LAURENNE MERIETH - Entering pool area from dog cages via palm lounge, with Sunshine<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rqdM2CDTcyQ/SW2O1N9B7II/AAAAAAAAAJg/4Ce5i_7rzK0/s400/l_48f591a886844202994f27c9aee9e07c.jpg)</div>I Smiled contentedly as I led Sunshine into the... heh... sunshine! The name rather suited the little beagle pup, and I decided to keep it, but in French.<strong>"Éclaircie. That shall be your name, Ma chérie.</strong>" Pronounced eh-KLER-see, the word translates as a sunny spell, or a period of sunshine. I guess that's how I saw this  awesomely pretty puppy. I was hoping against hope that this time I would find the right bitch, the one that could take the punishment without breaking. There was that little spark of defiance in her, I could see it in her eyes.<br/><br/>Right now, she was acting cowed, with her tail clamped firmly between her legs, because of my offer to euthanize her. I was watching her face and she was willing herself to speak, ashamed that her fear of death was greater than her fear of humiliation. Where there's life there's hope, is an old English saying.<br/><br/>We came to the poolside and there saw William and Renée with their new animals. "<strong>Ah, salut, mes amis. It is a beautiful afternoon n'est-ce pas? I would like you both to meet Éclaircie. I think the name suits her, non?"</strong><br/><br/>I took the sun lounger next to William.<strong>"Éclaircie, Sit"</strong>, I ordered. Once I got my pet into the correct posture, I smiled.<strong>"Stay!"</strong>And I dropped her lead. A bit of a risk, I know, but she knew the ultimate consequences of disobedience and had already accepted that she did not want them. I quickly pulled my dress over my head, revealing a petite white bikini, similar to the one worn by Ursula Andres in that Bond movie. I put on my sunglasses, and snapped a finger at one of the bitch waitresses.<strong>"Alors, Uhhh..."</strong>I squinted at the name tag dangling from her collar,<strong>"Trudie, Un grande Singapour Sling, S'il te plaise." </strong><br/><br/>"Oui maîtresse." She replied, and hurried off, tail wagging and breasts bobbling.<br/><br/>I looked up at Renée, who looked divine in a polka-dot bikini.<strong>"Ma Chérie, tu doit viendras chez moi, bientôt."</strong><em>You must come to my place soon</em><strong>"In that bikini I find you irrésistible."</strong>