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Auction
Chapter 1: The Orphanage It was the middle of summer in Victorian London. Helen lay in her bed in the dormitory in the Charing Cross orphanage. She was so happy that she had been selected to leave the old Tower orphanage and brought here. Obviously Charing Cross orphanage was much richer than the previous one…
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The Singer
Thursday Night Violet was going to a party that night at the pub. She wasn’t very enthusiastic about it, the next day was a work-day and she guessed she’d end up drinking too much since they were celebrating a friend’s engagement. There would be a band there with a female singer that Violet didn’t especially…
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Brunch
en interviewed! Click here to read interview. They were waiting in line for a table for brunch when it started. Her husband went to the bathroom. There was a younger man beside her. Much younger. Edith was 39, married for 11 years. In her twenties she’d been stunning, she could have any man she wanted but…
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The Empress’s Baker
In the pale moonlight, Violet saw the eunuch approaching to awaken her. “I’m already awake,” she said quietly as she slipped out from under the blanket. The other female servants in the palace dormitory slept on but, as the baker, Violet had to get up early. She peeled her nightshirt off over her head and…