CHAPTER ONE
Today was much like any other day might be except for one little, major, difference. Marc walked in the door, stopped, and looked at Candy.
She turned to face him, "I didn't hear the truck. You're home a little earlier than I expected. Do you need help unloading or something?" She was wondering why he stopped right inside the door.
"No, I have a surprise though," he said in a strange voice she couldn't identify.
"What is it? Where is it?" she asked excitedly.
She loved surprises! He opened the door, motioned to someone, and held out his hand. The next thing she knew there was an Asian girl, looking about 15 or 16, standing in her living room with a dirty bundle in her hand and staring down at the floor.
Marc and Candy had talked about getting an Asian girl to live with them before, as a threesome, although Candy had been uncomfortable with the idea. After thinking about it more she had warmed to it somewhat, but had not told Marc. Was this what she thought it was or just some kind of coincidence?
Candy was a very conventional 28-year-old woman who liked to think of herself as open-minded until proven otherwise. She had blonde hair, hazel eyes and an athletic build. She and Marc had been married for five years and the gloss was already gone.
"Marc? Is this what I think it is?" she asked as neutrally as she could. She didn't want him to catch an attitude before she even knew what was going on, but it wasn't working.
"No! It's a foreign exchange student! What do you think?" he retorted sarcastically.
'Don't get angry Candy, do not get angry,' she told herself.
"I simply asked a question," she said calmly. "I just thought it might be something else since you usually make sure we both agree to something this big before going ahead with it. NOW, before you reply, since the last time we talked about this I've warmed up to the idea a little bit. I'm receptive as long as we don't get in any trouble, of course. Can you tell me where you got her, where she's from?"
It seems a car he had to pick up was very near the city marina. You see, Marc is a mechanic with his own shop. Since he's just been in business a couple years, he drops off and picks up cars quite often as a service to his customers to build business. Goodwill he calls it.
Marc is 28 with sandy hair and green eyes and a muscular 5' 11" build. He dropped out of high school in his junior year to work full time at the mechanic's shop his father worked at and dreamed of nothing but racing cars.
He loves to go down to the marina and dreams of putting their boat in the water soon. There was an Asian man there trying to "rent" this girl for $5.00. Marc asked her age and the man said she was 16.
'Good marketing strategy. I guess he knows the age wanted most when renting over here,' Candy thought.
Anyway, Marc later found that the truth is she's 18. Candy still says she looks 15 or 16, but as Marc reminds her, Asians are tiny and petite. Marc told the man he wasn't interested in renting her but he could probably find her a good home.
The man said that would be "Good, velly good! $50.00." She must have been getting too old to earn her keep, and a home sounded good to him as he wouldn't have to feed her anymore.
So Marc said, "Okay. Where is her stuff?" The man picked up that bundle that was sitting next to them and tossed it over to him and that was that.
"She hasn't looked at me or spoken since I met them. I forgot to get her name from the man and she speaks no English. On the ride home, though, she looked out the window and smiled at each new thing she saw. I'm sorry to spring this on you, but it was too good an opportunity to pass up. I figured if you were adamant about not having her here, we could find a church, or something that handles such things. But I couldn't let him just go on renting her out. Granted, I want her for the same thing, but we would take care of her," Marc said in what sounded like sincerity.
"Okay, let's see what I'm working with here," Candy said more to herself than anyone else. She took the girl's arm and gently guided her to the couch where she sat down with her at her feet and started combing her fingers through her hair, looking for lice. She found no nits, no lice, so no problem. Good! She picked up the pack and opened it. Everything in it was dirty so she took the whole thing and put it on top of the washer to put in later that evening.
Going to the bathroom she called to Marc, "Honey, please go in my closet and find a big tee shirt for me to put on her until her clothes are washed. I'm going to bathe her. Thank you."
She started the water and put bubbles in it in case she liked them. She took Asia (the name she decided to call her) to the bathroom with her and undressed her. She wasn't a bit shy and held still. She couldn't get over how docile she was. There wasn't a mark on her body. It was well formed from her small perky breasts to the slight curve of her hips and flat stomach. Maybe she hadn't been 'rented' that much after all.
Turning the water off she put her in the tub. She got her washed up and her hair squeaky clean, too. It reached down to the middle of her back. Candy wondered if she should trim it. It would be easier to take care of, but that would be a shame. She would wait a few days. Marc came in just then with the shirt and a clean towel (what a sweetheart, she didn't ask for that).
"How's it going?" he asked.
"If you mean her demeanor it hasn't changed. She is the most docile thing I've ever seen. I wonder how much 'renting' this man had her doing?!" she said almost spitting nails, she was so angry. Now that tone of voice got a reaction from Asia. She backed into the corner, looking her fully in the face with big, huge eyes scared as a cornered rabbit.
She immediately changed her tone to a soothing one and said, "Asia, I wasn't talking to you. You have been hurt enough sweetheart. I would never hurt you."
She moved over to her and took her in her arms. She struggled a little but Candy wouldn't let go and so she stopped. After a while, she put her head on her shoulder and a little while longer Asia put her arms around her. Candy just kept holding her until Asia had had enough.
Candy made the bed up in the extra bedroom they used for an office and left Asia to catch up on her probably much needed rest. She curled up on her side and looked like she would drop right off as Candy left.