I had fallen asleep that night, exhausted from crying most of the evening before. You had told me to go to bed, so I had, although not before doing some things I'm sure you wouldn't approve of, given my state of mind. During the middle of the night, I had woken up and remembered my conversation with you. I vaguely remembered behaving badly, so I scrolled through our text conversation. It was bad — worse than I remember. My mind raced. How was I going to recover from this? I could explain that there was more going on that what you realised. That I had found out yet another dom had lied to me, but that was really just another excuse. I know better than to ever argue with you, deliberately disobey you, or tell you many of the things I had told you. I fell back asleep, tossing and turning, worrying about what to do.
I woke up the next morning and slowly moved down the hallway, having decided to go into the office despite it being my day off. "Where are you going?"
I jumped and stared at you. You were sitting on my couch, quite comfortable. You had helped yourself to one of the books on my bookshelf. From the looks of it, you'd either read the book before and had started at your favourite spot, or you'd been in my house for quite awhile.
"Sir?"
"A few things, Submissive. You wear too many clothes to bed. You're standing in my presence. And I'm too old to baby-sit."
I took my clothes, fell to my hands and knees, casting my eyes to your feet. I considered pointing out that I hadn't asked you to come over, but then I remembered some of the things I said last night. It was a fair point, and I deserved your words.
"Come over here."
I crawled over to you, wondering what would happen next. I was surprised when you started gently stroking my hair. "I'm sorry, Submissive, that you're going through a hard time. But here's the thing. No matter what happens in your life, you still have to remember your place. You forgot that last night, and it's my job to remind you."
As you spoke, your fingers slowly stopped stroking my hair and began to find a handful of hair painfully twist until I was looking into your eyes. "Do you understand me, you stupid, pathetic, shovelhead bitchcunt?"
When I didn't answer immediately, you twisted harder, making me gasp. Tears shone in my eyes when I whispered, "Yes, Sir."
"Louder."
"Yes, Sir," I replied more firmly. "I'm sorry, Sir."
"Not yet. But you will be."