Lexa gave her sister a curious look then she said "What are you scheming in that head of yours..,sister dear?"
"You remember back in high school, and college, when you were too hungover to take some of your exams.., and I would take your I.D. and your car, then go in your place?"
Lexa nodded her head as she gave a roll of her eyes, knowing where Leah was going with the conversation. "Yes.., we've traded places, on many occasions. Why?" Lexa said with a bit of frustration in a low voice.
"I want to get away.., just for two days! However, the only way to do so is to switch places with you, and you pretend to be me, just for Friday and Saturday, I swear to sweet Mother Mary! I will be home in time for brunch on Sunday afternoon. If you will help me. Don't you understand how lonely I am! I'm so alone and frustrated, virtually forgotten about by my husband, I fell like I am stuck in a cage! Of my own making, I allowed this to happen to me." Leah said suddenly grasping her sister by both hands, squeezing tightly as she implored for Lexa to help her once more. "Lexa! Do you know why a lion paces back and forth endlessly in it's cage?" Lexa shook her head no and then Leah said "It is not out of anger or rage.., it is strictly out of embarrassment!" Leah wept "I let Xation catch me in his net.., I let my husband do this to me, ignore me, place me in my exquisite, gold and marble cage! And I don't know if I can ever forgive myself, or him."
After Leah pleaded her case, a long silence filled the room, you could have heard a pin drop as Lexa got up from her bed and went over and looked the door. Then she turned to her sister who sat wide-eyed, anxiously awaiting Lexa's decision. Lexa paced along the floor for a moment, her hands behind her back deep in thought, a sickening, sinking feeling welling up in her stomach, a darkness clouding her heart and mind. Lexa did not want to help her sister, she felt this would be the worst possible thing she could ever do, for deep in Lexa's soul she knew this could only prove disastrous if they were caught. However, Lexa knew they were both masters at the art of deception, for being completely identical they had started to practice fooling people at an early age, why their own parents still had trouble telling then apart to this day. "I..," Lexa paused then began to speak again, this time with her arms folded across her chest "Are you absolutely positive this is something you want to do Leah.., cheat on your husband, be unfaithful to Xation, the father of your beloved, and most precious, son?"
"I need to get out of this house and be free to have a little fun my dear sister, or I am sure to lose my mind, and besides.., no one will ever know, Xation won't find out, he's in Augusta, Georgia, at a golf match.., for God's sake!" Leah retorted in a desperate voice sounding more like an incarcerated prisoner, more so than a house wife. "Please Lexa! Don't stand in the way of this little bit of happiness.., you do want me to be happy.., don't you?"
"Of course I do!" Lexa snapped back insulted by her question for all the love she had in the world, and the blood that coursed through her veins, and the fear she had in her heart was for her dearest, and most beloved sister Leah. Then Lexa took in a deep breath, her hands shaking a little from the great mix of emotions welling up inside her mind "I'm just worried about you.., because I love you so much!" here Lexa burst into tears; which streamed down her red cheeks "You're all I have in this World, and I don't ever want to lose you!"
"There, there sweetheart! I'm not going anywhere! All I am asking is to just get out of this tomb, of a house, and go to the city for two days.., be treated like a beautiful woman is supposed to be cared for, by a young, strong, handsome man, who knows how to take care of a neglected and needful woman.., like me."
"I see..," Lexa realized she could not keep her sister from what she so desired, she knew Leah would get out some how, some way, with or without Lexa's help or approval, that wild lioness would surely escape from her cage, for she saw the devious look in Leah's eyes. "Fine, tell me what you have planned and I will help you.., because I'm afraid if I do not, you will strike out on your own, and.., well, then it will only go horribly pear-shaped, and I want you to be safe. So I will pretend to be you, but just until Sunday! And if you are not back by noon.., then I will come and find you, and then you won't be having any fun at all" as those words passed her lips Lexa felt an icy wave run up and down the length of her spine moving through her legs and arms, right down to her fingertips.
"You remember back in high school, and college, when you were too hungover to take some of your exams.., and I would take your I.D. and your car, then go in your place?"
Lexa nodded her head as she gave a roll of her eyes, knowing where Leah was going with the conversation. "Yes.., we've traded places, on many occasions. Why?" Lexa said with a bit of frustration in a low voice.
"I want to get away.., just for two days! However, the only way to do so is to switch places with you, and you pretend to be me, just for Friday and Saturday, I swear to sweet Mother Mary! I will be home in time for brunch on Sunday afternoon. If you will help me. Don't you understand how lonely I am! I'm so alone and frustrated, virtually forgotten about by my husband, I fell like I am stuck in a cage! Of my own making, I allowed this to happen to me." Leah said suddenly grasping her sister by both hands, squeezing tightly as she implored for Lexa to help her once more. "Lexa! Do you know why a lion paces back and forth endlessly in it's cage?" Lexa shook her head no and then Leah said "It is not out of anger or rage.., it is strictly out of embarrassment!" Leah wept "I let Xation catch me in his net.., I let my husband do this to me, ignore me, place me in my exquisite, gold and marble cage! And I don't know if I can ever forgive myself, or him."
After Leah pleaded her case, a long silence filled the room, you could have heard a pin drop as Lexa got up from her bed and went over and looked the door. Then she turned to her sister who sat wide-eyed, anxiously awaiting Lexa's decision. Lexa paced along the floor for a moment, her hands behind her back deep in thought, a sickening, sinking feeling welling up in her stomach, a darkness clouding her heart and mind. Lexa did not want to help her sister, she felt this would be the worst possible thing she could ever do, for deep in Lexa's soul she knew this could only prove disastrous if they were caught. However, Lexa knew they were both masters at the art of deception, for being completely identical they had started to practice fooling people at an early age, why their own parents still had trouble telling then apart to this day. "I..," Lexa paused then began to speak again, this time with her arms folded across her chest "Are you absolutely positive this is something you want to do Leah.., cheat on your husband, be unfaithful to Xation, the father of your beloved, and most precious, son?"
"I need to get out of this house and be free to have a little fun my dear sister, or I am sure to lose my mind, and besides.., no one will ever know, Xation won't find out, he's in Augusta, Georgia, at a golf match.., for God's sake!" Leah retorted in a desperate voice sounding more like an incarcerated prisoner, more so than a house wife. "Please Lexa! Don't stand in the way of this little bit of happiness.., you do want me to be happy.., don't you?"
"Of course I do!" Lexa snapped back insulted by her question for all the love she had in the world, and the blood that coursed through her veins, and the fear she had in her heart was for her dearest, and most beloved sister Leah. Then Lexa took in a deep breath, her hands shaking a little from the great mix of emotions welling up inside her mind "I'm just worried about you.., because I love you so much!" here Lexa burst into tears; which streamed down her red cheeks "You're all I have in this World, and I don't ever want to lose you!"
"There, there sweetheart! I'm not going anywhere! All I am asking is to just get out of this tomb, of a house, and go to the city for two days.., be treated like a beautiful woman is supposed to be cared for, by a young, strong, handsome man, who knows how to take care of a neglected and needful woman.., like me."
"I see..," Lexa realized she could not keep her sister from what she so desired, she knew Leah would get out some how, some way, with or without Lexa's help or approval, that wild lioness would surely escape from her cage, for she saw the devious look in Leah's eyes. "Fine, tell me what you have planned and I will help you.., because I'm afraid if I do not, you will strike out on your own, and.., well, then it will only go horribly pear-shaped, and I want you to be safe. So I will pretend to be you, but just until Sunday! And if you are not back by noon.., then I will come and find you, and then you won't be having any fun at all" as those words passed her lips Lexa felt an icy wave run up and down the length of her spine moving through her legs and arms, right down to her fingertips.
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