An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby KP Presents » Mon Dec 02, 2013 2:27 am

“There,” I said with a smile as I tied the last knot off, “that should keep you two snoops out of the way while we search through the office.”

“Ulllnfrgtwwfthsss,” Patty grumbled through her gag as she tried to twist her arms out of the way, but I had done far too good a job on her – and her partner Rachel. Patty was wearing a blue cardigan over a white t-shirt, jeans and soft black boots, while Rachel had on a knee length denim skirt with a grey sweatshirt, with her feet covered in white socks.

Both of them were sitting in chairs from my desk and Jenny’s, with their arms over the back before their wrists had been crossed and tied tightly together with ropes. They had then been tied down to the chair back, before I had wound rope around their chest, arms and the chair back, to lock them in place. I was wearing a black leotard over grey tights, and had a scarf tied over my face to protect my identity as a thief.

Patty had her legs tied to the front legs, at her ankles and knees, while Rachel had her ankles tied tightly together and then to one of the front legs, with her own legs tied tightly together below her knees. Both of them had a folded hankie in their mouths, with a rolled and knotted scarf tied between their lips.

“Whtrugggntdwfs,” Rachel mumbled as she looked at me through her glasses.

“That’s up to the boss – she’ll be back any minute,” I said in a – well, an attempt at deep, gravelly voice, which only made me sound like one of the Tweenies I used to watch.

The door to my room opened and Jenny looked in, a red bandana covering her mouth.

“I need you downstairs,” she said as she waved to me, so I looked at the captives, said “Don’t go anywhere now,” and left them to try and free each other. I hadn’t covered their hands, so if they wanted to they could shuffle their chairs back to back and try to untie their wrists – but that was up to them.

“What’s up,” I said as I pulled the scarf off my face.

“Family conference – the snoops will have to look after themselves for a little while,” she said as she walked down the stairs. She had on a black sweater and leggings, as we went into the kitchen to find Mum and Dad waiting for us. David and June were sitting in their high chairs, looking at a bowl of mashed carrot with as much love as I possibly did.

“Will they be all right upstairs,” Mum said as we sat down.

“Oh yeah – no extra chest ropes or tape,” I said as I looked at them, “so what’s happening?”

“Well,” Dad said, but before he could start to talk we heard a large lorry pulling up outside. “It’s easier if you come with me,” he said as we all walked to the front room and looked out.

A large blue lorry had parked across the road, and as we watched four workmen came round and opened the back. Jenny and I watched as two of the men pulled out a ramp, and we watched as a large couch was carried out.

“Well, I guess that means the new neighbours are coming,” Jenny said with a smile, “do you know anything about them?”

I saw Mum and Dad look at each other, before Dad said “Oh yes, I know them very well indeed – and I hope you will as well. Much as I hate to say it, you need to go and free Patty and Rachel, and then I can tell all of you about them.”

“I’ll do it,” Jenny said as she turned and left the room, while I watched the men carry out a smaller wooden bed. I could see a pink flower decoration on the headboard as it went into the house.

“So I guess that means there’s one girl,” I said as I looked at Mum.

“That’s right – her name’s Lisa, and she’s about the same age as you now – she’s eleven isn’t she John?”

I saw Dad nod his head and say “That’s right – she’s got a younger brother called Charlie, who’s nine.”

“Who’s nine,” Patty said as she and Rachel came in, followed by Jenny, who tossed a knee length blue skirt at me and said “You’d better put this on.”

As I slipped it on, Dad said “Right – our new neighbours are the Williamson family. Mark, the father, is an accountant, and a very very old friend of mine. I’ve known him since we were in primary school together. We kept in touch over the years, and he’s now a very successful accountant, with quite a list of clients – including the parents of some friends of yours.”

“Oh,” Jenny said as we watched them carrying large boxes into the house, “does he do the accounts for Cathy’s mothers?”

“I don’t think so,” Dad said with a smile, “he’s more likely to deal with Alexander and Desmond.”

“Oh my,” I said as I looked at Dad, “you mean he knows the Holderness family?”

“Well, in a professional capacity,” he said with a smile. “But as I say, we’re old friends – he was with us the day you had that man come and play with you at Patty’s place, to sort out some business matters.”

“What about Mrs Williamson?”

“Yvonne? I’ve known her for a few years,” Mum said with a smile, “We meet at business functions and the like. But you know her already, Cassie.”

“I do,” I said with a quizzical face, and then it hit me. “Mrs Williamson? The head of the infants at my school?”

Now I had her in my mind – she was a nice woman, with shoulder length blonde hair, who I saw in school assemblies.

“That’s her – neither you or Jenny had her as a teacher, which is probably just as well. Anyway, they were with us that Saturday, and she told me then they were thinking of buying this house.”

“And here they are,” Dad said as a large car pulled into the driveway of the house. As we watched through the window, I got my first look at Mr Williamson as he got out of the car.

He was a tall man, dressed in a grey pullover and white shirt, dark trousers and shoes. He had short brown hair, and looked nice. Then I saw Mrs Williamson, in a black jersey dress with white sides that came to her knees, a pair of black leather boots and a black leather jacket.

Then the rest of the family got out of the car. “That’s Lisa,” Mum said as I saw a blonde haired girl climb out, with a white Alice band in her hair. She was wearing a long green t-shirt over a pair of green leggings, white socks and trainers.

The boy, Charlie, had his father’s dark hair, but he had it cut a little longer. He had on a short sleeved shirt over a black top, jeans and trainers.

“Come on,” Dad said as he looked at us, “put your shoes on and we’ll go to meet them.” We went out into the hallway, slipping on what shoes we could find as Dad and Mum went out, and I heard Dad shout “Mark – welcome to the neighbourhood.”

Jenny and I took the twins out of their highchairs and carried them to the doorway. As we went out, we saw Mum and Dad embracing Mr and Mrs Williamson, while Lisa and Charlie stood a little back, out of the way of the workmen, and looked at us.

“Thanks, John,” Mr Williamson said as he looked at us, “and this must be the family. Let me guess – you’re Cassie, and this is Jenny, right?”

“How did you know,” I said as he shook our hands.

“Well, I could say you look a lot like your father, who looks a lot like his sister, and Jenny looks like her mother – but honestly, your father never fails to get the photos out when we meet. And these must be the twins.”

“Oh my goodness,” Mrs Williamson said as she looked at them, “they have got so big. Teeth?”

“Just starting to come through – just as we started to get a full night’s sleep,” Mum said with a laugh. She looked at Lisa and Charlie, and then said to me “Go on – introduce yourselves.”

“Hi,” I said as I walked to them, “I’m Cassie, and that’s my big sister Jenny. You’re Lisa, right?”

“That’s right,” Lisa said with a smile, “and this is Charlie. He’s not normally this shy- what’s up bro?”

“Nothing,” he said, but I followed his line of sight as he looked at Rachel. She was looking at him as well, before quickly turning her head away.

“That’s Rachel, she’s a friend of my cousin Patty – the dark haired one,” I said as I looked at Charlie. I could see a little blush in his cheeks as he nodded, and walked over to introduce himself to them.

“Look, why don’t you come over and have a coffee while they finish unloading,” Mum said as she took Mrs Williamson by the arm, “and we can tell you a bit more about that area.”

“Sounds good – coming Mark,” she said as she looked at Mr Williamson.

“We’ll be along in a minute, I’m going to give John the tour before we make it our home,” he said with a smile, his soft accent sounding so calming. It sounded a lot like Great Uncle Jethro, but not quite as deep.


“All right, your loss,” I said as we walked back into the house, Charlie talking to the dynamic duo as we did so.






A week later, Mum and I walked across the road, Mum carrying a large cake under a cover as we did so. We were wearing short sleeved dresses, mum with her tights on while I was wearing knee length socks. Patty and Rachel were with me as well, while Dad came after us, having left Jenny with a pile of homework and the twins sleeping.

“Come in,” Mrs Williamson said as she opened the door, letting us all come into their house. She had on a grey round necked dress and a pair of slippers on her feet. As we went into the front room, Mr Williamson stood up and said “Jennifer, you should not have...”

“Oh come on – a welcoming gift for the new neighbours,” Mum said as she set it down.

“I’ll go and make some coffee,” Mrs Williamson said as Lisa and Charlie came in. Charlie had on a white t-shirt with a comic cover on it, but his cheeks blushed red as he said “Hello Rachel.”

“Hello Charlie,” Rachel said as she put her hands behind her back and blushed. Patty and I looked at each other and laughed as Rachel put her hands behind her back, the tiered skirt of her denim dress swinging as she did so.

Patty was in a black knee length skirt, and a short sleeved blouse – at the insistence of Aunt Jessie, from the way she described it. As Mrs Williamson set a tray of coffee cups down, she took a knife and cut five slices off the cake, handing one to each of us on a paper napkin.

As I looked round the room, it looked perfectly normal, but there was something about the way Mr and Mrs Williamson were looking at the kids, and they were looking at them – almost as if they had been doing something before we came over, and didn’t want us to know about it.

Why? Because I caught a look between Lisa and Charlie very similar to the look Jenny and I sometimes share when we’ve.... I stood and looked at them for a moment, before Mrs Williamson said “Lisa, why don’t you take the girls upstairs and show them your room.”

“You can see mine as well, if you want,” Charlie said.

“I’d like that,” Rachel said as she took Charlie’s hand and they left the room, running up the stairs as we walked up after them.

“Your brother really likes my friend,” Patty said as we walked up the stairs. Lisa nodded and said “Yeah, he seems to,” as we stopped outside a door.

“This is my room,” I said as she showed us in. It looked a lot like my room, and I could see the bed I had seen carried in earlier against the window. There was a desk, and a bookcase.

“Oh – do you like Nancy Drew books as well,” Patty said as she looked at the books lined up, “Cassie has a lot of them as well.”

“Oh,” Lisa said as she looked at me and blushed, “I love reading them and...”

“And...”

I looked at Patty and shook my head – something else had caught my eye. Sitting in the corner was a raggedy Ann doll – only the arms had been pulled behind the body, and there was a band of twine around her waist and chest. Her legs were also tied above the cloth shoes and where the knees would be, and there was a slip of cloth tied over the mouth.

Lisa blushed, stammered and said “I..... I caannn....”

“Oh good,” Patty said as she saw the doll, “you like to play tie-up games as well?”
Last edited by KP Presents on Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:52 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby SelenaGfan » Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:46 am

This sound like a good story so far.

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:34 am

Nice!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:00 am

So Cassie finally meets the true identity of Jay Edwards. Well, she doesn't know it yet. The question is, will she find out?

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby KP Presents » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:21 am

Imp Caesar Augustus wrote:So Cassie finally meets the true identity of Jay Edwards. Well, she doesn't know it yet. The question is, will she find out?


stay tuned...
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Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:28 am

I like the new neighbors!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:48 am

Great start!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:56 am

And so begins the 24th An Education story, The New Neighbors!

So John and Mark are old friends, and his clients are the Holdernesses! It seems to me that he’s connected to the families of this series both personally and professionally, so it’s almost as it’s fate that they also play tie up games. Too bad the family patriarch had to hold his friend hostage twice, but oh well! I wonder what he must be feeling inside, having to say all this while knowing what he did. Still, he didn’t treat them too badly. Compared to all the other hostage takers, he’s an angel.

Lisa and Charlie will get along with the kids quite nicely. For one thing, they’re the right age. Lisa’s the same age as Cassie and Suzie, while Charlie’s the same as Rachel, Patty and Tommy. Hm, maybe Tommy Jacobs could be his best friend? And of course, they have the same interest in tie up games. That alone would make them really get along, especially now that Lisa seemed to have forgotten to untie her doll! That’s quite careless, though I suppose she’s not used to visitors and didn’t expect them at that time. Good thing Patty is such a diplomat, and cut the Gordian knot by referring to it directly. Sometimes, it’s a good thing she doesn’t realize other people are not supposed to like playing tie up games.

It looks like Charlie likes Rachel, and Rachel likes Charlie! I have a feeling Rachel would visit Cassie for more reasons than the usual—perhaps hoping for a visit to the neighbors!!

Anyway, I am looking forward to Cassie and Patty finding out about Lisa and Charlie’s tie up activities. Those two kids, I dare say, will be delighted that they would have more playmates, both for “normal” games, and for special games.

It’s nice to see Cassie again! Angela is all nice and good as a narrator, and BFF is a great story, but sometimes, she sounds too grown up, and An Education works best when the youngest generations are the ones whose eyes we look upon the stories.

Thank you very much for posting this story KP!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby KP Presents » Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:03 am

Tom Ford wrote:So John and Mark are old friends, and his clients are the Holdernesses! It seems to me that he’s connected to the families of this series both personally and professionally, so it’s almost as it’s fate that they also play tie up games. Too bad the family patriarch had to hold his friend hostage twice, but oh well! I wonder what he must be feeling inside, having to say all this while knowing what he did. Still, he didn’t treat them too badly. Compared to all the other hostage takers, he’s an angel.



Hmmm - if only there was a way we could find out...

Tom Ford wrote:Good thing Patty is such a diplomat, and cut the Gordian knot by referring to it directly. Sometimes, it’s a good thing she doesn’t realize other people are not supposed to like playing tie up games.


now, please remember Cassie could be blunt at times as well...

Tom Ford wrote:It’s nice to see Cassie again! Angela is all nice and good as a narrator, and BFF is a great story, but sometimes, she sounds too grown up, and An Education works best when the youngest generations are the ones whose eyes we look upon the stories.

Thank you very much for posting this story KP!


I have to agree - it was so nice to have Cassie writing again...
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Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:05 am

Great chapter!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:13 am

Great update!!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:13 am

Great new story!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby William F Somebody » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:16 am

So that is why you made Meet the Williamsons. It’s all in preparation for this story!! We know that he’s really Jay Edwards, that Charlie and Lisa play tie up games, and it seems, that Cassie and Patty will soon find out. Or maybe not. I hope not, if only for Lisa and Charlie’s sake. Plus, Rachel and Charlie seemed to have a crush on one another.

Typical! Patty and Rachel happened to be tied up when they arrived. But maybe it would be surprising if those two aren’t tied up at all! Something tells me they would play tie up games with Lisa soon enough.

We know that Mark and John are friends, but what really surprised me was that Cassie seemed to know Mrs Williamson from school!

I must echo what Tom said. I wonder what Mark Williamson was thinking as he met with John, and especially when he met Jenny and Cassie and Patty and Rachel as Mark Williamson for the first time. The line
KP Presents wrote:Let me guess – you’re Cassie, and this is Jenny, right?”
“How did you know,” I said as he shook our hands.

means so much. Of course he knew who is who. He held them captive for three days just recently, and little did Cassie know the real reason he knows them.

Hm, I guess the question is, will he be found out? I guess that’s the theme of this story.

Good thing that Mark knows how to change his voice as Jay Edwards. Otherwise, he’ll immediately be recognized by his former hostages.

Let’s hope he knows how to be discreet. He shouldn’t let them know that he knows things only by virtue of being their former captor. For example, if he noticed that Mum’s favourite color because he found out during the three day hostage crisis, he shouldn’t say that he knew it (unless Mr Craig told him beforehand). Or that he knew that Cassie and Jenny play tie up games, because he really couldn’t know as Mark Williamson. He only knew that as Jay Edwards. He should wait until he could only know as Mark before he opens his mouth about things he only knew as Jay Edwards.

I guess Lisa would have to admit to loving playing tie up games. But Patty and Cassie should tell her that they play those games too, so that Lisa would be happy her new friends like to play the same things as she does. And Charlie would be happy too to have potentially very many new victims! If they become part of the gang, Charlie alone among the younger boys would have a tie up hobby before getting to know of Cassie and Jenny and Suzie’s tie up fixation.

Overall, an excellent beginning!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:18 am

Please please please update really really soon!!!!!!!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:30 am

Hope you update soon!!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby KP Presents » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:08 am

“You too?” The look of relief and joy was clear on Lisa’s face, as she sat on her bed with the biggest smile possible. “That’s wonderful – I’ve always wanted someone else to talk to about it – and now I have you two! How long have you been playing them?”

“For a while,” I said as I sat in the chair, “What about you?”

“For a couple of years,” Lisa said as she swung her legs to and fro.

“Sounds a lot like Cassie here,” Patty said as she played with the doll, “What’s her name?”

“That’s JoJo,” Lisa said as she looked at the doll. “I like to see if I can tie her up the same way Charlie ties me.”

“You let your little brother tie you up?”

Lisa looked at me, and said “Sometimes – sometimes it’s Mummy and Daddy who tie us both up, sometimes Daddy and Charlie tie me and Mummy up. We like to play family games – do you?”

“All the time,” Patty said with a giggle.

I twisted round in the chair to look at Lisa, and said “So why don’t you show me how good you are – tie me up.”

“I’m sorry,” Lisa said as she looked at me, “I don’t know how to.”

“Let me guess – little brother won’t let you practice on him?”

Lisa blushed, then said “Partly, but mainly I like being tied up. I’ve never really had the need to tie someone up – and it’s not as if I have anyone other than JoJo to practice with.”

I nodded at that, thinking back to when Jenny and I first started to play our games. “Well, do you think he might show us how he ties you up?”

“Yeah, why not,” Lisa said as she jumped off the bed, “Come on, let’s see what he’s up to.”

“Hang on,” Patty said as she suddenly realised something, “Where’s Rachel?”

“She went to his room,” Lisa said, “let’s go and join them.”

We went out of Lisa’s room and down the corridor, waiting for her to open the door and then walking in. Charlie looked at us, stammering as he stood up from where he had been kneeling in front of Rachel.

“Oh hi guys,” she said as she swung her rope tied ankles to and fro on the bed. She also had her hands behind her back, presumably tied together as well.

“err.... Well, there we are Rachel, all nicely secured, how does it feel?”

Rachel wriggled a little, and then said “It feels nice, Charlie – thank you for showing me how you do this.”

“Oh come on,” Lisa said with a laugh as she walked behind Rachel and looked at her wrists, “No way is that you finished – what’s wrong, got a crush on her?”

“I think he has,” Patty whispered as I saw how red both of them were getting in their cheeks, before Lisa said “It’s all right, Charlie – they know. They play this sort of game as well.”

“You do?” He looked at Rachel, and said “You as well?”

Rachel nodded as Lisa dragged a plastic box out from under Charlie’s bed. “I promised the girls you’d show them how you tie me up – so come on Charlie. Do the full job on me?”

“Well, if you insist,” Charlie said as he opened the box. I expected him to find more rope, but instead he took out two sponges and a roll of duct tape. “You’d better hold these then.”

We watched as he taped his sister’s fists into silver balls, then pulled a pair of socks over her arms and taped them to the sleeves of her top. I couldn’t believe it when I saw this – it brought back memories of our weekend game! Lisa had on a grey sweatshirt, a grey pleated skirt and grey tights, so that white provided a big contrast.

“Where did you learn to cover the hands like that,” I said as I watched Charlie unravel some rope.

“What – the socks? Dad taught us that a few weeks ago – he’d been away on a three day business trip and said he had thought about it during a particularly boring meeting. It stops Lisa using her hands to try and get free – so we use it if she really wants to stay tied.”

“As opposed to wanting to escape,” Lisa said as Charlie crossed her wrists behind her back and tied them together, before securing them to her back with rope around her waist.

“We do that as well,” Patty said as she watched. “It keeps the wrists fixed to the back.”

“Dad taught me how to tie someone up about three years ago,” Charlie said as he found a longer length of rope. He then wound it round her stomach, and her arms, in a very familiar double figure of eight pattern.

“He taught us another trick after that trip,” Charlie said as he found more rope. “I used to wrap duct tape around Lisa’s head, but then I had to tie a scarf over her hair to protect it. Dad said he had heard about a different tape, a white one, which did not stick to hair, so he bought a roll home – and it’s great.”

Now I was getting curious – that was when we told Jay Edwards and his men to use white tape instead of duct tape, to preserve our hair. It surely could not be...

“Hey – you need to do the other two bands of rope as well, you know?”

“I know, I know,” Charlie said as we watched him tie the rope around Lisa’s upper arms and shoulders, using two small lengths under her arms to tighten it. But then, to my chock and the delight of the other two, he wound a second length of rope around Lisa below her chest, pulling her arms even more into her sides and using two more small lengths of rope to tighten them.

“Oh wow – you do that as well,” Patty said, and Rachel was silent, blushing even more – but I was curious and concerned.

Lisa was giggling as she moved round, and I could see those ropes rubbing her where they had rubbed against me. “Is that such a good idea,” I said quietly, “It looks awfully uncomfortable...”

“Why not? I do it all the time – in fact, it was Lisa who prompted to do it – what, over a year ago now?”

I listened to the sound of laughter coming from downstairs, and then to Lisa giggling to herself as she wriggled round. She must have seen my confusion, because she said “Charlie, who don’t you take Patty and Rachel to get a drink – come back in half an hour?”

“Yeah” I said quietly, “go and have a drink.” Charlie shrugged his shoulders, then said “come on” as he took Patty and Rachel out. Once the door closed, I looked at Lisa and said “How did you...”

She giggled again, and said “Can you keep a secret?”

“You have no idea,” I said as I looked at her.

“Well... One night, I woke up and needed to go to the toilet. On my way back, I heard Mummy and Daddy talking, and I peeked in the door of their bedroom. Mummy was sitting on the edge of the bed, smiling as Daddy tied her arms and hands. He had already secured her wrists to her waist, and I watched as he wrapped lengths of rope above and below her chest, then tightened them.

“It looked nice, with Mum’s nightdress stretched over her body, so a couple of days after that I got Charlie to tie me that way. It felt really funny at first, that rope pressing down and rubbing against me, but... Are you all right, Cassie?”

I must have been looking funny, and I realised I was biting my lip as well, as I said “Sorry – go on, what happened next?”

“Well, like I said, it felt funny – uncomfortable, and yet there was something I could not put my finger on. I could him to do it again the next time, and those feelings just continued – but somehow I just wanted to feel it again and again, so I told Charlie to keep doing it. It was as if my mind was saying no, but I just had to – can you understand that?”

“Actually, yes,” I said quietly, “A while back it was done to me for the first time, and I was as confused as heck – still am sometimes. How does it feel now?”

“I kind of like it now – I got Charlie to tie me without the band below once, and it just did not feel right. I actually missed that extra level of security, so pi got him to put it back on.”

As she talked, I flashed back to that discussion on the Saturday and how I felt, how Suzie felt, and how Mum felt. In one way, I felt as if I really knew her, but in another...

“What did your parents say when they found out what Charlie was doing?”

“Oh they were furious,” Lisa said as she wriggled round and giggled again. “They absolutely made no bones about it that Charlie was not to do it again.”

“Let me guess – you got him to do it anyway?”

Lisa nodded, and said “Three times, and three times we went ahead and did it anyway. Then we did it once more, and this time they caught us doing it.”

“How long were you grounded for?”

“I wasn’t – Mummy sat me down and we had a long talk about why I might have liked it, and what it was doing to me. Eventually, she said she would not forbid it anymore. ‘Better your brother or me does it than someone else,’ she said ‘but nobody else – understand.’ I guess she just saw it as part of me growing up.”

I looked at Lisa as she smiled back at me. It was just part of a normal tie-up for her, and she liked it. Truth to tell, so did I – but it was just another funny coincidence between her and Jay Edwards.

“Lisa?”

“Hmm?”

“Have you ever being held hostage by a robber?”

She looked at me for a moment, then said “Yeah – about four months ago, this guy came in with Mummy and said she had invited him to play a tie-up game with both of us, while Daddy and Charlie were out. I found out later he was a real robber, but he made it a game.

I nodded – the same guy had visited us when we were at Aunt Jessie’s.

“Why do you ask?”

“Oh, it’s nothing,” I said with a smile as I looked at her. She smiled and said “I guess it’s just something all 11 year old girls like without understanding it, right?”

I nodded at that, but there was something nagging away at my mind. The way Charlie said his dad had taught him to tie up someone... Jay Edwards was very reluctant to allow his men to tie our arms like that after the lunch on the Saturday, but eventually he gave in to me.

Then there was the way he covered his sister’s hands, as well, and that comment about the tape they started using after their dad went on his business trip... As Charlie brought the girls back in, I said “Charlie, when was your father away?”

“Hmm – a month ago, why?”

A month ago – about the time we were held hostage by Jay Edwards. I shook my head and tried not think about it as Charlie said “Time to keep you quiet, sis – open wide now.”

“Talk to you later,” Lisa said as she opened her mouth, the three of us watching as he pushed a folded red scarf into her mouth, then tied a knotted length of towel between her teeth. I watched, counting off the steps as he wrapped the nice white tape around her mouth, and then tied a folded grey scarf over the whole tape.

“Wow – you really do a good job,” Patty said as he knelt and tied Lisa’s ankles and legs together, then said “There we go – better, Lisa?”

“Mshbtr,” she said as she winked at me.

“Will you tie me up the same way?”

I was surprised to hear myself saying that, and then not quite as surprised to hear Patty and Rachel say in chorus “Us too!”

“All right then,” Charlie said as he produced some more sponge balls from the box, “You’d better grab these first.”

As Charlie covered our hands, and then started to tie my wrists together behind my back, I tried not to think of how this felt – or how it felt the first time. And yet, the suspicions just would not go away. Mister Williamson was about the same height as Jay Edwards, and looked to be the same sort of body shape, but his voice was so different – not high pitched and northern like Suzie’s grandmother, but rich, deep and mellow like Great Uncle Jethro’s.

And he really seemed nice – but then so did Jay. As I felt the ropes under my chest, and bit my lip, I wondered if it really was just a coincidence...
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Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:29 am

What fun!!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:36 am

Cassie is getting suspicious! It's going to be trouble for her and Mark!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:02 am

Cassie is getting curious!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:25 am

Great chapter!!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby Tom Ford » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:11 am

What can I say?

This is a great great update! It seems to me that Cassie is getting suspicious, yet it’s all coincidences. We know she’s right, but she’s got to have more if she would convince other people of that fact. Or she would sound like a girl with too much imagination. Which I think is why she might must keep silent until she gets proof. Or she might like Lisa and Charlie enough that even if she thinks she has enough proof, she’d keep quiet anyway.

I’m so glad that this was after BFF, and that Cassie’s completely healed. Her remembering the three days of captivity would do her no harm, as she now sees it through rose tinted glasses, well, sort of. Good thing she really had fun that day, or it would undo all the healing what little psychological wounds she got during the three day period.

I’m sure Cassie was surprised at the double chest ropes. Still, it did get a good talk with Lisa about it. She has separate experiences about it, and can offer a different perspective. Suzie was her age and experienced it the same time, but she couldn’t give any advice and information to Cassie that Cassie didn’t already know. I’m sure Cassie was shocked that the fact that a boy did that to Lisa, and even more shocked that Mrs Williamson permitted it. But Charlie is 9 years old. He would have absolutely no idea why it’s forbidden, but I will bet that as he grows older, he will be ultimately be forbidden to do it to her sister. But by that time, there are a lot more playmates, female playmates, who could do it to Lisa.

So Charlie started to learn to tie three years ago, when he was six? Wow! I wonder how young David John, Andrew, and Danny Brown will learn how to tie? Probably very early as he will see their older sisters get tied up all the time. They would like to get in on the action, I presume.

I look forward to when Cassie will introduce both of them to the rest of the gang. Lisa, I believe, will fit in like a glove. Suzie I believe would be close to her as well, and Tommy, being the same age, when he visits Holderness, could have a new playmate his age in Charlie. They could use Charlie as an innocent captor, since he really is too young to have the dirty thoughts that a Bobby, or Colin, or even Brian Hampton, might have.

But as he overcomes his shyness when he gets to know the entire gang better, he could also be a hellraiser and trouble maker with Tommy, Rachel, and Patty.

Once again, thank you for this story and update, KP!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby Tom Ford » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:12 am

Now for some extremely minor quibbles.

KP Presents wrote:But then, to my chock and the delight of the other two, he wound a second length of rope around Lisa below her chest


I think that should be, “to my shock…”

KP Presents wrote:I could him to do it again the next time, and those feelings just continued – but somehow I just wanted to feel it again and again, so I told Charlie to keep doing it.


I think that should be, “I told him to do it again…”

KP Presents wrote: “…actually missed that extra level of security, so pi got him to put it back on…”


I think pi should be I, so it would be, “so I got him to put it back on…”

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:21 am

Great update!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:26 am

Please please update really really soon!!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:36 am

Hope you update soon!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby William F Somebody » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:02 pm

Uh oh! Looks like Mark teaching tie up methods that he learned from Cassie and Jenny at the three day weekend, and not before, to his children is gonna bite him in the backside! And he thought it to them the week after the three day weekend where he told them he is in a business trip! Couldn’t he have waited a week before he thought them? But I guess he was thinking, what’s the harm? Apparently, he didn’t anticipate that his own children will blab the exact time he thought them, and that he was on a three day business trip during the exact time Cassie was held captive.

And I love the discussion Cassie had with Lisa about the double chest ropes. It’s really good for Cassie to have that talk with someone her age, yet who have different experiences. Suzie has identical experiences with her for a talk about the strange feelings the rubbing make to be of much use. At least she could see her feelings on it with a different perspective once she learned about Lisa’s adventures on the chest ropes. And it would also make Lisa closer to Cassie. After all, despite only meeting now, they have very family adventures and experiences. We have the fact that the family plays tie up games, that the same robber robbed them, and even their tie up methods were identical. Although the last part wasn’t purely coincidence—Jay Edwards tied Cassie and Jenny like that the first time he took them hostage and they imitated him, and he learned from them the second time he took them captive.

But the big questions is, will Cassie figure it out? Will she find enough proof to turn him in? Will she in fact, expose him even if he finds out?

She’ll probably find more coincidences. She already noted the fact of Mark’s absence during the three day hostage ordeal, on a ‘business trip’, the height, the body shape, the tie up techniques.

But of course, there’s the voice. It’s so different, and there’s no way Cassie could learn that he could change his voice. And of course, she knows his father and Mark are old friends. Would Mark seriously take his family’s friend hostage? Still, she might see more and more about Mark that will give him away.

But even if in her mind she decides that Mark is indeed Jay Edwards (and given the minds of kids, her reasoning would not necessarily be logical or rational), would anyone believe her? She would simply be told that all those are just coincidences and would be called crazy. But, but, would she even blab about it? Especially if Lisa and Charlie will become close friends? Would she risk her new friendship with the Williamson kids just to accuse their father of being Jay Edwards?

Overall, an intriguing story, and I’m sure Cassie is wrestling with her mind. Is Mark really Jay Edwards?

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby William F Somebody » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:08 pm

I only have to ask about the timing of the hostage ordeal.

KP Presents wrote:As Charlie brought the girls back in, I said, “Charlie, when was your father away?”
“Hmm – a month ago, why?”
A month ago – about the time we were held hostage by Jay Edwards.


Patty’s Friend happened during the Saturday after the first week of school, which is early September. Looking at the calendar, that would be, in this year, September 7.

Then Where’s Cassie? happened the very next Friday, Saturday, Sunday, which is September 13, 14 and 15.

BFF happened when Cassie’s leg was healed, after Jenny’s Birthday. And because they have a week long vacation, it occurred during half term break.

So this story is probably during the first or second week of November, on a weekend, depending on how long this story is since BFF.

So Where’s Cassie happened two months before The New Neighbors, and I think Charlie should say so, not a month. If it is a month, then Cassie won’t be suspicious, since it would mean Jay ‘s three day business meeting would happen in the middle of October, not September when Where’s Cassie? happened.

Hm, how long ago was BFF? Perhaps Cassie could make a reference as to when that week long stay at Holderness Manor occured? Like, "a week ago we spent time at the Manor" or something.

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby KP Presents » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:01 pm

I was distracted by Rachel mumbling “Fnku” as Charlie taped round her head with the white tape, and then started to gag the smiling Patty. Lisa nudged me in the ribs – I hadn’t even realised I had been gagged as well, so lost in thought as I was, so I shrugged to her question of “fnnssntt” and twisted my body round, feeling that pressure on my chest and trying once again to figure out if it was a good or a bad thing.

As he tied the blue scarf over Patty’s mouth, he said “Right – now who is going to be first to be tickled?”

Lisa and I looked at each toher, and started to jump for the door, while Patty and Rachel jumped to the other side of the room. We hopped from room to room, as Lisa showed me her parent’s bed and the office her father used at home, and then we went back to her room. She pressed a button on a CD player, and we both started dancing on the spot to One Direction.

As we did so, we were laughing and joking, but my mind kept going back to Jay watching us as we played musical statues, those blue eyes twinkling as he watched us. Mister Williamson had blue eyes as well, but then so does Dad and Jenny – as do Alicia and Bobby. So that should mean nothing, right?

Patty and Rachel joined us a little while later, Rachel’s cheeks red as Patty nudged her and said “Urrllkhmdntu?” Rachel just nodded and hid her face as Charlie came in, sitting on the bed with his legs crossed as we jumped about to the music.



“Well, what have you been up to, you little terrors?”

We stopped dancing and looked to the door of Lisa’s room as there was a knock on the door, and her father came in. “It’s time for the girls to go back, and…” He stopped as he saw the four of us standing there. As he looked at Lisa, he nodded as if he had seen it all before, but seeing the three of us tied in the same way made him frown a little.

“Charlie,” he said quietly, “Did Cassie, Patty and Rachel ask you to do this to them?”

“Yes Sir,” Charlie said as he looked us. I was worried that he was going to end up in trouble as he looked at us, before Mr Williamson said to us “Did you ask Charlie to plat tie up games with you?”

We all nodded as he looked at us, and then said “And did you ask him to tie those ropes around your arms?”

I nodded and said “eddmstrwlmmsn.”

“Hang on,” he said as he untied my red scarf, unwrapped the tape and gently removed the gag. As he did so, I looked at his eyes and mouth. They did look an awfully lot like Jay, but again that was all I ever saw of him.

As the cloth came out of my mouth, I nodded and said “It’s all right Mister Williamson – we all asked him to do it after he did it to Lisa. I hope we have not caused him to be in trouble.”

“Well, that’s all right,” he said, “but Charlie should still have told me or his mother first. That is the rule, right Charlie?”

“Yes Dad,” Charlie said, but he grinned as he said this, and we grinned in return. “All right – look, untie the girls and then come down. I can keep John and Jennifer talking for a few more minutes.” He looked at all of us and then walked out of the door, closing it as Charlie started to untie me.

A few minutes later, we came down the stairs as Mum and Dad came out with Lisa’s parents. “We’ve been talking about upstairs – I’m glad they have someone they can play their games with now, but ask permission first, all right?”


“Yes Mum, yes Dad,” Lisa and Charlie said in unison. “I am really sorry if they went too far, girls. They really should have checked with us first.”

“It’s all right,” I said with a smile, “I guess it’s all part of growing up. Perhaps I can come over and teach Lisa how to tie someone up - let her start to get her own back.”

“I think she might like that,” her mum said as Lisa beamed at me. “Add to her escape skills. In fact, why don’t you come and have a sleepover next Saturday.”

“Oh come on DAD,” Charlie said quietly, “an all girl time?”

“Don’t worry – we’ll sort something out for you,” Mister Williamson said quietly, “but yeah – why don’t you? You can bring another friend if you want.”

I nodded and said “Thank you,” and then I saw him smile at me and shake his head a little –just like Jay did that day!

“Well, we can sort It out during the week,” Mrs Williamson said, “but for now, they have school tomorrow, and I know you do as well, Patricia Pickering.”

“Yes, Mrs Williamson,” she said as we left them, waving to them across the street before they closed the door.



That night, as I sat in my bed before going to sleep, I tried to figure out what was going on. They were a really nice family, and I liked Lisa a lot. Charlie reminded me a lot of Colin’s cousin Brian, and I knew they would get on.

He certainly got on with Patty and Rachel – especially Rachel. I had to laugh as I remembered how red she looked when we first went into the room, and the way he blushed too. Another budding romance?

And yeah, their parents were great , loving and understanding. And yet – I could not shake those other thoughts from my head. The way our hands were wrapped – and our mouths – learned so soon after the weekend. The fact Mister Williamson and Jay were about the same height and shape, and they both had blue eyes and a lovely smile.

On the other hand, the voice was totally different – totally. Nobody could speak both ways, could they?

It was worrying, it was perplexing – I could be right, but I don’t want to say anything in case I’m wrong and I upset Lisa and Charlie. But if I’m right…


As I finally lay down to sleep, I decided I would see if Suzie could come next weekend. Maybe she would see the same thing as me, maybe not – but I wanted her to meet Lisa and Charlie anyway. Then maybe they could meet Alicia…






“Hello Alexander – what brings you over here?”

It was the following Saturday, and all week I had been trying not to think about Mister Williamson – and now he was in the front room, shaking hands with Suzie’s father.

“I brought Suzie over – I understand she’s staying at your house tonight?”

“Suzie?”

“My daughter – here she is. Suzie, this is Mark Williamson. Mark, my daughter Suzie.”

“A pleasure to meet you, young lady,” he said as he held his hand out, smiling as Suzie shook it. She was wearing a shite smock top with a green long sleeved top and green leggings, and she had a pair of grey Ugg boots with a silver pattern on the back on her feet.

I had put on a blue denim dress over a brown jumper, while Patty and Rachel were in the kitchen – Patty in a grey sweat short and joggers, Rachel wearing a blue pinafore dress over a white roll neck sweater. The three of us all had flat shoes on.

“Anyway,” Alexander said, “I need to get back. I understand I’m to take Charlie back with me?”

“He’s going to spend the night with Bobby and Tommy,” Suzie whispered to me. “Tommy came down to see the game, and Bobby has to do his Shirt of Hurt thing in a few weeks time.”

“Right – let’s get you girls over to our house and get your party started,” Mister Williamson said as we picked up our overnight bags and headed to their house. As we went in, Lisa came out, wearing a pink sweat shirt and blue jeans, and said “Hi Cassie.”

“Hi Lisa,” I said as I put my bag down. “This is my friend Suzie Holderness. Suzie, this is Lisa Williamson.”

“Very pleased to meet you,” Suzie said as she held her hand out, only to be enveloped in a great big bear hug. “Come on in,” she said as we went into the front room, “I’ve got a DVD ready to watch.”

“Which one?”

“Entangled,” she said as we sat down, while Mrs Williamson brought in a tray with drinks and snacks.

“Thanks Mum,” Lisa said as her father lest the room. I heard him say “I’ll be in the office” as we settled back to watch the film.

We sat on the floor, talking and trading stories of some of the games we had played in the past. Lisa cooed when we told her about the two polite thieves, while Suzie was amazed that the same robber had visited her and us. And with all the going on, the film was keeping us amused as well.

“So your brother is the next Lord Holderness – I saw his picture in the paper a couple of weeks ago,” Lisa said as the wicked witch tried to trap Rapunzel, “he won a medal or something didn’t he?”

“Yeah,” Suzie said as she looked at Patty and Rachel. “We were playing a game at the house we’re moving to when a gang of robbers was spotted by Bobby and his friend Colin. They got caught thanks to them”

We watched the film until the end, before Mrs Williamson came in and said “all right girls – take your bags up to Lisa’s room, and then you need to wash up for dinner. We eat in an hour.”



“Something smells good,” Mister Williamson said as he came into the dining room, looking at us as we sat round the table. Mrs Williamson was in the kitchen, which was separated from the table by a partition, putting some food into serving dishes.

“I hope you’re all hungry,” she said as she brought a try of pork steaks in, “I’ve made enough for...”

The front door bell rang at that point, and Mister Williamson stood up. “Probably just a salesman, I’ll get rid of him,” he said as he put his napkin on the table, and went out of the room. Mrs Williamson went back into the kitchen, brought through a big bowl of mashed potatoes, and then went back to collect more vegetables.

“Yvonne?”

We turned to see Mister Williamson standing in the doorway, with a man holding him on his shoulder. The man was wearing a blue set of overalls, and had a balaclava pulled over his head, as well as leather gloves on his hands.

“MUM!” Lisa’s shout made me look at the kitchen, as three more men stood behind Mrs Williamson, all dressed the same way.

“All right, everyone,” the man with Lisa’s dad said, “Just keep quiet and stay calm. We’re going to be staying for a little while, and Mister Williamson here is going to come with one of use to do a little business, aren’t you Mister Williamson.”

“What is the meaning of this,” he said as he stared at the men.

“Oh don’t worry – we’ll play a little game of hostage with the kids and your wife while you’re away, and if everyone plays along, we’ll be just fine, won’t we kids?”

“Oh yeah,” Patty said as she and Rachel high fived each other, “we love playing this game.”

I looked at Suzie and Lisa, and we all had the same thought – this was no game. “Here we go again,” Suzie whispered as I said to Lisa “We need to play along, for their sakes.”

Mister Williamson looked at his wife, then us, before eh said “All right - if I do as you say, you won’t hurt them?”

“You have our word – get your coat. You three – they were going to have dinner, so make sure they are all sitting comfortably.”

The men nodded as one stayed with Mrs Williamson, while the other two took off the rucksacks from their backs and pulled out coils of rope. “Hands on your heads, girls,” one of them said as we were tied to the chair backs with the rope around our waists and tummies, before they used shorter lengths of rope to tie our ankles together.

We watched as Lisa’s mum was also tied to a chair, her legs tied to the front legs, before Mr Williamson came back in.

“I’m really sorry, Yvonne, girls – just play the game with these men, and do everything the masked men tell you to do. I will be back as soon as I can, and I promise I will do everything in my power to keep your safe.” HE walked over and kissed his wife, as well as Lisa’s head, before one of the other men took him by the arm and said “Come on – we have work to do.”

We watched as they left, and the man who was the gang leader said “Go on – eat.” Mrs Williamson slowly picked up the plate of steaks, took one and handed it round, as Patty and Rachel started laughing and playing along. I was worried however – and not just because this had happened again.

My biggest worry was that none of the three men left with us, or the one who left, looked or sounded like Jay – and if that was the case, who were they?
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Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:12 pm

Nice!!

Re: An Education: The New Neighbours

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:29 pm

What's going on? I thought that racket was made by Jay Edwards, and now he's a victim?