It had snowed solidly for nearly twenty four hours. All along the border, roads were blocked, and animals that hadn't hibernated were trapped. The three men sitting around the desk in a small border patrol station were warm enough, but were equally trapped.
Jack Cadding, ranger in charge of this section of the border fence, turned to the burly wool shirted man to his left. "Fucking snow," he growled. "Hell, I've been in this post for five years and I've seen snow but never as heavy as this. What about you, Griz?"
The older man, Griz, said "I've seen it snow for five full days but that was on and off. Christ, I'm glad I read the signs and came down here last night. Last time I took shelter here must have been ten years ago, and it was no way as bad as this."
Bo Seager, Jack's young deputy, gasped, "What were the signs?"
"Heavy sky, temperature and a sort of curdling of the air. You learn to read these things when you're out in the forest day after day. Deer heading downhill, poor beasts. Don't know how they'll handle this." Griz replied.
Bo looked towards his boss, who was slowly nodding his head. "Hell, it must be six feet deep now."
Jack Cadding shook his head, "Said on the radio before it packed in, that we could be close to breaking the world record eight feet in eighteen hours."
"Where the hell was that?" Bo asked, his young face showing some concern.
"Place called Capracotta in Italy."
"And we've had near twenty two hours of it," Griz affirmed, he slid from his chair and went to the window. "It's still coming down. And this stuff takes some shifting even when it stops. We could be stuck for a few days."
"Fucking snow." Jack snapped, "Phone lines down, the radio signal is all but dead. Worse, I had a promise to get my end away tonight."
Griz curled his full lips, "And I've come to eat all your grub."
"No, you're welcome—plenty of canned food. Piles of logs out back, for the two stoves." Jack told him. "Milk will keep out in the cool of the back corridor. There are even two crates of beer we haven't started on yet. If the generator in the cellar holds out we'll keep our electric light."
"Just as well," Griz muttered, looking from one to the other. "Could be a week, maybe longer before it clears."
Bo leapt to his feet, "What? I've got a hot date on Friday."
Griz shrugged, "Better keep cool," And he laughed at that.
"Christ", Jack moaned, clutching at his groin." I'm going to have a right top on by that time. Fucking snow."
Bo moved across to poke at the logs in the big stove, "Our prisoner's going to freeze to death in that cell."
"Prisoner?" Griz voiced some surprise. "I didn't know you kept prisoners here."
"Well, where do you think Bo's been taking food? To feed the mice?" Jack shook his head. "That's our job. Catching anybody trying to get through from the other side. Hawk-eye Bo here brought this one in last afternoon. Just before you turned up. Usually we only have them one night."
"So this one is going to be longer term?"
Bo nodded, "Longer than we've ever kept anybody. I've given her extra blankets."
Griz looked from one to the other, "Her? A woman?"
Jack's head had jerked in Bo's direction, "You didn't tell me it was a woman."
"You didn't seem interested."
Jack shook his head, "Christ, she was so wrapped up. Might have been a gorilla for all I could see. And you said the name was Terry. I assumed a guy. What's she like, Bo?"
Bo looked rather apologetic, "Hard to say. You saw the layers of clothes she had on. The snow was just starting---Face wasn't ugly. But with the extra blankets I've given her, it's hard to tell. Older than me."
They were now all looking from one to the other, as Jack mused, "Even if she's only a face. Trapped here for two weeks—a face will have a mouth."
"Those extra blankets--she sounded very grateful," Bo mused
Jack gave a slight laugh, "How long since you dipped your endit in honey, Griz?"
Griz gave him a hard gaze, and appeared to be doing calculations in his head, "My Phoebe died ten years ago. God, it must be four years."
Jack came to his feet and leaned forward with his hands on the desk as though conducting a meeting, "Be a shame if she froze to death when we could keep her warm. Why didn't you suggest this earlier Bo?"
Bo looked just a little stunned, "I didn't know—"
"Let's discuss how it should go."
Terry Coop sat hunched on her bunk bed, clutching the blankets close to her chilled body. A rising uneasiness was making her even more uncomfortable. This minute space was what they called a cell, where a plasterboard screen in the corner hid a hole in the ground toilet and a tiny sink. She had looked disconsolately out of the small window to see that the snow had not ceased all night and was now too deep for anybody to come and move her on.
Her attempt to break through that damned border fence had turned into one terrible mistake. Terry was sure there had been no choice, especially since the death of Petri, that dear old man, could now be used by the state police to worsen the case against her.
Much of the night she had huddled on this bunk, reviewing how fate had turned so completely against her. All right, she had always known that the house she was running was illegal on that side of the border, but which jealous bastard had informed the state cops?
From the age of eighteen when she had escaped from the religious strait-jacket her parents had held her in, Terry had known she had a highly charged libido. The young nineteen year old, who had taken her virginity had expressed his shock at how avid she had been.
That avidity had grown as the years passed. If she went more than a couple of days without the thrill of a hard cock pounding into her she became so agitated and depressed. She had long ago admitted to herself that she was probably just two paces from nymphomania. Eventually, learning how much money could be made from her sexuality had led her into the illicit house of Michelle Fabret. Michelle had taught her so much more about channelling her wild desires, and eventually how to run the business with discretion.
The unfortunate illness that took Michelle had left Terry (known to her clients as Tereta) with the opportunity to take over the business. The six other girls had been quite willing to follow her lead. Terry was in a position to choose the men whom she knew could give her close to ultimate satisfaction, and pay her well for her lascivious attention. Her bank account was well stacked.
Then came that betrayal. A disgruntled client, or more likely the wife of some regular client who had discovered his indiscretions, Terry never really knew. Luckily, a frequent client, while cursing the state police, had warned her of a proposed raid they were about to make on her house. Terry just had time to provide some remuneration for the girls, before dispersing them.
With a heavy heart she had set fire to the place to ensure there could be no incriminating evidence. Swiftly leaving behind everything that linked her to her business as a madam, Terry had no real idea of what to do with herself. Her car was useless to her. She hadn't the necessary papers that would get her through the border gate, and driving it in these parts, it would be easily identified by the police.
Desperate and so alone, she trudged through the cold night until she found herself in a street that gave her some hope. A street of up-market houses where dear Petri Locoff lived.
Petri had been a client of the house when Terry first arrived some ten years earlier. Although In his mid sixties then, he had amazed Terry with his lusty ability to fill her with his proud cock. He always asked for her after their first occasion, and declared her to be the 'hottest lady' he had ever known. "Apart from my late wife," he would add with a wry smile.
Into his seventies, and with Terry now running the house, his visits became less. Occasionally he would request to just talk with her. Treating him as a friend and not just a client, Terry had been happy to oblige. On odd visits he would ask her to try to get him erect, and Terry would work with fingers, tongue and lips, occasionally delighting in how pleased he was when her encouragement succeeded. Terry never knew exactly what his business had been, but he always paid her generously.
One night when she held his stubbornly flaccid penis in her hands he had broke down in tears, and was so upset that she had driven him home. Now she was outside his front door once more, hoping for a place to hide.
The wrinkles in his face disappeared as he gave her a delighted smile of welcome. There was no hesitation in inviting her in, and his shock and anger were genuine as she told him of what had befallen her.
He insisted she stay until the initial fuss died down, and, for three weeks, Terry cooked for him, and gave him occasional asexual cuddles. Then one day he told her that there were wanted posters out for her. He laughed as he told her, "Fortunately they have spelled your name incorrectly and called you Fereta Coop , and the picture looks more like me" He showed her the bundle of warm clothes he had bought for her. The dear man.