I Can See For Miles
By Tyrone Slothrop
Author's Note: This is the fourth Angel story and he needed lots of
help for this mission. Even when I threw in characters from my
previous work into the mix, we still needed more. I then reached out
to other authors who had created heroic figures with a similar
purpose. You will see a series of works attached to this story, all
launching off the same assignment detailed in chapter 20. I can tell
you we had fun doing it-
Tyrone Slothrop
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Opening Scene: You Only Hurt The One You Love - Cyberspace and points
in reality - May
"WELCOME BACK! LollyPop: Member Class=Voyeur, SELECTION=JOHNNIE TO
JILL" scrolled across the all black screen of the laptop.
LollyPop bulged in anticipation, a thin stream of saliva slowly
dripping from the corner of his mouth until it was stopped by
colliding with the PgDn key. He had made sure his account was paid up
at TransTalent website since he did not want to be cut off in the
middle of the action.
The video window popped up, quickly resolving into clarity over the
broadband connection. LollyPop could see the 'Domme' level chat level
members select the next humiliation from the script options. The girl
in leather towered over the quivering victim. The boy on screen broke
into tears when she demanded he wears the offered petticoat.
Lollypop guessed that the 'Domme' level members had chosen the little
girl dress up theme.
The time was perfect for LollyPop with his parents sound asleep and no
school tomorrow. The credit card charges had been buried in his
father's voluminous bill. Dad never checked any item under $100.
The money to move to the next level of membership was beyond his
means, so he had to live with the passive observer status his $50 per
hour purchased. It was so much more exciting than just reading erotic
fiction. They guaranteed that the humiliation was genuine and it sure
looked like it.
The message board at the erotic fiction site had led him to an email
exchange with someone known as Red_Velvet_Usher. They had recommended
he try TransTalent and gave him the passcodes after he had paid $10
for a guest membership.
The borrowed lingerie from Mom's drawer tight in his grip, LollyPop
watched and listened to the pleas of the boy on screen as he whined
and complained about the curly wig being settled on his head, the
exaggerated blush applied to his cheeks and the patent leather shoes
he was told to put on over his tights.
The girl began stroking the boy's crotch under the petticoats and the
boy began to respond despite the hormones he had been administered for
the last month. LollyPop could not contain himself anymore. His eyes
closed and his hands left the keyboard.
LollyPop would be back as soon as he could. He did not want to miss a
week of Johnnie's relentless feminization and submission. As soon as
he could hide the next charge on the credit card.
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Chapter 1: Angel Accepts The Inevitable - Group Facility, Los Angeles,
California - June
The buzz of background conversation died a quick death in the locker
room. The figure in black leather and jeans slowly made his entrance.
"Is that him?" the cop said, flipping his blonde hair back over his
shoulder and having it fall smoothly down his back, right to the
bottom edge of his halter top.
"That's him. They said he nearly died from his last job. He's been out
for most of a year now." The second agent replied while he applied
mascara to his lashes.
Angel, the man in black, walked haltingly past the vanity tables, the
hair dryers and changing areas. He saw reflections of reflections in
the multitude of mirrors around the room. He was determined not to
stumble as he made his way to the lecture hall.
Primary colors are the source of vision. Some people have the ability
to detect fine gradations and shades and others were immune to the
differences. Angel felt his senses becoming less discriminating as he
aged and wondered if it was the distraction of the mind which comes
with increased responsibility or a physical loss.
As he approached thirty, he appeared to have aged little, even to
those who knew him well. Five foot seven inches, lean frame and
delicate hands with brown hair now covering his shoulder blades.
When they looked closer, his eyes had become colder, harder and more
distant, and the skin around them had taken on a grayish pallor. A
network of fine lines was apparent, the result of many layers of pain
endured and observed.
Frank, his adoptive father, had always said of him. "Angel has the
face of a beautiful boy and a pretty girl coupled with the eyes of a
Marine Corps sniper on a long mission."
Angel entered the empty lecture hall, empty save for Bob Angelo,
former State Attorney General and now special advisor to the Governor.
His impeccable Italian suit contrasted with Angel's black leather
blazer, black tee shirt and jeans.
Bob ran to the edge of the platform to provide a steadying grip as he
saw Angel struggling up the stairs.
"Dammit, Angel, Carolyn's going to kill me! I should have known not to
trust you when you said you were well enough to come here today!" Bob
said, concern evident in his tone.
"I'm fine Bob, and I need to get out and move. I promise I won't die
on you now."
"I like the hair, kid. You trying to match your Dad?" Bob smiled,
changing the subject. Frank was known for his waist length style.
"Carolyn wanted me to grow it out for the wedding. She said one of us
needs to have a real elaborate style for the ceremony." Angel smiled
in reflex at Bob's expression.
Bob shifted topics again to the matter at hand. "They are all here to
see the legend today. We've got seven in this group and they all have
been on at least one solo operation. Two are city cops, three are
state agents, one is a fed and one is an Aussie. They have all passed
the trust test. And all are on leave for the next week just to attend
your seminar."
"I assume you are getting out before they show up, right?"
"Of course. Need to know and all that. I just wanted to see you in the
flesh. I'll be watching some from the video feed, but then duty calls.
It's good to have you back, Angel. Give my love to Carolyn and Frank."
Bob broke character for a minute and Roberta emerged to kiss Angel on
the cheek, followed by Bob hugging him.
A tear made its way down Angel's face as he watched the man leave. He
remembered looking up at the blue uniform and then Bob's face as he
was rescued from his living hell almost twenty years ago. Bob had gone
on to become the Operations Chief for the Group, the role he still
held.
Seeing Bob let the Face out. The beautiful face of his tormentor that
was normally locked away in his memories. He was twelve again and
strapped to a wall. She was taunting him but her voice was silenced.
Angel summoned the will and she went away.
The students filed in, wearing outfits ranging from teen pop star to
classic cocktail dresses. They broke up into the expected groups,
local cops, state guys, with the Fed and the Aussie sort of together.
The class structure of law enforcement looked very similar to high
school girl's cliques.
A slow scan of the audience proved to be enlightening. Angel smiled
and was impressed by how the agents had responded to his first
assignment.
The Group was composed of extremes, not averages. It intentionally set
out to find the extraordinary not the ordinary. Many crossdressers
(CDs) are not driven by pain and abuse. Many victims of pain and abuse
are not CDs. A small percentage of CDs can pass effectively as women
and boys. Still fewer are skilled and lethal undercover operatives.
But from across the planet, they had found the operatives they needed,
never large in number, usually less than the fingers on two hands,
backed by others less gifted in beauty but no less committed to the
mission.
"Welcome, gentlemen. I am glad to see you all got into the spirit of
the opening exercise. I asked you to show yourself as your 'dream'
persona, the one you enjoy the most. I did that because this may be
the last time for a while where you get the freedom to pick your
appearance." Angel opened the session unexpectedly, speaking in a soft
voice which somehow carried over and cut through the chatter.
Angel recognized Britney, Christine, Nicole, the two blondes from the
CSI shows, Mariah and one gothic type he could not place but was
clearly outstandingly beautiful. The guys were obviously very
accomplished at their dressing. They had taken their targets as
templates for their appearance and had adapted them to their own
features and flaws, creating not a clumsy attempt at an impersonation
but a very effective and believable presentation.
All were able to pass as women. All were able to pass as young teen
age boys. All were extremely lethal. And all were giggling in
character.
Angel walked up to the gothic one with long black hair.
"You've got me on this one. It's very good, but I don't know the
reference."
"It's Tarja, she sings for a Finnish metal band, mate" said the
diminutive man in the long red coat, black boots with heels and very
pale face.
Angel assumed he had found the Aussie. "I like it, Mr. Olsen."
The man smiled and flipped his hair back in a practiced manner.
Angel painfully moved to the podium, grabbing the sides for support.
"You all have arrived here, in those seats, in this room, at this time
because you all have some things in common.
"First- you are the victim of abuse.
"Second- you are involved in law enforcement.
"Third - you are known to be capable of applying deadly force.
"Last- you are able to withstand a lot of humiliation in undercover
work" Angel looked slowly at each of the seven, his gray eyes piercing
their poker faces.
"Oh, and it seems that some of us who do this work have the same
proclivity in our expanded wardrobes." Angel said dryly. The tension
broke and the group laughed in a distinctly unladylike manner.
"You all know the Group targets predators, the ones who remove
innocence, the ones who take joy in using people like us for their
entertainment. The ones who create people like us. We work in the
realm of justice and recovery, which occasionally departs from the
boundaries of the law." An eerie coldness entered Angel's voice and
infected the recruits like a virus.
"For the next week, I will be sharing my case histories with you, in
the hope that some of it might be useful as you lead operations either
solo or as a team member. Because of your skills and ability to appear
as prey to our target predators, you will frequently be working right
in the middle of the action. I managed to stay lucky in that role for
eight years, but I should not have to tell you how dangerous it can be
every time."
Angel picked up a remote control, dimmed the lights and started his
slides on the room screen.
"Girls, this was one of the more challenging ones...."
Every eye in the room was drawn to the body of the small boy shown in
large format. Every one of the agents renewed his motivation for their
calling.
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Chapter 2: High Roller Home Entertainment - Cyberspace and points in
reality - June
"Oh my, you're a big one, Matador: Member Class=Super Stud,
SELECT=JOHNNIE TO JILL" scrolled across the wall size projection
screen. The man known as the Matador looked out at the city lights of
Sao Paolo as he pulled on the shiny black plastic sleeve, mindful of
the cables connecting it to his USB port and the separate power
supply.
The sensuous woman's voice soothed him as he closed the Velcro seal
around his anticipating member. He always loved hearing her personal
touch and was happy he had purchased the most expensive service from
TransTalent.
Marge Foley, a grandmother of ten spoke into the microphone in her
trademark voice, dripping with bedroom allure. She shifted her two
hundred and fifty pounds, creating a cacophony of squeaks from her
cheap office chair while she reviewed the account file of "Matador".
Telephone customer service is often a difficult and low paying way to
make a living. She was happy to find this job, which paid almost fifty
percent more than other ones in the area. The customers were sleazy,
but very cooperative.
Matador's profile showed he liked to reserve 'private' sessions, where
he alone issued the script commands. As an investor in the parent
company he had the distinction of being one of the twenty people in
the world with the new PleasureJac units. There was a notation he had
taken a particular interest in one young boy but always preceded it
with a session with a regular girl before his special time with
"Johnnie". There was also a second notation that he had tried to
deviate from the script on several occasions.
Green status bars appeared under the Matador Icon on the control
screen, indicating he was physically attached to the PleasureJac and
ready for his fun. Marge switched him into the general session.
Darla, the first girl in the rotation, appeared in a provocative pose
on Matador's wall screen. The scripts in these sessions were
straightforward and most clients dispensed with any verbal
interaction.
Darla began the rituals of admiring the PleasureJac unit in front of
her. From the customer's point of view, the camera panned down on her
face and the PleasureJac interface appeared where his own member would
be if he were present in the room with her.
Matador remained silent as Darla cooed and began to get serious. With
every touch of her tongue on the unit in front of her kneeling body,
Matador felt a corresponding pressure and moistness inside his device.
As he expanded, so did Darla's unit.
Time suspended until he achieved release. He opened his eyes and saw
Darla's smiling face, her tongue licking the sides of her mouth.
Matador touched the key sequence which signaled customer satisfaction.
He was now ready for tonight's real entertainment, his evening with
Johnnie. There, the full hour of precious inflicted humiliation and
release would be his.
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Therapist Private Journal- George Romany MD:
Patient: ANGEL-Excerpts >From Therapy Analysis
I group these culmination points under titles of my own romantic
whimsy. I have no recollection of their significance at the time- GR
"Spring Is The Season of Recovery"
We see Angel as a shadowy undercover operative, a cop of a State
Agency , but also working for our shadowy organization called "The
Group". He is expert at passing as a vulnerable teenager, although he
is in his early 20s. When on certain missions to penetrate "forced
fem" sadists operations, he kills without mercy.
He is very much a hollow man, driven by revenge and desire to inflict
pain on oppressors. The opposite of Stockholm syndrome. If you ever
saw Exodus, the movie, the Sal Mineo character, the concentration camp
survivor, reminds me of him.
His history is his mother abused him, with a distinct leaning to
feminization and sexual abuse, and then sold him to a Domme type woman
who planned to make him a sex toy for sale. She used a cattle prod on
him as part of the 'petticoat discipline', coupled with an unending
stream of 'men are evil, vile creatures'.
At age 12 he was rescued by a street cop, Bob Angelo, who turned him
over to Frank and Samantha to raise outside the foster care system.
Bob and Frank are the founding members of the Group, and this was
their first rescue. All members of the group are related to law
enforcement and are victims of abuse, usually feminization. Angel
finds unconditional love in the Group. He regards Frank as his Father.
(Frank is a committed crossdresser, as are about forty percent of
Group members)
"Winter is the Season of Endings"
We now see Angel on an operation, taking out a Judge and Madam J, a
woman so ridiculous yet vile she is a real life parody of extreme TG
fiction.
Angel is 25, and in his prime. He tries showing mercy for the first
time as he sets up Madam J in her New England mansion for kidnap
charges and lets the justice system have her committed. He is still a
bit sociopathic when confronting oppressors.
We also observe Angel as adopting roles in his life, male or female,
and never caring about who he really is. He appears as either sex as
required or on a whim. And given his size and build, is very
effective.
"Lamb And Lion"
Angel in his late 20s. He defuses a classic "dominate the poor CD,
take his money and have him raped" badger game. He has evolved his
mentality to a search for redemption in his targets. He hopes they
give up their villainy before he has to kill them. He seems to begin
enjoying dressing as a woman, in fact, he resembles "Carrie" from "Sex
and the City" rather much. He is leaning towards his softer side. At
the end of this story, he meets his future wife by chance on the plane
home. Angel is getting tired of hate and wants some peace, love and
companionship, like Frank and Samantha, his adoptive parents had.
Today
He now has something to lose, people he loves, which is the kiss of
death for a stone cold undercover operative who needs to do anything
to achieve his goal. He needs to retire, but circumstances and the
threat of many real and potential victims 'drags him back in'
Who is Angel?
Angel is a series of masks. One day he may find one that does not come
off. Undercover people end up with variable identities, and
occasionally end up with no core persona, just a series of masks. If
you had lost your base personality, or hated it, and had the build and
facial features to be whichever sex you would chose, the choice
becomes fascinating. Why wouldn't you appear as a woman? It's so much
more fun than putting on a male mask. Especially since the victims of
sexual abuse occasionally are not very active sexually as
compensation. They have lost the ability to trust.
Imagine Carrie of the TV show Sex and City who is really male, can
look female at will, is deadly with any weapon , skilled in martial
arts, has no fear of humiliation, no compunction about causing pain or
death, and believes in Justice as more important than the Law.
He can only find relief from his own pain by rescuing others like
himself in pain. He has no fear of his own death. He has a high moral
code, and is uncompromising. A beautiful samurai who reveres his
saviors.
End Journal entry- GR
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Chapter 3: The Love Of A Good Woman - Beach House, Malibu, California
- June
The surf crashed quietly on the beach, the sounds removed by the mural
sized glass overlooking the Pacific. The house had belonged to
Carolyn's family since the nineteen thirties, and looked very
unprepossessing, almost ramshackle from the Pacific Coast Highway
north of Santa Monica. The interior was thoroughly modern and was
probably the fourth or fifth total tear down and rebuild. The value of
real estate right on the beach this near Los Angeles tended to make
the exterior appearance irrelevant.
The kitchen was magnificent, one of the best Angel had seen. Simple
yet well laid out, with top notch equipment, restaurant grade. Dinner
preparations consumed his immediate attention, his tactical awareness
was always on, scanning the room for any minute change, while his mind
was roaming his life for the last year.
Angel knew he had succumbed. He was in desperately in love. It scared
him beyond words. He saw himself as a twelve year old boy again,
enduring the pain. And the Face.
Flashback - earlier that day
The dinner celebrated Angel's recovery from the grenade blast that had
almost killed him. The seminar for the Group, his first venture
outside this house alone in six months had finished at noontime on
Friday, to allow most of the agents to catch flights home. He planned
to go shopping on his way home.
Trevor Olsen, the Australian, came up beside him after class.
"So a romantic dinner with your Sheila tonight, Angel?" asked the
small agent, now dressed in sports jacket and jeans for his long
flight home tonight, his black hair pulled back and clasped at his
neck. At five feet tall, he made Angel feel like a giant.
"I think I may be as much Sheila as she is tonight, Trevor. We are
both celebrating in a way." Angel said with a sly smile.
"In that case, mate, I have some time and you have all the facilities
here, let me help."
Trevor had grown up in a family of hairdressers, father, mother and
four sisters and he had kept his skills current. Angel realized that
no matter how he was dressed, he was going to the fish market and then
home en femme. When Trevor pulled out the foot long rods, long, soft
spiral curls fell past Angel's shoulders. Angel decided to add some
light makeup and just gave in to the overall look.
After dropping Trevor off at LAX, he pointed the black H2 north and
headed back to Malibu. Standing in line at the fish market while
Nguyen selected a fillet of Hawaiian Ono, he could feel the looks from
the men in the crowd. Nguyen gave him a wide smile as he exchanged
cash for the packaged fish. Angel shifted his responsive smile and
adjusted his hand mannerisms to full girl mode. He wished he had his
breast prostheses on, but knew he could carry it off without them.
Ever since he was very young, people had viewed Angel and made
assumptions about his gender, and were usually wrong. His painful
history created a person quite flexible in what image he chose to
present to the world.
A quick stop at the jewelers came before he pulled the SUV into the
garage of the beach house. Angel threw himself in preparing his
appearance and the food for the perfect evening.
Treating his new curls with extreme care, he washed and shaved his
body. The red puckering in nine areas on his stomach and left side
showed the remnants of his encounter with the explosive fragments, and
the pain from twisting his torso offered constant evidence that the
muscles were still knitting.
The long convalescence had not managed to add more than a thin, soft
layer of fat to his abdomen, not enough to increase his dress size.
While he was applying the adhesive for his breasts, he thought back to
his first encounter with Carolyn, over two years ago.
Flashback - two years ago
They had met on a plane to Denver, and Angel had been in his Carrie
mood, looking like he had just stepped off the set of Sex And The
City. Carolyn had been attracted to the brunette, which was unusual
for her, since she preferred men.
Angel had made an appearance at her condo a month later, in his best
English tailored suit. After some incredulity and despite all her
instincts, Carolyn let him in, thinking the story was insane. Looking
at Angel, in his most handsome male persona, she could see the face
and mostly the eyes were indeed the same as the ones she had asked to
visit.
The attraction she felt from their first meeting endured, and Carolyn
partially opened herself to him. They dated warily at first, since
neither wanted to reveal their lives completely, more from long habit
than mistrust of the other.
There were frequent absences. Angel's accumulated leave from the State
Attorney's office expired and he had to return to California.
Carolyn's law practice had many confidential clients and she made
house calls.
Carolyn was a committed fighter for women's issues, specifically
focused on abuse and child support. Living off trust funds from her
mother who had died before Carolyn finished law school, she was
estranged from her remarried father, whose neglect she believed had
led to her mother's death in a car accident. She had a step brother
she had never seen. She was an orphan by choice.
Carolyn was mystified by the dangerous man who appeared so confident,
so distant as a male yet so vulnerable and attentive as a female. She
sensed a reserve, a series of layers shielding him, yet also a desire
to peel them away for her and only her.
Carolyn knew Angel was a senior agent for the state, and was a trained
police officer. She also knew he was an undercover specialist and
frequently took extreme risks. He had not told her about his extra
role for the Group, but planned to reveal it at the right time.
Flashback - one year ago
Carolyn met and was immediately adopted by Frank, Angel's father.
Frank , his body weakened by his battle with a rare endocrine
disorder, welcomed her with unconditional love.
Carolyn, often ill at ease with father figures, found Frank's waist
length hair, casual housedress and feminine curves quite a change from
her expectations. Janice Peters, his doctor and companion explained
the side effects of the therapy she had used to hold his disease at
bay, as well as Frank's relationship with Angel.
The two women had been on the lower deck which overlooked the Frank's
beloved river, watching the windsurfer's sails colorfully moving
across the water. Angel and Frank were inside the house making dinner,
having banished the females from the kitchen. Janice poured a glass of
wine for Carolyn and told her the story of Angel's years of abuse, his
sale by his mother to a woman who specialized in sadistic feminization
of young boys, his rescue by a policeman who asked Frank and his then
still living wife Samantha to take him in.
"He just told me he had a difficult childhood and did not know where
his parents were." Carolyn said, tears running down her cheeks as she
grasped Janice's outstretched hand.
"Carolyn, they may look pretty and act like a woman at times, but
underneath it all, Angel and Frank are men. They hold it together by
not discussing the painful past, even with themselves. Angel knew I
would fill you in and felt it was better this way. I have known him
since he was twelve and he has never discussed this with anyone. Take
it as a positive thing that he would even allow you to know, even if
he cannot tell you himself." Janice said, her eyes following Carolyn's
shifting expressions of horror and sadness.
Present
Angel's mind came back to the present. Carolyn was due home in two
hours, and he wanted to have most of the dinner prepared. He put on
his bra and padded panties, threw on a robe and went into the kitchen.
Busying himself with the details of the meal, he attempted to avoid
the overwhelming emotions which coursed through him.
The menu of mesquite butter dripped grilled Hawaiian Ono, a firm and
flavorful whitefish, thinly sliced zucchini and butternut squash with
garlic and herbs, oven roasted, and garlic mashed potatoes with a cold
gazpacho soup required some preparation so he could just grill, bake
and heat when Carolyn came home. He selected a vintage Chassagne
Montrachet for chilling.
Satisfied all the food was ready, he began to get dressed. While he
was doing his face for the evening, he smiled at Carolyn's ready
acceptance of his dressing habits. It was so rare and precious, to be
accepted unconditionally. He was forced to redo his eyes once the
tears ended their flow.
Carolyn worked with many organizations allied with her causes, and
many of the players were antithetical to men, a few with some
justification, many with none. For Carol to have attached herself to a
traditional boyfriend would have resulted in strains in those key
relationships, which she felt would have prevented her from helping
those in need. It had caused her to avoid getting close to several men
in the past.
She found herself attracted to Angel in any persona, easing the way
for him to create the subtle pretense that she was dating a woman. The
sheer delight in her expression when the rumor spread that she was a
lesbian, especially since her father despised the idea, was enough
incentive for Angel to embrace the role.
He blinked and his mind switched back again. Dinner. Getting Dressed.
A loose fitting slip slid over his scars. Garter belt and stockings.
He grinned as he found his black cocktail dress still fit. Sandals
with heels. He surveyed the effect in the mirror and was pleased.
Dressing for another was a new experience. He could not categorize the
feeling that followed the thought, it was new and of strange
composition.
Opening one of the cases from the jeweler, he winced in pain as he
reached behind his neck to fasten the pearl necklace. He inserted the
matching earrings and applied a musky scent.
As he held up the three unopened jeweler's boxes, he roamed back to
his last mission.
Flashback - six months ago
It was a State mission, but the Group was interested. There was a
sting going down at a crossroads just across from the Mexican border.
People were smuggling hookers into Mexico, or rather selling them to
people running empty trucks back from bringing illegals into the US.
The tip indicated that the cargo was a mixture of a few women and
several young boys.
He was supposed to observe the Feds take the truck down. Just as the
ten federal agents were approaching on the van, another truck came up
and began firing at them. A grenade was thrown at the observer
position. Angel pushed the other agent to safety, taking the blast
himself, only partially shielded by a car door. He saw the van
carrying the human cargo explode before he lost consciousness.
Rescue was slow and his gut was lacerated by fragments from the
grenade and the car door. He spent months undergoing several
surgeries. Janice and Frank had come down and taken over his care,
along with Bob, George and other Group members. Spider Robertson, who
ran rackets on the waterfront in several coastal towns, and his sister
Clementine, sat vigils along with many other friends.
Carolyn surprised herself by literally shutting down her practice and
turning it over to colleagues. She moved to her family home in Malibu
and never left Angel's side. A line of demarcation, one of reserved
intimacy was abandoned, defenses scattered. Surrender to her feelings
for him was unconditional.
Angel had proposed from his hospital bed after his last surgery looked
to be successful, using a ring he had Spider acquire for him. His mind
was crystal clear from the brush with death, and he reacted to it by
grasping for her. Carolyn held him so tightly he had several stitches
pop, but he never felt it. She had said yes.
The Malibu beach house became his new quarters with Carolyn nursing
him, relieved by any number of Angel's friends. They agreed to
postpone the wedding plans until Angel was back on his feet.
Mending came slowly but still Angel gradually took over the care of
the house while urging Carolyn back to work He took comfort in the
simple pleasures of supporting her life, keeping her house, bringing
her joy.
Carolyn enjoyed the pampering and attention. She still felt the
reserve, the hidden person was yet to be revealed, but love flowed
through the layers.
He knew he had been postponing a painful decision. Bob Angelo's asking
him to run the seminar had triggered Angel's choice. Five days of
dredging through his case histories with the new agents had clinched
the call. He was done with field work. The ledger was balanced and for
the first time in his life he believed he could move beyond the pain
and revenge.
Present
Once more, Angel snapped back to the present as he heard the garage
door opening. He checked his appearance and poured a glass of the
Chassagne Montrachet.
The kitchen door from the garage opened and Carolyn breezed in.
"Angel! My God! You look great!" Carolyn dropped her briefcase, took
the offered wineglass and set it down, grabbing Angel gently into her
arms and kissing him fully and deeply. She was normally an inch taller
than Angel, but his heels evened up the height difference.
"I love your hair! It's been so long since I saw you this way!"
Carolyn was attempting not to hurt her lover by squeezing him too
tightly.
Angel backed up, absentmindedly arranging his long spiral curls.
"I love those pearls babe. Are they new?" Carolyn's eye honed in to
the necklace and then the earrings.
Angel smiled and handed Carolyn two jeweler's gift boxes. He sat
Carolyn down as she opened the matching necklace and earring set.
Taking the necklace, he kissed her just below her ear, his warm tongue
meeting her skin softly, rhythmically. After time began to flow once
more, he slowly drew the string of milky white orbs around her,
bringing the apex to it's perfect resting place just above her slowly
rising cleavage.
"I have a dinner to prepare, my dear lady. Please come back in twenty
minutes." Angel stood back from the entranced Carolyn, who appeared to
have partially melted in her chair.
The Ono was superb, flaky and delicate, and garlic mashed potatoes
were Carolyn's favorite. Angel had removed his apron and sat watching
the woman he loved enjoy his food. The relationship forced learning on
him, the sharing of small pleasures, the joy of giving, that not all
sacrifices need be done with blood.
After nibbling at his food, he waited for Carolyn to finish. He placed
the last wrapped jeweler's box on the table in front of her.
Angel's eyes were uncharacteristically full of tears, and had lost
their penetrating gaze. Carolyn had never seen him trembling before.
The sight of fierce emotional control fighting a losing battle in the
person she loved was physically painful.
Angel finally gave in to sobbing, cradling himself with his own arms.
He did not resist Carolyn's rush from her chair and embrace. The two
became one, emotions diffusing between them, strength and comfort
joining together.
Some time later, sitting on the couch, staring at the black surf
crashing on the gray beach, Angel spoke.
"I have to tell you things about myself, Carolyn. And I am afraid I
will lose you. I have never felt fear like this before."
Carolyn shook and looked at Angel carefully. "Angel, Janice told
me..."
Angel shook his head and Carolyn became quiet.
"Janice told you the truth, but not everything. I'm going to tell you
something that puts a lot of people at risk. You need to know it. If
you still want me after you hear this, I will be happy to present you
this ring all over again. "
Angel explained the Group, and his role in it. He explained his use of
deadly force, his going beyond the law and why he did it.
Carolyn's face shaded ashen as he described the victims he had rescued
and the ones he had failed to help in time.
"Angel, you have done things I've wanted to do with the scum who hurt
my women. Give me the damn ring you fool! Did you think I would
possibly think less of you for saving those kids? Yes I still want to
marry you, now more than ever."
Carolyn began slowly disrobing Angel while he looked into her eyes
with relief mixed with equal parts of sadness and passion. He held her
face and kneaded the tension from her neck with the touch of his
fingertips. He began to work his hands into her very short hair's
gentle little curls while cooperating one arm at a time in her slow
removal of his cocktail dress.
Much later Angel was holding the sleeping Carolyn. For the first time
in his life he felt the pain of his past recede to a state of memory
without feeling. He was overcome by the simple fact that he now had
something to keep, to hold.
"Thank you" came from his mouth, barely audible. Carolyn shifted in
her sleep, a smile on her lips.
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Chapter 4: Boy In The Iron Bra - Location Unknown - June
The room was oddly furnished, all soft cushions and wall coverings.
There was no furniture other than pillows of differing degrees of
firmness. The television screen was in a corner and a speaker grill
was embedded in the wall. Magazines lay scattered in the corner. The
door to the bathroom remained locked unless he asked permission in a
particular way, which seemed to change randomly. He had no control
over the images on the screen or the audio. He knew he was being
watched.
He sat cross legged in a yoga position, eyes closed to the barrage of
pornographic visuals and sounds of animal pleasure. Johnnie Tunturo
retreated into his imaginary sanctuary, the memory of his summer at
his family's house on Chincoteague Island, Virginia.
He estimated he had been here for three months, but had no way of
telling. They had subjected him to drugs and varying day and night
cycles to disorient him as soon as he was captured. That was the easy
part, when they were breaking him.
Precocious, brilliant and fifteen years old, Johnnie cursed the day he
had entered the transgendered chat room. His boarding school
environment had isolated him socially, causing him to explore the on
line world. The stories had been interesting, at least the ones which
were not written just for the sake of masturbation. He had met many
people on line who were friendly and some even sent him stories to
review.
Trojan horses. Those files, once safely past his firewall, had one
purpose. Find out who and where he resided from the data on his
computer and send it out through the chat software.
Johnnie fled from the world he was in. The world where he was now
addicted to morphine or heroin or some kind of derivative. The world
where he was being fed a significant dosage of female hormones, enough
so he now had breasts and hips and frequent bouts of tears and
emotional swings. The world where all he ever saw was his face
electronically overlaid on women in porno movies which showed almost
non stop in his room. A world where he was an expert in giving
performances of being humiliated by feminization. A world where he
sucked a cock-like appliance, the PleasureJac, on demand, just to get
his supply of narcotics when the 'customer' ejaculated on their end of
the electronic linkage.
Johnnie retreated and turned himself over to Jill. Jill was his
protector, his savior. He took over and sucked, squealed, whined and
begged through all the performances required of him. Jill had begun to
emerge during the early days, his days of deepest depression, when he
realized there was no escape. Jill loved being feminized. Jill loved
the new breasts and was ecstatic when they gave him implants for a D
cup. He loved the drugs the PleasureJac delivered, and the release and
numbness they brought.
Jill especially loved the 'humiliation sessions'. It was like being on
stage. He had lines, the girl who commanded him had lines, all
displayed on disguised teleprompters the netcams could not see. Each
session was a script, with menu options. He was always the poor boy,
being feminized against his will. The girls were captives, or just
willing participants who assumed this was just another porn operation.
Johnnie, before he had just ceded the process to his alter ego,
recognized the scripts and even the writing style of the several
sessions. He had read the stories on the site. The dialogue was awful
and quite repetitive. And the scenes all had a terrible sameness to
them. Whether it was petticoats or girdles, tittering over his new
'boobies', telling him what a great little cocksucker he would be,
making him wear ridiculous wigs, it was all the same. He whined and
cried and always ended up giving oral gratification to someone on the
other side of the network linked PleasureJac.
Johnnie, as he sat in his mental refuge, working on problems in
analytical geometry, writing poetry, and other things he could do
without touching the real world, sat and stared at the memory of the
Atlantic Ocean beyond the inlet which his imaginary refuge viewed. He
had a list of names of TG fiction authors, and people who ran sites
and people in chat rooms. If he ever got out, he would find them. And
they would know his name and it would be their last new thought.
His captors had been quite open with him once they determined he was
'broken' sufficiently. He was a performer. The better he did, the more
he would avoid punishment. They did not care if he liked it or not,
just how well the audience loved him. If he attracted and kept a
following, he would get fed and his dosage of narcotics would be
maintained. All communication was through a disembodied voice.
They had him perform for three or four hours a day and just ignored
him the rest of the time. He was required to exercise on a treadmill,
he was fed. He never saw a male image the entire time. The only people
he saw were the girls who performed with him, and then only when they
opened his cell and took him to the 'studio'.
Johnnie knew the hormones would thoroughly feminize him past the point
of being a good 'humiliation' victim. Then he would be an inadequate
girl, and there were plenty of real girls available for that kind of
'show'. His career here had definite limits.
Marla came through the door.
"Jillie! We have a show in fifteen minutes! You want a ciggie?" Marla
asked. She was somewhat plain, but dressed provocatively and heavily
made up. Her black hair fell to her waist.
Johnnie receded almost completely. Jill opened his eyes and smiled at
Marla.
"Thank God! Gimme one now or I'll have fit!" Jill smiled and rose.
Marla handed him the starting wardrobe for the evening's performance.
Jill was only allowed a bra and panties in his cell.
Lighting up the Marlboro, Jill asked "What's the plot tonight?
Cheerleader masquerade again?"
"Substitute Prom Queen. The gown is gorgeous. I get to be the doting
mother. We have three shows, all sold out. You are one of the most
popular recurring attractions on the circuit, I'm told." Marla
exhaled, emitting a cloud of bluish smoke.
"You got the shakes yet, sweetie?" Marla asked, surveying Jill. She
knew how the drug worked from personal experience.
"No. But I can feel them coming. By the end of the first show I'll be
sucking that Jac for all I can. I guess that's what they want." Jill
answered, neutral to the situation. He just didn't care. Johnnie was
safe inside his head.
"The owner told me to tell you something. She thinks you are enjoying
it too much. She wants you to be more humiliated. That's what she's
selling." Marla said, a pleading look in her eyes.
"All this to make me a good little cocksucker and she wants me to feel
humiliation. All I can feel is the dope. And that's all I care about.
Ok, I'll do more whining. How convincing can it be with these fucking
hooters they gave me?" Jill said wearily.
Marla led him out to the studio area. The show would begin soon.
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Chapter 5: Wedding Belle Blues - Malibu, California - June
"Splendid!" was a trademark, a sign, a claiming essence that she left
drilled into anybody's forebrain who had encountered her. The platinum
blonde hair did not merely fall to her mid back, it flowed in waves,
caressing the hot pink suit which in turn gave clear display to her
pronounced curves. When she entered a room, her presence demanded
recognition. Her five foot height was of no consequence in her natural
ability to be the center of attention.
The click of her heels, the movements of her skirted hips, the thrust
of her breasts were a sideshow to her vocal dominance of whatever area
she chose to inhabit.
"This is Splendid! Simply Splendid! This place is going to be very
Splendid!" Miss T, who Angel knew as Tommie and everyone else knew as
her Ladyship Maria Teresa Tomasina Windsor-Hockney insisted everyone
call her Tess or Miss T in her professional capacity. She glided up to
Angel and Carolyn inside the chapel of the prestigious university. The
view of the ocean and green grass covered cliffs contained no roads,
cars or buildings, just a large stylized cross.
"Tommie! I'm so glad you're here!" Angel rushed up to the pink package
of energy and picked her up, letting her legs dangle off the floor.
She responded by throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him on
the lips.
"I wouldn't miss your wedding if I had to crawl through broken glass,
Angel. And to be your wedding planner is Splendid! Now introduce me to
your lady, you doofus." Miss T lit a 3000 watt smile as Angel gently
set her down.
Carolyn was conscious of towering over the diminutive impish woman.
After introductions Miss T shooed Angel away and took Carolyn outside.
"Call me Tess, Carolyn, or I'll get very upset. The Miss T thing is
for the tabloids and the gossip sections. I am going to tell you all
about me because I know the big lug you're marrying wouldn't say an
extra word if you were pulling his hair out." Miss T held Carolyn's
hand as they sat on the outdoor bench, a clear windless sky with just
a few puffy white clouds far away setting the scene.
"Now I know all about you from when 'Gel called me out of the blue the
other night. So let me even things up. He calls me Tommie because
that's was my name when I was a boy. We were both the property of that
viscous bitch when we were kids. Bob Angelo got us both out of there,
but I was too injured from her 'persuasion' methods. Cattle prods do
nasty things to tender parts. So I've been a girl since then.
"The rest you know about if you read the trashier papers, Lord
Herman, who was so fascinated with me being transsexual, he became one
himself, made our marriage a bit awkward, since there couldn't be two
Lady Windsor-Hockneys in the same place. Now the tabs never did find
out about my little conversion, so they focused all of their shots at
poor Hermoine, the dear. She gained so much weight from the stress,
it's a shame.
"So here I am, and I have my happy new life and boyfriend and I can't
believe you let the groom pick a wedding planner! So, between us
girls, I will understand completely if you want to use someone you
know. I'm only here because I love that man of yours more than I can
say. He saved my life when things were very dark."
Fire hoses could learn from Miss T's normal volume of word flow.
Carolyn blinked several times and found it impossible to dislike this
pink bundle of motion.
"Tess, it would be wonderful to have your help. I have no family and
only a few friends to come, and I think Angel is in the same position.
So we were thinking of a small ceremony and reception." Carolyn smiled
widely and clasped both of Tess's hands.
"I have been having visions of that lovely man in a wedding gown since
he called, I must admit. Have you considered dual ceremonies? Maybe at
the party after the main rehearsal? I'll buy him one just for my own
fun." Miss T said.
Carolyn laughed. "I've been having the same thought. I know Angel
assumes we will do a traditional ceremony, but I did make him grow out
his hair just in case I could twist his arm on this. This is great! I
get my big day and still get to see him as a blushing bride a few days
before. I'll even slick back my hair and wear a tuxedo for that."
"But a tuxedo with a skirt, if I know Angel. He will want to see those
legs, dear. Have you discussed who's what when in terms of bride,
groom, vows and things dear?" Miss T asked with a coy look on her
face.
"He loves the idea of marriage, but struggles with what it means to
him. I asked him about vows and he looked at me with a puzzled face as
if it had never occurred to him. When I showed him some bridal gowns,
I knew he was looking at them for himself, mentally trying them on,
just like I was. I love the man but he is maddening." Carolyn shocks
herself at sharing this concern.
"That's 'Gel. He carries a lot of pain and hides it from himself. When
we were together as captives, he took so much pain for me and just
stuck it inside, it must be buried in there still.
"You've got a treasure there, Carolyn, but he's like one of those
Russian dolls, the ones that nest inside each other? He cannot open to
you because he has lost himself I think. And a vow requires he either
find it or pick one of his faces to make that vow. But he's worth it!"
Miss T exclaimed.
"You must meet my boyfriend Turk, he runs a restaurant and catering
service. We'll have you two over for dinner." Tess said.
Carolyn and Tess spent the afternoon chattering away about the
wedding, life, love and men. Angel looked on and smiled.
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Chapter 6: River Deep Mountain High - Northern California, Somewhere
in the High Sierras - June
The cool air blew across the pine needle covering in front of the
lodge. The air in the high Sierras had a clean, dry flavor. Lady Jean
Thomas loved afternoons like this one. Steve Dunbar walked alongside,
his huge mass dwarfing the Mistress of the Lodge. His tattoos were
plainly visible on his thick forearms sticking out from his black tee
shirt.
"It is not coincidence Jean. I don't believe we can miss pickups for
three girls in the last two months. Someone knew we were coming and
got to them first." Steve rumbled quietly. He had acquired the utmost
respect for and loyalty to Lady Jean Thomas in the last five years.
The former biker, gang member, ex con, and oil rigger had settled into
her employ as head of 'Security Services" since Jean had sheltered his
children when they were in danger.
Since then, he had aided her in her mission of providing shelter for
abuse victims, usually young girls who had nowhere else to go. Lady
Jean used her wealth to run a series of shelters, but the 'extreme
cases' she kept at her home in the remote Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Now, there were three girls in residence, two with small children.
"Could their parents or husbands have taken them away?" Jean asked,
holding her sweater against the chill which had entered the breeze.
"Let's just say we had a spirited discussion with them. And , yes they
are intact, mostly. My best read is that they had nothing to do with
the girls' disappearance. "
"Do you have anything to go on?"
"We have a neighbor who said she saw a Cable TV truck just sitting
around the house the day before and the day of the disappearance, I
have some friends checking it out. I know the parents have not
notified the police she is missing. That's it for now." Steve said, a
determined tone threading through his voice.
Lady Jean looked up at the deck and saw a young woman playing with a
pair of toddlers. Her long black hair fluttered in the breeze, and
Jean could see the smile on her face from quite a distance.
"I see Carol is doing the day care shift again. She always changes the
rotation so she gets to play with the children." Jean laughed
pleasantly.
Steve smiled. Carol was his daughter, now the senior staffer running
the lodge. A very accomplished eighteen year old. His son Toby was
seven now, and attended Flora's Fundamental School two hours away down
the mountain in Filler. He stayed with a couple there when Carol or
Steve could not break away to bring him back to the lodge. The whole
little town adopted him on those nights when he stayed over, and Terri
and Joelle had become his favorite Aunts. It had been a good five
years for the Dunbar family.
"Steve, I am going to attend a wedding down in Malibu in two months. A
good friend has found a most amazing young man. She has done a lot of
legal work for our organization in the past. I will be gone for four
or five days." Lady Jean announced.
"Then I am coming with you. Something is funny and I want you covered.
I'll leave Pablo in charge here." Steve announced back.
Jean Thomas knew she would not win this argument, and really did not
want to. Steve was good company and she had made her share of enemies.
"Meanwhile, there are no 'extreme cases' on the horizon for now, and I
am comfortable that Pablo is quite capable to keep the shelters secure
and react to any problems that come up. And this place is more secure
than ever, especially since we got those SAMs." Steve continued.
Jean looked at the rocks and could still see the remnants of bullet
impacts from a gun battle five years ago. They had also used
helicopters that day and she always learned from her mistakes. There
would be no undefended aerial assault again. She also knew that there
were at least four very formidable security men somewhere around the
lodge, rotating from their assignments guarding her shelters and
providing escort to her charges.
She had made quite certain that every man in her employ was a father
or a brother of a girl, and exuded a natural protectiveness. It was
just one last thing to make sure they understood her mission. Steve
had heartily concurred.
"Steve, find those girls. I don't care how much you have to spend to
track them down. I have a very bad feeling about this." Jean said as
Steve ushered her inside.
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Chapter 7: Bored Room Meeting - Promisense Headquarters, Lake Tahoe,
Nevada - June
If you have never worked in a major corporation there is no effective
way to describe the feeling of the major executive review. Imagine
huge bundles of ego and insecurity, driven by power and winning all
gathered in a place where the rules are boredom, sameness,
predictability and ritual. All gains or losses can only come by clever
and subtle reaction, never overt action.
No decisions will be made, they are either already made and merely
being revealed or are to be formally declared deferred. Briefings
contain no new information, they merely serve to condemn everyone to
mutual knowledge, so that when things go wrong, all are equally
culpable, hence no one is culpable.
The greatest faux pas, the biggest indiscretion is to surprise. It has
been done, but is a risky gambit. To deviate from the Agenda is to
move the group to uncharted territory, where career moves and gaming
the outcomes have not been carefully plotted.
Springing a surprise immediately makes the springer the active enemy
of the entire room. Adrenaline flows, glances fly to search for
allies, papers get shuffled.
Adrian Beimbeau had just performed a coup. The surprise which was not
a surprise. Ord Stonewell, the CEO of Promisense had agreed privately
to his breach of etiquette by bringing his report to the meeting.
Adrian assumed Stonewell wanted to send a signal to the others that
change was imminent. Change in personal power, the only currency which
mattered.
Adrian had just told them their entire foundation was in peril.
It was not in peril from the competition. It was not in peril from the
police or the courts or even the government.
Promisense was in the entertainment business. Headquartered in Lake
Tahoe, Nevada, Ord Stonewell had built an empire based upon quality
adult entertainment. Magazines, movies, internet sites and legal
prostitution. Stonewell and his company had withstood several federal
and state attempts to prove linkages with illegal activity, which he
had survived by taking extreme care to keep Promisense firmly in the
gray zone of the law, right up to the edge but never over it.
He also made sure no one climbed the corporate ladder without leaving
a trail of incriminating evidence he alone possessed. Ord's favorite
movie was the Godfather. "It's not personal, just business" was the
operative mantra.
All of the executives at the table were unmistakably normal people.
They coached sports teams for their children, they ran scout troops,
were active in the PTA and the Red Cross. Normal suburban dads and
moms. Most were experienced at business operations and were heavily
credentialed with MBAs, MS in Finance, consulting pedigrees and solid
resumes. Promisense was a business like any other business, with
multiple markets, channels of distribution, product development and
financing issues. They did not view themselves as evil, just
delivering a product to meet demand. A legal product. Of course, the
laws in some countries were somewhat fluid, which was convenient. They
all knew about crossing into the gray area.
All the executives were normal, except Adrian. Ord Stonewell had seen
something in him, something he found close to himself. Adrian loved
the business, he loved the process, the excitement and he hated the
gray line between legal and illegal. Adrian had been assigned to
'special projects' last year and the others had assumed he had fallen
from favor.
His sudden appearance electrified the room. His presentation was
staggering.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. The early results of Project FutureCon are
quite promising. They show that revenues for most of your divisions
will be substantially reduced, or rather subsumed into the new market
space created by PleasureJac and it's offspring."
Adrian drew energy from the palpable fear and loathing emanating from
the seven other Senior Vice Presidents. The Chief Financial Officer
looked as if she had swallowed a lemon flavored sponge. Ord Stonewell
had an enigmatic and humorless expression on his face.
"The technology is quite simple and yet only very recent advances in
bioelectronics and emerging nanotechnology embedded in modern polymers
has truly enabled us to create a viable alternative to the vaginal
environment. The PleasureJac works under the control of local software
on a moderately powered home computer, and we are close to a model
which requires little tech support and sustains an acceptable
operational life between failures. It does require a broadband
internet connection for the master unit at the entertainment node to
drive the action at the customer's home."
"And before you can ask, Cynthia, yes, the women's model is under
development. It seems the female focus groups are much 'pickier' about
how it performs. We have gone to eliminating the male at the master
control entirely and are using pure computer control for the best
effect. The male is out of the control loop and serves as eye candy
only. It allows us to select performers on looks alone, not
performance. We are about six months away from getting the perfect
sequence, my test team tells me. Of course, I should examine their
incentive scheme; they may be having too much fun in development."
Adrian paused, allowing the audience to laugh at the joke.
"We are building a world where a man can go to a prostitute on line,
get a blowjob and eventually with the next generation, have
intercourse, all in the privacy of his home or office, and all he has
to do is dispose of the plastic insert to his PleasureJac unit. No
AIDS, no SARS, no clap, no catching a cold. No cops. No pimps. No
missing wallet. He can even record the file and replay it. And she or
he will do what he wants, as long as he stays within the script. If he
wants a Brazilian girl with a mustache, I'm sure somebody will have a
site which will deliver her."
"My God, Beimbeau, how do we control this?" one of the VP's asked,
sweat beads on his upper lip.
Adrian smiled. Ord Stonewell's face let out a small grin.
"We don't, Steadwell. We may have gotten there first, but it is
inevitable. We intend to ride the wave.
"First, we will manufacture. We have a site which is remote and
unknown. The PleasureJac units will arrive into local markets from a
dozen overseas locations, all of them dummy distributors. Some
governments will try to ban them, or worse, tax them. By having the
product lead, we can define the release cycle. And stay ahead of the
inevitable imitators.
"Second, the traditional male-female prostitution business will become
a commodity, Blowjobs online will be subject to everybody setting up a
site and cutting the price. Some will even offer it for free to hype
other services. Our version will take on a McDonald's model,
consistency in a commodity market. But margins will be under a lot of
pressure.
"Third, there will be substantial revenue in selling fantasies. Using
the technology in role play and more complex entertainments. We've
know for years a woman in fishnet hose sells more than a naked woman.
That will be our home. The provider of locally legal, pay-for-play
internet fantasies. And obviously, we will leave the legal exposure,
if any, to our franchises, who we merely help set up but have no
operational control over. We will have no ownership or get any
revenues. They will merely pay off loans which we arrange to start
them up and buy our equipment. So if they get into trouble, we are
merely a supplier, like the company that sells them paper clips.
"Fourth, we need to re-position our current brothels to emphasize the
'live' nature of the product, for the inevitable 'natural' backlash
that some of the public will have. Of course, we will be happy to sell
them a recording of their experience for their home machines.
"The progress summary key points:
"We have the manufacturing pilot plant established in the Australian
Northern Territories, with supply chains to Europe, South America,
Pacific Rim and of course, North America.
"The franchisee training facility is an island in the Coral Sea with
power and comm cables laid into Queensland.
"Twenty 'early investors' have PleasureJac beta units installed. They
are pioneering our premium services.
"We have ten franchises operating for 'special fantasies'. Several
consultants, writers of bondage and sadism, transgender fantasy and
various role play fiction are on retainer to provide menu driven
scripts.
"We have a recruiting process underway using chat rooms to find both
talent as well as solicit for customers. We feed the prospects to our
franchisees through anonymous sources.
"The pipeline for disposing of 'spoiled talent' to the traditional
brothel trade cross borders is being established.
"The PleasureJac division will be moving to full operation within
three months. I suggest you all begin revising your business plans for
the inevitable negative impacts."
The murmuring was muted but seemed to linger on for a long time.
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Chapter 8: The Strange Case of Impolecs - Junecellular Inc,
Pleasanton, California - June
Blonde hair is a California curse for a professional woman. Marissa
Dupre was holder of two doctorates, microbiology and chemistry, and
held several patents with her business partner, John Carter, in the
field of bioelectronics and nanotechnology. As the co-founder of
Junecellular, Inc. she could review any transaction or contract she
wished. Despite all her credentials, her power and position, her
appearance often set the tone every time she met a new person, male or
female.
Marissa at forty four was a widow, a wonderful mother of a fifteen
year old boy, a lousy cook and an absolute knockout, with dimensions
approaching a life size Barbie Doll. Despite her conservative fitted
suits, her image was hard for anyone to get past.
The man from the customer procurement department was clearly
flustered. Normally, a customer visit meant he asked the questions,
and he was taken to dinner treated like royalty. Today, he felt he was
on the wrong end of the questions. He also was having trouble looking
Marissa in the face since his eyes naturally wandered to points south
of that.
"Mr. Clymer, we agreed to produce a handful of complex nano-driven
polymers which simulated artificial tissue for you. When the project
was undertaken, we were led to believe these would be part of tissue
replacement research, yet your organization seems to have not answered
any of our requests for information of where or when this research is
taking place." Marissa said calmly. She watched the sweat beads form
on the upper lip of