Year: 1947 - Timeline B
Place: Grandma Sara's Bed and Breakfast, Glasgow, Scotland
Dialogue: Beth
Time: About 30 minutes after Beth told Dani wartime era spy stories
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Beth: "Before I gagged you a minute ago you said 'Funny story. You're like the woman I lost my virginity to.' You must've expected I would be amused. Yet, I do not want to hear this story of yours, or any other stories. From here on in you will bend or break, one or the other.
I'll rule these 13 new worlds. I'll also be benevolent. I'm a woman so I would ever be allowed to assist these military men in world-creation. Dani, there will be a place for minorities like you and women like me on these worlds I'll be creating.
You don't understand the British and American leadership like I do. I'm not sure how much history you know, but the good old U.S. of A. dropped two bombs on Japan that in a heartbeat killed thousands of civilians. The American Army doesn't even let Black men to fight alongside White men. In all of my worlds, discrimination will be a thing of the past.
How 'bout I tell a story? You will understand your role by the end of it. I'll continue gagging you in the meantime.
When I was seven years old my mother died while giving birth to my brother. My father was distraught for a decade afterward. We lived on a farm. Back then I helped do a lot of the chores.
I mostly helped out with feeding horses and pigs, milking cows, while my father was tending to our acres of corn. He was always depressed and wasn't doing a good job when it came to caring for our crops.
When I was 17 my father died. Then right away three of my adjacent neighbors to the west, east, and north confiscated some of my land. They went to a judge and said that they should get these acres of my farmland since they'd been working them for years while my father had left them unattended.
The judge agreed with my neighbors and they took my land. They called it 'adverse possession.' I will never forget that phrase, as if making it sound all pretty took away from the fact that it was theft, plain and simple.
Following that, I took three pigs out to a high point on my remaining land. I tied the pigs down and beat them with a stick for an hour when dusk came. My neighbors could hear them.
The next night I did it again. Beat them. Same thing the night after. After six more nights my neighbors came with the sheriff. They said I was torturing pigs and wanted it to end. I refused. I said I'd keep doing more tenderizing until the pigs were more compliant.
They weren't buying it, but the sheriff didn't know what to do. After they left, I took the pigs back to the hill and beat them that night and every night for another five nights.
Finally, my neighbors chose to return my land to me. During this time of confrontation my brother ran away from home. Two years later, I was recruited by British Special Operations.
So, Dani, stop resisting. I'm pulling down the shades. You will remain tied up in total darkness. I'll come back in a week, and only then will you be fed. If you continue to disobey me, you'll remain tied and gagged for another week, and so on. You'll be left alone until you comply. Understand? Give in to me before I have to harm you further. You will have to surrender."181Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7IqR1pCCk
