Maragana GirlChapter 21
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Kim's friends became increasingly nervous as the end of April approached. The reason was simple enough; they were due to receive the final switching of their sentences on April 25. The switching was the final major event of their sentences they needed to endure before their release in July, but that did not make them any less apprehensive about having to face the switching table.
Spokesman Havlakt lobbied hard to get the group's final punishment canceled. They had contributed greatly to Upper Danubia with their music, they had risked themselves during last summer's forest fires, they were in college, and they were leading productive lives. What good could possibly come out of making them suffer yet again, for something that really was not their fault to begin with?
The sentencing judge was sympathetic to the group's plight, agreeing there was no point in administering the final switching. However, the law stipulated that unless a criminal had performed some important service to the country or an act of personal heroism, a scheduled judicial switching could not be canceled. The reasoning behind that law was to prevent Spokespersons from filing routine petitions to cancel switchings and to prevent them from seeking special treatment for their clients.
Spokesman Havlakt and the sentencing judge sat down to examine several old cases, to see if there was any way to get around that law. Finally, just two days before the group was due to report to the Central Police Station, the Spokesman found a partial solution to the problem, which he presented to the judge. The judge would not be able to cancel the switchings completely, but he felt the court could justify reducing the punishments to 25 strokes, because the crimes had been committed when Eloisa and her friends were still under 18. There was one such legal precedent for such a reduction, from a case in the 1960's that was somewhat similar to the one resulting in the convictions against Eloisa's group. On that occasion the students had been sentenced to a year of wearing collars and to receiving three switchings. Like Eloisa's group, the first switching was the standard 25 strokes for persons under-age. The second switching was 50 strokes, but the group's final switching was reduced back to 25 strokes, the criminals being punished as minors, even though they were above 18. The legality of punishing adults as minors in the 1960's case was never challenged. Spokesman Havlakt now had a legal precedent to request a reduction in the severity of his clients' punishments. The sympathetic judge read over the case and agreed with the Spokesman. He could use the old case as a justification to reduce the final punishment of Eloisa and her friends to 25 strokes.
That evening Spokesman Havlakt called Eloisa and her boyfriend and told them contact all the other members of the group. They reported to his office in the evening, all 28 of them. They knew their Spokesman had something important to tell them, or else he would not have had them report to his office at night.
"I have some good news for you. It's not as good as I would have liked it to be, but still, you may consider yourselves blessed. The sentencing judge and I were determined to see what we could do to eliminate your final corporal punishment. We could not completely eliminate your final punishment, but when you are switched the day after tomorrow, you will be punished as minors, not adults. In other words, each of you will receive 25 strokes with the switch instead of 50."
Eloisa and her friends looked at each other, visibly relieved. The Spokesman continued, explaining the case that led to the legal justification for reducing the punishment. He concluded. "I don't know if this case would have helped you earlier in your sentences or not, because its legality was never challenged. There won't be any opportunity for the prosecutor to challenge the legality of the case now because it will be used on you in just two days and on a single occasion. But once you have been punished the day after tomorrow, that will be it. A little over two months from now your collars will be off and you'll be free citizens. Keep your minds focused on that when you lie across the switching table this one last time."
The Spokesman then laid out the schedule for the group's punishments. His goal was to simply get the whole thing over with as quickly as possible. The police would be using two punishment rooms, 14 members of the group per room. The Spokesman decided to divide his clients into two sub-groups of 14, one of which would report to his office at 8:00 in the morning, the other which would report at 11:00 in the morning. He hoped to have the punishments completely finished no later than 2:00 in the afternoon.
Once 14 members for each shift were present, they would be divided between the two punishment rooms, 7 per room. Spokesman Havlakt would take one group downstairs, while Vladim Dukov would take the other group downstairs. They would be switched one at a time, each one then being released to return to the Spokesman's Office after his or her switching.
"I hope that, with just 25 strokes, you won't need much time to recover, but for any of you who do, I'll have my tables set up. I do expect you to stick together once you have been punished. Come upstairs to my office, or to Spokesman Dukov's office, and wait there until everyone from your group is done."
Finally, the Spokesman emphasized the changes under the new rules resulting from Vladim Dukov's reforms.
"What you must endure will be very straightforward. You will go downstairs in handcuffs, each one of you will be strapped down, you'll get your 25 strokes, you'll be let up, you'll thank the cop for punishing you, and you'll come back upstairs. That's it. No leg irons, no fondling, no hits on the shoulders, no kicks, no fingers up your bottoms. We got all that to stop. The younger cops aren't that happy about it, but that's just too bad. You're not here to give them playtime."
Dima knelt and the others followed his lead. As the leader of the group he pressed his forehead on the ground at the feet of his Spokesman, and with that the group departed to the Socrates Club. The group was no longer afraid; they now simply looked at their final switching as the last unpleasant event that stood between the present and the conclusion of their sentences. For most of the group, their sentences really would end in two days. There were no more switchings scheduled, nothing to be afraid of during the final two months.
Eloisa and her friends shaved their pubic hair one final time the day before their punishments, but they did not wear the long faces they had worn previously. Tomorrow's ordeal would be painful and unpleasant, but not horrific and humiliating as it had been on previous occasions.
The following morning, at 7:45 am, eight young women and six young men knelt in the reception area of their Spokesman's office. They had split into two groups, four women and three men each. They would follow their usual routine of allowing the women to go first. Shortly after the group was kneeling Officer Vladik Dukov and his partner entered the Spokesman's office. The 14 criminals knelt forward, touching their heads to the floor. Vladik addressed the group in a very routine manner.
"Very well, you all know the routine, so I'm not going to make an issue out of it. I need all of you to stand up, in the order you plan to be punished. As I come up to each of you, you will turn your back to me and present your hands. Once I handcuff you, step into the main corridor and get in line. My partner and I will take you downstairs and we'll try to get this over with as quickly as possible."
Once the fourteen criminals were handcuffed and standing in line, a second pair of police officers joined Vladik and his partner. They were somewhat older, a man and a woman. During that spring very few younger officers were punishing criminals, since most of the younger cops had to return to the National Police Academy and be retrained to punish criminals under the new guidelines.
Once the two groups were ready, Vladik tapped Eloisa's shoulder and motioned her to follow him downstairs. With that a group of seven naked, handcuffed criminals followed the two police officers to the first of the two punishment rooms to be used during today's switchings. The second group followed behind and disappeared into the second punishment room. Spokesman Havlakt entered the punishment room along with the two police officers and seven criminals. The police locked the door and removed the group's handcuffs. There was the usual reading of the charges and sentence conditions by the judge as the seven criminals knelt with their foreheads pressed to the floor and their bottoms high in the air. Once the official reading of the charges was over, Eloisa and her companions knelt upright. They no longer would be required to keep their heads pressed to the ground until their turn came up to be punished.
Vladik and his partner took their places close to the switching table and waited. Spokesman Havlakt tapped Eloisa on the shoulder. She struggled to her feet, stepped forward with her Spokesman, then dropped to her knees at Vladik's feet. There was the normal question from Vladik.
"Spokesman, are there any restrictions concerning the punishment of this criminal that I need to be advised about?"
"Yes, Officer, today there is a restriction concerning the punishment of this criminal."
"What is that restriction, Spokesman?"
"The court has ruled that you will punish this criminal as a minor, in accordance with a precedent set in 1964 with the sentence of Criminal # 52298 and her five companions. The court has ordered that you are limited to delivering 25 strokes instead of the normal 50."
"Very well, Spokesman, I will comply with the restriction."
With that the two men saluted each other and Vladik tapped Eloisa on the shoulder. The exchange had been a formality, because Vladik already was aware of the ruling. Still, the court records needed to document that Vladik Dukov understood he was to give only 25 strokes and why. The same exchange would be recorded for each criminal in Eloisa's group, in each of the two punishment rooms.
Eloisa leaned forward and kissed Vladik's shoes. Again he tapped her shoulder with the switch.
"Criminal # 92870, rise and present yourself at the table."
Eloisa stood up and for the last time in her life extended herself across the switching table. Vladik's partner secured her wrists and ankles with leather straps, then buckled the strap around her waist. Eloisa was immobilized and ready to receive her second switching from Officer Vladik Dukov.
Vladik Dukov tapped Eloisa's bottom with his switch and quickly struck her with a sharp, painful blow. He was not hitting her as hard as the law permitted. However, he had to strike her hard enough to leave a clear mark, or the sentencing judge could not count the stroke when he presented Eloisa's bottom to have her punishment certificate signed. Eloisa would have to have 25 clear switch-marks on her body for her switching to meet the minimum legal standard. This was, after-all, real punishment, not a formality. Eloisa understood that, and held no resentment against Vladik for hurting her. She knew that he was trying his best to keep her suffering to a minimum.
Eloisa gasped and tears ran down her cheeks as Officer Vladik Dukov laid one painful stroke after another on her exposed bottom. She was determined not to cry, however, during this final punishment of her sentence. Vladik tried to accommodate Eloisa's effort not to cry by moving as quickly as possible through the 25 strokes. He tapped Eloisa's bottom, laid a red stripe, tapped her again, and struck again. He was done within 10 minutes. Eloisa maintained her dignity and managed to stay quiet during her ordeal.
Vladik and his partner quickly undid Eloisa's straps and she struggled to stand up. A bit uneasy on her feet and her cheeks streaked with tears, Eloisa allowed Vladik and his partner to take her arms and present her backside to the judge. The judge counted 25 red welts on her bottom, and signed her final punishment certificate. Eloisa then approached Vladik and her Spokesman, and knelt to kiss the officer's shoes. There was a salute, and that was it. Eloisa was released back into the custody of Spokesman Havlakt, never to be punished again.
Eloisa left the room and struggled to walk upstairs. The pain from the strokes had actually increased a bit, but that was normal. She walked into the reception area of her Spokesman's office and past his secretary. The secretary put her hand on a recovery table, but Eloisa shook her head. She didn't need a recovery table. What she needed was to be alone for a while. The secretary nodded and opened the door to the Spokesman's back office.
"The others will be looking for me. Please tell them where I am, but not to bother me. I need ... really need ... not to be bothered."
Eloisa entered her Spokesman's main office and closed and locked his door. She was alone, as she wanted, but was unsure what to do next. She walked to the window and looked out onto the street below. The trees were leafing out and people were walking around in the warm spring sunshine. Some of the younger women were wearing a new style of sun-dress that recently had come into fashion and that Eloisa really liked. She was hoping the style would still be popular in July, because a new summer dress was one of the first indulgences she wanted for herself once her sentence ended.
It's over ... thought Eloisa to herself. This is finally over; at least the dread of the physical punishments was over. The only part of her sentence left was the waiting until July 2, and then, freedom. Eloisa knew that sometimes criminals looked back at the final part of their sentences, the weeks between the final switching and actual freedom, as the happiest time of their lives. The anticipation of freedom is very present in their minds, with none of the disappointments and hardships that invariably accompany a person's ability to exercise free will. Eloisa would have to be careful with her impending freedom, and was well aware of that fact.
Ever since her first year in high school, Eloisa's life had been one of personal hardship and psychological torment. In some ways her sentence had been far easier on her than the four years that had preceded. Her mind had suffered and her body had suffered. Suffering was what defined Eloisa; it was what made her who she was. She expected to suffer, and actually was somewhat frightened of having to live a life in which the only suffering she endured would be the torment of her own memories and her guilt. Maybe she could someday break free from all that, maybe she couldn't.
The searing pain coming from Eloisa's bottom continued to torment her. This had been by far the most lenient punishment she had received, but for some reason today she felt that day's welts more than she had felt any of the other switchings. She walked over to her Spokesman's full-length mirror and sadly studied the red lines marking her pale skin. For a long time she stared blankly at the carpeting at the foot of her Spokesman's desk, as the anguish inside her soul rose to the surface. Eloisa could feel it, rising from her gut to her chest, from her chest to her throat, that unbelievable torment embedded in her soul.
I'm damaged, and I don't see how I can be fixed. Eloisa used the Danubian word "poganachoa" to describe herself, which meant "broken beyond repair." What if that was true?
The memories came back, full force. All those horrible things that teacher made her do ... and those pictures. And on top of all that, an unfair sentence that dragged her friends, and even some students who barely knew her, into her problems ... How could she ever find peace after all that had happened to her? Over and over she repeated the damning phrase from her life...
"Ya dek poganachoa! Ya dek poganachoa! Ya dek poganachoa!"
Eloisa began crying. After all these years, she needed to cry. Not cry from the pain of a sore bottom, but cry from the pain of her experiences in life. She sank to her knees and rested her elbows on one of the office chairs, burying her face in her hands. The young criminal's entire body heaved with sobs. She had been brave; she had done everything possible to live as honorably as she could, given her circumstances. She had repaid the society that had so cruelly mistreated her with kindness and the gift of her music. She had fulfilled her social duty to the friends who had sacrificed for her by becoming successful and making many of them successful. Now however, there was one thing that Eloisa needed. She sobbed on and on, louder than she had ever cried before. She had seven years of intense pain built up in her soul, and finally it had to come out.
By the time Eloisa started crying and making such a scandal in the office, all of the group's women had finished with their switchings. The women had prepared some tea and were nursing the welts on their bottoms. They were extremely upbeat, due to their relatively mild punishments and the knowledge they now were done with the physical portion of their sentence. However, their good mood was disturbed by the sounds coming from the other side of their Spokesman's door. The seven young women clustered around and became increasingly worried about what was happening on the other side.
Eloisa was confident the thick wooden door of her Spokesman's inner office would muffle the sound of her crying. Normally it would have, but she was crying so loudly that her fellow ex-classmates could hear her quite clearly in the outer office. They heard her screaming "Ya dek poganachoa", but none of them could understand why she would be saying that. The crying went on and on, continuing as the six male students from the first punishment group came up the stairs to join their eight female classmates.
Several members of the group debated getting the key from Spokesman Havlakt and opening the door. It was Spokesman Havlakt who came up with one final important detail to that plan.
"If you really want to disturb Eloisa, then you need to call Kimberly Lee and have her go into that office by herself. She knows Eloisa better than any of the rest of you, and I think she's the only one who can get her to calm down."
The others immediately jumped on the idea of having Kim try to talk to Eloisa, since it was true Kim was much closer to Eloisa than anyone else in the group. One of the group's back-up singers made a quick call to the music store.
Kim excused herself from work and sped to the Central Police Station on her bicycle, arriving within five minutes. She darted up the stairs to the complex's top floor and the Spokespersons' office area. She entered the office, took the key from Spokesman Havlakt and eased the door open. She found Eloisa lying on her stomach on the floor, her body still jerking with sobs.
Kim was reluctant to disturb her friend, knowing that Eloisa needed the emotional release she was experiencing. At the same time, Kim suspected Eloisa also needed comforting. She knelt next to her friend and laid a hand on her shoulder. Eloisa continued to sob. While their other friends were baffled by the statement "I'm damaged beyond repair," Kim did understand what Eloisa was saying. She addressed her friend in Danubian.
"Tebe negat ... Eloisa. Tebe negat poganachoa..."
Kim tried to fill her friend with hope, with the idea that she could, and would, get past everything that had happened to her over that last seven years. She helped Eloisa stand up. Eloisa, still sobbing, hugged Kim tight, almost intimately, to the point the American felt a bit uncomfortable. Kim felt Eloisa's naked body pressed tightly against her own, her companion's breasts flattening against her chest. Eloisa pressed her head on Kim's shoulder, which quickly became wet from her friend's tears and saliva. Kim said nothing more ... she just held Eloisa for a very long time while the other women and Spokesman Havlakt watched nervously through the doorway. Eloisa sobbed and tried to speak.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"There's nothing for you to be sorry for! You didn't do anything wrong! I want you to understand that! You didn't do anything wrong! Do you think so many people would have stood by you if you had?"
Eloisa stopped sobbing, but she continued to hug her friend tightly and cry quietly. She looked up at the doorway at the collection of concerned faces.
At that moment Eloisa realized how lucky she truly was to have such loyal friends. She realized she had one final debt to pay to them, and to herself. She had to put her awful memories behind her. She had to move forward and begin changing, to find something else to define her besides her past suffering. She would have to find happiness, or at least come to terms with herself and find inner peace. Eloisa admonished herself. If Tuko's crazy policewoman girlfriend could change, put her torments behind her, and find inner peace, certainly Eloisa could.
Eloisa was leaning hard on Kim, in a manner that made the American realize she was completely exhausted. She guided Eloisa to the Spokesman's sofa, which was covered with a clean linen cover to accommodate the office's naked clients. For a long time Kim held Eloisa, until the group's lead singer went to sleep.
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Susan, accepted the challenge from her sorority sisters and reluctantly agreed, to stay overnight at the empty house known locally as the haunted mansion. She smiled as she wandered throughout the large house. It was truly beautiful and couldn't understand why no one wanted to live in it for so many years. She had heard about the strange happenings in the house that occurred back in the 50's and 60's but she brushed it off. She brought along a sleeping bag, a large supply of candles and her...
January 9, 1993, Chicago, Illinois “Uncle Steve, are you staying?” Nicholas asked. “Yes,” I said. “Your mom invited me to stay tonight.” “Will you tuck me in?” I glanced over to Bethany who nodded. “Of course!” I said, getting up. He kissed and hugged his mom, then I took him to his room, and helped him into bed. At his request I read Ten Apples Up On Top to him. When I finished the book, I kissed his forehead, turned off the light, and then went back to the living room. I sat down on...
Getting Nailed, By J. Birdman This story is not intended for children and if you are not old enough to read sexually explicit material, go away. This story features some elements of female domination (femdom), cross-dressing (CD), mild bondage, Trangender (TG) and a few other fantasies of mine. I hope you find it entertaining, but if you might be offended, stop reading and do something else. The author retains all rights to this story. You may re- post the story unchanged,...
We are a typical Punjabi joint family. My wife is 27 years, 5.2 height with 34C 28 36 figure. We have been married for more than 8 years now. I am 34 yrs of age and little over busy in business. Our sex life was normal with once a week sex. My wife is a kind of shy and introvert person but when it comes to sex she is very much oversexed. Though such is the case but she is silent person and would not start a relationship rather wait and watch and then attack. She is a kind of just lie back and...
Yes, a few weeks after turning sixteen, I flashed for the very first time at the national drag races. Now just eight months later, I flashed for the very first time at the Indy 500. Only a lot more happened than simply flashing this time, a whole lot more. Since I was sixteen, I've written my sexual exploits in private diaries. I wrote down all the juicy details: what I did, what happened to me, my emotions and the dialog. While reading those diaries it really surprised me how much all of...
ExhibitionismThe next morning, Roman rides his hover bike to Lucy’s bungalow and knocks on the door. In an instant, she opens the door and flies into his arms. Her mouth covers his and her tongue invades his mouth. Lucy sighs and wiggles against him. He is immediately caught up in her anxiousness and returns her kiss while wrapping his arms around her tightly. “Good morning,” he says. “I guess you are feeling good missing me.” “Oh, Roman, I’m so happy to see you. I stayed busy enough while you were...
I am in my late forties, I am not ugly but I am no super model either and have only slept with three men in my life. My high school boyfriend, my first husband, and my current husband. Sex is okay with me but I have never understood what all the hubbub is all about. My husband and I bought a small 30 room motel in a small town in Colorado that we thought we would run when we retire. I lost my job and since the k**s are all out of the house I went to run the motel. Karen is the woman that...
Nikki planned a vacation with her best friend and her boyfriend. But right before the trip, Nikki, and her boyfriend break up. Nikki decides to go on the trip anyways with her best friend and Alberto. The only problem, Nikki is really horny – without the regular sex she had with her boyfriend, she is sexually frustrated. So one day when her best friend goes out with her boyfriend, Nikki decides to stay behind and masturbate by the pool. She wanted to fuck out in the open with her...
xmoviesforyouSarah was the office prude. All the guys in the office agreed that she had a great figure. She just needed to dress like someone her age, rather than a librarian. Walking home from work one evening, the skies suddenly opened up in a torrential downpour and she was almost immediately drenched. “Dammit!” She yelled up at the clouds as she dashed to the nearest open door she saw and went inside. Once safe from the rain, she realised she had run into the bar she passed every evening but would...
Straight SexWhen I woke the next morning he had already gone to work. My arse was still sore from his cock and the belt and my nipples still ached. I decided to take a bath. The hot water helped soothe my body. I closed my eyes and relaxed. I must have nodded off because the next thing I remember was the phone ringing. I got out of the bath and went back to the bedroom and answered the phone."Slut, put on your pink summer dress and your high heel sandals. No underwear and get a taxi to my office. Be here...
The room is dark...except for a few candles dimly lighting the background.Soft romantic music is playing faintly.I start to kiss and suck on your ear as I sensuosly carressyour neck, arms, waiste, hips...and your wonderful ass...making slowcircles with my finger tips - you're getting goose-bumps all over! Yourlegs start to shake a little as your excitement builds...my hands wanderto unbutton you shirt...ever so slowly - one button at a time....almostagonizingly slowly I pull your shirt open as...
After getting off the phone with Claire, my core spasms from womb worm flipping around and twisting inside of me. My heart is jackhammering in my chest and I’m hyperventilating while I hurry to get dressed. Even though I’m having a panic attack over the fact that there’s a giant, parasitic worm nesting in my uterus, the feeling of euphoria that I felt before the shocking discovery begins to gradually overtake me again. In a matter of minutes, calmness washes over me, and my heart rate slows...
Britney Light is ready for some fucking fun with Alex Jones! She knows he is packing a large cock and can not wait to get her hands and mouth around it! She loves trying to deep throat it but knows there is no way she can! There is one thing that can take it all though and that is her tight little pussy! She loves how he starts slow feeding her every inch until he goes at it hard making her moan out begging for more! Alex doesn’t stop there making Britney ride on top and then a little 69...
xmoviesforyouChapter One Twenty-eight days before Christmas I found myself in a remote, fortified camp in what seemed to be a million miles from nowhere. I am Lieutenant Eric Steiger, United States Navy, and I command a mixed unit of Marines and Navy SEALs. Our mission is to gather intelligence on arms being transported from Iran into Afghanistan. ‘Hey, Lieutenant. The supply helo is about ten minutes out. Do you have anything that needs to go back to headquarters?’ Chief Petty Officer Thomas Kincaid...
This is 48th story penned under the name of Sultana Sinha (name changed). I am 36 yrs old male from Patna. The story was forwarded by with a request to get it published on ISS. If you like, the story please say, so on my mail or I am Latha. I am telling my sex story with my son. This happened when my husband was working in gulf. We had a big debt because of business failure and husband had to sign a bond to work abroad for 5 years. He left last year and I was alone without sex for almost 1...
IncestUnknown to me,My daughter,Branwen,had been hiding in the closet,listening to the argument I had just had with my wife,Beth. She was overseas in London,defending a client against racketeering charges,and had called to tell me that she would be gone for at least another month. To say I was pissed was an understatement. It was bad enough being separated from her for the past two weeks,but to go another month or possibly more?!I wasn't really mad at Her,per say,I was more mad with the whole...
I am a horny lady and as my husband is out of town most of the time, I am usually left alone and find means to have sex with someone else. It was raining heavily last night and I was drinking a glass of wine while watching “Fifty Shades of Grey†on Netflix. I wondered how a man can be so good in bed. That’s my real story of how I ended up fucking a delivery boy as I was aroused badly. My sexual desires made me aroused and I got horny to have exceptionally hot sex with someone. I was...
CheatingHello Everyone! This is MasseurCJ back again with yet another adventure of my life! This time we go international! ;) Sorry that I posted it so late as I was a bit caught up. For those who don’t know me, I am a professional Masseur from Mumbai but only on appointments. I have my own well settled business and I do this just out of my passion for sex. I have posted the prequels to this story earlier (see top for links) So coming back to the story, I was sitting in my cabin one fine day. It was...
“Congratulations,” beamed Ahmad Kelly.The woman wearing an off-white lace and organza tea-length wedding dress with three-quarter-length sleeves said, “Thanks! And thanks for coming!” She was the Marine’s ex-wife.“Yeah! Thanks, man,” the groom replied.This was the third marriage for the 43 year-old Janell last-name-now Dunn. Her other two weddings had both been quick affairs. The first had no ceremony at all, just getting the license from city hall. The second marriage, to Ahmad, had been on a...
Hi,i am naim male of 34,and staying at mumbai,this is the first time i am submeeting my story to u all and wish u all love it as i love others story and to be more comfertable i written this story in hindi. Me mumbai suburb me raheta hu,meri umar us samay 27 sal ki this aur meri abhi tak shadi nahi hui thi.hamare ek marwadi gharanese kafi ache sambandh the jo ki brahman pariwar tha,is pariwar me uncle aunty aur unke do bete the jo 22 aur 19 salke the.us samay vo log unke bade bete yaniki manuj...
It had been a long, hard, not very productive day of hogging around in the swamps. As usual, Heather and Pam hadn't seen any Gibson's Water Snakes, and Heather was wondering more and more if it wasn't a wild snake chase, after all. She was tired and sunburned when Pam dropped her off at her apartment, clothes wet and muddy. She peeled them off, and decided that a dip in the lake would be worth the effort. After all, this far north that wouldn't be an option much longer. With that...
Chapter 27 So far: River came up with a solution that will keep Dale from losing most of his workforce during deer season, in a way that will please Mark. The river refused to cure the cancer victims who come to it, with one possible exception. The prophet headed off to visit two more reserves, and River has a new hobby, sewing. Finally, Marilyn finds another project, and plans start for Ginny's House II. ------ --------- ----- The next morning River spent most of her time at the...
"Hi, mein Name ist Tobias Schneider und bin 19 Jahre alt. Ich bin ein Einzelgänger, besser gesagt mache ich mir nicht sehr viel aus anderen Menschen. In meiner Freizeit gehe ich gern in den Park Joggen oder schraube an so manchen Dingen in der Garage. Körperlich bin ich sehr Fit und würde fast schon sagen Muskulös. Um ehrlich zu sein Sexuelle Erfahrungen habe ich erst wenige, aber dafür bin ich für jeden Spaß zu haben." Mit diesen Worten beendest du die Beschreibung die auf deinem neuen Dating...
This Story is about a young teenage girl named Sandra, who has had a rough life on her own, but that is about to change….DISCLAIMER: This story is a complete work of Imagination - All Characters, Incidents, and Places are Fictional. Including Anyone or Place with Similar Names, this Story is intended as Satire and for Adults Only; you must be 18 or over to read it. This part of my Story will be involving R(a)pe, B(e)stiality & Ped(o)philia, it will be Intensely Emotional. I do not condone...
Rosa the cleaning lady had left our room Jim hopped in the shower first, while I lay on the bed having fond memories of Rosa. after I was finished taking my shower me and Jim decided to hit the road for some serious sight seeing. We hit all the usual spots, The chinese theatre, the walk of fame, saw the Hollywood sign that type of thing. It was late afternoon when we ended up at the beach. Since I live pretty far north I rarely get to see the ocean so I wanted a picture of me standing in the...
EroticBy dawn the rains had stopped. The sun burnt through the last of the clouds warming up the outdoors. After swallowing their pills, Atlanta moved the stone then sealed the entrances. They walked down the path and headed toward their destination. By the sun, Valerie reckoned that they were headed west. They found another stream, drank their fill, then continued their trek. They took two more pills as they trudged along the path. Valerie's eyes were upon Atlanta's taut ass as each muscular...
Hi Friends, I’m Arun. I’m 26 years old and I’m here to share with you my unforgettable sexual experience with a really hot mallu chick, Chaitra. She is a 26 year old married woman with a very fair complexion and extremely attractive assets. When I said assets, I meant everything which attracted me in her which includes her big boobs, her broad plumy arms, huge buttocks and her pillar like fleshy legs which shakes visibly through her tight leggings every time she walks. I have been deployed in...