Losing Paradise — Milton Ch 2

LJ Idol Wk 2

Milton couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching him. He’d felt it ever since he arrived at the station. He’d taken the train to New Orleans and wheedled his way into first class despite his father only paying for coach. He chose a section of mostly women traveling with female companions - husbands, brothers, and fathers had no place in his plans to swindle and sweet talk his way into a comfortable life. He’d settled on a woman traveling with two lovely daughters, and entertained them with fabricated stories of his life, stories where he was always the hero, and always made the right choice.

Once inside their carriage, the feeling of being watched left him, and he was able to employ all his most gracious manners to entertain the women. His goal was at least to get them to pay for dinner, but he suspected he could get much more from this family.

Within a few hours, all three of them were half in love with him. The youngest girl had foolishly  followed him to the smoking car and let him run one hand over her barely budded breasts while his other guided her delicate fingers inside the fly of his pants. The elder daughter had already been out in society and laughingly told him she’d been warned about clever men like him, but that didn’t stop her from watching him through heavy lidded eyes. The widowed mother had invited him to dine with them, achieving his goal of avoiding displaying his poverty by purchasing a cheap sandwich. 

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