Thanks for choosing to read my story, which is hopefully the first installment of a series. It does include quite a bit of heavy stuff, so be forewarned, and please do not continue if it's not legal for you to read where you live. All the characters described herein are 18 years of age or older, fictional; and any resemblance between them and anyone, living, dead, or imaginary, is purely coincidental. I'm still working on several other, longer and more serious projects but this little vignette came to mind and I thought I'd send it along for your amusement as a little light reading...
Best Regards!
- Ham Sandwich
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I turned the nondescript white van into the somewhat upscale development according to the directions being voiced by my iPhone and began scanning the house numbers. Sure enough, number 432 showed up exactly as it was supposed to on the right side of the street, and, once again, the late Steve Jobs hadn't failed me in regards to the navigational skills.
The house itself was a stately two-story affair, well kept, surrounded by mature trees that gave it a fair amount of privacy from its neighbors. I noticed a window curtain flutter on the first floor, and this was followed a few seconds later by the opening of one of the doors on the attached three car garage. Well, I was expected, and I'd arrived exactly on time for the appointment.
I took up the obvious invitation to pull the van inside next to the two BMWs and shut off the engine. The garage door closed behind me as I stepped out from my vehicle. So, discretion was advised here, I thought. The door connecting the garage to the rest of the structure opened and the lady of the house stepped through it. "Hello," she said, offering her hand. "You must be from the agency. I'm Melissa Jackson. Won't you come in?"
I gave her hand a polite squeeze. "Yes, I am Raven Montaldo. We talked together on the phone more than a few times. Actually, I am the agency. 'Whipstresses R Us' is my company," I replied with a smile as we walked through the doorway. "You have a beautiful home," I observed as I took in the finely crafted wood paneling and tastefully expensive decorating.
"Yes, my husband George has been quite successful with my father's money. If he were just more mannerly. Well, that's why you're here."
"Indeed it is," I added. "So, is the recalcitrant man of the house at home at this time?"
"Yes, I have him upstairs waiting. George!" she called. "Come down, please and meet our guest." Presently, a middle-aged man sauntered down the stairs. He was wearing khaki slacks and a white dress shirt. Well polished shoes adorned his feet. Conspicuous consumption, I thought. His eyes roamed over me as he appraised my womanliness with almost a leer. He looked over my athletic build, covered with the black tracksuit, which perfectly complemented my long, black hair and dark features. I tried to suppress my disdain and was mostly successful. Womanizer, I thought, adding another item to my growing shit list of bullet points to be paid for by his pain."Hi!" George grinned as he held out a hand so he could make first contact with my flesh. "I'm George Jackson. You can call me George!" I left his hand sticking out in thin air. "Raven Montaldo. You can call me Miss Montaldo, Ma'am, or Mistress, whichever you prefer, as long as you're polite about it." His eyes registered shock as I met his gaze head on. It was obvious to him that I was much younger, so I could see his confusion as to wondering why he'd need to defer to me. Well, his wife and I both knew he was going to discover the reason for that in very short order.
"George," Melissa began explaining, "Miss Montaldo is from an agency called Whipstresses R Us, and..."
"What?" George interrupted. "Whipstitches? You mean like making sails or something?" The sudden expression of longsuffering on Melissa's face spoke volumes.
"No, George," she sighed. "Not whipstitches. Whipstresses. Whip-mistresses." And a smile began to form on George's lips, and I just knew that he was thinking of the word 'mistress' in the classical sense of a beautiful young woman kept by an older, well-to-do man for sexual companionship. Time to put that concept to rest, I decided.
"George, my company provides a service. That service is administering correction to wayward spouses, usually husbands, but sometimes wives, who are in need of such. His budding smile was gone now, replaced with a look of concern.
"What sort of 'correction' are you talking about?" he asked with some trepidation. He had a sinking feeling that he already knew the answer.
"Corporal punishment, George. Flogging, caning, whipping, that sort of thing," I replied, folding my arms across my pert breasts. "Does that help clear it up any for you? Your wife asked me to come here today and have a training session with you."
"Melissa!" George exclaimed. "You had this girl come here for the purpose of punishing me? Why, Melissa? Why?"
"Oh, my God, George!" Melissa groaned. "Don't play 'innocent' with me! I'm tired of it. I'm tired of the carousing, the lying, the deceit, but mostly the broken promises that you'll do better. Raven, here, is the last hope. If what she provides doesn't work, then a messy divorce is inevitable. According to the pre-nupual, I can take my father's money back. It's your choice, George." she concluded, and then she just stood there looking at him. The silence was deafening.
"Well," I interjected, "you two will want to talk about this, so I'll just go out to the garage and get my equipment from the van..." and I walked out. From the van, I extracted several batches of supplies plus the portable folding whipping frame, and then I went back inside, just in time to catch the last act of George pleading with Melissa not to go through with this, how he really would change this time, etc., etc. If I'd heard this hollow litany from one lame-assed husband before, I'd heard it a hundred times. I just hoped Melissa wouldn't fall for it and I would be allowed to administer the chastisement I so desired to provide.