The Masters Project - Book Six (Micky and Susan)

By Robert Lubrican

By now Bob was used to running into couples that weren't the norm, so to speak. But he had never met a couple like Micky and Susan, whose lifestyle caused them problems, even though they seemed as normal as the day is long.

And they were fascinated with Bob's research, especially the parts where he impregnated women he interviewed, with the husband's permission, and it actually helped things, instead of what would normally be expected.

But this couple wasn't normal, so that didn't bother them.

In fact, they liked the idea a lot!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Lubrican
• Release date: Nov 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466160545

Robert Lubrican

I grew up in the fifties and sixties, and that is reflected in my books quite often. I spent twenty years in law enforcement, and traveled the world, which also can be seen in my books and stories. While the genre I write in is technically called erotic romance, what I actually write are stories with a plot, which include sexual behavior on the part of the characters. That is because most people's lives include sex and erotic gratification. And, since most people wonder about lifestyles that are sometimes called taboo, or forbidden, I write about them, occasionally too. I believe that two consenting adults know more about their own happiness than anyone else, and that even if they are mistaken, they have the right to make their own choices. I also believe that love is the key to making choices that will not turn out to be mistakes.Many of my ideas involve coming of age, which usually takes place in the early to mid teens. Publishing standards, however, require that all characters in the published version of the book be over 18. That's not realistic, but it's just the way things are. If you purchase one of my books and would like to have the original version, unedited for age, send a copy of your receipt to [e-mail] and I'll happily provide you with a copy of the original at no additional cost. It is not illegal to write or possess such versions. It's just unpopular with certain special interest groups who desire to restrict your freedom.

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The Master’s Project

Book Six (Micky and Susan)

by Robert Lubrican

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Copyright 2010 Robert Lubrican

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Foreword

This is the sixth in a series of narratives concerning a research project done by the author for his Master's Program. If you've read the preceding narratives, you're fully up to speed about what this project was all about. If you haven't, you really should, because once in a while what happened before will help you understand why the author reacted in one way or another.

This couple didn't end up in the study, but that was only because I couldn't figure out a way to put them there without jeopardizing the final results. Even though I didn't identify the participants in the paper, I had to keep documenting data for potential peer review. If that would have happened, and this couple was discovered, it would have invalidated the whole paper. You'll understand why when you read it.

Chapter One

I got a call from a woman named Susan one day, in which she said she was friends with another couple I'd interviewed for the project. She'd gotten my number from them. She asked if I would please come and do a preliminary interview with her and Micky, and consider putting them in the program.

I had, by this time, interviewed seventy couples in the program. I had sixty-three of them in the can, or finished, and was beginning to feel the pressure of getting the remaining interviews wrapped up so I could start writing the paper. My advisor was very happy with what he had seen thus far, though, and was not pressuring me to finish. His attitude was that, the more interviews I had, the better it would be in the end. So I was open to adding more couples to the project.

How long have you and Micky been married? I asked.

Well, there's a little problem with that, she said softly. "We've been together for fifteen years, but we can't get married. It's a legal thing. But we're totally committed to each other, and we would get married if it were possible."

I'm not sure I understand why you'd want to be in a project that examines married couples, if you can't get married, I said reasonably.

Melanie explained what you're trying to prove, said Susan, and Micky and I look so much alike that people often think we're related. We just thought it could help raise awareness ... She trailed off and it was silent for a few seconds. Then she went on. We think our situation would support your research, and your research could help support our situation.

I had a sudden thought that she and Micky might be brother and sister, or close cousins, which would explain why they couldn't get married. I knew there were a lot of people who deeply loved each other, but were in that kind of situation, where the law prevented them from pursuing their love like 'normal' people did.

I knew I couldn't put an incestuous couple in this study, but I also knew that there was a very wide vein of material that could be mined in that area. I was already thinking about my Doctorate program, and the idea of doing a study on incestuous couples in committed relationships had already been teasing at my mind. It would make a huge splash in sociological circles, if I could get it published.

It was for that reason that I agreed to do the initial interview with them. I didn't plan to use it for the current study, but might be able to plant the seeds for a future project.

I may have mentioned this in the past: Don't make assumptions. They're almost always in error. You'd think I would have figured that out by now.

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I arrived at the address given, and found it to be a neat little two bedroom house, about forty or fifty years old, in a neighborhood of similar houses. It was one of those neighborhoods where a lot of blue collar workers are raising new families, and have managed to scrape together enough money to buy their first house. The houses on this street had probably been sold, at one time or another, as Fixer-uppers. They took a lot of maintenance, but their owners were proud to be home owners, so they took care of them as well as they could on a limited budget.

When I rang the bell, a nice looking woman answered the door. She was probably in her mid thirties, and was slim in that way that runners look slim. She wore her brown hair long and it fell just past her shoulders.

Hi,