I turned the key and the engine died. Stillness overtook us. Slowly, the sound of the cicadas started to pick up and penetrate the quiet. I looked at my wife in the passenger seat. Her face was flushed, providing a pink background for the sprinkling of freckles across the bridge of her nose. The Jack-and-Coke she had at the bar a few minutes earlier was starting to have its effect. She was looking down at her hands.
"Ready?" I asked.
She nodded tightly. "Uh-huh."
"Hey, remember this is just for fun. If you don't want to do this, we don't have to."
She shook her head. "No, I promised you..."
"Look at me," I said, and waited until she raised her eyes to mine. "This is for both of us. We are here to play and have some fun. If you aren't doing it for yourself as much as you are for me, I'll fire the car back up and we'll go home."
She squirmed in her seat. "It is hard to admit it out loud," she said. "I do want to...to do this. I'm excited, but I'm also scared."
"Nothing is going to happen that you can't stop instantly." I reassured her. "But you have to trust me. You have to give control over everything to me just like we talked about. Are you ready for that?"
This time she turned her head and with a deep calming breath she looked me in the eye. "Yes." She nodded, keeping eye contact. "I'm ready. I trust you. Let's go."
With that I opened the console box between us and took out a six foot leather leash with a heavy brass snap on the end. I snapped the leash to the collar around her neck and gently pulled her face to mine. "You are my slut tonight. You will do what I say, my pet. You will cast off all of the artificial boundaries and restrictions society has placed on you. The only boundaries and restrictions are those I place on you. Understand?"
"Yes, Sir," she said quietly.
"You can stop this any time you want, right?"
"Yes, Sir."
"How?"
"I say 'Halt halt halt."
"Then what happens?" I asked.
"You take me home."
I gently tugged on the leash. "Then what?"
"I...you spank me," she fidgeted when she said it.
I was a little afraid that she might want the spanking just enough to stop things right there. I decided to remind her of the rest of our deal. "Then what?"
"We go to the mountains for our vacation instead of the beach," she said.
"That's right, my pet. We spend my valuable time off hiking and whitewater rafting in the cool mountains rather than picking sand out of our cracks and frying in the sun and watching tons of fat jiggling by on some forsaken beach."
"But, If I don't say it in the next two hours..." she said with a smile.
"Then we enjoy the sand and surf. Plus I will smile and be happy. No grumbling, no wise ass comments about beached whales in bathing suits, I'll be cheerful, chipper, and happy."
She nodded.
"Now put it on, my precious little slut," I said. Then I got out and went to her door.
By the time I opened her door, she had the red silk scarf tied around her head. I took her arm and helped her out. I inspected her blindfold, ensuring that she couldn't see through any gaps. Then, holding the leash, I stepped back and inspected my pet.
She was wearing one of my work shirts – a plain white shirt with a button down collar. The buttons from her sternum down were buttoned while the rest were pulled open enough that the swell of her small breasts was visible. The shadows of her nipples showed through the shirt in the lights of the parking lot. Anyone looking would be positive that she wasn't wearing a bra. The shirt tail covered about half of her thighs in the front and back. On the side it reached just below her hips. When she walked the two sides of the front would split open, revealing her legs completely. The bright red of her lace panties was visible as a dark shadow where the shirt touched them. Her sandals were simple flat sandals – just a platform to show off her pretty feet. No heel, just a little protection from the residual heat of the blacktop.
Her black leather collar was thin and dainty. The line of the black leather leash cut across the shirt, providing a nice contrast. My wife looked hot.
"You look sexy," I said. I leaned forward and brushed her right breast. Her nipple was standing at full attention. She pushed into my hand with a sinuous purr. Her response told me that she was ready. "Let's go now, pet."
I guided her to the entrance door. The recent remodeling had given the hallway an air of classy elegance. There was a faux stone facade on the left, complete with a little waterfall. Combined with the signs stating that you had to be 18 to enter and the view through the payment window, the short hall had an air of cheap class and decadence.
I brought my pet to the payment window. The clerk barely saw me. He was looking at the sexy blindfolded woman at the end of my leash. I cleared my throat and he looked at me.
"Sunday is couples night, right?" I prompted.
He glanced back at my wife. "Uhh...yeah...yeah."
He reached for a button and the solenoid in the door buzzed. I pulled it open and guided Ally through it.
"Mind if we browse a bit before we go in the back?" I asked the clerk who was behind the glass counter to our right.
"Sure. Go ahead."
The room was full of racks of clothing. There were display cases full of sex toys. One wall was covered with DVD's showing a number of vices. I led Ally past a rack of t-shirts bearing blunt witticisms such as "I know what boys like" and "I fucked your husband". I read a few to her. Her nervous laugh told me she was still a bit tight with apprehension.
Farther down the room was a rack of 'club wear'. These were outfits for the local strippers to purchase. There were super short spandex skirts in your basic black as well as some that looked like they had been worked over by a team of ten year-olds with the Bead Magic machine. I found a plain black short dress that buttoned up the front from neck to hem. Depending on the number of buttons open, the dress could go from vanilla to decadent very easily. I held it in front of Ally.
"This might do. This says it is a size five. You think it would fit?" I asked my blindfolded wife.
"I...I don't know," she stuttered.
I popped the leash just gently enough that she had to take a step to keep her balance. "Do you or don't you wear a size five?" I asked.
"It...it depends. If the clothes are expensive, then I usually wear a three. With other clothes, I could wear anything from a three to a seven," she said.
That stopped me cold. "You mean there isn't a firm definition of size. A five doesn't mean so many inches in the waist or across the shoulders?"
"Nope. They are more of a general guide. It is a marketing game," said Ally. "They make the expensive stuff bigger so you feel good about buying a smaller size."
I thought about it for a second. "Then you don't have any idea whether this dress will fit you, right?"
"Right."
"Well then, I have the answer to that." I said. Then I led her back over to the glass cases near the entrance. The clerk perked up when he saw us approach. "Mind if she tries this on?" I asked.
"Sure. The dressing room is right over there," he said, pointing.
I smiled. "That's ok. Right here will do." I gave the leash a little tug. "Pet, try on the dress."
Ally froze. She knew that at the very least, the clerk was watching her. This was her first test. I decided to put a little pressure on her.
"You go to the mountains much?" I asked the clerk.