Boudoir Secrets

Chapter 10

I mixed it just as it said I should, so why is it not working??? Before me was a gloopy mess that resembled many things except what I had been attempting to make. The lumpy, half hardened, half runny goop was supposed to be soap. So how did I muck it up so badly? I had carefully extracted the lye from the ash and the egg floated just beneath the surface as it said it should. I had added the oil and the essential oils and blended it according to the instructions and even that went well. What seems to have buggered up the whole process was the boiling of the combined mixture and the final adding of the salt which was supposed to harden the concoction. I had assumed that it was supposed to harden once cooled, not as it was boiling! Kind of like adding a liquid to melted chocolate.

Pouting wasn't going to fix it. Throwing it into the bin, exasperated by the whole incident, I went in search of Mawsie and Jade. They have been getting along so well! Jade was starting to relax around me and had even started adopting some of Mawsitsit's cuter mannerisms. Ahhh! True love!

I picked up Mawsitsit and coiled him around my waist. Then I carefully picked up Jade and draped her over my shoulders. I could feel her tense up nervously. She still wasn't completely comfortable with the continual handling. It was right then that I decided that I needed a few dogs about the place. To keep people at the gate rather than at my door. I would install a gate intercom too! The snakes reacted to my excitement by tightening slightly, so I stroked both on their heads to reassure them all was ok.

As usual there was a knock at the door. I sighed. Couldn't I get a moment to myself when I wanted it! Who would be visiting now?

Walking to the door, I thought about dog breeds and names for my new additions. What would fit in with my eclectic mix of wildlife? An Illyrian Shepherd Dog or two!? Hmmm... We'll have to see. They grow quite large.

Looking through the peephole I spied James. Shrivelling my nose in displeasure, I unlocked the chain and opened the door, draped in Jade and Mawsitsit. I grinned as he did a double take and took a large step back.

"You have more of those things?"

His voice trembled and he looked even more uncomfortable then his last visit.

"James. How unpleasant to see you again. Why are you here?"

James tried to collect himself. He had come to try and patch things up. He really didn't want things to turn messy and uncomfortable between them. Hoping that she'd find his charm appealing, James edged as close as he dared.

"Come on gorgeous! For old times sake."

He smiled, hoping his dimples showed. James had even gone as far as using his deepest voice, knowing the effect it had on her.

She caved slightly, her lip quivering as she tried to supress a smile.

Something behind him caught her attention however, so the victory was short lived.

"James. Fancy seeing you here," drawled Arianrhod.

He groaned. Why did she have to complicate his life continually?!