She battled the encroaching darkness and the waves of dizziness that tried to engulf her. She struggled to get back up, to get away. The soft ground g...ve under her clawing hands, shifted under her digging feet. She slipped and felt consciousness waver again. She had to stay awake and fight or she was dead. She saw him reach for her and tried to scream, a hoarse, croaking sound escaping through her swollen lips. She hit at his hand frantically and gasped as it wrapped around her throat picking. Shewould bring co-workers home, and introduce them first to Tuck, herboyfriend, and later to me, her maid.At first, I was devastated when strangers started to see her as his. Butthat became routine, too. The jokes stopped, and the scorn for me easedoff. I was merely Annie, the girl in the background. I worked for Tuckand Meg, the power couple.Oh, people knew. We had been popular neighbors. But it's amazing howquickly you adjust to a man in lipstick. I was the background girl,emerging from the. They both went topless on the beach, as is the custom there, but it was always Sandra that caught the eye’s of the boys. She had a fine classical figure with well shaped hips and firm 36D breasts. Beth on the other hand was more boyish and looked more 17 than 23 with an elfin like appearance. Her petite frame and slim hips were clearly not what attracted the local men. Her one reticence about sunbathing topless was that her 30A breasts didn’t get a second glance. She was not only a bit jealous. We didn't hide a key under it; there was no need back then. I would walk through the door, kick off my shoes in every which direction and shed my school bag off my shoulders wherever it happened to land and scream out that I was home. I would always ask my favourite question 'what's for supper' as I peeled off my school uniform before I even reached my bedroom leaving a trail of discarded clothing along the way. I was forever getting shit from my mother. Suddenly, I could smell the cookies and.