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DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
Ruthie felt excited, but vaguely queasy at the same time. She had packed the kids off to bed, made sure the sitter had everything she needed, and laid her false trail. The year was 1991 … and it was way easier back then to keep prying eyes away from your secret business. Ruthie liked her secrets.
CONTROL
Growing up, her father had always tried to control who she saw, where she went and what she did, so as soon as she was old enough she became a adept liar and a skilled operator in the field of misdirection. If she had ever been found out.. she’d probably have been packed off to some kind of corrective boarding school, but she was never found out so it was all okay. It had given her a life long drive towards the “forbidden”. One that she mostly pushed down out of sight .. until something or someone made it worth her while dancing with that devil again.
LIFE CHOICE
Right now she was in her thirties and was in a marriage she regretted… well half regretted…the thing was it wasn’t bad enough to quit.. at least not yet, besides there were the kids to think about. Honestly… how did this become the system? Why did everyone buy into the system? Over 50% couldn’t deal with this throwback to medieval property control and a sizeable percentage just muddled through…Including herself. She hated it when her husband flirted .. but that’s all he…
