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[18+] Pete and Chaula are best friends with benefits, who are investigating a house on behalf of Chaula's real estate developer uncle.
Tonight’s story is “Housing Crisis” by Royce Day, author of The Red Vixen Adventures and Meeting Dominique, and you can find more of his stories on his Patreon page.
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Today's
Speaker:story
Speaker:concerns
Speaker:adult
Speaker:subject
Speaker:matter
Speaker:for
Speaker:mature
Speaker:listeners.
Speaker:If
Speaker:that's
Speaker:not
Speaker:your
Speaker:cup
Speaker:of
Speaker:tea,
Speaker:or
Speaker:there
Speaker:are
Speaker:youngsters
Speaker:listening,
Speaker:please
Speaker:skip
Speaker:this
Speaker:one
Speaker:and
Speaker:come
Speaker:back
Speaker:for
Speaker:another
Speaker:story
Speaker:another
Speaker:time.
You’re
listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:The
Speaker:Ghost
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog.
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:Rob
Speaker:MacWolf,
Speaker:your
Speaker:fellow
Speaker:traveler,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Tonight’s story
Speaker:is “Housing
Speaker:Crisis”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Royce
Speaker:Day,
Speaker:author
Speaker:of
Speaker:The
Speaker:Red
Speaker:Vixen
Speaker:Adventures
Speaker:and
Speaker:Meeting
Speaker:Dominique,
Speaker:and
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:find
Speaker:more
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:stories
Speaker:on
Speaker:his
Speaker:Patreon
Speaker:page.
For
Sale,
Speaker:historic
Speaker:home
Speaker:with
Speaker:potential
Speaker:as
Speaker:a
Speaker:rental
Speaker:property.
Speaker:Fixer-upper.
Speaker:Recently
Speaker:remodeled.
Speaker:One
Speaker:bath.
Speaker:One
Speaker:bed,
Speaker:perhaps it
Speaker:would
Speaker:be
Speaker:more
Speaker:accurate
Speaker:to
Speaker:say
Speaker:one
Speaker:and
Speaker:a
Speaker:half.
Speaker:Sold
Speaker:as-is,
Speaker:buyer
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:assurance
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:state
Speaker:of
Speaker:all
Speaker:structures
Speaker:by
Speaker:means
Speaker:of
Speaker:exuberant
Speaker:niece
Speaker:and
Speaker:reluctant
Speaker:boyfriend,
Speaker:as
Speaker:is industry
Speaker:standard.
Speaker:Oh
Speaker:yes,
Speaker:and
Speaker:be
Speaker:advised
Speaker:there
Speaker:is
Speaker:a
Speaker:current
Speaker:tenant,
Speaker:who
Speaker:has
Speaker:been
Speaker:known
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:difficult.
Read
by
Speaker:the
Speaker:Author.
Please
enjoy
“Housing
Crisis”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Royce
Speaker:Day
“There
are not
Speaker:enough
Speaker:chicken
Speaker:nuggets
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:world
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:me
Speaker:go
Speaker:in
Speaker:there,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said
Speaker:flatly,
Speaker:looking up
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:boarded-up
Speaker:windows
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:decrepit
Speaker:Victorian
Speaker:mansion.
Speaker:It
Speaker:was
Speaker:two
Speaker:stories
Speaker:tall,
Speaker:with
Speaker:turrets
Speaker:at
Speaker:two
Speaker:corners
Speaker:and
Speaker:a
Speaker:wraparound
Speaker:porch,
Speaker:sitting
Speaker:on
Speaker:a
Speaker:five-acre
Speaker:estate
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:middle
Speaker:of
Speaker:a
Speaker:North
Speaker:Carolina
Speaker:pine
Speaker:forest,
Speaker:pine
Speaker:saplings
Speaker:growing
Speaker:wild
Speaker:on
Speaker:what
Speaker:had
Speaker:probably once
Speaker:been
Speaker:an
Speaker:immaculate
Speaker:lawn.
Speaker:Even
Speaker:in
Speaker:early
Speaker:October
Speaker:the
Speaker:lingering
Speaker:heat
Speaker:of
Speaker:an
Speaker:extended
Speaker:summer
Speaker:was
Speaker:making
Speaker:the
Speaker:black
Speaker:spots
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:cheetah
Speaker:pelt
Speaker:grow
Speaker:uncomfortably
Speaker:warm
Speaker:as
Speaker:we
Speaker:stood
Speaker:outside.
“Aww, c’mon,
Pete,”
Speaker:my
Speaker:girlfriend
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:wheedled. “It’s just
Speaker:a
Speaker:house.”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:was
Speaker:an
Speaker:Indian
Speaker:tigress
Speaker:a
Speaker:good
Speaker:half-meter taller than
Speaker:I
Speaker:was, dressed in her
Speaker:usual
Speaker:cargo
Speaker:shorts
Speaker:and
Speaker:a
Speaker:t-shirt
Speaker:tight
Speaker:enough
Speaker:to
Speaker:show
Speaker:off her
Speaker:ample
Speaker:muscles,
Speaker:her
Speaker:pack
Speaker:of
Speaker:photography
Speaker:gear
Speaker:slug
Speaker:over her
Speaker:shoulder.
Speaker:Given
Speaker:her
Speaker:size
Speaker:and
Speaker:strength,
Speaker:wheedling
Speaker:wasn’t
Speaker:her
Speaker:usual
Speaker:way
Speaker:of…
Speaker:well,
Speaker:getting
Speaker:her
Speaker:way.
“Yes,”
I
Speaker:said. “A house
Speaker:that’s
Speaker:almost
Speaker:two-hundred years
Speaker:old,
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:middle
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:woods,
Speaker:probably
Speaker:built
Speaker:by
Speaker:slave
Speaker:owners,
Speaker:likely
Speaker:with
Speaker:secret
Speaker:passages,
Speaker:abandoned…”
“It
wasn’t
Speaker:abandoned,”
Speaker:Chaula interrupted. “My Uncle Taresh bought it at an
Speaker:auction for
Speaker:unpaid
Speaker:taxes.”
“I
think
Speaker:your
Speaker:Uncle
Speaker:Taresh
Speaker:has
Speaker:poor
Speaker:judgement
Speaker:in
Speaker:property
Speaker:deals,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said. “I
Speaker:still
Speaker:get
Speaker:nightmares
Speaker:from
Speaker:when
Speaker:we
Speaker:did
Speaker:that
Speaker:photoshoot
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:asylum he
Speaker:bought.”
Chaula waved
one of her big
Speaker:paws
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:front
Speaker:porch. “This
Speaker:is
Speaker:completely
Speaker:different!
Speaker:It’s
Speaker:just
Speaker:a
Speaker:house!
Speaker:Stop being a
Speaker:scaredy
Speaker:cheetah.”
“Was it
built
Speaker:on
Speaker:an
Speaker:ancient
Speaker:Native
Speaker:American
Speaker:burial
Speaker:ground?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:asked. “With
Speaker:wood
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:Mary
Speaker:Celeste?”
“No.
It’s
Speaker:just
Speaker:a
Speaker:house.”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:said
Speaker:firmly. “It
Speaker:belonged
Speaker:to
Speaker:some
Speaker:tech
Speaker:bro
Speaker:who
Speaker:bought
Speaker:it
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:late 90’s
Speaker:but
Speaker:never
Speaker:did
Speaker:anything
Speaker:with
Speaker:it
Speaker:before
Speaker:he
Speaker:went
Speaker:bankrupt.
Speaker:That’s
Speaker:why
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:been
Speaker:sitting
Speaker:like
Speaker:this
Speaker:for
Speaker:so
Speaker:long.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:gave
Speaker:me
Speaker:a
Speaker:pleading
Speaker:expression. “Please,
Speaker:Pete?
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:split
Speaker:whatever
Speaker:Uncle
Speaker:Taresh
Speaker:gives
Speaker:me
Speaker:for
Speaker:doing
Speaker:a photo
Speaker:inventory 50/50
Speaker:with
Speaker:you.”
“All right,”
I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:giving
Speaker:in. “And
Speaker:I
Speaker:get
Speaker:full
Speaker:rights
Speaker:if
Speaker:we
Speaker:decide
Speaker:to
Speaker:do
Speaker:any
Speaker:glamor
Speaker:photography
Speaker:while
Speaker:we’re
Speaker:here.”
“Eh,
that’s
Speaker:fair,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:agreed.
“And
we’re
Speaker:out of
Speaker:here
Speaker:before
Speaker:sunset!”
“Yes,
Pete,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:said,
Speaker:giving
Speaker:me
Speaker:a
Speaker:fond rub
Speaker:between
Speaker:the
Speaker:ears.
Speaker:I
Speaker:ducked
Speaker:my
Speaker:head
Speaker:and
Speaker:tried
Speaker:to
Speaker:swat at
Speaker:her,
Speaker:but
Speaker:she
Speaker:straight-armed
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:laughed
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:only
Speaker:slapped
Speaker:air.
I
fetched
Speaker:and
Speaker:carried
Speaker:as Chaula
Speaker:set
Speaker:up
Speaker:her
Speaker:tripod
Speaker:and
Speaker:camera,
Speaker:snapping
Speaker:photos
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:front,
Speaker:sides,
Speaker:and
Speaker:rear
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:house.
Speaker:Eventually
Speaker:we
Speaker:made
Speaker:it
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:front
Speaker:door,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:looked it
Speaker:over
Speaker:as
Speaker:Chaula fished
Speaker:the
Speaker:key
Speaker:for
Speaker:the
Speaker:lock
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:her
Speaker:pocket. “Who
Speaker:were
Speaker:the
Speaker:original
Speaker:builders
Speaker:of
Speaker:this
Speaker:place?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:asked.
“English
lions
Speaker:I
Speaker:think,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:said,
Speaker:finally
Speaker:unlocking the
Speaker:door
Speaker:and
Speaker:pushing
Speaker:it
Speaker:open.
Speaker:It
Speaker:opened
Speaker:into
Speaker:a
Speaker:dim
Speaker:foyer,
Speaker:with
Speaker:an
Speaker:opening
Speaker:leading
Speaker:to
Speaker:a
Speaker:central
Speaker:living
Speaker:room.
Speaker:The
Speaker:furnishings
Speaker:were “contemporary”
Speaker:stuff from the 1970’s,
Speaker:the reddish-brown upholstery
Speaker:covered
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:thick
Speaker:layer
Speaker:of
Speaker:dust. “Ugh, now
Speaker:this
Speaker:is
Speaker:horrifying,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:muttered,
Speaker:waving
Speaker:her
Speaker:flashlight
Speaker:around.
Speaker:She
Speaker:turned
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:grabbed
Speaker:a
Speaker:chair
Speaker:and
Speaker:started
Speaker:dragging
Speaker:it
Speaker:towards
Speaker:the
Speaker:front
Speaker:door. “What
Speaker:are
Speaker:you
Speaker:doing,
Speaker:Pete?” she asked.
“Propping
the front
Speaker:door
Speaker:open
Speaker:so
Speaker:it can’t ‘accidentally’
Speaker:shut
Speaker:on
Speaker:us,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:replied,
Speaker:jamming
Speaker:the
Speaker:chair
Speaker:between
Speaker:the
Speaker:heavy
Speaker:door
Speaker:and
Speaker:the
Speaker:door frame.
She
raised
Speaker:an
Speaker:eyebrow
Speaker:at
Speaker:me. “You honestly think you ran into ghosts at
Speaker:the
Speaker:asylum last
Speaker:year?”
“I
know
Speaker:I
Speaker:ran
Speaker:into
Speaker:ghosts,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:told
Speaker:her. “I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:letting
Speaker:myself
Speaker:get
Speaker:stuck
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:padded
Speaker:cell
Speaker:again.”
“I
doubt
Speaker:this
Speaker:place has
Speaker:a
Speaker:padded
Speaker:cell,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:tried
Speaker:to
Speaker:assure
Speaker:me. “Or
Speaker:accommodations for a madvixen
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:attic.
Speaker:In
Speaker:fact…”
Speaker:She
Speaker:reached
Speaker:over
Speaker:and
Speaker:flipped
Speaker:a
Speaker:switch. The lamp in the living room flipped on,
Speaker:dispelling most
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:gloom. “Ha! Uncle Taresh got the power
Speaker:company
Speaker:to
Speaker:turn
Speaker:the
Speaker:juice
Speaker:back
Speaker:on.”
“Good,”
I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:kicking some
Speaker:dust off my
Speaker:footpad
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:floor. With the lights on 90% of the
Speaker:creepy
Speaker:atmosphere
Speaker:disappeared.
Speaker:It
Speaker:was
Speaker:just
Speaker:a
Speaker:big
Speaker:house
Speaker:now,
Speaker:with
Speaker:a lot
Speaker:of
Speaker:tacky
Speaker:furnishings
Speaker:from
Speaker:before
Speaker:I
Speaker:was
Speaker:born.
Speaker:I
Speaker:followed
Speaker:Chaula as
Speaker:she
Speaker:moved
Speaker:through
Speaker:the
Speaker:first
Speaker:floor,
Speaker:snapping
Speaker:pictures of
Speaker:the
Speaker:walls
Speaker:and
Speaker:ceilings
Speaker:so her
Speaker:uncle
Speaker:could
Speaker:get
Speaker:an
Speaker:idea
Speaker:about
Speaker:the
Speaker:structural
Speaker:integrity
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:place.
Speaker:When
Speaker:she
Speaker:reached
Speaker:the
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:though,
Speaker:she
Speaker:let
Speaker:out
Speaker:a
Speaker:shriek
Speaker:and
Speaker:stepped
Speaker:back
Speaker:suddenly. “What’s
Speaker:wrong?!”
Speaker:I
Speaker:demanded.
“Ugh!
Apricot
Speaker:colored
Speaker:enamel
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:appliances!”
Speaker:she
Speaker:cried
Speaker:out
Speaker:in mock
Speaker:terror. “I’m
Speaker:pretty
Speaker:sure
Speaker:that’s
Speaker:a
Speaker:crime
Speaker:against
Speaker:good
Speaker:taste.”
“Jesus
Chaula,
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:give
Speaker:a
Speaker:heart
Speaker:attack!”
Speaker:I
Speaker:complained.
“Sorry,”
she
Speaker:said,
Speaker:grinning
Speaker:down
Speaker:at
Speaker:me.
Speaker:She
Speaker:opened
Speaker:the
Speaker:cabinets,
Speaker:taking
Speaker:quick
Speaker:photos
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:dusty
Speaker:glasses
Speaker:and
Speaker:plates, and
Speaker:noting
Speaker:the
Speaker:empty
Speaker:food
Speaker:cupboards. “Whoever
Speaker:lived
Speaker:here
Speaker:last
Speaker:cleaned
Speaker:out
Speaker:all
Speaker:the
Speaker:food
Speaker:before
Speaker:they
Speaker:left,
Speaker:but
Speaker:they
Speaker:left
Speaker:all
Speaker:the
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:stuff
Speaker:and
Speaker:furniture.
Speaker:I
Speaker:wonder
Speaker:why?”
“Shouldn’t
there
Speaker:have
Speaker:been
Speaker:an
Speaker:estate
Speaker:sale?” I asked.
“You’d
think.”
Speaker:She opened a narrow door
Speaker:that revealed
Speaker:an
Speaker:equally
Speaker:narrow
Speaker:set
Speaker:of
Speaker:stairs
Speaker:leading
Speaker:up. “Ah,
Speaker:here’s your
Speaker:secret
Speaker:passage,
Speaker:Pete.
Speaker:Servant
Speaker:stairs,
Speaker:to
Speaker:bring
Speaker:up
Speaker:food
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:other
Speaker:floors.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:squeezed
Speaker:herself
Speaker:through
Speaker:the
Speaker:door
Speaker:and
Speaker:started
Speaker:climbing
Speaker:upwards.
“I’ll
use
Speaker:the other
Speaker:stairs and meet you up top,” I
Speaker:told
Speaker:her.
“Wiiiiimp!”
she
Speaker:called
Speaker:back
Speaker:sarcastically.
I
jogged
Speaker:out of
Speaker:the
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:central
Speaker:atrium,
Speaker:where a
Speaker:wide
Speaker:set
Speaker:of
Speaker:stairs
Speaker:rose
Speaker:and
Speaker:split
Speaker:to
Speaker:either
Speaker:side
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:balcony
Speaker:that
Speaker:circled
Speaker:it.
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:emerged
Speaker:a
Speaker:moment
Speaker:later
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:false
Speaker:panel
Speaker:that
Speaker:hide
Speaker:the
Speaker:servant’s
Speaker:stairwell,
Speaker:coughing
Speaker:and
Speaker:brushing
Speaker:dust
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:her head pelt. “Mah sweet lawd! When did it get
Speaker:so
Speaker:gawdawful
Speaker:dusty
Speaker:in
Speaker:there?”
Speaker:she
Speaker:complained,
Speaker:putting
Speaker:on
Speaker:a
Speaker:terrible
Speaker:Southern
Speaker:accent.
“Don’t
clean
Speaker:for
Speaker:thirty
Speaker:years,
Speaker:and
Speaker:it
Speaker:can
Speaker:happen,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:reaching
Speaker:up
Speaker:on
Speaker:my
Speaker:tip
Speaker:toes
Speaker:to
Speaker:wipe
Speaker:some
Speaker:grey
Speaker:dust
Speaker:bunnies
Speaker:from
Speaker:her
Speaker:headpelt.
“Thank
you,
Speaker:sugar!”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:said
Speaker:in
Speaker:that
Speaker:same
Speaker:silly
Speaker:accent.
Speaker:She
Speaker:looked
Speaker:me
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:down,
Speaker:as
Speaker:if
Speaker:seeing
Speaker:me
Speaker:for
Speaker:the
Speaker:first time. “Well, I declare! Ain’t you the cutest little chee I evah did see!”
“Chaula, what’s
with
Speaker:the goofy
Speaker:southern
Speaker:belle
Speaker:act?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:asked her,
Speaker:wiping
Speaker:sweat
Speaker:off
Speaker:my
Speaker:brow.
Speaker:It
Speaker:was
Speaker:hot
Speaker:up
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:second
Speaker:floor,
Speaker:especially
Speaker:with
Speaker:all the
Speaker:windows
Speaker:boarded
Speaker:shut.
“Chaula?”
she
Speaker:asked. “Is that what this big ol’ tiger’s name is? That
Speaker:sounds
Speaker:downright
Speaker:exotic.”
“Chaula,
what
Speaker:the
Speaker:hell
Speaker:are
Speaker:you
Speaker:trying
Speaker:to p-,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:started
Speaker:to
Speaker:say,
Speaker:then
Speaker:stopped. Chaula’s
Speaker:eyes,
Speaker:normally
Speaker:a
Speaker:deep
Speaker:brown,
Speaker:had
Speaker:turned
Speaker:bright
Speaker:blue
Speaker:somehow,
Speaker:and
Speaker:they
Speaker:were
Speaker:staring
Speaker:down
Speaker:at
Speaker:me
Speaker:in a
Speaker:way
Speaker:that
Speaker:looked
Speaker:disturbingly
Speaker:hungry. “Ah…
Speaker:are
Speaker:you…
Speaker:all right?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:finished.
“Never better,
sugar,”
Speaker:Chaula,
Speaker:or
Speaker:at
Speaker:least
Speaker:whatever
Speaker:was
Speaker:in
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:body
Speaker:said. “It’s
Speaker:been so
Speaker:very
Speaker:long
Speaker:since a
Speaker:lady
Speaker:came
Speaker:up
Speaker:those
Speaker:stairs.
Speaker:I
Speaker:thought
Speaker:ah’d
Speaker:just
Speaker:fade
Speaker:away
Speaker:to
Speaker:nothing
Speaker:without
Speaker:ever
Speaker:bein’
Speaker:satisfied.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:smiled
Speaker:again,
Speaker:scooping
Speaker:me
Speaker:up
Speaker:in Chaula’s
Speaker:strong
Speaker:arms
Speaker:to
Speaker:plant
Speaker:a
Speaker:deep
Speaker:kiss
Speaker:on
Speaker:my
Speaker:mouth.
“Mmmrph!”
was
Speaker:my
Speaker:brilliant
Speaker:response,
Speaker:as
Speaker:my
Speaker:legs
Speaker:kicked
Speaker:the
Speaker:air.
Speaker:Okay,
Speaker:getting
Speaker:kissed
Speaker:like
Speaker:this
Speaker:was
Speaker:one
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:favorite
Speaker:pastimes,
Speaker:but I preferred it
Speaker:when
Speaker:my
Speaker:girlfriend
Speaker:wasn’t
Speaker:possessed,
Speaker:thank
Speaker:you
Speaker:very
Speaker:much!
Speaker:When
Speaker:she
Speaker:released
Speaker:my
Speaker:mouth,
Speaker:I
Speaker:gasped, “Uh,
Speaker:hey.
Speaker:We
Speaker:haven’t
Speaker:been
Speaker:introduced
Speaker:yet.
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:Pete.
Speaker:And
Speaker:you
Speaker:are?”
“Name’s
Mirabelle,
Speaker:Petey,”
Speaker:she said, still
Speaker:squeezing me against Chaula’s
Speaker:ample
Speaker:chest. “Ah’m
Speaker:so
Speaker:happy
Speaker:to
Speaker:meet
Speaker:you.”
“Pleasure’s
all
Speaker:mine,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:panted. “Look,
Speaker:you
Speaker:seem
Speaker:like
Speaker:a very, ah,
Speaker:friendly
Speaker:person, but I
Speaker:need
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:second.
Speaker:Where
Speaker:is
Speaker:she
Speaker:right
Speaker:now?”
“Oh,
Chaula’s sitting
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:back seat,
Speaker:you
Speaker:could
Speaker:say,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:replied, tittering as she set me back down. “She’ll be just fiiiiine. I promise I won’t overstay
Speaker:mah welcome.”
“That’s
very
Speaker:nice
Speaker:of
Speaker:you,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:trying
Speaker:to
Speaker:regain
Speaker:my
Speaker:balance. “But
Speaker:I
Speaker:need
Speaker:to
Speaker:speak to her,
Speaker:okay?
Speaker:I
Speaker:need
Speaker:to
Speaker:know
Speaker:she’s
Speaker:all
Speaker:right.”
“Fiddlesticks,”
Mirabelle
Speaker:said,
Speaker:looking
Speaker:grumpy. “I
Speaker:just
Speaker:told
Speaker:you
Speaker:she’s
Speaker:all
Speaker:right.
Speaker:Once
Speaker:I
Speaker:get
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:need,
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:give
Speaker:her
Speaker:right
Speaker:back.
Speaker:Cross
Speaker:mah
Speaker:heart
Speaker:and
Speaker:hope
Speaker:to…
Speaker:well, maybe
Speaker:not
Speaker:die
Speaker:exactly.
Speaker:You
Speaker:don’t really
Speaker:need
Speaker:to talk
Speaker:right
Speaker:now,
Speaker:do
Speaker:ya,
Speaker:sugar?”
“Yes,
I
Speaker:do,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said
Speaker:firmly. “I
Speaker:need
Speaker:to
Speaker:speak
Speaker:to Chaula,
Speaker:okay?
Speaker:Otherwise,
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:going
Speaker:along
Speaker:with
Speaker:anything
Speaker:you
Speaker:say.”
“Oh,
fiddlesticks,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:repeated,
Speaker:then
Speaker:she
Speaker:sighed,
Speaker:blinked,
Speaker:and
Speaker:suddenly
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:eyes
Speaker:were
Speaker:brown
Speaker:again.
“Pete!
What’s
Speaker:going
Speaker:on!”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:shouted
Speaker:in
Speaker:her
Speaker:normal
Speaker:accent,
Speaker:ears
Speaker:laying
Speaker:back
Speaker:in
Speaker:terror.
“You’re
being
Speaker:possessed
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:Ghost
Speaker:of
Speaker:Plantations
Speaker:Past,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said. “Do
Speaker:you
Speaker:remember
Speaker:what
Speaker:happened?”
“I
don’t
Speaker:know,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:said. “I
Speaker:was
Speaker:climbing up
Speaker:the
Speaker:stairs,
Speaker:then it
Speaker:felt
Speaker:like
Speaker:I
Speaker:slipped
Speaker:and
Speaker:was
Speaker:falling
Speaker:backwards.
Speaker:Next
Speaker:thing
Speaker:I
Speaker:know
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:talking
Speaker:to
Speaker:you
Speaker:in
Speaker:that
Speaker:stupid
Speaker:Southern
Speaker:accent.”
Speaker:Her eyes
Speaker:blinked
Speaker:blue
Speaker:again, and she stated angrily, “Watch who y’all are calling stupid, sugar!” Chaula
Speaker:closed
Speaker:her
Speaker:eyes
Speaker:tight,
Speaker:clamping
Speaker:her
Speaker:paw over her
Speaker:muzzle,
Speaker:and
Speaker:spoke
Speaker:to
Speaker:me
Speaker:normally
Speaker:again. “Okay,
Speaker:I
Speaker:guess
Speaker:that
Speaker:little
Speaker:story
Speaker:I
Speaker:read
Speaker:was
Speaker:true,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:said,
Speaker:trying
Speaker:to
Speaker:regain
Speaker:her
Speaker:breath.
“What
story?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:demanded.
Chaula
looked
Speaker:embarrassed. “It
Speaker:was in
Speaker:the
Speaker:paperwork
Speaker:Uncle Taresh
Speaker:gave
Speaker:me,
Speaker:along
Speaker:with
Speaker:the
Speaker:key
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:house. It
Speaker:was
Speaker:a
Speaker:newspaper
Speaker:article
Speaker:about
Speaker:some
Speaker:vixen
Speaker:who
Speaker:was
Speaker:dating
Speaker:the
Speaker:son
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:house’s
Speaker:original
Speaker:owner in the 1890’s. I guess she was, er, unsuitable
Speaker:or
Speaker:something…”
“The phrase y’all
are
Speaker:looking
Speaker:for is ‘soiled dove,’
Speaker:sweetie,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:added
Speaker:helpfully
Speaker:through
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:mouth.
“Anyway,”
Chaula
Speaker:continued. “It
Speaker:said
Speaker:she
Speaker:snuck
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:house,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:guess
Speaker:was
Speaker:going
Speaker:up
Speaker:the
Speaker:servant’s
Speaker:stairs
Speaker:to meet
Speaker:him
Speaker:in
Speaker:his
Speaker:room,
Speaker:when
Speaker:she
Speaker:either
Speaker:tripped
Speaker:or
Speaker:was
Speaker:pushed...”
“Oh, I was
definitely
Speaker:pushed,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:said.
“…and
broke
Speaker:her
Speaker:neck,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:finished.
Speaker:She
Speaker:cleared
Speaker:her
Speaker:throat. “Um,
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:said
Speaker:she
Speaker:still
Speaker:haunts
Speaker:the
Speaker:house.”
I
sighed,
Speaker:rubbing
Speaker:my
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:briefly. “And
Speaker:you
Speaker:didn’t
Speaker:tell
Speaker:me
Speaker:this
Speaker:before
Speaker:we
Speaker:went
Speaker:inside
Speaker:because…?”
“I
know
Speaker:you’ve
Speaker:been
Speaker:twitchy
Speaker:ever
Speaker:since
Speaker:the
Speaker:last
Speaker:time
Speaker:we
Speaker:did
Speaker:a
Speaker:photo survey for Uncle Taresh,” Chaula said. “I
Speaker:thought
Speaker:if
Speaker:I
Speaker:told
Speaker:you,
Speaker:you
Speaker:would
Speaker:have
Speaker:balked
Speaker:and
Speaker:said
Speaker:no.”
“Yes,
I
Speaker:would
Speaker:have.
Speaker:For
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:hope
Speaker:now
Speaker:are
Speaker:very
Speaker:obvious
Speaker:reasons,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said
Speaker:in
Speaker:frustration. “Now
Speaker:do
Speaker:you
Speaker:believe
Speaker:in
Speaker:ghosts?”
“Yes,
I
Speaker:do.
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:sorry
Speaker:I ever
Speaker:doubted
Speaker:you
Speaker:about
Speaker:the
Speaker:asylum
Speaker:thing,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:said,
Speaker:only
Speaker:for Mirabelle to butt in with, “What
Speaker:asylum
Speaker:thing?”
“Long,
boring
Speaker:story,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:lied. “Listen,
Speaker:getting
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:subject
Speaker:at
Speaker:hand.
Speaker:You
Speaker:can’t
Speaker:stay
Speaker:in
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:body forever.”
“I’m
not
Speaker:gonna
Speaker:do
Speaker:that,
Speaker:sugar,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:said. “All
Speaker:I
Speaker:wanna
Speaker:do
Speaker:is
Speaker:finish
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:started.
Speaker:You
Speaker:understand,
Speaker:right?”
“Okay,
yeah,
Speaker:a ghost needs to
Speaker:finish
Speaker:whatever
Speaker:they
Speaker:were
Speaker:interrupted
Speaker:doing
Speaker:before
Speaker:moving
Speaker:on to
Speaker:their
Speaker:next
Speaker:life.
Speaker:I
Speaker:understand,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said. “What
Speaker:is
Speaker:it that
Speaker:you
Speaker:need
Speaker:to…?
Speaker:Oh…,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:finished
Speaker:lamely.
“You
got
Speaker:it,
Speaker:sugar.
Speaker:Just
Speaker:let
Speaker:me
Speaker:finish
Speaker:mah
Speaker:little
Speaker:rendezvous,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:be
Speaker:on
Speaker:mah
Speaker:way
Speaker:to
Speaker:Heaven.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:grinned
Speaker:down
Speaker:at
Speaker:me. “Maybe
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:show
Speaker:you
Speaker:a little slice of Heaven while we’re at it.”
“Pete’s my
boyfriend,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:insisted,
Speaker:taking back
Speaker:control
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:moment. “I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:sharing
Speaker:him
Speaker:with
Speaker:you.”
“Oh,
come
Speaker:on,
Speaker:sugar. It’ll still be your body,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:insisted. “It won’t
Speaker:take
Speaker:more
Speaker:than
Speaker:ten
Speaker:minutes,
Speaker:I
Speaker:promise!”
“Ten
minutes?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:exclaimed. “Look,
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:admit
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:the
Speaker:greatest
Speaker:lay
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:world,
Speaker:but
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:do
Speaker:a
Speaker:bit
Speaker:better
Speaker:than
Speaker:that.”
“Wait,
Pete, are
Speaker:you
Speaker:actually
Speaker:suggesting
Speaker:we
Speaker:go
Speaker:along
Speaker:with
Speaker:this?”
Speaker:Chaula asked. “Also,
Speaker:seriously,
Speaker:ten
Speaker:lousy
Speaker:minutes? What kind of bhosadiwale
Speaker:were
Speaker:you
Speaker:dating
Speaker:before?”
“Look,
obviously
Speaker:nothing
Speaker:is
Speaker:going
Speaker:to
Speaker:happen
Speaker:without
Speaker:your
Speaker:permission,
Speaker:Chaula,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said. “Also,
Speaker:what
Speaker:the
Speaker:heck
Speaker:does
Speaker:bhosawhatever
Speaker:mean,
Speaker:anyway?”
“I
don’t
Speaker:know,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it
Speaker:sounds
Speaker:exotic,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:said
Speaker:with
Speaker:interest.
“It
just
Speaker:means ‘dumb fuck’ in
Speaker:Hindu,” Chaula
Speaker:said. “But
Speaker:if
Speaker:you
Speaker:describe
Speaker:anything
Speaker:about
Speaker:me
Speaker:as ‘exotic’
Speaker:one
Speaker:more
Speaker:time,
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:going to
Speaker:punch
Speaker:you
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:face.
Speaker:Even
Speaker:if
Speaker:it
Speaker:is
Speaker:my
Speaker:face.”
“Fiiine,”
Mirabelle pouted. “Now
Speaker:what
Speaker:say we
Speaker:get
Speaker:on
Speaker:over
Speaker:to the
Speaker:master
Speaker:bedroom
Speaker:and
Speaker:finish
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:started?”
Speaker:Without waiting
Speaker:for
Speaker:an
Speaker:answer,
Speaker:she
Speaker:scooped
Speaker:me
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:carried
Speaker:me
Speaker:into
Speaker:a
Speaker:large
Speaker:bedroom
Speaker:with
Speaker:boarded
Speaker:over
Speaker:French
Speaker:doors
Speaker:that
Speaker:led
Speaker:out onto a balcony. Mirabelle set
Speaker:me
Speaker:on
Speaker:my
Speaker:feet
Speaker:and
Speaker:pulled
Speaker:the
Speaker:sheets
Speaker:off
Speaker:a
Speaker:king-sized
Speaker:bed
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:padded orange velour headboard. “Ew! What kinda bed is
Speaker:this?” she
Speaker:demanded.
“It’s
what
Speaker:the
Speaker:future
Speaker:was
Speaker:supposed
Speaker:to
Speaker:look
Speaker:like
Speaker:fifty
Speaker:years
Speaker:ago,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:told her.
“I’m glad I was dead when they redecorated then,” Mirabelle declared. She began
tugging
Speaker:off
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:top. “Now
Speaker:let’s
Speaker:get
Speaker:a head
Speaker:of
Speaker:steam
Speaker:on
Speaker:this
Speaker:locomotive!”
“Not
so
Speaker:fast!”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:interrupted,
Speaker:yanking
Speaker:her
Speaker:shirt
Speaker:back
Speaker:down. “I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:letting
Speaker:you
Speaker:get
Speaker:down
Speaker:and
Speaker:dirty
Speaker:with
Speaker:Pete
Speaker:until
Speaker:I
Speaker:know
Speaker:I’ll
Speaker:still be
Speaker:in
Speaker:charge
Speaker:when
Speaker:you’re
Speaker:finished.”
“Aren’t you
the
Speaker:big ol’
Speaker:paranoid,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:grumped. “I
Speaker:already
Speaker:told
Speaker:you
Speaker:I’d
Speaker:give
Speaker:you
Speaker:your
Speaker:body
Speaker:back.”
“I’m
not
Speaker:taking
Speaker:chances.”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:lay
Speaker:back
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed
Speaker:and
Speaker:told
Speaker:me, “Pete,
Speaker:there
Speaker:should
Speaker:be
Speaker:a
Speaker:set
Speaker:of
Speaker:cuffs
Speaker:in
Speaker:my
Speaker:bag.
Speaker:Get
Speaker:them
Speaker:out
Speaker:for
Speaker:me.”
I
gave
Speaker:her
Speaker:a
Speaker:gimlet
Speaker:eye. “Why
Speaker:did
Speaker:you
Speaker:bring
Speaker:bondage
Speaker:gear
Speaker:to
Speaker:a
Speaker:real
Speaker:estate
Speaker:photoshoot,
Speaker:Chaula?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:demanded,
Speaker:my
Speaker:ears
Speaker:heating
Speaker:up.
“Well,
y’know,
Speaker:in
Speaker:case
Speaker:I,
Speaker:er, got
Speaker:inspired
Speaker:to
Speaker:take
Speaker:some
Speaker:photos
Speaker:of
Speaker:you
Speaker:in
Speaker:your
Speaker:gear,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:replied,
Speaker:looking
Speaker:equally
Speaker:embarrassed.
Speaker:At
Speaker:my
Speaker:continued
Speaker:dirty
Speaker:look,
Speaker:she
Speaker:added, “Come
Speaker:on,
Speaker:Pete.
Speaker:You
Speaker:know
Speaker:those
Speaker:photosets
Speaker:always
Speaker:sell
Speaker:the
Speaker:best!”
I
just
Speaker:shook
Speaker:my
Speaker:head. “The
Speaker:things
Speaker:I
Speaker:do
Speaker:for
Speaker:hot,
Speaker:dangerous
Speaker:girlfriends.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:dug
Speaker:into
Speaker:her
Speaker:bag,
Speaker:pulling
Speaker:out
Speaker:a
Speaker:set
Speaker:of
Speaker:padded leather
Speaker:wrist
Speaker:and
Speaker:ankle
Speaker:cuffs,
Speaker:a
Speaker:few
Speaker:short
Speaker:chains,
Speaker:and
Speaker:a
Speaker:wire
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:harness.
Speaker:I
Speaker:gave
Speaker:her
Speaker:another
Speaker:look
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:held
Speaker:up
Speaker:the
Speaker:last
Speaker:item. “You
Speaker:know
Speaker:I
Speaker:hate
Speaker:this
Speaker:thing.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:told
Speaker:her.
“But
you
Speaker:look
Speaker:so
Speaker:hot
Speaker:when
Speaker:you
Speaker:wear
Speaker:it,” Chaula pointed out.
“Yeah, yeah. Let me get you
set
Speaker:up.”
Speaker:I
Speaker:wrapped
Speaker:chains
Speaker:around
Speaker:the
Speaker:bedposts,
Speaker:raising
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:arms
Speaker:and
Speaker:wrapping
Speaker:the
Speaker:heavy
Speaker:leather
Speaker:cuffs
Speaker:around
Speaker:her
Speaker:wrists. They were sized
Speaker:for
Speaker:me,
Speaker:so
Speaker:they
Speaker:made
Speaker:a
Speaker:snug
Speaker:fit
Speaker:on
Speaker:her
Speaker:muscular
Speaker:arms,
Speaker:but
Speaker:at
Speaker:least
Speaker:there
Speaker:would
Speaker:be
Speaker:no
Speaker:chance
Speaker:of her
Speaker:slipping
Speaker:loose.
“Hey
now,
Speaker:you
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:have
Speaker:to
Speaker:be doin’
Speaker:this,
Speaker:sugar,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:insisted,
Speaker:giving
Speaker:a
Speaker:frustrated
Speaker:tug
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:cuffs. “I
Speaker:promised
Speaker:I’d
Speaker:vacate
Speaker:the
Speaker:premises
Speaker:once
Speaker:I
Speaker:got
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:wanted!”
“Nothing
personal, but I’ve met too many ghosts with an
Speaker:agenda,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:told
Speaker:her. I unbuckled Chaula’s belt and tugged her cargo
Speaker:shorts down,
Speaker:giving
Speaker:her
Speaker:another
Speaker:look
Speaker:when
Speaker:I
Speaker:saw
Speaker:her
Speaker:panties
Speaker:were
Speaker:missing.
“What?
I
Speaker:figured
Speaker:we
Speaker:might
Speaker:have
Speaker:time
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:quick
Speaker:one
Speaker:once
Speaker:I
Speaker:finished
Speaker:taking
Speaker:my
Speaker:photos,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:said,
Speaker:grinning
Speaker:up
Speaker:at
Speaker:me.
“Looks
like
Speaker:you’re
Speaker:getting
Speaker:your
Speaker:wish,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:noted,
Speaker:moving
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:secure her
Speaker:ankles.
Speaker:When
Speaker:I
Speaker:was
Speaker:done
Speaker:my
Speaker:muscular
Speaker:tigress
Speaker:girlfriend
Speaker:was
Speaker:bound
Speaker:spreadeagle
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed,
Speaker:which
Speaker:creaked
Speaker:and
Speaker:moaned
Speaker:as
Speaker:she
Speaker:pulled at
Speaker:her
Speaker:restraints,
Speaker:making
Speaker:sure
Speaker:they
Speaker:would
Speaker:hold. “Okay,
Speaker:Mirabelle,
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:take
Speaker:over
Speaker:for
Speaker:now,”
Speaker:I said.
Chaula
blinked again, her eyes
Speaker:turning
Speaker:blue as
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:looked at me,
Speaker:er,
Speaker:winsomely I guess was
Speaker:the
Speaker:word.
Speaker:Maybe
Speaker:it
Speaker:would
Speaker:have
Speaker:worked
Speaker:better
Speaker:on
Speaker:a vixen’s
Speaker:face.
Speaker:On
Speaker:a three-hundred-pound tigress it just looked ridiculous. “Come
Speaker:here,
Speaker:little chee,” she purred. “Mirabelle’s got some candy for you.”
I smiled at her, tugging Chaula’s t-shirt
and bra up, exposing her
Speaker:breasts. I ran my paws down her bare sides,
Speaker:making
Speaker:the
Speaker:ghostly
Speaker:fox
Speaker:purr
Speaker:with
Speaker:delight
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:leaned
Speaker:over
Speaker:and
Speaker:kissed
Speaker:her
Speaker:breasts. “Oh,
Speaker:sugar,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:breathed. “Where
Speaker:have
Speaker:you
Speaker:been
Speaker:all mah
Speaker:afterlife?”
“Busy
learning how
Speaker:to
Speaker:do
Speaker:this,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:told
Speaker:her,
Speaker:laying
Speaker:kisses
Speaker:down
Speaker:to
Speaker:her belly
Speaker:button as my paws
Speaker:grasped
Speaker:and
Speaker:groped
Speaker:her
Speaker:breasts.
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:made
Speaker:more
Speaker:pleased
Speaker:noises,
Speaker:pulling and
Speaker:straining
Speaker:against
Speaker:her
Speaker:cuffs as
Speaker:her
Speaker:body
Speaker:shifted
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed
Speaker:in
Speaker:response.
“Oh,
let
Speaker:me
Speaker:up
Speaker:so
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:touch
Speaker:you
Speaker:back,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:moaned.
“Tempting,”
I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:catching
Speaker:her
Speaker:nipples
Speaker:between
Speaker:my
Speaker:fingerpads
Speaker:and
Speaker:rolling
Speaker:them
Speaker:back
Speaker:and
Speaker:forth,
Speaker:which
Speaker:made
Speaker:her
Speaker:let
Speaker:out
Speaker:a
Speaker:delighted
Speaker:squeal. “But
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:doesn’t
Speaker:let
Speaker:me
Speaker:play
Speaker:with her
Speaker:like
Speaker:this
Speaker:very
Speaker:often.
Speaker:I
Speaker:kinda
Speaker:like
Speaker:being
Speaker:on
Speaker:top
Speaker:for
Speaker:once.”
“I’ve
nevah
Speaker:been
Speaker:on
Speaker:top,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:said. “Everybody
Speaker:wanted
Speaker:the
Speaker:easy
Speaker:girl,
Speaker:nobody
Speaker:evah
Speaker:gave
Speaker:me
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:wanted.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:pulled at
Speaker:her
Speaker:cuffs
Speaker:again,
Speaker:making
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed
Speaker:creak
Speaker:dangerously. “I
Speaker:finally
Speaker:think
Speaker:I’m gonna get what I’m due, and I end up spending the next hundred and more years stuck floating
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:dusty,
Speaker:dark
Speaker:staircase
Speaker:for mah troubles!”
“Let me help you make
up for lost time then,” I told her. My paws slid down her side to grab
Speaker:her
Speaker:ass,
Speaker:my
Speaker:fingers
Speaker:digging
Speaker:into
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:muscular
Speaker:cheeks
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:took
Speaker:a
Speaker:long
Speaker:lick
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:down her
Speaker:pussy
Speaker:lips.
“Fu-fuuuuuck…”
Mirabelle
Speaker:gasped,
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:wiggled
Speaker:my
Speaker:tongue
Speaker:just
Speaker:a
Speaker:finger
Speaker:width
Speaker:inside her. “Y’all
Speaker:are
Speaker:teasing
Speaker:me
Speaker:something
Speaker:terrible.”
“That’s
me,
Speaker:the
Speaker:terrible
Speaker:chee,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:sing-songed.
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:giggled,
Speaker:an odd
Speaker:sound
Speaker:coming
Speaker:from
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:deep
Speaker:chest.
“I…
always
Speaker:felt…
Speaker:so
Speaker:small…,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:panted,
Speaker:as I
Speaker:kissed
Speaker:her
Speaker:fur
Speaker:covered
Speaker:pussy,
Speaker:slipping
Speaker:my
Speaker:tongue
Speaker:deeper
Speaker:inside
Speaker:to
Speaker:taste her. “Ohhhh,
Speaker:this
Speaker:body
Speaker:though.
Speaker:I could
Speaker:do
Speaker:things
Speaker:with
Speaker:this
Speaker:body.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:strained
Speaker:against
Speaker:the
Speaker:cuffs once
Speaker:again,
Speaker:and
Speaker:the
Speaker:fifty-year-old
Speaker:bed
Speaker:made
Speaker:more
Speaker:dangerous
Speaker:creaking
Speaker:noises. “Let
Speaker:me
Speaker:up,
Speaker:boy.
Speaker:Let
Speaker:me
Speaker:loose so
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:show
Speaker:you
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:do!”
“No,
no,
Speaker:no,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:lifting
Speaker:my
Speaker:face
Speaker:up
Speaker:briefly. “You
Speaker:made
Speaker:a
Speaker:promise!”
“I
know,
Speaker:but
Speaker:I’ve
Speaker:always
Speaker:been
Speaker:a
Speaker:bad
Speaker:girl.
Speaker:Ask
Speaker:anyone!”
Speaker:she
Speaker:said.
Speaker:I
Speaker:moved
Speaker:to
Speaker:distract
Speaker:her,
Speaker:sliding up Chaula’s body to rub
Speaker:my
Speaker:sheath
Speaker:against
Speaker:her
Speaker:pussy,
Speaker:while
Speaker:I
Speaker:caught
Speaker:one
Speaker:of
Speaker:her
Speaker:nipples
Speaker:between
Speaker:my fangs
Speaker:and
Speaker:gave it a
Speaker:tug.
Speaker:She let out a
Speaker:deep
Speaker:throated,
Speaker:very
Speaker:tigerish
Speaker:growl. “Let
Speaker:me
Speaker:up,
Speaker:let
Speaker:me
Speaker:loose,”
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:demanded
Speaker:again.
I
buried
Speaker:my
Speaker:face
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:fur
Speaker:where
Speaker:her
Speaker:neck
Speaker:met
Speaker:her
Speaker:shoulder,
Speaker:nuzzling
Speaker:and
Speaker:nibbling
Speaker:as
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:continued
Speaker:to
Speaker:struggle,
Speaker:feeling
Speaker:my
Speaker:cock
Speaker:rise out of its
Speaker:sheath
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:rubbed
Speaker:it
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:down
Speaker:her
Speaker:pussy.
Speaker:After
Speaker:a
Speaker:moment
Speaker:I
Speaker:glanced
Speaker:up,
Speaker:alarmed
Speaker:to
Speaker:see
Speaker:the
Speaker:awful
Speaker:orange
Speaker:velour
Speaker:headboard
Speaker:bending
Speaker:as
Speaker:Mirabelle used Chaula’s
Speaker:strength
Speaker:to
Speaker:fight
Speaker:her
Speaker:bonds. “I
Speaker:think
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:time
Speaker:to
Speaker:finish
Speaker:you
Speaker:off,
Speaker:Mirabelle,”
Speaker:I warned her.
“Don’t….
talk
Speaker:to
Speaker:me…
Speaker:about
Speaker:time…,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:panted,
Speaker:Chaula’s
Speaker:heavy
Speaker:breasts
Speaker:heaving
Speaker:up and
Speaker:down as
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:continued
Speaker:to
Speaker:struggle.
Speaker:I
Speaker:pushed
Speaker:myself
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:slid
Speaker:inside
Speaker:her
Speaker:pussy,
Speaker:riding
Speaker:in unison with her bucking body. “I want
Speaker:more
Speaker:time,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:growled.
Speaker:Underneath us
Speaker:some
Speaker:part
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed
Speaker:started
Speaker:cracking,
Speaker:the
Speaker:sound
Speaker:of
Speaker:snapping
Speaker:wood
Speaker:filling
Speaker:the
Speaker:dark
Speaker:room.
“I’m
sorry
Speaker:you
Speaker:had
Speaker:to
Speaker:wait
Speaker:so
Speaker:long,
Speaker:Mirabelle,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:told
Speaker:her,
Speaker:grasping
Speaker:her
Speaker:breasts
Speaker:as I
Speaker:kissed her
Speaker:cleavage.
“Oh,
you
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:understand!”
Speaker:she
Speaker:wailed. “Oh!
Speaker:I
Speaker:don’t
Speaker:wanna go! Ohh! OHHHHH I wish I was in the land of cotton. Old time ways are not forgotten….!”
Speaker:she sang,
Speaker:as
Speaker:her
Speaker:pussy
Speaker:clamped
Speaker:around
Speaker:my
Speaker:shaft
Speaker:and
Speaker:we
Speaker:began to
Speaker:cum together. The bed screeched
Speaker:in
Speaker:protest as
Speaker:Mirabelle
Speaker:arched
Speaker:her
Speaker:back,
Speaker:and
Speaker:then
Speaker:she
Speaker:fell
Speaker:back
Speaker:against
Speaker:the
Speaker:mattress,
Speaker:panting
Speaker:hotly.
“Mirabelle?” I
asked,
Speaker:rising
Speaker:up
Speaker:to
Speaker:look
Speaker:into
Speaker:her
Speaker:eyes. “You
Speaker:still
Speaker:there?”
She
blinked
Speaker:several
Speaker:times,
Speaker:and
Speaker:then
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:stared
Speaker:back
Speaker:at
Speaker:me,
Speaker:eyes
Speaker:her
Speaker:normal
Speaker:warm,
Speaker:deep
Speaker:brown. “She’s
Speaker:gone,
Speaker:Petey,”
Speaker:she
Speaker:breathed.
“You’re
sure?”
Speaker:I
Speaker:asked.
“Sure,”
she
Speaker:confirmed. “I’m
Speaker:all
Speaker:alone
Speaker:in
Speaker:here
Speaker:now.”
Speaker:Then
Speaker:she
Speaker:grinned. “Well,
Speaker:aside
Speaker:from
Speaker:your
Speaker:cock.”
“Oh,
thank
Speaker:God,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:collapsing
Speaker:on
Speaker:top
Speaker:of
Speaker:her
Speaker:warm,
Speaker:furry,
Speaker:sweat
Speaker:soaked
Speaker:body. “I
Speaker:wasn’t sure
Speaker:what
Speaker:I could
Speaker:have
Speaker:done
Speaker:if
Speaker:she’d
Speaker:broken
Speaker:loose.”
“Yeah,
she
Speaker:really
Speaker:wanted
Speaker:out,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:agreed. “I
Speaker:feel kinda sorry for
Speaker:her. She
Speaker:just
Speaker:wanted
Speaker:to
Speaker:feel
Speaker:alive
Speaker:again,
Speaker:I
Speaker:think.”
Speaker:She
Speaker:purred
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:moved up
Speaker:and our
Speaker:muzzles
Speaker:met
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:deep
Speaker:kiss. “Mmmm,
Speaker:you
Speaker:can
Speaker:let
Speaker:me
Speaker:loose
Speaker:now,”
Speaker:Chaula
Speaker:said,
Speaker:as
Speaker:we
Speaker:finally
Speaker:broke
Speaker:off.
“I
could
Speaker:yeah,”
Speaker:I
Speaker:said. “But
Speaker:I
Speaker:think
Speaker:you
Speaker:owe me
Speaker:for
Speaker:dragging
Speaker:me
Speaker:to
Speaker:another
Speaker:haunted
Speaker:house.”
“Pete,”
she
Speaker:growled. “I
Speaker:didn’t
Speaker:know
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:really
Speaker:haunted.”
“Uh, uh,”
I
Speaker:said,
Speaker:booping
Speaker:her
Speaker:nose. “I’m
Speaker:not
Speaker:letting
Speaker:you
Speaker:up
Speaker:until
Speaker:you’ve
Speaker:apologized
Speaker:sincerely.”
“Sincerely,
huh?”
Speaker:she
Speaker:shot
Speaker:back,
Speaker:pulling on
Speaker:her
Speaker:cuffs
Speaker:and
Speaker:letting
Speaker:loose
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:deep
Speaker:throated growl.
When we met with her Uncle Taresh a few days later, we didn’t explain
how
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed
Speaker:had
Speaker:been
Speaker:destroyed.
This
was “Housing
Speaker:Crisis”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Royce Day,
Speaker:read
Speaker:for
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Speaker:by
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Speaker:podcasts.
Speaker:Thank
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Speaker:for
Speaker:listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:The
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