September 11, 2023 - Nellskitchen, all rights reserved. This story or any portion thereof may not be reproduced without the writer's written permission. All characters appearing in "White Tie Affair," are over eighteen. NK
ΦΏΦΏΦΏΦΏΦΦΦΦΦΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛWHITE TIE AFFAIR
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββBy Nellskitchen
β«β«β«β―β―β―ΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛΛ"I don't know where but she sends me there..." βͺβͺβͺβͺβͺβͺ
...........................................................The Beach Boys
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Suggestions are funny things. They come at us in numberless ways. They overpower in ways not always seen. In what follows, Janina reacts to Neil's suggestion.
It happened a long time ago, and much has occurred since, but relationships have starting points, hidden vanishings from which portraits arise. To understand, one must start at the beginning, where a couple establishes the rules.
The pair's creation stemmed from something Janina read in a paperback book Neil handed her. "Chapter nineteen," he remarked. It was all he said, just 'chapter nineteen.'
Janina might not have taken his suggestion seriously if he had not been the handsomest man in her experience. But he was, and she did. What follows is, well, what followed.
Neil forgot the incident, or at least it seemed that way. It meant he had suggested the reading to other women, which, to Janina, implied a recurring fantasy.