Yoko would soon be a schoolgirl no longer. She had learned many things in school. She learned to be obedient in school and dutiful to her family. There was time later to be independent, but now she saw the value of submission and surrender to tradition by bending to the need for close family ties and full surrender to the control of her teachers in school no matter how demanding they were of sharing her personal privacy and invading her territorial imperative with deep probes into her very core.
Frank Lombardo is forced by events to meet up with his ex-girlfriend, who has just recently married his father. It turns out that she wants to be more than just a mother figure to him, which is just as well, considering that she's ten years younger than him.
Bored and boring. That's what Julie thought, until she discovered something new about herself and her family. It led to a new life for Julie and her family, literally and metaphorically. IMPORTANT: Check the codes before you read! This story is written tongue-in-cheek, but it's not for everyone. It was an unsolicited contribution to a challenge going on in the Storiesonline discussion group.
The Dumare Estate is filled with many family secrets. The sobs and screams from the basement are well muffled by the soundproof stone walls. Poachers are treated quite harshly by Sir Harry Dumare. Sometimes even his own lovely daughters get a taste of his bad side.