(This story was written around the song Nothing Compares to you)
"He's gone!" She sighed. "He told me I wasn't worth the effort."
"He said," she looked at her friend with tears filling up her eyes, "You don't follow what I tell you." she sighed, "I did everything he told me to do."
Her friend frowned, "except that one thing."
"I wear the collar proudly!" She shouted and pushed her long hair away from her neck to expose the collar he'd placed around it a full year ago. "I am his!"
Her friend looked at her with pity in her eyes. "Not anymore, sister. If a Master says your done," she frowned, "than your done."
"It's only been seven hours and fifteen days," she whimpered. "He could change his mind." She stomped her foot. "He could!"
"Not likely, sister."Her friend walked away. The twinkling of the collar her friend wore around her neck seemed to sing out to Julie. Her Master was gone. The collar could be gone too if she'd take it off.
That night she ate out in a really fancy restaurant. Master didn't like fancy restaurants. He said they were over priced and it was where fools wasted money. She never considered herself a fool. But by eating in such a restaurant she felt like she had over stepped his control. But, in reality, it didn't really feel like that. It felt more like she was totally alone. There was no one to make sure she was safe, cared for and make the correct decisions. She felt panic. What had she done?
As she started her walk home several good looking men gave her the once over. Some resembled Master, others didn't look a thing like him but they all must just made her think of him. The guy with blonde hair and a big smile on his face reminded her of the time when she first met him. She'd felt totally lost and unsure of what to do. He'd told her what to do and how to do it. She'd felt confident. He gave her confidence.
The next guy had black hair and bluish eyes. His smile reflected Master's smile when he instructed her how to please him. She kept walking.
Images of the last time he Mastered her flashed across her mind.
"I could release you," he said to her. "A bright smile spread across his face. She knew he had no intention of releasing her. "I know how you like that having to stand on your toes or squatting so close to the floor that it makes your back hurt."