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by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:32 pm
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Chapter 1: Absolutely Absolute

It had been two years since Kimberly Tanner had signed her Absolute contract with Mary Jerkin’s real estate firm. Kimberly was now forty-two years old and diet, genetics, and constant reminders from the mirror to exercise had her body looking like a woman half her age.

Her twenty-two-year-old twin ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:33 pm
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Chapter 2: Cheerfully Absolute

Kirsten Lovett was, once again, spending the night at her friend Tammy Tanner’s home. The two college students had brought their summer cheer camp squad to the regional finals competition on August 14th with the expectation that cheer camp would be over the next day and Kirsten and Tammy would have ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:35 pm
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Chapter 3: Charmingly Absolute

Kirsten was resting on Tammy’s bed, Tammy was sitting on the chair in front of her vanity combing her still-wet hair from the shower taken after the girls had done laps in the pool and spent half an hour in the Tanner hot tub.

The pair was closer than ever following the near win at the Grand ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:36 pm
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Chapter 4: Absolutely Absolute: The Condo Complex

Mary Jerkins had been delighted that Marla Tanner had agreed to become her part-time on-premises representative for the Absolute Arms condo complex. Perhaps ‘complex’ was a bit upscale for what ‘The Arms’ was in actuality. The four interconnected buildings formed a sealed square, with sundecks on ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:37 pm
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Chapter 5: Absolutely Legal

Bill and Lynn Parham had followed through on their threat and filed suit against Absolute Arms and Marla Tanner for ‘Discriminatory practices.’ Mary Jerkins had sought to use the real estate firm’s corporate lawyers for the legal matters leading up to and including the court case, but it turned out ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:50 pm
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Chapter 8: The Gift for The Siminov Family

Nine thirty in the morning, the first case on the court docket, Wednesday, is a Mitigation Hearing in the case of Ivanka Siminov. Beth-Anne Takinva, the Spokeswoman for the Criminal, Professor Wilhelmina Novotna, and Lt. Mykel Drakov stood before the Judge in the Criminal courts, each expressing the ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:51 pm
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Chapter 9: Servant of the Ancients and the Creator

The following morning, precisely at 11 a.m., Marcia presented herself, in uniform, before the priestess with whom she had conversed during the decollering ceremony. She presented the cleaned and neatly folded linen, hooded robe to the priestess and together they walked down a narrow path to the ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:52 pm
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Chapter 10: Into the New Year

The celebration of the New Year in Danubia brought several changes to my life. First came the celebration of Kivar Siminov’s birthday. The age of fifteen is of importance in the life of a Danubian teenager. He or she then had to make the decisions that would impact the rest of their adult life. Two ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:53 pm
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Chapter 11: The Family Visits

[Editor’s note: The majority of this chapter is in 3rd person POV. That is because it is told by Marcia Shevat as told to her by her mother and brothers. The rest is in 1st person POV as told by Marcia about herself.]

Twelve days later I stood on the tarmac of the airport apron watching my brothers ...
by barelin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:54 pm
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Chapter 12: The Competition

Two days later, in the office occupied by the Director of Exchange Students for the University, I was making a commitment.” I have decided to compete for the University in the Pan-European games as a Danubian.”

The Exchange Director responded with, “How are you going to do that, Marcia?”

“I will ...