Summer was slowly coming to an end and turning into fall. On our way to Sue's farm it rained during most of the drive. It was a long drive, but I started to get used to driving there. And Patty and I had fun in the car, chatting and listening to music, so I really didn't mind the weather.
We arrived just after 11 in the morning. Aside from the large, black Range Rover and their own van, there were two extra vans parked in the small parking area at the end of the long driveway, both from the same construction company. Apparently Sue had some work done somewhere on the premises. We gathered our luggage from the car, including the large grey bag with all our toys, and hurried down the narrow footpath into the garden of the fairytale like house, trying to stay out of the pouring rain as much as possible.
We took cover under the small roof of the porch and rang the doorbell. We waited for a few minutes, but nobody answered the door, so we quickly covered the 50 feet to the small entrance to the barn. While we were taking our wet shoes off in the small hallway, Eve entered from the main room.
"Hi!" she said cheerfully. "I heard you enter. How good to see you again." She hugged Patty and then me. "Sue is inside and Rick is upstairs. Please, come in, it's nice and warm inside."
We followed her into the grand looking main room of the barn. Sue was sitting in a chair in the seating area with the fireplace, which wasn't burning.
"Hi, welcome back my friends," Sue said, smiling at us. "Come, have a seat."
We both greeted her with a kiss on the cheek and sat down. Eve offered to get us something warm to drink.
I looked around the room. Some things were a little different. The playground was almost empty, only the large, heavy bondage rack was still standing there. The double doors to the storage were open and so was the door to the long corridor that provided access to the back rooms and the staircases leading upstairs. There was bright, artificial light coming out of the corridor and I heard music from a radio, as well as voices of men working there.
"Are you having work done?" I asked Sue.
"Yes, I wanted windows between the play rooms in the back and the corridor," Sue said. "I want to involve the rooms a little more with the main area. People don't use them often for play during parties and I'm hoping that opening them up a little more will motivate people to use them more. And besides, it can be fun to watch people play there from the corridor. Go and have a look if you like."
I was really curious, so I walked over there. On the left side of the corridor there were three long windows installed, one for the tiled medical room, one for the wooden medieval room and one for one of the rooms that wasn't in use. There were four guys still working on them, lit by bright lights. The corridor was a bit of a mess, but the windows looked great and I bet that once the painting of the windows stills would have been completed, they would look like they had always been there.
As I walked back to the main room, I wondered if those guys working here had been here before. And if they hadn't, wouldn't it be awkward for them to work here? They were installing windows in a fully set up medical room with all kinds of torturous devices and I could only imagine how weird that must seem for outsiders who had no affiliation with bdsm.
"It looks great," I said when I returned to Patty and Sue.
"Yes, I thought so too," Sue said. "They will finish work today, so people at tomorrow nights party can see the results and of course, use the rooms."
"So there will be a party tomorrow night?" Patty asked.
"Yes, I have decided to go with the masked ball idea," Sue said. "And the guys told me they would make sure work will be finished by the end of the afternoon, so the mess can be cleaned before the party starts."
Another party sounded fun. I was already looking forward to it. Then I realized there would probably be different people here than last week, and being a little socially awkward, it had me worried immediately.
"Will some of the people we met last weekend be here this weekend?" I asked Sue.
"Yes," she said. "Britney will arrive this afternoon and she will bring some slaves in training again. And Raven and Tim will be here with Martin, although I'm not sure when they will arrive."
"Tomorrow afternoon," Eve said from the bar. "They just texted me an hour ago."
"And Charlie?" I asked.
"Yes, Charlie will be there as well, with Jean I think," Sue said. "And Rob and Fenna, who you've met last week will be there. And of course there will be more people here that you haven't met yet."
"Interesting," Patty said. "I'm really looking forward to it, although I do need to ask if I could borrow some clothes again. And for him as well maybe, at least a mask if it's going to be a masked ball."
"I'm sure we can find you something," Sue said, smiling friendly at us.
Patty smiled widely as only girls looking forward to finding clothes can smile. Then she said to me: "Would you take our things upstairs perv?"
"Of course ma'am," I replied as I got up.
"While you're upstairs, strip and put your cuffs on," she added. "And take our toy bag back downstairs, alright?"
"Yes ma'am," I said submissively, hiding how that order startled me a little. It would mean I had to come back downstairs naked, in a chastity cage and wearing my cuffs and to get back into the main room I would either have to go around the outside of the barn through the pouring rain, or pass the construction workers in the corridor.
I got our bags from the hallway, crossed the main room where Patty and Sue were chatting, crossed the playground area and entered the corridor. Two guys were painting the newly installed window frames on the corridor's side. They were scrubby looking, middle aged men, both bearded and heavy build. I could see the other two guys through the new window in the medieval room installing blinds on the inside. One was Hispanic looking and wore a bandana on his head, the other was a very large bald guy with a grey, styled beard that made him look like a biker.
I swallowed. I may have gotten over a lot of shame over the last couple of weeks, but the thought of me passing these guys in a few minutes on my way back scared me a little. I even considered the option of not doing it and telling Patty I chickened out, using my 'yellow' safe word. But, on the other hand, these guys had seen the equipment in the rooms and I figured they were well aware about the kind of place they were working at, so I decided I needed to get over my embarrassment and just do it. Patty asked me to and I wasn't uncomfortable enough with it to use my safe word.
