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Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * ‘You sure took your good time,’ snarled Kokata, the moment Lei landed on the branch they had agreed on. He had beat her to it. ‘They are absolutely wonderful,’ exclaimed his Lei and spun her arms around his neck, completely ignoring his tone and mood. ‘You wouldn’t believe how wonderful they are.’ In spite of his mood, Kokata couldn’t resist hugging her back. Every second she had spent surrounded by...
Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * ‘Here we are,’ said the obnoxious butterfly-woman. ‘Thank you,’ said Valo. Five days of listening to the purple-winged butterfly’s chit-chat. Her voice in his ears had been worse than the sunlight in his eyes. ‘Now, let me have the picture,’ said the butterfly-woman, for what had to be more than the hundredth time. ‘I’ll hand it to her myself,’ said Valo, protectively holding a hand over the holster...
Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I’ve found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * Spring came to Altwar with a wealth of green leaves, and rain, and unbelievable amounts of hard work. Kokata couldn’t remember ever having been so exhausted in his life. Whenever he thought he had earned a good rest, Lei sent him into another back-breaking task. ‘For all we...
Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. ‘If you have to sleep unguarded, then find a predator’s nest and kill the inhabitant. If its likes are unaware of its death, you are likely not to be disturbed. The beast’s neighbours would take your delectable scent to simply be the aroma of the predator’s dinner.’ The old, scarred, bat-hunter had with a wide grin tapped the side of his nose as he delivered that statement. Lei missed him achingly as she missed so many others back home. She didn’t allow herself...
Submitted to literotica.com by the author. * Kokata jumped and landed on the ledge of his home. The termites were gone. It had almost been too easy. He pulled a termite arrow out of the ledge and stared at it. Young fools. Younger than him, some probably younger than Lei. He felt sick. He had done what he could not to kill. His new friend hadn’t. She had gone all the way. She must have not known that it was all just a horrible mistake. Kokata hadn’t tried to stop her. He was trying to...
Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * Kokata was indecisive. He didn’t want to leave his lair unguarded, but he also didn’t want his stomach-ache to get any worse. For the tenth time he inspected the web-tunnel he had build around the opening of his lair, securing it from curious unwelcome guests. Nothing but a spider-beast, or a spider, could traverse that tunnel. He had never met another spider, and no spider-beast had ever invaded his...
Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I’ve found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * ‘What’s wrong?’ asked Lei. ‘What?’ snarled Kokata. ‘Don’t give me that, Black. You’ve been acting strange for days,’ said Lei. ‘Ever since we traded with the termites, actually.’ ‘You traded with the termites,’ snarled Kokata. ‘I didn’t. I don’t trade things. I don’t need things.’ ‘Crankywort.’ Kokata wasn’t in a mood to joke...
The Tick - Moth Mistake By Mellissa Lynn "DAMN!" American Maid swore as she hung up the phone. "What's wrong?" Arthur asked from where he and Carmelita were sitting. The diner was fairly empty; only the three of them (well, the Tick was there, of course, but he had dozed off in the next booth). "I just lost my catering team for the affair I'm doing next week," American Maid replied. "I promised that I'd do this, and the head of the NCCA won't be happy if I can't help....
Submitted to literotica.com by the author. * Zoa glanced at the young man kneeling next to her on the high branch. He was sweating, his eyes were wide, and he was breathing way too fast. She reached out and took his hand. ‘You’ll be fine,’ she whispered, and he turned his fear-filled eyes to her. ‘Just stay next to me,’ continued Zoa, squeezing his hand harder. ‘I’ll guard you with my life. I promise. I’ll get you through this alive, Vumanesco.’ Around them other couriers were gathering on...
Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I’ve found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * ‘Wehiloooooo.’ ‘Oh my, oh my,’ said Kuruma and chuckled at herself. Her mouth was watering as if she were a little girl and not an old toothless crone. ‘What is it, grandma?’ asked Tobi, her favourite grandson. Kuruma was old enough to be allowed the privilege of having favourites. ‘Travelling termites,’ said Kuruma, her eyes...
Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I’ve found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * ‘When I first tell them about you, I will refer to you as my friend,’ said Lei. ‘I’m proud to be your lover, but we can’t afford to antagonise them too much from the very start. Once they get used to me, and the knowledge of you, I can let it slip. Most likely they will have guessed it before then anyhow.’ Lei hated the outlook to...
Written by Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * ‘We’re here,’ said Lei, released the rope, and let it fall to the ground. They had been there a while, but she had decided not to declare it until the forest’s edge was out of sight. ‘Altwar,’ she clarified. Exhausted she sank to her knees. ‘What now, Oli?’ There was no reply, only that horrible stench. She had lost count of how many nights had passed since he died. Lei curled into a tight ball and covered herself with her ragged wings. ...
Written by Nanna Marker, a citizen of Denmark, born in 1976. Submitted to literotica.com by the author. * Lei woke. She had heard something. ‘Wehiloooo.’ Lei sat up straight barely believing her ears. ‘Wehiloooo.’ Her mouth watered as if she were a child carrying her first set of wings. ‘Wehiloa.’ For a larvae it would have been a far off sound, but for someone with wings it was not! Lei turned and scrambled through her belongings, till she found her collection of self-made arrowheads....
A physicist might have a hard time enjoying this story, seeing as the low surface tension of the water in this world might confuse him. Suffice to say, their world is not ours, their trees do not rely on capillary forces to drink. Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I’ve found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. In spring, three years after the seer had died, the moths and butterflies of Aribo forest –home of Lei...
Disclaimer: This story contains adult language, themes, and the like; it should be viewed only by those of legal age. All other usual disclaimers for stories sent to this newsgroup apply -- we already know them, so there's no reason to retype them here. Any resemblance to anyone, living, dead, or undead, is entirely coincidental. Reposting on archival sites is permitted with the following provisions: (1) I am notified when such a posting is made, (2) this story may NOT be posted...
‘Moth’ is a completed story and I will, until the end of it, be submitting one chapter a day to literotica. I hope they will appear on the site at about the same interval, and in the same order. Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I’ve found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * ‘Altwar forest,’ said the crone, ‘that is where your chance at great love awaits.’ ‘Altwar,’ whispered Lei, her eyes widening with...
Written by Nanna Marker, a citizen of Denmark, born in 1976. * Lei was fast asleep long before Kokata was satisfied that her wings would be safe. No longer having an excuse to be near her, he withdrew to his nearest hiding-place. He had never before told anyone about the beetles. It was a strange feeling: having talked about himself. He couldn’t remember ever before having talked as much in one night. He was glad he hadn’t gone into more detail, though. She didn’t need to know exactly what...
Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * Kokata usually liked winter, especially when there was snow. Cold had never harmed him. One night, years earlier, he had crawled up high and laid himself in the snow on the treetops. Kokata had expected the pale man to eventually come. He hadn’t. Instead the world had slowly sped up. Day had come far sooner than he had believed a night could pass. And the sun of day had moved so swiftly he had almost...
All-consuming passion and soul-shattering vulnerability: this is the only way to describe it. A man who will kiss you for fifteen minutes straight, ceaseless, passionate, over and over, almost suffocating you with intensity — and then pause, suddenly: pensively, the crease of his brow and narrowing of his eyes just visible in the glimmers of early morning light which seep in through the gaps in the blinds. He stares into your eyes, out beyond the end of the mattress and into the room, then...
The Mansion of Zedd - Tina's Box I opened the box I'd found, wondering if there would be anything valuable in it or not. Probably not considering where I'd found it to begin with. The old house just outside of town, though everyone else referred to it as a mansion, was kind of run down and abandoned. No one not even realestate agents ever went there because it was haunted or something. It was about the size of a small hotel I guess, but with lots of that old type architecture I'd...
It had been a vigorous end of the morning in Jessica’s room, with the three women using and abusing Bill for various ‘deviant sexual purposes.’ So said Molly, in any case, just after Bill had dramatically clutched his chest and feigned a heart attack. The three had taken pity on him at that point and climbed off the bed. Bill had staggered off to Toby’s room and collapsed onto the bed without even bothering to wash up. Not so for Jessica, Molly, and Sarah. After sending Bill off for a nap,...
I walked back to the barracks with my head spinning as I struggled to take in the fact that Emma had gone. She must have known a fortnight ago that it would be our last meeting. That could explain her somewhat feverish sexual activity- had she wanted something special to look back on? Who was the other employee from her firm who had disappeared with her? Phillipa hadn't said but I assumed it to be a male as I couldn't imagine Emma without a pliable male companion. Had he been shagging her...
The following Tuesday evening Ffion turned up with Geraint at football training. She was dressed in a track suit, and even that garment couldn't disguise her shape. "I'm on a pre-Christmas fitness regime; I'll be back later to pick up Geraint." With that she waved and left the gym. A football training night was made up of 45 minutes of circuit training, followed by 45 minutes of the boys getting ball control practice by dribbling around traffic cones. Franklin and I first supervised...
Submitted to literotica.com by the author. * ‘You must be the young hero,’ said the librarian, but made no other move to greet her. ‘I am Zoa,’ said Zoa. ‘You can wash in there.’ The librarian pointed. ‘I have laid out white visitor’s robes and slippers for you.’ Zoa glanced in the direction the librarian pointed. The squarish building did look like a bath house. ‘I washed before I left the city,’ informed Zoa, turning her eyes back to the librarian. ‘Now, you will wash again,’ insisted...
Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * Valo came home just before dawn and found the place emptied of all but his mate. She had lighted, and was somberly staring at, a tiny, shielded, bright-glow. Next to it was a tiny bowl of sweets. Valo’s heart twisted at the sight. This was Lei’s birthnight. ‘I’ve got us a new juice-can,’ he said, placing the big ceramic can on the table, defiantly treating the table as a piece of furniture, not a...
Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * Kokata was searching. He had probably carried the idea longer, but in the end it was Lei who had spoken the suggestion. So here he was, searching the forest as swiftly as his legs would move him. He needed to find a healer. He wasn’t panicked. They didn’t need one yet. There was still plenty time to find one. Kokata’s body felt light. Happy as he was it was almost as if his legs needed nothing but air to keep him afloat. Lei had said she felt pregnant. It...
Posted on literotica.com with permission of author: Nanna Marker, literotica ID ellynei. * ‘Hello,’ yelled a woman’s voice. ‘Who lives there?’ ‘Beggars at this time of day?’ moaned Brevila and tugged her blanket over her ears. ‘What are they thinking?’ Valo mumbled something which was unintelligible even to himself, laid his arm around his mate and went back to sleep. He had no trouble sleeping through the calls from outside. ‘Valo!’ His mate’s voice was quite another matter, though. ...
Submitted to literotica.com by the author. * ‘Lei,’ screamed a loud, hoarse, voice, and Zoa could hear the sounds of hard body-plating ramming against metal bars. ‘Where is she?’ ‘How long has he been at it?’ asked Zoa. ‘A few hours, Officer Zoa,’ replied the guard. ‘He is getting stronger and faster every day.’ ‘So I can hear,’ commented Zoa. ‘The woman isn’t much better. But her we can tie down.’ ‘May I ask how the baby is, Officer Zoa?’ asked the guard hesitantly, she wasn’t supposed...
Submitted to literotica.com by the author. * ‘Are you sure your new friend is fine?’ asked his Lei. Even though she hadn’t yet seen the spider-woman there was concern in her voice. ‘I didn’t expect her to be gone this long,’ said Kokata. The sun had set and the sky was greying over. ‘I can go look for her,’ offered his Lei. ‘No,’ snarled Kokata, holding a leg out between Lei and the open air next to the ledge. ‘If she is safe she is safe, if she isn’t she is dead.’ It wouldn’t be safe...
Losing my husband to suicide shattered my comfortable world. Meeting a former friend of my late husband, who later became my Ass Master rocked my world and introduced me to heights of passion I had never ever known. Usually, the passive one at the beginning of a liaison, this time I could not contain myself when we first coupled because I was so irresistibly drawn to this man that I had to plan my seduction carefully. I knew he was a classy man, so I had to be careful not to scare him away...
Natasha Romanoff, aka the Black Widow, was in training room twenty-four aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, surrounded by a group of muscular male S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in gym tights, ten in total. As always, she commanded and received the group's rapt attention. After all, it wasn't every day that you received training from someone who was part of the Avengers.She was dressed in her usual leather uniform -- black, tight and hugging her voluptuous curves to the point that worried the other male...
She was my granny’s neighbor. She was a fat elderly woman of about 65-70 with huge boobs and enormous ass. That summer I was helping my granny with the house and her neighbor Mrs. Hill often asked me to help her too. She lived alone, her husband died, and her relatives didn’t visit her often. Now and then I felt her looking at me in a strange way, but didn’t really pay attention to it at all. It was Sunday, I spent the whole day helping both of the ladies round the house, it was night, and I...
She was my granny’s neighbor. She was a fat elderly woman of about 65-70 with huge boobs and enormous ass. That summer I was helping my granny with the house and her neighbor Mrs. Hill often asked me to help her too. She lived alone, her husband died, and her relatives didn’t visit her often. Now and then I felt her looking at me in a strange way, but didn’t really pay attention to it at all. It was Sunday, I spent the whole day helping both of the ladies round the house, it was night, and I...
The Lavender Hill Ladies Luncheon Club by enduringshades Author's note: a brief description of each of the Ladies can be found at the end of this story. "I'm off now Audrey," I called upstairs to my wife. She comes rushing down and gives me a kiss. "Oh, Alec, I do wish I could come with you." I reply with a smile. "Sorry, you know the rule - no spouses!" I know she doesn't expect to come, it has been going since before we were married. I turn, leave the house and get it to...
Pippa picked me up in her car outside the barracks at about 5pm on New Year's Eve. The party was being held at the home of a Frank and Peggy Sinclair, near Farnborough. "The Sinclair's place is a mansion" Pippa informed me. "Frank made a fortune in South Africa, diamonds I think. The Sinclair's are big benefactors to the charity and some of the guests will be my fellow workers, quite harmless," she laughed and spun the wheel past a slower car; she was a good driver, fast but careful,...
Indru tamil kama kathaiyil ilamaiyaana magalum pinbu vithavai ammavaiyum eppadi usar seithu matter poten endru ungaluku solugiren. Suvarasiyam athigam irukum kama kathaikul selalam vaarungal, en peyar karthik. En veethiiyil oru pen ilamaiyaaga sexiyaaga irupaal, avalai thinamum sight adithu kondu irupen. Thinamum aval kalluri sendru varum pozhuthu iru velaiyilum sight adika arambithu viduven. Aval peyar nandhini vayathu 21 irukum, avaluku veetil aan thunai kidaiyaathu. Veetil oru amma iru...
My name is Ted Howard and my wife's name is Beth. We have three children; Carl aged 10, Mike age 8 and Beth age 5. It all started so very innocently with my wife and me enjoying our first vacation by ourselves in over ten years and evolved into something that seems like a fantastic dream than reality. Over the past ten years we have had three children and every vacation had included each of them as they came along. Now, with the children staying with my wife's parents for the summer, we were...
THE LAVENDER HILL LADIES AND THE KENTON MANOR MAIDS by enduringshades This is the second Lavender Hill Ladies adventure, the first was the 'The Lavender Hill Ladies Luncheon Club'. For new readers, or as a reminder, I start off with a brief description of each of the Ladies. Otherwise you are welcome to skip to the beginning of the story. THE LADIES The Lavender Hill Ladies started as the Lavender Hill Girls, when four straight crossdressing undergraduates shared a student house...
Note from the author: Jarrod of Hartshorn Hill is the First of this Series. Druesha of Hartshorn Hill is the Second of this Series. Fallon of Hartshorn Hill is the Third of this Series. Evan of Hartshorn Hill is the Fourth of this Series. Avalon of Hartshorn Hill is the Fifth of this Series. * * * * * Gregor had been born a slave. Usually when you are born a slave, you never know your parents. Slave babies are sent to the slave nursery until they are old enough to perform simple...
A lot of things changed in the time that followed. My girlfriend, Chloe, went to another state to attend college. I chose a college in our home town. I was kinda lost. Chloe and I were still in love, at least I was with her... but I assumed she was seeing other guys at her new school. Without Chloe, there wasn’t a legitimate reason for me to hang out at her house anymore. I would drop by to say “hi” every now and then, but it felt rather pathetic to hang around her family when we were...
Dear friends, this is Nalini (changed) with my new story of my college friend Lavanya, and thanks for your comments on my previous stories, and please don’t forget to comment on ISS too, and male readers stop asking about my personal details and don’t invite me on hangouts.Girls and Ladies can mail me at [email protected] am a newly married housewife aged 26 years with a 34B-26-36, enjoying and satisfied with my husband’s love making in bed, but still yearn for a...
Hi Friends, this is Rajesh, presently 38 years working as an Engineer in an MNC, and settled in Bangalore now.. I am fair in colour, well built with a gym body and most important with an 8 inch dick. I was aware of the woman anatomy at that age by reading sex books and watching porn, but never had any chance to see a woman naked, but was longing to see a naked woman and masturbating myself thinking about it.This is an incident which happened when I had been to Mangalore to attend a marriage...
Introduction:This is a story written by request of a reader. Contains: Lesbian, threesome, teen, domination, submission, b********y, cum covered, cum swallowing, cum gushing, double penetration, stretching, strapon, anal, i****t.For Patricia.The area I cover as a social worker is mostly rural, so I get to visit quite a number of small villages with their typical rural problems. One of those visits led me to a small farm, which had allegedly fallen into debt and disorder after the death of the...
"We'll leave the smell of the sea in your bed, Where love's just a job and nothing is said." ELTON JOHN - Sweet Painted Lady "Webster", she said, standing on tiptoe so that she could speak into the intercom set high and to the right of the door. "Tina Webster. I'm supposed to start today". "Of course you are. Come up". The voice was young, light, cheerful. Tina felt the tension in her stomach lift a little. "I can't get in", she told the disembodied voice. "There's no door...
Present Day “I’ve got one stop to make before we can go home,” said Mike Dubois as his daughters climbed into his car. His oldest daughter, Tamara, groaned silently and rolled her eyes. Her father didn’t normally take them on work calls, but it had happened in the past and would probably happen again. At sixteen she was surprisingly mature about that sort of thing. Her one-year-younger sister, Samantha, was not as sympathetic. She groaned loudly and complained, “Daddy!” “Hey, it wasn’t my...
“Hey Mikhail,” she said. “How are you?” “Good thanks. What are you doing here?” I asked, scratching my head. “I was bored,” she said. “I heard a bunch of people would be here so I came. Didn’t know you would be here though. Let’s go walk around.” “Ok,” I said. Rachael and I had been friends since as long as I could remember. People that don’t know us tend to think we are brother and sister because we are always together, but also because we look alike. Rachael has long, shoulder...
Introduction: This is a true story written to the best of what I can remember. Names havent been changed because I do not think it will matter. Comment please and expect more stories in the future. It was the third day of softball finals. My cousin was playing in the league and I was stuck at the park in the more than 90 degree weather because my aunt never let me stay home alone. While walking around I saw Rachael. I walked up to her and said hi. Hey Mikhail, she said. How are you? Good...
Bluebell Hill By Paul1954 Prologue Rochester University, Kent, England : October 27th, 2000 Elizabeth Geddes watched the backs of the three young men as they departed from her office and then closed her eyes tightly. Despite the hard facade she had just had to show to them she knew, more than they could ever be aware of, just exactly how they had felt. She heard a muffled curse as the door slammed shut behind them, and experienced what she might have thought of as a feeling of...
Sandra is a 5'8" blonde that has long curly blonde hair. Her tall frame carries her 135 pounds well and shows off her shapely hips and ass while her 36C tits are the focus of many mens attention. She married as a 20 year old virgin and has only known her husband’s 7" cock. Samantha is tall like her mother. She is pushing 5'10" and has a look that draws boy’s attention when ever she is out and about. She has slimmer hips than her mother, but her tits are just as large and have the...
Sandra is a 5'8" blonde that has long curly blonde hair. Her tall frame carries her 135 pounds well and shows off her shapely hips and ass while her 36C tits are the focus of many mens attention. She married as a 20 year old virgin and has only known her husband’s 7" cock. Samantha is tall like her mother. She is pushing 5'10" and has a look that draws boy’s attention when ever she is out and about. She has slimmer hips than her mother, but her tits are just as large and have the...
Note : This story is completely fictional!In nineteen forty six Thelma Lou Anderson was married with three kids. Linda was the oldest. She was sixteen. Guy and George was ten and Guy seven. Thelma owned a beauty shop in Kansas City. She suspected her husband Lawerance was cheating on her again. She followed him one day when he thought she was at work and saw him go into a house. A woman opened the door and he went in. That was all the proof she needed. She went home and packed her suitcase and...
IncestMother Ethel always enjoyed the short walk to the train station. It was beautiful Autumnal morning and Mother Ethel took the opportunity to walk to the train station as she knew that she had a very busy day ahead. Those that saw Mother Ethel along the way bowed reverently,they knew that Mother Ethel was a Nun of the Monastery of Repentance and when a Nun or a Monk walked past it was polite to bow, for many knew what the Nun's and Monk's of the Monastery were capable of. As Mother Ethel strolled...
By EFon Chapter 2 : Jake & Jen went up a hill, but not before I got my fill. So I woke up, still half dressed, on top of my covers, with dried cum all over my groin. It's a good thing it was Saturday or Mom might have come in to wake me up and gotten quite an eyeful. I tend to sleep pretty heavily, and even sleep through my alarm clock blasting for quite a while. Luckily I'd been left to sleep in. Last night I had a plan and a scheme, but then Jen, my sister who had been the...
John ‘Long’ Johnson held up a weather-browned hand,bringing to a halt the six horsemen and women trailingbehind him. He pushed back his dusty, ten-gallon cowboyhat and shaded his brow, squinting stinging sweat out ofhis blazing blue eyes as he gazed down at the ramshacklecollection of wood frame buildings and homes that wereDike City, Kansas. Shimmering waves of heat rose off thesun-baked land below, and the sluggish Little Snake River,which regularly overflowed its banks and the town’scrudely...
This is something I pulled off one of the Yahoo club sites. It says it was written by someone named Wallace Mason. It's a dream edition of the Benny Hill Show. All I can say is, "Bravo, Wallace!"The Ultimate Benny Hill Show No. 1 by Wallace MasonIt’s the mid 1980’s. British policewomen still where the white and black caps with chequered bands and nurses still wear blue uniforms and caps. The unaired Benny Hill show is about to start. It does include some of Benny’s real sketches, some stolen...
Dot, Dorothea, and Dick Chapter One Dear sister: I found this letter among some others, scrolled up and tied with purple ribbon, in a chest belonging to our great grandfather. The name Charles has belonged to several in our family line, but I believe I know the one who received and saved this letter, and kept it preserved for so many years. I believe the letter speaks for itself, so I will now offer it up to you. Dearest Charles: I hope this missive finds you in such good...
The House on Sorrow Hill LanebyDr.Dorothy Strangelove,T.L.C., C.P.,B&DPART ONEIt was an icy February night in 1910. Emily could see nothing from the bedroom's leaded window but upper branches of skeleton trees lit up by the full moon's light. Below this the gardens were shrouded in fog. She had seen one fine day blessed with sunshine since she had come to Nine Acres and had remarked that she was sure the sprawling gardens looked beautiful in summer. The back of the house led on to a large lawn...
I was about to start the last week of my residential course from work, and I hadn't heard from Jo for over a week, since she hinted that she might be up for introducing me to her friend. I was busy with coursework anyway and with 30 or so co-students all living together there were other fish to fry, so to speak.I had been sailing through the work, but it could get stressful, career advancement was on the line and some people were coping better than others. This was how I found myself helping...