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Chapter 14
The Love Trap
Lieutenant Earless
couldn’t shake the image of that beautiful girl from his mind. Since that day
when he had accompanied the Minister of Political Affairs to Vembady Girls’
College, the picture of the tall, thin girl dominated his mind. He could still
see Sendhoory’s two long plaits dancing around her shoulders and breasts—an
image that had nearly driven him mad with lust at the very first sight of her.
From that moment on, the beautiful angel had captivated his eyes and
imagination.
In the following weeks,
he even went so far as to pen some verses of poetry about her.
All the stars in the sky
shine with thy face
Bouncing braids make my
heart race.
My dearest angel, I would
kiss you all the night
Come down, my love, and
make my heart right.
A few of his subordinates
were aware of his madness, but being that the Lieutenant was a well known
womanizer, they passed it off as a flight of fancy that would be swallowed up
like footprints in a swamp.