Memoirs of the Pharaohs

Sally giggled. "Impulsive yes, bravely, maybe a little!" she teased. "And yes, there are child locks. I can put them on. But I'm not sure when bedtime would be? Five or six?"

"Hey I am very brave, I fought a baddy with freaky bat wings!" Jenny laughed and kissed Sally passionately. "Yes child lock sounds like a good idea. That makes it bedtime soon. Let her play a little with the birds shooting pigs and then she goes to bed, I have plans with her Mommy."

"Yeah... what... was that? I mean, was it just a story, or did it actually happen?" wondered Sally, though her thoughts were interrupted by the kiss. "You can get our little girl ready for bed. I'll set yup the lock on the phone."

"Well I think it was real at least for us, Hettie is the proof of it. Okay kiddo give Mommy the phone it's time for bed I might even tell you a bedtime story."

"Bwut I nwo sweepy." Hettie complained followed by a big yawn.

"Right and that was you practicing your lion growl. Come in." Jenny picked up Hettie and went with her in the room next door. The hotel had made it nice for her, the bedding was pink, there were some coloring sheets and pencils. Jenny brushed the girls teeth and then put her in the bed.

"Okay Hettie, this is perfectly safe. Mommy and I are just through that door." Hettie looked unsure around the room. "And I leave you this." Jenny picked up a glass from the mini bar and created a small flame in it. "As long as I am around this won't go off. So now the story, let me think. Once upon a time there was a little girl living in the forest with three godmothers..."

Sally picked up the phone and quickly set the childlock. Though, she admitted to herself, if Hettie was as smart as they thought, she could break it. She headed to the connecting door and waited, seeing Jenny start to tell her story.

She could feel regret rising inside her. 'I remember when daddy used to tell me stories like that.' She wiped her face, a few tears running down it.

Hettie was asleep before Jenny finished the story, so Jenny tiptoed out of the room. "Hey! Don't cry please. Whatever it is we fix it. Please don't cry." Jenny looked around the room and noticed her phone.

"Oh shit. Okay whatever you found on her it has nothing to do with you and me or Hettie. Thought I don't know what I could have on it that would make you so upset." Jenny pulled the door shut behind her and wrapped her arms around Sally.

"What? What?" Sally was a little confused. She'd been lost in her own thoughts and hadn't really noticed what Jenny was saying until her arms were around her. "It.. it wasn't anything to do with the phone. I just.... " She looked down, her voice taking on an almost childish tone. "I miss my Daddy."

"Oh... Sorry." Jenny was quiet for a moment. "I guess Hettie will remind us of things we've done or missed out on." She lifted Sally's head and kissed her gentle just to make her smile. "Maybe there is a way to visit him if you want to."

"I.. guess she well. So we'll make sure she has none of the bad stuff that happened to us!" said Sally determinedly. "Do you... really think we could?"

"Of course. She will have a textbook childhood with no major bad things happen to her!" Jenny smiled encouraging at Sally. "I honestly don't know if we could but it's worth asking... Dad might know a way. We will try everything okay. I mean only if you want to."

"We'll make it happen for Hettie!" nodded Sally determinedly. "And I... I think I do... but will he even remember me?"

"I don't know if he does and I also want to make sure that you keep it mind that we might not get to visit him, but we will try everything." Jenny kissed Sally. "I promise we try."

Jenny took Sally's hand and pulled her on the balcony on on of the lounge seats and wrapped her arms around Sally's frame. "This is nice, I really like it."

"T-thanks Jenny," said Sally softly as she was led to the balcony. She smiled as Jenny's arms went around her. "It is very nice, and a pretty view." She turned to Jenny and grinned. "Two of them!"

Jenny grinned cheeky. "Agreed the view is pretty nice. Not sure you noticed I did order whipping cream, caramel and chocolate sauce" Jenny kissed Sally and pulled her closer.

"You did?" Sally turned crimson. "I t-thought you w-were joking!"

Jenny kissed Sally. "Not joking at all. Wait here." Jenny jumped up, came back with the whipping cream, caramel and chocolate sauce bottles and just in underwear. "Take your pick." She climbed back on the sun lounger, with a huge hungry grin on her face. "And when you chose, take off with those clothes."

"It... it seems a bit... unsanitary...." said Sally awkwardly, though the look on her face showed she was clearly tempted.

"I guess that means we have a problem." Jenny took the caramel sauce and drippled some on her cleavage. "Oops!"

"You.... you did that on p-purpose!" stammered Sally, staring a little. Her face was burning and she fidgeted awkwardly. She could feel herself getting warmer.

Jenny looked a bit surprised, she didn't expect it would take Sally that long to play along. "I did, wanna help me out?" She smiled encouraging at Sally, not to mention that she increased the temperature around them. She would help Sally a bit a long to get rid of her clothes. "I mean you don't mind that we are on the balcony, do you?" She purred into Sally's ear.

"I uh.... " She looked out over the city, feeling little beads of sweat forming. "A... a bit... yeah." The fact that eyes could be on them was actually making her very uncomfortable, so much so she didn't even want to take her jacket off, despite that the Egyptian heat seemed to be getting stronger. Her mixed feelings about the sauce didn't help matters.

Jenny closed her eyes. "Never mind it was a stupid idea." She wiped off the caramel and licked it off her finger. She couldn't hide the hurt in her voice. "Maybe we should just go to bed it has been a long day."

Sally gulped, hearing how upset Jenny sounded. She went over to her and took her hand, holding it up. "No, no it wasn;t a stupid idea," she insisted, lifting Jenny's hand to her mouth and nibbling gently on the caramel covered finger. "Let's just... get out of sight of the creepy neighbors. There's at least one drone buzzing around..." The last part was a lie on Sally's part, but maybe if she covered up her reluctance, Jenny would still...

"Well drone or not you don't want those." Jenny dropped the bottles in the bin as they went inside. She closed the balcony doors. She didn't want to be disappointed but that was not how she planned this evening. "Waht do you want now? Do you even want me?"

"Of course I do," said Sally quietly. She was shaking slightly, seeing how crushed Jenny appeared was breaking her heart. "No... No we shouldn't do this. You can't depend on me. I'll just keep hurting you like this again and again." She turned, tears falling down her face. "I'll just go, before I make it even worse." She opened the door to the balcony again.