Chapter 7: The Beginning of the Revelations?

(Friday Late Afternoon, the 31^st day of January 2020)

Jean-Henri still holding the ‘floor’ restates Lisa’s question: “Lisa, you asked - Why didn’t Abuelo Tio talk to me directly? My guess, it was to trigger this response.”

Lisa queries: “Why do you think that?”

Jean-Henri sheepishly replies: “He called on purpose during my morning constitutional...”

Lisa smiles: “Oh really...”

Jean-Henri looks at Danielle but addresses Lisa: “Worse than that, he insisted that Danielle personally deliver the message immediately...”

Lisa’s eyes go round: “Oh My...”. Both Holly and Niharika titter in the background.

Jean-Henri now looks back at Lisa with an expression of exasperated embarrassment: “Worse of all, he had her address Nanette and I in his voice, using his words.”

Lisa, laughing, utters in amazement: “No Shit ... I wish I was there for that.”

Holly and Niharika laughing out loud give their agreement to Lisa’s sentiment: “uh huh”.

Nanette on the other hand quietly utters: “It was embarrassing!”

Jean-Henri pleadingly remarks: “Now do you see why I believe this has been approved for discussion now?”

Lisa answers: “Yes I do ... Has she been briefed?”

Jean-Henri answers for Nanette and himself: “Yes, Nanette informed me that she did so... (turning to Nanette) Why don’t you give Mormor a ring so that she can listen in on the proceedings.”

The Divas then turned their attention to Danielle.

Lisa inquires: “Danielle, do you know why you are here?”

Danielle responds: “I believe, it is to ask for your permission to be with Jean-Henri.”

Niharika fielding the response, responds in return: “Not quite, you are here because you have decided something, something to do with Jean-Henri. Tell us what you want, your heart’s desire: be truthful, be descriptive, be graphic.”

Danielle knelling bows and speaks to a point on the floor between her and Niharika: “I just want to serve dà ren, my lord. I want to be a significant person in his life, I want to be a part of whatever he is in. Yes, I am in lust with him: I do want to be split by his ‘Jean-son’, I do want to slob and choke on his manhood, I do want his cum oozing out of my every hole, I do want to bathe in his sweat, spit, and spunk - but those are only my desires. I love and am in love with Jean-Henri: my heart literally skips a beat when I see, hear, or smell him; I ache to touch him, to taste him; I get excited at the sound of his name...”

Nanette, sotto voce: “Je peux en témoigner”

Danielle continues as if Nanette was unheard: “this is not an obsession: although I am not content to just lurk and/or follow his footsteps; I want to help him not hurt him, I want to be of service to him, not to possess or own him. This too Nanette can testify to.”

Danielle lifts her head and earnestly looks forward: “Before I thought my wants and desires were selfish but, with what Nanette revealed to me today, it is my duty as a filial daughter to be of service as I desire.”

Danielle, kowtowing fully: “Wǒ qiú nǐ ... no ... I more than beg you, I beseech you! Allow me to be a dutiful daughter, allow me to be a part of his family, your family; please allow the desires of my heart, the wants of my heart, the needs of my heart...”

As she came to her end, all that is heard is breathing and the ‘t’ip, t’ip, t’ip’ of tears dropping one by one on the floor.

The Divas look at each other, they notice a happy tear or two amongst themselves, they smile, two imperceptibly nod.

Holly, taking up the baton, addresses Danielle: “Stop you tears and sit... (Danielle, with a sniffle, complies) There is a cost to the granting of your wish. Your body is no longer yours to do as you please, neither will be your life. Once you agree to this, there is no turning back, there is no annulment, no divorce, it is truly ‘till death do we part. You cannot only be of service to Jean-Henri; you will need to be of service to the four of us. You are constrained in have relations with any others - except when in service to us. We may ask heinous things of you: to bear his child but not be a mother to your child; to be his wife in name only; to sow and let others reap the rewards. Can you do this, can you cope with this. Take your time to think about this; you need to be certain that you can; there is no shame if you find that you cannot.”

Barely a breath was taken before Danielle replies: “Yes I can and Yes I can.”

Two look to one and that one looks back at the two.

With the torch being passed back to her, Lisa hammers: “Nǐ bú huì shì qī zi ... You will not be wife ... Nǐ jiāng chéng wéi wǒ men de fēi zi ... You will be our concubine ... Do you agree to this? Answer with care!”

Danielle is momentarily stunned, drops back down in the kowtow and speaks to the floor beneath her: “Wǒ tóng yì wǒ de fū rén.”

Lisa imperiously snips: “Kàn kan wǒ men! Shuō, sh qí tā rén míng bái!”

Danielle quickly, without leaving the kowtow, looks at the Divas and repeats what she said just a moment ago in English: “I said ‘I agree my lady’...”

Danielle returns to looking at the floor as she adds: “please forgive my impertinence my lady”

Lisa haughtily responds: “only if all in the family can understand your agreement...”

Danielle looks puzzled for a time but soon smiles and says: “De acuerdo, Je suis d’accord, ... I’m sorry my lady, I do not know how to say ‘I agree’ in Swedish, but if you allow me to access my phone I’ll be able to repeat the words.”

At this Lisa, smiles, and softens her tone: “Shì de ‘Jag håller med’...”

Smiling Danielle repeats after Lisa: “Jag håller med?”

Beaming, Lisa responds: “Shì de tā shì ‘Jag håller med’... (holding out her arms) huān yíng lái dào zhè ge jiā tíng ... welcome to the family!”

Upon hearing this Danielle launches into Lisa’s arms and promptly receives a group hug from all the ladies.