Stephie had clearly been jealous, but I couldn’t help but have selfish thoughts about having two little girls, at least part time anyway. I could te...ch Stephie not to be jealous, or at least not to show it or act it. I shook myself out of my reverie and tried to get into my work. I couldn’t concentrate though. I got up and went to the back room and got my crop. I summoned Stephanie to the bedroom. “Get up on the bed on your back,” I ordered, “legs up and spread.” I could tell she didn’t. "Mummy held my hand and took me out of the park. Nicky and Ronnie andtheir friends followed us all the way into town. We walked past the CityExhibition Centre, and along High Street and then up Northumbria Road.The boys were still following us."Here we are," said mummy, taking me into a shop. Inside the shop waslots of brightly coloured dresses and leotards and tutus, as well astights and shoes and wigs. A lady came up and spoke to mummy."Hello, my name's Vivienne," she said. "Can I help you?". They made their way through dense forest and jungle. Vines and oleanders hung down creating curtains that were almost impenetrable. The rich loam under foot gave off a pungent smell of mulched down detritus that fed the trees, who's canopy was some hundred feet above the jungle floor and allowed, only small glimpses of the sun to penetrate to the struggling saplings and ground based plants that littered the floor. The heat was unbearable, but worse was the humidity. Jane's safari jacket soon. ."The high priestess' jaw dropped and she gawked at the red sash around Portia's hips."By The Holy Flame," she exclaimed, "Marla, did you know that your cousin's a whore?"Both Marla and Portia blushed at the senior clergywoman's frank language."Priestess, m'lady," Portia corrected, "Priestess of Venus." Yeah right!" exclaimed Palonia, "I seen one a' those temples of Venus once when I visited the capital! People give 'em money an' the priestesses do all sorts of nasty stuff to'em. In my book,.