Linda sailed through the preliminaries, the first round of the Ten Million Dollar Challenge. It was cable's most popular reality show. Each week the fans had voted and winnowed down the seven contestants to Linda. It had been fun for her but not especially challenging. Linda had gotten lots of exposure in her bikini and had awed with her bubbly personality. The producers of the show had pitched this phase of the show as a sort of national beauty contest. There had been three men and four women at the start.
Contestants were judged on how photogenic they were, how nimble and athletic they were and who had the best personality. The ratings had steadily built as the challenges escalated over the four week preliminary round. The tag line of the show was 'get to be intimate with the person next door.' Linda was the girl next door, only prettier. For winning this round she had received a relatively small 100,000 dollars. And she only got that if she completed the second phase of the challenge. It would be part of the ten million she would be awarded. Linda had withstood the truth or dare portion by answering truthfully every question put to her. Now the whole world knew about her first sexual experience (at fifteen with her music tutor) whether she waxed or shaved (neither she went natural) Whether she swallowed or spat out cum after oral (swallowed) Her bust size, shoe size, what she liked in a man, (height and muscles) whether she had any lesbian fantasies (sometimes). No question was off limits. The world was bowled over by her honesty.
At the end of the first four weeks the world felt that it knew Ms. Linda Sipple as well as they knew their own family members . The five foot six 110 pound 23 year old woman with curly long brown hair, long lovely legs, flawless creamy skin, stunning blue eyes with spectacular cheek bones and a dazzling white smile and size D breasts was every man's and quite a few woman's fantasy. The world wanted more of her.
The most intriguing part of the Ten Million Dollar challenge is that the second part of the contest was a closely guarded secret. No one aside from three producers knew what the second phase would consist of, only that it would be more intimate and daring and would last twelve weeks. All of the contestants had agreed to the second challenge without having a clue as to what it would be. To guard against cold feet the producers had them sign contracts stipulating that is they turned down the second challenge the refusing contestant would be responsible for reimbursing the network and the producers for the advertising dollars and production costs the network would lose. A sum far in excess of the ten million dollar prize.
The day of the second phase of the contest Linda was dressed in a fetching outfit, A skin tight yellow blouse and a short maroon skirt with open toes shoes, Her long hair cascaded down her back with a lovely copper ornamental clip in her hair that only accentuated the loveliness of he locks. The cameras captured every inch of he long legs and beautiful face. She was obviously very proud of herself for making it this far.
The host, less unctuous than most of his ilk, led Linda to the big couch for the introduction of the next challenge.
"Now Linda. We have seen you blossom and excel through all of the challenges. Are you ready for the final mystery to be revealed?"
"Oh I sure am Jeff." Gushed Linda.
"Well Linda the world has seen so much of you and have leaned so many intimate details of your life that it is only to be expected that the viewing audience wants more of you in every way. Check out this video of Patrick and Emily Hartshorn."
The monitor in the studio and on the television sets at home were filled with the image of an attractive couple in their late thirties. Patrick was tall and imposing. He was heavily muscled and was wearing a tight leather outfit. His wife was about Linda's height and weight, her long hair was dirty blonde and she seemed to be in excellent shape. She wore a collar around her neck that said "slave" and a brief garment. The cameras toured he Hartshorn's house. There were cages and hooks. There was a huge bathroom as well as a hot tub and a sauna. Linda was getting a queasy feeling in her stomach that only got worse when the host Jeff announced.
"For the next four months you will be enslaved by the Hartshorn's they will have full authority over you and you will obey them without question. You may not refuse them at any time during your enslavement. I can't tell you all that they have in store for you but it will involve A LOT of nudity and sex. Our cameras will be following you twenty four seven with internet access between episodes. At the end of your twelve week enslavement you will be given a check for ten million dollars. A fantasy come true, and all of the fans you have built up these last four weeks will have many of their fantasies come true a well."
Nothing had phased Linda before but this caught her off guard. She contemplated the full effect of the host's words and the implications in the Hartshorn's home and attire. The smile disappeared from her face.
"Remember Linda if you refuse this challenge you will owe our network a minimum of forty million dollars. The producers like to think of this as the ultimate way of "'getting intimate with the person next door!'"
The studio audience exploded with the sound of applause. There were cheers, and whistles and howls as well. Linda struggled for composure. On the one hand she doubted that she could go through with a public enslavement, on the other hand she would be on the hook for forty million dollars. Still she thought, how bad could it be? She certainly liked sex. She just never thought that she would have an audience. Ten million dollars would let her build a very nice private life after the twelve weeks were over. All of her life she had been raised to believe that she could handle anything. Why should this be any different?
"So what do you say Linda?"
Linda plastered a smile on her face and said. "I'll do it, Jeff!"
The audience clapped even louder. Jeff the host then announced.
"You will be transported immediately to the Hartshorn's place of residence to begin your four months of enslavement. Our cameras will be there! The audience knows that you have cleared your schedule for the next twelve weeks so there is no reason that your adventure can not begin tonight. The Hartshorn's informed us that you won't need any luggage as they will supply everything you need."