The Pre-nuptial Agreement
By Margaret Jeanette
Margo Dunlop was having lunch with her old college friend, Susan
Hatfield. She had not seen her for ten years. They were reliving
old times, then their conversation turned to personal matters.
"So, tell me Sue, did you ever get married? I thought you and
Kevin were awful close in school."
"No, I never got married. Kevin decided to study some kind of
mysticism and I am definitely not into that. I've been going from
place to place helping companies restructure their financial
picture. Usually it's companies on the verge of bankruptcy. I have
a great record, and companies pay me well for my services."
"So, what are you doing in Newmarket?"
"Tanner's Tank Company has hired me to straighten out their
finances. I've done the preliminary work and I know I can do it. It
will take about a month, then I am sure they will be on sound
footing again."
"Where are you staying?"
"At Helen's Bed and Breakfast. It's a nice place and the room is
also nice. I've had better and I've had worse."
"Why don't you stay with us? We have three empty bedrooms and you
wouldn't be a bother at all. Then we could do some of the things we
did in college."
"Tell about you and David. What's he like? What does he do for a
living?"
"He can be a pain sometimes. He inherited a ton of money when his
parents died in a small plane crash while on safari in Africa.
Right now about all that he does is play games on his computer and
count his money. He was a spoiled only child and always got
whatever he wanted."
"You sound like you would like to get out of the marriage. Why
don't you divorce him?"
"I signed a pre-nuptial agreement. If I divorce him I get
practically nothing. He doesn't abuse me, but he is so opinionated.
He thinks no woman can do anything worth while except please a
man."
"I've seen men like that and I know I can handle them. Give me a
chance and I'll have him pleasing you. It makes me furious when a
man doesn't respect a woman."
"What can you do? He isn't physically strong but he can stand a
lot of pressure I am sure."
"I think I'll take you up on your offer and see if I can change
him along the way. You'll have to trust that I know what I'm doing.
Would you like to be in charge of everything?"
"I'd love it! There are things I've asked to do and he's replied
that I wasn't capable. I am sure if I took charge I'd make a lot of
changes."
"I'll move in this evening. Give me at least three days to assess
his strengths and weaknesses, and then we'll change him for the
better. I can guarantee that!"
Margo got home and told David that she'd had lunch with Susan and
that she'd invited her to stay with them, rather than stay at her
bed and breakfast. He said they weren't running a hotel, and she
said it would be no bother to him. So he asked what she did for a
living. Margo told him, and he seemed to accept that she was at
least making her own way in the world. He said he would allow her
to stay there but she'd better not be a bother.
That evening when Susan arrived Margo introduced her to David. He
saw she was very pretty, but she seemed too business-like for him.
Still, he thought, he wouldn't kick her out of bed.
Margo gave her a tour of the house. It was a large house, over
3000 square feet. She showed her the three empty bedrooms and gave
her a choice of which one she wanted. She chose the one at the end
of the hall. She asked what the room across from her bedroom was,
and Margo told her that was David's computer room, and that no one
was allowed in there except David.
Susan was going to get her bags and asked David in a very nice
way if he could help her. He was watching a ball game on
television, and he asked her if he looked like a bell boy and
didn't move to help her.
She got her things in and got everything put away. She then
joined Margo and they had a cup of tea and sat discussing fashions
and fashion trends.
The next morning at breakfast she said the bed was the most
comfortable that she had slept in for a long time. David said if
she didn't like it they could get a hammock for her to sleep in.
After Susan left, Margo told David he wasn't being very nice to
her. He said that if she didn't like it she could move out. Margo
was disgusted with his attitude, and hoped Susan could actually
change him. She thought that any change at all would be better than
the way he was now.
That night Susan said she saw in the paper where a group of women
were building a house for Habitat for Humanity. David said that the
house would probably blow over in the first wind. Susan asked him
what he meant by that, and he said women weren't meant to build
houses. She asked him how he saw women and how women were supposed
to act.
"I see women as being here to please men. They don't belong doing
men's work or directing men."
"So you are saying no woman should be in charge of a man. Is that
what you are saying?"
"You got it. They screwed up when they allowed women to wear
pants. Woman started to think they should rule over men and that
wrecked everything."
"Now you are saying women should always wear dresses and be cute
and feminine all the time?"
"You got it! There are too many women out there that don't know
their place."
"What would you do if a woman took charge of you?"
"That will never happen. I am a man and I know there isn't a
woman anywhere who can take charge of the things I do."
"It appears you have a very low opinion about women. I know there
are women out there who can do things you never thought of. Do you
really have that low an opinion of every woman?"
"Did I mumble or something? What part of what I said don't you
understand?"
"I understand everything you said, I just don't agree with it is
all. I think you need a lesson in reality."
"Oh, and who is going to give me that lesson? You?"
"I know I could. When I get done with you, you will see what a
woman has to face every day and maybe appreciate women a lot more.
I see you have a very large house here. Margo told me she asked if
you could get someone to help her keep it clean and you told her
that it was her job to keep it clean. Why can't you let her hire
someone to help her? You have plenty of money, so that isn't a
problem."
"If she can't keep it clean that's her problem. Maybe if she'd
stay home more often instead of going to play tennis or going to
that health club she'd have time to keep it clean."
"Do you play tennis? Are you afraid I might beat you in a game
of tennis?"
"There is no way you could beat me! I practice every day for at
least twenty minutes. We have the tennis court in the back yard
and I have a serving machine I use to practice with."
"I'll tell you what. I think I'm a fairly good tennis player, so
tomorrow night we'll play, and if I beat you then I want you to
agree to help Margo keep this place clean. Do we have a deal?"
"What if you lose? What are you gong to do then?"
"Then I will help her every evening. How does that sound? If
you're so sure you'll win you shouldn't be afraid to take the bet."
"You're on. I'll show you once and for all where a woman's place
is."
The next day Susan arrived back at two carrying some bags, and
she headed straight for her bedroom. When she emerged she was
dressed in a tennis outfit and carrying her racket. She knocked on
his computer room door. He opened it slightly and she asked if he
was ready for his tennis lesson. He said he would meet her out on
the tennis court in five minutes.
They agreed to play the best of three sets. Susan won the first
set and he wondered why he never got even one point. She was good,
and he was sweating pretty hard. His concentration was broken.
When she slammed the ball right at the net to win the second set he
acknowledged she had won the match.
She told him he could start helping Margo clean right away. He
replied that it was stupid to think he was some sort of maid or
something. He said that being as good as she was, she should have
given him some points or something.
She went over and stood defiantly right in front of him and
demanded he keep his side of he bet. He sneered at her and said
the bet was off. She gave him a push and told him he was going to
live up to his end of the deal.
He went to push her back, but found himself on his back after she
flipped him with ease. He charged her, and she not only stopped
him dead in his tracks but had him in a headlock. She put him into
a sleeper hold. Margo witnessed the whole thing, match and all. She
watched as Susan gave him a shot in his arm as he lay there.
Susan said he would sleep for at least three hours now, and they
managed to get him into the house and onto a bed in one of the
spare bedrooms. It took them almost a half hour to do this, but
they did manage to get him there.
Susan got the bags from her room and went to work on him. Margo
watched in amusement as Susan changed him out of his tennis outfit.
The first thing she did was glue a pair of breast forms on his
chest. Margo giggled when she saw that. Then she glued long red
false nails on his fingers. He was naked, and Susan had Margo help
get black pantyhose on him. Then it was a pair of black nylon
panties trimmed with white lace all around. Then the two of them
managed to get a black bra hooked on him. Then she locked a pair of
high heels on his feet. She knew he was going to have trouble
walking in them, and laughed at the thought.
She produced a scissors and started to trim his hair as short as
she could get it. When she was done she placed a blond wig on his
head, then went to work on his face. She completely removed his
eyebrows and used an eyebrow pencil to draw new thin ones on him.
Then it was his eyes, which she used heavy make up on. She applied
red stain to his lips before giving him a thick coat of lipstick.
Then she pierced his ears in two places each and inserted studs in
the holes.
He started to move a bit, slowly coming out of it. Susan told
Margo they should make this spare room his bedroom, since he was
going to be feminine. She told Margo to follow her lead and not let
up on him.
He woke up and lay there shaking his head from side to side to
clear his mind. He wondered why his chest felt so tight. When he
looked down he saw the black bra he was wearing and wondered how
that had happened. He focused his eyes and saw the two women
standing there with smirks on their faces.
He sat up and swung his legs off the bed. He looked down at
himself and saw the black nylons he was wearing.
"What have you done to me? Get this off of me instantly!"
"Those are your new working clothes. You reneged on your side of
the bet so I'm making sure you do as you're supposed to do. Now you
can get busy cleaning the house."
"You man-hating bitch! Get out of my house!"
He let out a scream as she brought a riding crop hard down on his
thighs. He looked shocked that anyone would do something like that
to him.
"You will speak to us with respect! For your outburst you can
call us Mistress Margo and Mistress Susan and always ask permission
to speak."
"Go to hell! I am not going to ask permission!"
The crop came down hard again. Before he could get his hands over
his thighs it came down again. He let out a scream of pain.
"Now, you can start by sweeping the kitchen and scrubbing the
floor. You better get going so you can get to bed early enough, as
tomorrow you are going to be very busy all day. Now move!"
He stood up and almost fell flat on his face in the heels. He
looked shocked again and glared at the two women.
"Margo, do something to stop this!"
The crop hit him on the back of his thighs with a stinging
sensation.
"You were told to ask permission to speak to both of us and you
were told how to address us. If you do not start to do as you are
told you will be punished a lot more harshly that one or two swats.
You were told what to do. If you do a good job you will earn points
to get the rest of your outfit. Now go get to work!"
He gave them both a dirty look then took very short steps out of
the room. Susan told Margo she had better keep him busy tomorrow
and Margo assured her that she would. Susan told her to make sure
he did as instructed and always addressed her correctly.
They walked out toward the kitchen and saw he was sitting on a
stool by the counter. Susan gave him a swat on his rear and he shot
off the stool.
"You bitch. Leave me alone!"
Before he realized what was happening she had him by his arm and
was leading him along. She sat on a chair and quickly had him over
her lap. She started swatting him with the riding crop, telling him
to let her know when he was ready to start the kitchen. After five
swats he was crying and after eight he said he would do the floor.
She stopped for a minute then said, "Good, but you are getting
five more for not asking permission to talk to us and five for not
addressing us properly."
She gave him the ten swats and he was crying harder now. She let
go of him and told him to get to work. He fell off her lap onto
the floor. Then slowly he got up and went to the pantry, then
emerged with the broom and dustpan.
The two women watched as he started to sweep the floor. Then they
adjourned to the living room.
Susan gave Margo tips on what to do to him should he rebel. They
were discussing different things for him to do when they saw him
enter.
"Mistress Margo, can I speak?"
"Yes, go ahead. What do you want?"
"What do I scrub with?"
"Come with me and I'll show you."
She led him out to the pantry and pulled a pail from below the
bottom shelf. She grabbed several rags and took him out into the
kitchen. From under the sink she got the floor solution. She told
him he would have to scrub it, then empty the pail, then rinse it
with clear water. He asked where her mop was and she told him to
do it with a brush on his hands and knees.
"I have seen you and you used a mop all the time. Where's the
mop?"
Without saying anything she walked away. He turned and started to
fill the bucket. He jumped when he felt the crop hit his thighs.
Margo said that was for not asking permission to speak to her, then
she hit him three more times and told him that was for not
addressing her correctly.
He couldn't believe this was happening to him. How could he let
himself get into this position? He should have forbid Margo to let
that man-hating bitch stay with them. He was on his hands and knees
and didn't like it. Tomorrow when that man hating bitch was gone he
would have a good talk with his wife and get this straightened out
once and for all.
An hour later he was finishing up the floor and saw the two women
watching him. He went and emptied the pail in the sink, and when he
turned around he saw Susan standing with a beer in her hand. She
tipped the bottle and let some drip on the floor. Then she told him
he would have to scrub it all over again.
"You did that on purpose. If you want it scrubbed, you scrub it!"
He was grabbed and couldn't escape the swats. He heard her say to
let her know when he was ready to ask permission to speak and to
address them properly. After six swats he said he would do as she
said. She kept hitting him, telling him it was punishment for his
outburst. She said to let her know when he was ready to redo the
floor. He immediately said he was. She asked if he was going to
thank her for correcting his bad behavior. He immediately said he
was.
She stopped hitting him and stood expectantly. He said, "Thank
you for correcting me."
"Do it right and do it so I believe you."
"Mistress Susan, may I speak?"
"Go ahead."
"I want to thank you for correcting me. I am sorry I misspoke."
She accepted that and he got two more rags and started to get
ready to redo the floor.
In the living room Margo said she never thought she would see the
day he would be doing the floor like that. Susan told her she had
to keep a tight rein on him to keep control.
He finished the floor and waited in the kitchen. The two women
came out and said the floor looked very nice. He felt proud that he
had done it to their satisfaction.
Margo told him they'd decided he should have a new name. She told
him his new name was Grace, and that he had better live up to it.
Then she prompted him to thank them properly for his new name.
"Thank you for my new name. I really like it."
"You did such a good job that you deserve a reward. I have just
the reward to show you we do value all you have done and all you
are going to do."
Susan presented him with a short black slip to put on. She told
him that tomorrow maybe, if he did all his chores well, he would
earn a beautiful nightgown. She said he would have to sleep in his
slip tonight.
Margo told him his bedroom was the room he woke up in. He was
sent to bed. Minutes later he was back asking to speak. He asked
for help to get he shoes off. He was told he could sleep in them.
He left their presence with sagging shoulders.
In the bedroom he made up his mind to have a serious talk with
Margo tomorrow after that bitch left for work. He finally went to
bed and quickly was asleep. He slept on his stomach because of the
pain in the back of his thighs.
The next morning when he entered the dining area he was told he
could make himself two pieces of buttered toast and have a cup of
coffee if he wanted it. He usually had two eggs, toast, orange
juice and coffee, served by Margo. He made himself the toast and
poured himself a cup of coffee. He was very hungry, not having had
any supper last night.
As he was eating Margo told him he could start with the
bathrooms, to scrub the floors, tubs, toilets, and shower stalls,
and not to forget to do all the counters and mirrors.
He did the second bathroom thinking about what he was going to
say to Margo. She had to end this nonsense right now. He was sure
she would.
He went and peeked around the corner and saw she was sitting
reading a magazine. He watched to see if he could tell if she was
in a good mood or not. He saw her laugh at something she read. He
went in.
"Margo, we have to talk. I have decided to let you hire a maid to
keep this place clean."
"Why would I hire a maid to keep this place clean? I already have
one."
"You have to end this! You don't expect me to continue like this,
do you?"
"Oh yes, you will! You asked for it with your snide remarks and
now you are well on your way to a readjustment of your attitude."
"Think about what you are doing! You can't do this to me! I won't
stand for it!"
"You are not listening when you are told something. Now you
didn't ask permission to speak to me and you didn't address me
properly. Get over here and bend over that chair or you will
receive extra swats!"
He looked at where she was pointing and refused to budge. She
stood up expectantly and he didn't move. She walked over to where
he stood and gave him a hard swat on his rear. He didn't move. She
hit him again. This time the riding crop whistled when she hit him.
He stumbled to the chair. She pushed him over the chair.
She kept swatting him until he agreed that he would ask
permission to speak, then agreed to address her properly. Then she
told him he was getting ten swats for his insolence. His rear was
on fire and he was freely crying. She released him and he got out
of the room as fast as he could walk in the heels.
He was still crying as he wiped the counter in the bathroom. He
looked at himself in the mirror and the thought ran through his
head that he looked like a total wreck. He could see traces of
lipstick on his lips and his eyes were all swollen. Through his
tears he could see there was a streak in the mirror. He thought the
hell with it.
He finished that bathroom, and when he walked to the next one he
noticed Margo was gone from the living room. He wondered where she
was. He got to the bathroom and started to clean the shower stall.
This was the shower he'd used when he came in from his tennis
practice. It took quite some time to get it cleaned. He was
finishing up the last thing -- cleaning the toilet -- and was
startled when he heard Margo's voice behind him.
"This room looks pretty nice. I hope you did as good a job on the
other ones. It's lunch time. You can make me some soup and a
sandwich then make yourself a salad for lunch. A girl has to watch
her figure you know."
Margo walked away laughing. He felt totally despondent. He made
her lunch and fixed himself a salad even though he really didn't
care for salads. She told him he could have a glass of grapefruit
juice with his salad.
He was going to sit at the table, but Margo told him to sit on
one of the stools at the counter. He sat and very slowly ate his
salad. He wondered what would happen next.
After lunch she told him there was a streak on the mirror in one
bathroom. She told him to redo the whole bathroom after she gave
him a present. His jaw dropped when she expertly put a chastity
belt on him, telling him he wouldn't be needing that anymore. He
felt just like he had been castrated.
He went to redo the bathroom and just skimmed over everything but
made sure to get the streak off the mirror. He finished and sat on
the toilet rubbing the backs of his legs thinking that he had to
put an end to this somehow.
When he was done he heard Margo calling Grace. It didn't register
at first that he was Grace. Then he remembered who he was, and went
to her.
"I need some cash, and inasmuch as you control the accounts you
are going to have to go with me and get some money out. You don't
have to worry, your slip covers you well enough to make you
decent."
"I can't go out like this! I just can't!"
"There is another way we could do it. I could get the form to
make all of your accounts joint accounts, then I could get out what
I need. Do you want me to do that? I know you have to sign a form
but I could get it and have you sign it."
"Yes, do that! I can't go in public dressed like this!"
"You can come with me and wait in the car and I'll have you sign
it, then take it right back in. No one will see you that way."
"Do I have to go? I am afraid someone will see me."
"You have to go. If you co-operate you will stay in the car but
if you so much as give me any trouble at all you will be going in
and getting the money yourself. Do you understand?"
He said he did, and soon found himself in the car and on the way
to the bank. At the bank Margo went in and got the forms. The
teller wrote four account numbers on the form and she took it out
for him to sign. He signed it and she took it right back in.
The teller checked the signature with the one on file. Then he
said it looked like it was genuine, but they had to verify it with
David. She told him David was in the car but indisposed. The teller
said he would go out and ask him to verify that he had indeed
signed the form.
When she led the teller out to David he quickly told the teller
he had signed the form. The teller acted like there was nothing
unusual about how he was dressed. Margo went back into the bank
with the teller and withdrew a good-sized amount of money.
Back in the car she told Grace that he did a good job and that
the teller never said a word about how he was dressed. She asked
him if he was hungry for a hamburger and he said he was. She said
they could stop at a restaurant and go in and get one, but he said
he wasn't that hungry. She laughed hard at him then, and he felt he
had been taken by her.
Back at home she told him to do the living room, instructing him
to do the dusting and make sure he didn't miss any place on the
carpeting.
She always used his old computer, but for the first time she went
into his computer room and booted up his new one. She marveled at
how much faster it was compared to hers. She had taken a course on
how to use the computer and soon was looking at what he had on his.
She quickly checked his bank account online. She had not known they
had so much money. She was astounded that with that much, he was so
tight with money.
Then she wondered how he'd spent so much time on his computer,
what Internet sites he'd visited. She was surprised to see he'd
visited some sissy humiliation sites. On two of them they had lists
of things to do to humiliate a sissy. She hit the print button and
soon was stapling the pages together. Then she noticed a male maid
site and she ended up printing out a maid contract and a list of
maid's duties. She saw she could customize the list, and downloaded
a file that allowed her to make a customized list of duties for a
maid. She couldn't believe he'd gone to sites like those, but it
did explain something she'd wondered about -- how come he'd folded
so quickly when Susan had intimidated him, and why she was herself
able to keep him subservient. Despite himself something inside him
must be seeking out the very thing they were doing to him.
She clicked on a link to a story site that featured forced
feminization stories. She soon had five stories that dealt with
husbands being forced to be their wife's maids. She decided she had
to do some more checking later. She decided to password protect
some of the sites, and then she shut the computer down.
She checked and saw he was dusting the nick-knacks on the end
table, and smiled to herself, then went to the four season's room
and sat down to study one of the lists she had printed out.
She was surprised at some of the things listed describing how to
humiliate a sissy. She was ready to do some of them right away,
but knew she would have to wait. She was so involved in reading it
she didn't hear Susan come in.
She gave Susan a run-down on the day. Susan congratulated her on
giving him the spanking and getting the joint accounts, then asked
her how long she wanted to keep him as a maid. She asked if she
was going to let him go back to being a man as soon as he had
cleaned the whole house.
"I really don't know. I kind of like the idea of having a maid.
He has already told me I could hire a maid but I think he can do
the job for awhile at least. I have to really think about it. I
will tell you one thing, and that is, I am really seeing him in a
different light now. He was spoiled as a child and he has yet to
grow up and act like a man. I don't mean the kind of man he was but
one who is considerate of me and shows me more respect than he did
before. If that takes for him to be my maid, then that is what we
will go with."
"Good for you! You are learning fast. If you can get along
without the attention in bed then keep him as your maid. There is
one way you can get satisfaction in bed from him though."
"How is that?"
"He's got a tongue, hasn't he? Make him use it for a good cause."
Both of them laughed at that. Margo wondered what she would have
done if Susan hadn't taken control of David. She wondered if she
really wanted him as a maid for a long time. She decided to take it
as it goes and see where the path led. Right now she enjoyed the
power she had over him.
That evening they told him that because Margo had to spank him he
didn't earn his nightgown. He actually looked sad at hearing that.
Both women noticed. Margo thought he might have been looking
forward to wearing a nightgown, though she doubted it.
Margo surprised him with the maid's contract she'd downloaded on
the computer. He was told to sign it and he did, using the name
Grace. Margo was surprised that he didn't put up a fuss over
signing it. He was given a copy to read later if he wanted.
The next day he was told to do the bedrooms. He was doing them
when he saw Margo go into his computer room. He hoped she wouldn't
dig too deep into some of the things in there.
She booted up the computer and soon was checking out some of the
sites she hadn't checked yesterday. She didn't find anything that
she thought she could use until she saw one for the Dunlop
Foundation. She clicked on it and the user name and password
flashed on the screen.
She was amazed that he was the only one receiving money from it,
and saw he wasn't even taking all of the accumulating interest out
of it. It was still growing. She realized that was his way of
hiding some of his assets. She saw there was a link to a secure
server to change how the distributions were made. She clicked on it
and changed the distribution from his name to her name. She smiled
as the verify screen came up and she clicked to verify it.
She then shut the computer down and looked around the room. There
was a stack of old printouts lying on the counter, and when she
looked to see what they were she was shocked to see that the top
two were among the very stories she had printed out yesterday.
She wondered if this meant that he secretly wanted to be a sissy
maid. She looked through the stack and found one more that had been
read many times from the look of it. The corners of the pages were
turned up and there was a small tear in one page. She grabbed all
three stories and headed out of the room.
She saw he was cleaning the second bedroom and didn't say
anything to him. Instead, she went and read the oldest story. It
dealt with a wife who made her husband a maid then relented at the
end and let him return to being a man. She wondered if she really
wanted David to return to being the man of the house.
That night they gave him a fancy maids' dress. They made him
thank them for giving him such a pretty dress. He did profusely
thank them for the dress.
At bedtime he thought about how his legs weren't hurting as much
as they did before. He was getting used to the high heels that he
had to keep on all the time. He wondered what tomorrow would bring.
The next morning as he was eating his two pieces of toast and
drinking his glass of juice he was told that today he was to do the
laundry and clean the four season's room. He was told he should
hang the laundry outside so it got that fresh air smell, and to
remember to iron it properly.
He noticed Margo was nowhere to be seen as he went from hanging
the laundry out to clean the four season's room. He was glad in a
way that she wasn't there. As he did the room he noticed the old
story lying on the floor by the chair she always sat in. He
shuddered at the thought that she might do some of the things in
that story. He thought about how he should have destroyed those
printouts after he'd read them. He'd never considered that she
might enter his private domain.
He noticed that when he turned after hanging up a load of
laundry, if he turned suddenly he got a peculiar feeling. It felt
nice to him. Once back in the house he went in to what had been
their bedroom and did some quick turns in front of the full length
mirror. He saw how the skirt turned up and how the slip wrapped his
legs. It felt great.
He then made quick turns as often as possible. He finished the
four season's room and decided to organize the pantry. He put all
the vegetables together, and the desserts, and put everything so it
looked organized. He was pretty proud of himself when he was done.
Margo came in just as he was coming out of the pantry. She asked
him what he was doing in there. He told her he'd just organized
everything there. She told him it was good thinking.
Five minutes later she called Grace. They sat at the table and
she handed him the list of maid's duties that she had customized.
"You can see it says 'Grace's Duties' at the top. There are two
boxes after each duty. You will check off a box when you have done
a duty. Then I will check it and see that it is done properly. If
it is done properly I will check the other box. I took the liberty
to indicate what days each duty is to be done to help you get
organized. Look at the list and see if there's something I missed."
He looked the list over carefully. He had no idea what she could
have missed. He saw on Wednesdays he was to clean the oven. He got
a thought and told her there was no time reserved for cleaning the
refrigerator. She congratulated him on his seeing that. She said
next week's list would include it.
She told him to hang it on the corkboard next to the
refrigerator. She was amused when she saw him turn quickly to go
put it there.
She told him he was going to cook supper that night and suggested
he cook something he knew how to cook. He looked in the pantry and
the freezer and came up with the easiest meal he could think of.
When the two women sat down for supper he served them spaghetti
and meatballs with a mushroom spaghetti sauce. Both women said it
was delicious. Margo told him he could have some because it was so
good. She smiled when she saw him stick his chest out with pride.
After supper the two women went into the four season's room and
Margo told her about the day. Susan told her the duty chart was a
great idea. She said he seemed to accept being a maid a lot more
readily now, and Margo agreed.
Margo went to get them each a glass of wine and saw Grace looking
at a cookbook. She told Susan about it, and they both thought he
was coming along nicely. Margo told Susan that she was really
getting into being the boss of the house and she enjoyed the
feeling of power. Susan told her she should enjoy it, and that now
was her chance to get back at him for anything he'd done to upset
her.
When Grace checked on them to see if they needed anything Margo
told him she had something for him. She handed him a bag and when
he had the contents out he saw it contained a red bra, slip and new
red dress. He thanked her for the lovely clothes.
Margo told him he could wear the dress tomorrow when they went
shopping for more clothes for him. He said that would be good.
Margo was a bit upset that he didn't show more reluctance about
going. She was hoping he would throw a fit or something.
The next morning he shocked the daylights out of her by serving
her breakfast in bed. She couldn't believe he would do something
like that. She wondered what he was up to, it just wasn't like him.
He was taking the fun out of it.
She got up and told him he could get the tray out of her bedroom
and clean up any mess, then change into his new dress so they could
go shopping. He did, and when he presented himself to her she told
him to get into the car.
They were at a dress shop and she was asking him which dresses he
liked. She was surprised that he seemed to like any dress with lace
trim but was rejecting every dress with ruffles. They ended up
getting six dresses for him.
Margo thought about some of the things that were on the
humiliation list but decided not to try any of them. She just
couldn't do it when he was going along with everything she asked of
him.
She asked him if he needed anything else. He said he wasn't sure
what he needed and asked her if he could have some money in case he
saw something he wanted. She gave him forty dollars, saying that is
twice as much as he ever gave her at one time.
She told him she was going to check on something special and have
a cup of coffee. She told him to meet her in the food court. .
He walked off and she watched as he walked. She thought he walked
very well in those heels. She chuckled as she watched his hips sway
as he walked away.
She checked on a corset for him and bought one., and was sitting
in the food court when she saw him walking toward her. He was
carrying a new purse, that she saw right off. When he sat down she
saw he had gotten his ears pierced and was sporting gleaming
crystal studs. He handed her twenty-one dollars back.
"You didn't see anything else to buy?"
"I did but it would have been impossible to try on."
"What was that?"
"A pair of black flats. I thought maybe there would be a chance
to wear them eventually. I like to be ready for anything."
After leaving the food court Margo had him show her the black
flats he had looked at. When he showed her, a feeling of love for
him rose up, and she led him into the store. After they had
purchased the shoes she had him sit on a bench in the concourse.
She unlocked his heels and told him he could put on the flats. He
did it with a smile on his face.
When they got back home she told him he could do his duty list
for the day. He started right away. She sat and reread the older
story.
She saw him walk past and called to him. When he came in she
inquired, "I have read this story a few times. Is what happens in
this story what you want me to do to you?"
"No, not really. I just printed it out because something caught
my eye. I have read it a number of times and still can't believe
one person would do that to another. I really can't remember why I
printed it out or read and reread that story."
"Tell me the truth now! How do you like being my maid?"
"It isn't the worst thing. I am getting a lot of time to think
about things. I'm surprised that I don't miss my computer. I did
like to play games on it, and in my favorite game I am up to level
five now. I now realize all I really did was play on the computer.
I can't remember when I last watched a newscast or a program on
television. I hadn't gone out of the house before today in a long,
long time. Before today I never realized how many different stores
there were at the mall. I think if I am given the chance to get
out some, I'll be going out to see what I've been missing."
"I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you every Monday off as a
maid. I'll redo your list and spread Monday's duties out over the
rest of the week. Then you will definitely get to wear your new
dresses and get out."
"Thank you. I really appreciate that. I do have to tell you
something. I now realize I have not been the husband you would
like. I know that I have not paid the attention I should have to
you and for that I am sorry. I have done some deep thinking and
know that you did this to me because you weren't really losing
anything. You have to believe that I am truly, truly sorry for
everything. I now know I deserved everything that has happened to
me and I accept that."
Margo felt a rush of warmth that she knew was love for him. He
had hit a soft spot in her heart that he hadn't hit since they were
first going together and planning on getting married.
She told him tomorrow was Saturday, and if he wanted she would
make supper instead of him. He said he already had something
special in mind for supper, something special for her and Susan.
She said she could hardly wait.
He left to continue his work and she sat and thought about how
long she would like to have him as a maid. He now seemed much more
gentle and loving than he'd been for a long, long time. In fact he
was better than she had ever known him to be. She wondered if this
was all an act on his part.
That night when she was talking to Susan she told her how he
seemed to be a changed person. She said she thought he had learned
his lesson.
"I don't trust any man. They will say and do anything to get
their way. He is just pushing your buttons. If you let him back in
his men's clothes now he will be right back to where things were
before. No man changes that quickly."
Grace had heard the whole conversation and knew Susan was a
man-hater. He didn't at all care what she had said. He smiled to
himself as he thought about all that he had done today. He looked
forward to Monday and thought about what he would like to do then.
Saturday for supper he made bacon wrapped tenderloins with
seasoned raw fries made on the grill. He also made grilled corn on
the cob. When he served it both women raved about how delicious it
was. He told them to save room for dessert. For dessert he served
a strawberry crumb cake made with fresh strawberries. The potato
and the dessert recipes he got out of a cook book. Margo praised
his cooking ability. He had eaten it himself and knew he would
have to make it again.
After supper he had strawberries left over, and wanted to make
something with them. He checked his cookbooks and finally found
something he thought looked delicious, and he had all the makings
there in the pantry. He got to work cooking. After he had all the
ingredients together and had it in the oven, he thought about how
much fun it was cooking like that. There were so many different
things that looked so good. He looked through the cookbook and
found some recipes he knew he had to make in order to see if they
were really as good as they looked.
When he took the pie out of the oven he saw it looked perfect. He
wanted to try some right away but held his impulse in check.
Instead he went to the women and told them he had made a before bed
snack for them, and that they should let him know when they were
ready for it.
Later Margo called him and said they were ready for whatever he
had for them. He took them each a piece of pie with whipped cream
trimming it. They took one bite and declared it was delicious. He
told them it was a strawberry-banana pie. He said he didn't have
enough strawberries to do a lot with, so he'd looked and found a
recipe for this pie.
Margo said he was becoming a cooking genius and Susan said he was
showing remarkable improvement as a maid. He caught her drift and
knew she was deriding him by her tone of voice. But he didn't care.
As he ate a piece he thought about Susan. He wondered, if he
directed her attention in a different direction, whether she would
change her opinion of men. Then he got an idea. He called Ken
"Cookie" Cowlitz. He told him he had someone he wanted him to meet.
He said he thought he'd found his counterpart. He told him he
wouldn't recognize him but to come over tomorrow afternoon. Ken
told him he'd be there at one.
He went to bed feeling pretty proud of himself. He thought Susan
would either love Ken or hate him immensely. He hoped the two of
them would hit it off and turn some of her attention away from him.
The next afternoon Ken arrived at exactly one. When he opened the
door Ken's jaw dropped, then Ken asked what had happened to him. He
told Ken he would explain later. He took Ken out to the patio and
introduced him to Susan.
"Susan, this is Ken. I think the two f you should talk. He feels
about women the same way you feel about men. Maybe the two of you
can solve the age-old problem of men and women."
He motioned for Margo to leave with him. She got up and
accompanied him into the house.
"What the hell was that all about?"
"Ken has told me many times how women don't care about men and
how women don't listen to men anymore. Susan doesn't care for men
and doesn't care who she tells. I figure they will either find out
they have a lot in common or they will strangle each other. Either
way that might get Susan off my back. I don't know, but did you
ever notice she always seems to make even a compliment sound like
it's putting me down?"
"I have noticed that, but you've never said anything to her about
it have you?"
"No, I figure if she really feels like that then she is a fool.
If you argue with a fool, both of you are being the same thing."
They both looked out on the patio and saw the two talking
animatedly, and they weren't strangling each other. He stuck his
head out the door and told Ken he was expecting him to stay for
supper.
At supper he served stuffed roast chicken. The stuffing was
called wake up dressing and had spices in it. It was supposed to
wake up your taste buds. He thought it woke up something, as it
wasn't hot spicy but definitely tasted different than he'd
expected. Both Ken and Susan said it was delicious and that they'd
never had anything like it before.
Ken said the dressing had a kind of sweet-sour flavor. He asked
Susan if she liked sweet-sour food. She said she did, and he told
her he would take her to a place that served the best sweet-sour
food in the world tomorrow night. He told her she had to try their
sweet-sour cashew salad. They put hot cashews in the salad and it
really adds to the flavor, and the crunchiness is something you
don't expect in a salad.
After supper Ken and Susan went back on the patio. Margo came and
told him it looked like he'd made a match. She said she can see in
Susan's eyes that she is entranced by Ken.
Ken was still there and still talking to Susan when he went to
bed. He laid awake for awhile trying to decide where he was going
to go tomorrow and what he was going to do. He drifted off into a
restful sleep.
The next morning when he woke up he decided to get a little more
sleep. He slept for another half hour. He got up and put on a
multi-colored striped dress. When he went for breakfast Margo asked
him what he was going to do today. He said he thought he would do
some shopping and maybe take a walk somewhere. Margo asked if she
might accompany him and he agreed.
They started out and she asked him where he wanted to go first.
He said he would like to go to a woman's accessories store. Margo
said she knew just the place. She went to a strip mall with a
Women's Plus Clearance store. He asked for some money and she gave
him fifty dollars.
Inside she went one way and he went another. Fifteen minutes
later she saw him checking out. She hadn't seen anything she
wanted, and was surprised to see he had three bags of merchandise.
Then he said he would like to go to a low price shoe store. She
drove two blocks, and five minutes later he was trying on shoes.
She was scanning shoes in her size, and didn't see any that caught
her eye when she saw him checking out and noticed he had gotten
three pair of shoes.
In the car he said he needed more money. She laughed and gave him
another fifty. He told her there were a couple of places at the
mall he wanted to visit. She drove there and got a prime parking
place close to one of the entrances.
She visited several of her favorite stores and found a new tennis
outfit she thought was just the thing to make her look sleeker on
the courts. They were there about an hour when she saw him next. He
was carrying two bags, but what she noticed right away was that his
face was completely made up, with eye shadow and everything.
"Where did you get the make-up?"
"At the Lovely Lady Beauty Salon. They do make-up for ten
dollars. Do you like it?"
"It does make you look more feminine. Those aren't colors I use
but they do look good on you. I'm hungry, what would you like to do
for lunch?"
"There's a deli by the door where we came in. Let's get something
there and go to a park or something. How does that sound?"
"Sounds good to me. Let's go!"
They got some picnic food and headed out. Margo drove to
Wilderness Acres, a natural habitat place. They walked a trail
until they came to a picnic table, then they started eating.
They talked about many things and finally Margo steered the
conversation her way.
"How do you like being a maid?"
"It isn't the worse thing. At first I was extremely angry at what
you two had done to me and I was going to fight all the way. Then
I got thinking about things and realized I'd brought it on myself.
I know you'd asked for a maid a couple of times, and I think you
could have given me a choice of hiring a maid or being one, but
that is water over the dam now."
"Susan thinks you are a male chauvinist. She said you would fight
to the bitter end. I am glad you are seeing things the way you are.
You do make a pretty good maid. Are you starting to enjoy it?"
"I wouldn't say I am exactly enjoying it but I am trying to do a
good job. Are you looking at this being a long term affair?"
"I don't know really. Sometimes you've really ticked me off with
some of your remarks and I remember them, and other times I have
thought about ending your maid services. You are just going to have
to take things as they go."
"Well to tell you the truth, it wouldn't bother me if you ended
it right here. I meant it when I said you could hire a maid."
"There is one other thing you could do for me."
"What's that?"
"You could rescind that pre-nuptial agreement you had me sign. It
makes me feel I should be totally indebted to you for marrying me."
"I don't know if I can do that. My financial advisors told me I
really had to have that agreement, and they are the experts at
things like that. I just can't do it!"
"Well, that answers a lot of questions. As long as we are done
eating we might as well head back to the car."
He could tell she was a bit upset. He couldn't lose the one thing
he had over her. It protected the bulk of his assets.
She didn't ask him where else he would like to go. He could see
by where she made the turns that she was heading somewhere, but he
had no idea where.
She parked the car in front of an old building that had a sign on
it that read 'Fantasy Foundations and Such.' She told him he needed
something to improve his girlish figure.
Inside she announced to the saleslady that she needed something
to give her sissy husband a more girlish figure. The sales lady
asked if she was looking for something in a comfort line or
punishment line. Margo said probably the punishment line.
The saleslady told her that they often got wives in there buying
corsets for their husbands. She showed her three corsets, the first
with lots of boning that she said would definitely help him acquire
a narrow waist, a second one that had steel stays called the figure
maker featuring a hook and eye arrangement plus lacing in the back,
and a third with steel rods that guaranteed the most feminine
figure. It also had a posture control bra that promised to make
his breasts stick out all the time. It was called The Cage. Margo
selected The Cage and instructed the saleslady to put it on him.
The saleslady told her their best selling items were their shoes,
which were one aisle over. She said she was sure Margo could find
something there for him.
Margo went, and almost immediately found a pair of black patent
leather locking heels with a six inch heel in his size. If he had
them he would be walking on his tip toes all the time. She debated
whether to get them or not, finally grabbing a pair in his size and
taking them to the saleslady, telling her to put them on his feet.
The saleslady said those were probably their best selling item.
He hobbled out of the dressing room. He didn't think he could
even walk in those ridiculous shoes. Margo was still looking upset
and he wondered what had changed her so suddenly. He couldn't bend
his shoulders forward and his breasts stuck out like he was trying
to show them off.
She made him hurry to the car, telling him that if he wasn't in
quickly she would leave him to walk home. He got in and saw she was
glowering at him.
It was very quiet in the car as they proceeded home. Back at
home he asked her what she was so angry about.
"If you don't know, I am not going to tell you. I am sure if you
stop and think about it you will realize what I am angry about."
He went to his bedroom and sat on the bench at the vanity. He
looked into the mirror and wondered what she was that upset about.
It surely couldn't be the pre-nuptial agreement, as that was a long
time ago. She really didn't expect him to change it, did she? It
can't be that! What were we talking about just before she got a bug
up her butt?
He decided to go on the computer for awhile. He had it up and
running and was going through his usual site checks as normally
every day. He was surprised he couldn't access some sites. When he
was at the bank site to check his accounts, all he could get was
'account closed' on all of them. When he checked the foundation
site he saw she had changed the password needed to access the
financial information. He couldn't access it. He began to worry.
She now controlled all the money, leaving him with no source of
cash should he need it.
He sat in a stupor for a few minutes, thinking she was getting
ready to divorce him, and had hidden all the assets except for the
house. He had to face her on this. It just wasn't right!
He went to the four season's room where Margo was studying
something. When he asked if she wanted to talk she said there was
nothing to talk about.
"I know you are angry with me and you say there is nothing to
talk about. How is anything going to get settled if we don't talk?
If you explain what you are angry about and why then maybe
something can be done."
"You already told me nothing can be done about it. If nothing can
be done about it then there is no need to talk about it."
"Now I know what you are talking about. You are talking about the
pre-nuptial agreement. I went to check my bank accounts and I see
you have closed them. Now, I don't have access to any money. I now
know how you felt when you had to ask me for money all the time,
but I want you to stop and think about the fact that I always gave
you enough for whatever you wanted. I didn't deny you once. With
all the money you now have access to, why is the pre-nuptial
agreement such a big deal?"
"I feel it makes me look like I am a lot less of a person than
you are. Instead of being a partner I am less than a junior partner
in this marriage. It rankles me to be in that position. All I am
asking is that you end that agreement."
"I want the truth -- are you thinking of divorcing me?"
"Of course not! Believe it or not I still love you. Do you
believe our relationship is that insecure that you have to have
that to hold over my head?"
"I never thought about it until now. When I think about how I've
acted sometimes, I'm surprised you are still with me. I have been
an ass sometimes"
"Yes, you have, but I always remember the man I married and I
know you can still be that man, so I don't even think about
divorce. When you want to you can be wonderful, but you seem to get
lost in things, as you did with your computer. You spent all of
your time on that and didn't spend hardly any time with me. In a
way that hurts but I always justified it that you would some day
wake up and return to being the David I love."
"I am so sorry about that. I never realized I was hurting you
that way. I would get into a game on the computer and lose all
interest in anything else. Now that you tell me, I realize I felt
the game was more important than you. How can you ever forgive me?"
"Stop and think. When was the last time we had a conversation
like this, where we talked about how we felt about one another and
what we liked and disliked about each other. Now I've let you know
how I feel, and I want you to tell me how you feel about me. What
don't you like about me right now?"
"Right now I don't like this corset and these shoes you had that
woman put on me."
Margo laughed and then continued, "Then you don't mind being a
maid?"
"It's funny that I really don't mind, with all the compliments
I've been getting about how nice a room looks and about my
cooking."
"Good then you can stay as a maid. I love having someone else
doing all the housework. I may allow you to go back to your men's
clothes but don't count on it soon. I want you to know I do really
still love you even if I do have to punish you once in a while."
"Couldn't you find some other way to punish me other than the
beatings?"
"The beatings as you call them do the job quite well. I'll bet
you were never spanked as a child, were you?"
"No, my parents didn't believe in corporal punishment."
"That is probably why it's working so well now."
"Well, I would like it if you could come up with a different way
of punishing me."
"I did, that corset and those heels. They are punishing you right
now aren't they, or would you rather take them off and get a
spanking?"
"I don't want a spanking and I would like to get them off. Today
is supposed to be my day off to enjoy myself, isn't it?"
"I guess you are right about that. You can put them back on
tomorrow. Come here and I'll help you get them off."
He went to her and as she was taking them off of him she said,
"You know, this is the first time since we started going together
that we talked like this. We have to do this more often."
He agreed, and when she had them off he left to change into
anything more comfortable. It was hard for him to understand why
that pre-nuptial agreement was such a big deal. That was something
his parents had said was necessary in a marriage. Now it was a
bitter thing for Margo. He wondered if it was really necessary.
That night when Susan got there after her date it was very late.
Margo asked where they went to eat that took them that long for
just a dinner date.
"We ate at a Thai-American place. The food was fabulous. Then
Cookie took me to see some of his work. He is a wood carver and I
was amazed at how good he is. Did you know he has a carved wooden
replica of the Statue of Liberty? He is now doing a carving for
someone whose dog died, a Siberian Husky. It is just about done and
it looks like it is alive."
"So now you are interested in wood-carving?"
"No, I have never met anyone like him. He speaks his mind and if
you accept it fine, if you don't that's up to you. He is totally
honest and that is something you don't see everyday. Tomorrow
evening he's taking me to a place he says has the best ribs around,
and then we are going to see a performance of the local opera
company. He is into opera and I really like it also. I am just
flabbergasted at how much we are alike."
Margo laughed, thinking that Susan was falling for him. She knew
they were about the same age and he had never married. Susan had
that look that told Margo that Cookie was already more than just an
acquaintance.
The next day Margo helped him get his corset on. She laced it so
it did improve his figure, but didn't lace it real tight. He
noticed that right away but didn't say anything. She allowed him to
work in his black flats. He was ecstatic about that and got to his
duties right away.
He was doing the four season's room and decided to make a phone
call. After he hung up he wondered if he was doing the right thing.
Friday was their wedding anniversary and he thought he had just set
up the perfect gift for her. He would have it Thursday and he had
to get her just the right card to accompany the gift.
He finished the room and was going to clean the refrigerator when
Margo told him to take a break, that she wanted to talk to him. He
grabbed a soda out of the refrigerator and sat down by her.
"You are more devious than I ever thought. Do you know what you
did?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about. I never did anything
devious in my life that I can think of."
"Oh yes you did. You introduced Ken to Susan. Now she is falling
for him. I am sure about that! I can tell from the way she talks
about him that she is falling for him. They are going out again
tonight. That was brilliant, that you thought about him and her.
What made you think of that?"
"To tell the truth I was hoping they would hit it off. All I
wanted was to get her off my back. To me she is a man-hater, and I
knew he disliked women -- he thought they were just trying to take
advantage of him. There were some things he told me in private that
made me think they maybe had some common ground. If what you are
saying is true, it's more than I'd hoped for."
"She won't be here for supper tonight and I imagine she will be
late coming in again. Last night when she talked to me she had that
school-girl-in-love look. I have no idea where their friendship
will lead but I wouldn't be surprised if it goes further than just
friendship."
He was happy that things were turning out as hoped. He felt it
was all Susan who put him in this position.
Margo was surprised to hear him humming to himself as he worked.
She wondered why, given the position he was in now, how could he be
so happy. He thought about how he no longer had to address her so
formally and didn't have to ask permission to speak to her. While
he was cleaning the refrigerator he saw the makings of a very good
meal for supper.
That afternoon when he was starting supper he thought about how
he was really enjoying doing the cleaning and cooking. He'd never
thought he would be in this position but it wasn't as bad as it
could be. When he thought about it, it was bringing him and Margo
closer together in an odd sort of way.
That night at supper he set the lettuce salad with sweet-sour
bacon dressing in front of Margo and she commented on how
thoughtful he was about everything when it came to cooking. When he
set the bacon wrapped tenderloin he'd broiled in front of her,
along with the largest baked potato with sour cream, she said it
must be some special occasion for him to have made that. He told
her it was just that he thought she deserved the best.
When she had finished her steak he set a piece of strawberry pie
with two scoops of ice cream in front of her she said she didn't
know if she could eat it all. She did manage to eat it all and when
she left the table she was very glad she didn't have to clean up
after supper.
On Thursday evening Susan told Margo she had a very important
announcement to make. Margo wondered if she and Ken had decided to
go the final step and get married. She knew Susan could be
impulsive at times. She could hardly wait until Susan got there.
When Susan got there she first told Margo all about how she and
Cookie had went to Fremont to eat. She said they went there so she
could get a look at Patterson Industries to see how big it was.
Then she said Patterson had called her at work and was interested
in hiring her when she finished here. She said she seriously was
considering taking the job.
Margo told her she'd be very happy if Susan could stay here
longer. She told Susan she was like the sister she'd never had.
Susan said the feeling was mutual. Then she said she didn't know if
she would be staying or not. Ken had told her she could stay at his
house, as he had two empty bedrooms and it was only twelve miles to
Fremont from his house. She told Margo she had seen his house and
it was extremely well kept and clean.
Margo was surprised that she had been in his house already. She
and David had stopped there a couple of times and she'd only gotten
to see his workshop. The two women talked for over an hour before
going to bed.
Things settled into a pattern where he was doing the cleaning and
Susan was coming in later in the evening. He wasn't seeing her and
that was fine with him. He couldn't wait for Friday.
Friday morning he was up early. He saw Susan as she was eating a
quick breakfast. Other than exchanging good mornings, nothing was
said between them. After she left he excitedly set up his present
for Margo. There was a small box and an envelope that he had
propped up against her glass of orange juice.
He heard her stirring and started to make a couple of pancakes
for her and some sausage links. When she came out he was ready with
her breakfast. He set it down just as she saw the envelope with
Happy Anniversary written on it. She opened the box first and
found a pair of pearl earrings that she said were beautiful.
She started to eat her breakfast and slowly opened the envelope.
She took out the card and read it. She thanked him and told him the
card and earrings were beautiful. She continued to eat her
breakfast. She finished it and he could take it no longer. He told
her there was something else in the envelope.
She extracted the piece of paper and unfolded it. Her face lit up
as she read the notarized document that cancelled the pre-nuptial
agreement. She got up and took him in her arms and gave him a hardy
kiss.
He was told to stay right where he was as she disappeared and
reappeared and handed him a small velvet covered case. He opened it
and saw a pair of gold earrings with a small chain that dangl