Dana left her husband standing in the living room with his pants around his ankles. She made her way upstairs, still in a daze. She entered her bedroom and then her master bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror, "WHORE" written on her forehead and her makeup a mess. Her breasts were still red and sore from Maddie groping them. She didn't recognize the woman staring back at her anymore.
She felt even dirtier about what happened tonight than she did the night of Mark's birthday. She got in the shower and as the hot water hit her, she began to sob.
"Why did I allow this to happen again?" She kept asking herself.
"Why didn't I just say orange?!"
As the water continued to stream down, she finally said the safe word she has had so much trouble saying, "orange, orange, fucking orange!"
A lot of the turmoil Dana was feeling was because she knew Maddie was right. She did wear that revealing shirt because she wanted Maddie to say something to her. Deep down she wanted Maddie to call her a "slut" for wearing it and to punish her. Dana was scared that the more time she spent around Maddie, the deeper into submission she would fall. Dana felt the only answer may be to cut off all contact with Maddie but the thought of doing that made her sick. And how would Maddie react? Would she apologize and promise never to do it again or would Mistress Madeline come out in a rage?
Dana sank down and sat in the corner of the shower. As the water hit her feet she cried and slipped her right hand between her legs. Within a few moments the crying was replaced with whimpers and then loud moans. Dana brought herself to orgasm, over and over and over again.
While Dana was getting herself off in the shower, Mark had composed himself and was trying to make sense of what had just happened. His wife walking in as she did, clearly at the hands of Maddie, had indeed turned him on. Despite the shock of what he saw, he was instantly hard as soon as Dana pulled down his pants. As he wondered what he should do, he got another text from Maddie. All it said was;
"Outside."
Mark went to the front door and opened it. Nobody was there and all that was left was a pile of Dana's clothes on the front stoop. Mark picked up the clothes and took them upstairs.
By this time Dana was out of the shower. She was standing in the bathroom in her robe, blow drying her hair.
"Maddie left this outside." He said to his wife who glanced at him but didn't react. "Are you going to at least tell me what happened?" Mark stood there for a few seconds while Dana continued to blow dry her hair, ignoring him. Mark wanted to believe his wife didn't hear him because of the hair dryer but he knew that Dana just didn't want to talk to him.
Mark went back downstairs to fix himself a drink. He felt a certain sense of guilt about what was going on between his wife and Maddie. Mark waited in the kitchen for Dana to come downstairs, but she never did. Dana had decided to take something to help her sleep. After a few drinks, Mark decided to go up to bed as well.
The next morning Dana still wasn't in the mood to talk about what had happened. She had taken a page out of Maddie's book and tried to go about her morning as if nothing unusual had happened. Mark tried to get her to open up, but she stonewalled him and wouldn't talk about it. Finally demanding that he "change the subject."
"Fine," he said. "I'll change the subject. Are you going to Bridget's this weekend?"
That stopped Dana in her tracks. The facade she had been hiding behind all morning crumbled and she sat down at the kitchen table. "I don't know. I don't know what to do about Bridget's this weekend."
Mark told Dana that he felt responsible for everything that was going on. If he didn't have this stupid fantasy, none of this would have happened. While Dana agreed with her husband to an extent it wasn't all his fault. After all, she agreed to do it and Maddie had agreed to help her get through it. How could either one of them have known how it was going to play out? They had no idea this side of Maddie even existed, and Dana had no idea this side of herself existed.
"I can't help you unless you're honest with me." Mark pleaded with his wife. "Tell me exactly what happened last night."
Dana proceeded to tell Mark about everything that happened the night before at the pub and everything that happened in Maddie's car.
When Dana was finished Mark was stunned. "Wow," was pretty much all he could say. Dana couldn't explain why she allowed Maddie to control her like she did. It wasn't something she could put into words. As Mark listened to his wife speak, he too was having mixed feelings. On one hand he felt bad for the emotional and psychological struggle his wife was experiencing but on the other hand, he was incredibly turned on by what he was hearing.
"That brings us back to Bridget's on Saturday," Mark reminded her.
"Oh God that's right. All the girls are going to be there. Maybe, I'll just tell Bridget I don't feel well?"
"And what happens when Maddie finds out and demands that you go? What then? Are you going to be able to resist Mistress Madeline?"
Dana didn't have to respond; they both knew the answer.
Finally, Mark stood up and said, "This has to end, and it needs to end tonight!"
Mark told Dana he was going to invite Maddie over and the three of them together, were going to talk and put an end to this craziness. Dana didn't want any part of further discussions with Maddie, especially about this topic. But Mark was persistent and made very logical points.
"Do you want us to sell the house and move? Because if you don't want to face Maddie again, that's pretty much the only other option." Mark promised her that with him there, he wouldn't let things escalate. And he wanted to do this tonight because letting things fester all week wasn't doing anyone any good.
Dana went off to work, leaving everything in the hands of her husband. She tried to concentrate on work, but more than one co-worker noticed how distracted she was and inquired about her well-being. Dana just told them she was tired, which wasn't a complete lie, and left it at that.
Around 1pm, Dana got a text from Maddie. When Dana saw Maddie's name pop up on her phone, her heart started pounding. She hesitated to open the message up, scared of what it might say. To her relief if read;
"Hey sweetie, got Mark's invite to dinner tonight. That's so nice of you two! Looking forward to a nice meal with friends. What can I bring?"
Dana simply texted back to just bring herself, they had everything they needed.
Maddie responded;
"Okay great! I'll bring a bottle of wine."
Dana breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe, just maybe dear old best friend Maddie had returned. Then Dana had an idea. The one way she could ensure that things would go smoothly tonight would be to use her safe word now. For whatever reason, she couldn't bring herself to say it, but Maddie never said she couldn't text it to her. Dana typed "orange," on her phone and as her right thumb hovered over the send button, she second guessed herself. Maddie didn't appear to currently be in 'Mistress Madeline' mode, so would it count? But by sending it, at least Maddie would know that she didn't want to play anymore. Dana's thumb did touch a button, but it wasn't 'send,' it was the backspace button. She erased what she had typed. She convinced herself that she was a strong woman and the only way to get her dignity and self-respect back was to stand up to Maddie and tell her face to face that this little game was over.