James Aquiline, first Earl of that name, had turned his castle in the Midlands into a brothel for aristocrats which boasted service to members of the ...oyal House of Hanover. ( but then again, who didn't?)But being sexually aroused and mentally distracted was why Jim forgot to put his computer memory stick in the scanner tray as he presented his gear and carry-on for metal detection. The female guard, wearing a bored look and too much make-up, was reasonably efficient as she gave Jim the usual. . Yes, we'll see how itgoes... I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone else that... Let'stalk later in the week, okay? We're almost there and I can't talkany longer. Bye."That could have been any of a dozen of Mom's friends and acquaintancesfrom church. Partway through that conversation, Caleb answered hisphone, and I figured from what he said that it was one of his friendswho home-schooled or went to the Everett Academy. "Yeah, Tyler's agirl now. She's going by Meredith at school, but. Jeff kept bugging me to go back to the pool with him but after that lastexperience I couldn't take a chance on going swimming in public. Now, Ihad never told Jeff why I was reluctant to go swimming but we were closeenough that I think he guessed that it might have something to do withmy appearance as he finally suggested that I just come over to his houseand use the above-ground pool that his parents had installed severalyears ago. Clearly it wasn't nearly as nice as the community pool but. At one point I thought I heard noises in the roof but Sarah put it down to the wind or rats. I secretly hoped it was the wind.She called me into the lounge and asked whether I wanted to watch the television.“We have a television!” I declared. She smirked and cocked her head to one side as if to say ‘you stupid or what.’I had grown to love the way she looked scornful at me. I thought it was cute. What I also thought was cute was the way her breasts swayed under her shirt when she flopped on the.