I never knew where Mistress Sharon got her money or her influence in our city. She flaunted her activities, even the shady and outright illegal ones. Yet, she did not seem to get harassed.
Because I was set and semi-retired she had no influence over me, but she sure had a lot of the population cowering at her feet. Tiny Rita had stolen the hearts and cares of some of Rita's entourage. About three weeks after Rita went so willingly with Mistress Sharon's clamoring hoard, I got two anonymous emails in one day. Both urged me to intervene before Sharon killed her. The brief messages made me believe that Rita had given up, as soon as, she realized that Mistress Sharon did not care about her and was into inflicting serious pain just like her former master.
"Sharon, this is Carl. I wanted to call you and find out how little Rita was doing under your tutelage."
"You must be fond of the little bitch to call me about a sub."
"She was in such sad shape when I found her, I was just curious, if she stayed healthy for you."
"It will cost you, if you want her back."
"You dodged my question. She must be in bad shape. Have her brought to me and I will get her back into shape."
"Fuck off, Carl."
"Sharon, she is not the right kind of material for your brand of kink. She's not a fantasy sub, she is the real thing and fragile. Let her go and move on to all the others who want to follow you. She is nothing to you."
"But she is to you. Why should I?"
"You are still trying to push me, aren't you little girl? Hurt her bad, kill her, overdose her and I'll blow the lid off your operation. Are you sure you want to risk everything for one bad sub by challenging an old retired dom, who does not want to be a threat to you? For three years, I spanked your skinny ass and fucked your lose cunt when you begged to be dominated and did not have a pot to pee in."
The phone was quiet. She was fuming and thinking.
"Come on Alice Thornton from Topeka. Let's leave your fantasy world intact."
"You are still good, you old asshole. I still had rather submit to you than dominate a hundred sniveling pussies like your Rita. Yea, you can have her worthless, crying body back. Why didn't you call for me? I would leave a smile on your face."
"I'm too old to smile. Thanks Sharon. Sometime this afternoon, Ok?"
She hung up on me.
Rita was a mess. She was dumped at my feet and did not even know where she was or who she was delivered to for thirty minutes. I sat with her quietly as she cried, shook and only saw inside her tortured mind. She was dressed in a single garment. It looked like a faded hospital gown that was sewed up the back – a big, baggy, ugly mu-mu on a frail body.
In the long quite, Rita finally looked up and recognized me sitting with my back to her about six feet away. She crawled frantically and grabbed my right leg and held tight, also wrapping her legs around my foot.
I waited; she held on and trembled, a good ten minutes.
"Rita, I have not finished my coffee. Get back behind me. Strip and kneel. Stay totally quiet until I am ready to talk to you."
I watched her in the big gold framed mirror just to the right of me. Her body was half covered with bite marks, she had Sharon's brand on her right breast and her left ass cheek, her lips were bruised and swollen and she had lost weight in just three weeks. Her knees were badly bruised. She had welts on her back, stomach and abdomen. Her hair was a mess, her finger nails were chewed very close and her toenails had chipped polish. Her feet were filthy and her body was dirty. She had trouble kneeling and staying upright; she had obviously been kept in a low cage and her back was objecting to being straight.
"Rita, your body is dirty and you smell. Go to the guest room, bathe, comb your hair, put on your robe and return to me within the hour. I have questions that you must answer very truthfully."
When she returned she looked better but could barely stand. I sat her at a child's table in the kitchen. I had prepared a small dinner with milk and bread. She ate two thirds of the meal like a starving dog, then realized what she was doing and that I was watching her. She showed some decorum after that.
"Rita, I can tell you are very tired. Can you listen and answer my questions tonight?"
"I think so, Master."
"You have turned your back on me. I am not your Master."
She started to cry.
"Were you used as a cum slut in all your holes for anyone that Mistress Sharon sent to you?"
She labored with her answer. "Yes."
"Were you whipped and mated with a dog?"
Tears were rolling freely now.
"Yes."
"How long were you with them?"
"I do not know."
"What is your name?"
"Stupid slut."
"No, what is your given name?"
"Rita."
"Your full name?"
"Rita."
She had been broken. She did not want to please; she did not want to be pleased; she did not know if she wanted to live.
"Go to bed, Rita. I will lock you in like before. I will watch over you. You will be safe in a big soft warm bed. Sleep with no dreams. Tomorrow, I will wake you, feed you and we will start over again getting you healthy."
She moved like a zombie. There was no joy, no life, no smile. Just mindless obedience to avoid pain.
The next morning I had the clinic send over a phlebotomist who also collected a urine sample, gave Rita an EKG and had her do a breathing test. Often harsh treatment like she had received can result in pneumonia, irregular heart rhythms and worse. I handed Rita a copy of her old schedule. I had marked through the date and written "Second Try, Round #2" over it. I thought I saw a slight smile.
"Rita, later today, I'll tell you where to find your clothing, make-up, etc. For now, go to the pool, swim in the nude, bathe and come to me so I can look at the damage to your body."