Nancy MI-22-H

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I have been a member of Tri-Sigma for two years and have read By TVias. Nct all by any means, but enough to notice the calibre of readers and writers. The fictional stories and the factual stories are stly in the same vein. That vein being the more mature or vanced fenime person. I would like in a short space to tell it like it is in the closet.

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I am Nancy. I have been actually observed by only one person in this world. All of my life has been spent in the dark caverns of my brother's mind. My brother is wholly involved in the real world. He has many friends and acquaintances he does business and recreati » with everyday. Not one, absolutely no one else knows about me. I have friends all over the country who know me but have never seen me or my brother.

I was born many years ago (my brother is in his late forties). And I am probably five years younger than he is. It was a pair of boy's sandals that brought me into the world. My brother was given a pair to wear for the summer and I got him to hide in the entrance way t the attic and tuck back the lower strap and tongue leading to the upper strap. Then just using the upper strap told him I was present within. He would often go to that place and give me my small moment. Years went by. Probably six or seven. He fought hard all that time to keep me buried. One day his mother told him to wear short pants to church. He knew that the short pants would increase my potential. At least the feeling of freedom in his legs I enjoyed. So he tried to sneak out of the house in long pants, but his mother caught him. She was really mad. She had him sit down in the corner while

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