡± Lilly is now glowing a bright pink and her violet eyes are iridescent. Lilly then frowns and feigns desperation, ¡°Can we go with you?¡± ¡°Please!¡± ¡°Please!¡± ¡°Please!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll pay my own and Liz¡¯s way too,¡± ¡°And we promise not to bother you!¡± I guess I can trust her with this. She has been careful around my work and family here. ¡°Okay, but you have to be good!¡± Lilly once again returns to her signature grin, holding her right fore-hoof up to her chest, ¡°When am I ever not ''Good''?¡± Lilly then jumps up, suddenly with a grimace leaps over Fendor. Fendor is startled, ¡°Where are you going?¡± ¡°To the bathroom, just thinking about a beach trip with you is too exciting for me!¡± Lilly, shouting from the bathroom, ¡°Get yourself into my bedroom, Now!¡± ¡°And take off everything you don¡¯t want ripped off!¡± Lilly is renewed and has even more energy than usual, with Fendor thinking, I don¡¯t think I have ever seen Lilly this happy before. Scene2. Trained ¡°Why are you two hiding way in the back of the station? ¡°We were afraid your ¡®wifey¡¯ might see us and we didn¡¯t know where your wife might ''see you off''.¡± Fendor frowns, ¡°No worry, she usually just dumps me at the curb...¡± ¡°I took a cab here as she is already back east with her folks.¡± Liz smiles at Fendor, ¡°I reserved us seats,¡± ¡°Three together, in the back of the car, with you in the middle, of course!¡± ¡°They wouldn''t let me reserve a sleeper-car for a short trip in the middle of the day,¡± ¡°Damn it!¡± ¡°I hope that you don¡¯t get overheated sandwiched between us.¡± ¡°Fortunately the trip is non-stop so they probably won¡¯t throw us off." "We might get thrown in the ocean on the boat trip though.¡± And so the entourage makes the trip to the coast and onto the boat for the short ferry trip to the Islands without serious incident. The women were however warned several times by the conveyance staff to keep their little fore-hooves (and tongues) to themselves. Only sniffing is allowed! But sniffing is hot too! Scene 3. Check-In A bus picks them up at the docks and transports them to the hotel. It is a large, 3-story, touristy landmark, with ~500 rooms, overlooking a well-groomed, private, beach. The group enters the lobby, fore-legs entwined on each arm. Lilly, examining the cavernous hotel lobby, ¡°Wow, this is a big place!¡± ¡°This hotel is the only hotel in The Islands big enough for my conference.¡± Fendor continues, ¡°Getting ready for this event is why I have been working so late, and making everyone mad at me.¡± ¡°I hope it is worth it.¡± Liz and Lilly together, glaring at Fendor, ¡°And too tired for XXX, damn it!¡± Fendor looking sheepish and whispering at the pair, ¡°Keep your voices down unless you want to be swamped by old geezers!¡± Lilly immediately jumps up into the air and shouts, ¡°Hey! All you ''old geezers''!¡± "How about some nice fresh goat flesh?!!¡± Lilly lifts up her skirt revealing a thick, right, hind leg and wiggles her plump thigh at them. Fendor aghast, ¡°STOP IT Lilly!¡± You will kill them all. After a few more shenanigans in the line, the group is then called to the check-in counter. Liz looks up at the hotel room chart on the will behind the counter, ¡°Where is your room?¡± ¡°I reserved one on the second floor.¡± ¡°I usually try to get one on ground floor, but all of those are being used for the event receptions.¡± A tall, young, thin, Minotaur woman is at the counter. She examines the group with suspicion: ¡°Name please?¡± Fendor gives her his name and she turn to a file and pulls out a card, "For three?" "No, just a room for one, please." Minotaur woman smiles at Fendor, "Your company reservation is for double-occupancy, you will be sharing the room with another man from your company." Liz shouts, "A roommate! And the second floor?" "Oh man, you should have gotten the honeymoon suite on the top floor, with a view!¡± ¡°Let¡¯s change this!¡± Liz, shouting at the clerk: ¡°My dear, he wants to upgrade, to the top floor honeymoon penthouse!¡± Fendor shakes his head ''no'', ¡°The company is not going to go for this.¡± Lilly and Liz quickly empty their pockets filled with wads of currency and dump it all onto the counter. Together, with glee, ¡°We will pay for the upgrade!¡± As fendor regards the two, widely smiling, goat-women, I don¡¯t know if I have ever seen so many white teeth. They look like sharks! The clerk glares at the two women, frowning, she announces that the penthouse is still available and processes the upgrade request and scoops up the cash from the counter. Fendor, walking away from the counter, with the penthouse key in paw, ¡°Oh, you goats.¡± But I am surprised that the penthouse was not already reserved by others because of the event. They all must be cheapskates! Like me! Fendor then escorts the women back out the lobby entrance, to the bus that will take them to the condominium complex on the other side of the island, ¡°Let¡¯s meet at the coffee shop at 8:00 am tomorrow morning and plan our day." "I have off until the day after tomorrow.¡± The clerk is still glaring at them as they walk out, standing next to the sign: ¡®No visitors to the suites after 7:00 pm!¡¯ She did not have to point. The group gets the message. Fendor waves to the women in the bus windows as it pulls away. Good! Now I can finally get some rest¡­ Scene 4. No Rest Fendor walks up the stairs to the fourth floor to the penthouse door. The penthouse suite stands alone, unlike the lower floor suites that share walls. Fendor enters the penthouse suite and stands at the door and examines the impressive interior: The walls are decorated with original paintings; The furniture is all very new looking and a contemporary style that does not come cheap. Wow, this is nice! Since the girls paid for it, I will have to show them tomorrow. Fendor examines the huge heart-shaped bed, covered in a crimson bed spread. On the bed is a large box that likely contains expensive candy. Without fully regarding the situation, he collapses, face first, onto the bed, exhausted from his day of travel with the lively goat-women, ¡°Ahhhhhh!¡± ¡°Finally!¡± You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. He eventually gets back up. It is now dark outside and inside. He retrieves his luggage that had been delivered outside his door, and changes clothes for bed. and More sleep! Fendor is sleeping and dead to the world, when he suddenly has a vivid dream with a loud sound, ¡°Knock-Knock-Knock!¡± Fendor checks the security peep hole and sees the two women. He opens the door, ¡°What are you doing here at this hour? And how did you get past security?¡± Lilly, feigning her desperate face, ¡°Please let us in, I think security is chasing right behind us!¡± ¡°And they are not happy with us at all.¡± Liz, now safely inside the penthouse, with the door shut and locked, flashes a big smile of large white teeth, framed by her long black nose, ¡°As for what we are doing here?¡± ¡°We couldn¡¯t sleep a wink without our favorite furry ''hug pillow''.¡± Fendor, looking around at the expensive interior furnishings, worries about the usually cavorting, rambunctious, goats, ¡°Please, just don¡¯t break anything.¡± Lilly, smiles and stares at the worried looking Fendor, ¡°Do you count as a ¡®thing¡¯?¡± And so the women proceed to be beside themselves with glee, alternately pouncing on Fendor, devouring the candy, and ordering room service pizza. Afterward, Lilly opens the sliding door out to the deck, which features a very good view of the beach and the surrounding landscape. Lilly kicks off her sandals and jumps up on the observation deck railing, fore-legs extended and on toe point. Fendor is aghast, ¡°Lilly what the Hell are you doing up there?¡± ¡°Are you trying to die?¡± Liz sees Lilly up on the railing, kicks off her sandals, and jumps up on the railing to join Lilly. Fendor opens and closes his mouth, speechless, and falls backward on his butt into the living room. Lilly spins on one toe, ¡°You must not know too many goats.¡± Oh, those goats! Eventually, after finishing all the food, and beating Fendor to a pulp, they leave by cab, sneaking past security again. Lilly thinking, Crime must be rare here, The hotel security is really weak! No problem visiting every night! Scene 5. Bikini The women descend on Fendor¡¯s hotel room, bright and early. Lilly has somehow has secured another key to Fendor''s penthouse. Lilly quietly unlocks and opens the penthouse suite door. The two then suddenly spring into the center of the living room, uninvited, and shout, together, ¡°Okay, It¡¯s Bikini modeling time!¡± A startled Fendor jumps up from the couch, surprised and in shock. He drops his papers and they fly all around the room, to add to their dramatic entrance scene, ¡°Lilly, where did you get a key?¡± The two are naked except for very small triangles of fabric and a few strings. Of course Lilly¡¯s are pink triangles and Liz¡¯s are blue. The two are holding towels of matching colors by their front hooves, up, behind their backs, and stretching back, emphasizing everything in their complementary athletic physiques: the tall, thin, black Liz; and the short, round, white Lilly. Fendor continues his rant, ¡°And what the hell are you two (not) wearing?" "Where is the rest of it?¡± ¡°I hope you all didn¡¯t walk up here, looking like that!" Lilly and Liz then pull their towels they is holding forward, around their shoulders, up to their lips, and assume a coy looks, unique to goats. Fendor looks like he is going to pass out from holding his breath, ¡°No way are you wearing (or not wearing) that outside this room!¡± ¡°Or inside for that matter!¡± Lilly, still smiling, and clearly very pleased by his reaction: ¡°Whats the problem?" "Neither of us have that much to see.¡± Fendor, sternly, ¡°That¡¯s not the point¡±, ¡°No!¡± Lilly then drops her towel to the floor, and all the while watching Fendor watch her, she walks to the door, opens it wide for all to see (no one there, too bad!) and reaches outside, retrieving a pile of garments and a bag. Apparently these cloaks are what they wore for covering while walking up to the suite. Lilly, still watching Fendor, ¡°We were just trying to ¡®get your goat¡¯!" "We¡¯ll save these special swim suits for special occasions,¡± ¡°And we know that these wouldn¡¯t be allowed in most places, so we also bought some more conservative, two-piece, swim suits that I think even you will approve of." "We know better than draw too much attention.¡± Fendor regards the two attractive women, I wish I was sure of this. These two striking personalities attract attention everywhere, no matter what they are wearing! The two appear out of the bathroom wearing the ''conservative'' bathing suits. Liz in her blue and white strips, matching her blue, barred, eyes and Lilly in pink. Fendor stares at them, which they relish, it¡¯s like a fashion show, ¡°These suits look great on you both." "It is better not to show too much and leave something for the imagination.¡± Fendor is impressed, even in these new suits, the two will still attract attention. The two strong women lift the heavy beach baskets. The baskets are filled out the top with umbrellas and other beach accouterments. The goat-wolf sandwich entourage proceeds unsteadily down the stairs and out the walk towards the pool and beach. Fendor suggests, ¡°We should go downstairs separately.¡± The two instantly respond, again in unison: ¡°No way!¡±, ¡°We¡¯re a set!¡±, ¡°You are taking us down together, one on each side!¡± Scene 6. Grill Fendor suddenly stops walking and straightens up in surprise, wide eyed. They are now trapped on the narrow walkway, facing a tall, friendly looking, brown fluffy, dog-man, with long black ears down the sides of this head. He is walking toward them, but he stops when he sees them, blocking their way. ¡°Fendor!¡±, ¡°Fancy meeting you here!¡±, ¡°What a surprise! Although we are in the same business, ha, ha.¡± ¡°Farnsworth?!¡±, ¡°Cough, Choke, Gag!!¡± Farnsworth looks with interest, first at one women, and then the other, trying, unsuccessfully, to be polite about it. ¡°Who are these two lovely young ladies?¡± The two ¡®ladies¡¯ then sport even bigger smiles for Farnsworth and tightly hug Fendor to their sides. Fendor struggles to regain his composure, lost long before the trip even began: "These two are my friend¡¯s (adopted, poor things, orphans they were!) daughters here for a college swimming class. I am their ¡®chaperone¡¯." The two women then turn their heads and stare, surprised, at Fendor, not loosening their grip on him. Wow, we are impressed. You think up pretty good excuses¡­ fast. Too fast! We are going to have to watch for that! You big, furry, weasel! Are you a lawyer? ¡°I¡¯ll catch you later, Farnsworth, I have to pick something up at the desk right now.¡± Fendor drags the group around the still staring Farnsworth. The two women chime in, ¡°We have ¡®Class!¡¯¡±, ¡°We have ¡®Class!¡¯¡± Don¡¯t over do it! Class indeed! After putting a short distance from Farnsworth, Fendor mumbles, ¡°That was close." "Do you think he bought the ¡®daughters of a friend¡¯ story?" "I hope I didn¡¯t stammer too much.¡± Farnsworth turns to face them as they walk away. He stands still, staring, until the group is out of sight. Lilly, still smiling, ¡°I just love the face you make when you are under pressure.¡± ¡°I am going to put that expression on your face when I have you stuffed.¡± Liz, still smiling, ¡°Does your wife know about your ¡®adopted daughters¡¯?" And so the trio staggers, in step, down to the hotel beach and out onto the sand. It is a clear, hot, day. Eventually they find a spot on the beach without too many others around. Fendor thinking, If I do get assaulted maybe no one will see? Lilly looks up at the blazing sun, "I cannot be in the direct sunlight for very long." "I am not an albino but I don¡¯t have much protection in my skin." Fendor looks at the sand chairs and small umbrellas they brought. ¡°I think we can rent beach umbrellas here, so I''ll get a the biggest one they have.¡± ¡°I am not much for the direct sunlight or the heat either!¡± Liz laughs, ¡°No argument from me, I am made of dark chocolate, so I melt in the sun!¡± ¡°An umbrella sounds great!¡±!¡± ¡°After I get a rental umbrella, why don¡¯t you both go down to the snack stand and get us drinks and snacks while I set up the umbrella and chairs.¡± Lilly, returning from the stand, excited, ¡°You should see all the food they have to grill! Lots of veggies!" "Is that thing over there a beach grill? "Ha ha", ¡°The grill looks like one of your art projects Lilly.¡± Liz points to one of the irregular metal objects mounted on short metal poles around in the area. Lilly frowns, "Yeah, kind of." Fendor, finally smiling, ¡°Get some burgers and buns for me to grill.¡± Lilly, feigning a big frown, ¡°Just don¡¯t get those nasty burgers next to our veggies!¡± Once camp is set up, the women dive into the water, to splash and play beach-ball. Then, of course, they drag Fendor into the ocean. He looks pretty scrawny without his usual fluff. But he gets the women back by shaking the water off his fur and on to them. The day ends with grillin¡¯ and chillin¡¯. The family picnic is a joy, and the day, thankfully, goes without an assault. Lilly got sunburned on her pink nose and a few of her other pink areas that were not kept securely covered. The punishment for the exhibitionist is a ''beach''! Ouch! Scene 7. Homeward The rest of the The Islands trip continues. The women attend their classes and Fendor attends his conference. Fendor is finally able to get down and watch the women perform in their swimming and diving classes. It is clear that these women are physically superior to most of the rest of men and women in their classes, even their instructors. Fendor shivers, I am not that great for the water, but those two swim like fish! Oh, those goats! The two women never find out what Fendor¡¯s conference is all about. Lilly, waiting to take Fendor to dinner, waits outside one of the closed, and sound-proofed, auditorium doors thinks, If he wanted us to know what he was doing he would tell us. I have secrets too... Everything must come to an end. The group begins the sad pack-up process. The enthusiasm present at the beginning of the trip is now gone. Travel bags seem four times heaver on return. The group says little on the bus ride back to the docks and remains silent on the boat ride from The Islands, back to the train station. They trudge into the station. The train is not for a few hours, so they decide to check out the shops set up along the side the station building. The shops feature displays filled with brightly painted tourist souvenirs, shells, snow domes of beach sand, maps, as well as vacation attire, towels and sun oils. One store has various hand-made metal and glass jewelry: gold and silver earrings; rings for the other beast-folk¡¯s tails; ears and noses. One display catches Fendor¡¯s eye. It is a collection of studded, jeweled, choker collars. They are in all colors shapes and sizes, of course. Fendor summons the clerk, a cute young squirrel girl who could not stop giggling at him. He asks to see two chokers, one light violet with a silver trim, and one dark blue with a gold trim. He asks the clerk to stand by, as he walks to the door. Across the walk, the two women are trying on sandals. Apparently it is hard to find sandals that fit on their ''unguligrade'' ankles and hooves. He motions them to him. At the counter, he presents the chokers and asks if he can try the chokers each of them. It is rare that he can surprise these lively two into silence. Never explicitly giving their approval, they instead, one and then the other, turn and present the backs of their necks to him, holding up their mane. He slowly and carefully affixes a choker on the neck of each woman. Fendor pays, and thanks, cute giggling clerk and they walk, silently, out of the store. They are both touching their chokers as they stand apart from Fendor. The two women sit next to each other in silence. They sit each with a fore hoof on the neck of the other, staring at other''s choker, in rapt admiration, now with tears streaming down their long cheeks. They sit in silence, as if speaking will trigger a complete emotional breakdown, then they lower their fore legs and slowly lean toward each other and close their eyes to nap the rest of the train ride back. Fendor glances at the two female statues but says nothing, not wanting to break the spell. I know that goats are emotional beings, but what have I done to make these two cry? I was trying to make them happy. ..... As time passes and they attend other events Fendor notices that these two are always wearing his chokers. Humm, it¡¯s funny thing: Love... 4. Role Model Scene 1. Trish And so, it finally happened. Lilly walks back home from college to find an envelope, with a letter, taped to her apartment door. She does not even have to open it to know what it is. If this was from the police, I would be meeting them here¡­ It is signed and authored by the dreaded ¡®Wifey¡¯. The letter from the ¡®Wifey¡¯, identifying herself as the Trish Willis, invites Lilly (the other woman) and her co-conspirator friend, Liz, for coffee at Henny¡¯s. The letter gives the date and time for the meeting. If she was going to kill me I would be dead already. I wonder what she wants to talk about? Lilly reflects on the photograph of her that Fendor carried. I wonder when that picture was taken. I guess I had better tell Liz about this. ¡­¡­ A few days later Liz and Lilly walk in to Henny¡¯s coffee shop. They see a young wolf-woman sitting alone in the back of the restaurant. The woman motions to them. Lilly stares down at the tiny, very young-looking, woman, thinking, She looks like a child! Fendor, you pervert! No wonder you chase school girls! Trish smiles, motions for them to sit and greets them cordially, ¡°Thank you for meeting with me today." "I am Trish Willis and I imagine this is as hard for you as it is for me." "Lilly and Liz right?¡± ¡°Yes, I know your names and I know that you two have been having trysts with my husband for the last two years." "I even know the exact day it started.¡± ¡°Please relax I have not asked you here to scold you." "To the contrary, I want you to know that I know about you all.¡± ¡°And whatever you did with my husband, it worked out well for me and my family¡­¡± ¡°And I wanted you to find all of this out from me, preferably without my husband knowing.¡± Trish recites her history of the affair, ¡°One night Fendor came home from work late." "That was not unusual." "What was unusual is that he smelled like shampoo, and faintly of a pasture.¡± ¡°And he had a bandage on his head." "And these were not the only things that were unusual about him that night.¡± ¡°He also had flowers for me." "I was in shock.¡± "I could not remember the last time he ever gave me flowers, and they were wildflowers, my favorite, and they smelled wonderful, just like the mountain outdoors I remember from my childhood back home!¡± ¡°I was too shocked to say anything, but that was not the end of it.¡± ¡°The very next night he called from work and said for me to not make dinner as he was taking us out to eat." "He came home early and we went out for a steak dinner.¡± ¡°To say I was confused would be an understatement.¡± ¡°The flowers and the steak-house were your ideas, weren¡¯t they?¡± Trish continues, ¡°And the miracle continued over the following days.¡± ¡°Gradual at first, but building.¡± ¡°He started fixing things in the house, mowing the lawn regularly and straightening out the landscaping." "He was interacting with Timmy, our son, more," "Playing ball, and he is not a ball player at all," "He never even used to watch sports," "And he began to check Timmy¡¯s homework, something I usually did," "And the most amazing thing is that he started paying much more attention to me." "I thought this was all to good to be true, but it hasn¡¯t showed and signs of fading." "Even his work supervisor called me to ask what was going on because he was so much happier and better to everyone at work." "So I never questioned those Wednesday night ¡®work meetings¡¯ that he never seemed to be able to skip and his supervisor did not know anything about.¡± ¡°And he always returned smelling faintly of a fresh green pasture.¡± Lilly smiles: That¡¯s me! ¡°Of course I knew," "And I appreciate how careful you all have been, avoiding my family and friends.¡± ¡°I confess that I couldn¡¯t leave it alone though." "I hired a PI to see what was really going on." "I was worried that he was being blackmailed." "While I did find that he was being coerced, it was not for money." "He went along with the mock-coercion perhaps as cover for his guilt over infidelity," "But what I witnessed wasn¡¯t forced." "What I saw was that you all were genuinely enjoying each others company." "Around you all he could finally relax, as with good friends," "And you all had become good friends." "I was (and still am) jealous that I could never join you in your world (and find out what was with those PI pictures!)." "Eventually, I calmed down and reflected on how I could never fulfill all of his needs all by myself." "What I have with him is as close to perfect as it ever is going to get.¡± ¡°Thank you again for meeting with me today." "I really did not want our first meeting to be an awkward accident." "Please don¡¯t tell him we met, or that I know." "I think that he suspects, but he needs this delusion to continue to be happy." "Don¡¯t break the spell.¡± ¡°You should also know that Fendor has a health condition." "I don¡¯t know what it is, he has chosen not to share with me." "I can see it in the dullness of his once shiny coat." "He has gotten quite thin." "You can really see it in his graying face.¡± Lilly pictures Fendor in her mind and reflects, He always looked like a ¡®coat-rack¡¯ to me. My victims always look wimpy like that, so I know I can ''take'' them. "Do you two know anything about it?" "Has he said anything about it?¡± Liz and Lilly both shake their heads, ¡®no¡¯. Liz and Lilly looked and are genuinely surprised. Both thinking, Are we about to lose him? Trish then revealed some background about their meeting and marriage. She said that they met at college where Fendor was an assistant professor in the School of Business at the time. She did not say what she was doing at the college. Trish goes on to say that they got married and left the college when Trish had their son, Timmy. Fendor then took a job in industry, ostensibly for more money for the new family. This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Trish then concludes the meeting, ¡°I am glad to meet you both, you both seem very nice.¡± ¡°Please feel free to text me if you need anything." "I know you both have resources, so it won¡¯t be that, but you might want to get things you don¡¯t want your families to know about.¡± Neither of the two had touched their drinks. They just sat still and silent, listening in rapt attention to Trish through the entire exposition. Lilly then stands up to terminate the emotional roller-coaster meeting. Trish didn¡¯t ask, so I am glad I didn¡¯t have to tell her exactly how we met! And what took place at our first meeting! Scene 2. Tex Lilly first met Liz¡¯s brother, Tex, at a pro ball game. He is a very tall, handsome black goat-man. The only person Lilly knows who is taller than Liz. They look much alike, although Tex is two years older. He has a calm, gentle demeanor and a beautiful deep voice. And Liz has a crush on her brother. Like Fendor¡¯s wife, Tex sent a letter to Lilly requesting an audience, once again at Henny¡¯s. Lilly is not as worried about this meeting as the much as the one with ¡®wifey¡¯, but it might be intense if he knows anything about their ¡®adventures¡¯ with Fendor. Tex is sitting in the back, as unmistakable as he is eye-catching. Everyone in the small restaurant is sneaking looks at the handsome sports-star. Fortunately, it is mid-afternoon so Henny¡¯s is mostly empty. Tex stands and greets Lilly, ¡°Good afternoon Lilly.¡± ¡°I am heading off to training camp soon and I will be there for a while.¡± ¡°I wanted to talk to you before I left.¡± ¡°First I want to thank you for being my sister¡¯s, probably only, friend.¡± ¡°Despite her imposing looks, she is shy and introverted. She would not have had so many valuable life experiences without your friendship. I won¡¯t ask how deep it goes, I just ask that you reflect on Liz¡¯s limited experience and don¡¯t hold her back (and I don¡¯t think you will). She can be a good athlete and can get good grades (if I harp on it) so she should have a lot of possibilities. Continue to help her with that. Here is my number at camp, ask for me. Let me know if there is anything I can do for either of you. You say you don¡¯t need anything, but you never know¡­¡± ¡°By the way,¡± ¡°one of my teammates wants to meet you.¡± ¡°I showed him a picture of you playing tennis with my sister. I was trying to get him interested in dating my sister, but he really wants to meet you!¡± ¡°Now that I think about it, he looks a lot like you.¡± Lilly thinks, Looks like me? Ugh! Lilly is anxious to terminate this line of discussion, ¡°It is nice to see you again, Tex.¡± ¡°Liz is fun to be with now, so I¡¯ll try to keep that going.¡± Teammate? Looks like me! Sorry Tex, I already know he is not my type, without ever even seeing (or smelling) him. Scene 3. Fendor Once again the meeting is a Henny¡¯s Coffee Shop. Tex is setting in the back when Fendor walks in. Tex motions to Fendor. Fendor regards the tall pro sports star, well known for his charity work with disadvantaged children. Tex starts the conversation, ¡°Thank you for meeting with me today Mr. Willis, I am Tex, Liz¡¯s big brother." "I am going off to training camp next week and I wanted to meet with you before I go.¡± ¡°I know that you have a relationship with my little sister and I am more than okay with that." "At first I was a bit concerned about the age difference.¡± ¡°But it seems that you have been good for her, for all I can tell.¡± ¡°Before she met you, she lived like a shut-in, only venturing out to the places where she had to go, stores mostly.¡± ¡°She did like to play tennis and a college team recruiter saw us playing and convinced her to sigh up." "There she met Lilly, playing tennis.¡± ¡°They are a very scary, women''s-doubles tennis team, with Liz¡¯s long reach and Lilly¡¯s raw power.¡± ¡°But initially Lilly seemed to make Liz worse." "Frankly, I always considered Lilly to be a ¡®scoundrel¡¯." "Liz¡¯s grades started to slide and then she stopped competing in athletic events." "She stated to dress as a man." "She is skinny enough to be handsome dressed like that though." "I know Liz is at the age to experiment and I am okay with whatever she chooses." "I just don¡¯t want her to trap herself or to ever feel like she doesn¡¯t have choice.¡± ¡°And that seemed to be the direction she was headed.¡± ¡°I know what day it was when Liz had her first encounter with you.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t remember ever hearing her sing around the house before that day (and she has a good voice!)." "She started attending classes again and her grades immediately improved." Fendor reflects, Yeah, it is kind of important to attend class. At least that is what I always told my students. "She also signed up for a bunch of athletic competitions, tennis singles and doubles, with Lilly, and won most of them." "She started showing real interest in her clothes and makeup, and became much more feminine." "So my guess is that she made a new male friend, through Lilly, and I can¡¯t thank you enough." "She needed a man in her life besides me." "You helped her in time that so she can still qualify for scholarships." "I really want to see her excel in college, and now she is.¡± ¡°Her trip, with you and Lilly, to The Islands, was a real surprise." "She never cared much for water sports because she is too muscular and skinny to float.¡± ¡°But she returned from The Islands waving several swimming and diving certificates proudly about." "She also collected some ¡®best in the class¡¯ awards." "She was singing and dancing all around." "She also was wearing a new blue choker." "I asked her where it came from, and she whispered to me, ¡®Its a secret!¡¯¡± ¡°I did notice that her clothing was marked, not only with Lilly¡¯s translucent-white mane, but also some mysterious brown tufts of fur.¡± Tex hands Fendor a note. ¡°Here is my number at camp, ask for me.¡± ¡°Please call me and let me know how everyone is doing once in a while.¡± And so, the summer season passes without further incident. All are satisfied with, and settled in to their various arrangements. They are happy and they all wish for this life to continue forever¡­ But, it said, ¡®Forever¡¯ is a long time, And ¡®time¡¯ has a way of changing things... 5. Loss Scene 1. Fendor Fall has come, and it is colder now. This is the time of the year when there are sometimes strong Autumn winds. Tonight is such a night. The spirits are out tonight, collecting souls¡­ Lilly and Liz are waiting impatiently for Fendor in Lilly¡¯s apartment. Both are wearing Fendor¡¯s chokers and the frilly little-girl skirts that Fendor likes. Of course the skirts are in complementary in colors. They are waiting for their weekly, Wednesday night, session with their favorite furry hug-pillow. Both thinking: He is late! The nerve! We¡¯ll have to punish him by making no threats! Lilly has been listening to the front door, rattling with the wind. Suddenly hears something large hitting and scraping against the outside of the front door of the apartment. The wind? She sees nothing through the peep hole but she starts to open the door and the door suddenly blows open. On the entrance-way is Fendor. He has fallen down on all fours and is leaning against the open door. He is looking down, speechless, and panting hard. Lilly looks down and emits a short shriek, ¡°Fendor! Wow!¡± ¡°What happened?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t look so good.¡± Liz quickly steps over to help Lilly lift Fendor up. He is too weak to stand on his own. ¡°Maybe we need to cheer you up?¡± ¡°What is wrong?¡± ¡°Did your wife file for a divorce?¡± The two try to suppress their reaction to the sight, Eeek! He looks suddenly 80! And not a healthy 80 either! ¡°No¡± he gasps. ¡°I just need some rest," ¡°Gasp!¡± ¡°And to see you both, ¡°Gasp¡±.¡± He attempts to reach toward them, ¡°Come to me and let¡¯s nuzzle,¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think I am up for anything else tonight.¡± Liz tries to assist him, ¡°Can we get you anything? A drink? Some food?¡± ¡°No, nothing, please,¡± ¡°I just want to be with you all.¡± ¡°I just want to hold you both once again.¡± ¡°You all are what I need right now,¡± ¡°Please let''s just lay together, quiet, for a while.¡± ¡°You can make me some dandelion tea.¡± "Let me smell that smell again, like on the day we met, Lilly.¡± Lilly recoils, You want to remember that day?! They carry Fendor to the bedroom and lay him out on Lilly¡¯s large bed. Carefully, they remove his shoes and outer clothing. Lilly notes his labored breathing and checks to see if anything else is constricting him, ¡°I hope that will help your breathing.¡± ¡°You just lay here for a few minutes and recover, while we make you some tea.¡± A few minutes later the women return to the dark bedroom with tea. Fendor has his eyes closed and is lying motionless on the bed. Liz whispers to Lilly, ¡°I think Fendor has stopped breathing.¡± Lilly eyes spring wide and she jumps on Fendor¡¯s chest, ¡°Fendor wake up!¡± ¡°You¡¯re scaring us!¡± He does not respond. Liz watches Fendor carefully, ¡°He is still breathing, but not very well.¡± ¡°We have to get him to a doctor.¡± ¡°Now!¡± Lilly is in a confused panic, ¡°This time of night?¡± ¡°Should I call an ambulance?¡± ¡°Neither of us have a car and the wagon will take too long.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll call the emergency line.¡± ¡°Are we are about to spring the scandal?¡± ¡°Even calling Trish would take too long,¡± ¡°And that would be an awful thing to do to her anyway,¡± ¡°Especially at this time of night and she has a kid!¡± Liz holds Lilly, ¡°Lilly, calm down!¡± ¡°You¡¯re not helping!¡± Liz picks up the phone. Dialing sounds then Liz on the phone, ¡°We have an unconscious middle-aged wolf-man. He is breathing, but not very well, please send someone right away.¡± ¡°(Lilly, what is the address here?)¡± ¡°Yes, it is 237 Peachwood lane, unit 5. It is the last apartment in the building on the north side, second floor. We¡¯ll be watching for you and we¡¯ll meet you down stairs when you arrive.¡± Liz continues to try to calm Lilly, who is jumping up and down: ¡°Scandal?¡± ¡°The only one that doesn¡¯t know about us meeting his wife is Fendor, and I don¡¯t think he is listening right now.¡± Liz continues to examine Fendor, ¡°What is going on with him?¡± ¡°Even though he is so thin, he always seemed to be so together and strong willed.¡± Lilly, frowning, ¡°¡®Wifey¡¯ isn¡¯t the only one that pulled the PI trick." "I also ran a background check, on his family.¡± ¡°His robust, ¡®I¡¯m never sick!¡¯ persona was all an act." "For one thing, he is a lot older than he lets on." "He was 65 when I rifled his wallet two years ago," "And that¡¯s not all." "I did a little background checking and found he was once a professor of Economics in the School of Business." "It seems he just couldn¡¯t resist one of his little freshman students that had a crush on him, and he got her pregnant." "No, Liz, you were not the first one he has ¡®nuzzled¡¯." "He was fired from the college and found a job in industry." "Trish lied about her age too, she is not 35, she is 27." "She was a child prodigy that entered college at sixteen." "I guess he avoided jail by marrying her." "It made all the papers at the time, so they had to relocate where they could rework their past." "He found a business that was desperate for an accountant so they didn¡¯t dig very deep." "I looked it up in the archives." "His scandal even made our college paper at the time." Scene 2. Hookers They hear the siren of the ambulance outside and suddenly look at each other. They did not change from their ¡®Fendor greeting¡¯ clothes. Together: ¡°Uh oh, we look like a couple of ¡®hookers¡¯!¡± ¡°Oh No!¡± Lilly pulls two long coats out of the front closet and hands one to Liz. ¡°We will have to make do." "It isn¡¯t like we haven¡¯t drawn attention before.¡± The med-tech enters the apartment and observes Fendor lying on the bed. He checks Fendor for heartbeat and breathing. He turns and faces the two women. Liz and Lilly nervously pull their coats tightly closed. The tech does his best not to react, ¡°Are either of you related to the patient?¡± Lilly manages a crooked smile, trying to only look concerned, ¡°Yes, we are his ''god-daughters''.¡± The tech does his best not to react, god-daughters? That''s a new one. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. ¡°Okay, you two can ride in the back, with the patient.¡± ¡°Is ¡®County General¡¯ okay? ¡­¡­¡­.. Skunk-woman is attending the hospital reception desk, she looks up at the two women in overcoats, "We are here to see Fendor Willis." "He was just brought in." ¡°Are you related to the patent?¡± Suspiciously, the women answer together, ¡°Yes, we are his ¡®god-daughters¡¯.¡± She stares at them: ¡°He is out of Emergency and has been moved to room 511. Visiting hours end at 7:00 PM.¡± ¡­¡­¡­. The women ascend the stairs to the ward room. The hospital staff can be seen peeking around the corner at them and whispering, chattering, "Hookers killed another one." Lilly gives them glints of hate from her eyes and frowns, but resists shouting at them, (That¡¯s right, we¡¯re a couple of ¡®hookers¡¯ that took our client to the ¡®promised land¡¯!) As they are walking Lilly reflects, and looks sad, and it is probably true. Scene 3. Goodbye Lilly and Liz see that the lights are on and rush into the room. They see Fendor setting up in a hospital bed, with an IV. He is now conscious, But he looks like crap! The wind is ominously rattling at the window pane. Lilly screams, ¡°What the hell is happening to you!¡± ¡°What is going on?¡± ¡°You had better not be dying!¡± Liz try''s to calm the frantic Lilly, ¡°Lilly! Calm down!¡± ¡°You¡¯ll get us kicked out!¡± Fendor looks up from the bed, ¡°I must apologize to you both." "Although I haven¡¯t exactly lied to you (and my wife)," "I haven¡¯t been forthcoming with the truth either.¡± ¡°Yes, I am dying.¡± ¡°I was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago, on the day before I met you, Lilly.¡± ¡°I haven¡¯t told my wife." "I was going to tell her that night, but then things happened, I met you.¡± ¡°Before meeting you all, I didn¡¯t mind dying so much¡­¡± ¡°But after our first meeting, I suddenly wanted to live, for a while longer at least," "And (thanks to you all) I did.¡± ¡°When we ended up continuing our relationship, I felt very guilty about it." "Then I discovered how much I still loved my wife.¡± ¡°And what a good mother, and a good person she is.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t tell anyone anything for fear that it would break the spell.¡± ¡°So let the devil take me, I am a damned sinner!¡± Fendor shouts. ¡°My time with you all was worth every second of it!¡± ¡°You are both young, strong women so I know you both will do well in the world.¡± ¡°Just beware of old wolves, such as myself.¡± Fendor smiles at them. The women are holding hooves and sobbing. Their coats have partially opened, reveling their scant costumes to him and the hospital staff. Lilly, unable to hold in her emotions, shouts, ¡°Now Fendor you stop that!¡± ¡°You just get up out of that bed!¡± ¡°That¡¯s an order!¡± Fendor smiles at the concern of his friends, and lovers, ¡°My wife will be here tomorrow and I don¡¯t have much time left, so this is the likely the last time we¡¯ll get to talk." "But I wanted you to know." "And no, you did not do this to me.¡± ¡°I love you both very much.¡± ¡°I learned a lot from you." "You saved my job and my marriage.¡± ¡°I got an unexpected reprieve on life, even here, at the end.¡± The two women, griped with guilt and loss, are loudly balling, bleating and hugging Fendor in the bed. Fendor smiles and closes his eyes, ¡°Cool it with the waterworks!" "Nothing is as distressing as watching two goats cry!¡± "Baaaaaaaaaaa!" "Baaaaaaaaaaa!" "Baaaaaaaaaaa!" -Ding-Ding, ¡°It is now 7:00 o¡¯clock PM, visiting hours are now over.¡± Scene 4. Ram Then a huge black ram appears at the doorway, blocking most of the light from the hallway. He is a giant, and almost as wide as he is tall. He dressed in black clerics and wearing a large gold cross around his neck. His yellow horns are large and curled tightly to each side of his head, contrasting with his barred, blue-gray eyes. The girls stop their theatrics and look up, totally captivated by the imposing figure, Oh, oh! We¡¯re in deep trouble now, God has appeared! God speaks, in a clear soothing voice, ¡°May I come in?¡± Who are we to refuse the entrance of God? Everyone is too stunned to answer his question, but he walks in anyway. The Ram walks up to the bed and speaks to Fendor, ¡°How are you feeling, my son?¡± Fendor lies, fooling no one, ¡°I feel better now.¡± The Ram looks at the two, somewhat exposed, women that are lying on top of Fendor, ¡°Since visiting hours are over, please accompany me to my office,¡± ¡°I have some things for you.¡± It was not a request. The nurses start in to pull the women off of Fendor, but Liz and Lilly know when they are beaten. (they are competitive athletes, after all!) Wordless, they stand and follow The Ram out of the room and down to his office area by the reception desk. The Ram ushers them into his office and pulls out chairs for them to sit and one large one for himself, facing them. He apparently is not going to lecture them from behind his imposing desk. The women are calmed by the walk, and are now seated, facing The Ram. Lilly is drawn to the large gold cross he is wearing, ¡®The Cross of the Lamb¡¯. She remembers that she was given a similar, but much smaller, cross when she graduated from primary school. The school was run by the ¡®Church of the Lamb¡¯. She wonders: Do I still have my cross? The Ram begins his lecture, telling them that Fendor¡¯s prognosis is poor and that they need to conclude any outstanding business with him very soon. The girls now pull their coats tightly closed from their brief exposure for Fendor. The Ram is not fooled, but he is too professional to react or comment on their dress. He then enumerates the various services of consolation and support that he and his organization can provide to the grieving. He says that he will call if anything changes. He gives Liz his card and arranges transportation home. Liz asks if the cab can drop her off at her home across town from Lilly¡¯s and the Ram nods his head ¡®yes¡¯. The next word they hear about Fendor comes two days later. The Ram calls and gives Lilly gives the date and time for Fendor¡¯s memorial service. Scene 5. Funeral The autumn winds have abated, as the spirits are now satisfied with the souls they have collected. It is clear, warm and sunny fall day, at ¡°The Hills¡± cemetery. The lawns are kept very nice and the air smells fresh. The service is conducted by a different cleric. However, the cleric pauses to start the service. He leans down to his assistant: ¡°See if anyone here knows the two women in the back that are causing such a loud fuss?¡± Liz and Lilly are loudly bleating to each other. Trish takes note of the disturbance, and whispers, (¡°I do.¡± ¡°They are friends of the family, his god-children.¡± ¡°They were quite close to my husband.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll go talk to them.¡±) The disturbance is quelled and the service continues. It appears that Fendor was much loved, with many friends and co-workers at his funeral. Farnsworth is there also, sitting alone. Farnsworth stares at the two women with a frown, but he says nothing, to them or to anyone else. Lilly looks back at Farnsworth and rocks back and forth in her seat, I can read your mind, and you are not wrong. Fendor'' coffin is lowered down into the grave for his last trip in this reality. Lilly walks to the graveside held up by Liz. Lilly closes her damp eyes as she drops a small pile of dirt into the open grave, that awaits us all, "Farewell, my love," "I can¡¯t be with you now, as there is still something I must do in this life," "In this world." "But save me a place¡­" 6. Bushwhackers Scene 1. Widow Trish meets up with Lilly and Liz at Henny¡¯s once again. Fall is fast approaching, with its cold, haunting, wind. Trish speaks first, clearly distraught about something, ¡°Thank you both for meeting with me here, again. I had to let a little time go by and let this all of my grief to sink in.¡± ¡°Fendor never did tell me his condition, even at the end.¡± ¡°The doctors told me after he passed.¡± ¡°He wouldn¡¯t agree to any ¡®invasive¡¯ procedures and asked for all treatments to be halted,¡± ¡°So at least his suffering was brief.¡± ¡°Somehow he had the strength of will to fool us all.¡± ¡°I believe that most of his strength came from his interaction with you all, and from us, his family, as well.¡± Trish then tears up and places a handkerchief to her mouth, ¡°Now what do I do?¡± ¡°I am so not ready to go it alone.¡± ¡°And it is getting cold.¡± ¡°He was so warm!¡± Trish no longer can hold her emotions in. She holds her head and starts to weep with a low moaning wolf-howl of pain. The two goat-women embrace her. And they bleat along with her. ¡°Fendor was quite warm.¡± ¡°We called him our furry hug-pillow.¡± The scene at the restaurant continues but, fortunately, they are almost alone, ¡°Wooooooooo!¡± ¡°Baaaaaaaaaaa!¡± After a bit Trish regains her composure, ¡°I am glad that he got to spend his last good hours with you all too. Believe it or not he considered you both his ¡®real¡¯ daughters and he loved you both very much. He just had his special way of showing it.¡± Yes he did! ¡°And, of course, I thank you both for keeping a (relatively) low profile on all this.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think his work ever suspected anything,¡± ¡°And Fendor never let on that I knew about you both.¡± ¡°I will never forget what you gave Timmy and I. It wasn¡¯t long, but it was very good.¡± Lilly watches Trish and reflects, I wonder if other wives ever thank their husband¡¯s mistresses for their services? It may happen more than we think! Trish still looks distraught and continues, ¡°I have no idea how to move on.¡± ¡°The company has offered to me a part-time-to-full time bookkeeping job.¡± ¡°I can work a little now that Timmy is older.¡± ¡°So I think I will start with that, for now at least.¡± Trish begins to sob again, ¡°But how do I move on?¡± ¡°I have never lived alone,¡± ¡°I went from high-school, living with my parents, to college and then immediately to marriage.¡± ¡°Where can I find a man like the one I had?¡± ¡°And no, I don¡¯t expect ¡®perfect¡¯.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t have a ¡®perfect¡¯ one before, but he was a reliable provider, and that is what I needed at the time.¡± ¡°How do I go about meeting someone like that again?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not in school anymore.¡± ¡°Or as young¡­¡± ¡°I need someone for Timmy.¡± ¡°Timmy is smart and kind, like his father.¡± ¡°A boy needs a father.¡± ¡°And his mother needs a husband.¡± Lilly stares intently at Trish, looks her up and down and literally sizing her up, ¡°I can¡¯t imagine that someone as cute as you would have any problems snatching a man,¡± "And you are very young looking too." She must have looked like a grammar-school girl when she was a college freshman. Oh Fendor, you pervert! Trish looks down and frowns, ¡°I was pounced on by men, immediately after Fendor¡¯s death.¡± ¡°I had no idea I was being so closely watched by so many men,¡± ¡°But all of these men seemed to be evil predators and womanizers, not the least bit interested in a stable home relationship.¡± ¡°I am small and weak, they were all big and powerful.¡± ¡°They didn¡¯t look like they would take ¡®NO¡¯ for an answer.¡± ¡°If I refused them, they would just rape me, and likely, kill me.¡± Lilly then answers Trish¡¯s unspoken request, ¡°What you need is a nice, good, middle-aged salary-man!¡± ¡°They are weak and submissive,¡± ¡°And they are clean and smell good!¡± Lilly then frowns at herself, Uh-oh, I¡¯m getting myself all hot again! Trish looks up, ¡°But aren¡¯t they all married already?¡± Lilly grins, "That never stopped me!" Lilly continues to stare intently at Trish. Liz is looking daggers at the plotting, scheming Lilly. But Lilly is miles away, completely ignoring Liz¡¯s judgmental look. Lilly breaks out a broad grin and asks directly, ¡°Trish, how do you think you would look in a middle-school uniform?¡± Scene 2. Fitting Lilly kidnaps Trish and spirits her to her apartment. Lilly has Trish stripped down and is taking her measurements. Thinking, My she is small! What more I could have done if I had this figure! Then the apartment door suddenly slams open. It is Liz and she looks angry. Oh that¡¯s right I gave a key to Liz so she could meet up with Fendor if I wasn¡¯t around. Liz glares at Lilly, frowning, ¡°What the hell is going on here?¡± Lilly, smiling, ¡°I think it is obvious. I am going to make an outfit for Trish.¡± Liz, still frowning, ¡°You Lilly, with a sewing needle and not a welding torch or a camera?¡± ¡°What evil are you up to?¡± Lilly is a woman on a mission. Trish is already getting dressed and Lilly has pulled out several girls school uniforms from various schools and grades. Some of the uniforms are already dissembled and Lilly is cutting the cloth, ¡°I think we will have to buy a school uniform blouse, those are too hard to modify.¡± ¡°I can do the skirt and vale.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll have to buy undergarments, shoes and knee-socks for you too.¡± (¡°They¡¯re all suckers for knee-socks!¡±) Liz is beside herself, ¡°Lilly!¡± ¡°Trish is our friend!¡± Lilly, not looking up, ¡°Yes," "That¡¯s why I¡¯m ''helping''.¡± Liz is not giving up, ¡°Why are you putting her in a school-girl¡¯s uniform?¡± Lilly, still working intensely, ¡°She isn¡¯t ¡®in it¡¯ yet,¡± ¡°come back in a couple of days.¡± Scene 3. Guild Liz returns to Lilly¡¯s apartment after a few days. She opens the door to see Trish, fully dressed in a middle school uniform. The uniform matches those worn by students at a local parochial school. She is wearing a small gold cross on her chest and a vale over her long narrow nose. Liz is so mad she is speechless. Lilly announces, ¡°Oh Trish!¡± ¡°You are so cute!¡± ¡°You have the same issue with your nose that I have with mine, it¡¯s pretty long, but the vale seems to cover it okay.¡± ¡°I guess that is the price one pays for a good sense of smell.¡± Trish smiles beneath the vale, clearly loving the attention, a needed distraction from her grief and loneliness ¡°Now what?¡± Liz is hopping mad, ¡°Lilly, you scoundrel!¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t tell her?¡± ¡°Trish!¡± ¡°You¡¯re bait for a ¡®man-trap¡¯!¡± Trish smiles again, ¡°What is a ¡®man-trap¡¯?¡± Lilly, smiling for a question about her ¡®other¡¯ hobby. She starts to answer, ¡°Well,¡± ¡°You set up in a dark alley and you take this board¡­¡± Liz cuts Lilly off and shouts at the top of her lungs, ¡°Trish, get out of that uniform!¡± ¡°And get out of here now!¡± ¡°And stay away from this evil ''Lilly''!¡± ¡°Now and forever!¡± Liz is now shouting at the ceiling. Trish looks down, sad and confused, ¡°But I like this uniform and I like the idea of meeting a nice, middle-aged, salary-man like the one I had before.¡± ¡°Someone who might think I look cute like this.¡± Liz collapses into a chair, ¡°Is everyone but me a ¡®slut¡¯ in in this world?¡± Lilly cannot resist needling Liz, ¡°You were a shut-in until you met me!¡± Lilly is grinning broadly with her ¡® touche ¡¯. ¡°And besides, Trish has made her decision, and she wants to follow it through to the end.¡± The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.Liz is dejected, but adds, ¡°Does Trish really know what the ¡®end¡¯ actually is?¡± Lilly responds, right on cue, with eyes closed, ¡°None of us will ever know that!¡± ¡°Until the ¡®End¡¯.¡± Scene 4. Bushwhackers The group is set up in the dark alley that Lilly had used for her ¡®man-trap¡¯ in the past. It still had the dim light and the oil drum on its end, under the dim light at the end of the alley. Along the sides of the alley, were dark coves, convenient for conspirators to hide in. Liz is still complaining, ¡°You all are going to end up in Jail!¡± Lilly is still preparing the area, ¡°Then why did you come with us.¡± Liz stammers, ¡°I don¡¯t want you to go to jail, and I figure that you have a better chance of getting away with this if I help you all.¡± ¡°With whatever this is you are trying to do.¡± Lilly faces Trish to repeat her instructions, ¡°Now remember sit sideways to his unobstructed view of your socks." "The seats in the front of the car that face each other are very good for this if he is standing." "Sit on a side seat so he can see your whole form and imagine you naked.¡± "Don¡¯t look him in the eye until right before your stop.¡± ¡°Then continue to stare and smile.¡± ¡°He won¡¯t be able to see your mouth under the vale, but he can see the muscles around your eyes.¡± ¡°These muscles will form lines around the bottom of your eyes when you smile.¡± This is one of the few things that gets better with age. Liz stares at Lilly, frowning, ¡°Lilly, you have made a science of this, haven¡¯t you.¡± Lilly continues with her instructions, ¡°Don¡¯t pick one that is too young or too big.¡± ¡°Walk slowly and look back and wait until he starts to follow you.¡± ¡°Then pace your walk to keep the distance to him constant so he doesn¡¯t loose you (or catch you).¡± ¡°The rest is easy, turn down out dark ally and duck into the designated alcove.¡± ¡°They are always curious about the oil drum.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll have the usual ''porn-mag'' set out to catch his attention.¡± ¡°And then, when he bends down to get a close look,¡± ¡°Whack!¡± ¡°Then we haul in ¡®our catch¡¯, bagged, gagged, handcuffed, and blindfolded to my apartment by wagon for ¡®fun and games.¡¯¡± ¡°I am already excited (and hot)!¡± Trish smiles her sweet smile, turns and heads off to the train station to perform her mission. Lilly looks at the grumbling Liz, ¡°Now we wait.¡± ¡°I have timed it before, and from the train schedule, she should be back here in about and hour and a half from the train schedule, and a few minutes more from the walk from the station.¡± ¡°She will either have her catch in tow or an empty sack, if she gets no takers.¡± ¡°The neighborhood has become wary with stories about a rapist on the loose.¡± And so they wait. Time seems to drag on. Then there is a loud commotion at the other end of the alley. Trish runs by them and into an alcove. The women peek out to see an immense Minotaur trotting down the alley. Lilly whispers to Trish, ¡°Oh no, he is huge!¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t I say, ¡®not too big¡¯.¡± He closes the distance down the alley in a few long steps and is standing at the barrel and looking down at the magazine, just as planned. He is a monster, the muscles in his neck are clearly visible, but he is over-weight and out of shape. He is audibly panting and gasping for air. Lilly whispers to Liz, ¡°I am not strong enough to do this alone, you have to help!¡± Liz boosts Lilly up as she holds the ceremonial board ascendant, then, ¡°Whack!¡± The Minotaur collapses on his butt. He is softly lowing, ¡°Ouwwwwww.¡± Oh no, we didn¡¯t knock him out! Trish throws the bag over his head while Liz and Lilly just barely manage to get his fore-legs together enough to cuff. He is not resisting them but he is so fat that they don¡¯t reach. His hind legs are already together, so Trish quickly snaps on the cuffs. They host the two sets of cuffs together, with a cable, to restrict his movements. Once again they do not get very far on his gigantic, rotund body. Trish ties one of the bands around his neck to hold on the bag, once again it can¡¯t be very tight or they risk choking him to death. His head is no wider than his thick neck and his upward facing horns pierce the top of the bag and pop out. Trish ties the band around his horns, hoping that will help hold the bag in place. They cannot figure how to place the blindfold and the gag, so they leave these off. He probably can see us through the bag. Scene 5. Now What? At last the three women step back exhausted. They now regard their catch, a tall quivering pile on the ground, still groaning. Lilly, as the ringleader, takes responsibility, ¡°He is immense.¡± ¡°There is no way we can get him up my stairs, or even onto my wagon, he is so big.¡± ¡°Trish do you have any ideas?¡± Trish looks at the huge passive Minotaur, ¡°I think we can get him in my car.¡± ¡°Fendor bought a big car, he said we needed a big car for ¡®the family¡¯, but I think he just wanted to look rich in front of his friends and co-workers.¡± ¡°It is a touring car so I think we can adjust the seats enough to get him in.¡± Trish then walks off across town to get her car. Lilly thinking, Is it safe to have Trish walk across town, this time of night, dressed as a school girl? Trish safely returns with the car, unmolested, ¡°Where shall we take him?¡± The Minotaur begins to softly speak in a foreign language. Liz looks at the Minotaur and answers, in the same language. Trish and Lilly stare at Liz who has now engaged the Minotaur in a rapid-fire conversation. She eventually pauses and looks back at the stunned pair, ¡°He wants us to take him to his restaurant.¡± ¡°He says it is closed now so no one else is there.¡± ¡°He is offering to fix us dinner, if we don¡¯t club him any more.¡± Lilly smiles, ¡°I¡¯m hungry!¡± No one else has a better idea. They release his restraints enough so that he can get in to the car without them having to lift him. And they drive, by his instructions, to his restaurant. The restaurant is an ethnic food establishment ¡®The Taste of the South¡¯. Trish is familiar with the place and smiles to Lilly, ¡°I think this place is pretty good.¡± ¡°I have eaten here a few times.¡± He instructs them to take out his keys and unbolt the front door. Once inside they remove the remainder of the restraints, figuring that they all could outrun him if he attacked. But he is not the ¡®attacking¡¯ type. He guides them all to the kitchen where he provides hot water and soap, along with soft clean towels, so they can wash off the grime from the alley. He retrieves a lunch menu and motions, anything from this. He apologizes in somewhat broken speech that the dinner entree items take too long to prepare. He guides them out to a table, he wipes off the table and lights the candle. The three select items. The ask if they can help and he shakes his head ¡®no¡¯. There are clattering sounds from the kitchen and in short order he brings out plates of food. He also brings a tray of snacks from the refrigerator, that required no extra preparation. The group is famished from the ordeal and they scarf the food like they were starving. The Minotaur seats himself at the table and introduces himself as ¡®Rod¡¯. His last name is Rodriguez so he goes by ¡®Rod¡¯. ¡®Rod¡¯ never gives his actual first name. Then the group begins to confess their transgressions and apologize. Trish, still dressed in a students uniform, goes first. She admits that she was out to trap a man, possibly to keep. She tells of the loss of her beloved husband and the need to find a father for her boy that is reaching a critical age. She admits that it isn¡¯t an excuse, but her real motivation to take such a risk and to do such a wrong. She sobs, ¡°I involved my dear friends, please don¡¯t hold this against them. It is all my fault.¡± ¡°If you call the cops, call them on me!¡± Tearing up and apologizing profusely to Rod. Rod watches her with interest and waves away her apology. Lilly feels guilty but cannot think of anything to add to Trish¡¯s confession. Lilly turns to Rod, ¡°Why did you follow her?¡±Rod looks down, knowing he has contributed to tonight¡¯s incident. He begins with awkward speech, but he is understandable, he has a very nice voice, ¡°I have a daughter that attends the same school as the uniform you are wearing so I thought you might be a classmate.¡± ¡°I was concerned about anyone of that age out at that hour, alone, on a train with all of those dangerous men.¡± ¡°I thought about my daughter and felt protective and wanted to see that she got home safely.¡± ¡°If anything happened, I don¡¯t know what I would do, as you could see, I am no good in a fight.¡± The women feel especially guilty after hearing his story, he hasn¡¯t had long enough to make something like that up. They look around the restaurant and notice that it is grubby and unkempt although the food is very good. So they ask about it. Rod replies, ¡°I don¡¯t have enough money to meet payroll any more, so I am running the place all by myself, with only the help of my young girls.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll probably have to close down soon.¡± ¡°I will have get a job as a cook somewhere else.¡± The women look at each other. Trish speaks, ¡°I will help you.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll help you clean up.¡± ¡°I can wait tables, I did that when I was in college.¡± ¡°And I am a certified accountant.¡± ¡°I can help you with your books get some your ¡®payables¡¯ on a plan.¡± ¡°If you think that might help. Lilly and Liz look sheepish and Lilly speaks, ¡°We¡¯ll help too,¡± ¡°Although we might be limited to washing dishes, cleaning up.¡± ¡°I have never been a waitress, but if Trish will teach me, I¡¯ll give it a try,¡± ¡°At least for the lunch rush.¡± Rod seems to be lost in reverie. He finally comes back down comes too and mumbles a short prayer in his native tongue. He nods to them, ¡°You are making me remember my dearly departed, sweet wife.¡± ¡°You are my ¡®angels¡¯.¡± Scene 6. Restaurateur And so the group begins work on Rod¡¯s establishment. Liz and Lilly are on fall break (schools have a lot of breaks). They begin by washing the windows and the floors, sweeping cobwebs. The mechanically inclined Lilly starts repairing appliances. She then fixes and straightens up the tables and the chairs too. Liz is tall enough to reach the top windows and the cobwebs in the rafters. Trish dives into Rod¡¯s ¡®books¡¯. She consolidates the paper-good vendors and sets up regular deliveries from, and payments to, the food wholesale suppliers. Trish instructs Liz and Lilly on the delicate art of ¡®waitressing¡¯, especially on how to increase orders and maximize tips. Trish runs the cash register, still dressed in a school-girl uniform, because Rod and the customers all like her in it. She has Lilly make a few more uniforms for her, this time for schools not so close by, to avoid ¡®questions¡¯. Trish sees that the restaurant should be financially successful, as it has lots of regular customers, especially for lunch, as they are in the central district of the city. But a significant amount of money is being transferred, on a regular schedule, to a mysterious ¡®security firm¡¯. The name of this ¡®security firm¡¯ is not listed anywhere. Trish stares at the journal entries for the security firm payments, thinking, Does he have a mistress? A gambling problem? Family debt? Trish just waits, and watches. When that day for the payment comes, Rod closes the restaurant for lunch that day and sends everyone home with instructions not to return until the evening dinner hours. The tiny Trish plans to have the tall Liz put her up in the rafters. Trish is going to see what is happening at noon on that payment day. Payment day comes and Rod closes the restaurant. He is cautious and does a staff roll call to be sure that everyone leaves the restaurant. However, Trish is not there for roll-call. Lilly, quickly thinking, covers for Trish, ¡°Oh I remember Trish said that she was going out shopping for decor items, as the restaurant is closed.¡± Rod isn¡¯t convinced, but he does not have time to confirm this. He watches as everyone else files out and is out of sight. A few minutes later, at exactly noon, a shiny black car drives up to the front of the restaurant and two men in tailored suits step out and walk up to the door. Rod opens the door, looks around outside and admits them into the restaurant. Trish cannot hear what they are saying. They talk in a low mumble and Rod pushes an envelope across the table to one of the men. The two men stand up and walk out without another word and drive off. Rod then walks back into the kitchen and Trish cannot see him anymore. She has a very bad feeling and looks at the rafters. I cannot climb like a fox but I am pretty good! She carefully finds her way down to the floor. The old wood is relatively easy to hold and she is small, and light. She walks back into the kitchen and sees Rod holding a revolver. She screams, ¡°Rod!¡± ¡°What are you doing?" Rod looks up, not really surprised to see her, ¡°See!¡± ¡°I knew you were my ''angels''.¡± Scene 7. Summer Break Lilly and Liz spend fall break from college working for Rod. Rod has started to pay them since Trish worked out many, but not yet all, of his financial issues. But the big money for the two is coming from tips. The two women have become favorites of the local law firm lawyers. The women tease these customers shamelessly and they love it. Lilly and Liz immediately start a contest to see who can get the most tips. The exhibitionist Lilly starts pulling ahead by flashing. However, not to be outdone, Liz pulls up when she starts chattering with the ex-patriot customers from the Southern Lands in their native language. One day, Lilly and Liz are serving the lunch crush when a crowd of strangers comes in, no doubt out-of-town-lawyers here on a case. Of course the waitresses try to please these new customers, but these grumpy men will have none of it. They immediately start complaining about everything. One big moose proudly stands up, holding a glass up high, and loudly shouts, ¡°This glass is not clean!¡± The restaurant falls to silence as the big-shot out-of-town lawyer makes a scene, turning slowly holding the glass for all to see. Liz quickly steps up with a big smile and reaches for the glass. Liz is tall enough to easily snatch it from his high-held fore-hoof. Liz sports a broad smile, ¡°I am so sorry good sir!¡± ¡°I will attend to to problem promptly!¡± She inspects the glass closely and smiles. She then reaches around behind her own back and places the open glass over her tail which she then briskly wiggles inside the glass. She removes the glass from her tail and proudly holds it up for all to see. Liz proclaims, ¡°There!¡± "Clean!" ¡°Anyone else need a glass ¡®cleaned¡¯?¡± The restaurant erupts with a cheer, all of the lawyers are holding up their glasses, ¡°Yes me¡±, ¡°Yes me¡±, the crowd continues to scream. Liz beat Lilly on tips, that day. Rod was less happy, ¡°I am glad the health inspector didn¡¯t see you do that.¡± Liz later learns from her regulars that the moose was an obnoxious trial lawyer that defended the worst-of-the-worst by getting dirt on the prosecutors, any prosecution witnesses and the judge on the case. He was known as a real dirt-ball. He planned to make a scene in the restaurant to intimidate the DA''s lawyers. He was crushed from humiliation by Liz''s tail. He subsequently performed a poor defense for his racketeer client, and lost the case. 7. Shootout

Scene 1. Victim

At ¡®The Taste of the South¡¯, Trish and Rod are having a quiet conversation in the kitchen. Lilly is trying to play down the dramatic scene, ¡°I have been reconciling the restaurant''s receipts and expenses for you for a while now and I cannot seem to find where a rather large sum of cash is going out on a regular basis.¡± ¡°Your sales are good and your expenses are low.¡± ¡°What is happening to you?¡± ¡°Are you a drug addict?¡± ¡°Are you playing the ¡®ponies¡¯¡±?¡± ¡°Are you a womanizer?¡± ¡°Palimony?¡± ¡°Child-support?¡± ¡°Is this why you can¡¯t afford to pay your taxes?¡± Rod slowly lowers the pistol and places it on the counter. He looks down and pauses, in the Southern language, (¡°I didn¡¯t want tell you this, but I am paying ¡®protection¡¯ money to a local gang.¡± ¡°They descended on me not long after I opened.¡± ¡°They specialize on bullying foreigners without connections.¡± ¡°And the local cops are in on it.¡± ¡°I work all night to try to make up for their greed, but that is not enough.¡± ¡°They don¡¯t care if I go out of business as they don¡¯t even leave me enough to break even.¡±) Trish listens, but she isn¡¯t fluent enough to follow most of it, (¡°I am not following all of the details, Let me get Liz to help us with the language.¡± ¡°We can help you if we know your situation.)

Scene 2. Fighter

Trish relates the situation to Liz and Lilly and the reaction is as expected. Lilly blurts out, ¡°What! Rod is being extorted!¡± ¡°No one is allowed to ¡®extort¡¯ around here but Me!¡± Shush Lilly! Lilly? Liz (ignoring Lilly''s interruption), ¡°Rod, Tell us about this gang.¡± ¡°Maybe we can help,¡± ¡°When is the next ¡®pick-up¡¯?¡± A month goes by and at ¡®The Taste of The South¡¯, although it is midday, the lights are out inside and a ¡®closed¡¯ sign hangs from the door, which is partially ajar, held open by one of the chairs Lilly repaired. As before, two of the gang minions drive up. They cautiously approach the door, looking around. The skunk-man whispers to his weasel partner, ¡°I don¡¯t like the looks of this,¡± ¡°Something is wrong here,¡± ¡°Rod knows we always come for the ¡®pick-up¡¯ on the third Tuesday.¡± ¡°Where is he?¡± The weasel whispers: ¡°The door is unlocked, go on in, Stinky.¡± ¡°Maybe he has something special for us today.¡± ¡°Rod isn¡¯t stupid enough to burn ¡®Porky¡¯.¡± The two goons pull out small pistols and enter the restaurant. It is very dark inside. A silhouette of a large Minotaur is standing in the center of the seating area. The goons continue to walk forward, until they are even with black side-window silhouettes. The silhouettes appear to be of figures hanging upside down from the ceiling in front of the window shades on each side of the restaurant. The two goons pull out their pistols and point them at the large Minotaur silhouette standing before the kitchen serving counter. The skunk shouts, ¡°Come on Rod, don¡¯t make us do this ¡®the hard way¡¯!¡± ¡°You know our boss don''t like no trouble from his ¡®clients¡¯!¡± The goons fire shots at the Minotaur silhouette. The silhouette falls over backwards from the shots, reveling that it is only a signboard. The signboard is a cut-out picture of Rod. It usually stands outside the restaurant door, listing the daily specials. The signboard now has two bullet holes in it. The room then explodes with action. Liz swings down from her upside down hanging position, swiftly kicking the gun from the skunk¡¯s paw with her back hoof at the end of her long back leg. Then Liz spins around and with a round-house hoof-kick, knocks him across the dark restaurant, down and out. Liz is still swinging back and forth from the ceiling. All this, while Lilly drops to the floor and springs on all fours from the side of the room and high-speed headbutts the weasel goon from the side. He squeaks a yelp and loses his grip on his pistol. The weasel collapses unconscious over the top of Lilly horned-head. Lilly leaps up and disappears into the back of the dark restaurant at high speed with the unconscious goon draped over her head. Trish kneels down and lifts the skunk his shoulders and shakes him back to consciousnesses. The skunk, now conscious, is seated on the floor facing her. Trish presses a piece of paper to the skunk''s chest, ¡°Here is a note that I would like you to give your boss,¡± ¡°And you can tell him he that he is fired and his services are no longer required,¡± ¡°Rod has a new protection agency from now on, as you can see.¡± The skunk stands up, shaking and he backs up in fear. He shakes his head and looks up at the black goat monster, Liz, still hanging from the ceiling. He is without a clue as to what just happened. Without a word he clutches the note and runs out the front door. Rod emerges from the kitchen, muttering in the Southern language, (Now they are all going to come for me! I¡¯m dead!) Trish looks up at him, ¡°You¡¯re not dead yet!¡± ¡°I am counting on them returning in anger and in force!¡± ¡°Let¡¯s open up and get ready, we are about to be very busy for ¡®lunch¡¯ today.¡± Liz, Trish and Rod all look around the restaurant for Lilly, ¡°Where is Lilly?¡± ¡°And the other ¡®goon¡¯? Scene 3. Snack Back in Lilly¡¯s room, Lilly tightly hugs the unconscious weasel sporting a big smile inhaling through hugely dilated nostrils, I just love that smell of ¡®freshly crushed¡¯ carnivore, OOOO, and all soft and furry too. Lilly is sitting naked against her bed-rest, cuddling the unconscious weasel, also stripped of clothing, ¡°Come on you slug,¡± ¡°Wake up!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t hit you that hard.¡± ¡°And yes,¡± ¡°I have you bound and gagged,¡± ¡°But there is still something you can do for me.¡± ¡°It has been a while and I need to relax, you are going to help me,¡± Oh god! How I miss you, Fendor! ¡°So I could really use your help.¡± ¡°No instructions are necessary,¡± ¡°Just relax, and I will do all the work,¡± ¡°As I ¡®introduce¡¯ you.¡± Lilly then lifts the small weasel up by his back and turn him upside down. She then shoves his head in between her thighs and then plunging him into herself, head first. Lilly then screams out in pleasure, ¡°Baaaaaaaaaaaaah!¡± The small weasel begins wiggling and emitting muffled, suffocating, screams. The strong goat-woman then loses all control and forces the weasel''s head deeper inside of her. She then shudders violently and shoves the weasel¡¯s entire upper body inside her, screaming ¡°Baaaaaaaaaaah!¡± She again shudders and screams then suddenly leans back into her bed-rest. Lilly is in a climax trance state and her grip on the weasel weakens. She then violently convulses and screams in climax, ¡°BAAAAAAAAAH!¡±. The weasel is then violently ejected from out from inside of her and across the bedroom. The weasel wetly smacks into the center of the far wall. The weasel sticks to the wall momentarily, and then slides down, as a gooey heap, onto the floor at the bottom of the wall. Lilly, eyes closed She is holding herself and shivering with climatic surges still continuing. After a time she opens her eyes to see the wet trail leading from inside her thighs to the far wall, OhMyGod! I¡¯ve killed another one! What kind of a monster am I? Lilly then jumps up and yanks on her restaurant waitress uniform. She scoops the wet unconscious weasel into her tarp. I don¡¯t have time to shower. They need me at the restaurant for the conclusion of all this! There is probably going to be more violence. Back in her favorite alley, Lilly quickly dumps the weasel¡¯s body out onto the pavement and removes his bonds. He is still breathing. He didn¡¯t get a good look at me, so maybe I can get away with this, again... How sorry should I be when I kill a hit-man?¡± Scene 4. Cover Lilly arrives back at The Taste of The South restaurant. Trish quickly pulls Lilly inside the front door, ¡°Lilly! Where have you been?¡± ¡°You look like shit and smell even worse!¡± ¡°Where is the other goon?¡± If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.Lilly shakes her head, ¡°I was chasing him, but he got away.¡± ¡°I know I stink,¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been running!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll go shower off in the back right now.¡± Liz watches Lilly with suspicion, Lilly, I swear that I saw you running away, with that goon draped over your head. Rod looks at Lilly in clueless wonderment. Trish looks over to Rod and Liz, ¡°The boys from the state will be here soon, let¡¯s get this place set up!¡± ¡°We have at least to look like we are serving lunch here today!¡± ¡°I bet that all of the gang is on the move now too.¡± ¡°Lilly!" "Go shower!¡± A bit later the restaurant is quickly filling with lunch customers, so the restaurant staff gets to work cleaning up from the morning''s ''encounter''. Trish and Liz both thinking, Lilly, you didn¡¯t just smell like ¡®goat-sweat¡¯! Woooo! Scene 5. Shoot-Out A small fleet of cars screeches to a halt outside Rod¡¯s restaurant. Rod and his crew can hear car doors opening and slamming. A contingent of well dressed goons appear at the door, waiting like a receiving line on each side of the door. In the street, right in front of the restaurant, a gold limousine pulls up. The doors of the limousine open and a very large, rotund boar pries himself out of the back seat, with the help of his minions. The boar slowly unfolds himself and stands up straight, dominating the scene in his business suit. The boar then slowly scans the street and the surroundings. Two goons pull the restaurant''s front double doors open and hold them for the boar. He strides in as the commander, to the center of the room, facing Rod who is standing in front of the serving counter. The goons march in behind the boar in two lines and space themselves out among the tables of the serving area of the restaurant. Once inside, the head goon pulls a pistol out of his coat and shouts as he turns around to glare at everyone in the room, ¡°Everyone stay right where you are, in your seats, and no one will get hurt!¡± The restaurant is busy, with most tables filled. Two young goat waitresses are standing at attention, holding their order books. Trish is at the register, today without her usual middle-school uniform. The boar boss slowly walks down between the tables in the center or the restaurant towards Rod. The Boss, in a deep smooth base voice speaks, ¡°I am so sorry Rod,¡± ¡°I don¡¯t drop by as often as I would like,¡± ¡°I¡¯m very busy you know,¡± ¡°But I always have appreciated your ¡®take-out¡¯ menu.¡± The Boss still walking slowly toward Rod, ¡°I heard a funny story today that two of my boys met with some issue over here,¡± ¡°So I thought I would drop by, see for myself and straighten everything out.¡± ¡°I am due for my community service, so I chose you and your establishment to properly set an ¡®example¡¯ for the rest of my ¡®clientele¡¯.¡± The boss then draws a large pistol from his coat holster. The boss then points the pistol directly at Rod¡¯s head, ¡°I understand that you would like me to forgive your debt to my firm,¡± ¡°So I decided that since you were such a loyal and long-time client, that I would forgive you.¡± ¡°Please accept this ''token'' of my ¡®forgiveness¡¯!¡± The double doors both burst open to reveal the shadowy silhouette of a tall man in a trench coat, in a shooting stance and holding something out in front, ¡°BLAM!!¡± The boss¡¯s head explodes as he is shot in the back of his head by the shadow at the door. The lights go out and restaurant erupts into chaos, but there are no more shots. The lights come back on and all of the goons are laying on the floor in cuffs, Liz and Lilly each got two and Trish got one. The rest were taken down by the patrons, that all happened to be state police officers. The shadow from the front door walks up to body of the Boss, who is face down in pool of his blood, ¡°You know, ¡®Porky¡¯, neither of us like those long, drawn-out, criminal trials, and prison is too good for you.¡± He drops a business card on the body and closes the eyes and recites a short prayer. Lilly looks around at the now quiet scene, That little weasel isn¡¯t here. Did I kill him? Scene 6. Hero An officer walks up to the state police chief known as ¡®The Shadow¡¯ and hands him a blanket. The Shadow then covers The Boss¡¯s body with it, ¡°Goodbye Porky,¡± ¡°I caught your ¡®rat¡¯ in my crew, I will miss chasing you.¡± Rod announces to the crowd, ¡°Eat your lunch everyone, I don¡¯t like to throw away food! Trish walks up to The Shadow and she seems to know him, ¡°Thank you so much with your help with this, Shadow.¡± ¡°You all got here really fast.¡± ¡°We almost didn¡¯t have the food ready in time for you and your crew.¡± Shadow kneels down to face the much shorter Trish, ¡°I should be thanking you and your ¡®crew¡¯.¡± ¡°We have been trying to get Porky and his gang for a long time, but someone in my crew kept tipping them off.¡± ¡°Since you set everything up spontaneously this time the gang wasn¡¯t tipped off beforehand.¡± ¡°The ¡®rat¡¯ tried to get to a phone to tip off the gang I was watching, so I personally caught my spy, and got rid of Porky.¡± ¡°It could not have gone down any better,¡± ¡°No injuries or deaths, except Porky and no gunfire, except for mine.¡± ¡°I try to keep civilians out of this, but you!¡± Shadow pauses and stares at Liz and Lilly, both smiling, ¡°All helped us out a lot.¡± At least I think you all are civilians! Trish turns to ¡®the waitresses¡¯, ¡°Girls meet my friend Shadow.¡± ¡°Shadow, meet Liz and Lilly,¡± ¡°They are my ¡®gang¡¯!¡± Liz and Lilly, both smiling like little girls, curtsy, very demurely for the tall, handsome, wolf-man, holding their short waitress skirts, the lusty goats are excited, thinking, A wolf! And OhMyGod, is he ever cute! Can we keep him? Trish scowls at them, ¡°And Shadow is married to my sister!¡± Rod finally shakes off his shock, (Trish, how do you know this man?) Trish turns to Rod, ¡°Oh, Shadow, please meet Rod,¡± ¡°My good friend and the crime victim.¡± Rod, uneasy in the local language, ¡°Thank you, Se?or Shadow!¡± ¡°You have freed me from la maldici¨®n!¡± Trish looks at the girls, ¡°Fendor and Shadow went to the same high school. They were ¡®outsiders¡¯ together.¡± Shadow adds, ¡°Yes, we continued to the same college but he majored in ¡®econ¡¯ and I in pre-law.¡± ¡°We continued to be friends and were each other¡¯s ¡®best man¡¯.¡± ¡°I ended up marring Trish¡¯s sister.¡± ¡°I was very sorry to hear about Fendor¡¯s passing.¡± ¡°I am sorry I couldn¡¯t make it to the funeral.¡± ¡°I was across the country at the National State Attorney General¡¯s Conference back east.¡± Everyone together, ¡°You¡¯re our state¡¯s Attorney General!¡± Scene 7. Present Lilly walks home alone but smiling satisfied, Man, what a day! I got to kick some ass, twice. And I even got ¡®relieved¡¯, And wow! What could be better than a day with all that! Arriving back at her apartment building she sees a large rectangular flat box on her front step, What the hell? Did I order something? Maybe it is from mom and dad. The box is labeled, ¡®Ernie¡¯s Flowers¡¯ ¡®The Famous Edible Collection¡¯ It¡¯s flowers! For me? This has to be a mistake. I¡¯ll call them. But Lilly sees that her name is clearly printed on the box. It is for her. Wait, there is a card attached. The printer card has a message, ¡®Love at first sight!¡¯ and crudely hand written, ¡®Dear Lilly,¡¯ ¡®Meet me at Henny¡¯s this Wednesday at 3:00 PM.¡¯ ¡®Love, Martin.¡¯ At least I don¡¯t see a policeman here, waiting for me. That tough little weasel is still alive? His name is Martin? He knows my name and where I live? I had better go and see what he wants. Is this a death-threat or coercion? Or does he want ¡®me¡¯? Scene 8. Plushie Liz confronts Lilly at the restaurant, with a scowl, ¡°What are you so happy about?¡± ¡°Why have been singing and dancing around here for the last couple of days?¡± ¡°We don¡¯t hang out much any more either.¡± ¡°What is going on with you?¡± Lilly looking up at Liz and smiling broadly, pictures a very crude mental image that Liz can clearly see, ¡°Well, you see,¡± ¡°I got these flowers¡­¡± 8. Athlete Scene 1. Champion Lilly and Liz end their summer break and throw themselves back into college. Fendor was always encouraging them, beseeching them to persevere. He felt that awards and championships were irrelevant. He would say, ¡°It only matters if you do your personal best! Be the best ¡®you¡¯ you can possibly be!¡± And so they have. They were undefeated this season in women¡¯s doubles tennis, taking the college division championship, a first for the college. An awards ceremony was held and each were pinned with a medal by the same handsome Minotaur that had (re) recruited them. The attractive and complementary duo attract attention from the magazine and newspaper representatives. Lots of photographs are taken. Magazines are always hungry for attractive women for the covers, to increase sales. And one photograph, of the two on the award stand, made the cover of a popular sports magazine. This brought with it much attention, they were offered breakfast cereal endorsement deals and modeling jobs for sportswear. The offers of interviews, endorsements and modeling were all turned down. Both exclaimed to anyone that would listen, ¡°We did this as a testimonial for our late friend, Fendor, and not for ¡®jobs¡¯!¡± ¡°We are going to finish our college for Fendor!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t distract us!¡± But it is too late. Tex¡¯s teammate, Roc, long admiring Lilly from his distance, picks up a copy of the sports magazine. On the cover he sees the championship award cover photograph featuring Tex¡¯s sister, Liz and her partner, Lilly. Roc is now hot to meet this Lilly and is pushing Tex to make a trip ¡®home¡¯, of course taking him along. Roc is driven to finally meet this ¡®Lilly of his dreams¡¯. Tex calls Lilly and asks about a ¡®visit¡¯ with his teammate. Lilly is aghast, but ends up giving in. Tex is a beloved sport-hero, brother to Liz and a genuine nice guy. He is so insistent. She cannot bring herself to turn him down, thinking, Oh well, it is only right that I suffer a bit, for dear friends that have helped me so much¡­ Scene 2. Artist The college also turns its attention to the two women sports stars. Everyone wants to know more about these photogenic champions that seem to come out of nowhere. Liz¡¯s artwork quickly becomes more popular. She is asked to submit some of her paintings to a local contest being held at the college. But Liz in not about to go through this alone and rats out Lilly as an artist in metal sculpture. When asked by a Regent about her art, Lilly provides several photographs of some of her more complete ¡®works¡¯. The Regent notes that Lilly is also a photographer and asks her to enter some of her photographic prints, as well as some of her sculptures, for the contest. And the attention to the two women only increases when Liz wins first prize for the ¡®oil painting¡¯ category. Lilly wins for the ¡®photography¡¯ category as well as the new category of ¡®industrial art¡¯ for her metal sculptures. Lilly is suspicious that her art is suddenly popular and Liz, ignored until now, is winning too, ¡°You know Liz that all of this attention on our art is because we made names for ourselves playing tennis.¡± ¡°I know that my art haven¡¯t suddenly gotten better." "If anything, I have ignored it since I returned to college, with the tennis tournaments and working at Rod¡¯s.¡± ¡°Is your art that much better now?¡± Liz laughs, ¡°Yeah, Isn¡¯t fame great! My painting that won this year was one of mine from two years ago!" "It didn¡¯t even make the final cut for the show back then.¡± ¡°I guess the judges forgot about it.¡± Lilly¡¯s sculptures attract the attention of the Engineering School chairman. The Chairman is especially interested in Lilly¡¯s use of electrical devices: motors; solenoids; switches and batteries that provide animation to her artwork. He gives her a tour of the Engineering School and offers her an assistance-ship there. She has to refuse the offer as she is already overwhelmed by her other school work and athletic competitions. The Chairman is persistent, he offers Lilly the use of any Engineering School resources to further develop any of her ¡®inventions¡¯. Lilly looks carefully at The Chairman, to determine if he is serious. She replies to his offer, ¡°I plan to take you up on that!¡± Scene 3. Professional Eventually the ''teammate friend visit day'', the day Lilly has been dreading, comes. The apartment is now very clean, with Lilly spending hours cleaning out the extra rooms that haven¡¯t been touched in years. She even rented a garage to hide her metal sculptures and welders along with her photographic supplies and equipment. She cleaned the place a little before, for visits by Fendor and Liz, but they were used to her usually messy lifestyle. Now she has to make a good first-impression, I know this ¡®boyfriend interview¡¯ meeting isn¡¯t going anywhere! I don¡¯t know why I am so worried about this, I guess I don¡¯t want some stranger to know what a pig I really am. She looks around to see a few of her photographs from the art show hanging on the walls and two of her metal sculptures, sitting on the floor, in the corners of the living room, I think a little of my ¡®art¡¯ sprinkled around in here might be enough to scare him away. Lilly waits in the living room, nervously paging through magazines. She then hears the expected knock at her apartment door. Trembling a bit, she opens the front door. Although she expected Tex, she is totally frozen by the sight of the handsome white ¡®Billy¡¯ standing next to him, in sharp contrast. ¡®Billy¡¯ is a powerfully built, white, goat-man, about a half a head taller than Lilly but a head shorter than Tex. He looks enough like Lilly to be her brother. Do I have a long-lost brother? Tex speaks, ¡°Lilly, meet my teammate, Roc.¡± Roc bows slightly, not daring to reach out to Lilly even as she looks as if she is about to fall forward at the least disturbance in the room. Lilly tries to smile. She nervously croaks, ¡°Hi Roc,¡± ¡°I¡¯m a ''Pilly'',¡± ¡°I¡¯m a ''Billy''¡± ¡°I¡¯m a ''Lilly''.¡± Liz sees what is happening and breaks the tension, ¡°I know!¡± ¡°Let''s all go play some tennis!¡± ¡°There¡¯s a court just down the street.¡± All of the goats jump up slightly at the suggestion. Lilly now sees that Liz and Tex both have several rackets on their backs, Those guys planned to do tennis tonight all along! The goat entourage makes the short walk to the park, but all of the courts are taken. A dog couple sees the impressive crew of athletes walk up and they immediately stop their game. The couple recognizes the two sports pros, Tex and Roc, so they offer them their court, if they can watch. The ever-social Tex smiles and says, ¡°Of course!¡± The goats play several joyous games, switching partners, including starting positions. The games are a spectacle so they draw a crowd. The group waves to the spectators. The stars even sign some tennis balls. Then the group walks over to Henny¡¯s for dinner. The walk is a ¡®cool down¡¯ for them all, not wanting to enter the restaurant all sweaty. Roc and Lilly are much more at ease with each other now, after tennis, than at their initial meeting. Liz is very pleased with herself, It worked! The group talks about their sports at dinner. Roc continues to stare at Lilly throughout dinner. Lilly self-conscious, looks down at herself to see if her tennis outfit is too revealing. After dinner, the group promises each other to play tennis again. They then break up and walk back to their lodgings. Lilly thinks about Roc and his interest in her, reflecting, It is too bad I am stuck on middle-aged, furry carnivore, salary-men. I haven¡¯t had much luck with bovids the past, although I have been friends with Liz and Tex for a long time now. The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Today wasn¡¯t so bad, Roc is very nice and polite, and he is handsome. Scene 4. Carnival The group now has a standing date for tennis at the park on Saturdays, the training camp day off, followed by dinner at Henny¡¯s and then the separate walks home. Liz is thinking a way to move things along for Lilly and Roc. As Liz and Tex are walking back to their apartment Liz see some commotion in the distance, ¡°Tex dear, lets walk over and see what is going on over there,¡± Liz points down the street, that apparently is blocked off to road traffic. What they see is a street-event being set up. She asks one of the construction workers what is going on. He smiles at the attractive Liz and replies, ¡°We are setting up for The Carnival.¡± The group meets at the park as usual, for tennis. Liz is jumping up and down on her toes. She cannot contain herself with glee, ¡°Let¡¯s skip tennis tonight and go to The Carnival!¡± Roc and Tex jump up and shout, ¡°Yes¡± with large smiles, ¡°Games!¡± ¡°Prizes!¡± Lilly pauses, with a frown, I hate stuff like that! Liz sees Lilly¡¯s silent frown and stamps her hoof with a loud ¡°Clop!¡± All look a t Liz, Liz is still staring at Lilly. Lilly changes her face to a crooked grin. Lilly softly croaks, ¡°great...¡± And so the entourage is off from the tennis courts and walking to The Carnival, with Lilly falling ever further behind the group, I wonder if I bolt now if I will be able to get away? But Liz is on to Lilly. Liz circles around and pokes Lilly in the back, and whispers in Lilly¡¯s ear, ¡°If you try to run away now I WILL kill you!¡± Lilly concedes, and attempts no further diversions. The boys pay admission for everyone, and the group enters the street fair. It is just as wild and noisy as Lilly feared it would be, kids running, screams from the rides and cheers from the events. All but Lilly relish the ambiance of the carnival and Lilly is frowning again. But, once again, Liz knows how to ¡®break the ice¡¯. She walks up to the first food concession stand. It features the famous ¡®Candy-Apple-on-a-Stick¡¯. She gets one for everyone in her group. The boys immediately chomp down the apples with huge grins, ¡°That was great!¡± ¡°What¡¯s next!¡± Lilly stares down at the apple, holding it like she has never seen anything like it before. She then flashes on her memory of a trip to the zoo, from her days as a kid. She sees her mother reaching down to give one of these to her, the kid Lilly. Lilly is suddenly overcome with emotion, with tears well up. Liz sees the frozen Lilly and loudly states, ¡°You had better hurry up and take a bite!¡± ¡°The boys have finished with theirs and they are looking at yours!¡± Lilly complies and takes a cautious bite. The sharp cinnamon taste explodes in Lilly¡¯s mouth. Once again Lilly is overcome with emotion, I remember this taste, from all those years ago. I remember how much I liked it as a kid. The hungry group samples all of the carnival food as they are skipping their regular dinner at Henny¡¯s. The boys cannot resist showing off, playing the with the games of skill, and quickly acquire more prizes than they can carry. The magnanimous Tex has no difficulty signing the toys and giving them to the hoard of kids. Next is an ¡®action¡¯ ride, for couples, a ¡®Tilt-a-whirl¡¯. Lilly is shaking her head ¡®NO¡¯, but the bigger and stronger Liz quickly wrestles Lilly into a car. Liz then guides Roc over to join Lilly within. Tex and Liz take the next car, so they can watch. As Lilly feared the ride is quite violent and all must tightly hold their partners if they don¡¯t want to slam against the sides of the car. Lilly holds on to Roc in tight contact. Lilly flashes that she is closer to him than she ever wanted to be, suddenly aware of Roc¡¯s smell and through his chest to hers she can feel his heart racing. Lilly reflects, This can¡¯t be his reaction to this ride, not for a pro athlete¡­ Is it because of me?! And what is his smell doing to me?! The ride is finally over, Liz and Tex help Lilly and Roc dismount from the ride. Lilly has been turned to jelly by the jolting ride and by Roc¡¯s captivating smell. Roc is not doing any better than Lilly. He has turned to jelly by chest contact with Lilly. Liz is sporting a big smile, ¡°See!¡± ¡°I told you that you all would like it!¡± Lilly looks glazed and is holding on to Roc with her head against his shoulder breathing in deeply through her noise. Lilly then snorts and staggers as she announces, ¡°Okay¡± ¡°I think I have had enough of The Carnival, now I want to go home.¡± ¡°Roc I want to show you more of my place,¡± Like the bedroom. Pant! Pant! Liz whispers to Tex, ¡°It is time for us to leave them alone.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think they need my help anymore...¡± Tex and Liz continue with the carnival. Meanwhile Lilly is dragging Roc out of the carnival and back to her apartment. He feels the straining Lilly beside him and smells her pheromones. He is more than willing to comply with her taking possession of him. Both thinking the same thing, I don¡¯t think that the consummation of our new friendship is going to take very long. Scene 5. Prize Lilly unlocks the door and turns up the lights, ¡°Let me give you a quick tour.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll get you a ride back to you hotel.¡± Roc is thinking, Lilly apparently doesn¡¯t know that I have been sleeping on the floor of Liz¡¯s apartment since I came out here. Lilly walks around, turning up all of the lights, ¡°Here is the kitchen and front bathroom, shared with the guest rooms, over here, where I sleep when my parents are in town.¡± ¡°Here is the kitchen, I stocked the frig so help yourself if you would like a snack.¡± Lilly then looks at Roc. Roc has never looked away from Lilly since the ride. Lilly smiles at him, sending thoughts, Easy there big guy. Let¡¯s not rush this too much! Lilly continues, ¡°And on the wall here, are my contest winning photographs, and in the corners are my contest winning sculptures.¡± Roc hears nothing, and sees nothing but Lilly looking alluring. Lilly looks at Roc again who is in a frozen stare at her, Oh come on, resist a little. Make this a bit of a challenge! ¡°Okay, you win!¡± ¡°Come with me!¡± She leads him into the master bedroom and closes the door, even though they are alone. He reaches up to unbutton his shirt and Lilly reaches out stops him, pulling him up to her face ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t,¡± ¡°My turn first! You know, ladies first?¡± ¡°I know, ¡®where are the ladies?¡¯¡± ¡°I¡¯ll have to do for now...¡± She then plants a very wet kiss on Roc¡¯s shocked face. She has a handkerchief ¡®at the ready¡¯ to wipe away the excess on him. She licks her lips, ¡°Mmmmmmm.¡± ¡°You boy, are as sweet as sugar!¡± Then she feels down his front, ¡°Don¡¯t you dare be an ¡®early bird¡¯ on me!¡± ¡°It¡¯s a sin if you don¡¯t wait for me!¡± And she begins to remove his dress shirt and undershirt to examine his torso and chest, ¡°My oh my,¡± ¡°You are a specimen,¡± ¡°Maybe I should change my opinion of goats?¡± As she strokes his muscular chest. ¡°I have a pretty nice chest too.¡± ¡°¡± she reaches around and drops her blouse and presses a release, her bra springs into animated flight, like a startled bird. Roc is startled by Lilly yet again. ¡°Watch out, I have killed many men.¡± She backs up a step, raises a fore-leg and twirls in front of Roc, ¡°Do you like me?¡± Lilly watches him, he standing still. She notes that he has said nothing since the carnival, and very little there. Lilly reflects, I wonder if he is a virgin? Lilly then bends down and kneels on the floor facing him. Okay virgin, take this! She slowly unfastens his belt and unbuttons his trousers. She slowly lowers his trousers, not disturbing anything else. His body is clearly in an advanced state of excitement. She slowly lowers his last remaining undergarment, "Wow," "Is this for me?" "This is the right size for me!" Lilly stops herself from performing the obvious next step, This isn¡¯t what I want, big guy. Lilly reaches down and unties his shoes and taps his hind leg and he obediently raises his hoof. She removes the shoe, sock and trouser leg. She repeats this for the other hind leg, also snatching off his briefs. She then pushes him back and he is now seated on the edge of the bed. Lilly then performs a striptease with her remaining garments. Lilly mounts the bed, dragging him on his back to the center of the bed and straddles him. ¡°Okay, now!¡± She lifts up has anxious member, ¡°Wow, at last!¡± ¡°Someone who doesn¡¯t need a size-match adjuster for my cavern!" "No ¡®mister squishy¡¯ tonight!¡± Lilly sinks down onto Roc and they mate. Lilly opens her mouth and loudly screams, ¡°BAAAAAAAAAAAH!¡± ¡°Wow!¡± Roc is gritting his teeth, lips parted, as if he is in pain. Lilly is rocking slowly, ¡°Yeah¡± ¡°It can be intense the first time!¡± "Especially if you have the heavy ''Lilly'' on you!" ¡°But wait!¡± ¡°Roc wait!¡± ¡°You deserve to have more control, especially on your first time!¡± Lilly dismounts and gets down on all fours over his head. ¡°It should be obvious, but now you come in from the rear,¡± ¡°Sorry, but I have a big butt!¡± Roc shakes his head and regains consciousness. He then turns over, on his knees, and approaches Lilly from the rear, rising up and pulling Lilly¡¯s large butt up to his thighs. He enters her and lets out a loud scream himself, ¡°BAAAAAAAAAAAAH¡±. Lilly suddenly grimaces and she experiences one of her strong thigh contractions of climax and they booth scream together, BAAAAAAAAAH! In response to Lilly¡¯s contraction, Roc has a powerful, copious, hydraulic emission event, of a thick, viscous, white fluid. It goes everywhere in the room, even hitting the walls. Roc exclaims, this time really in pain, ¡°Lilly! What is that squeeze that you did?!¡± Lilly is covered with the stick what fluid and she has collapsed on her fore-legs into a pool of fluid on the bed, OMG! I expected it to be pretty good, but this is the best in my, relatively experienced, life! They remain ¡®frozen¡¯ together for a while, with Roc tightly gripping Lilly¡¯s butt from above. But finally they start to feel stiff and sore They carefully peel the adhesive away from each other. Admiring the mess in the room. Lilly looks around, I am glad I closed the bedroom door or this mess would be in the living room too. Lilly isn¡¯t worried, the washer and the mop will easily clean all of this. I¡¯ll have to wash the walls too. It doesn''t look like anything reached the ceiling. Lilly looks at the matted and sticky Roc and announces, with a smile, ¡°Let¡¯s take a shower together.¡± ¡°Uh oh, look what happened to your clothes!" Lilly tries to look sad, ¡°You will have to stay with me tonight, so I can clean your clothes,¡± No way you¡¯re getting away from me tonight! You¡¯re a keeper! They enter the shower together. Lilly looks down at her abdomen, I don¡¯t think my belly was always this big, he must have really ''filled me up''! They spend the night cuddling and not sleeping. Roc leaves the Lilly¡¯s apartment next day, walking over to Liz¡¯s apartment, to meet up with Tex and return to summer training camp. Tex and Roc return several more times throughout the summer, for tennis, as well as other activities available in the area, hiking and climbing. Roc always stays with Lilly when they visit town. Liz finally confronts Lilly for a report. Lilly has said nothing to Liz about Roc until now. Liz meets up with Lilly at school and drags her over to Henny¡¯s for a report. They sit at a table in the back. Liz glares at Lilly, "Well?" ¡°Well what?¡± Lilly reply¡¯s innocently. Then, seeing danger from the glaring Liz, ¡°Okay, okay, we had sex.¡± ¡°Sorry Lilly but that¡¯s not good enough,¡± ¡°Do you like him, is he what you want?¡± ¡°Have you made any plans for after the summer?¡± ¡°Did he propose to you?¡± ¡°Did you accept his proposal?¡± Lilly looks down, and is telling the truth, ¡°I really don¡¯t know how I feel about Roc,¡± ¡°And we haven¡¯t discussed any plans for the future.¡± ¡°He looks at me like he thinks his future is going to include me, no matter what,¡± ¡°And I really don¡¯t know how I feel about that.¡± Did I make a mistake by raping a willing virgin? Am I destined to hurt him? He is so honest and innocent. He is a true hero, and I am such a scoundrel. 9. Soulmate Scene 1. Life Liz and Lilly continue to help out at the Taste of The South as college commitments permit. Although they appreciate the help, Trish and Rod insist that the two have their collage commitments be their top priority. And the two still flirt shamelessly with the cute young lawyers in the lunch crowd, to extract tips needed to pay for college. However, today is different, as Lilly is spending more time in the restroom than usual. Liz confronts Lilly, bending over the restroom sink looking nauseated, ¡°Lilly you have been in the restroom, for quite a while, every morning since last week!¡± ¡°What is wrong with you, girl!¡± ¡°You are never sick,¡± ¡°Do I need to take you to a doctor?¡± Lilly rises up, still holding her head over the sink, ¡°I don¡¯t know what is wrong with me.¡± ¡°The nausea goes away after a while, then I am famished the rest of the day.¡± ¡°I am always hungry, but not like this.¡± ¡°I came down with all of this a few weeks after Roc¡¯s last visit.¡± ¡°Do you think he gave me something?¡± ¡°Like some kind of sheep disease?¡± Liz is right, I am never sick. Wait what! Since Roc¡¯s visit¡­! Roc is my species! What the hell was I thinking! I¡¯m such a pervert that I do it with everything and everyone, except my own species, that¡¯s why I never think about birth control. OMG! What have I done!? Liz sees through and is whispering to Lilly with a scowl, ¡°What did I tell you!¡± ¡°¡®Keep your little hooves off of Roc and your knees together at all times!¡¯¡± ¡°Have you looked in the mirror lately?¡± ¡°You know that Roc is your ¡®species¡¯, right?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you, of all people, know how ¡®kids¡¯ are made?¡± My species indeed! And did it ever feel great or what! And Roc had been saving himself up because he doesn''t like the girls back at sports training camp. He even had his ¡®juice¡¯ coming out my nose! I had forgotten that the main purpose of sex is reproduction! You dummy! I guess I shouldn¡¯t have slept through (or ditched) that ¡®sex-ed¡¯ class. ¡­¡­... The next morning, in the restroom at the Taste of The South Lilly is standing stock still, looking in the mirror. Trish suddenly materializes behind Lilly, ¡°Please consider carefully about what you are going to do,¡± ¡°And don¡¯t do anything on impulse that you may later live to regret.¡± Trish then embraces Lilly from behind, ¡°Let¡¯s talk more, but not here.¡± ¡­¡­¡­. Trish and Lilly are seated at Henny¡¯s, in the back, away from the other patrons. Trish, ¡°I have known for a while that something was up with you.¡± ¡°Likely, even before you did. ¡°Because I can smell your heat, and your pregnancy, on you.¡± ¡°It¡¯s my wolf nose.¡± ¡°It is not my place to tell you how to live, but before you decide what you are going to do, let me tell you a story.¡± Trish takes out a handkerchief and taps here eyes with it, ¡°Once upon a time I was presented with a similar decision to what you are facing now.¡± ¡°At the time, the simplest solution seemed to be to quickly dispose of the problem and not give it a second thought.¡± ¡°And, looking back, maybe it was.¡± ¡°My eventual decision came at great cost, and not just for me.¡± ¡°My decision even seemed like the wrong decision for a very long while,¡± ¡°But now, I have a beautiful boy.¡± ¡°Although he isn¡¯t tall or athletic, he is kind and smart, like his father.¡± ¡°And now, thanks to you and Liz, I ¡®met¡¯ Rod and now Timmy is in a large family that absolutely adores him.¡± ¡°Timmy is the son that Rod never had.¡± ¡°Rod is even teaching him how to catch and throw." "Rod takes us all to ball games and we make a day of it, and his girls usually make a surprise picnic lunch basket for us all too.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what a ¡®perfect life¡¯ is.¡± ¡°We all have to work very hard to get by.¡± ¡°But even after all of my tragedies, I cannot see how my life could be any better than it is right now.¡± ¡°Lilly, please know that we love you and will continue to love you no matter what decision you make,¡± ¡°And it is your decision, alone, to make.¡± ¡°But I wouldn¡¯t mind having more kids around, I guess, even grand-kids.¡± ¡°All the kids can stay with us when you get tired.¡± ¡°Rod¡¯s girls would all love taking care of kids, it would be good for Timmy to be a ¡®big brother¡¯ too.¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. Liz confronts Lilly at The Taste and motions her to the back and the girls walk outside to the small garden behind the restaurant. Lilly is expecting another lecture from her friend Liz as Liz starts, ¡°Well?¡± ¡°What are you going to do?¡± Lilly frowns and looks down, ¡°I don¡¯t think it is possible for you to make me feel any worse about this than I already do.¡±Liz leans back with a laugh, ¡°Bah ha ha!¡± ¡°What the hell are you talking about girl!?¡± ¡°You¡¯ve won!¡± ¡°Unless there is something you don¡¯t like about Roc, you have it all!¡± ¡°My brother tells me that all Roc can talk about is you!¡± ¡°And Roc¡¯s a hero, and he has the morals of a saint!¡± Lilly pauses, and looks straight at Liz, ¡°I know he is ¡®Mr. Perfect¡¯.¡± I have spent many nights with him.¡± ¡°But that is just it,¡± ¡°Roc is a true hero, without a fault.¡± ¡°But he isn¡¯t in love with me,¡± ¡°He is in love with what he thinks I am.¡± ¡°He is never going to be happy married to someone like me, in the long run.¡± ¡°I¡¯m an evil monster, possessed by a demon that I cannot expel or deny!¡± ¡°And it is just a matter of time until he finds out the truth about me,¡± ¡°Although he has already has had some strong indications,¡± ¡°And that will break his heart.¡± Liz stares at her excited friend, ¡°And since when, are you ¡®concerned¡¯ about breaking someones heart?¡± ¡°You¡¯re making way too much of this, Lilly,¡± ¡°As if you are the only one that has ever been confronted with a ¡®sudden¡¯ family.¡± ¡°Once you have kids, you will calm down,¡± ¡°Everyone does,¡± ¡°And you¡¯re already off to a better start than a lot of people.¡± Liz pauses and looks down with a frown, ¡°I¡¯m very jealous of you,¡± ¡°I really want what you now have been given.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t marry my ¡®perfect¡¯ brother, and I can¡¯t find anyone better!¡± Lilly looks at the serious Liz, ¡°I have decided to keep my pregnancy a secret from Roc for now.¡± ¡°Who knows even if things will develop?¡± ¡°I am not disabled, so can continue at college and work at the restaurant, as usual, at least for now.¡± ¡°Things are always changing for everyone, so let¡¯s see what the future brings.¡± ¡°That¡¯s Trish¡¯s advice anyway.¡± ¡°I need to consider what I eventually will do about my condition, and Roc.¡± ¡°But for now Liz, please keep my pregnancy a secret from Roc, and from your brother.¡± Scene 2. Apartment The Carnival has left town but Roc continues to stay with Lilly when he can take a break from summer training camp. So, after another tennis game with Tex and Liz they return to Lilly¡¯s apartment. Roc enters and looks around the apartment front room, surveying everything for the first time, ¡°Lilly do you live here alone?¡± ¡°All of the time?¡± Lilly is shuddering, suddenly self-conscious in the light. She looks down and feels her solid belly lump to see if she is starting ¡®to show¡¯ through her tennis togs, ¡°Yes, most of the time,¡± ¡°My parents own the apartment building, but they work out of the country most of the time." "I serve as on-site apartment manager, rent collector and maintenance man, in exchange for free rent.¡± ¡°I am the devil with a plunger!¡± ¡°Hmmmmm,¡± ¡°Actually, I am a ¡®devil¡¯ most of the time!¡± Roc notices Lilly¡¯s ¡®belly feel¡¯ gesture, but he says nothing. He then turns and walks over and opens a door to one of the side bedrooms, ¡°So this is your room when you parents are here?¡± Roc sees Lilly¡¯s collection of metal sculptures and an arc-welding machine, as well as photographic chemical trays and an enlarger, all crammed into the small side bedroom. Lilly hid her hobby materials in the side bedroom to make a good impression at their initial meeting. Roc examiner one of Lilly¡¯s metal statues, ¡°Did you make all of these sculptures yourself?¡± ¡°Yes, I like to pound on things that I find in the alley,¡± And boy, do I. Roc is examining one of Lilly¡¯s metal creations. Lilly reaches past Roc and presses an electrical switch on the statue. It immediately springs into violent animated motion, swinging levers, loud clattering and bouncing up and down. Roc is momentarily startled by the figure¡¯s ruckus and jumps back a step from it. Lilly switches the figure off and the figure becomes a motionless, silent statue again. Roc stares at the statue, ¡°Lilly!¡± ¡°Your creation is fabulous!¡± Lilly smiles and happy with herself that she has impressed the great Roc with something other than her bedroom manners, ¡°I won first prize in the college art fair in the ¡®Industrial Art¡¯ category that they added just for me.¡± ¡°The college¡¯s Engineering School made me an offer to become part of their staff.¡± Lilly reaches past Roc for a folio on the nightstand, rubbing her chest against his back, ¡°And some of my photos won in the Photography category,¡± She turns to face Roc, holding the folio over her midriff, ¡°Would you like to see more of ¡®my work¡¯?¡± She softly bleats an alluring, ¡°Baaaaaaah¡­¡± She pokes Roc with her large nose, nostrils dilated, ¡°Sniff¡± ¡°Sniff¡±. Lilly slowly reaches out and approaches Roc from behind. ¡°Mmmm it is so hot and stuffy in here!¡± ¡°Let me take off some of those extra clothes¡­¡± Lilly proceeds to remove Roc¡¯s shirt while effortlessly shedding her out of own. Before he can react, she is pressing her chest against his. Lilly lets out another short flirting bleat, ¡°Baah¡­¡± Mmmmm, oh GAWD! You smell delicious! And your heart is going to jump right out of your chest! Oh no, my heart is pounding too! Stolen novel; please report.Lilly lowers the lights, I can¡¯t let him see my belly. Roc pulls on his shirt back on, ¡°I am all sweaty from the train ride and tennis!¡± ¡°Ugh!¡± ¡°I Stink!¡± Lilly turns Roc around and reaches down and opens his belt. She then loosens his pants, pulls them down. She pushes Roc back and he sits. He is now seated on the edge of the bed. She then slowly kneels down on the floor, facing Roc. Lilly smiles up at Roc, ¡°I have something for you that I think you will really like.¡± She then opens her mouth and wiggles her large wide pink tongue and rolls it up for him to see. Roc furrows his brow and stares at Lilly, although he is uncertain about Lilly¡¯s intentions he does not attempt to move away. Lilly¡¯s head moves down and disappears between Roc¡¯s thighs. Roc looks down, still holding his breath, his face suddenly flushes and turns as pink as Lilly¡¯s tongue. He explosively exhales. Roc folds back into the chair, he loudly bleats, ¡°BAAAAAAAAAAAH¡±. Lilly is very pleased with her technique, Got him! [The evening then proceeds with many scenes of frisky sex activity.] Finally Roc approaches Lilly from the rear and mounts her, holding her by the hips and pushing her face down onto the floor. Both continue to make noises of delight. Roc plunges himself into Lilly and lets out a load cry, triggering Lilly into a powerful contraction onto Roc¡¯s member, which, in turn, triggers a powerful and voluminous ejaculation from Roc. It squirts out everywhere. Lilly cries out too, as the two shiver together in dramatic climax. Lilly is covered with a tsunami of Roc¡¯s emissions. It is finally over. Lilly crawls over to lie with her cheek on Roc¡¯s chest, weeping, ¡°Baah Ha Baah Ha.¡± Roc bends down and strokes Lillys head. He then pulls Lilly up to stand from her soggy, weepy, pile. Roc looks up and announces cheerfully, ¡°Hey, I¡¯m hungry! ¡°Are you up for pizza?¡± Scene 3. Museum After showers and a cursory clean up, the two walk, fore-legs entwined, to the local pizzeria for the usual two giant veggie specials, with extra cheese. Roc reaches into his shirt pocket, ¡°I got us tickets to the new museum exhibit.¡± ¡°I thought you would like to go see it.¡± ¡°And the museum is right down the street from where you live.¡± ¡°It¡¯s about some new finds in one of the ruin sites abroad.¡± Lilly shows interest, ¡°Promise me that you won¡¯t be mobbed by adoring sheep-fans.¡± Roc smiles at Lilly¡¯s interest, ¡°I can¡¯t promise you that, but it is unlikely, as museum patrons are usually not rabid sports fans too.¡± ¡­.. Although Lilly lives close to the county-college museum, she hasn¡¯t ever been inside. Lilly looks up at the building as they walk to the entrance door. At the side of the door on the wall is a large banner announcing a new exhibit. Lilly hesitates at the door, reading the banner, ¡°Roc, I guess I never told you what my parents actually do,¡± ¡°They are archaeologists,¡± ¡°And I think they are working in Federation territory.¡± The museum has a huge main hall with dioramas of the beast-folk in various stages of civilization building. Each exhibit features one activity, weaving, hunting, cooking, preparing hides as well as other peaceful activities. But Lilly is thinking, I don¡¯t see any weapons or depiction of any war activities, yet I know that ¡®conflict¡¯ was always with us. On the wall is depicted the history of the world as postulated by scientists and philosophers, starting with the formation of the world and its oceans, the spontaneous creation of microbial life and the conversion of the atmosphere to oxygen. Then the sudden and unexplained appearance of advanced life. Vegetation, such as trees and grasses, and animals, such as invertebrate arthropods, insects, then aquatic vertebrates such as fish, and finally vertebrate land animals, rodents, ungulates, carnivores. At the end is the appearance of social intelligence in the biped forms. The biped forms have a timeline that shows the history of fire, agriculture, and written language. Their modern timeline shows the development of industry and technology, steam and electric power, including some recent inventions, such as the telephone and the automobile. Lilly and Roc walk into one of the halls displaying the new discoveries exhibit described on the banner at the museum entrance. In the glass cases are pottery fragments and fragments of stone and bone tools. The tools are needles, for fastening hides, predating weaving. In the last case are arrowheads and spear points, these weapons are not visible in the dioramas at the entrance. The sight of these weapons give Lilly a chill and she strides to the next exhibit, dragging Roc along. In the next exhibit are carvings and sculptures made from soft-fired clay. Many of the sculptures are of common wild animals and appear to be decoration items, or children¡¯s toys. However, one sculpture stands out. Roc is closely examining what appears to be a clay sculpture of a creature¡¯s head. The head is not from any creature now known. Roc comments, ¡°Wow, they had great imaginations back then.¡± ¡°Who could ever imagine anything so ugly!¡± ¡°This must be a demon from one of the ancient myths.¡± A docent walks up to them and describes the head exhibit. ¡°This exhibit is quite unique.¡± ¡°So far, this is the only one of its kind that has been found.¡± ¡°Note that the head is round, like a ball, with some thin curls of hair drawn at the top.¡± ¡°The flat face has two eyes in the same plane, like a cat¡¯s.¡± ¡°The head has a tiny flat nose.¡± The jaws are receded, back and below the flat face.¡± ¡°Note the tiny hinged mandible hanging down at the bottom of face.¡± ¡°The mouth is open slightly, so we can see the short rows of its tiny teeth, like a rat¡¯s, but without the rat¡¯s large front teeth.¡± ¡°The most curious features are on each side of the head.¡± Note the curled holes, around the each hole are the remains of the ear protrusions, which are, unfortunately, broken off on this sculpture, so we don¡¯t know what ear protrusions looked like. ¡±Roc and Lilly are both fascinated by the weird clay head. Roc asks, ¡°What the hell is it?¡± The docent answers, ¡°We don¡¯t know. ¡±Roc is not giving up, ¡°I don¡¯t think these figures look very much like us.¡± ¡°Are they mythological creatures?¡± ¡°Gods maybe?¡± ¡°I love legends, they are actual history, refactored by us, to tell us what the events should have been.¡± The docent looks around for other listeners, seeing none, he comments, ¡°There is a legend that we, the bipeds, were originally made from each of the types of the quadruped animals that still exist in the world with us.¡± ¡°Specimens of these animals were artificially modified to resemble the original creator beings. The new creations were given symbolic intelligence, the ability to speak and a spoken language. Modifications to the foreleg hoof and paw for tool manipulation, and, of course, the upright biped form.¡± ¡°By whom and why this was done is a matter of speculation.¡± ¡°Perhaps they needed more solders, servants and slaves than they could provide from their own population,¡± ¡°Or perhaps they had restrictions on the uses of their own species,¡± ¡°Or maybe they just got lazy, or wanted another intelligent species for companions or pets.¡± ¡°Notably, there are no ancient fossils on this world, except for oil deposits.¡± ¡°There is no plausible explanation for how all of the multicellular life could have originated on this world without leaving any evidence.¡± ¡°Likewise there is no evidence of any previous advanced civilization, except for small ruin sites, such as the one where this head was found.¡± ¡°Most likely all advanced lifeforms now present, originated somewhere else and were brought here, for some purpose, now lost.¡± ¡°Whoever or whatever did this doesn¡¯t seem to be around anymore. If they were still around here somewhere, we think we would have heard from them by now.¡± ¡°I know this all sounds crazy. However, a similar hypothesis is the basis for the Cult of The Founders.¡± ¡°Maybe The Founders cultists are right. Scientists and archaeologists are trying to learn the truth.¡± Lilly looks down at the exhibit placard that gives the credits for the exhibit: ¡®Brought to you by the School of Archaeology and the generous work of Doctors Lester and Lillian White¡¯. Lilly¡¯s jaw drops open. She is struggling to avoid shouting in the quiet museum. She squeaks to Roc and the docent, ¡°This head was found, and brought here, by my parents!¡± Roc changes the focus to the docent, ¡°You know a lot about this stuff.¡± ¡°Are you an archaeology student?¡± The docent nods, ¡°Yes, I am studying archaeology and psychology at the college.¡± ¡°I would like to do archaeology field work, but I am most interested in studying the impact new scientific discoveries have on our society.¡± Lilly and Roc then continue on their museum tour. Roc comments, ¡°These carvings and sculptures look very weird to me, like they came from another planet.¡± Lilly looks up with a vacuous stare, ¡°They likely did.¡± ¡°In my dreams I see huge ultra-modern cities of these beings, flying to the stars,¡± ¡°But it all seems like it took place in the very distant past, long forgotten.¡± ¡°Perhaps I should study psychology too, as I am trying to figure out where I came from, and maybe this would help me understand where I am going.¡± ¡°As you have seen, I have many hang-ups that I would like to overcome.¡± The couple strolls through the museum galleries of mostly contemporary art and a few other science exhibits and demonstrations of such things as steam power and electrical power. The two enter a large room with a huge wall sculpture on the far side of the room. It is a series of depictions that apparently flow from one to another, telling a story. Beneath each of the depictions are character sets. The story flows in three rows from right to left, left to right, and right to left again. The depictions show landscapes with biped creatures engaging in common activities of farming and simple industry. Lilly examines the scenes closely, ¡°I have seen this all before, somewhere.¡± Roc smiles, ¡°I knew you would enjoy the museum.¡± Lilly turns to face Roc, ¡°Roc, sleep with me tonight.¡± ¡°I would love to have one more memory of you, before you leave me.¡± Scene 4. Dream Later that night, they nestle together in Lilly¡¯s large bed. Both are exhausted and they quickly fall asleep in each other¡¯s embrace... Lilly opens her eyes. Her head is down on a beautiful sunny open field of delicious flowers. She raises her head and looks down she sees that her form has changed. Her upper body is the same but she carries a bow with a quiver of arrows on her back. He lower body is that of a four-footed animal, like a wild goat. She is couched on the ground, on her four lower legs. She stares down at her form and is starting to enjoy it when she hears a sound from behind her. It is Roc, also in goat-centaur form. She approaches him and embraces him. They then run together across the field, light as two feathers. Finally, Lilly stops and faces Roc and embraces him again. Without separating Roc moves around next to her and mounds her. They begin to slowly engage in quadruped sex. The indescribable feeling of pleasure builds as they approach climax. She cries out and awakens in the darkness of her bedroom. Oh darn! May I have more of that? She looks over at the deeply sleeping (and snoring) Roc. Whew, at least I didn¡¯t assault him in my sleep. Man this is tempting. I¡¯ll ask him about his dreams in the morning. I smell something. She feels some dampness underneath herself, she looks down, Uh oh, I made a mess... Scene 5. Fall The four are on the train platform, saying goodbye. Liz reaches out towards her brother, ¡°I am sorry to see you both leave so soon.¡± ¡°But I know this visit was just a fluke and you have to get back.¡± ¡°Call if you all can visit us again, soon I hope!¡± Tex smiles his winning smile, ¡°Fall and Winter are our sports seasons.¡± ¡°But we should have some time off in Spring, before camp.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll let you know the schedule.¡± ¡°I think we also have some local games coming up," "Come and see us play!¡± Lilly and Roc walk further down the platform to talk privately. Roc smiles gently at Lilly, ¡°I really enjoyed my time with you.¡± ¡°I would love to visit you again, if that works for you,¡± ¡°And if you will have me.¡± Lilly is holding back tears again, ¡°Really!¡± ¡°Me!¡± ¡°You are a star!¡± ¡°And all the girls must be after you,¡± ¡°Girls much prettier than I.¡± Roc smiles again, ¡°Yes, there are girls,¡± ¡°Lots of girls.¡± ¡°But you are the first one I have met that is so strong and determined.¡± ¡°The others just lay there, or break too easily,¡± ¡°But you are always demanding satisfaction,¡± ¡°You grab for what you want.¡± ¡°I have never met anyone like you before.¡± ¡°You are the first one I have ever really wanted.¡± Lilly watches the receding train and hears the shifting train whistle as it speeds away, And I am a white goat, and you want a family! Careful what you wish for, big boy. 10. Anticipation Scene 1. Waiting Lilly continues with school and working in the restaurant. Although outside activities are a struggle, Lilly wants the distraction from just sitting and eating. Lilly took leave from the tennis team, and is now is accepting rides to college classes from Trish. Lilly¡¯s insatiable hunger is constantly getting the better of her so she is now quite plump, somewhat hiding her pregnant state. Although Lilly is barely tolerating her pregnancy, Liz is enthusiastic, vicariously lusting after Lilly¡¯s pregnancy. Today she is taking Lilly to shop for maternity clothes. Liz and Lilly are walking through a local mall for Lilly¡¯s new clothes as Lilly staggers along, rubbing her ever-expanding tummy and complaining, ¡°Liz I don¡¯t need a bunch of new clothes that I am just going to throw away after this is all over!¡± Liz giggles, ¡°Yes you do!¡± ¡°You''ll look so cute!¡± ¡°And you might be using them again some day...¡± Liz continues to drag along the complaining Lilly, ¡°No, never again!¡± ¡°Gasp!¡± Liz and Lilly approach one store and Liz is smiling, looking in the window at the manikins in maternity clothes, ¡°I don¡¯t know if, with my ¡®flat shape¡¯, I would ever look good ¡®pregnant¡¯ in anything.¡± ¡°I think with your build you are lucky with this too,¡± ¡°These clothes will look so cute on you!¡± Lilly frowns, ¡°That''s because fat ladies, like me, already look pregnant.¡± Liz is still smiling, ¡°Try on some of these clothes and see what you think.¡± Lilly is still frowning, ¡°I only need something for ¡®around the house¡¯, I never go out any more, except for work.¡± ¡°And Trish said she would keep altering my waitress uniforms or she will buy me new ones as long as I am able and want to work at the restaurant.¡± Liz continues, ¡°You still go to school, and you want to look your best.¡± Lilly grimaces, ¡°While I still fit in the Minotaur desks.¡± Liz grins, ¡°Teachers will be kind to you in your state, they will give you better grades than you deserve,¡± ¡°Especially the ''perverted'' teachers you like.¡± Liz selects several maternity outfits for Lilly and Liz immediately dresses Lilly in one of her new maternity outfits and smiles, "Oh you''re so cute!" They check out. Lilly is still complaining, "Why do I have to wear this now?" Liz chuckles, "Because you looked like a ''balloon animal'' in your tight old clothes." ¡°Liz, I need a break from all this walking,¡± ¡°Gasp!¡± ¡°Let¡¯s get pizza!¡± ¡°Gasp!¡± ¡°I can¡¯t walk anymore until I eat something!¡± Liz scowls at Lilly, ¡°You have become a regular food vacuum!¡± ¡°Slow down on ¡®the eating¡¯ girl!¡± ¡°Or you won''t be able to move!¡± Liz then feels guilty, scolding Lilly, ¡°Okay¡± ¡°Okay¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°I know you are eating for three,¡± ¡°Probably.¡± ¡°But have you looked in the mirror?¡± ¡°And have you seen your big butt lately?¡± Lilly frowns, ¡°No, I haven¡¯t,¡± ¡°And I don¡¯t want to.¡± ¡°I can diet after all of this is over.¡± ¡°I still can fit on the center of my couch and that is enough for me.¡± ¡°I have to be careful with chairs though. Some chairs are traps that I can¡¯t get of.¡± ¡°Trish has lent me some of Rod¡¯s Minotaur furniture and that stuff still fits me, but I am only going to get bigger from now on.¡± ¡°I am so thankful that Rod lets his family help me.¡± ¡°Elaina and Isabella are over every day to cook and clean for me,¡± ¡°Even Timmy is helping me with home repairs and errands.¡± ¡°Timmy has become quite the mechanic. ¡±Liz and Lilly order lunch at the mall¡¯s food court. Liz limits Lilly to three pizza slices and two sides of fried artichoke hearts. Lilly looks down her food tray and frowns, ¡°Liz!¡± This is a starvation diet!¡± ¡°You are so cruel to me!¡± Liz smiles, ¡°You¡¯ll live¡­¡± "Now see?" "If you were still wearing your old clothes you would pop right out with one pizza slice!" Scene 2. Preg-Tress Lilly¡¯s popularity with the restaurant customers, especially the young lawyers, has only increased with her, now prominently showing, pregnancy belly. Her services are routinely requested, so she still usually beats Liz on tips, even though she can¡¯t work as many tables. Even Liz¡¯s Southern language act can¡¯t compete with Lilly wiggling, her belly and her tail. Lilly is even getting unsolicited gifts for herself, and for her future family, from her regular customers. Lilly, in her maternity waitress uniform, now also too tight, walks up to a table of young carnivore lawyers. She is holding a coffee pot in one fore-hoof and a coffee cup in the other, forelegs spread wide, presenting a full view of her pregnant self. With her tail and bosom wiggling, Lilly presents a broad smile to the group, ¡°Does anyone here need my ¡®cup¡¯?¡± The young lawyers all roar together, ¡°Yes!¡± Lilly looks down the table to see all of the excited young male eyes staring at her dramatic figure, with improper lust. Everyone is excited about me, except for me! Oh no! All this male smell and attention is getting me excited! I wounder if there is anyone I can call? Scene 3. Martin It is lunchtime at Henny¡¯s. Lilly is setting in the ¡®large person¡¯ dinner booth, off to the side of the main restaurant. A small weasel-man, in a pork-pie hat and trench coat, spots her immediately. He approaches her table. It is Martin, ¡°Hello Ms Lilly.¡± ¡°Youse truly looking muy beautiful!¡± He gestures. Lilly smiles and offers him a seat. Martin smiles, bows and removes his hat and coat. Martin then sits down in the booth with Lilly. Lilly smiles to see her henchman, victim and friend again, ¡°Hello Martin, it is so good to see you.¡± ¡°Thank you so much for coming from work, I know that you are very busy.¡± ¡°Especially after what I did to you the first time we met, for which I apologize.¡± ¡°Thank you for being my friend.¡± Martin shakes his head, ¡°What youse apologize for?¡± ¡°I was wit'' the ones with the guns!¡± A middle-aged buxom Minotaur waitress appears at the table and glances at the unlikely couple, ¡°Are you ready to order?¡± The two nod. ¡°What would you all like?¡± This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.¡°Lets eat and you can tell me how it is going on your new job.¡± They both glance at the menus and promptly order the lunch specials, along with several side appetizers. Lilly clenches her teeth and try¡¯s to keep smiling, ¡°I could really use a ¡®friend¡¯ right now.¡± ¡°I haven¡¯t been sleeping so well.¡± Martin looks worried, ¡°Is somthin¡¯ up with you, Ms Lilly?¡± ¡°Youse don¡¯t look so good¡­¡± ¡°Youse knows me,¡± ¡°Tell me anything youes likes,¡± ¡°Don¡¯t if not.¡± ¡°Youse knows that I don¡¯t ask.¡± Lilly grimaces and struggles to keep the conversation going, ¡°I understand that you are working for Shadow now, Is this true?¡± Martin takes the opening, ¡°Yeah, The Shadow picks me from Porky¡¯s gang.¡± ¡°He''s says he''s needs a consultant on ¡®gang operations¡¯.¡± ¡°¡®The job¡¯ was mine, if I''s commit to ¡®goin'' straight¡¯,¡± ¡°And no killin'' no one, no more.¡± The small weasel then expounds on his real or imagined exploits, working for Shadow, in law enforcement. Lilly cheers up watching the weasel gesture enthusiastically and boast about his new career. The food comes and they eat. Lilly insists on paying for lunch. Martin glances up, ¡°Okay Miss Lilly,¡± ¡°You got it!¡± ¡°Now tell¡¯s me what¡¯s about?¡± Lilly stares at Martin, trembling, It is everything I can do not to grab him and stuff him in me, right now, right here, in the restaurant! Lilly is in tears, ¡°Please come back to my apartment with me.¡± ¡°I have missed you so very much.¡± ¡°I promise not to assault you.¡± Martin looks up at the large, strong, goat-woman, uncertain, ¡°Are you sure Ms Lilly?¡± ¡°I don¡¯ know¡­¡± ¡°I promise¡¯s boss he¡¯d see¡¯s me again, alive.¡± Lilly¡¯s eyes are wide, ¡°Please, please!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll pay you for your time and services!¡± Martin laughs, ¡°That¡¯s okay Ms Lilly,¡± ¡°I''s no need dat.¡± ¡°I¡¯s doin¡¯ pretty well, thanks to youse.¡± ¡°Boss¡®s liken me ¡®cause I''s be good at taking out da ¡®hoods¡¯ (I''s be ones!)¡± ¡°Okay, dis just talkin¡¯, right?¡± Lilly half-smiles and nods, unconvincingly. Scene 4. Therapy Martin enters Lilly¡¯s apartment, ¡°The place ain¡¯t changed much.¡± ¡°Is dis weldin¡¯ figure news?¡± Martin places his fore-paw on the welded pile of metal, ¡°Okay Ms Lilly, spill it,¡± ¡°What¡¯s youse mindin¡¯?¡± Lilly is restraining her fore-legs and visibly shaking, ¡°I desperately need you to perform some ¡®physical therapy¡¯ on me.¡± ¡°I know I am dangerous, and I lose control.¡± ¡°So you¡¯ll have to tie me up.¡± ¡°Then you can do whatever you want to me.¡± ¡°The rope and the handcuffs are on the bed table in the bedroom.¡± ¡°You can check them, these bindings are strong enough to restrain even a big monster like me.¡± The small weasel then regards her expanded form, ¡°Wow, Kinky!¡± ¡°I¡¯s likes its!¡± Martin looks around, ¡°Are you expectin¡¯ ¡®daddy¡¯ home soon?¡± ¡°Is youse doctor okays wit¡¯ tis?¡± Lilly is in a rush, ¡°¡®Daddy¡¯ doesn''t know about me, and the doctor just told me to ¡®take it easy¡¯, whatever that means.¡± ¡°Hurry up!¡± ¡°Let¡¯s get started!¡± Knowing how strong and dangerous Lilly is, he securely handcuffs her to the bedposts. At her request, he strips her naked, spread eagle on her back. He removes his clothes revealing his strong body and soft, luxuriant, brown fur. Lilly¡¯s body is quivering in anticipation. Her body has become a bright crimson bomb, ready to explode. Martin cuddles up around her head and softly strokes her horns. Lilly moans, ¡°You are so handsome, so furry!¡± ¡°And you smell good enough to eat!¡± ¡°Smack!¡± ¡°Smack!¡± ¡°So stay clear of my mouth!¡± Martin softly replies, ¡°I owe youes tis!¡± ¡°I loves youse, Ms Lilly!¡± Martin then coils slowly, back and forth over her pregnant belly. He coils around her arms, caressing her with his soft fur. The svelte weasel is small and Lilly¡¯s pregnant swollen body is gigantic. He slowly zigzags across her huge pregnant belly and then slithers down to her thighs. He then positions himself between her large, threatening, muscular thighs. Martin chuckles, ¡°This place looks familiar.¡± ¡°Now don¡¯t get excited and crush my head.¡± Like last time? He then inserts his head into her and begins licking. She writhes and bleats in pleasure. This continues for several minutes until she finally lets out a long bleating scream. ¡°Baaaaaaahhhh!!!¡± It is over and Martin pulls his head back out. Lilly is physically relieved, but she is sliding into depression from the emotional release. Lilly is crying, ¡°You can kill me now.¡± ¡°You have your gun!¡± ¡°Shoot me dead!¡± ¡°Please!¡± ¡°My death would solve all of my problems!¡± Martin looks up, surprised, ¡°Sorry, boss sayin¡¯ ¡®No Shootin¡¯!¡¯¡± ¡°No killin¡¯.¡± ¡°What did youse being shots fors?¡± ¡°Cause youse pregnant, horny, haven¡¯ dreams?¡± ¡°Ain¡¯t tis normals?¡± ¡°Looky, youse smarts, bigstrong and a looking goods, so kids be goods.¡± ¡°Youse no wants kids?¡± ¡°I¡¯s wants kids.¡± ¡°I¡¯s marrys youse.¡± ¡°I¡¯s buys youse kids!¡± Martin releases Lilly¡¯s restraints and she sits up. ¡°Besides, I don¡¯ got no huntin¡¯ licenses and goatses ain¡¯t in seasons,¡± ¡°Youse safe ta releases?¡± Lilly cheers up with Martins lecture, ¡°Yes,¡± ¡°I am, much better,¡± ¡°All thanks to you, and your effective ¡®therapy¡¯.¡± ¡°I apologize for asking so much from you today.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t know how much better I feel,¡± ¡°Maybe I will survive this.¡± Martin looks a Lilly, ¡°Actually, I do kinda know.¡± ¡°Me¡¯s off, so I¡¯s feels good.¡± ¡°I ain¡¯t much love-life, busy with workin¡¯.¡± ¡°I knows we not together, for keeps, lots a reasons.¡± ¡°I¡¯m gonna¡¯ love ya¡¯ anyway, Ms Lilly, and I always will.¡± ¡°Let mes knows next time youse needs somethin¡¯.¡± ¡°I¡¯m gonna¡¯ be watchin¡¯ over youse.¡± He looks up and smiles at her longingly. She looks down at him and smiles. Martin departs. Lilly watches him from her window as he walks from her apartment down to the street, in his hat and trench-coat. The small, thin figure then disappears into the night, like specter. Scene 5. Anticipation Time passes, Lilly is sitting in a large chair at Rod¡¯s house. She is immensely pregnant, her breasts are huge mounds on top of her gigantically pregnant belly. She is barely able to see over the top of her body. Rod¡¯s three Minotaur girls are standing on each side of Lilly¡¯s chair with their hooves and ears pressed against Lilly¡¯s large belly. The Minotaur girls, hearing sounds and feeling movements, are softly lowing, ¡°Ohooo¡± ¡°Ohooo.¡± Timmy enters the room. The girls back away to the side. Timmy looks around the room then stares wordless at Lilly¡¯s belly. He slowly approaches Lilly and carefully extends his paw. He lightly sets his paw on Lilly¡¯s belly. Feeling movement, Timmy¡¯s face suddenly shows surprise and he emits a short startled bark, ¡°Woof!?¡± Lilly is completely exhausted by the physical and mental drama of her pregnancy, thinking, Doesn¡¯t this thing ever calm down! I know you want out! I would pick an athlete to knock me up! Ouch! Stop kicking me! 11. Reception Scene 1. Delivery All of Lilly''s extended family is standing around her bed in a large hospital maternity ward room. Lilly is lying comfortably on her back, slightly propped up, smiling in satisfaction, with her eyes closed and her fore-hooves across her smaller, but still substantial, belly. Trish smiles to Lilly, ¡°The doctor said that your delivery went very well, especially for a first timer.¡± ¡°and everyone is bleating loud, wiggling and healthy.¡± Everyone? Lilly smiles up at Trish, ¡°See, it pays to exercise!¡± Lilly frowns thinking, and a having very big ¡®exit¡¯ doorway down there and strong muscles to boost them out. I should have warned the doctor to stand across the room, and have a catcher¡¯s glove ready. Liz impatiently stops her hoof on the tile floor, "Whack!" ¡°Well!¡± ¡°What is it, a boy or a girl?¡±Lilly looks out wondering herself, ¡°I don¡¯t know yet.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t want to know beforehand.¡± ¡°I only cared that everything was going okay.¡± ¡°Which, thank the stars, it was.¡± ¡°When the time came everything and everyone just popped out.¡± ¡°Giving birth is really no big deal (way overrated) at least for me.¡± ¡°And what a relief! She pats her shrunken stomach again. ¡°Pop¡± ¡°Pop¡± I thought I was going to explode!¡± Lilly swallows a roll from her tray. The doors open and two young Minotaur nurses walk in, each firmly holding a wiggling, bleating, bundle against her chest. The bundles are each held out. Out the top of the bundle are small bleating faces, mouth open and tongue extended, ¡°Maaah!¡± ¡°Maaah!¡± toward Lilly. ¡°Lilly, say hello to your new twin daughters!¡± The extended family cheers together, ¡°Yay!¡± Rod: ¡°?H¨ªJOLE!¡± Lilly, starts bleating in sudden distress, ¡°Baaaaaaah!¡± ¡°Two!¡± ¡°Girls?¡± Timmy whispers quietly to his mother, Trish, ¡°Little sisters?¡± The family is shooshed out by the nurses. Trish is left alone with Lilly in the room so that Lilly can quietly nurse her new family. The two twins suck with audible enthusiasm, ¡°Squish!¡± ¡°Squish!¡±... Lilly, ¡°Its a good thing they¡¯re hungry, these huge ¡®milk bags¡¯ weigh a ton!¡± Trish smiles at Lilly, ¡°Please take us up on our offer for you and the girls, Roc even, to stay with us in Rod¡¯s large ranch house.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think your family will fit in your apartment.¡± Lilly frowns, looking down at her still large form, ¡°I don¡¯t fit in my apartment¡­¡± ¡°I am turning into a big Minotaur she-monster!¡± ¡°Trish?¡± ¡°You wouldn¡¯t happen to have a pizza on you, would you?¡± ¡°Grooowwwl¡± Scene 2. Cover-Story Trish pauses and rocks back in her chair. There is a long, awkward, silence¡­ Lilly grunts, ¡°Bah!¡± ¡°Okay, so now what do I do?¡± ¡°I get it,¡± ¡°It wasn¡¯t a ¡®virgin¡¯ birth.¡± Trish responds as gently as possible, ¡°Once again, you have a decision to make,¡± ¡°But not really.¡± ¡°Roc¡¯s best friend is Liz¡¯s brother.¡± ¡°Roc will discover the situation, eventually,¡± ¡°Whether you tell him or not.¡± ¡°But don¡¯t you think he should hear it from you first?¡± Lilly frowns, ¡°Tex and Roc already suspect that something is up.¡± ¡°Liz and I keep making up excuses to hold off their visits.¡± ¡°Roc thinks it is because I hate him now.¡± ¡°Nothing could be further from the truth.¡± ¡°Liz has kept it from her beloved brother and now he is mad at her too.¡± ¡°He knows something is up.¡± ¡°I am ruining everyone''s relationships!¡± ¡°Now there are kids to consider, they need a father and Roc would be great.¡± ¡°How much worse can I feel about all this?¡± ¡°How does anyone handle something like this?¡± ¡°I would like to ask Tex and Shadow to be godfathers, if they are willing, someday.¡± Trish sits quietly, looking pensive. Then she smiles, ¡°I have an idea.¡± ¡°What do you think about this? ¡°We can have a party celebrating the anniversary of the shootout.¡± ¡°Shadow keeps calling me, he wants to have an affair to do ¡°something¡± for us ¡®heroes¡¯, and give us all rewards for our help and courage that day.¡± ¡°We can use this reward ceremony and party as a cover, to introduce your girls to everyone.¡± ¡°Rod and his family love parties, and we have the restaurant as a party venue.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll introduce the girls to everyone as ¡®orphans¡¯ in our care.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll make sure we time the party so that Tex and Roc can come, of course.¡± Lilly frowns, ¡°Orphans?¡± ¡°Will that be fair to Roc?¡± ¡°No one will believe it anyway, as they look just like us!¡± Trish is still smiling, confident, ¡°Don¡¯t you worry, there won¡¯t be any paw or hoof pointing.¡± ¡°Everyone will be busy having fun at the party.¡± ¡°Rod always sees to that, with his food and singing too.¡± ¡°And when you see Roc next, just give him one of your famous smiles.¡± ¡°You have more feminine charm that you think, especially now, with ¡®the glow¡¯ of motherhood.¡± ¡°Rod''s girls and I will make sure that you and your cute little girls look and smell all your best!¡± Scene 3. Award Ceremony A few weeks later, at the Taste of the South, a sign on the door reads ¡®Closed for a Private Party¡¯, in three languages. The cars are lined up outside. Each car slowly pulls up and unloads passengers. The valet runs over to each one and parks each car. At the restaurant door is a young weasel in a uniform with a badge that says ¡®Security¡¯. He is checking invitations and showing the guests to the hosts inside for seating. The restaurant is at capacity. The party is already a smash hit. Rod is whirling through the crowd in his best chef''s uniform. Trish is at the side assisting guests that need assisting, dressed in what appears to be an antique middle-school uniform. And of course Liz and Lilly are in their best waitress uniforms setting up huge trays of appetizers and drinks. At one side of the room are Rod¡¯s daughters, attending, and standing guard, by a large crib, with a lid, containing two, small, pure white, fluffy, bouncing, crawling, climbing, shapes that periodically emit short, soft bleats. The receiving line crowd slowly passes the crib displaying the bouncing white fluff balls, in fascination. Shadow, acting as master of ceremonies, takes charge on the makeshift stage set up on top of some stacked tables. ¡°May I have your attention¡± ¡°Please take your seats as the serving is about to start.¡± ¡°First up this evening is the long overdue awards ceremony.¡± ¡°I think you all know about the incident that occurred here two years ago.¡± For those that don¡¯t know the short version is that a dangerous criminal gang was successfully rounded up and arrested right here in this room, with the essential assistance of brave civilians.¡± ¡°And for their bravery and cunning in assisting with the apprehension of this slippery gang, I have the following awards.¡± ¡°Liz and Lilly come on up here.¡± ¡°Yes, these ladies each disarmed several of the gang, without anything but their natural bodies as weapons, and their martial-arts moves.¡± ¡°And surprisingly, they didn¡¯t kill anyone.¡± ¡°For each, I have a Medal of Freedom, our highest civilian award." "You earned it.¡± ¡°Now for Rod and Trish, the owners of this establishment, and those with the most to lose.¡± ¡°Even with their lives at stake, they never lost confidence.¡± ¡°They stood their ground against a very dangerous armed gang.¡± ¡°Their courage was essential to the successful execution of the plan and the subsequent gang round-up.¡± ¡°They are each awarded The Medal of Courage and this establishment is now listed as a ¡®recommended stop¡¯ for all state police.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s have a round of applause for these courageous citizens!¡± Scene 4. New Staff ¡°And now I would like to introduce you to the newest member of my organization.¡± ¡°He once was with that mob, but has had a change of heart." "He is now on my side, with a year of great service to us all, removing dangerous criminals off the streets, and without killing them.¡± ¡°Come on up Martin, and tell us your story.¡± Martin bounds onto the stage, ¡°Mes really ain¡¯t one for speeches but mes got to tell ya all how mes got converted!¡± Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.Lilly thinking, Oh no! ¡°Yeah mes once was a goon for the mob.¡± ¡°Mes ain¡¯t never kills no one, but it''s just gonna''.¡± ¡°Mes not care!¡± ¡°But one day mes was out with the boys doin¡¯ da collection job, right here!¡± ¡°In dis place!¡± Martin points down, ¡°And den something happened to mes,¡± ¡°Mes suddenly confronted by monster, I¡¯s forced to faces dark tunnel of mes life!¡± Lilly grimaces again, Oh no, no!¡° My gig wern¡¯t so bad at first, it was very cozy, warm and dark.¡± He holds himself with this arms around himself, looking down. ¡°But then mes realized that mes had no future, mes was chocking, mes was ended!¡± ¡°Then mes exploded." "I¡¯s blown from da dark tunnel to da bright light of day!¡± Martin gestures with arms out wide. Something wiggles behind Martin. There is a small commotion on the stage and Martin suddenly vanishes, as through a trap door. Shadow looks around a little confused by the sudden disappearance of his new man, but quickly fills in. ¡°Thank you Martin for that moving and dynamic story.¡± ¡°And I want to thank you all for coming this evening.¡± "Rod is now going to serenade us with several traditional songs of the Southern Lands." Scene 5. Role-Model Lilly is setting in the dark in a small enclosure under the makeshift stage, with Martin in her arms. He is holding his tail. Lilly looking sternly at Martin, ¡°What the hell were you saying up there!¡± ¡°Were you trying to blow it for us!¡± Martin recovers from his surprise exit from the stage, by tail yank, ¡°Hey, Ms Lilly!¡± ¡°Youse a hoot! Martin immediately crawls around her arms, wraps his tail around her back. His head pops up between her large breasts. He licks her chin and she embraces him. Lilly closes her eyes at the smell and feel of the sensuous weasel, ¡°How can I be mad at you when you are so adorable!¡± Martin looks around at her expansive breasts, ¡°I loves youse new looks!¡± Lilly looks down at Martin, ¡°Am I a giant goddess?¡± ¡°With one follower?¡± Martin continues with a big smile, ¡°Got cute kids!¡± ¡°I tol ya!¡± ¡°Bully for yous Ms Lilly!¡± ¡°Mes ain¡¯t going to rat you out.¡± ¡°Mes never rats out dames, especially ones showes mes such times.¡± ¡°Now mes gets to thank ya right up for making mes pitch mes rotten ways.¡± ¡°Mes knows mes never would have tried it without ya.¡± ¡°Now look at ya.¡± ¡°On way up!¡± ¡°If yous can do it, mes can too!¡± Lilly looks down at the sincere Martin, Me! A ¡®Role Model¡¯! Scene 6. Reception Roc approaches Liz, ¡°Have you seen Lilly? It seems like she just vanished.¡± Liz frowns at looks back at the stage, ¡°I think I know where she went.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll be right back.¡± Liz sticks her head into the box under the stage. Lilly is lying back on the junk pile with her eyes closed, smiling, clutching the furry weasel tightly to her chest, like a stuffed toy. He is struggling and emitting muffled, distressful, suffocating, crushing noises under her large breasts, ¡°Mmmmmffff!!!¡± Liz growls, ¡°Lilly, You are being paged.¡± ¡°Roc wants to talk to you.¡± ¡°And Stop! You¡¯re killing that poor guy.¡± ¡°Man Lilly, are you ever a popular lady! What is your secret?¡± ¡°Give me some!¡± ¡°Here you go!¡± Lilly places Martin into Liz¡¯s folded fore-legs, ¡°Now Martin you be good and don¡¯t bite Liz,¡± Lilly cautions. The surprised Martin looks up at Liz, ¡°Hey!¡± ¡°Youse tat black goat-dame!¡± ¡°With the hoof moves!¡± Liz smiles down at her new furry friend, ¡°That¡¯s me!¡± She kicks up a rear leg, armed with a sparking black cloven hoof. Martin cuddles down into Liz¡¯s Fore-legs, ¡°Youse smells reeel gooood!¡± He looks up at Liz again, ¡°Youse lookin¡¯ for a nice wrap?¡± Lilly reappears behind Roc, as magically as she vanished. Roc jumps at her sudden reappearance, ¡°Lilly, I thought I was watching you, but you suddenly weren¡¯t there.¡± Lilly smiles, ¡°Yeah, I do that sometimes.¡± ¡°There were things I needed to attend to,¡± ¡°You know, those ¡®party animals¡¯.¡± Lilly smiles and entwines his fore-leg with hers, ¡°Come on, let¡¯s take a walk.¡± As they walk, Lilly brushes some brown weasel fur off of her chest. In the garden, Roc, with a slight smile, glances at Lilly, ¡°Those kids... They¡¯re your kids, aren¡¯t they?¡± Lilly stops and hoists her large breasts up with her arms, from underneath. That statement would be difficult to deny. Her waitress uniform is much too tight in her chest. Lilly turns and faces Roc and takes on an uncharacteristically sheepish expression, ¡°Those kids...¡± ¡°Are our kids....¡± Roc gently reaches out to Lilly and the two gently embrace, heads over each other¡¯s shoulders, touching cheeks, ¡°You¡¯re soft and cuddly now,¡± ¡°What happened to the ¡®hard-body¡¯ Lilly?¡± ¡°That ¡®Lilly¡¯ took the year off.¡± Hmmm, It doesn¡¯t feel like I am disappointing him. Lilly moves back and faces Roc, holding his shoulders, ¡°Come on back inside,¡± ¡°And meet your new daughters.¡± Scene 7. Wedding Liz and Tex, dressed in their finest, are talking to Trish at the entrance of the chapel. Liz asks Trish, ¡°Who did you find to do the wedding ceremony?¡± Trish responds, ¡°Actually the recommendation came from Lilly, she wanted one of Fendor¡¯s friends.¡± ¡°I only know him as ¡®The Ram of the Lamb¡¯.¡± ¡°He helped me with Fendor¡¯s final arrangements. He usually doesn¡¯t do weddings, but he spent some time with Lilly when Fendor passed, and they became friends. ¡°He was happy to have an exception in this situation.¡± ¡°He was happy to see Lilly move on...¡± They enter the chapel to see the rows of seats with the many friends that Roc and Lilly have made. Rod is sitting with his girls, Trish moves down to sit next to them, with Timmy. A number of the Roc¡¯s teammates, as well as players from the various other teams of the league, are also present. The wedding party assembles on the stage, Liz and Elaina are bridesmaids and Tex is best man. Roc walks out to join them. He is wearing a white, long tail tuxedo. The music starts and the main doors open. Lilly walks in with her father, both looking quite sharp, all in white. Roc and Lilly stand, facing each other. A very large Ram in black clerics walks out, holding The Book of the Lamb. He stands behind them and recites the wedding blessing and steps back. Roc and Lilly then approach each other. They embrace with big smiles and hold for pictures. Then they kiss, long and proud. The chapel erupts with cheers and applause. Small pops are heard, and small pieces of colored paper rain down on everyone. The Ram walks out on the stage once again and shouts over the crowd noise, ¡°You all please join us at Rod¡¯s for the Reception!¡± ¡°And give our wedding party a few minutes for photographs!¡± A reception line forms at Rod¡¯s Taste of the South restaurant. Everyone meets Lilly¡¯s famous world-traveling archaeologist parents for the first time. At the end of the line Rod¡¯s younger daughters, Isabella and Yana, are each holding a wiggling bundle of white fluff, Roc and Lilly¡¯s two new twin daughters. The reception is catered by Rod¡¯s restaurant. The serving staff is Rod¡¯s usual ex-hood kitchen staff as Liz and Lilly are both busy in the wedding party. The restaurant staff is pretty much Porky¡¯s old gang of hoods, turned straight. Of course Shadow is keeping an eye on them too. Roc walks up to Lilly. She is talking with her parents that she has not seen in a while, asking them about the head that she and Roc saw at the Museum. Roc greet them, ¡°I am so happy that you both could leave your work abroad and join us on the festive day!¡± He notes that Lilly¡¯s parents are distracted, each holding a small white, wiggling, bleating, grand-daughter. Roc continues, ¡°Lilly, the team has made the down payment on a family house for us as a wedding gift.¡± ¡°We can move in any time.¡± 12. House Scene 1. Move-Out After the party, Trish drives Lilly, Roc and the kids back to Lilly¡¯s apartment, to spend their last night there. Roc carries the twins, already asleep, to their lidded cribs. With everything that has happened, Lilly is in shock. Roc notices that his new ¡®wife¡¯ is standing motionless, except for her shivering, even though the evening is warm. Roc walks up to her side and takes her fore-hooves in his, ¡°Lilly, you have been through a lot today, the kids are in bed, let¡¯s turn in too.¡± ¡°Lilly turns and tightly embraces Roc, her head over his shoulder, touching cheeks, weeping, ¡°I truly hope that I can be everything that you want ¡®a wife¡¯ to be.¡± ¡°I need you.¡± ¡°A ¡®rock¡¯ like you, Roc,¡± ¡°To cling to right now, to keep me ¡®above the waves¡¯.¡± ¡°I keep so much from you, my ¡®darker side¡¯.¡± Lilly looks up and tries to sound cheerful, ¡°But I will continue to work hard to be a wife that you can at least take out and show your friends!¡± Scene 2. Move-In The next day Trish drives Roc and Lilly to their new house and home. The family¡¯s new house is much bigger than Lilly¡¯s apartment, with a large fenced yard and trees. It is at a convenient location for Lilly. The new house is close to Rod¡¯s restaurant and not too far from the college. Lilly and Roc exit Trish¡¯s car and stands up in the street, she tilts her head, overwhelmed by the sight of the house, ¡°I cannot believe this is happening to me.¡± ¡°To us.¡± ¡°This must be for you, Roc, because everyone loves you so much.¡± Roc adds, ¡°They love ¡®us¡¯.¡± ¡°My teammates are just getting to know you and they are already impressed.¡± ¡°Even the fan-sheep-girls want to meet the sly goat-woman that stole their ¡®crush¡¯ away.¡± Trish walks up behind them, rattling a box of kitchen utensils, ¡°Take a picture kids, it will last longer¡­¡± ¡°Come-on you lovebirds and see your new nest!¡± ¡°Moving day is a waistin!¡± Scene 3. Living-Room Rod has the new house opened up. Rod¡¯s kitchen staff are busy moving furniture from his storage spaces and into the house. Rod wants to get done before he has to open his restaurant. His staff is not without comment, ¡°Hey boss, I didn¡¯t have to work this hard when I was a goon for Porky!¡± As the other friends appear, the move-in pace quickens. Lilly¡¯s friends, Rod¡¯s family and restaurant kitchen staff and Roc¡¯s teammates have all pitched in on their move-in to the new house. Lilly¡¯s apartment belongings are mostly her art and art equipment, her clothes, college books, and a few kitchen items. Lilly¡¯s apartment furniture and most of the utility items are left at the apartment as it is used by her parents when they are in the country. Lilly has retained a management company to care for her parent¡¯s apartments, as she has been unable tend to the apartments properly since she had the kids. Roc only has only a few items, his clothes and uniforms, from his team furnished dorm apartment at the team headquarters. Rod has loaned them all of the furniture for Roc and Lilly¡¯s new house. Rod had a full household of furniture in storage. Rod¡¯s furniture is quite large, designed to fit Minotaurs even larger than Rod. Rod¡¯s furniture is of a nice antique design, all pieces matching. The furniture includes sofas, easy-chairs, and tables for the living room, bedroom sets and bedding for the master bedroom and the guest bedrooms. Trish again appears with boxes of kitchen items that she claims she had as ¡®extras¡¯, although some items appear to be new, still on their retail-store cards. Roc carries the kids up stairs to their shared bedroom where Rod¡¯s younger daughters, Isabella and Yana have toys to get the young kids acclimated to the new house. Rod¡¯s daughters have already dubbed them the ¡®team white¡¯. Rod¡¯s daughters enjoy demonstrating the twins abilities at playing ¡®ball¡¯, when the twins are not otherwise engaged in ¡®curtain climbing¡¯. The living room is in chaos with large boxes and furniture in motion. Lilly is standing motionless in a corner of the large living room, staring blankly at one of her old sculptures, freshly moved from storage. Lilly has unwrapped the welded metal sculpture from its packing blanket. Lilly reflects wistfully, Oh, to just be back, welding on my art, in my ¡®quiet loneliness¡¯, once again. Roc again walks up to her side and takes her fore-hooves in his, ¡°Lilly, you have endured so much, once our bed is set up, let¡¯s chase everyone out of our new house and relax together.¡± Lilly shudders, then she looks up and smiles at Roc¡¯s concern for her, ¡°That sounds nice Roc,¡± ¡°Relaxing together, here in our new home.¡± ¡°But I¡¯m okay today,¡± ¡°Let¡¯s just squeeze out as much ¡®free help¡¯ from our friends as we can.¡± ¡°They are really enjoying moving us in.¡± ¡°More so than I am enjoying moving in.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s see how things go.¡± ¡°We need to make sure that they have set up our bed before they all leave tonight!¡± Roc and Lilly turn to face growing pile of housewarming gifts in the center of the living room. Timmy walks up to Lilly holding a small plant pot, ¡°I brought you some pants and shrubs for your yard.¡± ¡°And yes, they might taste a little bitter, but they are all non-toxic.¡± ¡°So if the twins try to nibble on them.¡± Lilly laughs out loud and kneels down to Timmy¡¯s height and embraces him, ¡°Thank you, Timmy,¡± ¡°You are always cheering me up.¡± Lilly rubs cheeks with Timmy, and murmurs, ¡°You adorable little ¡®furry¡¯.¡± Just then Trish walks in to the living room, witnesses the Lilly¡¯s intimate embrace with her son, and scows down at Lilly, ¡°No!¡± ¡°Lilly!¡± Lilly sees Trish¡¯s scowl and releases her hold on Timmy, ¡°I know Trish,¡± ¡°Hooves off my son.¡± But Timmy will not have it. Timmy quickly leans forward and claims Lilly for himself, ¡°No!¡± ¡°I love my auntie Lilly!¡± Trish looks up, resigning herself to the situation, ¡°Of course Timmy loves you, Lilly,¡± ¡°You brought him Rod and his family.¡± ¡°Timmy now has a loving father and loving sisters.¡± ¡°And his mommy has a loving husband, she is not alone anymore.¡± Rod¡¯s daughters have brought the kids down to greet the ¡®movers¡¯. All of their friends and associates are thrilled with Roc and Lilly¡¯s cute, white, fluffy, jumping, bleating, hungry, daughters, now distracting everyone from with the moving work. Scene 4. Bedroom Lilly wanders into the master bedroom. Their new bed is a Minotaur sized bed; complete with a carved hardwood, four post, bed frame and matching night stands. Lilly walks up to a bedpost and pulls on it with her fore-hoof, this post is solid enough to hold the handcuffs and keep all my victims properly restrained, no matter how big and strong they are! Lilly looks over at Roc, who is staring at her wiggling the bedpost, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me,¡± ¡°I am a ¡®catch-and-release¡¯ type hunter!¡± Tex looks into the bedroom and smiles, ¡°We left most of your old furniture in the apartment and picked up some of Rod¡¯s furniture from storage to use instead.¡± ¡°We figured you would need more sleeping space and storage space.¡± Lilly looks at the large chest of drawers a desk, table and armiore, all with the same rustic design, ¡°Rod¡¯s antique furniture¡¯s style looks more appropriate for a classic manor house rather than a suburb track house, like ours, but it all will all do very nicely for now,¡± And I don¡¯t fit in any of my old furniture anyway. ¡°It is so nice of Rod to let us use all of this.¡± ¡°Why isn¡¯t Rod using this furniture in his house now? Roc looks up, ¡°Trish tells me that Rod replaced all of his furniture after his wife died.¡± ¡°He said that all of his furniture smelled like her and reminded him of her, and it made him too sad.¡± ¡°Rod said that he was glad that we would be replacing the smell!¡± This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report itLilly cheers up and laughs, ¡°Rod wants his furniture to have our goat-smell? That¡¯s funny!¡± ¡°Are you sure that Rod will ever want his stuff back?¡± Lilly looks at the huge bed, ¡°Roc, I don¡¯t think you will be able to find me in this monster bed, even though I am pretty big,¡± ¡°And maybe that¡¯s a good thing, if I want to finish school?¡± Roc laughs, ¡°Lilly,¡± ¡°You know I will find you, because I will look for you (while I am) very hard!¡± ¡°Like now!¡± Lilly fakes an angry grimace at Roc, ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t!¡± ¡°Not with everyone here!¡± ¡°Get that thing away from me!¡± ¡°Wait until I finish school!¡± Scene 5. Kitchen Lilly wanders to the kitchen. The cooking pans and utensils are jumbled in open boxes. Trish is folding towels and putting them into drawers, ¡°I don¡¯t know how you want to arrange everything.¡± Overwhelmed, Lilly turns around to walks out, seriously considering running away. She then walks straight into Liz, ¡°Come on Lilly, and help us set up your kitchen!¡± grabbing a fore-leg and dragging the bleating Lilly back to the kitchen, Lilly shudders, ¡°Baaahh!¡± ¡°MY KITCHEN!?¡± ¡°Baaahh!¡± Liz and Trish seat Lilly at the kitchen table and present her with a box of random tableware. Trish points to the box, ¡°Pick a set,¡± ¡°We¡¯ll help you sort.¡± ¡°And look, Tex bought you new kitchen drawer organizers to neatly arrange all of the tableware.¡± ¡°Keep an extra tableware set, just in case.¡± ¡°Tex will take the all of the rest back to the team and to the charities.¡± ¡°Nothing will be thrown away.¡± The kitchen drawer sorting and organizing goes smoothly, with Trish and Liz¡¯s help. Peelers, openers carving knives, all get their places. One of Rods large ex-goons walks into the kitchen with a small but heavy table, ¡°Ms. Lilly,¡± ¡°The boys and I made this carving board for you and your new house.¡± Lilly looks at the heavy, sturdy, carving table. It is constructed with alternating patterns of light and dark hardwood, stained a deep satin. Lilly again seems on the verge of tears, with her foreleg raised to her chest, ¡°For me?¡± ¡°It is too nice!¡± ¡°It is ¡®ART¡¯!¡± ¡°The boys and I will be sad if you don¡¯t use it, Ms. Lilly¡± Lilly places both her fore-hooves down on the top of the board with a, ¡°Clop!¡± ¡°Okay!¡± ¡°I get it!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll have you all over for dinner, to see me (or Roc) using it.¡± Lilly walks back to the side bedrooms. One side bedroom has been set up as ¡®the crib¡¯ room. Rod¡¯s daughters are playing with the twins, Lilly thinks, ¡°Rod¡¯s girls should keep them occupied for a while.¡± Lilly walks back down stairs into the living room to a few remaining furniture items and a mountain of empty moving boxes. She notes that her sculptures have all been carefully unwrapped from their blankets, Likely to keep my sharp metal piles from damaging anything really valuable. Two of Rod¡¯s kitchen boys, Porky¡¯s ex-hoods, stop piling boxes and smile at Lilly, ¡°Ms. Lilly, we put your welding and electrical stuff in the garage.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll move it to wherever you would like, if you don¡¯t want it there.¡± Lilly smiles back, ¡°That¡¯s fine, I¡¯ll build full shop and a darkroom in the garage some day.¡± Lilly is dazed watching all of the activity, ¡°Do we really have this much stuff?¡± I guess both Roc and I had storage unit stuff too. We had the boys bring it all over here. I hope at wasn¡¯t a mistake, but those damn storage units are so expensive. Lilly sniffs back a tear, ¡°But I did like my old apartment.¡± Scene 6. Mom Roc opens the front door and announces, ¡°Hi Lilly! ¡°I¡¯m home.¡± ¡°I am back from camp for the next few days.¡± Lilly reaches for Roc, pale and wobbly, ¡°Lilly!¡± ¡°You don¡¯t look so good, what happened?¡± Lilly sighs, ¡°Children happened¡­¡± ¡°Did you know that they can climb like spiders?¡± ¡°Right up the shelves, right up the curtains.¡± ¡°How is it that they can climb so quick, before they can even walk upright?¡± Roc sees his wife¡¯s child rearing stress, ¡°Where are the kids now?¡± Lilly exhales, ¡°The kids are locked up in their cages!¡± Roc walks into the twins bedroom and he opens the top panel of each crib, and one after the other, his daughters climb up onto his broad shoulders and sit forward each holding a horn, ¡°See how good they are?¡± ¡°They are good as gold,¡± ¡°For you,¡± ¡°And for Timmy too,¡± ¡°They love men,¡± ¡°Look at their little noses wiggling like a rabbit¡¯s, sniffing up the ¡®male¡¯ stink!¡± ¡°It¡¯s the family curse!¡± ¡°Rod¡¯s daughters were helping you. Are they still available?¡± ¡°Rod needs them at the restaurant and they are going back to school. I don¡¯t want to interfere with their schoolwork. So they won¡¯t be available to help me as much as they did in the summer.¡± ¡°I got spoiled.¡± ¡°They took care of everything.¡± ¡°So I asked Rod if I could hire his oldest daughter, Elaina, to work for us, part time, as a ¡®nanny¡¯. She is old enough to have a part time job and get school credit for it too.¡± ¡°I am waiting to hear back from them.¡± ¡°This ¡®nanny¡¯ arrangement has to be okay with you too, Roc.¡± Scene 7. Godfathers A small group of Lilly¡¯s extended family has assembled once again at The Ram¡¯s tiny old chapel. Lilly is facing the handsomely dressed Tex and Shadow, ¡°I am so glad that you both were able to come and join us for the party.¡± ¡°Oh my, you both look good enough to eat!¡± ¡°You both totally look like ¡®godfathers¡¯!¡± ¡°My friend, The Ram, has agreed to do ¡®The Lambening¡¯ ceremony for the twins.¡± The Ram¡¯s chapel is a tiny building, behind several of the large business complex buildings in town. The Ram¡¯s chapel is one of the few remaining original buildings from the founding of the town. The chapel was left standing as the only building from the old city in this area when the town was renovated and the new office buildings were constructed to accommodate the town''s growing business commerce. Most of the spectators are watching from outside the chapel. In the crowd are all of Porky¡¯s old gang, now working for Rod, except Martin who is working for Shadow. The deep bass voice of The Ram announces, ¡°May the Great Spirit of Abundance bless these new lives.¡± ¡°May these new lives continue in the Spirit of The Renewal,¡± "May they provide aid and comfort for all of those in need.¡± ¡°May they continue The Flow of The Life Force, that is so vital to us all.¡± ¡°I now give you our new faithful, Florence and Daphne.¡± ¡°They are now pronounced, ¡®Children of The Lamb¡¯.¡± Rod, his daughters and his kitchen staff begin to sing traditional hymns, in beautiful voices. Lilly and Roc walk out of the chapel and into their admiring crowd, each holding a white wiggling bleating daughter. The daughters calm down for attention and petting by all of the extended family. Lilly is happy that her daughters are so well received, but she worries, I hope that all of this unearned attention and the ¡®how cute¡¯ comments don¡¯t turn them into spoiled monsters, Like it did me. Scene 8. Dad Trish is ecstatic and jumping with joy, ¡°A Party!¡± ¡°A Sports Party!¡± ¡°This is so much fun with you all!¡± ¡°To get out and see Roc and Tex play at last!¡± Rod has Lilly¡¯s daughters high up to see, one on each of his broad shoulders, ¡°Hold on tight girls!¡± Lilly looks up at her twins, so tiny and so at home up high on Rod¡¯s shoulders, ¡°I can¡¯t remember ever learning to climb, or ever being afraid of heights or falling,¡± ¡°Climbing is an instinct of our kind, I guess.¡± Rod played sports in school. He met his first wife at a school game and she was his biggest fan. And so daughters were brought up as sports fans. He still takes them to local games as often as he can. Trish and Timmy are relatively new sports-fans, but the wolves fit right in with the Minotaur daughters. It¡¯s always a party with Rod and his family. Liz has joins the party too. She loves to see her brother, Tex, play sports of any kind. And, of course, she loves to play doubles tennis with him. Sitting in the stands Liz is thinking, I need to get that Lilly back into shape and play more tennis! The teams run out on to the field and the crowd cheers. It is difficult to see who is who in the uniforms and protective equipment, but the numbers and names are easily visible. And, of course, Tex and Roc¡¯s team won the game. Roc and Tex join the ongoing tailgate party after the game. Trish and Rod bought large baskets of yummy food for everyone, along with cold drinks. Lilly is hungry from watching the active game. Lilly tries to restrain herself from gorging down on all of the delicious food, and fails. Lilly is once again holding her stomach, in pain, for all of the long drive back home. Scene 9. Home It has been a hectic week. Roc and Lilly are at last at peace in their new large bedroom alone together. Roc is still unpacking clothes and hanging them in the closet. Lilly walks over behind him bent over a box and she embraces him, holding his chest and pressing his back against her full chest from behind, ¡°Roc, please tell me that you love me.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t even have to mean it.¡± ¡°I just need to hear those words from you,¡± ¡°This night.¡± Roc takes her fore-legs from his chest, loosens her hold and turns around to face her, ¡°Lilly, I lack the words to describe how happy that you have made me, and continue to make me,¡± ¡°And how much I love you,¡± ¡°And only you.¡± ¡°Before I met you I was totally immersed in my sport and my team,¡± ¡°That was my entire world.¡± ¡°Yes, there were girls,¡± ¡°Fan girls.¡± ¡°Tex even talked me into dating a few of them.¡± ¡°They were all nice, attractive, people,¡± ¡°But none of them worked out for me.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t want to live in their worlds and I didn¡¯t want to force them to live in my world.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know how to put it exactly,¡± ¡°They all lacked your ¡®spark¡¯.¡± ¡°I find your ¡®other worldly¡¯ spirit fascinating, even if you find it frightening.¡± ¡°I will always be here when you come back.¡± ¡°I know that as long as I am with you I will never have to face what I fear the most,¡± ¡°Living out a life that is just a boring, generic existence.¡±¡°My days since meeting you have been a continuous joy.¡± ¡°I cannot pick any one day over the other or imagine how I could ever be any more pleased than I am with my bond to you,¡± ¡°Even if it wasn¡¯t completely by free choice.¡± Lilly looks up into Roc¡¯s eyes, her eyes streaming tears. Lilly launches herself up on her toes and into his face. She kisses him passionately. She then pulls her head back and with a broad smile she loudly bleats, ¡°Weellcoome hoomeehh!¡± "Baaahh!" Scene 10. Rain Lilly rises from her sleep. It is near dawn and the sounds of a summer thunderstorm can be heard outside. She listens to the rain falling on the roof of the house, punctuated periodically by a bright flash and a loud echoing booming sound of the thunder. Lilly rises to watch the dramatic morning summer rainstorm from her bedroom window, facing the back yard. The sheets of rain appear as moving curtains of a dark fog. As if in a trance, she walks down the stairs into the kitchen, dropping her night clothes as she walks. She opens the back door of the kitchen, walking naked onto the patio raising her forelegs in awe to the flashes of lightening, the delay of the resulting thunder. She continues to walk from the covered patio and into the backyard. She feels the warm summer rain falling on her head and over body. Lilly smiles, closes her eyes, raises her fore-hooves to her face, worshiping the rainfall, like the Rain Goddess. She slowly proceeds to the center of the large back yard. The showery rainfall has her completely covered with running warm water. She raises her forelegs over her head as if performing a solemn, silent, ceremony to the rain. The water is streaming down and off of her slightly water resistant white pelt. She looks up at the clouds in the sky and opens her mouth wide, to taste the rain, her streaming tears add to the runoff, If only this rain could wash away all of my filth, my sins, my infidelity, my guilt, my demons, my nightmares, my obsessions, my gluttony, my insanity¡­ If only I was a pure white angel, as Roc sees me... Lilly watches as the dark gray storm clouds assume the form of a large flying dragon, swirling around in the rain. The dragon visage opens its large mouth emitting huge bolts of sheet lightening that cover the entire sky with a blinding bright flash and a deafening, earth shaking, loud roar of thunder. Lilly is overwhelmed by the dragon¡¯s display and collapses, down on her knees, onto the wet grass, into a quadruped couch. She ignores the discomfort to her large milk-filled breasts pressed against the soft grass, No wonder the quads put these things in the back! And I haven¡¯t fed the kids this morning either¡­ She sets her saturated head down to rest on her forelegs. Lilly closes her eyes and quietly sighs, ¡°baaahhh,¡± This grass, this rain, it all feels and smells so familiar to me, But why? Lilly, with tears streaming, softly bleats, to no one, ¡°I am leaving this world,¡± ¡°I can feel it,¡± ¡°Baaahh.¡± ¡°This world, My World, is slipping away from me.¡± Scene 11. Welcome Roc is awakened by the thunder and bleating of his hungry frightened kids in the bedroom down the hall. Roc looks around but Lilly is not upstairs. He pulls on a robe and checks the kitchen, no Lilly. The kitchen back door is slightly ajar, he walks to the door and opens it. He looks out into the back yard and sees the white Lilly, naked, hunkered down, motionless, in a puddle at the center of the yard, out in the, now receding, rain. Roc¡¯s ears go straight up in a panic, ¡°Eeeek!¡± Oh no! Lilly¡¯s dead! Roc bounds out into the yard, on all four legs, and up to Lilly¡¯s motionless white wet body. Roc sees that Lilly is breathing. Roc shakes Lilly a little to have her open her eyes and look up at him. Roc pulls Lilly up to stand. He then attempts to cover her wet naked body with his bathrobe. Lilly pushes Roc¡¯s robe away, ¡°No Roc,¡± ¡°I need to feel that I am still alive by feeling this wetness, this rain.¡± ¡°This is my last chance for ¡®renewal¡¯,¡± ¡°And I can now tell this world ¡®goodbye¡¯.¡± Roc, still holding Lilly up, does not react. Roc just stares at the saturated, naked, Lilly, as he considers the strange statements from his strange wife, ¡°Lilly, please come back inside the house, your daughters are calling for you.¡± Lilly stands still, looking up at the bright summer sunlight that is breaking through the clouds, still sprinkling rain. On the far horizon, a complete rainbow is visible, in shimmering colors. Lilly, stands up tall, reaching up high into the air with her right fore-leg, in a dramatic display of her wet, voluptuous, post-pregnancy body, in exhibition of her naked glory. She points her right fore-toe up at the rainbow, smiling, ¡°And it is out there!¡± ¡°You can see It!¡± ¡°It is ''The Omen''!¡± ¡°Sent to me by ''The Founders''!¡± ¡°''The Founders'' are welcoming me, to their world, ''The World of The Founders''!¡± End of Chapter 12. End of Volume 1.