Karen Longcou’s Rise and Fall

[thehangingtree]

Karen is a woman in her early thirties. She is the daughter of a now deceased couple who were themselves children of parents who immigrated to Arcansia to avoid the grown winds of war brewing before the outbreak of the second world war. Karen enjoyed a comfortable youth in Arcansia. Her parents were hardly wealthy but could afford such luxuries as sending Karen to what they referred to ‘finishing school’ in France but is more commonly known as ‘college’ in this day.

During the spring break of her second year at the school. Karen’s parents were tragically killed in an auto accident as they were returning home from a tavern. Her mother’s position in the government kept any word of their possible inebriation out of the media and secured Karen a state-funded grant so she would be able to continue her studies in France.

It should be noted that Karen was a less than stellar student during her third year at the college. It seems she lacked as much interest in her studies as she attracted with her nicely developed body.



Being a parentless woman with a fully paid education, it would be safe to say Karen was more intent on learning what her body could do than anything she had found in her school studies.



But in her senior year Karen caught the attention of her economics teacher, an Englishman named Michael Borton. He could tell she was smarter than her grades reflected. He sternly told Karen her performance in his class would have to equal what he expected she could do. It turned out during the first she performed only well enough to be passing the course. He had her meet him after her final class that day. To her surprise he stripped her naked and bound her hands behind her back. He forced her to kneel before him and told Karen to put more effort in sucking his cock than she had put in his course.

The professor fucked her mouth as if she was a paid hooker, not a student of his!

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Michael was surprised at the effort Karen put into his blowjob. He was easily thirty years her senior yet she sucked his cock as though he was a desired date fulfilling her lust. It must be said Michael looked years younger than his age even though his grey hair betrayed his age. As it turned out, he and Karen had quite an affair. She freely shared her sexual knowledge with him. One of the things was her last name ‘Longcuo’ translate to ‘long neck’. She showed him her name was hardly a coincidence!

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With the affair Karen’s attention in class peaked and, on the side, Michael taught Karen little oddities an honest girl would never have a need to know. By the end of her senior year, Karen had risen to be an honor student. She tried to convince him to leave the university with her when she graduated. Enticed as Michael was, he was reluctant to leave the school.



He explained he would be giving up a generous pension and besides Karen had an education that would let her excel in the business world without him tagging along. Little did he know the results of his prophecy!!!

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen’s final year at the university had stellar results. It is not uncommon for students to exceed their past performances their last year at a university. After all, the comfort of academia was about to fade into the real world of employment. Under Michael Bolton’s watchful eye (and their yearlong affair), Karen completed her senior year with the highest grades in her class. She was heavily sought after by employers, her stellar grades and charming looks garnering her many interviews.



She took a job at a prestigious bank and excelled there, rising quickly through the ranks. But the working life did not suit Karen and in her mid-twenties she resigned from the bank and lived a comfortable life traveling the world and enjoying life with affairs with people she met.



She claimed she could afford her lifestyle as she inherited a fair amount of money from her parent’s estate but it really wasn’t that much. Still, Karen lived an opulent life with affairs sprinkled throughout it. She was rarely seen without the accompaniment of a wealthy woman or an older well-heeled man.



Karen enjoyed her affairs.

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She never seemed in need of cash. Perhaps her friends were returning her ‘favors’.



Karen seemed to be enjoying her life and vacationed in exotic places whenever the urge hit her.



But one must wonder how she could afford such a life…

 

[thehangingtree]

After Karen’s stay at the bank, she went about on her seemingly leisurely ways. After working at the bank, she filed tax returns stating her employment was ‘none’. Since Arcansia has a wealthy base and laborers paid obscenely well, the state hardly missed Karen’s income tax. Besides, she spent so much time outside the country you could argue she was a part time resident. But this simply hides the fact that Karen indeed works and does quite well at what she does!

As noted, Karen loves to mingle with rich people. Her education with Michael Bolton and her stint at the bank had taught her much about secret bank accounts that the wealthy often used to hide unreported- and untaxed- income. She had also taught herself how to find those accounts.


She also learned to steal from those accounts. Done in respectful amounts, her thefts would go unnoticed and, even if discovered the likelihood of them going to the authorities was almost nil.

So Karen was able to live her life with the rich and enjoy the affairs that came along with it.



Occasionally Karen’s thefts would be noticed. The man would sternly discipline Karen and end the affair with her.



But she has found out someone smart with money is usually loath to admit someone had taken any of it. Her banditry continued around the beautiful places on the globe. But someone as bright as Karen can still be lured into a dangerous trap as we will soon see!

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen Longcou’s life seems to be one of carefree frolic. She spends much of her time vacationing with lovers on rich people’s yachts.



The balance of the time is spent enjoying the company of wealthy men, usually in their villa at an exorbitantly expensive casino hotel.



But idyllic a life Karen seems to be living not all is fun and games.



You see, Karen trolls her affairs not just for relaxation and pleasures. She is diligently working to find the next mark for her illicit games. She many encounter several men before her research finds a suitable hit. She accesses their private accounts to make sure they are indeed secure enough to be electronically ‘robbed’.



Sometimes the bank has a seemingly secure barrier that must be navigated around to successful withdraw from the account. It sometimes takes Karen hours to break the codes.



But overall, Karen usual is able to transfer the cash in a few hours or less. Sometimes she will set her program to rob the account later. It is awful hard to accuse Karen of theft when she is snuggling naked with you while you read a book.



A successful theft that takes a few hours to engineer pays off nicely for Karen, securing her lavish lifestyle.

But there is trouble brewing for Karen. She has learned of a private club in the US with many wealthy members. She decides to check it out, even if she has never been to Arkansas!

 

[thehangingtree]

The sinister twist in the plot…

Over the years, a man known only as ‘The Hanging Tree’ has been around doing less than kind things to the opposite sex.

He has been an evil disciplinarian.



He has been a ruthless judge never fearing to harshly condemn the most beautiful women before him.



Their beauty bought no mercy and even the most innocent were condemned to the tragic punishment.



He surrounded himself with thugs like Gunner and Bull who would nonchalantly assist him with his inhumane treatment of his female prisoners.



But in the 2020s Tree felt he needed to move to more (seemingly) legitimate lines of work. He pondered what he could do.



As it happened, a pandemic swept over the world in 2020. A side effect travel tanked. Hotels were trading hands a rates Tree even took notice. He found one for sale in Arkansas and made a low-ball offer on it. To his surprise, the offer was accepted as long as he could come up with the cash in a week. Since no bank would approve a commercial loan that quickly, Tree withdrew from his private account. Gunner was not pleased having to dig the buried bottles of cash from the yard at the Tree Estate.



So Tree bought the Capital Hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas.



He had substantial pay-offs campaign donations to the governor and congress of Arkansas and was allowed to turn the hotel into a private club. He renovated the interior by enlarging the suites by combining two rooms into one opulent suite. Of course, to keep things legal the legislation allowed gambling in his private club. On the exterior he painted over the ‘Capital Hotel’ signs and replaced the other signage and curtains that announced the place was now known as ‘Biggio’s’.



It attracted many very wealthy members and it wasn’t long before Karen Longcou attained a ‘guest membership’. She was quite popular with the male members and proved herself to be a skilled hand at cards.



But Karen’s eyes were more attached to the member’s bank accounts. There would be good fishing at Biggio’s above the banks of the Arkansas River!!!

 

[thehangingtree]

Tree did very well at Biggio’s. Contrary to the rumors, he did not clean up his act entirely though he did check in on his staff of hostesses regularly.



In the meantime, Karen Longcou was doing quite well herself. She did rather well at the gaming tables but her real money came in pilfering from the members’ bank accounts.



She had to suffer certain indignities but the payoff was well worth what she had to put up with from the member’s she would later rob.



She even put up with having sex with men more than double her age if they had a fat enough wallet.



Living the good life did have some short comings but she put up with them. Then one day she got the seeming bright idea to pilfer from the Biggio’s bank account. It seemed to go well, no alarms went off. But little did Karen know the club’s books were kept by Tree’s sister Joan, who also was taking dips from Biggio’s bank account. It seemed obvious to Joan that find who else was dipping into the account would be a perfect cover for her illicit withdrawals.

Joan was every bit as smart as Karen and soon tracked those withdrawals to Karen. She notified Tree of Karen’s thefts.



Tree did not want to believe a guest member could be robbing from his legitimate profits. He confronted ‘Biggio’, his cousin and inquired about the thefts. ‘Biggio acted surprised someone would dare rob the club’s account.



But he quickly added “It must be that Karen Longcou girl! I hear she has plundered members’ bank accounts also!”

Tree was very upset to hear this news. Money stolen from members could not be lost at his tables! Tree, in the old days, would have sent Gunner out to bring in Karen.



He would have hanged her at the Tree estate.



But that was the ‘old’ Tree. Instead he went to the governor, a Mr. Dolittle and told him of Karen’s crimes (leaving out the thefts from his account. Gov. Dolittle was appalled at the word of Karen’s crimes but said “I’m sorry such a thing is going on, but I can’t just arrest a woman on your word!”

Tree handed him a stack of documents and said “Here’s your proof!”

The governor thumbed through the stack and asked where Tree found such documentation. Tree lit a cigarette and said “It will stand up in court.”



Tree added “I trust you will do something. Or am I looking at a one term governor?”

 

[Wragg]

Tree lit a cigarette and said “It will stand up in court.”

If Tree says it, it must be true.

But that was the ‘old’ Tree. Instead he went to the governor,

I must say that I find this personality change a trifle worrying!

 

[thehangingtree]

It is just a cover... read on!

Governor Dolittle had a meeting with his chief of staff, Cantrell Blevins Trussedd (he goes by the nickname ‘Cant’, but the staff calls him ‘Can’t Be Trusted’ when he is not around). He asked the young Cant “What should I do about this Karen Longcou?”

Cant says “I’ve looked over Tree’s research and it looks like all the men she’s robbed are on Social Security. It looks like a good case of wire fraud. I think you should arrest her. She’ll get a fine and go free. It will be a little inconvenience for her but really no harm, no foul.”

Gov. Dolittle replies “Just bust her on Tree’s word? Are you nuts?”



“He was your biggest donor. Do you want to go back to being a councilman in Conway’s city government” Cant asked.

So the stage was set. The governor sent out the Arkansas Bureau of Investigation to being in Miss Longcou. They acted in their usual professional manor.



With overwhelming firepower they raided Karen’s rented home. They arrested her and did a very thorough search of her.



They had a Little Rock cop bring her to the city jail to hide the fact the ABI was even involved in her arrest. As Karen was being taken to jail she smirked “Just wait till my lawyers get their hand on this. You assholes will be lucky to even have a job!”



“Whatever, Ms. Longcou. Just keep moving. Causing trouble isn’t going to get this done any quicker” the policeman replied…

 

[Barbaria1]

I’m just catching up on this Tree story, and am quite taken by surprise to find an innovative twist has occurred over the past three episodes. Cool. And done with Tree’s trademark brand of humor, too. Fun!

 

[Jollyrei]

So far so good. Tree is holding onto his "cover story" as a reformed and respectable club owner. I mean, in the old days, Governors would not have balked at arresting a woman simply on Tree's recommendation. He's had to put some work into "collecting" the proof here. He's probably right that it will stand up in court though, or at least, even if the evidence isn't good, Karen doesn't stand a chance if she gets Tree as a defence attorney.

Fun stuff again, Tree.

 

[thehangingtree]

Intake at the police station was hardly a polite welcome for Karen. She sat handcuffed and shackled on a cold, hard metal folding chair.



The officer in charge walked in with a duty officer and said “Ms. Longcou, it is the procedure here that all new prisoners are searched so they cannot bring drugs or weapons into our jail.”

Karen protested saying the arresting officers already rudely searched her. The officer smiled and said “They are not in charge of you here.”



“Now undress or do we have to do that for you?” she replied.

To Karen’s embarrassment she disrobed. The officer told Karen to get against the wall.



Reluctantly Karen complied and duty officer reattached the cuffs and shackles. The in charge grabbed her shoulders and ordered her to lay on the floor.



The duty officer painfully tightened the restraints, casually noting it was done for their protection.



Karen was seated back on the metal chair and the duty officer spread her legs and roughly searched her vagina.



“Nothing there. Now let’s see if you ass is clean” the duty officer said as she forced Karen to kneel on the chair. Karen winced as the duty officer’s gloved fingers probed her rectum.



“You bitches won’t have a job when my lawyers hear about this” she squeaked as fingers probed her ass. The officers finished their search then allowed Karen to use the toilet but only as they watched her.



Karen was given a blue jumpsuit and placed in a holding cell. The guard on watch came by her cell and said “Don’t get used to wearing that. Once your ass is convicted you’ll be doing years naked in the big house.”



She didn’t say it but Karen though ‘I am not going to the ‘big house’. When I am done you will all be unemployed!’

 

[Madiosi]

It is just a cover... read on!

Governor Dolittle had a meeting with his chief of staff, Cantrell Blevins Trussedd (he goes by the nickname ‘Cant’, but the staff calls him ‘Can’t Be Trusted’ when he is not around). He asked the young Cant “What should I do about this Karen Longcou?”

Cant says “I’ve looked over Tree’s research and it looks like all the men she’s robbed are on Social Security. It looks like a good case of wire fraud. I think you should arrest her. She’ll get a fine and go free. It will be a little inconvenience for her but really no harm, no foul.”

Gov. Dolittle replies “Just bust her on Tree’s word? Are you nuts?”

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“He was your biggest donor. Do you want to go back to being a councilman in Conway’s city government” Cant asked.

So the stage was set. The governor sent out the Arkansas Bureau of Investigation to being in Miss Longcou. They acted in their usual professional manor.

 

[Blue]

Great story, looking forward to the continuation!

 

[thehangingtree]

The wheels of justice turn quickly in Arkansas. Within weeks Karen’s trial begins. In helped that Tree made a large ‘donation’ to Gov. Dolittle’s reelection fund with the promise of more to come if Karen was ‘taken care of’ quickly. Karen’s trial drew media from around the globe. Hordes of press photographers were on hand when her trial began.



The trial was held in the court of Judge Hangem.



Judge Hangem was on vacation, but Gov. Dolittle arranged for Judge Lynch to fill in. She is widely revered as stern jurist.



She seemed to play into the prosecutions hands without looking unfair to defendant Karen’s case. Of course, the only defense attorney available was a nephew of Tree’s and he seemed less a qualified lawyer than Tree himself.



The evidence against Karen was all provided by a third party (Tree) and a good lawyer would have had it tossed. Tree’s nephew did not know that and allowed it to be presented.

Karen can hardly believe how her trial is proceeding!

I feel like I am naked and bound before this court. The prosecution team and the judge are all but laughing at me! I could be spending time in ‘the big house’! -Karen Longcou



The jury was a collection of elderly gentlemen that seemed to pay rapt attention to her trial’s proceedings.



Little did she know Tree had the jury selected from men who were parents of people Karen had robbed and had already decided her guilt from reading reports from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Karen was found guilty of stealing and wire-fraud. She was handcuffed…



…and taken to the pressroom.



There one of the reporters asked what she thought of her crimes and were they worth committing now that she would be doing time in ‘the big house’. Karen looked him straight in the eye and boldly stated “I still haven’t been sentenced and I have my appeals. I am not a resident in any prison yet!”



Karen’s statement may have been premature!

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen is taken to the Woman’s Correctional Facility to await her sentencing. She is stripped of her clothing and brought before Corrections Officer Maggie Thurman. Maggie greets her saying “Welcome to the WCF. We don’t get too many famous people here. Most of them get tried by the Feds and end up in their prisons.”

Karen protests “Why am I naked? I haven’t been sentenced yet! This is an outrage!”

Ms. Thurman smirks “You are naked because we don’t provide prisoners uniforms. It makes escape damn near impossible and saves on our laundry expense. Guards, take this bitch to a holding cell till she has had her exam.



A guard grabs Karen’s cuffs to lead her out.



Karen fights back and Ms. Thurman exclaims “My, we have a feisty one here! Double up on her!”

Two guards force Karen down the corridor easily overpowering her.



As they approach the holding cells a head guard approaches them. He asks who the new prisoner is. One guard grabs Karen’s hair and straightens her up.



“This is Karen Longcou. I’m bringing her to a holding cell till she gets her exam” he replies.

“Ain’t had the doc check her out yet, heh? Put her in the cell with the window. At least give her a view of the place” the head guard says.

“Look, they gave me an exam at the…” Karen starts but the guard cuts her off.

“Whatever they did in city jail doesn’t carry water here” the guard snaps.

Karen is locked in the holding cell. After a few minutes, Karen climbs up on the ledge and looks around.



She sees a tall barbed wire topped fence with a wide open field stretching to another fence. There are guard towers at the far fence’s corners. Karen thinks ‘I guess I’ll stay here and get my bottom felt up.’

 

[thehangingtree]

Hours later, Karen was brought to the prison’s infirmary. A doctor explained she needed a thorough inspection of her private orifices.



Karen objected protesting they had done such a search at the Little Rock city jail. The head doctor calmly explained all prisoners are subject to be randomly inspected at any time.



With a fatherly voice he added “Only certain prisoners are exempted from such checks.”

Karen was too stressed about the incursion of her private areas to ask who could get such exemptions. One doubts the doctor would have told her if she had.

They checked her breathing and heartbeat which checked out fine.



Karen cowered on the bench as his staff put on medical gloves.



One of the staff ordered her to stand up, turn around, and lean against the bench. With several fierce looking armed guards ominously watching, Karen obeyed the directions. She winced when the staff member inserted his finger in her rectum.



He snickered “Don’t be shy! I hear you enjoyed this kind of stuff when you were setting up men to rob! Nurse, please inspect her more deeply.”

He withdrew his finger and the nurse shoved her whole hand into Karen’s ass.



“I am not finding anything. Let’s be safe and flush her ass” the nurse said. She shove a huge hypodermic in Karen’s ass and started to flush her bowels. Karen shrieked and squealed “There is nothing in there!”



The nurse smugly replied “She seems clean. Guards, take her to her cell.”

Locked in her cell, Karen sat on the stool and purged the liquid that filled her bowels.



The male guards laughed as she purged her bowels. One exclaimed “She’s getting used to life here pretty quickly!”

Karen prayed when she is sentenced it would be a fine and she never had to come back to this hellhole!

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen finds life in the big house is nothing what she is used to. She has been denied clothing and is constantly under the lecherous eyes of the guards. They are not shy about showing their attraction to her well-endowed body. They suggest to her life in the prison will be much easier if she grants them certain ‘favors’.


They do not force themselves upon her but she notices other prisoners are given treats such as cigarettes or Madame Wu’s. One of them tells her she does ‘things’ for the guards. Karen has seen her giving head to the guards and being paid off with smokes. Karen gets the connection and leans against her cell’s bars and asks “What does a woman need to do to get a smoke around here?”


The guard walks up to her cell and opens his pants. He shoves his erect penis through the bars but says nothing. Karen understands the suggestion and squats down. She grabs his erection and takes it into her mouth.



Her blowjobs seem to be well-appreciated as she is rarely without a smoke to help pass the time.



Having sex with older men at Biggio’s is what got her in this prison. Giving the guards head was a small price to pay for smokes to help her pass the time. But one day a guard comes to her cell and tells Karen today is her sentencing day in court. She fastens cuffs around Karen’s wrists and says “Later today we will know how many years you will grace us with your presence.”



Karen is escorted out of the cellblock. The guard says “I hope they give you a long sentence. You’re quite popular around here.”


Karen rolls her eyes and prays she is only given a fine. Life in the big house doesn’t really suit her. She hopes Judge Lynch goes easy on her since she has no known criminal record.

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen is taken to the courthouse nude except for the handcuffs locking her wrists behind her back. Arkansas is not a progressive town and she is wrapped in a prison blanket when she is taken into the courtroom. There the guard escorting her removes the cuffs and seats her in the defendant’s chair. She is surprised Judge Lynch is not behind the bench. Judge Hangem is off his vacation and glares down at Karen. In a stern voice he asks “Is that your idea of appropriate attire for court?”



Karen did not take her admonishment well. She blurts out “It was your fucking prison system that took my clothing! I am surprised they gave me this blanket to wear in court!”


“SILENCE! Prisoner Longcou will be silent in my court!” Judge Hangem yells back. “I have reviewed your case and it is quite clear to me there is little doubt of your guilt.

Karen’s defense attorney tries to settle her down. He reminds Karen Judge Hangem has not sentenced her yet and it would be unwise of her to piss him off before he has. Karen settles back in her chair and glares at the judge.


She stares at Judge Hangem and thinks ‘Just give me the fine. I’ll pay it and we can go our separate ways. I’ll never come to Arkansas again!”


Judge Hangem leans towards Karen and announces “Karen Longcou, I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead!”


Karen screams “THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! I only swiped a few dollars.”


The judge says “It was more like MILLIONS of dollars! I sentence you to be hanged on Saturday, June 20, 2026, three Saturdays from now!”

“This is crazy! You can’t hang me for stealing money” she exclaims. She turns to her lawyer and asks “Aren’t you going to do something?”



He shrugs and says “I warned you not to piss him off before he sentenced you!”

The guard grabs her arm and waves the cuffs in front of her. As her stands her he casually says “At least you won’t be in the prison long.”

With her hands cuffed behind her back he leads her to the courts rear exit. She moans “I can’t believe they are going to hang me to death.”

The guard cheerfully replies “They have an excellent gallows at the prison. You’ll look wonderful when you are hanged!”



Karen is unimpressed. She groans “But they are going to kill me. I don’t care how good I’ll look!”

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen is transported back to the Women’s Correctional Facility.



It isn’t far from the courthouse yet the horse drawn wagon takes over an hour to get there. The prisoners are given nothing to wear besides the cuffs that secure their wrists. They are unloaded at the prison.



There, Karens cuffs are moved to lock her hands behind her back. She is separated from the other prisoners and led places she has never seen before. She asks where they are heading and the guard says “You were sentenced to be hanged. I’m taking you to death row.”



Karen is led down several stairs and taken down a long corridor. She asks “Where are we going?”



“I have already told you. Don’t annoy me! I only have to keep you well enough so you are fit to hang” she replies.

They get to a row of cells. The guard notes “They aren’t maintained too well but you’ll only be here a couple weeks.”

Karen looks at the rust crusting on the heavy iron doors and thinks that was an overstatement.



She is locked in a cell. The next time she will see the outdoors will be her walk to the gallows.



Karen finds the guards on death row are of little concern with her wellbeing. They consider her walking meat that must be kept alive only to be put to death on the gallows. Karen suffers their perverse attention.



Their only concern is that she is maintained well enough to be presentable when she is hanged.

 

[thehangingtree]

Karen’s last weeks alive are strangely busy as people keep dropping in to talk with or perhaps interview the condemned woman. One of her visitors was a sharp dressed lady wearing a more than short dress. She introduces herself saying “I am Dr. Barbara Moore, PhD, from the University of the Virgin Martyrs. I am here to witness your execution.”



“You mean you came to see me hanged” Karen snaps back.

“Ms. Longcou, I am not the one who sentenced you…” Barb starts but Karen cuts her off.

“My name is ‘Karen’ and you are just another one of the cocksuckers that want to see me hang” Karen snarls.

“Ms. Longcou, I am only here for professional reasons. I am writing a paper on the brutal methods women are executed and yours unfortunately fits the description” Barbara replies with sympathy hinted at in her voice.

“So they drop me and break my neck. What’s so brutal about that” Karen asks.

Ms. Longcou… um… Karen, your hanging isn’t going to be like Kat Ballou’s…



“They won’t just break your neck and it is over and there won’t be someone there to cut the rope while you fall. They are going to drop you a few feet and you will strangle to death as you are hanging with the noose closing around your neck!”

Karen pictures a noose dangling above her head with a stool perched beneath it.



In protest she claims “They can’t do that! It would be cruel and inhumane punishment!”

“That is why I am here! If they are going to execute you, they at least could have shot you. You’d be dead in an instant!” Barbara exclaims.



Karen is not comforted by Barb’s words. She thinks the bastards would aim low and she’d gut-bleed to death.



“So what are they going to do to me” Karen asks perversely curious about her hanging.