XIII: Growing Pains
Their names were Lowell Bunton and Scotty Griggs.
Both had been members of violent youth gangs when they were younger.
Both had created reputations for themselves as the kinds of people that
no one messed with, although they never committed any very serious
crimes apart from assault and battery against anyone who dared to
challenge what they perceived to be their natural dominance.
They both joined the Marine Corps, and upon being discharged, they went
into mercenary work.
At the moment, however, their expertise was useless. The former Sgt.
Lowell and the former Pvt. Scott were expertly bound, shibari-style, in
lengths of sturdy asanawa ropes. Neither of them were gagged, and they
had no blindfolds on as they came out of an extended period of
unconsciousness.
They were both on their knees, however, and their heavily-tattooed and
scarred bodies were completely naked.
They saw that the room they were in had a heavy leather scent, and the
room was padded. A single door was the only way in, and the only way
out. There were no windows, although a vent at the ceiling proved to be
the impetus for the room being well air-conditioned.
There was one other person in the room with them, and unlike Lowell and
Scott, she was fully-clothed. Clad from head to toe in a suit of shiny
red and black latex. Her head...which exposed not only her eyes, her
mouth, and a top ring from which the thickness of long black hair
spilled down her back...was otherwise covered in a black, full-head
latex mask. Tall stiletto points were seen at the heels of the platforms
that went with the overall outfit.
She sat upon a chair that was positioned backwards, her chest resting on
the backrest, her arms crossed upon the top of the backrest. Her chin
rested upon the arms as she quietly gazed at her captors.
They both shook their heads as they squinted over to the latex-covered
woman in the chair, perhaps waiting for their blurry visions to sharpen
in the next moment.
"Hello, girls," their abductor amusedly began. "Sleep well?"
"Whh...whuuhhh..." Scott, a caucasian-skinned man, still sounded dazed.
"...who th...who th' fuck are you? Where the hell are we??"
"Y'better fuckin' untie us, bitch!" Lowell, who was brown-skinned,
growled. "So I can kill yo' ass properly!"
The woman smiled. "That's no way to speak to a lady."
"FUCK y'self!!" Lowell angrily barked back.
"Jeez. You men," The woman rolled her eyes. "Seems like every other word
out of your mouths is fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck fuck fuck fuck
fuckity fuck fuck! Why can't you say something more interesting,
like..." She mimed deep thought for a moment. "...PAIN?"
Upon hearing the word, their muscles felt like they were on fire, and an
even more painful agony struck their testicles, causing them to cry out
and groan as they writhed with the unexpectedly sharp discomfort that
was now torturing their bodies for a good five minutes.
Once those five minutes had passed, they panted as they recovered from
the intensity of their suffering. The woman just stared down at them
amusedly.
"What's wrong, girls?" she amusedly asked. "I thought you devil dongs
were immune to PAIN!"
And once again, the two bound men writhed as searing agony lingered
along their muscles and at their crotches. They tried to break their
bonds as they groaned and roared, but the restraints held.
Five minutes later, they were once again recovering, this time panting
heavily. Sweat rolled down their faces.
"I'm bored," the woman calmly remarked. "I think you need a little more
PAIN."
They were obviously too late to protest as they were once again lost to
a veritable electric shock treatment, minus the actual electric shock.
Another five agonizing minutes passed as the woman yawned.
Once it was over, the woman grinned. "Fourth time's a charm?"
"NO!! No, no, please...!" Scott quickly called out. "Enough!"
"What'd you do to us, bitch??" Lowell asked, a little less angry now.
"I told you," the woman answered. "I thought you needed a little
more..."
"NO, NO, NO, NOOOO!!" they both seemed to cry out together, hoping they
would not hear the word, and feel the agony that came with it.
The woman finally rose up out of her chair. "I am the Mistress Voce. You
may call me Miss Voce, or Mistress Voce, or just Mistress. Nothing more.
If I hear either of you call me anything else, I will know what to say
to bring you both to your knees, screaming in agony. Is that
understood?"
"Yeah, yeah, I get ya," Scotty mumbled.
"What? What was that?" Voce put a finger to her exposed right ear. "You
wanted more PAIN??" She quickly growled.
And once again, Scotty and Lowell screamed and writhed as the internal
pain tortured their tattooed bodies once again. Another five minutes
passed, and when the pain once again subsided, they both had broken
expressions as they looked back up at their latex-clad captor.
"Now...I ask you again," Voce calmly remarked. "Is that understood? I
prefer a more formal acknowledgement."
"Y-yes, Miss Voce," Scotty fearfully acknowledged.
"Very good," Voce replied. She then looked to Lowell. "Your turn."
"Yes! Yes, Miss Voce," Lowell immediately replied. He, too, sounded
afraid.
"Now, before we begin your disciplinary actions, I have a question, and
I'll expect you both to answer honestly, or I use the 'P' word. Again."
Voce began pacing around the two bound and naked men. "Who sent you to
shadow the movements of a woman named...Maggie Katzhoff?"
The two men glanced at each other warily. This reaction alone made it
clear to Voce that they definitely had the answers she was seeking.
The silence that followed lasted a little over a minute before Voce
stepped up to Lowell, who was now glistening with sweat. "Come on, tough
guy. Give up the goods. I know you know something. Or you both do, but I
wanna hear it from you."
As the latex-clad dominant stared at Lowell, she could tell that the
former Marine was very, very hesitant to just come out with it. Judging
by the look in the muscular black man's eyes, Voce could tell that there
was a definite feeling of fear, and one that he tried...and failed...to
keep from showing.
Voce smiled. "Five...four...three...two..."
"XAVIER!!" Scotty suddenly blurted out. "His name was Xavier."
"DAMMIT, MAN!" Lowell roared as he turned his angry head to Scotty. "YOU
DONE FUCKED US BOTH NOW, MARINE!!"
Scotty, however, kept talking. "He wants revenge for what happened to
Sgt. Niehaus! Maggie...Maggie put him in the hospital. Xavier wanted us
to..."
"Kill her?" Voce guessed aloud.
"No, no," Lowell responded. "Xavier just wanted us to report on her
movements! We have to check in four times a damn day!"
"Give me the times," Voce commanded.
The last time bracket Lowell revealed was approximately one hour from
the current time. Lowell sighed out fretfully upon surrendering the
information he had sworn...until now...to keep to himself.
"So if you don't report in," Voce surmised aloud as she covered the eyes
of both men with a thick black strip of cloth, effectively blindfolding
them. "they assume you're dead, or compromised...and if you're
compromised, they'll have you killed. That right?"
"Yes, Miss Voce," Scotty answered as Voce went to a duffel bag laying
against the wall, a few feet behind the restrained men.
From the duffel bag, Voce extracted a pair of syringes. The both of them
had a copper-colored liquid inside them. She pulled off the plastic hood
covering one of the hypodermic needles, and then stepped back over to
Scotty Griggs, who like Lowell Bunton was shaking like a leaf.
"Wh-what're y' gonna do, Miss Voce?" Lowell asked.
Voce spotted a bulging vein, and she poised the needle over it. "I'm
rewarding you."
The needle was then pushed into the vein, causing Scotty to gasp aloud.
Once the contents of the syringe penetrated the former Marine's
bloodstream, she pulled the cover off of the second needle and stepped
behind Lowell.
"Both of you." Voce then pierced one of the brown-skinned man's visible,
bulging veins and pushed the syringe's liquid into him.
"Poison..." Scotty whined. "...fuckin' bitch is poisoning us, Low!"
"Pffft. You're both fine," Voce amusedly assured. "And if you wanna stay
that way, you'll stick around down here for the next few days and keep
your voices low. I don't want to have to come down and...you know, use
the 'P' word."
"Shit," Lowell angrily writhed, fruitlessly, against his bonds. "What
did you put in us??"
Picking up the duffel bag, Voce calmly went to the only door in the room
and unlocked it. With a knowing grin, she turned her head towards the
backs of the blindfolded ex-soldiers. "Oh, don't worry. You'll find out
soon enough, sweeties."
With that, Voce stepped through the open door, and then closed and
locked it.
She could already hear them fruitlessly protesting and screaming as the
latex-covered dominatrix calmly ascended the staircase leading back up
to the main floor of her rented, three-floor Barford house.
It sucked that she had to feed her captives during their development
period, but...she needed some time to herself for a while anyway.
* * *
In the days that followed the Pink Persuasions party, Shelley and Sandra
Portnoy found their respective conditions go from a full day's worth of
recurring nausea to a mild cold, the latter of which went away
completely by the time they turned in for bed on Sunday night.
It was as if their maladies had never happened.
As they both went to work, they both figured they'd catch bitter hell
from Rita Noble for betraying her word. Shelley knew the debutante had
gotten her text in advance, so it wasn't as if Rita didn't know why.
Once Shelley stepped into her office, she figured she would see a Post-
It, in all caps, from Rita so her boss could angrily vent to the Junior
Executive face to face. If there was no Post-It, then Shelley figured
the rebuke would come by way of a private office e-mail server message.
But there were no Post-Its, and there was no angry e-mail. It was
admittedly eerie.
Once she had settled in, Shelley stepped outside of her office with her
empty coffee mug...which was decorated with the words "Executive
Excellence", with the large "E" serving as the first letter for both of
the smaller words next to them...and stepped over to the coffee machine
to fill it.
The coffee machine, however, was near Rita's office, and a light in that
room evidenced the debutante's presence.
Shelley just played it cool, calmly heading over to fill her mug. The
door to Rita's office was open, so she'd be easily able to spot Shelley.
The Junior Executive couldn't help but to feel more than a little
nervous.
With the coffee mug filled, Shelley placed the pot back in the
machine...
"Shelley...step in here for a moment, please."
Shelley's eyes closed regretfully for a moment, after which she calmly
went into Rita's office, flashing a cordial smile as she did so.
"Good morning, Madame Noble," Shelley began. "How are you feeling?"
"No comment," Rita coldly replied. "A man was waiting outside my office
when I came in a moment ago. I sent him to you. I need you to find out
what he wants. If it is anything related to Vije Nastassje or her
business, send him right over to me. If it's anything other than that,
have him come back tomorrow."
Shelley nodded. "Yes, Madame Noble." She then turned to leave.
"Shelley?" Rita's voice stopped the Junior executive before she reached
the door. "How are you feeling?"
Shelley turned and once again flashed her cordial smile. "I'm totally
fine, Madame Noble. So is Sandra."
"Mmmm." Rita nodded slowly and thoughtfully. "Must have been food
poisoning then."
Shelley nodded, maintaining her smile. "That's what we said."
"Very well. Go on back to your office, then." Rita smiled back.
Shelley walked away surprised that she was more or less let off the
hook. There would apparently be no manner of reprisal over missing the
Pink Persuasions event. She felt more than a little relieved.
Sure enough, a short-haired, well-built man with a curious expression
and a slicked-back hairdo lingered outside of Shelley's office as the
Junior Executive returned to it. He was about a head taller than her.
Shelley took a sip of her coffee as she closed the distance between
them. "Did Rita send you here?" she asked.
"Yes, she did," he extended a hand. "Martin Gaines. I'm with the Chicago
Tribune. I'm doing a piece about Loris International."
The Press. Shelley mused to herself. Rita warned me about these
vultures. Time to get my game face on.
"I'm Shelley Portnoy." Shelley flashed her cordial grin as she shook
Martin's hand, and then gestured to the open door of her office. "Step
inside and have a seat, Mr. Gaines."
"Thank you," Martin replied, following Shelley in. Once they had both
settled into their respective seats, Martin pulled out a notepad and
opened it up.
Shelley had the mouse pointer on her computer screen zip to the top
right hand corner of the monitor to quickly minimize programs and hide
them from sight, and then opened up a database-browser app that was
exclusive to the Sisterhood. "Don't mind me, Mr. Gaines. I am just
finishing up some Loris-related work here. I can multitask, so go ahead
and ask your questions."
The Junior Executive brought up a box offering up a search engine on
'Press Agents', while another search field requested a 'Press Agency'.
Martin's name went in the Agents box, while the Chicago Tribune went
into the Agency box. If a match was confirmed, it meant Martin was
legitimate and there would be little cause for concern.
"Before we begin, I know how sensitive Loris executives are these days
on the matter of Demetrius and his Trafficking ring, so you can be
assured that I won't be making any inquiries about that," Martin began.
"I appreciate that, Mr. Gaines," Shelley responded. "That's a chapter of
our life that we'd prefer to put behind us."
Martin now referred to his notes. "So...Loris International's business
interests seem to have a focus on largely female aspects of modern
society. Most experts in the economic field seem to indicate that for a
business to thrive, they should take a balanced approach to business.
Are there any reasons why Loris won't touch masculine interests?"
As Martin spoke, a centered black box with a red border, and white
lettering, blackened the rest of the screen and offered a message.
Martin Gaines has been confirmed to be a cover identity for a United
States Government agent.
Fortunately, he has been staying at a hotel with recently-installed beds
through which we were able to condition his mind as he slept.
Consistent use of any and all forms of the following word should divert
his tactics and thinking until we can permanently neutralize his
masculinity.
COMPULSION
Make suggestions exploiting feminine fashions and hygiene beyond the
first time you say this word, then make sure he is conditioned to remain
at the hotel.
Advise Rita Noble afterwards.
- K.
"Uh...Mrs.Portnoy?" Martin waved a hand to try and get the Junior
Executive's attention. "Is everything OK?"
"Hmm? Oh, yes, yes." Shelley flashed another grin as her attention
returned to her visitor. "I'm sorry. It seems I was distracted by my
work. One of my little compulsions, I'm afraid."
As Shelley uttered the word, Martin suddenly frowned in confusion,
seemingly distracted by something. He shook his head vigorously, and
then restored his attention to Shelley, smiling cordially.
The Junior Executive tilted her head to the side curiously. "Is there
something wrong, Mr. Gaines?" She asked, feigning concern.
At first, Martin looked a little spooked, but he waved it off in the
next moment. "Nothing, nothing at all."
"Perhaps...you would like to reschedule?" Shelley suggested.
"No, no. No need," Martin quickly answered, smiling.
"Are you sure?" Shelley asked, leaning forward. "I figured you had a
compulsion to go someplace else. A compulsion to go to the mall, and go
shopping for things that would make you look so...womanly."
"Well, I...w-womanly?" Martin began to look flustered and confused now.
"Don't be...why would I..."
"You shouldn't feel ashamed of your compulsions in front of me, dear.
We're both women, after all." Shelley narrowed her eyes, her smile
becoming a little more malevolent as Martin began to look visibly
nervous. "Shouldn't you embrace the compulsion to look more like one?
Shave that chest? Shave those pits? Those legs? Get rid of that five o'
clock shadow on your face? Don't you feel a compulsion to do all of
that?"
Every time Shelley uttered the word which was unexpectedly deteriorating
his masculine nature and his habits, Martin began to feel a little more
dizzy. It was becoming impossible for him to think straight, or even
concentrate on reading the words on his notepad. Every time he heard the
word, he felt all the more inclined to respond to feminine urges, such
as shopping. A visit to the mall suddenly sounded very appealing to
Shelley's visitor. Get womanly things. Yes. We're both women here. Such
was the onslaught of the conditioning that it was next to impossible for
him to manage a more masculine thought. I do need to shave! Yes! Nothing
wrong with that. Need to shave my face. And my legs.
Shelley was quickly getting drunk on the feeling of this kind of power
she unexpectedly had over a man. This totally brings back the time
Sandra and I convinced that little shit Timothy that he should be a
girl. She thought to herself. He looked sooooo cute in grandma's smelly
old vintage dresses.
"Tell me something, dear...are you on a deadline with this interview?"
Shelley asked. "Or are your compulsions more important?"
Martin's male mind tried to re-assert itself before the word was spoken
once again, resulting in a moment of confusion. "S-sorry...what?"
"I said your compulsions are more important," Shelley responded. "You
know...painting your nails...having your hair done...getting a proper
french manicure...you've been ignoring all those important compulsions.
You need to catch up."
Martin's eyes looked lazy now as he stowed away his notepad. A hand went
to his head as if he had been hit with a huge migraine. He rose from his
seat, shaking a bit. "I...I have to go. Excuse me..."
Shelley rose with him and stepped over to the now dazed government
agent. "Yes, yes, you do that. You go catch up on your compulsions at
the mall, and then you go right back to your hotel room. Come back here
tomorrow around lunchtime, and let me see how much better you look after
a relaxing day at the salon. Don't forget your shopping compulsions,
either."
Leading Martin to the elevator, Shelley had spoken the trigger word so
many times that the feminine urges the Junior Executive had suggested
were locked in. There was no escaping her compulsions by now.
Shelley was already very eager to see Martin's changes when he returned.
Once the elevator doors closed, she went back to her office to see the
additional data that had shown up on her computer screen while she spoke
to Martin, a result of the information she had entered into the
Sisterhood's search engine.
According to the Sisterhood data, Martin Gaines...who would have checked
out as a legitimate employee of the Chicago Tribune had she researched
through the online database of the Tribune itself...was indeed a
government agent.
Specifically, a CIA operative named Leland Hall.
As per the instructions she was given, Shelley's next stop was Rita's
office, where she dutifully explained the whole encounter. She noticed
that there was a website for the business Vije Nastassje owned and
operated on the debutante's computer screen.
Whereas Rita had a somewhat troubled look on her face when Shelley
initially came in, her expression softened, and then blossomed into a
full, satisfied smile by the time her Junior Executive was done
explaining what had happened with agent Hall.
Rita leaned forward, her eyes locked on Shelley's. "Well done," the
debutante satisfyingly cooed. "Well done, indeed."
* * *
"Agent Hall has gone dark."
CIA Operative Marion Briggs had the grave task of reporting to her boss,
Denton Lowenthal, regarding the disappearance of Leland Hall. She could
see the color draining from Denton's face once she made her report.
"Goddamn it," Denton griped. "I told him...I warned him...that stepping
within the Bullchester grounds would be hazardous for a guy like him. I
need to make it clear that from now on, Bullchester is totally off
limits to male operatives. If they're assigned to the Bullchester case,
they need to work outside of its borders!"
"You may need to widen the radius if you do that, Director," Marion
calmly advised.
"Or just pull them out and replace them with genetically female
operatives," Denton added.
"That may be a hazardous move, too, which is why I have been
particularly cautious," Marion noted. "In my own research, there are
women who have been dosed and compromised. It's not just about men, sir.
It's about anyone who stands in their way. Male, female, even the
young."
Denton rubbed at his eyes irritably. "I know you're okay, but...everyone
else checked in?"
"Yes, sir," Marion assured. "All the other agents are just fine. No
compromises. We're blending in very carefully. We move in, find out what
we can, and then retreat to hotels outside of the city's borders. I
should note that two of them, not counting Leland, are men."
"Who will be re-assigned as of right now," Denton remarked. "I'll find
replacements ASAP."
"Uh, Director...one of them is at Bottom of the 9th," Marion reminded.
"Didn't you want him there no matter what happens?"
At first, Denton looked confused, but it then hit him. "Ohhh, shit,
that's right. Ray Mulkey. 'Mr. Headstrong'. Yeah...there's no pulling
him out of there, eh?"
"I'm sure you remember his words," Marion mused. ""I'd fight them even
if they gave me tits and ass'. He'd really despise you if you pulled him
out of there, boss."
Denton shook his head resolutely. "I should take him out of there
anyway."
"Might be a bad idea by now, Director," Marion warily noted. "Granted,
the Sisterhood hasn't done anything to the place just yet, but...if you
pull Ray, suspicions might be raised."
Denton sighed. "I just hope he's got the iron will he keeps insisting he
has."
"According to his psychiatric evaluation, I'd say so, sir," Marion
responded. "I think even the Sisterhood would find a stubborn mentality
like his a tough nut to crack."
The CIA Director raised an eyebrow. "You make him sound like Rambo. He's
only human, Marion. Not like he can't ever fuck up."
"Well, if you don't mind my being so cruelly blunt, Director..." Marion
remarked. "...Ray might not be as sloppy as Leland was."
"I certainly hope you, Marion Briggs, are not as sloppy as Leland." The
Director leaned forward, keeping his eyes on Marion's. "because I'm
having you take over as the alpha of Bullchester operations."
Marion sighed, her head dropping a bit. "I was afraid of that." When she
raised her head back up, she had a look of determination on her face. "I
won't let you down, Director."
"Have you heard anything from our, uh, silent partner?" Denton then
asked. "Who, as I understand it, is your domme?"
Marion smirked. "Nope. Haven't heard from Maggie since last we spoke,
although I believe she should be back in Bullchester by now."
Denton nodded. "See if you can find her. That's all for now, Marion.
Thank you."
Nodding once, Marion turned and stepped out of the office, leaving the
Director alone in his office once again as his thoughts turned to Leland
Hall.
I warned you, dammit. I WARNED you. He thought to himself as he opened
Leland's file, gazing upon the picture of a good man...a family man,
with a wife and two sons well into their adolescence...who Denton had
known since going through Military School. Leland was always trim.
Always dapper. An ace when it came to Officer's training, and always
eager to take risks.
He shuddered at the thought of what the Sisterhood might turn him into
now that he had been compromised.
* * *
When Ruth Portnoy arrived in Bullchester with her son, it was her hope
that they could start a new life in a neighborhood that had been making
headlines over its consistently low crime rate, and its impressive
quality of life standards.
She did not expect, however, to be caught up in the heavily-veiled
conspiracy that was so vigorously kept from the public eye. One minute,
Ruth was a woman in her late 50s, recovering from a borderline abusive
relationship with her misogynistic husband, Brock, who had died shortly
after their divorce.
The next, she had been convinced by the Sisterhood's ever-scheming
debutantes to receive a makeover at the infamous Butterfly Salon, and
that was where everything changed. She was quite literally, as per the
Sisterhood's designs...or rather, the designs of her cousin, Celeste
Richards...to go from Brock Portnoy's frying pan, to the fire that one
Demetrius Konstantinos represented.
Konstantinos had secrets of his own, as it turned out, and it nearly
compromised the Sisterhood's plans. He had been attempting to establish
a Human Trafficking ring within Bullchester, and Celeste was setting
Ruth up to become his wife.
It was Ruth Portnoy, however, who effectively became a hero when she
surrendered herself to federal agents, and provided them with all the
help they needed to track down and bring Konstantinos and his
Trafficking operation to a permanent end. Several women from around the
world who had been captured were freed when the operation was over, and
Demetrius himself was dead. Killed in a wild shootout with well-armed
federal agents.
For her part in the operation, Ruth Portnoy entered into the Witness
Protection program, but there was a price to pay. She could no longer
see her son, who was still in Bullchester.
Through the deceptive and vengeful machinations of Rita Noble, however,
Timothy had become a she-male, and then a full woman with the aid of
Maggie Katzhoff. Ruth had even been conditioned by the Sisterhood to
take Tamara back into her life, but more as her personal maid than as a
family relation. Rita had even tried to condition Tamara to accept the
crafty debutante as her new mother.
Tamara had shared this last bit with Ruth during a phone conversation
they had during Tamara's time in Kansas alongside Larry Hanel. This bit
was particularly upsetting to Ruth. Her spite for Rita grew
significantly, and she was thankful that this damage to Tamara's psyche
had been reversed through an intervention engineered by Grace Lees.
So as far as Ruth knew, she considered Maggie Katzhoff, Larry Hanel, and
Grace Lees, thus far, to be allies.
Being forced to stay away from her own offspring, however, was beginning
to wear on Ruth's patience. Through the radical sciences of the
Sisterhood, she had become much younger in appearance...now looking more
like someone in her mid to late 30s...and that was something the federal
agents protecting her would be unable to reverse.
As a younger woman, she now had a more calculating mind, and she had
been building on a plan to be able to escape her forced seclusion. Her
private moments were spent working out the best possible times to
discreetly slip away and head for a Kansas airport. Ruth didn't know why
they wanted to keep her in hiding in the wake of the death of
Konstantinos. She figured it might have had something to do with her
involvement in Bullchester affairs.
They only told her it was a "CIA thing".
Ruth realized, however, that if she did manage to successfully escape
seclusion, she'd never get it back. She'd be effectively throwing
herself to the Sisterhood wolves. There would be no second chances, in
the words of the federal agents explaining the terms. This in itself was
a sobering thought which typically caused her to doubt her recurring
notions of abandoning the Witness Protection program.
The agents charged with taking care of Ruth stuck to a routine, which
they followed to the letter. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Make sure she
honors a curfew, and if she needed to shop, it required that a pair of
agents chaperone her.
One morning, however, it was unusually quiet in Ruth's room around the
time when they expected her to awaken and begin her morning ritual.
There were times, however, when Ruth slept later than she usually did,
and there was never really an issue with this. Agents listening in would
be treated to the sound of soft, peaceful breathing, effectively
betraying Ruth's presence behind the closed door of her room.
But when the agent assigned to Ruth listened at the door, it was quiet.
Far too quiet.
Having a copy of a key to her locked door, the agent opened it up so he
could check on her...
...and upon looking into the room to check on Ruth's presence, the agent
immediately pulled out his smartphone and tapped a contact.
"Code Red! Code Red!" the agent urgently exclaimed. "Ruth Portnoy is
gone!"
* * *
Your name is Leigh Krystal.
Your mind is female.
You are a flirtatious, sassy, and carefree Feetham's dropout.
You felt you were too smart for school, and you wanted to make your own
way in life.
You are a bisexual nymphomaniac who likes dressing colorfully and
flirtatiously.
You have a habit for exposing your navel at all times. You always keep
it clean.
You always like to smell nice. Wearing perfume at all times is one of
your habits.
You are a vegetarian.
You crave bigger breasts.
You want a large ass.
You have always wanted to work at the Mistresses lingerie store.
Your every gesture and posture screams femininity.
You know who and what you used to be, but this memory will slowly
diminish over time.
Your memories of your previous life will permanently disappear when
Leigh Krystal has sex for the first time.
Your best friend is Hayley McKinley. She always gives you the best
advice in the world. You never refuse her.
You aspire to the life of a 'cougar'.
You are a mallrat whenever you have money to spend.
You are indebted to the debutantes of Bullchester. Your loyalty to them
is absolute, yet you never wish to be a debutante yourself.
You prefer a succession of small, part-time jobs to permanent employment
unless you can win yourself a job at Mistresses.
You want to know everything there is to know about lingerie so you can
win that job.
You have no memory of your mother and your father. You were adopted by
hedonists who abandoned you in Bullchester.
You have no wife and no children. You never married.
You do not work for the United States Government. You never will.
You will never leave Bullchester. It is the only place that you have
ever wanted to live in.
You are completely submissive by personal preference.
Subtle, but powerful machine tones locked this radical, life-altering
onslaught of suggestions into the compromised mind of Leland Hall as his
body was given succinctly feminine modifications within the dermis
machine at the Butterfly Salon. He had been intercepted, during his
impromptu shopping trip, by Hayley McKinley who had guided him to
storefronts where he had purchased his current outfit. The casual male
outfit Leland wore as Martin Gaines had been placed in his shopping bag,
as they permitted him to wear the clothes he had purchased when it was
time for Leland to go to the Salon.
He now wore a brand new lavender blouse, which was partially buttoned.
The lower portion of this blouse was tied above the navel. New pink
denim jeans now covered his legs, and banana-colored feminine sandals
now adorned his bare feet.
Paralyzingly nervous over how strange he perceived himself to look in
his crossdressed state, it was Hayley who had proposed the means to make
himself look better. This was the lure that brought him into the Salon.
The application of a DNA-matched tear duct reinforced Hayley's
suggestions, making Leland all the more agreeable beyond his initial
hesitations.
Assigning Hayley to subjugate Leland was a hasty decision on the part of
the Sisterhood, of course, as he was a fresh find and he needed to be
dealt with quickly. But Hayley...the biological mother of the young man
that the Lady Rosemary Dolan used to be...didn't mind at all. She loved
hopelessly dissolving a man into femininity, and Leland's visible
confusions prior to stepping into the dermis machine were highly amusing
for her to witness.
When Leland Hall had so nervously entered the dermis machine, there was
nothing remotely feminine about his hairy, lightly-toned body. He had
slimmed down some from his days in Military School, so there was not
much in the way of muscle tone to diminish. His last performance
evaluation asserted that Leland had enough of a physical build for him
to be able to perform his job as a CIA field agent.
Once the secure door of the dermis machine opened at the end of the
life-altering process, however, his now totally smooth and hairless body
was even slimmer, with evidence of adolescent, feminine curvature at the
hips, and his newly-grown B-cup bust.
He looked younger, too. By about ten years.
The worst part was that, by virtue of his conditioning, he would know
who and what he used to be, which would make his discovery all the more
shocking.
Leland's first instinct was to obviously look down at himself. His mouth
hung open in his shock as he gazed upon his now baby-smooth skin, and
the small, soft mounds that had replaced his masculine pectorals.
He also noticed that the size of his penis had diminished significantly.
In fact, it could best be described as tiny, with a small patch of brown
hair above it.
"All finished, Leigh!" a grinning Donna announced as Leland slowly and
nervously sat up. "Told you it wouldn't hurt."
"H-hhhow..." He stopped to clear his throat. "...how..." Another attempt
to clear his throat. "...how...." He had to give up. There was no way he
could make his softened voice sound lower than the feminine pitch he had
apparently been given. "...how is it...that..."
A hand went to his throat as his eyes widened in his complete disbelief.
"Come on, Leigh. You don't want to keep your best friend waiting!" Donna
noted as she assisted in the removal of her thoroughly feminized subject
from the machine bed.
"Ohhh...my...mmmmy friend?" He made the mental leap to a man's face.
"Uh-huh!" Donna chirped. "You do know who your friend is, don't you?"
"Yes. It's...Daily Muh-Lowley..." Wait, that wasn't the name, was it?
His mind struggled. "...no...it's Hayley...no, no..." He lightly slapped
the sides of his head in his struggle to remember. "...H-Hayley...?
Hayley Kin...McKin..." The name didn't go with the memory of the man's
face. How did this man manifest in his mind to begin with?
"Yes, yes...Hayley is waiting right outside for you," Donna assured as
she guided him over to the dressing room so he could get back into his
new clothes. "Don't keep that saucy debutante waiting too long!"
Once he was back in the stall Donna put his feminine clothes in, Leland
continued to struggle with his own thoughts. "Hayley...that's not his
name...that's not a 'he'...Goddess..." He blinked. He meant to say
'God'! "...God-dess..." The full word practically forced itself from his
mouth every time he tried. "...Goddess...who is this man??" he whispered
fretfully, holding his head. "Hayley...m-maybe she knows...I need..." He
began to pull on the pink underwear...the soft bra, and matching
panties...he had purchased with Hayley's help. "...I need to see
her...Goddess, my voice..."
Without even thinking, he had tied the bottom portion of the lavender
blouse at a spot above his navel, which his fingers momentarily stroked
gently at without even thinking about it.
Peripheral vision caught sight of someone next to him in the privacy of
the dressing stall...but this turned out to be his own reflection. When
he saw what his face now looked like, his eyes once again widened with
shock.
He saw that his lips looked a little more defined, and his normally
short, well-combed hair...which he always had shaved at the sides...was
now a full, unkempt mullet. It was still as dark brown as it was when he
was a man, but it definitely needed styling.
Running a hand through it, it definitely felt soft and smooth. The
curvature of his face was visibly very different. Much more effeminate
now. The five o' clock shadow he had coming into the mall was now gone,
and his brows were a bit thinner.
He also saw that he was casually standing in an effeminate posture. One
knee was slightly bent.
What have they done to me...? Leland's diminished male id lamented.
"Hayley..." He pulled on the pink denim jeans. "...gotta talk...to
Hayley..." Once his feet went back into the banana-colored sandals, he
stepped back out of the dressing room.
The smiling, ever-flirtatious face of Hayley McKinley gazed back at him
once he stepped out of the stall. Donna, who was also smiling, stood
next to her.
"Hayley...!" A reflex compelled Leland to rush into her waiting arms,
and his feminine arms wrapped her in a soft embrace. "Goddess...I feel
so strange! My voice...what's going on?"
"Now, now, Leigh dear...it's oooo-kay." The debutante patted the
feminized, younger-looking man on the back. "It's all over. Hey...it
wasn't that bad, was it?"
"But I don't...understand..." Leland lamented. "...I have a man in my
head...I'm...trying to figure out...how he got there...who he is..."
Hayley pulled back a bit and placed her hands gently on both sides of
Leland's head. "Do you know who you are?"
Leland frowned. "Yes...I-I'm...Leelee...Lee...Lee...Krystal...?" His
dainty hands went to his head as his mind once again struggled. "Leigh
Krysthall...Leigh Krystall...Krystal..."
Hayley feigned distress. "Leigh Krystal, Leigh Krystal...wherefore art
thou Leigh Krystal? Oh, Krystal, Krystal, Krystal!"
"Ssstop iiiit!" Leigh whined, giving Hayley a light, girlish slap on her
shoulder over her teasing. The debutante couldn't help but giggle over
her own mirth. Leigh, however, kept pouting.
"Here." Hayley tapped an area beneath her right ear. "Smell it."
The scent she breathed in was very, very sweet, and very inviting. It
was a scent Leigh wanted to be able to smell like.
"Like it?" Hayley asked.
Leigh nodded. "Where'd you get it?"
"It's not that expensive..." The fingers of Hayley's hands then gently
pulled up bunches of her hair in emphasis of her words. "...but your
hair looks like shit, Leigh. You should get it styled. I know the
perfect look for you. Do you trust me?"
"A-always." The word seemed to come out of Leigh's mouth unconsciously.
"Then follow me, smarty-pants," Hayley tugged upon Leigh's arm, guiding
the former government agent towards the Salon's hair care area. "You
should throw in a full manicure while you're at it. Fingers, and toes.
Give them a really fruity color. Then we'll see about having you smell
like your saucy ol' BFF."
When the stylist was finished with her work about an hour later, Leigh's
head was buried in a hair drying machine. As Leigh waited, a soft voice
was heard as the machine tones once again opened his mind, making it
susceptible to suggestions.
And once again, the life of the horny, carefree young woman he was
doomed to become was much more inescapably reinforced.
* * *
Getting up in the morning proved to be more of a challenge for Kelly
Sherman.
A consistent bit of light, but stressed panting accompanied Kelly's
daily routine on this particular day, as her body was now distinctly
pear-shaped. She now had a larger gut, and wider hips.
Such was a consequence of Leonard Hardcastle feeding her a lot of
calorie-heavy food...mostly of the fast food variety...over the past few
days.
She could hear both prototypes discreetly giggling and whispering
unflattering statements to each other about Kelly as she vacuumed the
rugs. The black and white maid outfit she wore was now very tight on her
body, and she worried that it would rip as she worked.
As she concentrated on her tasks, she suddenly heard a loud voice
directly behind her. "Soooo-EEEEEEE!!"
Kelly gasped aloud with the sudden shock of the prototype's unexpected
scare tactic. When she turned around, she saw Prototype A hurrying back
over to B, giggling cruelly over the larger, resident maid's reaction.
Before Kelly could say anything, however, Evangeline Pierson hurried
into the room angrily, her eyes on the two feminized maid trainees.
"Prototypes, STOP!" She commanded.
Their bullying giggling immediately ceased as both feminized males
snapped to attention, standing straight up with their feet together,
facing Evangeline. Thankful that they were getting another rebuke, Kelly
turned away and went back to her work.
"Kelly, STOP," Evangeline then commanded. "Stand beside me. NOW."
Swallowing hard, Kelly turned off the vacuum cleaner she had been using
and stepped meekly over to the domme, posturing herself as she had been
instructed to. Hands knitted together at waist level, and standing
straight and tall with both feet together.
"Prototypes. Stand behind the couch," Evangeline sternly instructed.
"Keep your eyes forward."
As they complied, Kelly noticed that Evangeline was holding a riding
crop in her right hand. What would happen next seemed obvious to the
larger maid.
Why Evangeline had called Kelly over, however, was what confused the
former fraudster.
"Prototypes, put your hands on the back edge of the couch and bend
over," the tall domme next commanded. "I want to see those pathetic
asses of yours sticking out behind you."
Both trainees resisted the urge to sigh irritably as they did as they
were instructed, pushing out their posteriors as they bent down at the
waist.
The tall blond woman then turned to the house maid, gazing right into
her eyes as she spoke her next command. "Kelly, pull down their
panties."
Prototype A had the idea, at that moment, to break wind when Kelly
pulled down his lavender-colored panties, but he knew that would only
make things worse for him. Both prototypes felt a coolness at their
crotches as the thin, soft material covering their diminished privates
was pulled down, one person at a time. First the lavender panties, and
then the banana yellow-colored material Prototype B wore.
Stepping back over to Evangeline, and getting into her posture, the
taller woman then handed Kelly the black riding crop. "Which one of
these two was bothering you just now?"
Kelly indicated Prototype A with the riding crop. "That one, Miss
Pierson."
Evangeline nodded. "Start with A, then, maid. I want you to strike that
skinny ass as hard as you can." She turned her head to the prototypes.
"If either of you break wind, I promise that you're both going to regret
it."
Stepping timidly over to Prototype A's exposed posterior, Kelly took a
moment, and then glanced to Evangeline.
"Do it," the taller woman firmly commanded.
Kelly reared back the riding crop, and then gave A's tush as hard a swat
as she could. As a lot of her strength was diminished in the treatment
she had been given in his feminization, the swat looked barely
significant.
Evangeline glared at Kelly. "Again. Harder."
Prototype A shook his head, apparently disappointed with the effort.
Frowning, Kelly summoned up a little more nerve...
...and once again swatted A's butt in a fairly pathetic manner.
Evangeline's hands went to her waist. "If you can't properly punish this
prototype, I will never again intervene the next time they bully you
around. Now tan this bitch's hide with that crop, Kelly. Don't make me
show you how to do it!"
As Kelly once again turned to A, Evangeline stepped behind her maid and
spoke quietly into her ear. "Think of everything you had gone through up
to this moment. Think of the people who made you less of a man. Imagine
them in front of you right now. They, who had the nerve to make you
nothing more than a meek, pathetic little girlyman."
Sure enough, a more angry expression was now on Kelly's face as she
reared back...
...and inflicted a loud, solid, and vicious-sounding snap upon A's
posterior. This finally caused the trainee to let out a grunt. "Hey!
That hurt!"
Kelly once again snapped the crop against A's buttflesh. Harder this
time. The surprised prototype let out a groan from the stinging pain.
WHAP! Another cry of pain. Prototype A's eyes squinted shut now. WHAP!
WHAP!
"COUNT them, A!" Evangeline angrily called out.
The next vicious snap caused A's eyes to water. "One..."
CRACK!
"...Two..."
CRACK!
"...Th-Three..."
"Fucking bitch!" Kelly angrily growled, once again snapping the crop
upon A's ass.
"...Four..."
Kelly then laid down a series of furious strikes upon A's butt in rapid
succession, flashing her teeth in anger as she did so. She never gave A
the chance to count them.
Evangeline just grinned, seeing her thicker maid develop a mean streak.
The tall domina eventually had Kelly stop. She then walked over to A,
who was panting in exhaustion, and wincing over the white-hot agony at
his butt.
"I hope you were counting, A," Evangeline calmly asked the brown-skinned
maid trainee. "How many strikes was that?"
Naturally, A was in such pain that he could hardly recollect how many
times his posterior had been hit. Evidence of red welts could be seen
upon the brown flesh.
"Please, Miss Pierson..." A whimpered. "...he...he hit me so many damn
times..."
"Twenty-six, Miss Pierson."
Evangeline turned to see Walda, looking particularly slutty with her
hair hanging down one side of her head, wearing a flesh-colored bra and
panties, and a long, gauzy, purple fur-lined robe, and nothing else. The
former science aspirant fetchingly laid against one edge of a nearby
doorway, grinning provocatively.
A slight smile was on Evangeline's lips as she turned back to Prototype
A. "And she wasn't...even...watching."
She then inflicted a viciously-laid, bare-handed slap to A's butt,
causing him to howl girlishly. Tears fell from his eyes as he squinted
with the pain, gritting his teeth.
The entire time, Prototype B dreaded his turn, which he knew was
impending. He hoped that he would be let off with a warning...
...but the stinging swat of a riding crop at his pale ass, which came
without warning, dictated otherwise. "One!" B cried out.
Kelly once again inflicted a rapid-fire series of painful snaps with the
crop. B tried desperately to hold to his concentration through the
stinging pain that was exacerbating with every strike.
"...ffff-fifffteen..." B managed to report.
Kelly raised the crop again, but Evangeline raised her hand and gestured
for her maid to lower the black leather fetish implement. Kelly
complied.
"I hope you have learned your lesson, you simpering sissies," Evangeline
scolded. "If I catch you bullying Kelly around, or if I find out you
have been bullying her, I will make you both bleed from the welts I give
you. Now stand up straight."
It was easier for B to obey this command compared to A. He was still
wincing from the terrible pain at his posterior as Evangeline stepped in
front of her prototypes.
"You are one week away from earning your new names," Evangeline
reminded. "You had better be on your best behavior during that time, or
the names you get will not be flattering, and the mistresses you're
assigned to will be advised of your...flaws. Are we clear?"
"Yes, Miss Pierson," they both answered in unison, their stressed voices
reflecting the pain they were both feeling at their asses.
"Hey, fattie!" Walda called out. "You didn't get around to my room yet."
"I just need to finish up in the Living Room, Miss Walda," Kelly replied
before going right back to work.
Prototype B's eyes widened in disbelief. "Wait a minute...how come WALDA
isn't being punished?? She called Kelly 'fattie'!"
Evangeline smirked, and then glanced to Kelly.
The plus-sized maid just shrugged, smiling. "She's a friend. I don't
mind."
The tall domina's eyes returned to the prototypes. "Get back to your
training...and this time, show Kelly a little more respect.
Remember...she's the one who gave you those welts."
With that, Evangeline disappeared into the kitchen once more.
The prototypes looked to each other, still nursing their stinging
posteriors, and then their gazes turned to Kelly.
When the former fraudster glanced back to them, a slight smile was on
her lips. "What? Did you want more punishment?"
Without another word, the prototypes resumed their sewing exercises as
the vacuum cleaner Kelly was still using whined to life once again.
In the kitchen, Evangeline was tapping out notes on her tablet using a
Bluetooth-based keyboard. Both the tablet and the keyboard were arranged
in the sturdy case in a manner that made it look like a mini-laptop.
WordProc was engaged, and Evangeline was updating her evaluation notes
regarding Prototypes A and B.
Among the notes she made were the following options...
Proto A = Dermis Machine(Age Progression), Weight Gain
Proto B = Dermis, Behavioral Modification, Victorian(?)
* * *
In a city like Bullchester, a woman walking around in a latex fetish
mask was not the most unusual thing...and even if it wasn't, a woman
like the Mistress Voce didn't care.
Having fed and secured her two captive spies where she had placed them,
she drove over to Dr. Drake's plastic surgery clinic, seeing as how
there was someone she needed to visit there.
She ignored the people in the clinic, which was across the street from
Feetham's, who had looked up in the waiting room to stare at her masked
appearance. Stepping right up to the woman at the desk, she flashed a
cordial smile. "Good afternoon. Isabel Voce," She then asked about the
person she had wanted to visit.
It took a moment for the woman to answer when she saw how Voce looked,
but she managed a reply. "Oh, uhh...yes. Down that hall, third door on
the left."
Thin heels clacked upon the floor as the latex-clad mistress made her
way to the indicated door, and twisted the knob. She then pushed it
open, seeing the person in the room resting on the bed.
The room was quiet, and with the exception of the eyes and the mouth,
the woman's head was wrapped up in tan-colored bandages. Her head was
practically mummified. Steady breathing could be heard at her mouth.
After locking the door to the room behind her, Voce smiled as she
stepped over to the recovery bed, standing next to it.
The eyes of the woman on the bed slowly opened, blinking a couple of
times. They then turned to her black-masked visitor, who took one of the
patient's hands in her own and affectionately squeezed it.
The patient's eyes squinted, as if trying to make out who this person
was.
Gently putting the patient's hand back down beside her, Voce's hands
went to the bottom edge of the latex mask. Pulling it up, the mask...and
the long, fake topknot of black hair...slipped off of her sweat-soaked
head.
The patient's eyes widened when she saw the woman's face.
Voce...who had now revealed herself to be Maggie Katzhoff...flashed a
giddy grin. "Hi, Tamara."
Tamara Portnoy's hand came up to try and touch the raven-haired woman's
face, and Maggie rubbed the side of her face against the hand as if she
were a cat showing affection for its owner. Maggie quietly, playfully
emulated a cat's purr as Tamara gently rubbed at her friend's face.
She then wrapped her lips around Tamara's middle finger and began
sucking upon it. Tamara's eyes rolled as Maggie pulled away, giggling.
Just as Tamara began to try and speak, Maggie quickly put a hand over
her mouth. "Don't talk, Tambo. I can't stay very long anyway...but I
wanted to let you know that I'm back in town. If anyone asks, you were
visited by a woman named Isabel Voce, a domina from outside of
Bullchester. Okay? Just nod, or shake your head."
Tamara nodded.
"Sooo...sculpted cheekbones and a new nose, eh?" Maggie mused, rubbing
gently at Tamara's shoulder. "If I knew better, I'd say you actually
wanted to be Rita's slut...but I know my Tambo better. It's tactics,
isn't it?"
Tamara nodded once again.
"Yeah. I figured as much." Maggie looked thoughtful now. Mentioning Rita
brought a conversation she had with Jemima Poulson to mind. About
something Tamara was not aware of.
Should I tell her? Maggie wondered to herself. Should I confess?
After a long moment of thoughtful silence, Tamara waved a hand to try
and get Maggie's attention. She then tilted her heavily-bandaged head to
the side in an expression of curiosity.
Maggie gazed back at her for a long and quiet moment before she spoke.
"Tamara..." She swallowed hard, fearing that a rift would form between
them, but felt compelled to tell her anyway, despite the risks.
"...there's...something I've been...hesitant...to tell you. Remember
when I managed to get you away from Rita Noble the first time she tried
to bring you into Rubie's Mall?"
Tamara nodded.
"Well...when you went back to her, I...I had to let her do what she did
to you," Maggie regretfully remarked. "I had to let her feminize you."
Tamara's eyes widened, and she whispered a single word, "Why?"
Maggie sighed, feeling the sting of Tamara's unexpected, one-word
inquiry. "Tactics, Tamara. I knew she'd keep coming after you until she
got what she wanted if I did intervene a second time. I'm sure Rita
still wants to make a sex toy out of you, and I'm also sure you know by
now that debutantes of the Sisterhood...people like Rita...are
determined to get what they want. You know I wouldn't let her take you
that far though, right?"
Tamara nodded slowly.
Maggie hung her head shamefully. "I hope you can forgive me, Tamara.
I'll...understand if you don't."
Tamara stared forward after a moment of thought. She then whispered two
words, still staring forward.
"I do."
Maggie's response surprised even herself.
She burst into tears, sobbing quietly. How could she? Maggie wondered as
she covered her face with one hand. How could she forgive me for
allowing Rita to rob him of his masculinity?
Tamara just gazed at Maggie as she sobbed. This was something the former
boy did not expect to see at all. She made a mental note to find a way
to explain her justifications.
For the moment, she kept quiet.
The raven-haired Devil of Bullchester rose to her feet and slipped her
latex mask back on. "I have to go, Tamara, but...I promise I'll see you
again. Then we can...you know...pick up on this."
Tamara raised both hands and formed a heart shape with them. Holding
back another sobbing fit, Maggie responded with a smile before rising,
unlocking the room door, and leaving.
On a hunch, the Mistress Voce scanned the doors of the other rooms,
looking through their windows. One of the faces she saw sleeping in the
beds made her stop.
Lingering her gaze on the patient, who had bandages wrapped around an
apparently larger chest, was none other than Jemima Poulson.
She was fast asleep, though. The movement within her eyelids indicated
that Jemima was definitely dreaming.
With a slight, thoughtful smile on her face, the latex-clad visitor
hurried out of the clinic.
* * *
"Svegliati."
The deep voice was unmistakable, and Jeremy Poulson had not heard it
since his adventures in Venice.
Yet, when he opened his eyes, there he was.
Enrico Ventimiglia, the muscular carabineri with the bushy mustache that
he had fallen in love with, and had spent some time with. Time he
considered romantic.
He had no clothes on at all. His hard, broad-chested body was in the
buff as he stared down at Jeremy.
Although Jeremy's own skinny, naked body was once again as flat-chested
as he was before the semen-infused coffee of Mayoress Stroud had changed
him, he couldn't stop staring into the eyes of this larger man, who
pulled him out of his bed and into his huge, waiting arms.
"H-how did you..." Jeremy stopped to clear his throat. His voice was
higher than usual. "...how did..." Another clearing of his throat. His
voice remained high. "...how did you...you..."
Enrico tenderly rubbed and caressed at Jeremy's curly brown hair. The
shoulder-length, drab-colored hair he had before he had gotten his first
feminine hairstyle.
Jeremy couldn't stop staring back at the strong Italian man. He was
breathing shaky breaths as Enrico continued to hold his bare body close.
Enrico's lips slowly moved towards Jeremy's. The curly-haired young man
felt timid and weak in the arms of the carabineri. The scent of his body
made Jeremy very excited despite his hesitation. "Wait...w-what are
you...I..."
"Baciami," Enrico calmly intoned.
The Italian man's lips lightly, and teasingly, brushed at Jeremy's. By
now, Enrico's scent was making him light-headed. His eyes narrowed.
Jeremy then pressed his lips against Enrico's, moaning passionately.
The young man then wrapped his arms around the carabineri, and then
wrapped his legs around his waist. Enrico brought his arms beneath
Jeremy's posterior, effortlessly lifting him up as they continued
kissing deeply.
Still carrying Jeremy, Enrico then stepped out of the young man's
bedroom at the clinic. Out in the hall, the carabineri pressed Jeremy
against a wall as they continued to passionately kiss. Enrico's hands
rubbed vigorously at Jeremy's warm butt, while the young man's right
hand rubbed at Enrico's hair, and his left rubbed around his bare,
strong back.
Jeremy's moans were unmistakably feminine.
* * *
"Mmmmmh...mmmm, Enrico..." the young patient lustily purred.
"...baciammmmiiiiii..."
"Miss Poulson??" She felt a hand slapping at her cheek, breaking the
wonderful nocturnal visions up. "Hello?? Miss Poulson?"
Jemima finally blinked her eyes as she writhed, "...uuuhhh...h-huh?
Wha...?"
Dr. Parker Drake smirked. "You were dreaming, Miss Poulson. Must have
been one hell of a dream, too. Good thing your stitches are healed up,
or you would have torn some skin tissue."
The memories finally came back to him. Maggie Katzhoff scheduling work
with Parker Drake, and going to the clinic to have the actual sex change
work done. The raven-haired woman managed to convince Julia Stroud's
former secretary that abandoning his birth gender would be not only a
wise, but an advantageous move for him given his current circumstances.
"Can I...move around?" Jemima asked.
"Once the bandages are off, which is why I'm here, dear," the Doctor
replied, presenting a pair of scissors as she spoke. "I just need you to
hold still."
Jemima nodded, slipping off the hospital bed and getting to her feet.
The former boy was quiet and thoughtful as Dr. Drake began snipping
through the tan-colored bandages.
A couple of hours later, Dr. Drake had the new Jemima Poulson stand in
front of a full-length mirror.
Jemima's gaze lingered for a long and studious moment on her own
reflection, gazing upon the firm roundness of his breasts, and the
neatly-trimmed scrotal hair that was above the moist folds of her brand
new vagina.
A devious smile began to form on the former secretary's lips. She
couldn't wait to show off the new Jemima Poulson.
She couldn't wait to flaunt her sexuality, either.
XIV: Condemnations
Shelley Portnoy kept things routine as she settled into her office and
got right to work. Ever since the episode of the previous day with the
reporter Rita wanted her to deal with, things were relatively quiet.
There were no e-mails in her Inbox after she had powered up, and logged
into, her office computer and she had a few assignments to divvy out to
her subordinates, among them her own sister, Sandra.
The Junior Executive reminisced on the unexpected fun she had in
diverting the nosy reporter. All it took was a single word. Compulsion.
It seemed like a different person was speaking as she kept repeating the
word in her responses. The praise she had been given by Rita herself
felt good. Shelley wondered if anything more would come of her 'good
deed'.
The clack of a pair of heels outside of her office got louder as Shelley
worked. She figured it was Louise Basinger voguing once again for her
co-workers. She had been a habitual big spender, and for the successful
commissions she had been amassing, Louise never resisted the chance to
flaunt her excessive fortune.
Shelley figured she was going to be subjected to Louise's typically
endless stream of mind-numbing gossip. The Junior Executive's typical
way of dealing with it was to just listen, nod, and the occasional
'yeah'.
But it wasn't Louise who calmly stepped over to gently tap on the clear
glass of the door to Shelley's office with a long, pink-painted, French-
cut fingernail.
Shelley instead saw a slim young woman with a boyish hairstyle...parted
to one side, and short...with a bit of her light brown hair curled
inward just above her eyebrows. Below her thin eyebrows could be seen
banana yellow eyeshadow, and the same color could be seen at the ends of
her long eyelashes. Evidence of pink blush could be seen at her pale
cheeks, and her lips had been painted over with a sweet shade of pink.
Small gem studs sparkled at her earlobes.
An off-the-shoulder dress of pure lavender hugged her slim body, ending
at her knees, and covering her legs was a pair of pink polka-dotted
white stockings leading down to medium-heeled, banana yellow-colored
shoes.
"Can I help you?" Shelley asked as she stared at her visitor's overall
appearance, which gave off a strong, but pleasingly sweet perfume scent.
"Good morning, Miss Portnoy," the oddly familiar-looking young woman
replied. "You told me, yesterday, to come back?"
The Junior Executive initially frowned...but then, her eyes went as wide
as saucers when she realized who this person really was.
She had only yesterday called himself Martin Gaines. He was the visiting
Press agent for the Chicago Tribune that Rita wanted Shelley to divert,
only to find that the name he used was an alias for a nosy, unwise
government agent that she later discovered was with the CIA.
The agent's name was Leland Hall, and he was certainly a lot more manly
in overall appearance compared to the colorfully feminine
sweetie...holding the strap of a peach-colored pocketbook in front of
her, with both of her now slender hands...that patiently stood at her
door now.
"Yes," Shelley finally replied as she rose to her feet. "Come in, dear."
The young woman moved into the room with mincing steps as the suit-clad
Junior Executive scanned her look once again. "Wow...very nice. You must
have had quite a shopping trip yesterday, Miss...what was your name
again?"
"My name is Leigh Krystal," the visitor calmly answered.
The difference between the high, whispery voice of this woman and the
lower-pitch tones spoken by Martin Gaines/Leland Hall was definitely a
case of apples and oranges. Shelley was entirely amazed over how
thoroughly this man had been transformed over the course of a mere 24
hours.
"Do you like how I look, Miss Portnoy?" Leigh asked as she slowly
pirouetted. "I had a lot of advice from Hayley as I was shopping."
Shelley frowned in confusion. "Hayley?"
"Hayley McKinley," Leigh replied. "She's my..." She cutely giggled over
a private thought. "...she's my BFF."
The lavender dress hugging Leigh's body revealed the soft swell of a
pair of B-cup breasts, and she had a pert posterior to go with her
unmistakably feminine frame, and the posturing that went with it.
She looked less like a CIA grunt, and more like a pixie.
"Amazing," Shelley remarked upon finishing her visual appraisal. "Just
amazing."
"I know I am, but what are you?"
A new, more familiar voice was at the door now as a very provocatively-
dressed Rita Noble flashed a full grin, standing there in a posture of
her own, clearly flaunting her status and appearance as a Bullchester
debutante.
"Good morning, Madame Noble," Shelley cordially remarked.
"Good morning, Shelley, dear." Rita then turned her gaze to Leigh.
"Who's your new friend? He looks..." One of the debutante's hands traced
around the young woman's very sweet-looking face. "...oddly familiar."
"My name is Leigh Krystal," the visitor replied. "Nice to meet you,
Madame Noble. Hayley talked about you yesterday at the Mall."
"Mmmm. You're certainly showing off your ancestral DNA, dear," Rita
cooed as her hands rubbed at the swells on her chest. "Seems the women
of the Hall lineage are...generously endowed."
Leigh just blushed, now looking a bit bashful. "I guess."
"So listen, girl..." Rita kept a hand on Leigh's shoulder as she spoke.
"...are you looking for work?" She then gestured to Shelley with the
other hand. "My Senior Executive here will need a new secretary once she
moves into her new office."
Shelley's eyes widened in her surprise at these words. Rita gave Shelley
a quick glance, and a wink, before bringing her gaze back to Leigh.
Leigh also looked a little surprised, but she also looked a bit nervous
as a hand went up to nervously twirl at a lock of her hair. "I...I never
really...thought about it..."
"Don't fret, dear girl," Rita purred, stepping behind the former CIA
agent. "She won't be moving into the new office until next week. The
both of you also need to be educated in your new responsibilities. More
you than her, though, seeing as how Shelley will be a part of my
Executive Board once orientation is done. Come back tomorrow, third
floor, Room 15A. It's where we show the training video for all of our
new secretaries. You officially start working on Monday morning."
"But..." Leigh nervously admitted. "...I was...really hoping to work
someplace else, Madame Noble. That...new lingerie store in town."
"Really? Mistresses?" Rita's eyes widened as she slowly paced around to
thoughtfully stand directly in front of Leigh. "Oh, but you'll need some
job experience under your belt before you consider that kind of work,
sweetie. Just stay with us for a little while. Give the secretary's life
a try. Let Shelley be your guide. You might surprise yourself. Hayley
might even agree with me."
"Well...I still wanna work at Mistresses, but...I guess you're right
about the job experience thing," Leigh responded. "Okay."
"Maybe you could earn enough money to get yourself the kind of body
those sexy women over there has," Rita suggested, rubbing an index
finger beneath the lower swell of Leigh's right breast teasingly. "You
already have promising foundations."
Shelley stepped behind Leigh and wrapped her arms around the she-male's
waist. "Don't you feel a compulsion to work for me, Leigh?"
The former agent's eyes rapidly blinked as the trigger phrase was once
again spoken. Leigh now found the prospect of working for Shelley more
agreeable. "Y-yes, I do."
"Don't you feel a compulsion to do whatever Rita and I tell you to do?"
Shelley then asked.
Leigh nodded, staring forward as a very amused Rita Noble pushed a lock
of hair out of the former man's eyes. "Yes, I do."
"Good," Shelley cooed, still holding Leigh as she grinned. "Because I
know you and I will work very well together...and don't forget that
compulsion you have to say 'yes, Miss' when I tell you to do something
for me, and when Rita Noble tells you to do something for her, you say
'yes, Madame Noble', because that would make me very happy."
"Yes, Miss," Leigh calmly replied.
Rita pressed herself against the former agent as she stared right into
her eyes. "Good girl," She then rubbed a hand between Leigh's legs,
feeling a diminished, tiny organ there as the debutante alluringly
purred. "That's all you'll ever be from now on, you silly little sissy."
"Yes, Madame Noble," Leigh replied.
Shelley spoke right into Leigh's ear. "Mmmm, you have such a strong
compulsion to be a sweet-smelling sissy girl at all times. Morning,
noon, and night."
Leigh's eyes blinked a few times. "Yes, Miss."
"Go and fetch us both some coffee, sissy girl," Rita cooed. "Ask one of
the office girls to show you where the coffee brewer is."
"Yes, Madame Noble." And off Leigh went, dutifully stepping out of the
office to comply with the debutante's request.
Shelley looked to her boss. "Did you...mean what you said? I mean, about
me being..."
"Of course I did, Shelley dear," Rita interjected, smiling. "You will
have a seat available to you for our Executive meetings, which are once
a week unless circumstances require the need for an emergency meeting.
Once you've finished orientation as a Senior Executive, we can talk
about giving your sister less menial work."
Shelley found it difficult to contain her excitement, but she maintained
her calm demeanor. "Thank you for this, Madame Noble. I promise, I won't
let you down."
Rita nodded, smiling. "Our next meeting is next week. We'll be talking
about the pros and the cons of a merger with Karelian Cosmetics."
"Karelian Cosmetics?" Shelley frowned. "That's...the business that
belongs to Vije Nastassje, right?"
Rita nodded once again. "Correct."
This made Shelley justifiably curious. She knew Karelian Cosmetics was a
potent business force in European countries. Their only connection, up
until now, was as a supplier of the mysterious skin treatment that made
it look like a plastic sheen.
Now, however, the word 'merger' was dropped, and merging Loris with
Karelian had all the potential in the world to make the dominant faction
stronger than ever.
But Shelley had to wonder which side would become dominant. Rita's Loris
entity, or Vije's Karelian juggernaut?
* * *
"Jemima...Poulson," Larry Hanel wrote the name down on the Post-It as he
sat at his Bullchester office desk, glancing at a newly-placed picture
of Gwynn Welsh, taken at a coin-operated photo booth. "Got it, sport.
I'll be expectin' you on th' date we agreed on then. You rest up fer
now...an' be pr'pared t' work if I find yer standards good enough t' put
you on th' payroll! Have a mighty fine day now, sport!"
Larry closed the connection on his smartphone and stowed the device away
as he stared down at the name of the job applicant. A part of him still
regretted letting Tamara go, but he was at least happy that the
necessity didn't affect their friendship.
Being without a secretary made Larry's working life a little more
hectic. He would have picked out an interview date much sooner than the
one he needed to agree on since Jemima was apparently in recovery
following some intense...and apparently necessary...plastic surgery at
Parker Drake's clinic.
Grabbing his coffee mug, he rose from his seat...but a knock on his
office door intruded on his initiative. The last he checked the monitor
showing the image on the outer lobby's security camera, the lobby was
empty, so he figured this was a fresh, unannounced and unscheduled
visitor.
"Who goes there?" Larry called out.
An alluring female voice answered. "May I come in, Mr. Hanel? I was sent
by the Sisterhood."
Suspicious, Larry went to the monitor. The woman at the door had long
red hair, and looked attractively shapely in figure. As she was facing
the door, he couldn't see her face at all.
Larry settled the coffee mug back down, and lowered his butt back into
the seat. "Come on in, then."
Stepping into the office was a provocatively-dressed, red-haired woman
showing off the impressive twin valleys of her cleavage. She flashed a
pleasant smile once she closed the door behind her. She stepped towards
a seat near the desk and settled herself into it.
Larry picked up on a strangely alluring scent as the attractive woman
settled in. He felt a need to get closer, somehow. Perhaps rise from his
seat and go in front of the desk to sit upon it, just to see if the
captivating scent was stronger.
Maintaining his composure, he remained where he was despite the
gradually-building temptation.
"So...uh..." Larry began as Barbara leaned forward. "...how...can I help
you t'day, Miss...?"
"Walsh," The woman replied. "Barbara Walsh. Call me 'Miss Walsh' though.
Personal preference. I've heard a lot about you, Mr. Hanel. You are an
exceptionally talented attorney. We hold you in very high
regard...although I understand that you're awaiting news of a trial that
you have been wanting to prosecute?"
Larry's eyes switched between Barbara's face, and her cleavage, as he
listened. It suddenly occurred to him, by the sudden silence, that a
question had been asked. "Huh? Sorry, darlin'...cases, on...on m' mind."
"Buford James Thornhill," Barbara responded. "The drunken Kansas redneck
who killed your wife in Abilene. We have him, Mr. Hanel, and we're ready
to give him to you," She pulled out a handful of files from a large bag
that hung from her right shoulder. "This is everything we have on him,"
She rose up from her seat and placed the fat file on his desk.
She noticed Larry shift his body forward as Barbara got closer. When she
retreated back to her seat after handing off the file, an amused smile
was on her lips.
He wanted to be able to go through the file, as it likely contained all
the dirt Larry would need to put Buford away, but he found it hard to
concentrate given the scent that he was trying to fight off. The urge
just kept redoubling itself. After skimming through some of the files,
he looked back up to Barbara.
"Well?" She tilted her head to the side. "Aren't you going to offer me
something to drink, Larry?"
"Huh? OH...oh, yes, Miss Walsh!" Larry chuckled nervously as he rose up
to head over to his office's coffee machine. "I'm so used t' havin' a
secretary take care o' these things. I'm b'tween secretaries right now,
as y' can see..."
"So you would rather have someone other than you tend to the work you
yourself can do for your clients to make them feel more comfortable?"
Barbara asked. "Shameful. I don't think it would take away from your
work too much to personally bring a drink to your clients. You shouldn't
have your secretary do it. That's demeaning."
Larry chuckled again as he poured coffee into the empty mug. "Yes, yes,
of course," There was a bit of excitement on his face as he brought the
black coffee to...
"Cream, please," Barbara suddenly requested.
Stopping in his tracks, a bit of the coffee spilled on the ground. He
then turned around and went back to the coffee maker, pouring a bit of
milk into the cup. "Did y' want sugar with that, Miss Walsh?"
Barbara smiled. "No, thank you. Bring it here, please...and don't spill
it this time."
Capably responding to Barbara's requests made him feel oddly pleased by
now. His head felt a bit funny, but he tried to ignore it as he
carefully brought Barbara's coffee mug over to her.
"Good. Very good. Thank you." She then pointed to the coffee spill. "Now
be a good boy and clean that up. You shouldn't leave stains like that in
an office this nice."
"Oh, right. Of course, Miss Walsh," He turned to grab some wet cleaning
napkins from a plastic container near the coffee machine. "Darn clumsy
o' me..." he muttered as he lowered to a knee and cleaned up the spill.
The perk was that he was able to get a better noseful of the scent
Barbara was giving off. It made him feel like he wanted to surrender the
whole office over to the red-haired, busty woman sitting in front of his
kneeling form, and tend to her needs, if she would let him.
I know the Sisterhood warned me that I shouldn't mess with him, Barbara
thought to herself. but I can't help it. This is too delicious an
opportunity to pass up, and I refuse to be nothing more than a
messenger. Let's see how far I can take this before I can convince him
to wear panties for me, at the very least.
"Good boy. Very good boy. The Sisterhood tells me you're a very good
boy," Barbara cooed as she slipped a stockinged foot out of one of her
heeled shoes and rose the foot up in front of Larry's face. "You may
kiss my big toe."
Larry was at an impasse, at this point. Between answering to the whims
of this gorgeous woman, and resisting such a seriously unprofessional
request. He began to frown.
"I said, kiss my big toe, Laurie." Barbara's voice sounded a little more
firm now.
By now, Barbara's pheromones had affected Larry to the point where he
could hardly refuse this woman. His frown softened to a more obedient
expression, and his lips puckered.
They then, affectionately, touched upon Barbara's big toe...
...but Barbara pushed the large digit between his lips. "Suck on it,
Laurie. Show me how much you appreciate what we're doing for you."
Larry's hesitation lasted half a second before he acknowledged Barbara's
request, sucking on Barbara's toe lovingly as the Midwife watched.
"Mmmm, nice. Very nice." She leaned forward to rub at Larry's hair.
"You have a lot of powerful friends in Bullchester, Larry. Remember
this...but we're also your betters, too. We can't have you taking
advantage of us. You need to be reminded of your place in this city,
despite your being a decent man. I think you could be an even better
woman, but...I won't indulge such a notion," Pulling the toe out of his
mouth, she lifted his head up to meet her gaze, placing a finger beneath
his chin. "Unless...you want me to."
Larry just stared back at Barbara, fully lost in the allure of her
pheromones.
"You want me to," she softly repeated. "You want me to...don't
you...Laurie? Doesn't that sound like a much nicer name?"
Larry swallowed hard. His cock was getting stiff now. "Y-yes, Miss
Walsh."
Barbara closed the distance between her head and Larry's...and then
softly rubbed the moist tip of her tongue up from the bottom of Larry's
shaved chin, across his lips, and to the tip of his nose before bringing
her lips to Larry's left ear.
"You want me to," Barbara tenderly whispered. She then moved her head to
whisper in her right ear. "You want me to."
The midwife then pressed her forehead against Larry's, still speaking in
an alluring tone. "Now you behave yourself, and do your homework, like a
good girl. Study that file we gave you. Memorize every little detail. Be
ready for your trial so we can help you avenge your wife's death.
Then...if you want me to...you can call for me to come back to you.
Until then, all I did was give you this file, and then I left. You will
not remember anything else. If it comes back to me, I will deny it, and
I will make you regret betraying me."
Barbara then planted a deep kiss upon Larry's lips, lingering the smooch
for about three minutes before she pulled away. "Can I count on you to
keep our little secret, Laurie dear?"
"Yes, Miss Walsh."
The crafty midwife rose to her feet, keeping her eyes on Larry. "You
want me to," She softly spoke as she slowly walked to the office door.
"You want me to," She repeated.
And then, she disappeared behind the door, closing it behind her.
It took a good five long minutes before Larry began to recover from the
effect of Barbara's pheromones. When he realized he was still on his
knees, he shook his head vigorously to try and break the spell a little
further as he got back to his feet.
He slowly, regretfully, walked back over to his desk seat, and took a
deep breath, hoping to recover further from the unexpected effect
Barbara Walsh had on him. Damn those Sisterhood witches... Larry griped
to himself. ...I suppose it was only a matter of time before I'd get
screwed over...by...
His chain of thought was interrupted by a need to study up on the file
he had been given. Opening up the file, he began examining its contents
as thoroughly as possible.
He was somehow determined to memorize every little detail.
* * *
As the bandage wrappings still gave her access to her mouth, her eyes,
and her ears, Tamara was able to see, hear, and more importantly, eat
and drink.
Dr. Drake had recommended, however, that Tamara refrain from doing too
much talking during the recovery time, as the new nose needed a little
more time to heal and settle in. If she did need to speak, it would
logically come out sounding like she had a cold bad enough to block her
nasal passages.
Aside from the impromptu visit by Maggie Katzhoff, she didn't have any
other visitors aside from the nurse who had provided her daily meals,
but that was about to change.
Opening the door, shortly after Tamara had finished her breakfast, was a
beautifully blond woman who turned out to be another considerably
important person in her life. One whose advice the plus-sized woman had
been conditioned to trust.
"Good morning, Tamara dear," Grace Lees cordially remarked as she closed
the room door behind her. "How are you feeling?"
Tamara waved two fingers over her closed mouth, and shook her head.
"Hm? Oh, right. You can't speak too much." She tapped her nose, grinning
as she approached the bed. "Nasal thing. That's OK. Aside from the
bandages, you're looking pretty good to me."
The blond woman pulled a chair out so she could sit up close to Tamara's
recovery bed, and she then settled into it. "So I heard the Pink
Persuasions party became...a little more special than you thought, eh?
Elizabeth can't stop talking about how wonderful that night turned out
to be for her once she met you."
At the mention of Elizabeth, Tamara turned her head to Grace, looking a
little alarmed.
Grace giggled over this reaction. "Relax, Tamara. I didn't come here to
tell you to stay away from her. Far from it. In fact, the two of you do
have some things in common. Did she tell you who she used to be?"
Tamara nodded.
"She did? Interesting. She usually doesn't open her past up to strangers
that easily," Grace mused. "Eddie was just coming back from going to
school when he saw that his parents were, well, different. I'll never
forget the way he looked when he stepped out of that car with Ivan. Long
blond hair, pert little breasts...he turned that she-male into a
quivering pile of lust that night. I'm happy her life turned around the
way it did. I thought I'd never see her again after she moved out of the
country."
"Why?" Tamara whispered, knowing that the word would not get in the way
of her healing nose.
Grace tilted her head. "You mean...why did I do it?"
Tamara nodded.
"The whims and the urges of a younger me, I guess," Grace answered. "By
his own admission years later, Eddie was a layabout. The kind of kid who
would have taken advantage of his family's charity. After what we had
done to his mother and father, you would think that he would have tried
to get out of his situation and get help from outside of Bullchester.
Hey...I had to do something with him. It was...business."
Tamara sighed, nodding in acknowledgement.
Grace thoughtfully kept her eyes on Tamara's. "You know...it's your face
that's healing, not your body. Sit at the side of your bed."
After a moment, Tamara slowly swung her legs to the side of the bed and
maneuvered herself to a sitting position. Grace modified her own
positioning to sit directly in front of the plus-sized secretary.
Once they had both settled, Grace smiled. "Hi."
Tamara offered a slight smile in response.
"I'm happy for you both, Tamara," Grace then admitted. "You have my
blessings if these feelings you have for each other are more than
just...platonic." She kept staring at Tamara as she leaned forward. "In
a way, you owe me for this. I brought her to that party as my guest.
That's why she was in pink. Elizabeth was my 'submissive', so to speak.
Just like you were, Timothy Portnoy."
Tamara lowered her head a bit.
"You had me thinking about what I could have done with you if Rita
hadn't gotten to you first," Grace thoughtfully remarked. "Maybe...a
maid, to care for Lees Mansion. A sweet, timid, precious little maid.
Perky little B-cups. Maybe a head of short blond hair. Golden blond,
like mine. Maybe make you...a little smaller than me, so you'd always be
reminded of your place." Grace reached over to gently grab one of
Tamara's hands, slowly rubbing it. "An image like that seems to fit the
true you, little maid. You like being submissive. Don't deny it. It
gives you a thrill to have women like me tell you what to do."
Tamara felt a mild buzz in her mind, but the feeling wasn't as strong as
it was when Julia Stroud used her gifts on the former boy. Still, the
words Grace spoke held their own natural allure as Tamara stared back at
the former newlywed.
"You know what the compelling part is, little maid?" Grace continued,
speaking gently. "I can still make that happen. Shrink your height down
a little until I'm naturally taller than you, keep you all pudgy and
cute, but...more delicate. Frail, in mind. Dutiful. Comfortable in the
knowledge that I always know what's best for you. Does that excite you,
little Tammy?"
Tamara just stared back at her blond visitor, not saying a word.
Grace's peripheral vision caught sight of a nearby pitcher of water,
with an empty, untouched and clean glass next to it. It was less than a
foot away from Grace and Tamara. She gave it a glance after smirking
over Tamara's silence.
"I'm thirsty, maid," Grace remarked. "Pour me a glass of water."
Tamara reached over to the pitcher and poured the water inside it into
the glass. She then picked up the full glass and carefully handed it to
Grace.
"Hold the pitcher, maid," Grace then instructed. "I may want a refill."
Tamara complied as Grace drank down a quarter of the water in the glass.
"I should take you anyway," Grace mused. "Getting into the Fertility
Clinic wasn't easy. Pretending to be a mere nurse there was even more
difficult...and then, you ask me to keep the Sisterhood from
brainwashing you on your first visit to the Butterfly Salon. All these
little favors that you have yet to repay me for. You're lucky I'm a
patient little bitch, maid."
After drinking more of the water, Grace held the half-full water glass
out towards Tamara, who filled it near the edge once again.
"You know...if you surrendered yourself to me right now, if you let me
change you the way I described, I'd consider all of your debts to me
settled," Grace remarked, drinking down half of the water in the glass.
"I wouldn't even need to condition you, seeing as how it's already clear
that I know what's best for you, little maid."
As she spoke, Grace reached over to grab the complimentary straw that
was on the same tray as the water pitcher and the glass. She opened its
plastic covering and then submerged one end into the glass. She then
held it out to Tamara once again so that the plus-sized secretary could
refill it, which she did.
"Are you thirsty, Tammy dear?" Grace asked. "You look thirsty. Or your
mouth is dry. You need a drink." She held up the full glass. "Too bad
this is mine. There's only one way I'll let you drink from it."
Tamara rose to her feet...and as Grace pushed her seat away from the bed
to give the former boy the space he needed, Tamara lowered to her knees,
keeping her eyes on Grace's.
Grace grinned as she gazed down at her. "Good girl. Get back on the
bed."
As Tamara did so, restoring her previous sitting position, Grace moved
back in, closer, to the plus-sized patient. Grace then brought the glass
up close enough for Tamara to place the end of the straw into her lips,
and she drew a bit of the water into her mouth.
The blond Madame then pulled the straw out of Tamara's lips and placed
the quarter-full glass back on the tray beside the bed. She then gently
pushed Tamara further onto the bed until she was laying across it, and
then climbed on top of her, resting her full body weight against the
surprised former boy.
Grace's face was very close to Tamara's bandaged head as she spoke
softly. "You and I are alike too, you know," Grace purred. "I used to be
a man, too...but over time, I became a very powerful woman, and a very
beautiful one, too," The Madame tilted her head to the side. "Don't I
look attractive to you, little maid?"
After a moment, Tamara nodded her head.
"Ooooh..." Grace looked wary now. "...I hope you're not just saying that
because I'm helping you. That would be a very dangerous and naughty
thing for you to do, maid. I don't like being lied to."
From the solemn look in Tamara's eyes, however, Grace could tell that
the plus-sized woman's answer was genuine.
Grace frowned in her confusion. "You really mean it?" she softly asked.
Once again, Tamara nodded her head. She then brought a hand up and
tapped at the side of her chest where her heart was.
"That's why," Tamara whispered.
Once again, Grace frowned. "Hm? You think I have a heart?? Noooo,
Tammy...Melissa Cresswell took that from me when she ruined my life.
Don't forget...it's because of me that Edward Wilson became Elizabeth
Zambrano, silly maid."
"Who were you?" Tamara gently whispered.
A long and thoughtful moment followed, during which Grace slowly rubbed
a hand over Tamara's shoulder. She then slid the hand across the former
boy's arm towards Tamara's hand, which she picked up. She slowly slid
her fingers around Tamara's own digits before clasping it comfortably.
"Graham," The former groom finally revealed. "But...he's gone now.
I...I've grown to like what I've become too much, Tammy. Just as I
suspect you have. If you knew the kinds of shit I've been through..."
Tamara slowly raised a hand and began rubbing it against the side of
Grace's face, stopping the Madame from speaking. The hand felt warm
against Grace's cheek as Tammy rubbed it up and down. She then brought
up her other hand to rub against the other side of the Madame's face.
The entire time, Tamara stared directly into Grace's eyes, wondering
what the former man was thinking. She looked a little shocked.
Tamara began to pull her hands away...but Grace quickly grabbed both of
the former boy's wrists. "No," Grace remarked. "Keep doing that."
Masking her confusion, Tamara continued rubbing gently at the sides of
her face as Grace closed her eyes and breathed gently. The former boy
couldn't help but wonder what this crafty Madame was thinking in this
moment.
Grace's hands reached up to undo a clasp holding her hair in her updo,
letting her golden locks of blond hair spill down. "Run your
fingers...through my lovely golden hair."
Grace angled her head back as she felt Tamara's warm fingers dig through
the volumes of her hair. The strands felt silky smooth to the touch.
Grace's eyes were half-lidded as Tamara continued to gently caress the
head of the former man.
Memories of his time as Graham came back to him. In their tender moments
alone in bed, he had done the very same thing with his wife. He had
buried his fingers through her hair, and ran the digits through the
silken strands. He had rubbed his hands softly over the sides of her
face. Now, it was as if Grace had become Graham's wife. Back then, he
had wondered how what he was doing felt for her. Thanks to Tamara, she
now knew how stimulating the feelings were. The thoughts were so
welcome, Grace was tempted to shed tears over her unspoken observations.
But they never manifested.
Grace then took one of Tamara's wrists and gently planted kisses upon
the back of the hand. She then laid it back down beside the plus-sized
secretary.
The Madame then placed her hands on Tamara's chest, staring right into
her eyes. "When you get out of here," she remarked. "I want you to come
to me..." She then tapped Tamara's lips. "...and give me a proper kiss."
Grace then slipped off of Tamara and got back to her feet, straightening
out her dress. Her tone was all business now. "Buford James Thornhill is
gonna have his ass handed to him tomorrow night when he stands trial.
That's the man who killed Larry Hanel's wife. We're having Larry
prosecute him with enough ammunition to seal his conviction. More like a
show trial, I know, but...I think we're both in agreement with Larry
that Buford deserves the worst kind of punishment that the Sisterhood
can give him. They'll probably feed his ass to the Farm. Goddess only
knows what's gonna happen to him in there."
Her expression turned authoritative as she stepped up to the bed once
again, pointing down at Tamara with an index finger. "You will come to
me when you get out of here, little maid," she firmly instructed. "And
you will give me what I asked of you."
With her head held high, Grace turned towards the door to Tamara's room
and disappeared on the other side of it.
Yes, Madame Grace. Tamara thought to herself.
* * *
Constance had his hair gathered in a ponytail when he came home from
Feetham's. He wore a light purple turtleneck sweater to go with the
tight, fashionably-ripped blue jeans on his legs. A pair of black flats
covered his stockings-clad feet.
Moving into the Living Room, he saw Agatha seated in the couch calmly
sipping from a cup of tea. When she spotted the feminized young man,
Agatha placed the cup down on the saucer which was on the coffee table
in front of her.
"Good afternoon, Constance." Agatha leaned back into the couch as she
spoke. "How was school?"
Constance shrugged. "Okay, I guess."
Agatha nodded. "Aaaand...how was your date with Brad?"
The feminized young man sighed. "All we did was talk. We went into the
par-r-rk, and I r-r-really wanted him to kiss me, but...he didn?t."
This brought Agatha to her feet. "You really should have been more
aggressive with him. Isn?t he your best friend?"
"Yes! But..." Constance fidgeted a bit. "...I don?t think he likes me
like...ummm...like that."
Agatha stepped over to him. "Like what?"
"Well...you know..." The feminized young man shrugged again, smiling
meekly. "...kissing...bed...that kind of thing. I guess he likes what
I...what I used to look like."
The Queen bee of the Sisterhood shook her head regretfully. "Did he
think you were attractive, at least?"
"Well...he couldn?t stop star-r-ring at me," Constance answered,
twirling a loose lock of his hair nervously.
"And yet, he didn?t want to kiss you," Agatha remarked, placing a hand
on his baby-smooth cheek. "With guys like him, you need to be all the
more seductive, Constance. You need to flaunt the sexiest dresses that
hug your body like a glove. You want to become the most desired of women
in the eyes of men."
"B-but I..." His thoughts had become a jumbled, pliable mess as he
spoke. "...I-I?m a..."
"You are a woman, Constance James." Agatha placed her other hand on the
feminized young man?s other cheek, staring directly into his eyes as she
cooed to him. "You are a woman...with something extra, and you have no
shame in flaunting that. Your mind is always going to be female. Your
every move, your every word, your every curve-hugging dress, seethes
with femininity. When you want a man, you never give up on him, and
right now, you have your filthy little mind set on taking Brad Rollins,
even if you have to chew him up and spit him out. When he is not around,
wherever you walk and wherever you go, you will be confident that every
man, young and old, desires you...and if they don?t desire you, you will
make them desire you in whatever manner your passionate, dirty female
mind sees fit, because you are a man-eater. If they are not Brad
Rollins, you chew them up, and you spit...them...out."
Constance?s eyes narrowed as his mouth hung open as Agatha spoke. "W-
woman...fffemale..."
"You never walk, Constance. You slink," The crafty Madame instructed.
"Always slinking around, like the perfect femme fatale. Always wearing
your hair, and your makeup, in the most attractive and sexy styles
possible. You always look a little different every single day, and
always with a need to draw in men. You want them to worship the ground
you stand on, no matter where you go. Go with it, Constance James. Go
with it. You are a woman. Your mind is female. Go with it."
Cosntance kept her eyes fixed on Agatha as she stared at her. "Goooo
with iiiiit...." she softly whispered.
"Fix yourself up, then come back down to the kitchen." Agatha then slid
her hands off of Constance?s face.
Blinking rapidly, Constance shook her head. She then looked to Agatha.
"I...I have to go...powder-r-r my nose."
Agatha nodded. "You do that. I?ll see you in the kitchen."
As the former son of an Army officer disappeared to the upper level of
the household, Agatha casually stepped into the kitchen with a slight
smile as her eyes found Connor?s father, who looked far less aggressive
now.
And not just in terms of his somewhat frightened expression.
Agatha?s conditioning of Samuel James had forced him to adopt a more
feminine and vegetarian diet. His first attempt to defy this
conditioning resulted in painful stomach cramps and nausea. As a result,
his normally chiseled body had begun to soften.
The tear duct Agatha had administered had also gone to work on his
masculine frame. Curves were beginning to manifest at his hips, and the
areolae around his nipples were becoming larger.
Everytime Sam tried to speak, nothing intelligent would emerge. It was
as if he were a newborn child attempting communication, and failing
every time. The moment Agatha appeared in the kitchen, Sam began his now
customarily unintelligent protests, this time with a tone that reflected
his growing fear. He had definitely learned...the hard way...never to
cross a woman like Agatha, much less raise his voice to her in any way.
"Nice to see you too, Samantha," Agatha replied, provoking a pleading
garble from the Army Captain. "What was that? You?re developing well? I
could have told you that, silly girl," She then sat at the kitchen
table. "Make me fresh coffee. I like it black."
Sam was quick to oblige, going right to the sink to pour water into a
measuring cup while Agatha took a deep, relaxing breath.
"You?re probably wondering when I?m going to make it possible for you to
speak more like a normal human being," Agatha mused as Sam continued
working. "Your behavior has certainly improved, but...I?d like to see
you develop a little more before I release you from your little...curse.
Put a little...no, a lot...more flesh on your chest. Fetch me a stick of
celery, dear."
Sam hurried to his refrigerator to acquire the celery stick Agatha
requested, and then handed it to Agatha. "Thank you. Now finish your
work on my coffee."
The domineering woman turned to Sam as they waited for the coffee to
percolate. She looked him right in the eyes as she spoke. "Now I know
you might think me unfair for doing this to you and your son after what
you?ve so generously done for me, but I need a backdoor plan in case the
one I have in place now fails. I need to get what I want, you
understand? And with Black Market resources like yours, I can create a
world where I don?t have to put up with disgustingly excessive
misogynism like yours. Now I usually work behind the scenes, but...I?m
putting a more personal touch on you and Constance. Giving you both the
same...excessive, shall we say, breast dimensions. Constance will have a
bit more on the brain compared to you, though. I figured I?d turn that
boy into a real masterpiece of a temptress. More of a wildly feminine
weapon than a frequently abused young man...and you? Well...if you never
liked the taste of bubble gum and semen, I intend to get you re-
acquainted to the point where you?ll never have enough of it, Samantha."
"Frrasgrrggpphlllmaaasseeerrh!!" Sam protested, his eyes wild.
Agatha just giggled. "I know. I can?t wait, either."
Once Agatha had a mug full of freshly-brewed black coffee in front of
her, Constance had returned. She had completely transformed her face
from a basic makeup style to something a lot more seductive. Her lips
were a darker and more glossy shade of cherry red, and her eyeshadow now
had a more alluring appearance.
Her hair, however, remained unchanged from its previous style. Agatha
stepped over to appraise the overall appearance as Sam just stared at
the far more female-looking person his own son had become.
"Mmmm." Agatha tweaked up a few strands of Constance?s hair. "I?ll have
to bring the both of you with me to the Salon tomorrow. Your hair could
use some more volume, and...a few touch-ups, here and there. A woman
like you can never be completely satisfied with her looks, Connie."
Glancing to Sam, Constance noticed how...unusual he looked compared to
the last time she saw her father. She now had a look of concern when her
eyes returned to Agatha. "Auntie...what?s gonna happen to my Dad?
Agatha smirked after sipping from her coffee mug. "Don?t worry,
Constance. No matter what happens to Sam, I can promise you that your
days of being bullied and abused by him are over. In fact, you could
walk over and hit him as many times as you wanted right now, and you
wouldn?t have to worry about him fighting back, or getting any kind of
revenge afterwards. You see..." Agatha grabbed Constance?s bare wrists,
making the former young man?s thoughts a disjointed, jumbled mess once
again. "...Samantha is going to need you to get her through her dumb,
bubble-headed life. She?s going to need you to remind her that there is
far more to life than her ever-constant need for sex, and you?re always
going to make sure that she maintains her bimbo lifestyle for the rest
of her life. Once she gets her full tits and ass, you?re going to forget
that you ever had a father like Samuel James. You have no memory of your
father. You have no memory of your mother. Samuel James no longer
exists. The woman who lives with you is Samantha Wilder, with whom
you?ve been besties for a very, very long time. The both of you are
Feetham?s dropouts because you?re far too smart for that school," Agatha
then let go as the eyes of Sam James, who had been watching and
listening to the impromptu conditioning, boggled with horrified
disbelief. "Do you understand, Constance?"
The feminized young man nodded slowly. "Yes, Auntie Agatha."
"Now head back upstairs to your room and do some online studying on the
internet," Agatha instructed. "Learn everything you can about sexy
makeup, and how to apply it while Samantha and I have a little talk."
"Yes, Auntie Agatha." Constance then hurried out of the kitchen and made
her way back to her room.
In Sam?s desperation, he pulled out a black marker and began to write on
the table?s clear white surface as Agatha sent the feminized young man
away.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO MY SON??
A menacing smile was now on Agatha?s face after she read the message.
"Because I can, Sammy dear," She then grabbed Sam by the throat with one
hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. Sam?s thoughts were now a jumbled mess
as Agatha advanced the corrupt Army Captain?s conditioning. "You?ll do
no more writing. You don?t even know how to write. You never learned how
to write. Words mean nothing to you anymore, seeing as how you?re so
dumb. Brainless. Witless. Stupid. The only voices that matter to you now
are mine, and that of your very best friend Constance. You answer to the
name Samantha Wilder from now on. Sam James does not exist. You don?t
know that name, nor do you know the name Connor James. You never had a
son. School is boring."
Agatha continued speaking, outlining enough conditioning through her
Angel?s powers to set Sam James on a path that would completely
transform his life, forsaking his corrupt inclinations towards for-
profit weapons trafficking in favor of a far more bubble-headed and
sexually provocative life.
And with Sam?s illicit Black Market weapons resources...the kind that
would provide her with the kind of radical explosives and demolitions
technology that would make a terrorist organization capable of making
public statements...now at her disposal, she now had a backup plan.
Once she was finished with Sam?s reprogramming, she contacted the Salon
to secure appointments that would irreversibly change the appearances of
Sam James and his son.
* * *
Rita Noble pressed a button down on the intercom device in her large
Loris International office following the buzzing sound it had made.
"Yes, Brianne?"
"Vije Nastassje is here, Madame Noble," Brianne reported.
"Good." The crafty debutante...who was now fully recovered from her
mental ordeal...quickly fixed her hair and her short-skirted dress.
"Send her in, dear."
A short moment later, the tall waif that was Rita?s newest and most
alluring client clacked into the office on another set of high heels.
Rita was thankful that the effect Vije?s tear duct had on her was only
temporary, and she was now determined to make sure she didn?t falter
like that again.
A big, devious grin was on the face of the glossy-skinned woman, who
looked just as alluringly alien as she always did. "Hello again, freak,"
Vije began as she stepped right up to Rita. "You miss Vije?"
"I know what you tried to do with me, Vije," Rita replied, still
smiling. "I?m prepared to share the world with you, as you had hinted at
the last time we talked. I will not, however, find myself beneath you
for any reason, and at the end of a leash you hold. Understood?"
Vije shrugged, letting out an infectious giggle. "Vije can no help it,"
The taller, silver-haired woman teasingly touched the tip of a slender
index finger to the tip of Rita?s nose. "Vije like to own."
"As do I," Rita responded. "And on that note, I would be willing to
proceed with establishing our merger arrangement...but we need to agree
to be on equal footing here, Vije."
The European temptress now pouted. "So...no more Vije kiss?"
Rita smirked, and then pressed her lips against Vije?s, the both of them
softly moaning as they smooched for a long moment.
The debutante then pulled away. "I never said that...but I would much
rather we have our thrones side-by-side. No one side larger than the
other. What?s mine is yours...but what?s yours is mine, too."
Vije pouted again. "No Vije hair?"
Rita shook her head, smiling in her amusement. "Yours is certainly
different, and I do like it, but...I prefer to keep my own beautifully
silvery mane as long as it is."
With another amused smile, Vije shrugged again as she slowly paced
around the debutante. " Fine...but you no ?Madame Noble? to me. You Rita
to me."
As much as she wanted to dispute this, she instead sighed and nodded.
"Fine." She returned to the seat at her desk. "Sooo...what will it take
to convince you to merge with us?"
Vije, ever the non-conformist, chose to sit on a bare edge of Rita?s
desk, crossing her long, unadorned legs in front of her. "Bodies."
Rita?s right eyebrow raised up. "As in, models?"
"I have want for...concept. Vije Nation," The alien-looking woman
elaborated. "All is Vije. A...how do you say...?collective? concept. Or
just...VN."
"What about...VRN?" Rita amusedly suggested. "Or a code name,
like...Verna? Capitalize the R and the N."
Vije giggled at this. "Vije Rita Nation. But...my concept. My name. Vije
think first, naughty freak. Is VN."
"Which would suggest you want the more dominant side of the merger,"
Rita countered.
But Vije shook her head. "No. I listen. We equal. You show humble with
Vije idea, I show humble with Rita idea. Scratch Vije back, Vije scratch
Rita back."
Rita was thoughtful of this. Good way to test her word of honor, I must
admit. The debutante quietly surmised.
A related idea fermented in Rita?s head, thinking of a couple of young
male executives on her board who had been feisty as of late. "What if I
suggested a couple of...males...for your first bodies?"
"Vije already have two bodies," The European waif corrected, maintaining
her sultry smile. "You see them at party."
"Okay...two more bodies then," Rita corrected. "But do you care if they
are male or not?"
Vije frowned. "Vije no make male fashion. No art in male fashion."
A crafty smile was now on Rita?s face, thinking of the young executives,
and how in one case, Shelley Portnoy could fill the void his
departure...and his transformation...would enforce, with her sister
Sandra potentially filling the other. "Who said they had to stay male?"
The waif-bodied european?s head tilted to the side. It was something
that had made her curious ever since she first laid eyes on all the
effeminate-looking males living their lives in Bullchester. She had to
wonder if there was some kind of justification for that curious
propensity.
"Men...change...to women?" Vije slowly wondered aloud. "But...is, take
months?"
Rita shook her head, smiling insidiously. "More like days, Vije...and
seeing as how someone like you would easily fall in line with the
Sisterhood?s wants, I don?t think they would be against exposing you to
our dirty little secrets, and those young men I mentioned would be the
perfect guinea pigs through which I could demonstrate how quickly...and
how radically...men of all ages could be feminized through our
scientific advances."
Vije was now fiercely curious. She leaned forward towards Rita. "Tell
Vije about...?guinea men?."
* * *
"Th? Prosecution calls Buford James Thornhill to th? stand," a very
sober-looking Larry Hanel announced.
Buford...a man in his mid 40s with a greasy mullet of sandy brown hair,
who wore a cheap green suit that looked as if it had come from a thrift
store...stepped over to the testimonial box. Buford?s face had a visible
black speckling of hair, and he seemed to be wearing a perpetual frown
as he raised his right hand, placing his left upon a Bible held by the
Bailiff.
"Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help you, God?" the female Bailiff asked as Buford glanced to
Larry, and then his Defense Attorney, a man named Harold Platt.
"Yeah," Buford replied, with a bit of a growl to his harsh-sounding
voice.
"You may be seated," the Bailiff instructed as Harold Platt rose to his
feet to begin his line of questioning.
Gwynn Welsh, who had her eyes on Larry the moment he entered the
courtroom, saw that the Texan Attorney was maintaining a surprisingly
calm stance. He was in clear demonstration of the professional demeanor
he had promised during the previous night?s phone conversation with
Gwynn. As Platt...who she had discovered was paid for and sent by the
trucking company Buford worked for...continued going through the pre-
rehearsed line of questioning, Gwynn regarded the redneck with the eyes
of an angry viper.
Barbara Walsh, who had been sent by Agatha, similarly observed the
proceedings from the audience section. Larry had never spotted her, as
he was too engrossed in the courtroom proceedings, but she knew that at
some point after the trial was over, she would offer up yet another
tempt owing to her resolve to permanently change Larry Hanel?s life.
The security cameras in the courtroom did more than provide their
safeguarding visuals, though. Their signals were also being transmitted
to members of the Sisterhood...ladies like Judith Newlington, Olivia
Tench, Irene Moore, and the Lady Rosemary Dolan...so that they had the
option of viewing the proceedings. Among those watching was Rita Noble,
and the signal went to Evangeline Pierson?s laptop as well. She watched
as the more curvy-looking Kelly tended to Evangeline?s blond hair with a
brush behind her.
Satisfied with the run of their pre-rehearsed routine, a smiling Harry
Platt turned his gaze to Bernice Gleason, the heavy-set, brown-skinned
Judge sitting in the high box of the courtroom. "No further questions,
your Honor."
With a deep breath, Larry rose from his seat, picking up a piece of
documentation from the open file folder he had in front of him. He felt
a thousand and one eyes upon him as he approached the area where his
wife?s killer was sitting.
"Mr. Thornhill..." Larry began. "...when did y? first start drinkin? at,
well, excess?"
"Objection!" Harold called out. "Leading!"
Larry sighed, closing his eyes. He knew the first salvo would be too
direct to begin with. He started to speak the word ?withdrawn?...
"Overruled," Judge Gleason soberly replied, putting a look of shock on
Harold?s face.
Even Larry was surprised by this...but then, he had been warned in
advance that this would be more of a show trial. Startled, Buford turned
his head to the Judge in disbelief.
Larry restored his calm. "Would y? please answer th? question, Mr.
Thornhill?"
Buford turned his head back to Larry, this time with more evident anger
in his face. "Ah drink t? ease m? nerves. Truckin? is a stressful
business."
"An? at 9pm on th? night o? th? accident, you were at intox three on th?
scale, Mr. Thornhill." Larry indicated the documentation...an arrest
report proving that Buford was indeed drunk...in his hand as he spoke.
He then turned to the jury. "I could undr?stand your want t? ease work
stress if you were at intox one, since that indicates bein? relaxed,
alert, an? coordinated. But you were at intox three. If you?re at two,
y? slur, y? sway, and y? get a lil? more...emotional. An? three? Not
only can?t y? walk without trippin? ov?r y?self, but there?s also
nausea, an? a factor which is th? most likely to apply t? what happen?d
that night." He held the sheet up for dramatic effect. "Fadin?
Attention," Larry turned back to Buford. "Now jus?...what matter o?
stress would lead you t? drink that much that night, I wond?r?
The expression on Buford?s face turned nasty as he stared back at Larry.
"Had t? put th? woman in ?er place th? night b?fore."
"That woman bein? y? lady friend, Eugenia McKay?" Larry asked.
"Yeah," Buford replied, practically growling the word.
Larry felt compelled to ask what he had done to her, but he knew that
would provoke an objection.
Bernice, however, turned her head to Buford. "Just what did you do to
Eugenia, Mr. Thornhill?"
"Your honor, objection!" Harold rose up, a look of surprise on his face.
"Irrelevance!"
"Overruled!" Bernice looked to the defending attorney. "Bullchester law
takes potential assault and battery upon a woman very seriously, Mr.
Platt. I am within my rights as a Bullchester judge to make such an
inquiry." Her head went back to Buford as Harold sank back into his
seat. "Answer the question," Bernice commanded.
"Ain?t got no shame. That woman was crazy that night," Buford answered,
causing Harold to lower his head fretfully. "Ov?rheard ?er talkin? t?
one o? her co-work?rs on ?er phone ?bout me. Sayin? lies. So yeah, I
gave that lil? strumpet a piece o? my mind! Had t? discipline ?er! That
was th? only way I knew how!"
Harold rubbed his eyes irritably. He knew Buford had been provoked into
digging his own grave.
Larry had to steer his line of questioning back on course, however. "Mr.
Thornhill...I am compelled t? ask why y? chose t? ent?r a ?Not Guilty?
plea when th? facts we?ve brought t? light t?day are clearly not in your
favor. Didn?t y? have any r?morse ov?r th? life you took in that
accident?"
Harold sighed out audibly. "Your honor..."
"Answer the prosecution?s question, Mr. Thornhill," Bernice interjected,
lowering Harold?s head once again.
Buford defiantly shook his head. "No."
Larry?s eyes went to Bernice, who was about to issue another rebuke,
but...
"No r?morse at all," Buford continued. "Jus? wanted t? get home. Wasn?t
about t? let any damn traffic get in m? way."
Although Gwynn worried, in that moment, that Larry would lose his cool
in that moment, she was surprised to see that the attorney...her
boyfriend...kept his composure.
"How long did it take you t? get home that night?" Larry asked.
Buford sighed. "Long?r ?n usual. Got off at th? wrong exit."
"An? d? you usually have a full bottle o? liquor with you when y?
drivin?, Mr. Thornhill?" Larry then asked.
"Birthday pres?nt from Daisy Bodine. She was workin? bar that night,"
Buford replied. "Said she was gon? get me somethin? on th? day of,
but...she was only two days late. Mighty fine drink, that was."
"Mmm. I saw th? label. Tend t? stay away from that kinda stuff m?self,"
Larry shot back. "Alc?hol content?s too high for my blood. Or anyone
else?s, if y? ask me," He turned his attention to the Judge.
"Prosecution rests, your honor," He then, calmly, went back to his seat.
He had a distinct feeling of vindication on his mind.
When Buford returned to his seat next to Harold, the defense attorney
still had his head lowered, saying nothing at all, but looking
completely defeated. From the expression on Buford?s face, however, he
didn?t seem to care much for how his attorney felt.
Both Gwynn and Barbara had satisfied smiles on their faces. Those who
were watching remotely had similar expressions on their own faces.
The Jury was sent away to deliberate, and decide on a verdict. It only
took them about thirty minutes to do so.
Once the jurors were back in their seats, Bernice turned to them. "Has
the Jury reached a verdict?"
The ordained Foreman...Victoria Burgess, formerly Hector Burgess...rose
to her feet. "We have, your honor."
As Bernice read off the criminal charges, Tori replied with the same
verdict.
"Guilty."
Buford?s nasty expression did not change as the verdicts were read, and
Larry kept his eyes on the Judge the entire time.
Harold, however, had to push for a more individualized verdict, which
meant asking every one of the Jurors to confirm their verdict.
They were all unanimous in their agreement with the official decision,
causing Harold to hang his head in defeat.
It bothered Harold even more when Bernice went right to sentencing
despite his objections. Buford was apparently to be taken to an
undefined correctional facility within Bullchester. She also reminded
Buford, directly, that this would not be a death sentence despite the
circumstances.
Everyone in the Sisterhood, however, knew that Buford was about to be
thrown to the Farm. It was just a question of what kind of a submissive
sissy they would ultimately turn him into.
And when Buford Thornhill was escorted out of the courtroom in
restraints, and then brought into a waiting van, that was the last
anyone ever saw of the unrepentant redneck.
As the heavily-tattooed male that he was, at least.
Before leaving the courtroom, Larry checked his smartphone, which he had
muted, and found that he had several text messages congratulating him on
his victory. One of them was from Agatha.
It was the one that came from Barbara, however, that made him a little
more interested.
Good girl, Laurie. Your reward will be waiting for you when you get
home.
Larry quickly scanned the audience area, looking past where a smiling
Gwynn was approaching him...
...and he spotted a smiling Barbara Walsh glancing back at him as she
exited the room.
Gwynn was quick to wrap her arms around Larry as he quickly stashed away
his smartphone. She was giggling with delight. "Congratulations, Larry,
darlin?!" She chimed. "Ohhh, it musta been soooo satisfyin? fer you t?
hear that verdict. Don?t you worry none, though. We gon? make ?im
suff?r. You do not wan? be Buford James Thornhill right now, Larry."
"He?s goin? t? that ?Farm? place y? told me about, ain?t he?" Larry
openly guessed.
"He most surely will, darlin?," Gwynn assured. "You, uh...got any
suggestions as t? what kinda sissy girlie he?ll b?come? Maybe y? need a
pers?nal maid?"
Larry shook his head. "I don?t want that filth anywhere near me no
matt?r what they do t? him. I?m jus? done with that phase o? my life,
an? I jus? wanna move on."
Gwynn flashed a wide grin, bringing her lips close to Larry?s. "Sounds
good t? me, honeysuckle."
Although Larry pressed his lips, lovingly, with Gwynn?s, he chose to
turn down the Texan woman?s offer for an after-trial celebration. He did
agree to share dinner with her later in the evening, though.
For the moment, however, he was more eager to get back home and see what
kind of gift Barbara had rewarded him with...
...and when he arrived home and opened the package containing his gift,
he was quick to replace his male underwear with them.