جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 120

-Karen-I felt like I had been smashed under a very large boulder and then dropped off the Cliffs onto the jagged rocks on the beach. Everything hurt and I felt sick to my stomach from all the pain. Bart approached me and sat on the bed next to me. “Hey Karen. Can you hear me?” I squinted at Bart as he kept talking. “Do you remember anything about what happened to you?” Ugh… I feel absolutely horrid.I struggled to focus on the question from the various pains I felt. I thought back to this morning with the wonderful surprise of all the roses. I thought of the passionate time I had with Conor and how wonderful I felt in his embrace. I remember going to get some clothes because we were going to shower. He was going to teach me to dance. What happened after that? I sat on the bed for several minutes trying to think of what happened after that. As soon as I remembered his voice in my ear, my heart went into a panic. I froze in place as I clenched my fists while I felt a horrible sense of

-Karen-Conor woke me up the next morning by rubbing my cheek with his right thumb. “I didn’t mean to fall asleep on you… That massage put me out. I guess I hadn’t realized how much energy I used until I relaxed like that.” He murmured with a sweet smile. “How are you feeling this morning, my flower?”I stretched and yawned. I feel better… But I still feel incredibly insecure. How do I get past that? Can I get past this? “I’m a sleepy flower. Feel better from the massage?” I asked as he stretched and pulled me into his grasp.“That massage was fantastic! It felt so amazing! Would you hate me if I asked for you to rub my back tonight?” He asked laying his head on my chest. “How did you learn to do that?” “Sure, I can knock you out again tonight.” I replied as he started kissing my neck. Ah… I have to focus- Or try to. “There were times when the Queen would get stressed out at times, so they had a couple of us learn how to give massages. So I applied what I learned and watched you pass

-Karen-“I realized that I hadn’t gotten you a proper pair of dancing shoes, so I had ordered them last week. They arrived yesterday morning. I hope you like them.” Conor murmured, kissing my forehead.“Thank you! I like all the things you give me.” I smiled, hugging the box to my chest. Especially your kisses and hugs. I unwrapped and opened it eagerly. They were black with a dark purple wispy pattern that had varying shades of purple stones to accent the wisp pattern. “They look like my mage robes!” I squealed excitedly. I heard Conor chuckle while I kicked off the flats and slipped into the surprisingly comfortable two inch-high heels. I never found out what happened to those robes. Guess I never will.Bart and Joanne walked over to the chaise and sat down to watch us. Conor led me to the middle of the room and turned to them. “If you see anything we aren’t doing or that we are doing incorrectly, speak up okay?” They nodded watching us with identical grins on their faces. I felt a

-Karen-“Yeah, I had to a lot actually. Lewis thought it would be funny to raffle off my ration book periodically. I had to eat. And it was whatever was there when he and any other servants weren’t looking unless I could sneak into the cooler and get something. I lost a lot of weight after a while and I got shunned even more than before because I was always so thin and frail. I had a hard time pulling my weight on my duties so that just made the other servants angrier at me. Novo tried to take care of me as best he could, but Lewis caught him a couple times. Even though Novo was the Master Chef, Lewis was over him as Master of Staff so to show Novo what could happen to him; he flogged me in front of the entire staff until I passed out. It didn’t stop Novo from trying to take care of me though.” I recalled without any real emotion. I stabbed the filet and a carrot and popped it into my mouth. It was juicy and tasted just like I remembered it. Mm! So yummy!The others were silent as the

-Bart-Bart was livid at Karen. He grabbed her gloves and pulled them off tossing them over to the old shovel. “How can she be such an idiot? Maybe Conor really doesn’t deserve her. They were so happy and then bang! Right back to the beginning with her! Thanks Lewis. You’ve undone all our progress in just a few hours.” He grabbed the over robe from the hook and tossed it over the limp girl on his left shoulder. “She has a major inferiority complex and I have to figure out a way to snap her out of it. But I did not help that one bit.” As he walked quickly to the Conor’s apartment Bart thought about the cruel things he said to her. “Damn- I really lost my temper with her. And then I scared the hell out of her before the sedative took over. I’m a total jerk. How do I explain this to Conor?” He took a deep breath as he entered the room quietly. I have no idea how Conor is going to react to what I’ve done. Here we go.-Conor-Conor and Joanne were sitting quietly at the table when Bart cam