Previously:
- Katie loved her first bondage experience, but unfortunately realized the power of her safe word granted her the ultimate control.
- Katie's lie, which was designed to protect her, surfaces, ending her and Lilly's friendship.
- Katie discovered her parents want her to drop everything and make them grandparents.
Katie walked through the Sunday morning air towards a nearby park, where she planned to meet Maestro. After Katie had brought up the topic of no safe word, Maestro felt he needed to talk with her in person to set her straight. With each step Katie took towards the park, all the ways of asking Maestro for a second session were running through her head. She was ready to beg if necessary.
Katie felt a vibrating in her purse. It was her sister Kelly calling.
"Hey," said Katie in a monotone voice.
"So I heard what happened between you and Mom and Dad."
"First, congratulations on the pregnancy." Katie wanted to get that out of the way.
"Thanks! We are so excited."
"But, yes. I got it a fight with Mom and Dad." Katie knew Kelly was only calling to get more details.
"They said you were being unreasonable?"
"Mom and Dad were being sexist. Plain and simple."
"No! I am sure you are mistaken."
"I kid you not, they both said I should be focusing on settling down with a man so I can have kids."
"What's wrong with that?"
Katie already knew her sister subscribed to her parents dogma. "Because that is what they want for me. I took a chance coming out to the nations capital so I could work my way to the top of the non profit world. Thats what I want for my life. If the man happens, great. If kids happen, great. I am not living my life solely to find a man and have kids. If I was a man, would they expect me to give up my career to be a stay at home dad?" Katie turned a corner and her lush green park came into view.
"Can you blame them Katie? They are from another generation."
"Honestly, Kelly, I can blame them. I thought they were better than that."
"Well, are there any guys in your life."
"For fuck's sake Kelly, not you too! Seriously?! Did you spend four years at UCLA just to be a stay at home Mom? I thought you were more in touch with modern views."
"Hey. It's not my fault your sexually frustrated! Yeah, that's right. Mom told me how over worked you are."
Kelly had no idea how far from sexually frustrated Katie was. She had been sexually liberated.
"We are done here. Enjoy the kid." Katie hung up realizing she could have been a little nicer with her last line. But, how could her sister not even see her side? She didn't have to agree with it, just see it.
Katie walked to the north side of the park and sat on a paint chipped bench where Maestro planned to meet her. It would be a place where they could talk more openly. Better than a coffee shop. Right on time, Maestro sat down next to her. His strong frame brushing against her delicate shoulder.
"So. Let's talk." Maestro sat next to her, but stared forward off into the park. It was as if they were making some kind of illegal deal and the cops were watching.
"Yes," Katie said. She awkwardly turned towards him, but he did not make eye contact, his hands in his pockets. "A lot of things in my life right now are not going so great, and our session last weekend, well, it was therapeutic, and has honestly been the highlight of my last few months."
"I am sorry to hear things are not great," said Maestro, the way a caring friend might. Maestro finally turned and made eye contact with Katie. His blue eyes never failed to win her over. "You know I mostly work with full time submissives. Our session was a kindness, on my behalf, to show you the community is not all bad. I wanted to give you a safe environment to make sure this was all something you really wanted to explore. There are a lot of creeps out there who could have taken advantage of you."
Katie sensed Maestro was on the verge of leaving, as he shifted his weight forward. She knew she had to do something drastic quickly.
"Why do you only work with full time submissives?"
"It's the life style I enjoy. Its the element of control. There is really nothing left for the person to give up in the situation. Just the way you crave domination, I crave control in the exact same way. Surely you can understand."
"Then do another session with me. No safe word. No limits."
"Katie. That is the main reason I wanted to talk to you. Like I said before, that kind of play is reserved for the most intimate couples. People who have been doing this with each other for years. You seeking that kind of session, you are nowhere near ready."
"I know, but, you just said, the lifestyle is about giving up as much control as possible. I am unable to commit to this 24/7 so, what if I made up for it with no safe word."
Maestro was quiet. Katie felt like she might have an angle. She needed so desperately another session. It was all she had. Nothing else in her life was going smoothly.
"You said yourself, this is all about give and take. You got a feel for what I could handle. Let's do a session, no limits." Just thinking about it was turning Katie on immensely. Having a safe word last time was the one part of their session that made it less exciting. She felt she had too much control, being able to stop the session at anytime.
"Katie, you are still very new to all of this." Maestro paused.
"Maestro. I have one... actually no friends here in the city. My parents have practically disowned me, only wanting me for grandchildren. They are completely infatuated with my sister and their grandchild. It's like I don't even exist. I have been on five dates in the last five years. The most recent being a very low point socially and physically. My job sucks the life out of me daily. Our session was one of the best things that has happened to me in a long time. Please, you have to understand. If what it takes is no safe word, I am willing to do that, for a few hours of happiness. "
Maestro broke his silence. "Katie. You are playing with my emotions. You know this is exactly the kind of thing that turns me on. Why are you doing this when I have told you it's not safe?"
"Please Maestro. You showed me a kindness and caring I never knew. I trust being in your hands. It's a fair tradeoff. Since I can't do this 24/7, no safe word is my tradeoff."