A continuation of The Troubador's classic open ended story. "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." The true price for what Susan coveted was more than she could bear.
Ken decides to leave his wife of three years for a long list of very good reasons. In desperation she agrees to do anything and everything he asks of her if he will just stay with her. He puts her to the test, with the idea of getting some revenge. Maybe he should have done that three years ago!
Jimmy and his math teacher collide on the stairs one day. As he's picking up the papers that she drops, he accidentally catches a glimpse up her skirt. While he's still reeling over what he sees up there, she rushes off, leaving him to spend the rest of the day panicking over how to play it when he sees her in class. In the end, he decides to deny everything, but Miss Coombe doesn't seem to want to let it go that easily.
Bob found out his best friend's mom secretly worked for an escort service that all the high school boys thought was a front for prostitution. Bob couldn't believe she would do that. Nobody in her normal world would have even imagined that. He had lusted after her for years. Now he could blackmail her into escorting him to the opera. Would she agree? If she did, how would it go? And how would his best friend react if he found out?
A Slave Girl Story Celia is rescued by Gabe after being beaten and thrown out into the coming snow storm to be eaten alive by the Count's dogs. They spend the storm in the gardener's shack. Gabe turns out to be more than the poor woodsman Celia believed him to be. Celia goes on to be a daughter and mother with many surprises. This is story seven in the Slave Girl series.