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Chapter 23

Cathy turned to Rob as soon as the cars had driven away. "Let's go take a walk with the dogs. It will do us good, clear our heads. It will give me the opportunity to explain what we're to do over the coming days. Not in detail, some things I have yet to decide. The course of treatment will depend on how you respond."

Rob took Inca on her leash and Cathy took Nicky. They walked slowly about the village. On the edge of the village was a wood. They released the dogs to run free, walking to keep them in sight. Cathy began telling him more. "I asked Helena to explain from now on I shall be your one and only Mistress, until further notice. Can you accept this? If not, then there's no reason for us to carry on. I require your answer now."

She stopped him, turned him to look directly at her. To Rob, the look in her eyes seemed more like a plea than a demand.

Rob answered reluctantly. "Well, I guess so."

"That is not enough."

"I want you to be my Mistress."

"Again, not enough."

"Please Cathy, will you be my Mistress?"

"Yes, I will." She gave Rob a kiss. "Thank you. I appreciate your struggle with this. Listen, you face challenges in the coming days, some things will be very hard on you. A bit of physical pain, not a lot and not for long. There will be some bondage, but I'll never let you go forgotten. I may not be right there but I will be monitoring at all times. I have quite a bit of humiliation in mind, I'll return to the subject later. Most of all, you must worship me." Rob looked at her with skepticism. "Further, we'll be very intimate, we will be more intimate then you have ever been with a woman. You understand this is no Doctor-patient commitment, it's a love commitment. I'll reschedule appointments to do this for you, even in the week after."

Rob held up a hand. "I'm now questioning this offer. I have no idea what you plan to do. I'm still recovering from the experience of the weekend, making whipping and spanking out of the question, I must make this clear, out of the question."

"I'm your Mistress, your well being is now my responsibility." Her voice was scolding.

"Sorry. As you know, my experience has not shown me I can expect it."

"You are forgiven.

"Rob, there can be a downside to all this, for you, for me and for Helena. She understands exactly what may result, but out of love for you, she still agreed to it. You must reward her for her trust in you and myself as soon as she joins us. You see, in the coming days I want to brain-wash you. Not like a bad spy movie. I think I mentioned this before when describing being a Mistress: I shall become your world. You no longer will think about yourself, you'll think only about your mistress. You won't think about what you want or how you feel, but only about what your mistress wants, how she feels. The result will be a different view of each other."

Rob simply looked puzzled.

Cathy was exasperated. "Have you no idea? It's a foregone conclusion we'll fall in love. I already am. I'm pretty sure you have feelings for me. Those feelings will intensify."

He resisted telling her he already loved her, deciding against making the situation any more confusing. "What of Helena, will she be out of my thoughts?"

"In part. I will direct you on this subject Wednesday, before she arrives. We'll get very intimate, Helena agreed I am to be the fourth woman in your personal circle. She agreed your standing rule she would be present must be set aside. But, Rob, our commitment won't end when you are cured. Will you accept me not only as your Mistress, but also your lover? That will be my reward."

"I thought you already were, joining Helena's circle."

"No, I am not. I've been trying to keep a professional distance, as much as these unorthodox methods I have been using will permit. I have loved you for some time, but sharing you with other women, I don't think I could be part of it. Maybe I can find myself another man who looks a bit like you..." she sighed. "It isn't your good looks, by the way," she teased.

Rob decided to tease back. "You've learned to like sissies?"

"Rob, you are not a sissy, it was simply part of our game. I might call you sissy again, likely I will, but never, ever think I see you like that. Helena told me what Kate said about you, you were so strong for her you didn't make love. That's proof you're no sissy, I'd call you stronger than most men.

"Rob, come here." She took his face between her hands and kissed him. "No matter what I say or do, you are very, very dear to me. Never forget it. And you shall make me happy, oh yes." She gave him a wicked smile.

"Then, Mistress, I am ready to start your treatment."

"We begin as soon as we're back at the house. I'll be your Mistress from now on. You must obey all my wishes, without hesitation, asking no questions. I'll ask much, but nothing you can't do. I will ask nothing against your nature. I'll still call you Rob most of the time. I may call you something else when I want to humiliate you. If I do, you know my purpose is your education."

They called the dogs and got them back on leashes. As soon as they had hung their coats and the leashes on pegs in her house, she resumed. "Now, let's walk through my house, you must become familiar with all the rooms."

She showed him the kitchen and adjoining pantry with the washer and dryer. "Oh, I forgot to mention something: at all times, unless you're in bed or we're going out of the house, you're to wear a maid outfit. Helena brought over several, you'll find them in your wardrobe upstairs. As my maid, you shall do all the laundry, your clothing and mine, including lingerie. Clear?"

"Yes Mistress." Rob was trying to step into the game Cathy had described.

"Cathy will do for now until I tell you to address me otherwise."

Five minutes on and the rules already include what has not been said, Rob thought.

Cathy opened the next door beside her office. In the small room, Rob was confronted with a chair reminding him of the examining chair in Marion's house. It had straps and belts. Around it there was a lot of electrical equipment. Rob turned to her, ready to call it off right then. "Okay Cathy, what about this equipment?"

She gave him a smile. "No pain in this room. It's not what you think. As you've guessed you shall sit in this chair tomorrow. Think of it as a kind of lie detector. "

Cathy went forward and showed him the rest of the house. There was no cellar, but she showed him her attic with bondage equipment she hadn't yet moved out to her funhouse in the back garden. "Here is your punishment room. Now I don't want to have a reason to punish you, I'd much prefer to do things here because I want to, not because you make it necessary. Do you understand?"

"Yes." In this room especially, Rob thought "yes, Mistress" was the better answer, but she'd told him not to.

"Nothing serious in your impaired condition, just enough to to give you more familiarity with bondage. I will bind you, but I don't expect to keep you in bondage more than an hour at most, usually less. Cathy pointed out cameras. "I may not be here in the room, but I will always have my eye on you. I can even monitor you from my desk in the examining room. Tuesday I have a few patients, I might leave you in bondage while I'm with them or put you to work in the kitchen, whatever I please."

"I don't know how I might take long term bondage."

"You choose to do it for me. There is a big difference between voluntary and that unfortunate chaining event."

Rob was still hesitant. "Maybe I won't like it one bit."

"You're missing the point, Rob! This isn't about you. You will do it, because your Mistress wants it from you. You want to please me. Will you do it to please me?"

"I can't promise you anything about this. I don't know how I might react if I'm bound. I might panic; I've never tried it before."

"Do you get claustrophobic Rob? It's necessary to know details about you, what you can and can't absolutely take. I know you don't like blood, nor do I. This is why I don't work with needles."

"No branding, cutting or that sort of thing. I don't get claustrophobic much."

"Of course not. Candle wax?"

"Never tried it before. Probably not a big deal."

"If you think of something that's a limit or bothers you, please tell me. Some of what I have in mind it's likely you haven't tried, but you shall see it at the appropriate time. No scat, I promise you, maybe urine."

"I've already done that with Marion."

"A golden shower? And what did you think of it?"

"It seemed like something she wanted, in that moment I let her do it. I didn't like it, I won't do it again and I told her just that. Marion, of course, was thrilled and wants to do it again. She believes one day I'll be asking her for it regularly." He scoffed. "I recall hearing her refer to it as a gift to me. Should you elect to do it when I'm naked I don't have problems with it, but not on my clothing and I must shower afterwards."

He leaned closer to her. "There is a limit to how far you can take this particular thing. If I say something, you must hear me."

"So I shall, in all things. Okay, I think we have agreement." Cathy paused, looking expectantly at Rob. "Well, what are you waiting for? You know what I want."

Rob tilted his head. "I do?"

"The game has begun. Go dress in lingerie and a maid's uniform. Wear whatever you feel comfortable wearing today. You must always be wearing stockings, the rest is for now up to you. You choose which uniform."

In his room, Rob grabbed one of his ordinary maid's uniforms, there were three in the wardrobe. He put on black shoes with a kitten heel, he knew his feet would get cold without shoes. He wondered if Cathy cared what sort of shoes he wore.

When he came downstairs, he went straight to the kitchen, where Cathy had started making their dinner. "Starting tomorrow morning, you're to do the cooking and cleaning." She looked him over with approval, then told him to get glasses of red wine for both of them. Rob did as was asked, soon they sat together at the kitchen table, waiting for their meal as it simmered. With all the dinner smells, the warmth of the stove and the effect of the wine, it felt quite cozy. Rob leaned over to Cathy and kissed her, she kissed him back. They both felt happy.

With the dogs at their feet during dinner, it felt really good to be there, together. They did the washing up together, standing side by side. Rob kissed her again.

Cathy said: "You know how much I want to make love to you, but I think you shall have another night of rest, let your wounds heal. I think it's still too early for too much excitement. I think we should just sit on the couch, watch TV or grab a book and just rest. What do you think?"

Rob touched the wounds on his bum. They were closed but they were still tender. He knew only a little pressure would open them again. "You're right, let's be sensible. We've plenty of time. Let's just sit beside each other. I must try to spare my back and bum."

Rob liked Cathy's house, he felt quite at home there. They took the dogs for a short walk before bed. Rob just put a coat on over his female clothes and out they went in the dark. They held hands, letting Inca and Nicky loose to run; they had learned to respond to Rob's whistle. The evening was chilly, when they came back in side they decided to go to bed and warm up there.

Rob wore his pink nightgown again, Cathy her matching black nightgown. They cuddled a bit and soon after they were asleep.

Chapter 24

The sun was shining in Rob's face, the weather promised to be fair, although chilly. Cathy was still asleep beside him. He decided not to wake her. Rob took a shower and quickly dressed as Cathy wanted him. He wore the same lingerie and French maid's dress he had worn the prior evening, he would wash it tomorrow, he thought.

He went downstairs and made them breakfast, tea and toast. When walking upstairs with his tray he heard Cathy rummaging around and when he entered the bedroom, she was still in her nightgown.

"This is a pleasant surprise, Rob." She kissed him, they ate their breakfast on the bed. Cathy took a good look at him and said, "I like you wearing this outfit. I thought I'd get used to it, but somehow it suits you. Almost totally natural, as if you wear this uniform each day. Yes, I like it, definitely."

Rob just smiled and said "Thank you Mistress, but only when playing in a game. This is not an everyday occurrence. This particular game may run longer than most, but it will reach its end."

This was not an answer she was expecting. It struck her Rob had not surrendered, he was still just participating. "Rob, remove our breakfast, tidy the kitchen, then my bedroom. I'll shower and get ready. When you're finished, go out and take your dogs for a walk. I do not require you to wear your uniform outside. There's nothing at specific times this morning, there is no reason to rush. When you get back from your walk, join me in the room with the monitoring equipment. I shall give you a test, it will take about 45 minutes. Recall preparing and serving meals is your responsibility; after you serve and clear away lunch we'll go out with the dogs for a long walk. Believe me, you'll need fresh air after the testing. While we walk, we can talk. The test will show us your sexual personality."

Rob quickly made up the bed and tidied the bedroom, finishing even before Cathy was undressed. He took their breakfast tray down to the kitchen, washed the dishes and cleaned a few things. Going back up to his room he heard Cathy in the shower. He took off his dress, putting male clothes over his lingerie. Downstairs, Inca and Nicky were waiting impatiently. Eagerly, they led him to the park beside Cathy's house, where he let them off their leads to run. In the park, he had his first opportunity to think things over with few distractions. He had no idea what might happen at Cathy's hands. Perhaps it was Cathy's intent he not look into the future, just live in the moment of each experience she gave him.

It had been nearly an hour when he decided to go back and face what was to happen. Once inside the house he could hear she was on the phone in her office. He let her know he was back by a quiet knock on the door and a quick look through the door, she gestured to him to go to the other room.

He forced himself to go to the room with the chair and cables and electronic stuff. He looked around and saw different devices which would normally appear in a real hospital. The room still looked too much like Marion's examining room, but he reminded himself nothing especially unpleasant had happened when he was there. He took off his male clothes and shoes and now only wore his lingerie. As he undressed he recalled, that first evening in Marion's examining room, had he listened more carefully he would have heard Marion telling him she was finding his limits so she would know how to push at them.

He heard Cathy coming, she must be wearing high heels today, he heard them clicking. When she entered the room, he almost drooled at the vision of a dominatrix Queen. She was dressed in white, a plain white blouse, quite sheer with a lot of lace showing beneath it, a white leather skirt, black nylons and white high heels.

She looked at Rob and then pointed at his feet: "Next time I want you to wear high heels. Take off your knickers and camisole, come stand by the chair."

She lowered the chair.

"First, let me see your back." He turned, she she inspected his shoulders. "Bend over and let me see your bum." She hummed to herself, fingers touching gently in a few places. "Okay, seat yourself, but careful. All the wounds are closed, but some still look tender. We'll be cautious through this evening."

This evening, Rob thought. His dick began to rise at the thought of coming events. He had no knickers on so Cathy saw it immediately. "I'm flattered by your reaction, but you must behave. The videos you're to see will sometimes have an effect, I want to make sure it's a true reflection of your mind and thoughts. If you persist, you shall be disciplined for it."

"I'm sorry Cathy." He reminded himself he needed to be able to decide when to not get erections; every mistress has used a hard-on as an excuse for punishment.

"At the moment Mistress Cathy or just Mistress is appropriate."

"I'm sorry, Mistress Cathy." He did want to please her. If one word was necessary to do so, no problem.

She switched on the video screen mounted on the wall, a video of the breeze moving the flowers in a meadow came on. She laid out cables, sorting through the many colors of wires coming out of the cables, laying them out carefully over either arm of the chair. As she arranged her equipment, she gave him instructions.

"This evening, after dinner and after walking with Inca and Nicky, get rid of your body hair, all of it. I can help with your back. After you have shaved, I'll apply a lotion to get rid of the remainder. It will burn a bit, but it won't be the worst pain you feel in the coming days. Think of it as something you do to please your Mistress."

"May I ask you something, Mistress Cathy?"

"Ask."

"Where does this equipment come from? It must be extremely expensive."

"It was a gift from Mistress Helena, the idea to examine you this way came up right after your first session here with me. We wanted an insight into your thoughts. And of course I can use it for other patients as well."

"Am I your patient, then?"

She didn't answer, pointedly ignoring him. Rob concluded he had his answer.

Cathy placed a fabric skullcap on his head. Through holes in the cap she marked locations. Taking the cap back off, she attached several electrodes to his head at the marks. When she was ready Rob could feel the weight of the cables handing down behind his head.

She took his blood pressure and wrote it in her notebook. She put a plastic clip with a cable over his finger, Rob knew it was to measure his pulse rate. He also got electrodes on his chest, then his back just below the shoulder blades.

A pair of electrodes were bonded to his dick. "It will hurt a bit to remove these electrodes. Especially these two," she told him. He couldn't tell if she was teasing.

She pulled a trolley beside the chair and lifted goggles with another cable. She placed them on his head, covering his eyes, and made adjustments. They were heavy, the sides were closed and he could not see at all. He put his hands up to see what was going on.

Cathy explained. "This is cheap virtual reality, it's just a video screen. You'll see images as if you're mixed right in with the activity in the videos." The screen switched from black to the meadow scene. It did seem quite real.

She put headphones over his ears. Her voice was muffled as she told him he was ready to start. He could her her footsteps going away from him. Her voice reappeared in his earphones. "Okay, I'm in the office right next door. I'm watching you on camera. I shall start the test. Just watch the screen, let it all roll over you, just give in to your reactions to what you see. Don't think on it too much, just watch it happen. But do attend to the video being shown, don't let your thoughts wander and don't close your eyes. If you do, the test will be worthless. There will likely be things you don't like, but it will end quickly enough. Something you like will also end quickly. Both are part of your evaluation. Relax and enjoy."

The images began to change every few seconds. At first there was nothing disturbing, some landscapes and animals, soft music. He imagined this was to relax him. A schoolyard came in sight, children playing with a red rubber ball. A high school had teenagers hanging around its entry. A disco was shown with dancing youngsters in various types of clothing. A fetish-themed party appeared, he found it more interesting. Quite a few scenes of people kissing followed, starting with a man and woman, clothed, outdoors. A woman with a woman, a man with a man, then all those combinations with the people in various stages of undress; lingerie, leather and lace all followed. Transvestites with transvestites, transvestites with males and transvestites with females were all shown. The latter aroused him the most, but he didn't realize how well it was being measured. The combinations repeated, with the participants older. Then it was the same range of combinations have sex in various positions and settings. There were a few threesomes. One of the last clips was quite an old couple tenderly having sex in a room filled with sunlight. The sight of these old people, with patience and love for each other, he found not arousing but sentimental, romantic. Here was real love.