Oil of Roses Behind the Wall of ThornsChapter 18
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“You shouldn’t go, Mistress,” Chiron said. “You always come back so depressed, so defeated. We worry about you.”
“Hush!”
Tatiana Turov looked at her subs ... her friends and companions – Chiron and Bedisa – as well as Julie, her partner in raising and teaching her children, and shook her head.
“He’s still my child.”
“And if you could visit him and not let it depress you so terribly,” Julie said, “it wouldn’t be a problem. But you can’t.”
“I will not abandon Yuri ... not in that place!”
“Then don’t abandon him, but stop going alone, Mistress,” Chiron snapped. “There’s no reason for you to take that whole weight on yourself.”
Bedisa smiled and said, in her native tongue, “Mistress, you should not go alone, it is foolishness to keep doing something that hurts you so. I am prepared to accept whatever punishment you wish to give me for speaking so freely.”
Tattie shook her head slowly, eyes closed.
“You people are going to be the death of me...”
“No, Tattie...” Julie replied. “You’ll be the death of you. We’re trying very hard to prevent that.”
She sat on the patio, watching Vashti and Svetlana play tag with Julie and Bedisa out in the yard.
Years ... decades ... of dealing with vapid boy-toys with not a brain among them had left her used to being the only intelligent person around.
Now she was in a house with five other intelligent people. Sometimes she allowed herself to forget that. Bless them all, they were very good at reminding her of the true state of affairs.
Tattie didn’t want anyone else to have to bear the burden of Yuri’s condition ... but she couldn’t deny it was crushing her. Maybe taking someone else along would help.
Who, though?
In the end, she decided on Chiron. If by some miracle Yuri spoke, he’d understand without Tattie having to translate ... and she didn’t feel right about laying that burden on someone young ... not until she saw if taking someone with her would help.
Waving to the kids, she went inside.
“Come on, old man, you’re my escort!”
He came out of his room, even though he rarely used it, dressed and ready.
“Yes, Mistress.”
Sometimes, Tattie had to wonder if she was the least intelligent person in her house.
Tattie wasn’t a big fan of being wrong ... but she’d had more than enough experience with it.
The visit itself ... was no different than any visits before.
Yuri was so drugged he was only in minimal restraints. As best she could tell, he didn’t know they were there. She read to him in Russian, he didn’t react at all. Chiron read to him for a bit. While that was different, there was still no reaction.
Afterward there was the same talk with the same doctor and the same crushing lack of hope.
But sitting in the back of the car, holding on to Chiron’s hand so tightly she worried she’d break him, it was easier to breathe, easier to cry, easier to let go of some of the pain.
For the first time, post-visit, she drank her coffee without brandy, and while she was still somber, she didn’t feel so much like a failure.
“Don’t gloat, Julie ... you were right. You were all right.”
“Happy to hear it. I was praying we were.”
“Don’t let it go to your heads...”
Vashti and Svetlana came in from the pool.
“Mother ... I hear you took good advice. You are better, yes?” Svetlana said, hugging her.
“Yes, darling. I am better.”
Tatiana glared at Julie.
“Okay, you can let it go to your heads a little,” Tatiana sighed.
Jason
He was sitting at a table in the salon, shuffling his deck of cards mindlessly, staring out the window at the Pacific. He found it soothing, and there had been times living with his mother where even video games didn’t soothe him as well as his cards.
“Hand of poker for your thoughts,” Susan said, sitting down across from him.
“I should warn you...”
“I’ve heard,” Susan said, smiling. “Almost looked like you were using the shuffling as a form of meditation.”
“Guess I was,” Jason replied, returning her smile. “All right then, one hand, I’m putting up my thoughts as stakes ... what are you betting?”
“Nothing like the bets in your last game,” she said, smiling. “What do you want as stakes on my side?”
“Well ... one thing comes to mind, Susan ... so ... uh ... fine, you lose, you act as bartender tonight.”
“Why do you think I have the faintest idea how to tend bar?”
“Mother Margo told me you tended bar to pay for school.”
“Yeah, I did. Okay, you got a bet. Shuffle, I’ll cut, you deal.”
“Okay ... my thoughts,” Jason said after his two pair, nines and jacks, went down to a full house, aces over threes. “I used to wonder why I was cursed ... Mom, you know?”
“I know.”
“So, it really used to ... depress me, I guess. I mean, I knew she would behave herself during the week ... well, most of the time ... but the weekends were so bad ... it got to where I couldn’t enjoy the weekdays, because Monday night, I’d start tensing up, knowing Friday night was just four days away. It got to where Sunday night was the best night of my week, even though I had school the next morning ... it was the calmest time for me. Whatever was gonna happen ... it had happened.
“And when a kid’s best time is Sunday night, with school the next day ... something’s seriously unhinged.”
He motioned to the bar.
“Coffee please?”
“Certainly, sir.”
“I lived in fear of what she’d do next, and when she came back from Dominique’s that night, so pleased with herself, so flush with cash ... Susan, I honest to God thought “This is it, this is the beginning of the end.” I thought she was going to get caught, go to jail, I’d have to go live with my hyper-Christian aunt and uncle ... if I didn’t know some kids in the foster care system, I might have thought foster care was preferable to Aunt Victoria and Uncle Jack.
“I gave up. I enjoyed what time I had left with her. That was how I was looking at it.”
His coffee arrived, and he doctored it to his satisfaction, noticing the bartender watch to see how he liked it. Jason doubted he’d ever have to add cream and sugar again.
“But ... that led to the Grimes, then to Donna, and Abby, and adoption ... and that was all ... well, all that was ... miracles. Miracles one and all.
“So, was I cursed because of Mom’s needs ... or were those needs a blessing ... a blessing in a real thick disguise? Before the Nelsons, I would have called it all a blessing, and never thought twice about it.
“But then the Nelsons happened, and part of me feels it flipped back to a curse. A curse I wouldn’t trade for anything, because of Donna, Abby, and my step-parents ... but when I dream of drowning and torture ... or even when they wake me up and tell me I was dreaming of the fire ... hard to feel all that blessed.”
Susan smiled, and said, “Sounds like you’ve got a good case of emotional whiplash going...”
Jason nodded.
“So, how do you feel?”
“Ask me a simple question, Susan, like... ‘recite pi to one thousand places’. It’s ... I have this whirlpool of stuff ... happy, sad, calm, angry, love, hate ... all of it going a million miles an hour.
“So, Susan, how should I feel?”
“I’m not here to tell you how you’re supposed to feel, Jason. I’m here to ask you questions, and to help you learn how you can best deal with everything going on.
“But make no mistake, Jason, I can’t do any of this for you. We’ll talk, we’ll try to figure out what you’re feeling, and I’ll suggest possible ways for you to cope with those feelings ... but you’ll be the one trying out those methods, and seeing which work for you and which don’t.”
“Sounds like it could take a while...”
“It can. Besides, if something seems like a quick fix, I’d be suspicious if I were you. People aren’t easy to ‘fix’. We’re very complex, and simple solutions don’t match up with complex problems.”
“Gordian knot.”
“What was that?”
“Alexander and the Gordian Knot ... that was a simple solution to a complex problem, wasn’t it?”
“If the end goal was a pile of useful rope rendered useless, then sure, solution and problem. Alexander could walk away from the pile and go about his merry way.
“An analogy in this situation might be a frontal lobotomy. Sure, you might not be bothered by pesky emotions ... but I’m not thinking you’d like all the side effects.”
“I see your point,” Jason laughed.
Radhika
If she was lucky ... very lucky ... the subbie she’d sent up to entertain Nigel Rabid would keep him out of her hair through the evening.
Radhika doubted she’d be that lucky.
“A Sister Francesca Wiley at the front gate wanting to see Madam...”
“Shit, what now? Thank you, Claudia. Send her up.”
A final pass through the kitchen to ensure Madam’s special supper was on schedule, a run through the family dining room to make sure the table was properly set ... and it wasn’t so that was being corrected, checking the patio to make sure it was ready for pre-dinner cocktails, inspect the den happy to see it had been dusted and prepped for after-dinner coffee.
Then to their unexpected guest.
Standing in the foyer was a plain woman in modest clothes. Her only extraordinary feature was an unruly mess of loose black curls gathered at her neck in a futile attempt to bring order.
“I’m Radhika, Madam’s personal assistant.”
“Sister Francesca Wiley. I’m here to speak with Margo Grimes...”
“Madam, there’s a Sister Francesca Wiley here to speak with you. I have her waiting in the chapel.”
“Shit,” Margo said, “I forgot Susan arranged for us to meet this evening. So, I invite her to dinner, where we’re hosting a brothel Madam. Won’t that be lovely?”
“Don’t worry, darling,” Harry said. “I’m sure Anna is socially adept at not answering questions about her profession.”
“God, I hope so, otherwise this is going to be a disaster of a dinner,” Margo replied. “All right, Radhika, please tell her I’ll be down momentarily.”
Margo
“Sister Francesca, my apologies,” Margo said, extending her hand. “Life’s been interesting lately, and our appointment this evening slipped my mind.”
“Not a problem, Madam Grimes,” the nun said, taking Margo’s hand.
“Call me ‘Margo’ ... I hope you’ll accept my invitation to supper?”
“Um, as long as it won’t be a burden ... and call me ‘Chess’, please.”
“Chess, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but this is a large place, and it’s full of people. Another for supper isn’t a burden.”
“Yes ... Susan’s descriptive skills fell rather short concerning this place ... may I hope for a tour?”
“After dinner?”
“Certainly.”
“Madam, Ms. Smith has arrived at the front gate, she’ll be here shortly.”
Margo’s smile felt like cheap plastic on her face.
“Thank you, Radhika. Show her to the patio when she arrives. Cocktail, Chess?”
“Oh yes, Margo. I trust with this huge a staff, there’s at least one who’s a superb bartender.”
“Several, actually, we’re quite blessed.”
“Chess, please, allow me to introduce my spouses and family.
“Harry, my husband...
“Carol, my wife...
“Kelly, my wife...
“Magda, my wife...
“Lori, my wife...”
The nun’s eyes were noticeably larger than they’d been when introductions began.
“And our newest spouse, Dominique...
After greeting each of them with a nod, smile, and handshake, Chess asked “Anyone else?”
“Well, our son and his family are on their way to Hawaii, so no.”
“Son?”
“Adopted,” Harry replied.
“I see there’s a lot Susan didn’t tell you,” Margo said.
“We love to surprise each other,” Chess replied. “It’s going to take me quite some time to find something to equal this surprise.
“You are a lovely family, thank you so much for your hospitality.”
“Ms. Smith is here, Madam,” Radhika said.
Holy shit ... please, don’t be a disaster, don’t be a disaster...
“Chess! Darling! I didn’t know you’d be here!” Anna shouted.
“Anna! What a pleasant surprise!” Chess replied.
The two women closed on each other and hugged.
“Why am I not surprised?” Harry said, sotto voce, from behind her.
“Why am I surprised?” Margo replied, just as softly.
Carol
She was very happy with the vibe she was getting off Chess. Of course, she hadn’t thought Susan would steer them wrong, but still ... she worried.
It made perfect sense to her that Anna had hired Chess to work with her girls. And Carol did love Margo’s very carefully hidden reaction to the news. Margo was going to end up liking Anna in spite of herself.
They sat out on the patio, enjoying the temperate Central Texas weather, and Carol watched ... and felt ... the ebb and flow of conversation and emotion around her, responding only when directly spoken to.
Kelly was in pain, and doing a masterful job of pretending she wasn’t. For the evening, Margo had been firm there were no submissives or dominants, just a family, and while Kelly was playing along ... Carol could feel Kelly’s need to be on her knees. She was also more at peace than Carol had ever felt her. While it had taken near-catastrophe, Kelly might have finally found her place in the world.
Harry ... Harry was his normal charming self. But that was hiding anxiety about his operation ... and worry about the after-effects, unless she was missing something. While Harry would be good father, he was far from sure of that. Plus she’d heard his concerns about impregnating Patricia. While she was all for the idea, neither Harry nor Karen were, although Karen was doing her best to accept the idea.
Margo was struggling with her own prejudices, and like so many things with Margo, it was a slow and sometimes painful loosening of her mental and emotional sphincters. There were times Carol wanted to set up a Dark Room and throw her wife in for twelve hours. Carol wasn’t sure it would help, and it might well get her ass beaten far past the point of sexy-funtime, but sometimes she felt it was the only thing that might loosen her love up before the end of time.
Magda was ... Magda was at peace. She felt at home. Magda had found her place, and was content. And unless Carol’s hoodoo was completely out of whack ... Magda was pregnant. Magda was pregnant!
She turned to her spouse and mouthed “Are you pregnant?”
Magda smiled, and mouthed “I think so.”
It took all Carol’s will to not explode in tears and joyous laughter.
As the pre-dinner conversation continued, Carol calmed down so she could feel others beyond herself.
Lori ... Lori was ... sad. Physical desires going unfulfilled ... and Carol could understand. Just Harry’s dick wasn’t frequent enough on a purely physical level ... even Harry’s and Billy’s cocks weren’t enough. Toys were all fine and good, came in any size you could want, never went limp ... and weren’t alive. Adding in Jason and Eddie wouldn’t do much because they each came with their own group of women. What the family needed was a good old-fashioned night at Dominique’s where there was a larger pool of acceptable cocks. Sooner or later, the women in the family would find submissives to fill on the physical level ... but there hadn’t been enough time for that to happen yet.
Dommi ... Dominique Duvalier Grimes was the happiest Carol had ever felt her. She was in a family, loved and cherished, and from a conversation they’d had on the plane, hungry to become pregnant herself. Not something Carol had expected, but not a surprise. Dommi had a strong mother-instinct. It had led her to make her club a refuge, and despite her “Subbie’s Nightmare Drill Sergeant From Hell” routine, she loved those in her care deeply.
Carol herself ... well, she was no longer feeling guilty about having gotten Harry, and by extension, everyone else into this lifestyle.
Well, she wasn’t feeling as guilty.
Thinking on Harry’s injuries from the attack, the house fire, the mistreatment, kidnapping, and torture of the kids ... there would always be some guilt.
But without her, there wouldn’t have been near as much happiness either.
Carol supposed she’d just have to be content with that.
Radhika
The family and their guests had moved in to the dining room, and Radhika was feeling a sense of relief. Things were going smoothly.
“Hello, luv, can’t help but notice Madam Grimes is in fere, gonna go in an’ have a quick word...”
She’d always believed that ‘raising the hackles’ was an animal thing. Now she knew she’d been wrong.
“I don’t think so, Mr. Rabid. I think you’re going to make yourself so scarce I can’t even smell you anymore...”
“Now luv, don’t be fat way. Imma guest ‘ere, an’ you’re bein’ in’ospitable...”
“Listen you posturing little cockroach,” Radhika snarled, “guests don’t show up uninvited and unannounced. You take one step toward that dining room and I’m going to have security beat the shit out of you and dump you out on the road!”
“I will be speakin’ wif Madam Grimes about your attitude ... later.”
“Damn, I was looking forward to watching your beating.”
She kept an eye on him as he tried to leave with some shred of dignity.
Margo
During dinner, several of the house staff did beautiful jobs as servers, maintaining a level of service as superb as any restaurant she’d ever eaten at. Quiet, graceful, and efficient, drinks were refilled, dishes served, and taken away, as if by ninjas. Conversation among the diners wasn’t disturbed in the least.
And Margo wasn’t the only one to notice their skill.
“I don’t suppose you’d consider letting me hire your waitstaff...” Anna said.
“You’re welcome to, if they’re willing. You might have noticed, we don’t have a shortage of staff ... although if you do, I hope they’re paid what they’re worth.”
Margo saw the surprise on Anna’s face.
“They’re free to come and go, leave or stay, as they like. We have subs who are living in town because of their jobs. We miss having them here, but life is life. We also have subs who commute in and out of town as needed for their jobs, or school ... although hopefully that won’t be an issue too much longer.”
“Well, I heard you talking about your school...” Chess said.
“Yes, and while Texas’ ludicrously lax home-schooling regs won’t be a problem ... I have nightmares about just how ignorant kids meeting those regs can be. We’re aiming much higher.”
“Any vocational tracks?” Anna asked.
Margo smiled.
“At first ... well, that kind of training wasn’t even really on my radar – I admit, I’m hopelessly white-collar in upbringing and thinking.
“But once we ended up with this place ... outsiders coming in to perform maintenance and repair is a lot of hassle ... and can is expensive on top of that. So yes, we’re now planning vocational training for anyone interested. And if they choose to stay with us and apply their skills here, or at our properties in town, we’ll pay commensurate with what they’d earn working somewhere else. The savings to us is the hassle-free aspect. I’ll gladly pay the same amount to have an AC unit repaired by someone who is definitely available today, and won’t necessitate us all getting dressed and behaving ourselves.”
“Plus,” Harry said, “I’m not too wild about Houses keeping their subs uneducated and untrained. Falls into that whole “yeah, you can leave anytime you want to ... knowing nothing but life here” thing. If they decide to leave, I want them to be competent to walk out into the world, find a job, support themselves, live free.”
“I somehow think the very acts of educating and training them makes their leaving less likely,” Chess said. “And I applaud your House’s outlook toward such things.”
“Still ... many people enter this extreme of our lifestyle because they’re willing to trade service for being taken care of,” Margo said. “We won’t force them to become educated or trained – except in how to be of service. It would violate an unwritten contract between Dominant and submissive. It’s a fine line. Have you heard of, or worked with, the Karg?”
“Yes,” Chess replied, “both kinds. Well, I haven’t so much worked with the asshole variant of the Karg as tried to repair the human wreckage they leave in their wake. I have worked with some of Karghold Newton’s people.”
“Wonder how much longer it’ll have that name?” Kelly muttered.
“Why, what happened?” Chess asked.
“Oh, we have a story for you,” Margo replied.
Harry
He listened to Margo’s edited version of events in San Francisco, watching Chess.
Harry leaned over to Carol.
“She knows she isn’t getting the whole story, doesn’t she?” he murmured softly.
“Yeah, she knows. I get the feeling she also knows some parts of the story aren’t Margo’s to tell. I like her.”
“So do I.”
“Somehow though, I don’t think she’ll be moving in like Susan.”
“Probably not,” Harry chuckled. “I don’t think even a therapist nun could cope with this place. But we probably should make arrangements for her to have an office.”
“Already taken care of, love,” Carol replied.
Leaning back, paying only half his attention to Margo’s story, he thought on what Margo had told him before dinner.
His surgery had been pushed back one day. That night, he would belong to his concubines. The next evening, he’d belong to his spouses.
And then the surgery.
He smiled as Carol’s hand caressed his thigh, sliding down to cup his balls and... squeeze!
“What the fuck?” he hissed softly.
“You’re thinking about the surgery. Stop it.”
“Is it okay if I think about the drawbacks of being married to a hoodoo woman?”
“That’s perfectly acceptable.”
Anna
It had been too much to expect Margo’s issues with her to disappear completely, but Anna was impressed with the effort Margo was making.
As far as the rest of the ... family ... she didn’t think they had any major issues with her and her business. Not too surprising, seeing Carol was in the family. Anna wasn’t sure she quite believed the ... supernatural ... skills credited to her, but the little woman was amazingly perceptive, and her spouses clearly trusted her – and her opinions – implicitly.
But the Lutheran stick up Margo’s ass ... that resisted even Carol’s insights.
The dinner was such a pleasant social occasion, delightfully so, that Anna decided to put off the more serious issues she wanted to discuss with Margo and her family. But it would be a good idea to have Chess there when she did have that discussion. Maybe a larger gathering, at a neutral site.
So, no business that night. Just food, drink, good company ... and a tour of the ... mansion? Estate? Pleasure palace?
“Okay, House ... Wexler, did you say?”
“Yes.”
“House Wexler was some kinda paranoid,” Anna continued, as they walked down the corridor in the bunker.
“They had a lot to be paranoid about,” Kelly said. “Making kiddie porn is a big no-no.”
“And so they went to jail?” Anna asked.
“No,” Margo replied. “They were dealt with.”
“Dealt with?”
“If you had a problem with one of your employees, a serious problem, would you call the police, or would you handle it in-house?”
“Okay, so they were dealt with ... got it.”
“Yeah,” Kelly cackled, “they’re all on their knees in much older Houses in the area, learning the meaning of suffering.”
“So ... they’re being held against their will?” Anna said, amused.
“They were given a choice. That’s the choice they made,” Harry said.
Anna’s attention shifted to the murals on the walls.
“Lovely way to brighten this place up ... holy shit! Is that ‘Dinosaur Ho’?”
She rushed over and studied the wall.
“This is a very good copy ... as good as the series itself!”
“Should be,” Harry replied. “Perry and Bevy did the mural.”
“No way! You know Covell and Henslin?”
Harry laughed.
“Yeah, they work for our associate, Eddie Janak. Got one better for you...”
“He’s going to do it, isn’t he?” Margo said, dread in her voice.
“Yeah,” Carol replied gleefully.
“You remember the August storyline where the new girls were introduced?” Harry said.
“Uh, yeah ... that was when the series went from seriously sexy to oh-my-Gawd...” Anna replied.
“Ladies...”
Margo struck a pose, with Carol snugged up tight to her left side, Kelly to her right.
“Holy shit...”
“Yeah, we have the other girls in residence as well.”
“I don’t suppose you could...”
“Get them to autograph your copy of their book?” Margo said. “Not a problem.”
While it might have been somewhat shallow of her, Anna found her opinion of the Grimes family elevated more than a little.
“Although I’d warn you,” Harry said, “meeting Perry and Bevy is an ... experience.”
“Not necessarily for the faint of heart,” Kelly added.
“Or anyone with a loose grip on reality,” Carol finished.
They’d returned to the den for more coffee after the tour.
“So,” Anna said, “I hear through the grapevine there’s another wedding in your future?”
“Yes, yes there is,” Harry said. “Praise the Great Whatever, the four of us are finally tying the knot in February ... on Valentine’s Day, just for shits and giggles.”
“When is our marriage to take place, husband-to-be?” Jen Lan asked, a smirk on her lips.
“Shaddup you,” Harry replied, grinning. “Sometime after we get back from our honeymoon.” He turned back to Anna. “Eddie and Tamara, as well as Karen and Patricia are getting married same day. It’s gonna be a helluva Wednesday. Both of those brides were models for the August storyline as well.”
“Damn ... almost enough to make me want to rent a room here ... where are the four of you honeymooning?”
“Well, the four of us ... and staff ... will be spending five weeks at Silverlips, a lovely private island in the Caribbean.”
“And staff?” Anna asked.
“Yeah...” Margo replied. “We found out how ... dangerous ... it is to travel without some of our staff...”
“You mean Harry’s harem,” Kelly chuckled.
Anna’s eyebrow raised as Harry buried his face in his hands.
“Please don’t...” he moaned.
So Anna heard the story of Harry’s Hideaway – which they’d briefly visited on the tour – and the trouble New Year’s Eve with his harem.
Chess
It was a novel way to meet her future patients ... over dinner at their home ... but it worked. Not that she was all that fond of an office environment. It might be necessary to create a ‘safe space’ for consultation, but sometimes it seemed as much a burden as a boon.
“Harry, why do you have so much trouble with the whole ‘harem’ thing?” she asked, scarcely realizing she was going to ask the question before it was leaving her mouth.
Well, too late to take it back.
Harry motioned one of the staff over and ordered a drink.
“Chess, you ever read any porn?”
“Harry!” Margo said.
To chuckles from everyone else, Chess replied, “I’m a nun, I’m not dead. Yes, I’ve read some erotica in my time...”
“No, Chess, not erotica ... except possibly in the most loose sense of the word. I mean ‘porn’.”
“What do you see as the difference?” Chess asked.
Harry sat back and thought on that for a moment.
“Chess, in my opinion, the biggest difference is this. Both are roads to an orgasm. Erotica is the slow and scenic trip through the park, by the waterfront, up into the hills for a stunning view of the city at night, and then to the orgasm for a nightcap and romantic music.
“Porn is a Detroit heavy-metal muscle car running the quarter mile and the orgasm is the finish line.”
“Okay, so stipulated. Your point?”
“It is a common theme in porn that the invariably big-dicked hero does little more than wave his magic cock around, and there are women falling all over him, pledging their bodies and souls to him for just the chance to in some way interact with the magic cock. They become his harem, and they all live happily ever after with nothing but non-stop sex to fill their time.
“I cannot hear ‘harem’ without viewing it through that lens.”
“What about the historical definition of ‘harem’?”
Harry shook his head.
“Scarcely better, if better at all.
“Look, lemme tell you a story...”
“ ... so, the final member of my...” Harry grit his teeth, “harem ... is Nadereh, a gift from her trainers to us at the party. She was re-gifted, kindasorta, as a part of a Christmas gift to me from my spouses.”
Over the course of the story of Harry’s journey from sick and lonely in the middle of a separation to where he was now, Chess had been introduced to a lot of people who’d been summoned to the den as the story progressed.
Jason “I can’t believe your family didn’t send security with us.” “Neither can I,” Donna replied. “It’s odd ... totally not what I expected.” “I wish we could have all sat together,” Jason said, finishing his Coke. “Holidays,” Donna said. “I’m surprised we’re all on the same flight ... well, except for Mistress Wolfling.” “She’s interesting,” Jason said, motioning at the flight attendant as she came down the aisle. “Interesting ... I’ve noticed your interest in her.” “Another Coke,...
Donna “Shhh, he’s sleeping,” Otter said as Donna and the others returned from shopping at last. “So I take it your interview went well?” Otter smiled. “Quite well, although it’s not finished. Goddamn, that boy has a tongue!” “Glad you enjoyed,” Donna said, eying the naked Amazon. “How long has he been asleep?” “About two hours, little less. He called the salon staff in to help. This is a right nice fuck-yacht y’all got.” “So, Shelley finally got called to service...” “And we missed...
Carol “I’m honored by the trust you put in me,” she said, hugging Jason. “Mama Carol, if one more person tells me they’re honored by anything I say or do, I may completely lose my shit.” She smiled. “I’ll try to restrain myself. So, what’s the problem?” Jason explained it to her. In detail... “All right, so let’s start the interview process, see if I can narrow down the field for you,” Carol said. “First though ... let’s get them out of here, and up to the suite. If Beebee’s going...
Shortly after midnight, December 29, 2006 Radhika All Margo’s calls were being handled by her assistant, and while Radhika didn’t recognize the caller’s phone, she knew only a select handful of people had that particular number, and wondered who would be calling at this time of night. Answering the call, she recognized Li Kuan’s voice before finishing saying ‘Hello, Margo Grimes phone’. And then, after Li Kuan hung up, Radhika was very busy indeed. She ran full tilt from Margo’s office...
January 5th, 2007 Donna She lay there with her eyes closed, listening. “So, you like eating ass...” “Lizzy, I don’t like it, I love it,” Jason said. “A clean ass, very slight sour tang, beautiful ass cheeks nestled against my face, warm and soft. Look, like I told you, I was a virgin – and a total spaz – until Abby, but like every guy ... like everyone ... I had fantasies, and that was one of my biggest.” Donna heard him moan softly. “And like every single one of my fantasies I’ve...
Christmas Court, Fort Worth, Texas, December 15-18, 2006 For court, Master Dunham, and Mistress Snyder, had arranged to rent a property north of Westlake, a suburb of Fort Worth. High walls surrounding extensive grounds, pool and spa, plenty of bedrooms, a tennis court, and a staff recruited for the long weekend ... it was another high bar set for Court. When the Chorale contingent arrived mid-day Friday, the temperature was in the mid-70’s, and not a lot of the attendees were in the pool,...
CHRISTMAS Eddie “Merry Christmas, y’all.” “Merry Christmas, boss-man,” Janet said, as Perry and Bevy glared. “You got any idea where we are?” Eddie Janak looked to Ike Abromowitz. “Still in Pyanmar,” Ike said, wiping the sweat from his brow. “Once we get back under the trucks, probably another, what, seven, eight hours to til we head off-road?” he continued, looking at their driver. The wiry little driver nodded, grinning like a madman, and said something to Ike in his native...
She couldn't understand why Master Janak let the cockroach live, let alone found her employment and housing. And she was totally incapable of comprehending why those involved her Beloved's estate and home. And while Li Kuan was confused, Madam Grimes was livid. First had come the roaring anger, peppered with "if it was anyone but Eddie," then had come the cold, soft-spoken rage, liberally seasoned with "if she steps out of line I will take it out of Eddie's hide." The only thing...
Lori Mistress Abigail had sent a lovely, androgynous young creature, as well as a selection of colored thick silk rope, to help prepare them for the party. Lori Grimes was in bondage heaven ... well, almost heaven. She could still move, her arms and legs remaining free. She was wet, thinking of being cocooned in the rope, only her mouth, crotch, and ass left open for her spouses to use. Shiri, Mistress Abigail’s rope artist, noticed her excitement. “This one enjoys the rope,” they...
Radhika She felt awkward, knowing what she did, and unable to tell much of it to anyone else. But she held her tongue as she’d been told. “Pack for the tropics, we’ll be flying by private jet.” Or jets ... it depended how much security would be traveling with them. The four spouses, and their staffs – even Master Grimes’ concubines – weren’t the problem. Madam was having a discussion with Alice concerning how much security would travel with them. When Radhika had left Madam’s office, it...
“Theresa, “they won’t give us back our phones, and I understand why, but they’ll let us write letters, short ones, and send them out in the diplomatic pouches. “I love you, and I miss you, and I wish more than anything I was home. “And don’t think I’m saying that just because I share a room the size of Rachel’s with the rest of the crew. “The embassy staff is bending over backwards for us, but there isn’t a lot of room for unexpected guests. “The people dealing with the government...
When she listened to her heart, she knew her marriage was solid, the family would be all right. Listening to her head, however, happened far more often, and she was sure all was tearing itself apart, never to be mended. It wasn't just she missed Harry, although his absence was a hole in her sense of self, and her sense of the family. There was so much tension, so much fear, so much anger ... no one was who they should be anymore. Except for Rachel. The arrival of Eddie's little sister...
"My Beloved Harry, My Precious Carol, It's 3 AM and I have to go. Please believe me when I say this is the hardest goodbye I've ever skipped out on. If I stayed to say it face-to-face, I'm not sure I could go. Know in your hearts I will see you again. Know in your hearts I will come home to you. My love is with you always, entwined with your souls, Margo" Carol awoke to the smell of coffee. Straightening her collar she walked into the kitchen to find Harry at the table. He stared...
Saturday 10/14/06 10:00 AM "Rise and shine, Master, Mistress, subbies galore!" rasped Dayna. "In two hours Dommi will be here to discuss scheduling." "She can fuckin' join us in bed," Carol said from under the covers. "So will Nancy Velacourt," Dayna continued. "She can definitely join us in bed," Harry said in a muffled voice. "Nope, she likes little oriental girls, you don't qualify," Dayna said. "Dammit." Harry's head came out from under the covers, and he grabbed a...
She felt Tamara before the knock at the door – a tornado of fear, anger, and despair. So it was Carol who shot out of the bed, and hurried toward the door, scared for her oldest friend. “Tammy?” she said as she opened the door. Her friend, always small, seemed even tinier, drawn in upon herself, struggling under some great weight. “Tammy, what’s wrong?” In reply, Tamara held out the phone, and played the voicemail over its speakers. When it was finished, Carol said, “Candy, wake ‘em up....
Thanksgiving dinner had been a triumph, and part of that success was due to Magda and Lori’s presentation on silver trays. It never ceased to surprise, and please, Margo that so many issues in the family, and House, were eased by laughter. Growing up, she hadn’t laughed much at home, and had viewed school far too seriously to get many chuckles from it. College had been different, and her flirtation with drugs had given her plenty of helpless laughter, but there had still been far too much...
Tamara Osowski was at war with herself, albeit a very tiny war. If only her Edward were there with her, she would be the happiest she'd ever been. She was in the bosom of her family, almost all of them, in the same place at the same time. Arrangements had been made for the comfort and care of Rachel with blinding speed, and while it was good to have Merry and Annie Beth to take care of her, did leave Tamara with a little too much time on her hands. So she'd volunteered to the fiancees for...
Kelly Culberson Grimes waited until all the hugging and crying and welcoming home was done before, in front of the family, friends, and servants, she slapped Harry so hard it knocked him back. Had Candy not been standing behind him, by Kelly's order, he would have hit the floor. Harry grimaced as he rubbed his cheek. "Love you too, honey." Kelly wasn't in the mood. She knew she was dangerously close to losing it and just starting in on him with a rage-fueled beatdown. "Harry, you...
Harry They hadn’t been planning to stay over, but when they’d arrived, Madam Gao had placed the other guest house at their disposal. Only problem was ... no fresh clothes. Harry was still lying in the huge circular ‘entertaining’ room, propped up on pillows this way and that. Gloria was riding his cock. Watching her butt go up and down wasn’t a bad way to spend a morning. His hand caressed the delightful Bethie’s huge swollen ass. He wasn’t looking forward to running around naked ... and...
Harry It had been difficult, but he’d avoided drinking too much the night before. That said, there was some question as to the specific amount which would qualify as ‘too much’. It was a slippery variable. So, Harry was hung-over, just nowhere near as hungover as he’d been other mornings. He lay in bed, surrounded by bodies, and dreaded moving. Bladder aside, he wasn’t sure there were any valid reasons for him to move any time soon. If they wanted him at the wedding, they could damn well...
"Cosmic timing fuckin' sucks," Eddie Janak growled as he drove Tamara and Merry back from Dominique's Friday night. "So do I, sir," Merry said, trying to lighten the mood. Tamara smiled as Eddie quick-glared Merry into silence. "Was fuckin' hard enough leavin' you with Rachel just moved in, but with the fire, Harry off putting his head back together, threats fuckin' everywhere ... and this..." Eddie grumbled. "What exactly is 'this', darling?" Tamara asked, snuggled up...
Dr. Margo Wohler-Sapperstein. What a joke, Margo thought to herself. All her life she had been driven by the will of her parents, driven to achieve, to excel, to succeed, to exceed. Even now, even after their deaths, she felt their cold hands on her life, steering her future from beyond the grave. They hadn't lived to see her move away from the family practice she loved into cosmetic surgery. But they'd planned it. They hadn't lived to see her marry Benjamin in what could only be...
"Harry - Captain Thrust ... whoever the hell you are, don't you dare get in my way!" Tattie, the Duchess Turov, spat as she hauled the struggling Third Mate Bum into the house. "Wouldn't think of it, Duchess me darlin'," Thrust chortled. "Just try to leave me crewman in one piece when ye're through." "Oh, no worries there, Captain," she replied. "I won't do anything permanent." Her eyes snapped back to where Bum was scrambling along on all fours behind Turov's long-legged...
The phone call had awoken Eddie and Tamara in the early morning hours. Carol had been up, going to the kitchen for a drink, and spotted what she took to be a woman, skulking around the house. She'd dropped to the floor silently and called Eddie immediately. "Stay down and out of sight," he replied, pulling on a pair of pants as he spoke. "I'll be right there." As he drew on a black concert t-shirt, he began to calm himself. If it was who he expected it to be, being agitated would only...
Although no one in the limo really needed one, a round of drinks from the mini-bar helped shorten the drive back into the city and into the older part of downtown, which had grown into the entertainment district. Slowly they made their way down a street clogged with cars and pedestrians who evidently felt the street was merely an extension of the sidewalk. "Goddamn this is busy for this early in the night," Eddie exclaimed. "Must be a convention in town or something, this many people...
"Withered roses, forget, what they wept for day after day." I was an author. Not someone special no, but I guess for whatever reason, God gave me a special task. It was in November I started writing this book. It was something I thought the girls at my book club would like. Chapter 1 His name was Aaron. He was young man. Thin, but strong, or should I say strong boned. He lived with his two parents. His father was going old and senile. His mother was young and very concerned...
The Wolf with the Red Roses, by Chloe Tzang© 2017 Chloe Tzang. All rights reserved. The author asserts a moral right to be identified as the author of this story. This story or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a review. [Boy:] On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?[Girl:] Yes.[Boy:] I bet you say that to all the...
January 23nd-24th, 2007, Monday-Tuesday Jason “My love, this is very nice,” Abby said as Jason massaged her feet. “Just the beginning,” Jason said, intently focused on the massage. “Provided I don’t fall asleep.” “Yes, your eyes are glowing a bit...” “Hmm?” “Red, Jason. No one with any familiarity with marijuana could have a doubt as to your condition.” “Oh ... well, I’m so glad nobody here gives a damn if I’m baked.” He gave a short laugh. “And in reality, I don’t think there will...
January 25th, 2007, Wednesday – January 26th, 2007, Thursday On a ranch in the Texas Hill Country west of Waterloo “I’m sorry we had to leave, move operations out of the city,” she said, gently massaging his shoulders. Pipe smoke puffed up into the air. “It was going to happen sooner or later. All the attention from law enforcement merely accelerated the schedule. I do wonder if the two attacks are linked...” “The explosion that killed the gang members and the assassination of Philouma?...
Today was My Wifes birthday, and I had to go out and pick Roses present up this morning. Rose was awake chatting on the Internet all night when I left. While I was out getting her present she stayed home and was online all day. Rose was sitting down naked at the computer and surfing the web. She then went to a search engine and typed in k9 for dogs, as she had been talking about getting another pet. She thought she could do some research. She clicked on a couple of links until she came upon a...
"Yeah, sure, it's Friday night, like with my seniority they work me Friday nights, well, except for special projects. Not a problem, Harry, I'll be there. Got some news for you about an old friend of ours, I'll tell you tonight, looking forward to it." Eddy put down the phone and stared at the clock. He had enough time to catch a few more hours of sleep before he needed to be up and moving on some errands. He rolled over on his bed, looked at the empty half of it and went back to...
First thing in the morning the entire household was awakened to knocking on the front door. Harry rolled out of bed, threw on a pair of pants and answered the door. It turned out that he and Eddy were parked in the driveway and had to move so machinery could get into the back yard. "Gawddamn motherfuckin' workmen couldn't wait till 10 o'clock like any normal slackin' off cocksuckers, no, their asses had to be here before 8 gawddamn AM in the fuckin' morning." "Eddy, I guess I better...
Harry opened his eyes slowly, at peace with himself and the world. He was home. He was back in the arms of his family. He was where he belonged. He looked to his left and saw the beautiful and naked forms of Kelly, Carol and Margo still asleep, all entwined together. It was a sight to make anyone's heart burst with joy. "Mornin' bro," Nicki whispered from his right side where she was curled up next to him. "Morning ... what are you doing awake?" "Oh, planning out my day's...
She started to cry, and I thought she was crying because she was happy. I tried to make a joke to get her to stop. ‘Gee, if I’d have known you were going to do that, I wouldn’t have asked you.’ ‘It’s not you. It’s me.’ ‘Well?’ ‘Well, what?’ ‘Will you marry me?’ Christa wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, then pulled a tissue from the box on the end table and blew her nose. She’d stopped sobbing, but her shoulders still shook and she wouldn’t look at me. ‘I told you I don’t know. I...
First up on the stage was House Risotti, and people could say what they wanted about Veronika, but she wasn't in the least afraid to put her subs' genitalia in danger for the sake of a show. It was obvious, watching One, Two, Three and Four up in the air, suspended by elastic straps, that it wasn't their first time. While they weren't as brilliant, gifted and well-trained as Cirque du Soleil, they had skills in the air that most of their audience wouldn't have even dreamed of. The four...
Indru tamil kama kathaiyil ilamaiyaana magalum pinbu vithavai ammavaiyum eppadi usar seithu matter poten endru ungaluku solugiren. Suvarasiyam athigam irukum kama kathaikul selalam vaarungal, en peyar karthik. En veethiiyil oru pen ilamaiyaaga sexiyaaga irupaal, avalai thinamum sight adithu kondu irupen. Thinamum aval kalluri sendru varum pozhuthu iru velaiyilum sight adika arambithu viduven. Aval peyar nandhini vayathu 21 irukum, avaluku veetil aan thunai kidaiyaathu. Veetil oru amma iru...
She looked down and smiled. Roses. She loved roses. But who would leave them at the door for her? She hadn’t heard from Billy since they broke up. Well she considered them broken up. She hadn’t heard from him from that stupid fight they had two weeks ago that had them both saying things she knew, or at least she thought she knew, they didn’t mean. They had both asked each other at the same time if the other one wanted to break up. No one really said a yes or no as a response. Just silence...
Usagi sat at the feet of one of her new Mistresses, Carol. Her Mistress stroked her hair, unabashedly staring down at her naked body with appreciation. Usagi was happy — happy to be out of the hideous clothes she'd found under another girl's bed, the only things she could find to wear in a hurry — happy to be through her training and finally out in the real world — happy with her new House as they seemed very welcoming, all of them, even the other subs, and very joyous, even with all that...
It has been several months since my wife and I had sex. Usually, our sex frequency was normal, two – three times a week, as the statistical average. We have been married for about nine years and had two young kids. But eight months ago, I was promoted as VP Sales, a job that is demanding long travels abroad. So, our intimacy and sex life took a dramatic decrease due my traveling. I spent most of the time outside the country, far away from her. During my trips away from home, as a normal man, I...
VoyeurThe Roses in November I watch him from the window of the north tower as he makes his way to me through the wilderness surrounding my keep. He is weary, this seeker with his rusted mail and sword smeared with the blood of the vines he has had to cut to keep from stumbling on the rocky path. He is no more than an ant struggling on the horizon at the moment, but I know that he is breathing heavily from the effort it takes to ascend this summit. I consider dispatching a bird to see where...
When they pulled into the parking lot Carol peered out the windows and soon had rolled down the partition and told the driver to pull up next to the Bentley. Carol was as nervous as she'd ever been in her life. It wasn't that there was some vastly important outcome hanging in the balance based on how things went that evening, it was just that Carol saw in her wife and husband, even though he was unsure of it as yet, a chance to change things for the better, things that had needed changing...
In the confusion of getting their drinks, and then passing Angela around the table for gropes and kisses, House Chorale's Master and Madam missed the short man, dressed in a suit, that stood close by, waiting for their attention. When Harry finally noticed him, he said, "Yes sir? Can we help you?" "Yes sir, I'm looking for Edward Janak?" Harry pointed to him and smiled. "Could I be rude and ask what for?" "Just a delivery, sir, thank you so much." A few moments later, after...
Painting the Roses RedBy Beagle9690September 2008Shakespeare wrote: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."When I first met her, she was Blanche, Blanche Rousseau. Until then, I assumed she was somewhat of a recluse and a spinster, living with and caring for her elderly father; at least that was the consensus of all of my neighbors. I was a confirmed bachelor of 40 and was quite content to mind my own business.I lived in the house next to her. The...
Lisa arrived at the ski lodge just past 5 p.m. on Friday evening. The snow was falling at the rate of an inch every hour, and if it had not been for the 4-wheel drive Tahoe she had borrowed from her neighbor, she wouldn't have made it. With all the fresh new snow, this weekend promised to be an exciting one on the slopes. She looked around the large sitting room of the lodge. No Michael to be found. Michael was her boyfriend of 3 months. They met in the community college where they were both...
The Captain woke up briefly as he was once again washed. Two pair of hands rinsed his body with warm washcloths and with love. He drifted back to sleep. He came to for a moment as either Twat or Mounds shifted position, curled up next to him on either side. Sleep reclaimed him. He woke up, carefully crawled out of his bunk, not disturbing his sleeping crewmates and went to the head, then caught a shower. As he dried himself, his stomach rumbled so ominously he could hear it over the...
"I'm afraid things aren't going to work out between her and me," Kelly said after Jessica went upstairs, sadness flooding across her face. "She's too scared or too distrustful or too something, I don't know what, to relax and be comfortable with you... to be... to be..." "A part of the family?" Margo asked. "Yeah, that's it, that's it exactly! And she resents that I am a part of it. If she can't come to terms with it, I don't see much future for us." "You know that...
"Tell me there's aspirin ... and coffee ... and more aspirin," Margo said as she stumbled into the kitchen. "Of course, there's coffee, my darling love," Harry said, putting down what passed for the city's daily paper and heading for the coffee pot. "And I'm off to get aspirin for you as we speak," added Carol, scurrying off towards the medicine cabinet. "Alright, thanks to one and all, I'm off to my place to shower and get clean clothes," Helen said. She walked over, kissed...
The supper was excellent, the company boisterous and it was all many of the attendees could do to curb their language because of Rachel. "So," Karen said, "Harry had gone off and gotten himself invited to one of the Psi Lambda Mu "Moo Call" parties, which were generally acknowledged to be drunken debaucheries almost on a par with what any fraternity would throw. They didn't invite frat boys or other sorority sisters, these were held off campus, generally at some rented place outside...
The phone rang at 9 AM and no one seemed all that inclined to answer it. As Harry rose up out of bed, he realized the reason could be that Nicki & Sheila had gone home before everyone crashed and burned, he vaguely remembered Jackie & Lisa getting up and heading off to work and everyone else was in bed with him, still asleep, or trying valiantly to stay that way. Crawling over Margo and Andrea, curled up together like children, he made it to the edge of the bed and proceeded to...
Donna It was done. Donna had wanted to believe it wouldn’t affect her, that righteous anger would carry her through, but by the end, the smell of burnt flesh and Shelley’s muffled screams were most of her reality. The other part of her reality was burning one letter at a time, not remembering the last letter, unsure of the next one. Donna would finish a letter, then pull back, and look at Shelley’s ruined face, realize what the next letter must be, and then begin again. Until at last...
January 22nd, 2007, Sunday Savannah Rowland She hung on a St. Andrew’s cross before her Mistress, Rosa Guzman, and Master Ernesto Salazar. The heads of San Antonio Society were not pleased, but they were calmer than they’d been when she returned to Texas after being sent away by Master Jason. “I hear your urinal service with House Fuentes was deemed ... adequate,” Master Salazar said. “Yes, Master. So it was described to me.” “But every other House you served had nothing good to say...
January 26th, 2007, Thursday Thad He hadn’t been expecting a dinner invitation from Madam Gao, much less one to dine at the Waterbar with its stunning view of the Golden Gate Bridge. When he and Kjirsten arrived, he was surprised to see Dayna Spyderchylde seated beside Madam Gao. “No talk of business until after dinner,” Madam Gao proclaimed. That suited Thad perfectly and so their meal was uninterrupted by serious matters. With after-dinner coffee, Thad admired the view of the bridge...
Laurie flipped her cell phone closed and picked two orders off the kitchen delivery shelf. Ned, the short-order cook, peered at her from the other side of the shelf, clicked his lips, and gave her a leer and a wink. ‘Keep it in your pants,’ Laurie barked at him and turned toward the dining room. She knew she should have worn a bra today. It was hotter than a devil’s asshole back here, and her flimsy cotton blouse and skirt were plastered to her body. As she delivered the orders to a couple of...
After a somber end to the brunch, Karen and Patricia made their farewells, checked out of their room and headed home. Tamara cleared her and Eddy out of their room and transferred up to the suite. She and Margo settled in on a couch in the bedroom to talk. Harry got back from a trip to the toilet to find Margo on the room phone. When she hung up she said, "Harry, I'm taking Tamara to do a little clothes shopping and it looks like Kelly is coming with us. Do you need anything while we're...
After a time, Carol got up off the floor and very calmly removed another seventeen fifty-dollar bills, as well as five more sheaves of notes from albums. Then she returned the forceps to Eddy and knelt before Harry, eyes downcast. "May I take all of you to supper this evening?" she asked. "If you want to sweetie, of course you can. Any preference as to where?" Harry replied. "I was hoping the Bangkok Inn might be acceptable to everyone." Everyone chimed in with agreement so Carol...
In short order Nicki and Tatiana were in the hotel bar, sipping their drinks and watching the world go by outside. They were quiet, silent in each other's company, but it was a companionable silence. It was Nicki who first broke it in a significant way. "Called my office this evening ... told my editor I'd need more time off." "So, what'd he say to that?" "Said to take as much time as I needed ... isn't like I don't have the vacation built up." "So, what's the...
"I do not understand ... I am to present myself to you, but the Master is taking my children to shop for video games and movies?" The possible slight she had just dealt to her new mistress dawned on Kim and she prostrated herself on the floor. "I am sorry, Madam, I did not mean to imply that you were incapable or unworthy to receive me, it is just after living with the Karg-" "It's just that after living with the Karg for awhile, you instinctively expect women to be in an inferior...
7 AM, Saturday, 9/30/06 At the Grimes household, things were not going as smoothly as the family might have hoped. Margo had woken up at 6 AM and begun fretting about everything – the family's outfits for the evening, the caterers, transportation, and a thousand other things she didn't even bother putting into words. Candy was the second one up that morning, rolling off her air mattress on to the living room floor. She scratched herself and went stumbling toward the kitchen, only to hear...