Agnes Gilden was forty years young and a widow for two years. When her husband passed away, she inherited his computer software business. Her inheritance provided her with an annuity of ten thousand dollars a month. Comfortable economically, childless and alone, she lived modestly in a large old Victorian house near the University.
The University had often asked if she might consider renting rooms to students during the school year. At first she resisted, but agreed to try it for one semester. Agnes screened several potential boarders carefully to weed out potential problems. Living alone, she was reluctant to take just anyone. Finally, she settled on a young man, Robert Stone, who seemed to fill her requirements. He was slightly built, very studious, did not drink or smoke and seemed very serious about college. It was summer now, and soon Robert would be returning to school in the fall. He was an above average student and worked hard at his studies. Agnes truly liked the young man, and she hoped that he would return in the fall. She was anxious to get to know him better. She had wonderful and delicious plans for Robert, once she was sure that he was the right person.
Outwardly, Agnes was very much the proper relatively young widow. With her closest friends, Jane and Martha, she was an extremely sexual person, with a passion for domination of either males or females. She and her husband had explored these perverse pleasures willingly and often. After he died, Agnes continued to covertly indulge her pleasures. Agnes wanted Robert in her circle of domination and submission. She knew, in her heart, that Robert would be a perfect submissive. He was very shy, did not date, and didn't have close friends at the University. But he was pleasant and very willing to help with chores around the house. Agnes often heard Robert in his room playing with himself. 'Boys will be boys', she thought.
Agnes eagerly waited for the fall semester to initiate her young lodger in more than another year at college. She was working on Robert's new room, next to her own, when she heard the doorbell. When she answered the door, she saw it was Robert. "Well Robert, hello. How wonderful to see you," she said happily. She opened the door wider to let him in. He quietly stepped inside.
"Mrs. Gilden, I've come to get my stuff. I'm not going to school this year. I have to get a job," he said softly. Agnes was stunned.
"Why?" asked Agnes with a pained look on her face, "I was expecting you to back here." He told her his Mom had passed away and that his father said he could not afford College. His father told him to move out, get a job and be gone by the time he returned home from work. Agnes reached out to him and embraced him, holding him tightly, as he cried openly at his bad fortune. "Don't worry, Robert, I'm here for you, honey," she said, "I want you to stay here tonight, until we can think this through." He just nodded, making it clear that Agnes was in control. Agnes and Robert talked, ate dinner and soon it was time to retire for the night. Robert went to bed in his old room. Agnes waited until she was sure that he was asleep then, telephoned her friend Jane. "Jane, it's Agnes. I have some great news for both you and Martha," she said softly.
"How nice!" exclaimed Jane, "Martha is here, visiting with her baby girl. Let me put you on the speaker, so she can hear you." Agnes heard the click of the speaker then spoke to her friends.
"Hi Martha, you two will be so pleased with my news. I'm sure you remember my student boarder of last spring, well, he may be moving in permanently and could join in our 'activities'."
"That's wonderful news, Agnes. How did this come about?" asked Martha. Agnes related Robert's story to her friends. They agreed that it would be wonderful if Robert could join their inner circle. Agnes told them that she had thought it out, and would talk to Robert in the morning. She hung up and climbed the stairs to her bedroom.
Agnes awoke first the next day, and was busy making breakfast, when Robert came into the kitchen. "Good morning, sleepyhead," teased Agnes, as Robert sat down at the table. "Well, Robert, did you get any inspiration while you slept?"
"No, Ma'am," he said shaking his head. "I'll just go back home and look for a job. Maybe I can save up enough for school some day soon…I don't know," he replied somberly. Agnes dried her hands on her apron and sat down at the table. She sipped at her coffee then looked deeply at Robert.
"Robert, I've been thinking and I have a suggestion…no…a proposition for you. Hear me out first before you answer, then think on my proposition," Agnes told him. Robert nodded and Agnes continued, "Robert, you know I am fond of you. You have great promise, and it would be a tragedy if you did not get the education you so richly deserve." He tried to speak, but Agnes stopped him. "I have been well provided for, by my late husband and, with your agreement, I would like to invest in you, Robert. What I mean is…I will advance you the money to complete your education, and you can repay me, with interest of course, when you graduate and get a good job.
"There are conditions," she continued, "that I shall strictly impose, and I think you will agree that they are for your own good. First, I will pay your tuition, books, clothes and other living expenses. Second, you must strive for A's in all of your grades, although occasionally, a B might be tolerated. Any grade below an A must be satisfactorily explained to me, or I will exact some, as yet undetermined, discipline. Your education is of paramount importance and must not be compromised. Third, if you refuse any, I repeat, any, of my discipline decisions this agreement is terminated. Fourth, although you are now nineteen and an adult, you will however, always ask my permission to do anything other than study, go to classes and do your chores here at the house. None of my decisions must be questioned!
