. The hail and rain stopped as suddenly as they had begun and soon the clouds were clearing and the sun shining once again. The street began to fill u... with people, emerging from shelter to continue about their business. One such person passed Veronica and slapped her backside sharply making a very loud cracking noise as he did so. It was a deftly delivered slap however and did not sting. The guy must be an expert, she thought! He turned round as he overtook her and grinned in a friendly. They were good times, I felthappier as Dorothy in Germany with Daisy than I had back in Derbyshire.Though I remained in sporadic email contact with Mum it felt easy togradually close off my contact with the people I'd left behind in Derbyand after a few months I closed down the last of my social mediaaccounts and concentrated on being Dorothy. I could take up those linksagain, when Connor returned.Being a woman, living as a woman, became my normal. As part of mydetermined inclusion into the. "You know,” I said thoughtfully, “now that we're both going to be earning good money, very good money... “"Yes?"“Well, I’m thinking that we could get married."“Married?" She looked stunned."Yeah, why not?" What about your mum and dad? Will they give you permission?" She asked."Oh yeah, I don't reckon they'll be bothered either way," I replied."My mum reckons you're the bee's knees,” said Annie, grinning. “She'll agree. Yes, let’s do it." Shall we call in on the way home and ask her?" Yes, but I. She concentrated on her task of freeing herself from the tightening grasp of her neighbor. So far, nothing had worked. She had tried protesting but that had hurt Marge’s feelings. She had tried to use logic but Marge had always been able to twist the argument in a way that made slavery seem very logical, even to Kathleen. Maybe she should try acting happy to be a slave and eager to please her mistress. Maybe Marge would lose interest once the seduction and capture was complete.She did have to.