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qqueenofhades · 2 years
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I find myself desperately in need of some good lesbian books and would very much appreciate any recommendations you might have!!
Unfortunately I am at work right now and do not have access to my bookshelf at home, so the only lesbian/wlw novel that I can remember off the top of my head is One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. (There is also Gideon the Ninth and the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir if you are into lesbian necromancers in space. It, uh. Makes more sense in context?) There is also Love Alters: Lesbian Love Stories, by Emma Donoghue (who has written several other books on this list.)
I do have my list of scholarly books about historical queer people available on my phone, though, so:
Amer, Sahar. Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)
Donoghue, Emma. Inseparable: Love Between Women in Literature (New York: Pan Macmillan, 2010)
Donoghue, Emma, ed. Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire (New York: Colombia University Press, 1997)
Giffney, Noreen, Michelle M. Sauer, and Diane Watt, eds., The Lesbian Premodern (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
Sautman, Francesca Canadé and Pamela Sheingorn, eds. Same Sex: Love and Desire Among Women in the Middle Ages (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001)
Traub, Valerie. The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002)
I obviously have other recommendations for scholarly articles, etc., but since you said books, I am trying to keep this to monographs. I can check my bookshelf when I get home and edit this to add more fiction recommendations too, but hopefully this will suffice to start with. :)
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maaarine · 1 year
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The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel (Kati Marton, 2021)
"At her fiftieth birthday party (which, in typical Merkel fashion, featured as “entertainment” a long lecture by a scientist entitled “The Brain: Complex System Without Conductor, Consequences for our Self Image”), Sauer turned to his wife at the stroke of midnight and said, “Come, Angela. I’m not a politician. I have to be at work early in the morning.”
In June 2011, after President Obama presented Merkel with the presidential Medal of Freedom—America’s highest civilian honor—he and Michelle invited Merkel and Sauer to dinner in the White House’s private quarters.
Sauer sent his regrets, explaining that he already made plans to dine with a colleague in Chicago.
Once, before she stopped talking about her private life, Merkel revealed just how vital her husband is to her ability to shoulder the pressures of her position.
“I would rather cancel three appointments than endanger our relationship,” she told Herlinde Koelbl.
“He plays a very important role in my political life. He tells me how a certain decision will affect the common man or woman. He brings me the outsider’s view.”
Andreas Apelt, Merkel’s boss when she was just beginning her political career, witnessed how closely the couple collaborated.
“When she was our spokesperson, and there was chaos, and Merkel didn’t know what to do, she would call Sauer. He would immediately send over a few sentences for her to use in our press release,” Apelt told me.
Not only does Sauer act as her political sounding board, but he also provides a safe harbor to which she can retreat.
“Sometimes all the talking is a problem for me,” Merkel confessed to Koelbl, referring to the relentless sociability imposed by a political life.
“With [Joachim], I don’t have to say anything; we can just be together.”"
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..."The decision by a three-judge panel at the US court of appeals for the DC circuit took particular issue with Trump’s position that he could only be prosecuted if he had been convicted in a Senate impeachment trial first.
“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power,” the unsigned but unanimous opinion from the three-judge panel said.
“At bottom, former President Trump’s stance would collapse our system of separated powers by placing the President beyond the reach of all three branches,” the opinion said. “We cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter.”
The defeat for Trump technically returns the case and jurisdiction to the trial court. But the adverse ruling paves the way for Trump to seek further appeals that could delay for weeks or months the start of the 4 March trial date set by US district judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington.
Last year, Trump filed a motion to dismiss the federal election interference case brought by the special counsel Jack Smith, which charged the former president with seeking to reverse his 2020 election defeat, including by advancing fake electors and obstructing Congress on January 6.
The motion was rejected by the trial judge, prompting Trump to appeal to the DC circuit. The special counsel sought to bypass the potentially lengthy appeals process by asking the US supreme court to directly resolve the matter, but the nation’s highest court returned the case to the appeals court.
Trump’s defeat was largely expected after his appellate lawyer, John Sauer, consistently found himself on the defensive when he argued at oral arguments last week before the three-judge panel of Michelle Childs, Karen Henderson and Florence Pan."
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michel-tanguy · 1 year
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New Post has been published on Michel Tanguy
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The Challenges of Dating far away
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militaryandgun · 1 year
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dammbach2022 · 2 years
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Sonntag 04.12.2022
Gegen 17:28 Uhr wurden die Feuerwehren Hösbach, Hösbach-Wenighösbach , Goldbach und die Feuerwehrinspektion Aschaffenburg-Land 2, Aschaffenburg-Land 2-1 und Feuerwehrinspektion Aschaffenburg-Land 1-7 zu einem Gebäudebrand nach Hösbach alarmiert. Und gegen 18:30 Uhr wurde noch zur Unterstützung die Feuerwehr Hösbach-Bahnhof dazu gezogen.
Feuer in Hösbach: Flammen bis in den Dachstuhl
Nachbarn holen Bewohner aus den Häusern
Sachschaden im sechsstelligen Bereich ist am Sonntagabend bei einem Brand innerorts Hösbach entstanden.
Gegen 17.30 Uhr war bei der Integrierten Leitstelle von Feuerwehr und Rettungsdienst ein Feuer in der Ankerstraße gemeldet worden. Aus bislang ungeklärten Gründen stand eine Garage eines größeren Nebengebäudes in Brand.
Das Feuer hatte bereits auf den Dachstuhl übergegriffen. Die Flammen bedrohten auch die angrenzenden Wohnhäuser. Die Feuerwehr konnte glücklicherweise ein weiteres Übergreifen verhindern. Eine unmittelbar angrenzende Garage sei laut Polizei ebenfalls in Mitleidenschaft gezogen worden.
Menschen wurden nicht verletzt. Etwas weiter entfernt lebende Nachbarn, die das Feuer bemerkt hatten, hatten die Bewohner in Sicherheit gebracht, unter anderem eine Familie aus der Ukraine. Zu den Nachbarn gehören Jürgen Sauer mit seiner Tochter Michelle sowie Tobias Kuhn. Alle Drei sind im Rettungsdienst erfahren, Sohn und Tochter sind auch aktuell bei den Maltesern aktiv. --> Ein Video-O-Ton folgt in Kürze.
Die Feuerwehr Hösbach wurde dabei von Nachbarwehren aus Wenighösbach, Goldbach und Hösbach-Bahnhof unterstützt. Letztere hatte Kreisbrandinspektor Otto Hofmann zur Verstärkung schnell nachalarmiert. Bezüglich Brandursache und Schadenshöhe hat die Kriminalpolizei noch am Abend die Ermittlungen aufgenommen. Der Sachschaden dürfte sich wohl im sechsstelligen Bereich bewegen. Die Nachlöscharbeiten zogen sich bis in den späten Abend.
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Feuerwehr Hösbach-Wenighösbach 42/1
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Team SIG Captain Max Michel Continues to Dominate the Carry-Optics Division with Big Wins at the 2018 Oilfield Classic
Team SIG Captain Max Michel Continues to Dominate the Carry-Optics Division with Big Wins at the 2018 Oilfield Classic
Newington, N.H. (October 17, 2018) – SIG SAUER, Inc. congratulates Team SIG Captain Max Michel for his dominating performance at the 2018 Oilfield Classic held October 4th – 6th hosted by Kidlat Shooters Club at Area 59 in Rosenberg, Texas . Michel claimed another first place victory for the 2018 competitive shooting season in the Carry-Optics Division in addition to earning the “Overall…
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a successful Black woman named Tatyana is living the dream. She’s married to the love of her life and has two children by him. What happens when her marriage is on the rocks? Tatyana finds solice and unimaginable dick in a drug kingpin named Erik a.k.a Killa.
Warnings: Smut, Drug Dealer!Erik, Dominant!Erik. Entanglements lmaoo, Nasty Talk.
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The most feared trap house in Grove Park ATL. The name speaks for itself. It’s a place where drug dealers peddle their poison. The biggest dealer in Grove Park of illicit drugs traps people into his business. Once you are into organized crime activities, you may find it difficult to come out of it...especially alive. Big-time drug trafficker and kingpin Erik Stevens; Daddy E or Killa, makes millions of dollars a month selling opiates such as opium, heroin, morphine and codeine; MDMA better known as ecstasy; strong stimulants such as cocaine and crack cocaine; LSD if you want to hallucinate; Xanax illegally, better known as Z-bars or Zannies, and of course weed. 
The Trap House is a bungalow style home on North Ave NW Atlanta, GA. It has a brand new front porch that overlooks a quiet corner lot in the heart of Atlanta. The outside of the single-family home is painted grey. It has a regular setting with children playing and the home is usually managed like a regular household by a middle-aged woman named Michelle, also known as the Trap Queen. She’s Killa’s godmother. Anyone who isn’t involved with the physically and psychologically hazardous activities happening within the Trap House would think it’s a standard family home. It’s all a hoax. 
Killa and his group of duffle bag boys usually come in the late-night hours during the week, every other weekend, or the third day of the month. Loud trap music blares from the home, signifying that they are working. Killa’s matte black Mercedes-Benz G Wagon with black rims is the only car he drives to work at the Trap House. The living room is simply furnished with a clean-cut black leather sectional sofa, and a wall-mounted flat screen used for surveillance of the entire home. The kitchen isn’t anything special except for the refrigerator filled with different types of Hennessy. 
The dining room is used for the dealers to play spades, dominoes, or gamble when there isn’t much to do except keep watch of the area. The main bathroom is a safe way to flush stash if need be but there was little concern for that since Killa has crooked cops in his circle. The three bedrooms all serve a purpose. The master bedroom or the Clandestine Chemistry Room is used as a drug laboratory to illegally manufacture drugs such as PCP, LSD, MDMA, Fentanyl, and Meth. The middle room has some local trap girls counting money with various bank machines and UV counterfeit detection lamps. 
The last and smallest room is the artillery room or The Heat Room. Various guns like shotguns, Uzi’s, Smith & Wesson, Taurus 9MM, GLOCK INC 9MM and .45, and Sig Sauer P938 are stored in that room. Killa makes it mandatory that the Trap House is cleaned and no traces left behind every other weekend. He has a few storage units in Atlanta where he keeps everything when shipments come in. He’s always watching his men because he wants to make sure none of them are snitching to the feds. They wouldn’t dare to anyway because they knew where their fate would end up if they did. 
Killa and the rest of the dealers were working in the Trap House on a Saturday evening. Killa is seated on his black leather sectional wearing a white beater, black and red basketball shorts, and Air Jordan 1s. He has a simple gold cross chain hanging from his neck and a gold and black Versace watch on his left wrist. Killa’s dreads are wild and tapered with the sides cut into a fade. He has bright white teeth lined with gold slugs behind his thick lips, a sinewy body covered in tattoos on his arms, chest, neck, and back, and black diamond studs in his ears. Evidently from the description of his physical appearance he’s absolutely sexy; fine; handsome; good-looking. 
Killa’s obsidian eyes are unyielding as he watches the surveillance. His dark, unruly brows furrow when he notices a figure approach the Trap House. Killa turns down the music playing from the Bluetooth speakers before grabbing his gold chrome Glock, holding it behind his back at waist level. He walked up to the door, peering through the peephole to see who it was approaching. With an annoyed grunt, Killa opens the door to find one of his dealers carrying a black and grey duffel bag most likely filled with his money. 
“Where the fuck have you been nigga?” He asked with an icy tone of voice, “you were supposed to show up a few hours ago with my money,” Killa checks the outside surroundings with a quick sweep of his eyes before opening the door wider, snatching the bag from his dealer's shoulder so harshly that the dealer’s arm was almost pulled from its socket.
“My fault, Killa, the drug deal started a little later than it was supposed to. They ain’t show up until thirty minutes after...I thought they were tryna jug me out of the deal.” 
Killa didn’t care for the explanation, all he was worried about was his money and if it was there.
“Rick, go to Stella and tell her there’s more money to count. I wanna know how much is here. Make sure she does it right too,” Killa hands Rick, his most trusted duffel bag boy and sometimes henchmen, the money.
“Keith, right?” Killa says with hard unwavering eyes and a stony face, “You got one more time to be late. If you keep that shit up working for me then these other niggas around here will try and be on that same shit too...I don’t play bout’ my drugs, and most of all I don’t play bout’ dat payola… Yen know before you decided to be in this game, nigga?” 
“Yo, Killa, I promise you, this shit won’t happen again,” He pleaded.
“Yeah, Aight, we’ll see,” Killa was standing at 6’3, “Lets take a trip to the money room.” 
Walking to the money room, Killa was greeted with ebony beauties dressed half-naked counting money. The UV of the room made their acrylic nails glow. Nothing but juicy ass and titties handling Daddy E’s money. Stella, a redbone with her bleach-blonde hair styled in six stitch braids was on the last stack of money from the duffel bag. Killa strolled over to Stella, lightly tapping her on the ass which caused her to blush and smile. 
“Hey, Daddy E. I’m almost finished,” She started up the counting machine while tapping it with her lime green stiletto nails. Once it was finished and she wrapped it in rubber bands, she allowed Killa to read the total. He felt like he was about to burst with rage. Stella made herself scarce and went to the other side of the room. Keith stood confused and from the deranged look on Killa face he knew he was in trouble. 
Killa raised a single dark brow, “You must think I’m stupid, where is the rest of my fucking money?” 
“I promise you, that’s all of it, Killa,” Keith says while fear throbbed inside of him. 
“Like I said, you think I’m a fool? Nigga...if I let you get away with this shit then other niggas will steal from me too, I’m not finna have that shit,” Killa says while chuckling, “NOW WHERE IS THE REST OF MY FUCKING MONEY AT HOMIE?!”
“What’s going on Killa?” Rick walks in holding his strap.
“I told you this nigga is wishy washy, Rick,” Killa pointed his gold chrome Glock to the amount of money, “This is counting out 95G’s I’m missing 5G’s!!!” Killa felt himself getting even madder than he was before. Rick gives Keith a dirty look before charging up to him, balling up the front of his shirt within his large hulking fist.
“WHERE IS IT?” Rick asks with clenched teeth and spit flying menacingly.
“You better get it out of him before I end this nigga life, Rick. I’m itching to use my piece on this sell out, aint kill a nigga in a grip,” Killa cocks his gun, waiting for the perfect opportunity. If he lied, he was going to die and if he told the truth he was going to die. Either way, he’s dead. 
“Didn’t you hear me ask you a question?!!! Where is Killa’s money!!!!” Rick pistol-whipped Keith, watching his lanky body fall to the floor. Killa crouched down to his level with his gold chrome gun dangling in his left hand. He gives Keith a sinister smile with eyes so vicious it made you feel like you were in the presence of the devil. 
“What’s up with my money? And don’t lie to me,”  Killa’s voice was smooth and threatening. 
It was clear that panic fueled him. Killa could see right through him. The sweat on his face, the slight tremble of his body, the way his eyelids would flicker. Killa wordlessly points his Glock to Keith’s temple so hard it left a painful indentation from the barrel. 
“I have it,” He finally says, “It’s in my car.” 
Killa sniffled with rage before standing at his full height. He shared a look with Rick before placing his gold chrome Glock in the front of his shorts causing them to hang lower on his hips. 
“Let’s take this nigga to the spot,” Killa tells Rick before walking out of the room. 
“The what?!” Keith asks with his voice numb with shock. The more he talked, the more he stroked Killa’s anger. 
“Take him out back to the Escalade, Rick, and bring PAC wit’ you too.”
“Wait!!! Wait!!!! The money is in my car!!!!” Keith yelled while Rick man-handled him to his feet by the collar of his white T-shirt causing it to rip, “I can go get it!!!! It’s all there, Killa!!! I promise you, man, it’s all there!!!!!”
“Niggas always wanna beg and plead when they about to die, shit is lame,” Killa spoke mostly to himself before entering his gun room to grab his favorite piece. 
The black Escalade was the car that Killa used for committing murder. They have a designated spot which is a dirt-covered lot that overlooks Downtown Atlanta. The lot has a mechanic shop that Killa owns which is one of the businesses to clean up a few dollars; an easy way to legitimize the dirty money from the streets. Only his circle used the mechanic shop. 
Killa sauntered out back to the parked Escalade with his Uzi. He checked the trunk to make sure everything needed to dispose of the body in such a way as to prevent, hinder, or delay discovery of the body, to prevent identification of the body, or to prevent autopsy, was there. Usually, after he murders his victims, Killa will have the bodies wrapped in heavy-duty plastic and driven out to a rural farm that he also owns to bury them. If someone were to ask him how many bodies are decaying there, he wouldn’t be able to tell you. Rick and another henchman nicknamed PAC-man carried a struggling Keith from the house and tossed him in one of the back seats of the Escalade. Rick hopped in the driver's seat, cranking up the car before pulling out into a back alley. 
“The house is getting cleaned up as we speak, Killa, here,” Rick hands him a handheld surveillance. 
“Thanks, Patna, nigga did you bring me a blunt? I forgot my shit back in the living room,” Killa says. 
“You lucky I rolled an extra one earlier,” Rick chuckled while passing Killa a freshly rolled blunt.
“Let’s get this shit over with so I can go see this broad,” Killa lights his blunt, takes a hit, and blows out smoke rings, “Aye, PAC, quiet that punk ass nigga down!!!” Killa yells over his shoulder, “Nigga crying too much...if you gotta gag that nigga do it...making my fucking ears hurt with all that bitch ass crying.” Rick and PAC-man share a laugh. 
“What broad you seeing anyway, Patna?” Rick asks. 
“Nicki,” Killa French inhaled the smoke while keeping his eyes on the rearview mirror. 
“The bitch who’s mama you selling crack to? Explain this shit because I’m lost.” 
Killa laughs, “For the record, I didn’t even know that was her mama until I saw both of them leaving Church’s Chicken. Anyway, she knows her mama is still smoking rocks...last time I had to check that old bitch,” Killa spits outside of the car window before licking his full lips. 
“Fuck, was she the one that came by the Trap House on Monday night?” Rick makes a left turn. 
“Bitch came banging on the door, Rick,” Killa shakes his head while stroking his goatee, “Begging me for some more crack. I told her old ass that she owes me 200 dollars for the crack I gave her a week ago...I only did that shit because Nicki didn’t have it to pay for it...why did this dry pussy bitch get down on her knees begging to suck my dick for some crack?!” Killa kisses his teeth, “I told her to take her ol’ ass off my porch before I put my foot in her. She ain’t getting no more from me until I get my money.” 
“Why don’t you just drop Nicki? That’s some wack ass drama, Killa, you know you don’t need that shit,”  Rick finally pulls into the dirt lot of the mechanic shop after a ten-minute ride. 
“The pussy is so damn good…” Killa left it at that. Nicki was Killa’s on-again, off-again booty call. She was the only girl that could match his freaky, that was before he met Tatyana. Saving the rest of the conversation for another day, Killa grabs his Uzi from between his legs before exiting the Escalade. He puts out his weed before placing it in his pocket. Rick and PAC-man grab the traitor from the back of the car, dragging him in the dirt before dropping him face-first about six feet away from Killa. 
“Aight, bring this nigga to his feet...face forward sneak nigga!!” Killa commanded before pointing his Uzi to the dealer's body, “There you go,” Killa congratulates Keith sarcastically, “Hold your chin up, Rick, grab his keys and wallet.” 
Rick cleans out his pockets before pushing him with his Nike boot covered foot. Keith stumbled while staring at the Uzi in Killa’s hand. He didn’t dare move. 
“Yeah...be a man and die right here like the rest of em’ you wanna steal from me? My money?” Killa spoke with squinted eyes and a tilt of his head, “I’m about to leave you layin’ where you standing.” 
Rick and PAC-man chuckle when they notice Keith wetting his pants. The dirt beneath his feet turned damp. 
“Ah, shit,” Killa laughs, “This nigga is pissing his pants…” Killa aims his Uzi for Keith’s left shoulder and shoots him. Keith screams with agony, clutching his shoulder. Killa shoots him in the hand that covered his shoulder. He paused again so that he could watch the mixture of pain and fear in Keith’s eyes. Maybe he was a sick, twisted individual for that but he thoroughly enjoyed watching his victims suffer before he really put their lights out. 
“Damn, I bet that shit burn,” Killa shoots him in his stomach, watching him fall to his knees, “Open your mouth, bitch, let that blood out,” Killa fired off two rounds in his chest, “you dip into my bag I kill you,” with those last words, Killa blasted Keith in his head between his eyes like the middle of a dart board. 
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Tatyana Parham-Narvaez, a successful black business woman in Atlanta is best known for her line of intimate products and three luxury spa locations titled Tatyana’s Getaway. Tatyana’s Getaway boasts a fun yet relaxing environment that does not lose its chic and classic aesthetic. She believes that the overall experience is just as important as the quality of service that you receive. Licensed Esthetician,designer and Humanitarian, Tatyana holds yearly fundraisers to support other black owned businesses in Atlanta and also low income communities with food, beverages, clothing, and school supplies. 
Tatyana has cat-like mink brown eyes fringed with long lashes, cinnamon skin silken and glowing, a dainty nose with a ring, moist lush lips, a TWA with thick, dark brown spirals, short with generous curves, and a dulcet voice. She’s adventurous, some would consider that rebellious because she craves her freedom and can come off as quite the difficult ‘nesting partner’. She can be naive which explains her optimism, and she’s very independent. Tatyana never saw herself getting married but she found the love of her life just two years ago. His name is Carlos Narvaez and he’s an ex-convict turned businessman. Carlos Narvaez is a Party Promoter and famous Jeweler who moved from Miami to Atlanta five years prior. Los Ice and Gold is the place to go for many Atlanta rappers. 
Tatyana and Carlos first met each other at a mutual friends' album release party. It was his way with words, that dazzled her just like the ice around his neck and wrists. Usually, Tatyana would go for a much taller and more chiseled man but it was the way he articulated his words; bewitching her out of her panties, not to mention his beautiful smile and whiskey colored eyes. Carlos was the first man to ever sweep her off her feet with his mind rather than his dick. Carlos and Tatyana got married in Puerto Rico and just a year later they had a baby boy; Carlos Jayden Narvaez Jr, and soon after a baby girl; Nayelis Genesis Narvaez. Tatyana and her family live in Lawrenceville, GA, just 45 minutes outside of Atlanta. It’s a brick front suburban home with a driveway and a garage, four bedrooms and three bathrooms, a large family kitchen and dining area, a cozy living room, furnished basement, and a yard fit for summer occasions with a pool. 
As sweet and loving as it looks from the outside, Tatyana’s marriage is troubled. Carlos and Tatyana bicker a great deal; escalating out of control and into screaming matches, they don’t talk to one another about their problems and feelings, there is inequality between both of them concerning gender roles and decision making, and the level of sexual intimacy in their marriage is low or there isn't any at all. Since both of them are always so busy, Carlos Jr. and Nayelis spend more time at Tatyana’s parents' home than their own on weekdays. Although she has given birth to 2 children and married “the love of her life,” she still finds herself stepping out of her mundane life to mess with Erik. He’s EVERYTHING her mother warned her about—dangerous, doesn’t give a fuck, liable to shoot now and ask questions later yet is so damn enticing/addicting. 
Tatyana grew up in Bankhead,one of the places where Erik a.k.a Killa trafficked drugs. Tatyana’s baby sister, Tia, lives in Bankhead with her baby father and 8-month-old son named Demitri. From what Tatyana gathered about Erik when she saw him pull up in his matte black Mercedes Benz G Wagon is that he’s hood rich and he cares about his people. When Tatyana was leaving Tia’s home, Erik was talking to Miss Shay, Tatyana’s old babysitter, on her front porch. He was holding a white foam cup in his hand, and he was wearing a black beater with dark wash denim jeans and some black and white Jordan 1s on his feet. 
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(Flashback) 
“Tati! Is that you?!”  Miss Shay yelled from across the street. She waved one slender and frail hand at Tatyana. Tatyana was still in her formal work attire; black pencil skirt, fitted peach colored blouse, and black peekaboo Christian Louboutin pumps. She walked across the street to Miss Shay, taking off her Fendi sunglasses and placing them within her Christian Louboutin black embellished clutch. 
“Miss Shay! Wow! You look amazing, you haven’t changed at all!!” Tatyana gives the elderly woman a gentle hug before kissing her cheek. She still wore that Sweet Honesty perfume by Avon. Miss Shay was known for being the Avon lady in Bankhead. 
“Me?! Child, look at you!” Miss Shay laughs before coughing slightly. Tatyana guesses that she is still smoking cigarettes, “Still just as pretty as ever! I was talking to Tia the other day about you, wondering how you were. It’s good to see you, Erik, do you remember Tatyana from daycare?” 
“Nah, auntie,” Erik says before taking a sip from his white foam cup, “I would have remembered shawty, trust me,” He brings the cup to his lips again, the gold watch on his wrist catching Tatyana’s eye. His stance was wide, shoulders squared, and brows furrowed slightly while his obsidian eyes never left Tatyana’s face for one second. 
“I was pretty quiet back then, and I didn’t like playing with the boys,” Tatyana says before blinking her eyes away from Erik. He’s attractive. Tatyana stole another glance, allowing her mink brown eyes to regard him from head to toe. Very attractive. The body art made his sinewy body appear more defined. She never knew a neck tattoo would look so good on a man. It’s a spade with a skull in the middle surrounded by shaded roses. She could feel his rugged energy and it made her shudder.
“That’s cuz y’all couldn’t keep up wit’ us, baby,” He laughs and it was so smooth and sexy. He must have a habit of licking his lips like LL Cool J, “And I liked picking on y’all quiet girls back then, I bet you say I don’t know a lot,” He smiles and the dimples blew her away, “I don’t know, maybe” he mocked with a sweet voice. 
“Jokes!!” Tatyana fought hard not to crack a smile but her lush lips turned up and her cheeks puffed out. Her laugh was a pleasant falsetto, “And you don’t know me like that so don’t come for me...Erik, right?” Tatyana says with an audacious tone. 
“Erik, leave Tati alone, please,” Miss Shay spoke with a stringent tone. Tatyana giggles, she can remember that tone of voice like it was yesterday when she was seven years old, “Tati, how are the children?”
“They’re fine, Carlos Jr. will be two in about four months, Nayelis will be seven months.” 
“I need a picture of them Tati!!! Erik bought me a cell phone, he’s been teaching me how to answer video calls and such.” 
“That’s so sweet,” Tatyana gives Erik a respectful gaze, “Well, let’s exchange numbers, Miss Shay, and I can send you some photos today.” 
“Oh! Let me go get my phone,” Miss Shay grabs the railing to her steps, pushing up onto her feet. Erik opens her screen door, making sure to watch her walk inside so she doesn’t trip and fall. 
“Careful, auntie, don’t trip over that part,” Erik was referring to the cracked concrete of her top step, “I thought I called somebody to come fix that? These motherfuckers man,” His irritation crackled, “You broke your toe because of that fucking step, ima give them a call when I leave.”
“Erik, calm down, don’t go roughing those damn people up because of a step.”
Erik closes the screen door behind Miss Shay. 
“She broke her toe?” Tatyana asks with concern. 
“Yeah, like five months ago. I’ve been coming to check up on her to make sure she's good. Dats my auntie right there, she means the world to me.” 
“I don’t know why I can’t remember you,” Tatyana says while her forehead creased in thought. 
“It’s cool, shawty, don’t stress your pretty head,” his eyes shot down to Tatyana’s matte brown lips, “Damn...you got some sexy ass lips.” 
“Excuse me?” Tatyana asks with a high-pitched tone. 
“Your lips, they're sexy. You got a man?” 
“I have a HUSBAND,” Tatyana clarified with a flippant tone. 
“Oooh, okay,” Erik held his hands up in surrender with a grin on his face, “You ain’t gotta get all mouthy on a nigga...my guess is he doesn’t know how to correct you.” 
“My guess is you have a habit of being in people’s business, Erik,” Tatyana spoke boldly, “and don’t no man correct me.”
“When I want to, yeah, I’ll make it my business. You’re feisty ain’t you?...how is ‘Hubby’ treating you Miss Tati?” 
Tatyana couldn’t believe the boldness of him. He didn’t waste any time trying to get at her. To be honest, Erik is the finest man she’s ever seen and that’s coming from a married woman. He didn’t need to know that, his head is already too big.
“None of your concern, Sir,” Tatyana shakes her head, laughing lightly. 
“I’m making it my concern though. Hubby doing what he’s supposed to? My guess is he’s not.” 
“Boy,” Tatyana rolled her eyes. Miss Shay was taking way too long to grab her cell phone. 
“Boy? Do I look like a boy?” He spoke harshly, “don’t be talking to me like you crazy Lil mama.” 
“I am crazy, but you don’t know me, remember?” Tatyana wasn’t about to hold her tongue with some hood ass, narcissistic motherfucker. 
“Yeah, I want you to keep that in mind and fix that shit before I fix you out here,” he warned her. 
“You ain’t fixing shit, who the fuck are you to be talking to me like that?” Tatyana was in disbelief. 
“You ain’t know?” He spoke arrogantly, “They call me Killa around here, ma,” he lowered his voice to a seductive lilt, “But you can call me Daddy E if you want, it’s up to you.” He says with a half-smirk. 
“I think that’s my cue to leave,” Tatyana puts her Fendi sunglasses back on, “Can you tell Miss Shay that I had to run? I’ll just get her number from my sister Tia.”
“I’ll let her know,” Erik sips from his cup again, his eyes focused on Tatyana’s plush booty and shapely legs, “Now that I know Tia is your sister I’ll definitely be checking for you.”
“BYE, Killa,” Tatyana chucked up the deuces to Erik before entering her all-white Bentley. 
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 Erik was freshly showered and wearing a plain black T-shirt with a pair of G-Star relaxed fit black shorts and black Armani slides. There was a knock on the front door of his luxury Condo in Buckhead. The warm and stylish condo features a gourmet kitchen, three covered terraces, two bedrooms, and three bathrooms; one bathroom is a master bathroom with a side-entry shower. There is a wide-open living room that connects with his dining room. The building included an on-site lounge, a gym with views, and a palm-studded pool deck, and a spacious hot tub. 
Erik was only expecting one person tonight; Nicki. Nicole Brown a.k.a Nicki is Erik’s frequent fuck buddy. She’s slim-thick with round cognac eyes, thinly arched brows like Megan Good, golden skin with raised freckles on her face, heart-shaped lips with a gap between her teeth, and a full head of thick, voluminous 4B curls. She can be self-centered, and stubborn. Nicki hates being ignored and not being treated like she’s in the first place. There had been many occasions where Erik had to put Nicki in her place. It was strictly sex between them both...only sex. Erik hadn’t seen Nicki in a week and the girl was blowing his phone up with at least ten calls a day. He was about to stretch her little pussy wide the fuck open on his daddy dick, got to teach um they place so they can remember, he says. 
“Well? Can I come in, Daddy E,” Nicki says with a honeyed tone. The pink gloss on her lips matched her pink tongue and Erik couldn’t wait to stuff his pipe down her throat. 
“Hurry up,” Erik opened the door wider so Nicki could walk inside. She’s wearing a pair of little black stretchy shorts, a hot pink bandeau, and a pair of black mules on her feet. She has her toes and nails painted with baby blue gel polish on purpose because she knows how much Erik loves blue against her skin. 
“What have you been doing the past week,” Nicki takes off her shoes by the door, “I’m tired of you ignoring me, Erik. I missed you like crazy, you can’t be doing that,” Nicki threw her arms around Erik’s shoulders before kissing his thick lips, “mmm...minty,” She smiles.
“Don’t get too excited, we gotta talk first,” Erik removes her arms from around his shoulders, “did you want something to drink?”
“Nah, I’m good...what are we talking about?” Nicki takes a seat on his couch, “I have to talk to you as well...so my mom tells me that you threatened her? Fuck is going on with that?”
“You’re hella bipolar, didn’t you just walk in here telling me you missed me?”
“I did, and I still do, daddy, but you and I have a problem. She told me you threatened to kick her in the ass on Monday, E.”
“Did she?” Erik makes himself a small glass of Hennessy before joining Nicki on the couch. He takes a seat away from her, resting his back in the corner of the sectional couch, “did she tell you why I threatened her?”
“Doesn’t matter, THAT'S my mom, Erik. I know she’s going through some shit but don’t do that, I will kill you,” Nicki mouthed off. 
“You’ll kill me? With what? These hands?” Erik grabs Nicki’s small hands, laughing at how little she is compared to him, “you can’t even wrap your hand around my neck fully so cut that shit out.” 
“Whatever, asshole, DON'T threaten my mom again,” Nicki jabbed her finger into Erik’s solid chest, “Now you owe me...I want my pussy ate from the back.” 
“Hm,” Erik brings his face closer to Nicki’s, “Did your momma tell you that she got down on her knees, begging to suck my dick?”
“...what?” Nicki’s eyes glanced at his lips.
“She came banging on the door to my Trap House, pleading to suck my dick for some more crack...what you got to say now, shawty? I don’t hear you talkin’ back.”
Nicki swallows spit, before letting out a ragged breath, “She didn’t tell me all that...She’s been staying with my aunt to get better…”
“Next time, I think you need to get all the facts before you come up in my place getting buck with me,” Erik spoke with a raw voice so close to her face that his nose was touching her cheek, “And you know what happens when you get buck with me, Nicki...shut yo ass up when you talking all that shit...told yo ass I ain’t nothing like these other niggas, bitch, I don’t play that shit.” 
“I’m sorry, Erik-
“fuck your throat till I’m done...I don’t stop...you know I keep going.” 
“I won’t do it again-
“You will because daddy’s dick is yo favorite...you love sucking this big black dick...get my dick nice and wet...giving me all that good sloppy top like the freak hoe you are...telling me I’m yo favorite thug nigga while you suck on my nuts…”
“Fuck,” Nicki turned so she could face Erik fully. Her nose brushed against his broad one and the tickle of it shot straight to her phat clit. 
“Then you blowing up my phone all week like you ain’t got no damn sense,” Erik looks her up and down with eyes so ominous they made Nicki shiver, “Calling me ten times a fucking day...I hit you back when I’m ready, this my last time telling you, ma, hear me?”
Nicki nods her head before quickly saying, “Yes, Daddy E.” 
“I ain’t have this pussy in a week...she's still super soaker wet?” Erik’s hand found its way between Nicki’s thighs, stroking her pussy, “I can feel that clit poking...that phat ass clit...you only want me to eat it from the back because I suck it good from that angle.”
“Damn...I miss your fingers on my pussy,” Nicki spoke with a serene voice. 
“I miss that juicy mouth on my dick,” Erik roughly spreads Nicki’s thighs so he could see her pussy lips sitting nice and plump, “Big pussy on a tiny girl...I love that shit…”
“I need you,” Nicki says with her glossy cognac eyes filled with lust. 
“Not before I get my dick sucked you don’t,” Erik stands up, undoing his shorts, bringing them down to rest around his ankles. He purposely left his Armani briefs on so she could see his thick print jump. It pulsated and pulsated. His wide glans was peeking at her from the bottom of his briefs. Nicki has to pick her jaw up off of the floor. She had that huge black dick buried in her pussy so many times before and yet she still couldn’t believe he was packing that much thickness and length. 
“You need me? Suck this daddy dick,” He points to his crotch that he was blessed with. Nicki scoots over so that she’s seated perfectly in front of him before grabbing the waistband of his briefs, pulling them down so they could rest around his ankles with his shorts, “I need your lips to show my throbbing dick how much you appreciate every inch of me…” 
Nicki grabs Erik’s dick in her hand. She moves it up and down...up and down...then she sticks her tongue out to lick his slit. Nicki’s tongue wiggles slowly while her cognac eyes blinked up at Erik innocently. 
“Stop playing and put this dick in your mouth,” Erik says.
“This big dick right here?” Nicki uses her tongue to circle the tip of Erik’s dick. 
“Nicki...stop playing with me,” Erik’s fingers tangled around her thick hair and he yanked it hard enough to extend her neck so that she could look at him, “And you can drop that good girl act you know when you see this dick all of that goes straight out the fucking window.”
Erik was reminded of how much of a nasty bitch Nicki is. Nicki spits on Erik’s dick before taking him halfway into her mouth and sucking him with just the power of her jaw muscles. She started making those nasty, loud slurping sounds that Erik loves. Nicki grabs Erik’s balls to massage them before using her lips to slurp along the sides of his lengthy dick. 
“Fuckkkkkkkkk,” Nicki relished in the squelching sound of Erik’s spit covered dick in her hand while she jerked him slowly. She knew that he wanted her to swallow all of him but Nicki wanted him to make her do it. 
“This dick is thick and heavy, Daddy.”
“Oh yeah? It likes being sucked too,” Erik takes his dick in his hand, “so why don’t you hop on that and stop playing, girl.” 
“Or what? What?” 
“I’ll just make you...open yo’ mouth.” 
“Make me like you said you would,” Nicki says with a sly grin. Erik takes his thumb to rub Nicki’s bottom lip before dragging his hand down past her chin to grasp her throat with enough pressure to remind her of who is in charge. 
“I need good head right now and I need you to focus...give me yo’ fucking throat.” 
Erik slapped his dick on Nicki’s lips and she opened up for him, sticking her tongue all the way out graciously. Erik’s dick slid right in easily and with both of his hands holding her head in place Erik moved Nicki’s head back and forth. He watched his dick disappear between her glossy pink lips until his hands moved away from her head and Nicki was sucking all of him on her own. 
“Looks like you don’t wanna stop...I don’t wanna let you stop...sucking the life outta me...suck all that dick...yeahhhh just like that...you’re into that I see why you called me ten times a day…” 
“Mhmmmmmm,” Nicki’s eyes never left Erik’s and the eye contact made her mouth just as wet as her pussy. Nicki drooled all over Erik’s dick and the spit covered her chest, staining her bandeau top. 
“Suck that dick bitch, I bet you wish this was a daily thing for you...no matter where we are...If you enjoy it like you say you do be a slut and suck this dick whenever I tell you to.” 
Erik’s words excited Nicki. She knew it was in the heat of the moment because her sloppy head was making his dick swell but the thought of waking up with Erik’s dick in her mouth was a world she wanted to live in. Looking up into his fine ass face reminded her of how much she really REALLY wanted Erik to make her his girl. He kept talking that nasty shit to her and it made her take her fingers covered in her spit to rub her clit. 
“Nah, don’t get distracted, I got too much dick to not be getting it sucked...Mhm, you see that dick getting fatter? that’s cuz daddy is about to bust...all that fucking nut? don’t waste my shit, Nicki, don’t be wasting my shit bitch! FUCK!” Erik grabs his dick to slap it on Nicki’s tongue. His cum spurted out in thick streams. Nicki wrapped her lips around Erik’s dick, “get all that nut the fuck out bitch.” 
Nicki finished emptying him before licking her lips clean. She sat back on the couch with her face gleaming with saliva. Nicki turned around, arching her back and started twerking in her little shorts. Erik’s hands reached down to play with her ass while she bounced it for him. His fingers then start to rub her pussy from the back. Nicki starts thrusting her hips back against Erik while whining for attention. 
“I know what you need, baby, you know nobody’s mouth is nastier than mine. Who sucks on that pussy the best?”
“Daddy E,” Nicki moaned. 
“Who gets all that nut out?” Erik pulls Nicki’s shorts down to reveal that she isn’t wearing any panties. 
“You do, Daddy,” Nicki hissed when her pussy finally became exposed to the cool air, “my pussy is so damn wet.” 
“I’m looking at this fat, creamy pussy now...all that dripping from your pussy...and that clit…” Erik takes his thumb to stroke Nicki’s phat clit, “ima make you cum all over my thick dick.” 
“Please,” Nicki reaches beneath her to hold her pussy lips open, “Daddy, please suck on my pussy...please…”
Erik got down on his knees and buried his face in Nicki’s pussy. His tongue lapped and cleaned up all her cream before sucking on her phat clit from behind. Erik spreads her cheeks so he could have more space to lick her asshole too. Nicki’s pussy was fitting in Erik’s mouth so good that it made him thrust his hips like he was fucking her. He just knew the tip of his dick was leaking pre-cum. He was eating that sloppy, juicy pussy. 
“Daddy, yes, clean this pussy up and make some more,” Nicki licks her lips, “Oh, daddy, fuck yeah, oh, daddy, yes, right there, I’m gonna cum, yes, fuckkkkk, daddy, oh my God, daddy keep sucking,” Nicki shouts, “FUCK IM CUMMING!!!” 
Erik kisses her clit before using his tongue to fuck her pussy and asshole, alternating back and forth. Nicki didn’t know what to do with herself. One minute, Erik’s tongue is in her pussy and the next minute it’s wiggling in her tight ass. 
“Oh, shit,” Nicki could feel the sensation to cum creeping over her body again, “oooooo daddy you always eat my pussy so good!!!”
Erik helped Nicki get through her orgasm with rough spanking to her ass. His dick was painfully hard and as much as he loved slurping on Nicki’s phat clit he needed to bury all ten inches of his big black dick inside of her. Grabbing his jeans, Erik pulls out a magnum, opening it with his teeth before taking the condom and rolling it over his dick. Erik stood up while bending his knees slightly since Nicki is much shorter than him.
“You know what time it is, ma, keep this ass up so I can fuck you good, give you exactly what you deserve.” 
Nicki held her arched position, pushing her hips higher so she could provide a good angle for Erik.
“Got this pretty pussy with all this fat ass for daddy to pound deep and hard…” Eriks hips retreated back , and forth as he found her entrance . His tip felt that warm slippery wet hole and he eased himself in, just enough to hear those sweet little gasps and pants from her. Nicki reached behind her to grasp Erik’s upper thigh. He always expected that because of his generous size. 
“Aight, ma, ima put the rest of this dick in. Bite the couch if you need to,” Erik spoke casually. Erik slammed into Nicki hard, resulting in a huge slap from his pelvis against her plump booty. When he did it again her head flew back in bliss. He gave her another stroke, much harder than before. Nicki’s entire body from her head down to her toes felt that pressure and it caused her head to slump forward against the couch. 
“Yeah, daddy got that ass now...this what you like? All this dick in you? Fix your arch, Nicki,” Nicki’s mouth drew wide open and she looked back at Erik. Erik invaded her tight wetness, reaching every spot that needed to be stroked. Hitting every itch that had been yearning to be touched. Erik fucked her hard and steady. It was the rhythm of his toned hips knocking into her that shocked Nicki every single time. His back muscles flexed when his arms reached forward to grab the back of the couch. Nicki felt like this was the only man that could control her body as if he practiced it. His thick pole hit a spongy spot of pleasure inside of her. It felt so damn fucking good that Nicki started throwing her hips back, fucking him. Nicki started moaning uncontrollably, so honest that her body practically did it for her each time. 
“Fuck this dick! Take this shit!” Erik says all the while fucking Nicki himself, “I see you keeping this dick nice and slippery for me…”
“Mmm, daddy, you got me shaking and tightening all over that dick,” Nicki says between heavy sobs. 
“I love when your pussy tells me I'm doing a good job...you got more for me?” Erik pushes himself all the way inside until his balls slapped her clit, “dropping this dick in that big pussy?”
“Fucck..... show me who’s daddy,” Nicki could feel Erik hitting the bottom of her pussy with the tip of his dick and he wasn’t slowing down. Erik brings one leg up to rest his foot on the couch before grabbing Nicki’s hips. He started really plowing her pussy; plowing it so damn good that Nicki started sounding like someone went at her throat with a cheese grater. Her ass was bouncing like a ball against him. Nicki wailed and Erik could feel the smooth ridges of her vaginal walls ripple along the broad shaft of his dick. 
“Shit, I feel it coming, baby!!!!!!” Nicki’s ass ricocheted off of Erik before she went stiff, her thighs caving in like she was crippled. Her creamy orgasm oozed from her pussy and dripped to his couch. It was beautiful watching Nicki’s pussy cum. He could only imagine the overwhelming sensation she must be experiencing to cum on a thick dick. 
“Wow, look at this juicy pussy,” Erik slows down before stopping completely, his dick slipping from her snug pussy and resting between her inner lips. The sound effects her wet pussy made when the tip of his dick stroked her labia caused Erik to bite down on his pouty bottom lip so hard it stung. His eyes glinted with desire when he saw how Nicki glazed his dick.
“Come clean up all this mess, girl,” The corners of his mouth turned up and then a stream of hisses followed. Nicki slurped all of her sticky cream from Erik’s dick. She showed him her cum covered tongue before licking her lips. Erik needed to bust a nut now, hard and urgent. Taking a seat on the couch, Erik forcefully slaps Nicki’s ass, soundlessly telling her that she needs to slam that pussy on his dick froggystyle. Nicki’s weak limbs shook out of control when she positioned herself over Erik’s fat ass dick. 
“What you waiting on? Ride that fucking dick,” Erik pointed to his dick, “you see how you got my shit standing up? You better get on this dick and make me bust.”
Nicki guides Erik’s dick back to her overworked entrance before she finally lowered herself over him. Erik’s hands automatically grabbed each ass cheek so that he could have something to hold onto when he fucked her himself. Nicki started working just the tip of his dick, a constant whimper coming from her mouth. 
“Where is the rest of that phat pussy? Ride the fuck outta me, Nicki...my nuts are so goddamn tight,” Erik tugged on his sack, “Lil ass bought to have me explode up in this bitch.” 
“Shitttttttttttt, whew!!!!!!” Nicki finally takes all of him. She sat still while Erik’s hands still cupped her ass cheeks. 
“Just like that, girl, keep going,” Erik started pumping his hips, “All I need you to do right now is make this big ass dick cum.” 
“Fuck,” Nicki squeezes Erik’s shoulders and then with whatever strength she has left, Nicki started bouncing her pussy up and down Erik’s dick. The sound effects of her pussy increased with the speed of her strokes. With no warning, Erik started force feeding Nicki his fat dick. It was a good thing he had a grip on her ass because she allowed all of her body weight to fall forward against him. 
“Gotta get up in it...DEEP...know what I’m saying?” He spoke nonchalantly like he wasn’t making Nicki cry above him. He didn’t expect her to answer him, not with all his dick in her stomach. 
“Damn, fuck, shit, Oooh,” Nicki’s body started shaking and then as if a pipe burst she began to cum all in Erik’s lap, “FUUUUCK! Okay, baby, okay!!! Shit!!” 
Erik wasn’t listening, his dick was trying to drill a new slippery hole in her pussy. Erik’s dick was all up in her to get to that perfect spot where he knows that every inch of his fat dick is stuffing her. He was afraid that the more he thrust against her cervix that the condom would break. Easing up a bit, Erik grabs Nicki’s hips and starts moving her up and down his dick instead. His head fell back to rest against the couch while his narrow eyes watched the blissful expression on her face. Nicki held onto Erik’s wrists and her bandeau top slid down to rest around her slender waist. 
“You’re about to make me leak all in this rubber...ahhh fuck, yeah, you like this dick baby...you love being daddy’s nasty little fucking slut...yeah, ahhhhh, fuck...get on this dick, bitch, sit on this fat-fucking-dick, ride that fucking dick...ride this fat dick until I fucking cum…” Erik’s dick became so robust and rock-hard that Nicki began to scream from how vast his dick was making her pussy, “Fuckkkk, Nicki, you finna make me bust, girl, shittttttttt,” Erik’s hips left the couch and his toes curled. He filled that magnum to the brim. Nicki’s pussy damn near pranced from his dick and she was on her knees, between his athletically built thighs, waiting for her reward. 
Nicki removed Erik’s condom, his cum overflowing his dick from his wide tip all the way down to the base. Nicki strokes her hair back before using only her tongue to clean him up. This was routine, Erik didn’t need to remind her what to do. His dick was only covered in her greedy saliva now. Nicki picks up the condom, tipping it over in her mouth and squeezing the remnants of his cum out like a tube of toothpaste. Erik lightly chuckles, he loved how cum hungry Nicki is. 
“You taste so good...I could drink you,” Nicki stands before walking away with a dramatic switch of her hips to toss the condom in the trash. Erik sits up, his elbows resting on his kneecaps. He used his right hand to shake out his dreads. He was going to need to disinfect his couch. He could feel his sweat between his muscular ass cheeks. Grabbing his glass whiskey 
tumbler, Erik takes a sip of his Hennessy to quench his thirst. Nicki smiles while tipping her head down slightly. She loved the way Erik looked after sex, sweaty and undomesticated. Nicki makes herself comfortable on Erik’s couch, her knees to her chest and thighs wide open. Erik drew his lower lip between his teeth and furrowed his brows at her. 
“What?” She asked with genuine confusion. 
“You know it’s time for you to go, right?” Erik stated in a straightforward tone of voice, “I only let you spend the night that one time because it was 3 AM and I was too damn faded to take yo’ ass home.” 
“You’re such a Goddamn asshole. I just want my pussy ate again and I’ll be on my way,” Nicki spreads her pussy lips to reveal her pink center, “Candy coated and ready to be licked...don’t you wanna?”
“You know I like that sweet little pussy but I got a busy day tomorrow, ma. As tempting as that phat clit is...I gotta pass,” Erik settles back against his couch lazily.
“Not even a little lick?” Nicki begged.
“Not even a tiny taste, girl, next time though,” Erik closed his eyes and began to yawn. Nicki was staring all in his grill at his gold canines. 
“Fine. I have an interview tomorrow for this CNA certificate program so I need to rest anyway,” Nicki grabs her little stretchy black shorts from the floor, “When should I call you for some more dick, daddy?”
“I’ll hit you up,” Erik helps Nicki by lifting her bandeau over her small, round breasts, “the next few days I got a shipment of supplies coming in and I’m gonna be really busy. Don’t worry, I gotchu.”
“We’ll see,” Nicki fluffs out her hair before standing from the couch, “Are you gonna escort me to the door?” Nicki says with attitude. 
“Stop tripping,” Erik kisses his teeth, standing at his full height, grabbing a short Nicki around her waist before giving her a chaste kiss, “Why all that attitude? You know that shit don’t even mean nothing.” 
“Whatever, I’m mad at you,” Nicki jabbed her pointer finger lightly against Erik’s right dimple. She allowed Erik to walk her to the door with his arm still wrapped around her petite waist. Finally at his door, Erik opens it, shielding his nude body so nobody can see him. Nicki turned towards him, flipping him off before making her way to the elevators. She made a sour face at him one final time before jabbing the down arrow button. 
“Fix your pretty face,” Erik gives her a final air kiss, “I’ll hit you soon. Keep that pussy wet.”
Nicki couldn’t help but to blush at the last minute before the elevator doors closed. A wide smile was plastered to her face the whole ride down and butterflies were in her stomach. She felt like a teenager all over again, only this time she was getting dick. The elevator dinged and Nicki was back in the lobby, she walked along the tile flooring, passing all the paintings that lined the walls and the calming and soothing ambience of the blue and brown interior design. Nicki was just about to push open the commercial double glass doors when a woman with short chocolate ringlets dressed in a fitted, strapless, black maxi dress and black Birkenstocks with a cream Christian Louboutin tote bag in her left hand almost smacked her in the face with the door. 
“My fault, girl,” She spoke with an apologetic tone, “I left my damn glasses in the car...excuse my blindness.”
Nicki gives her a polite smile followed by a light laugh. Her smile faded when she noticed the woman’s red-rimmed mink brown eyes are glossy, “It’s cool, sis, from blind girl to blind girl, I get it,” Nicki noticed the look of confusion on her face so she pointed to her left eye, “Contacts.”
“Ah,” She smiles pleasantly, the warmth in it causing Nicki to smirk, “My mind is all over the place...pretty mules by the way,” The pretty cinnamon skinned woman complimented while walking away. 
“Thank you! I was just about to say the same about that bag on your arm,” Nicki admired it enviously.
“Thanks,” She stroked it, “My fault about the door, girl, have a good rest of your night.”
“Ain’t no thang, and you do the same,” Nicki gives her one final polite farewell before she turns to leave the lobby. 
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...."The court largely addressed Trump’s two main arguments: presidents have “absolute immunity” from all criminal prosecution for official acts taken in office, and presidents may only ever be prosecuted if first impeached in the House and convicted in the Senate. No president has ever been impeached and convicted.
The appeals panel consisted of two Biden appointees, Judges Florence Pan and Michelle Fields, and one George H.W. Bush appointee, Judge Karen Henderson. All three of the judges appeared skeptical of the arguments made by Trump’s defense lawyer, D. John Sauer.
But the true absurdity of Trump’s argument quickly became clear as Pan forced Sauer to take the former president’s argument to its logical conclusion.
“Could a president who ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival [and is] not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution?” Pan asked Sauer.
Sauer offered a “qualified yes ― if he is impeached and convicted first.”
But, as Pan pointed out, if the president were not convicted in the Senate, then Sauer’s answer is no. She further stated that this logic also applied to a president selling pardons or military secrets, as these could be argued to be official acts.
This “extraordinarily frightening future” where it would “not [be] a crime” if a president orders the assassination of his political rivals and then resigns to avoid impeachment and conviction should “weigh heavily” on the court’s decision, assistant special counsel James Pearce argued.
Pan also pressed Sauer on the contradiction inherent in the two arguments Trump makes for immunity. If a president can be prosecuted if they are impeached and convicted, then the president does not have absolute immunity, she argued. Therefore, the court should only seek to answer whether the Constitution mandates impeachment and conviction to enable a later prosecution.
Sauer rejected this contradiction by arguing that the requirement of impeachment and conviction for an ex-president’s prosecution is a “very narrow exception.”
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October 2021 Books
From the Shadows by E. L. Bates
Scifi is not typically my genre, but this was lovely. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.
The Great Brain Robbery by P. G. Bell
Sequel to The Train to Impossible Places. Not as effective and I can’t put my finger on why.
Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie
Not one of Christie’s best but gets points for being bizarre.
A Clock of Stars: Beyond the Mountains by Francesca Gibbons
A very worthy sequel to The Shadow Moth. Gibbons’s characters are well-drawn and surprisingly complex for middle-grade, and at least one arc went a direction I wasn’t expecting. Quite a page-turner. The cliffhanger ending has me eager for the next book, which won’t come out for another year. The illustrations continue to be marvelous.
A Candle for St. June by Rumer Godden
Since this was set at a ballet school, I think I was expecting something more like Ballet Shoes. The plot and characters didn’t do much for me, but Godden’s prose is always stunning.
Remarkables by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Haddix’s thrillers always surprise me with how well-written they are. I was also impressed by her treatment of religion. The protagonist and her family seek out a church after moving to a new town; this is handled as very matter-of-fact, and although matters of faith aren’t the centerpiece of the piece, they’re handled positively and respectfully.
A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison
Charming fantasy with a strong relationship among three sisters at its core. I enjoyed this one more than I expected.
Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones
I normally at least enjoy most of Jones’s works, but this one fell flat for me.
The Game by Diana Wynne Jones
Slight but interesting, incorporating a characteristically Jonesian technique of reimagining mythological characters in a contemporary setting.
A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones (reread)
Reread on a whim.
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
Charming and often funny, more so than I expected.
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
Beautiful, profound, and disturbing. I can’t remember the last time I was so terrified while reading as I was during one scene in particular.
The Wrinkled Crown by Anne Nesbet
The worldbuilding in this one was striking.
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel
I expected more from this one than it delivered, but I’m interested enough in the mystery established to maybe seek out the sequel.
Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer (reread)
Eerie! I had entirely forgotten the content of this one.
And Condors Danced by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
I don’t remember a lot about this one beyond the protagonist’s having to come to terms with the fact that her grieving/depressed mother doesn’t love her (although other people in her life do and are there for her), but how it was treated didn’t really resonate with me, and it’s about as disheartening as it sounds.
Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
I appreciate the use of a (formerly) homeschooled protagonist, although her experience of homeschooling isn’t much like mine or that of most homeschoolers I know. Maybe not the most original story, but the character interactions and depictions of the writing group experience are amusing.
The Trespassers by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Snyder does the exploring-old-abandoned-places-and-making-them-one-own well but tosses in a side of unsettling.
Marianne and Mark by Catherine Storr
Not as brilliant as its predecessor Marianne Dreams, of course, but it was interesting to see a different perspective on Marianne, as a teenager wrestling with themes of self-fulfilling prophecies, and of course her finally getting to meet the boy she befriended in dreams as a child.
The Grave Robber’s Apprentice by Allan Stratton
Very self-consciously Shakespearean.
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
Whimsical and amusing! I’ll definitely be looking for the sequels.
The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla
Reviewed in detail here.
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Vase, Michel Sauer, 1986, MoMA: Drawings and Prints
Walter Bareiss Fund Size: plate: 7 15/16 x 5" (20.2 x 12.7 cm); sheet: 13 9/16 x 9 9/16" (34.5 x 24.3 cm) Medium: Etching
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/63474
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Last Christmas (2019)
“Last Christmas” is directed by comedy veteran, Paul Feig. Known mostly for television work, Feig hit feature film paydirt with “Bridesmaids” in 2011. He did one other Christmas film, the 2006 critical and box office failure, “Unaccompanied Minors.”
“Last Christmas” was “inspired” by the Wham song of the same. The film was co-scripted by Emma Thompson and stars the “Game of Thrones” khaleesi herself, Emilia Clarke.
Clarke’s character, Kate, starts as a younger version as she sings in a church hoping to become a singer. Fast forward to the present day and we find Kate as a young, directionless woman making her way to auditions that she’s late for and working as lead elf in a London Christmas store. Her boss “Santa” (not Claus) played by Michelle Yeoh is not too friendly to Kate, admonishing he for laziness on a regular basis. Kate has been couch-surfing among friends and family, ending up at her parent’s house. Her parents, refugees from the former Yugoslavia, rarely see each other even though they live in the same place. Co-scripter Emma Thompson plays the over-bearing mother, Petra. Kate’s sister lives with her girlfriend and she thinks Kate and their parents are not supportive because of that. There is talk of when Kate “got ill” which really elaborated upon until later in the film.
On one particularly bad day, Kate is working and notices a man outside looking up, a phrase that will become important. The charmingly eccentric Tom, played by Henry Golding from “Crazy Rich Asians” seems to sense her distress. Tom slowly breaks through Kate’s cynical shell, leading to a wonderful sequence at Tom’s exceedingly tidy flat. We find out that she had a heart transplant and had felt something missing since then. “Santa” conveys this to Kate as well, even as she  makes a new friend who’s and expert in sauer kraut. Kate tries to move this budding romance along between “Santa” who can’t pronounce the man’s name and calls him “boy”.
In the pantheon of Christmas movies, “Last Christmas” is somewhere in the middle. The film has a shaky first thirty minutes or so, but fortunately gets on track with a charming scene at a homeless shelter that Kate thinks Thomas volunteers at. George Michael music is very prominent in the film, not just the title song. Some of the song choices are a little odd (”Praying for Time” during a romantic encounter while ice-skating?) A little more traditional Christmas music would’ve been nice. It is a Christmas movie, after all.
Clarke has charisma to spare, not to mention an above average singing voice. She and Golding have terrific chemistry. There’s a surprising twist toward the end that I did not see coming at all. There’s also a nice message in the film at toward the end at a talent show. “Last Christmas” isn’t a classic, but it’s corny, sappy and a bit of a tear-jerker. Those ingredients are present in most every best-loved Christmas movie.
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