Gabrielle's husband's business is not going that well. She is coerced into helping him get more clients. Things don't go as planned. She is used as bait to entice new clients to invest. Gabrielle is humiliated and embarrassed but gets the investors.
A story in the Max Dolcett Universe
In a future where a virus eradicated most livestock and women outnumber men 5:1 slavery is permitted. The story of a boy who grows up on a farm with his beloved slave known only as Seven. He is introduced to Eight and Nine and must decide their fate in this exciting Dolcett short story.
Brother Thomas was dedicated to the service of the almighty. He is willing to do anything necessary to put the sinners on the right track to salvation no matter how unpleasant the "closet penance" needed to solve their issues of penance and proper contrition.
When Greg convinced his wife Karen to go with him to the horse track, despite his bad history with gambling, she knew there was a good chance things could go off the rails. Just how far, however, would shock both of them.