Lonely, Passionate, and Vulnerable Women

By Andrew Callender

As the name suggests, Lonely, Passionate, and Vulnerable Women is primarily about the way "today's men" treat and take advantage of women who, by virtue of being lonely and entrapped by the obsession of passion, become easy victims of unscrupulous men who use their dynamic personalities and peculiar situation to captivate women's minds for their own gains and ego. However, the novel is broad-based, and thus covers several significant aspects of everyday life. For example, it illustrates how men who become workaholics have very little time for their wives or partner, and hence, open avenues or expose them to waiting vultures. It also deals with the impact of lack of sexual compatibility as well as the effects of the excessive use of alcohol leading to impotence and how this, too, can cause the woman to become vulnerable. There are, however, some women who do not take everything that vicious men have to give out. Two such women in the book are Marva and Denise. These two women, after having their feelings hurt, went on a vengeful spree against men; taking all that they could get, and eventually joining forces to shatter one of these men, Tom Branche, who was having an affair with them both. The book does show, however, that anyone going after revenge not only succeeds in destroying the intended victim, but also end up destroying themselves as well. Finally, the book provides a summary that opens the eyes of the blind on this sensitive topic. Facts are highlighted that put women in a position to clearly see the course of action they can take to avoid abuse. In fact, some of the issues in the book itself allows them to see how the abuse can and does occur. What makes the book great is that it is not only informative and highlights the issue but goes on to provide solutions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644249130

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Lonely, Passionate, and Vulnerable Women

Andrew Callender

Copyright © 2019 Andrew Callender

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

New York, NY

First originally published by Page Publishing, Inc. 2019

The characters and names in this book are fictional and do not pertain to anyone living or deceased.

ISBN 978-1-64424-912-3 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64424-913-0 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

TO MY LOVING DAUGHTER MICHELLE

Introduction

As the name suggests, Lonely, Passionate, and Vulnerable Women is primarily about the way today’s men treat and take advantage of women who, by virtue of being lonely and entrapped by the obsession of passion, become easy victims of unscrupulous men who use their dynamic personalities and peculiar situations to captivate their (the women’s) minds for their own gains and ego.

However, the novel is broad-based, and thus covers several significant aspects of everyday life. For example, it illustrates how men who become workaholics have very little time for their wives or partners and hence open avenues or expose them to waiting vultures. It also deals with the impact of lack of sexual compatibility as well as the effects of the excessive use of alcohol leading to impotence, and how this, too, can cause the women to become vulnerable.

Irrespective of whatever domestic problem exists between couples, and whatever emotional instability is created by same, men ought not to capitalize on this vulnerability, but many of them do. Duke Randel, one of the characters in the book, is one of these type of men. He can seize or grasp an opportunity as he had or did with Jean Shultz, who was having an affair in her own bed before she knew it, based on how he swooped in on her as an eagle on its prey. So unscrupulous was Randel that he tried to use his influence over the pretty and adolescent Malinda Gentle, who, but for the intervention of her mom and the severe beating he received from her father, may have succeeded in encircling her in his artificial web of love. This part of the book focuses on the important aspect of parental upbringing and continued interest in the welfare of your children. When he could no longer see Jean or Malinda, Randel turned to another victim in the person of Rachel. She pictures those type of women who are simpleminded, and this nature in itself gives rise to abuse. It will be shown how Randel schemed and plotted her seduction. Here, the book focuses on the fact that women who drink strong drink should be alert not only to quantity but also to the composition or mixture and with whom they are associating. Unfortunately for Randel, Rachel accidentally stumbles onto his diary which, to her horror and surprise, reveals his true nature. She seeks solace in the parish priest, Reverend Boyle, who—apart from counseling her—was able to avert, from information received from Rachel, a blackmail plan that Randel had in mind to execute against Jean Shultz. The book will portray at this point, and even later in a next chapter, that the best way to deal with blackmail (as is the case with Patricia and George) is to nip it in the bud.

There are other women in the book whose lives picture some of the experiences of women today. They are also abused and exploited. For example, there is a con artist who will not only con Patricia into him moving in to live with her but will skillfully con his way into marriage with her. This is amazing but true. It may appear amusing or somewhat unbelievable, but this, too, reflects another form of abuse of our women folk, and it is to be noted, too, that Pat was also a lonely woman. She will make an amazing discovery one day after tracing him, but rather than divorcing him, she stood by this con man and was very instrumental in placing him in a successful business.

There is also Olga who was madly in love with Jack Sager, a married man who showed her insufficient respect. He would disappoint her many times, but he satisfied her romantic desires and was her breadwinner. There is a scene in the novel where she makes a desperate effort to leave Jack, but when she sees him face-to-face, her knees buckle, and she finds herself in an embarrassing position, trying to justify to the priest the reasons for her actions; stating that she is afraid of AIDS and hence would rather stay with Jack than become involved with someone she doesn’t know. Olga is or reflects the many complacent women in society who just become accustomed to accept things as they are and are afraid of change. This mode of behavior compounds their vulnerability.

There are, however, some women who do not take everything that vicious men have to give out. Two such women in the book are Marva and Denise. These two women, after having their feelings hurt, went on a revengeful spree against men, taking all that they could get and eventually joining forces to shatter one of these men, Tom Branche, who was having an affair with them both. The book does show, however, that anyone going after revenge not only succeeds in destroying the intended victim but they also end up destroying themselves as well. This is one of the disadvantages or hazards of the quest for revenge and is clearly seen in the fact that Marva and Denise ended up sleeping around and breaking up two homes—one by divorce and the other by a love triangle which resulted in an attempted murder. There’s also an incident in the novel whereby a woman raped by her ex-lover faces him with such boldness and fierceness that he flees from her presence. This is another indication what women, if they show strength and gut, can definitely overcome or reduce abuse.

Whenever the Reverend appears in the book, he acts as a sort of aid to healing wounds of the afflicted women and providing counseling. He, however, sees Randel as the devil’s agent and a threat to his church but is deemed to be paranoid by the psychiatrist, Mr. Philips, who sees plausible explanations for Randel’s behavior from a psychiatrist’s point of view. This led to discussion involving a psychologist, psychiatrist, the Reverend, and two other church personnel, and it was out of this discussion that a critical analysis and evaluation was able to be made as pertains to the aspect of lonely passionate and vulnerable women.

Finally, the book provides a summary that opens the eyes of the blind on this sensitive topic. Facts are highlighted that put women in position to see clearly, the course of action they can take to avoid abuse. In fact, some of the issues in the book itself allows them to see how the abuse can and does occur. What makes the book great is that it is not only informative and highlights the issue but goes on to provide solutions.

Moreover, the writing of the book is ripe since it comes on the scene at a time when sexual harassment is prevalent and the nation is more conscious since the Anita Hill issue. Also there is the Mike Tyson rape case and the recent unproved case of William Kennedy rape trial to mention just a few.

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Andrew Callender

Author

PS: Worthy of note is the Harvey Weinstein Case Bill Cosby, Matt Laura, Charlie Rose, and others. Of course, some of these allegations are yet to be proven.

Part One

Louis Shultz was the youngest of three brothers. His mother’s love, but his father was always hard on him. He must be tough and ambitious, more or less barking on him saying he must be tough and ambitious and quit being a sloth. This mode of his father’s behavior drove Louis to become a living obsession with regard to ambition and success—an obsession that finally destroyed his marriage. Jean Shultz, Louis’s wife, was a very beautiful young woman; just thirty-two but still had her teenage face as when she was nineteen, but her body was plump, well-developed, and she carried the vital statistics of 36-24-46. She was well-covered, carrying around 152 lbs., and in the eyes of any man, she was something to be desired.

It was a lovely spring weekend. It was Friday, and the weather was good right through to next Tuesday. Temperature was in the sixty degree line and sunny, lowest being forty degrees at night with mild wind. Louis was on leave and Jean had it all planned; they will have a great romantic time together. To this end, she, too, was on leave, having applied for her leave early enough in order that it could coincide with Louis’s. She looked forward to this, because since their marriage two years ago, they spent little time together; for Louis was always busy. He spent the first year of their marriage working hard to acquire promotion, and when he finally got it, he had moved up to a junior executive position, and as such, he was working even harder to maintain his promotion and also to keep up the fight of conquering the outlook that his father had of him.

So when Louis came home one day two weeks before his leave was due to begin and announced to his darling wife that his leave had been approved, Jean leaped in the air, threw her arms around him, and squeezed him with all her might, then pleasantly kissed him and said, Honey, this will be seven days you will never forget. You see she had also had her approval of leave and had it all planned how romantic the moments would be spent. Among the things she had planned was a picnic, two days at the Holiday Inn, a wonderful evening down Broadway, and a trip to the Poconos.

Early that Friday morning, Jean awoke around 5:00 a.m. Anxiety had her whole night. To her mind, she must have had only about three hours of sound rest. The rest of the time was spent tossing and turning. So as soon as she awoke, she crept out of bed easily, making sure the bed did not squeak. She proceeded to the bathroom, and after her bath, not intending to awake Louis, she entered the living room where she changed her clothes. Of course, the sun was not yet in its glory, so the lights in the living room were on. Jean in her anxiety had forgotten that she had opened the window to catch the pleasant morning air.

Duke Randel lived next yard. He had moved there eight months ago. He had always admired Jean. It so happened that he too was awake and from his bedroom window, he could have seen through the Shultz’s living room window if the drapes were not drawn. The next few minutes, Duke seemed to be in a state of oblivion. He could hardly believe his eyes; but this was no nightmare, trance or walking dream. What Duke saw was real. A well-shaped body neatly covered, two breasts pointing like a set of arrows, and in Duke’s mind, a morsel of meat to do nothing else but devour. Before Duke’s imagination could further run riot with him, it was over, for Jean had changed quickly and headed for the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Jean got together a glass of orange juice, scrambled eggs and bacon, toast, Maxwell coffee (for Maxwell coffee was Louis’s specialty) and some cereal in the form of grits. The aroma from the kitchen woke Louis. Not opening his eyes, he stretched his hand across the bed. He felt no human flesh, she was gone. He jumped up and before he could blink, a sweet voice said, Morning, honey. How about breakfast in bed, my sweet?

Louis was about to open his mouth in response, but Jean silenced him and told him to stay put, she will be right back. As quickly as she was out of the room, she was back, and this time with toothpaste and brush and water for him to wash. Louis did the necessaries, and after a good meal, he attempted to turn on the television, but Jean would not let him. Instead, she turned both the television and lights off and turned Louis on. This was one lovemaking that she had all the time in the world to do, for Louis was always hurrying or busy in the day and late and tired