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A few years ago my job took me to Athens, Greece. It
was a short trip-only six days-but the month was May
and since all my recent excursions had been in the dead
of winter I was really looking forward to this.
When I got out of the airport that Tuesday afternoon I
was greeted by a brilliant blue sky and a hot gust of
wind off the azure Mediterranean-ideal material to get
my juices flowing. But that was not all. By the time
the taxi had dropped me at my...
Natalie was just starting her vacation. This was the first time she had
flown on an airplane since 9-11. She had seen all of the news reports regarding
security at the airports and had seen where they were using wands to check
passengers for metal objects and now had more sophisticated devices to detect
explosives. The United States were still just using wands, but other countries
have been trying the new and more sophisticated gear, mainly to make sure that
tourists would continue to...
Leila arrived at the medical building just five minutes before her 10:30 a.m. appointment and took the elevator to the tenth floor. Her new job required a complete physical, and she had decided to combine that with her annual checkup. Since her old schoolmate Maria worked in Doctor Hillock's office, she had decided to make him her new doctor. It would be good to see someone she knew, as she had just moved to the city.
She entered the waiting room, just as a nurse came into it from further...
Nancy Johnson was no stranger to travel; as a free-lance writer and
photographer, she had spent much of her life abroad, visiting and writing about
innumerable locations about the world. At 54, she often went with her husband,
who followed his own pursuits while she engaged in authoring and illustrating
articles she would then plan to offer to those newspapers and magazines who
regularly utilized her literary style. With their children grown, Nancy and
Ralph had...
Ralph, meanwhile, had been told by George Hamran that he would be allowed to
view his wife's punishment, as the sight was open to the public, but that he
wouldn't be allowed to touch her or aid her in any way. He might get close
enough to talk to her, but that would be all the contact allowed. Photography,
incidentally, would be forbidden. He suggested Ralph arrive at the location
shortly before noon, and provided him directions.
Ralph followed the instructions. At about 11:45, he arrived...
The next morning, she was awakened a seven by the arrival of a breakfast tray.
She ate, and again tried to wash herself a bit. A policeman asked if she
wanted to go out in the yard for a bit of exercise; she said yes. He led her,
attired in just her panties and bra, through the police station and to a small
fenced in yard outside a door. She was ushered outside, and the door locked
behind her. Soon she found that she was the object of interest of a number of
people, including neighborhood...