You have that look about you. You’re up to something and is as pleased as punch with yourself. I cannot imagine what it is that has you looking like a cat who got the cream.
“I’ll be back in a bit,” you tell me as you bolt for the door, “there’s a letter for you on the hall table. You’d better look at it, it looks important.”
“What’s it about?” I yell to him from the bedroom where I’m changing from the day’s toiling garb into something more relaxed.
“I don’t know. It’s addressed to you and I didn’t open it.” And the door shuts behind you.
“Damn! Damn, damn and damn!” I wander out to the hall, still partially dressed – well, underwear, anyway. I pick up the letter. Nice stationery, a heavy manila paper, cream colored, but it contains no return address. “Hmm,” I say to myself as I tear open the envelope and unfold the letter it contains.
It reads: “At 5:45 tonight, your doorbell will ring. Get in the car. The driver will take you where you need to be. Master.”
A big smile appears until I look at my watch – I have exactly 12 minutes. Dropping the letter, I dash for the bath, shedding my remaining clothes as I run. I turn on the water, and give up grabbing the scrubby and ducking into the still-cold water. A lick and a promise will have to do. I’m out of the shower and mostly dry with eight minutes left. “Damn!” I know Master will not tolerate my being late. For anything.
At the closet, I grab a dress, ruffle through the drawers looking for pretty underpinnings – just bra and hose – then back to the closet to get shoes. Four minutes. “Double damn!” Ruin one stocking – find another and get it on.
Back to the bathroom to do something to the hair, back to the dresser for earrings and a dinner ring. I go to the hall closet for a coat at a dead run, getting there just as the bell rings.
I open it, and there stands a stranger who hands me another cream envelope. I open it and read the card inside. “Get a book you haven’t read. Go with this man. Master.” I grab my bag, find my current novel and put my coat on as I walk out the door, locking it behind me. The man ushers me into the back seat of the car.
“Where are you taking me?” I ask the chauffeur. There is no response. “Damn!” I’ll just have to wait and see. In the interim, I fuss a little more with hair, fix my stockings more comfortably, get my nipples pointing in the same direction, check for makeup – the things for which there was no time. Then noticing I’m being watched, settle back, close my eyes and give in to the feeling. My pulse and breathing accelerate, as they always do when I think of you. My hand starts to stray to my heating and increasingly damp center, when I remember the eyes in the rear view mirror. I relax, folding my hands in my lap. Whatever you’ve planned is in motion.