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fantasy story of Riko Akina :
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xcited they had been when finally they had
found and bought the property at Quail Lake. Nadalee had been
proud when he had said that Riko Akina and Newton had been chosen out of
over two hundred couples who had answered the advertisement from
almost all over the United States.
They had arrived at Quail Lake that evening, been given a
large bundle containing their uniforms, and then the Blackwells
had escorted them by flashlight to the roomy, nicely-furnished
cottage that was located about three hundred yards from the main
house. It had all seemed to be a fairy tale, too good to be true,
and Riko Akina had been filled with childish happiness over the elegance
of their new home and the seeming windfall of money they would be
earning simply as servants.
That had been a week ago. But now, despite the fact that
Newton was well pleased with the way things were working out, Riko Akina
was nervous and always plagued with a feeling of unexplained
anxiety, as though Riko's welfare were constantly on the verge of
being irredeemably destroyed, not only by George B
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