My Summer Vacation

a fantasy told to Susan

"My name is Mary; I am a young woman from a very traditional midwestern Catholic family. One spring day, our priest suggested to my parents that I go to this convent in Europe for the summer. My father thought it was a great idea, it would keep me out of "trouble," i.e. keep me away from boys. Not that I ever got in trouble, but my parents were overbearing types who thought promiscuity was talking too much on the telephone.

In fact, at the time I had never kissed a boy or even had a real date. Dad decided that sending me to a convent for the school break was a good way of keeping things that way, and off I went. Once there, was I in for a shock!

That convent was to convents as Dracula's castle was to castles. To my surprise one of the first people I met there was our "family" priest, who seemed very glad to see me. I soon learned he was in charge of the convent, the church, and through politics, even the nearby town. It also was not long before I learned he was in charge of me."