Chapter 1

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” ― Colette...

... Senior Constable Candice McNamara – Greensborough ‘Women Police’

The twenty-five year old brunette hesitated.

Alone at last, she looked back across Whitworth Road from the alleyway.

There was reassuring warmth to the late afternoon sun. And, the crisp pale-blue fabric of her short-sleeved uniform shirt teased lightly at her smooth skin as she looked for Sergeant Pauline Masterson - not that she really expected to see her ‘Officer in Charge’ following her. ‘The Queen Bee’ as she was better known, had been still working at her desk in the ‘Women Police’ Office when Senior Constable Candice McNamara had slipped away. Nonetheless, Candice still checked. Pauline had threatened her with disciplinary action – ‘The Queen Bee’ openly loathed Candice and wanted rid of her. So, she was taking a chance. And, she knew that it could cost her almost everything if the older policewoman found out what she was up to. But, Candice still thought it worth the risk.

Notwithstanding the 1977 Equal Opportunities Act, female police officers like Candice McNamara were still openly detested – openly bi-sexual, she had long been subject to both innuendo and rumours. So, it really was no surprise that her newly-appointed ‘Officer in Charge’ loathed her. Sergeant Pauline ‘The Queen Bee’ Masterson was heterosexual. An ambitious and self-assured policewoman, she was now the ‘Officer in Charge’ of the so-called ‘Slut Squad’ at Greensborough.

Candice knew only too well, that it was also her fault. She was astute enough to realise, that there was little she could do to secure her tenure at the ‘Women Police’ now – Pauline had caught her with Davina and that was that. A drunken ‘party’ in the cloistered ‘Women Police’ office. And, a half-caste Aboriginal hermaphrodite. Candice had been caught ‘sucking’ contentedly at Davina’s large cock, so it really hadn’t been an great surprise that she was now in ‘disgrace’ – persona non grata within both the ‘Women Police’ Division and Victoria Police.

‘The Queen Bee’ had suggested Candice resign...?

Nothing official of course. As the new ‘Officer in Charge’ at Greensborough, Pauline could ill afford any scandal – Candice however, was not about to forego her career. And much to her surprise, it had been Davina who now offered her a chance at redemption! Or, so it seemed...

“So...?”

Candice raised her hand. She tugged at the collar of her uniform shirt.

Senior Constable Laura Delahuntey had promised to cover for her. And, ‘Blondie’ could be trusted.

She too, had been caught at the ‘party’ with Davina. But, she’d just been awarded a coveted District Commendation, and was a particular ‘favourite of Superintendent Ursula Williamson. Such were the ‘Sexual Politics’ – Laura nonetheless, felt guilty at the vendetta the ‘Officer in Charge’ was engaged in, for what happened had been partly her fault too.

“You’re worrying about nothing?” Candice whispered to herself.

Nonetheless, she still couldn’t quite rid herself of the paranoia she felt about ‘The Queen Bee’...

“You know better than to worry about nothing, don’t you...?” she asked herself finally - not that she answered. Turning, she surveyed the alleyway that led from Whitworth Street. She was all alone.

Her mind though, was still focussed on Davina.

The dark-skinned ‘Stripper’ had once worked at the celebrated ‘Les Girls’ revue on The Esplanade in St. Kilda. – the half-caste hermaphrodite had priors for Prostitution and Indecent Assault, and ‘The Queen Bee’ had threatened to arrest her that fateful night in the ‘Women Police’ Office.

Temptation and Opportunity. Foolish desires – Candice had not been alone in performing fellatio on Davina. Alcohol and Desire. The policewomen had been simply letting off steam, or that was what they had told themselves. It had been wrong. They all knew it. But, it had still happened. And, none of the ‘disgraced’ policewomen who’d been caught by ‘The Queen Bee’ had apologised...

“Here goes nothing huh...?” whispered Candice, glancing back up Whitworth Road.