Chapter 1 -- The Introduction
(NOTE TO READER: One of my followers suggested that I might start my chapters with a comment about my story. As many have surmised, this is not a story of fiction. My writing reflects real events in my life. As described to one reader, "
As written, the timeline is probably 90% accurate; the dialogues are probably 85% accurate. But the overall story line is 100% accurate. From beginning to end, my story carried on for almost 6 years. The earlier days are actually the most vivid and those are the experiences that I share in my writing." I cannot change who I was. I truly enjoyed the majority of my experiences. The major casualty of my chosen life was the damage that happened between my family and me. My family would eventually discover my activities and banished me from the family. Chinese shame is not something to be challenged. Unfortunately, I have been fully estranged from my family for over ten years.)
Where should a story start? I suppose at the beginning, even if you don't realize something has started.
My name is Vanessa, I am a Chinese-American woman living in San Jose, California. As I write this I am 32 years old, but my story begins in April of 2007 when I was 19. I'm married now, but I wasn't then. My husband knows most of my story. Physically, I haven't changed much since then. I looked and still look like a typical California-raised Asian girl: almost 5' 1" and 98 lbs.; very petite. I have my natural Asian black hair, which has shades of brown in the sunlight; I have always thought there may have been a Portuguese sailor somewhere in my bloodline to deny myself the traditional jet-black hair of most Asians. To look at me, most see pure innocence. But, I can quickly change that look to my more provocative alter ego. I have no fear of being recognized by my images or descriptions. My feeling is, if you read this, you and I are already of like-minds so it should make no difference.
I was attending my first year at San Jose State and was still living at home with my parents. My brother was fortunate enough to go away to a University of California Davis while I stayed home with the lower budget California State University campus. I can't say that I was ever upset with my parents for not giving me the same education opportunity as my brother. I wasn't a bad daughter, but I had more than enough boy-trouble that my parents preferred that they could keep an eye on me; but they could never watch me that closely.
It was the last Saturday of the Spring break before school would resume on Monday. My family had a mixed terrier, Lucy, that it was my responsibility to tend to, which included walking, grooming, feeding and cleaning the dreaded poop from the yard. Around 10:00 AM I collected Lucy's collar and leash to walk her around the neighborhood. We had a regular route that brought us through the neighboring streets. Our destination was an open space area at the end of a street a couple blocks from our house; we lived along the foothills of East San Jose. It was a great place to take her, because I never had to bother cleaning up her shit when she did her business in the middle of a vacant field.
Our path was routine. Lucy and I knew the route equally well. The weather that day was California-perfect and I wore a tight fitting tank with spaghetti straps, jogging shorts and flip flops; I literally mean that was all I was wearing. When the weather was warm enough, I rarely wore panties or a bra. I was and still am only a 32A cup. My breasts have always been firm, but because they were as small as they were firm, whether or not I wore a bra made little to no difference. As for panties, when I went on these walks, I preferred only my running shorts because my panties tended to ride up my crack.
As we walked towards our destination, we commonly would see people in their yards or out on their own walks. Some people I would recognize, others I would not. When eye contact was made I would acknowledge them with a smile, a 'hello' or 'good morning'.
We were only three houses from the field and a husband and wife were doing some yard work. The yard maintenance looked to be mostly pulling weeds and other minor grooming. I had always noticed their home and had thought they did a nice job maintaining their yard. But, this was the first time I had actually seen the couple who lived there. They were a husband and wife. He was white and seemed to be in his early forties; she was younger in her mid-thirties and Asian. I correctly guessed that she was Korean. As I approached, they both stood up and in near-unison said, 'good morning'. I replied the same. He said, "She's a cute dog. Out for a morning walk?"
I pointed to the field and replied, "Going to her favorite spot." As if she wanted to prove that I was a liar, Lucy walked onto their lawn, did a squat and proceeded to take a shit! I exclaimed, "Oh my god! I'm so sorry! She doesn't usually go until we get to the field. I promise, I'll clean it up."
They both laughed and assured me it was not the end of the world. I waited for Lucy to finish her business and did what I hated to do. Using a plastic bag as a glove, I grabbed the hot poop, inverted the bag and sealed it up.
I stood upright and the man politely said, "I don't think we've ever seen you around here. Do you live nearby?"
Pointing toward my home and answered, "Actually, I live a couple blocks from here. We've lived there for more than 10 years. I come by here twice a day. But during the week it's closer to 7:00 (AM) and then I walk her again around 5:00 (PM). I guess you never saw me because of the time. But, I've always liked your home. You have a nice yard."
He looked towards his wife and said, "Well thanks, we try to keep it up. I'm Terry, by the way, and this is my wife, Karen. We've been here a few years."
Terry was white and I was quick to notice he was quite handsome. At 5' 8", he wasn't exceptionally tall, but dressed in shorts and a T-shirt it was easy to see he was fit.
Karen stood taller than me by a few inches at 5' 4". As he did not tower over her, they made out to be an attractive couple. Karen was shoeless wearing shorts and a bikini top. Wearing the bikini top, it was hard not to notice her ample C-cupa. Overall, other than her breasts, she had petite proportions.
They both shared a light golden tan, which was not the norm for April, not even in California.
I told them it was nice to meet them and shared my name.
He asked, "So, do you go to Mt. Pleasant (High School)?"
I chuckled slightly, "No, I graduated from there last year. I'm going to San Jose State. This is my first year. It's Spring Break. Back to school on Monday".
Karen encouraged, "That's nice. Get that education."
"That is exactly what I'm trying to do. Well, I better get Lucy to her field before I run out of bags. Nice to meet you."
They said the same and Lucy and I walked to our field.
After I was certain that Lucy had emptied her bowels and bladder, we started our walk home. We walked past Terry and Karen who were still in their yard. We acknowledged each other again as I walked past. I internally admired Terry and thought his wife was pretty lucky. There was something about him that was attractive. I mean, not drop dead gorgeous, just wholesomely handsome. I looked at him and his eyes were looking right into mine. It was momentary, but there seemed to be a mutual acknowledgement shared during that split second. I smiled and kept walking.
As I walked away from their home, I faintly heard Karen say to Terry, "What a cute girl". But I thought I heard Terry reply with, "I think she would be a great fuck." No, that could not have been what he said. I knew my ears were playing tricks on me. It must have been the distance that played with the carrying of his voice. I decided he most have been referring to the weeds he was working on as they had to suck or the weeds were fucked. It was probably a Freudian slip on the part of my ears. There was no way he would say that about another woman to his wife. I glanced back one more time and our eyes connected again and we both smiled. Yeah, there was no way he said that.
That afternoon, I took Lucy out for her walk again. The afternoon had warmed and I wore the same attire as I had that morning. We walked by Terry and Karen's home and I noticed they must have planted some new flowers since that morning. We continued to "Lucy's field". On the way back Terry was standing outside admiring his work from the day. I saw him and said, "It looks nice".
"Thank you. Did Lucy do her thing?"
Laughing I said, "She always does her thing. I think she considers the field to be her private toilet."