Note: Just trying to expand the experience of the Fiona character.
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Fiona took a deep breath as she set the parking brake. She was here. She was going to have dinner with Victor. An unexplained feeling of nervousness swept over her. She felt out of her element. She was in front of a strange house, meeting a man she knew almost nothing about. She met Victor at the gym, where Frank had been working out with him. She had accepted his request to come to his house for dinner because he was one of Frank's friends. He had assured her that dinner with Victor was perfectly safe, and would be a memorable experience. Fiona thought about the times she had pimped Frank out to her friends as a booty call. She wondered if he was turning the tables on her. Victor was a bit unusual. He had an accent should could not place. That afternoon a box had arrived. Frank had mentioned that Victor planned everything down to the last detail. She recalled opening the box with Frank.
"It's from Victor, for tonight," Frank said with a grin.
"What is it?" she asked.
"I don't know, open it and see."
Fiona took the lid off the box. Inside was a blouse, neatly folded, with a skirt underneath. She removed the blouse and held it up. The blouse was a white long sleeved top with black buttons down the front. The material felt soft and cool. It was very thin. The skirt was pleated black leather. It long enough to reach mid-thigh
"Victor, " Frank said, " plans everything down to the last detail. That is you attire for the meeting with him."
Fiona removed the skirt and looked back into the box. Under the skirt was some underwear. A white lace bra, panties and a thong. The panties were lace. The thong was a black T back. A handwritten note said " Your Choice, Victor". Under the bra was a set of bracelets.
The bracelets had a mechanical, angular look. She picked one up. It was light, and the inside was lined with some kind of plastic or rubber. Fiona slipped on on her wrist. The lining was comfortable.
"Can I ask you some questions about Victor?" Fiona inquired.
"Certainly."
"You have never mentioned him before, how long have you known him?"
"Probably ten years, but in the last year I have probably only spoken to him once or twice. He's a busy man."
" What does he do?"
"He owns a company that make prototypes. Mostly for the aerospace and medical industry. He is probably one of the smartest guys I know."
"Why did he invite us to dinner at his house?"
"I think the invitation was just for you."
"Really, you think he was hitting on me?"
"No more than any other guy you talk to, which means absolutely."
"Do you think I should have dinner with him?'"
"Yes, Victor is brilliant, charming and entertaining. He's also a bit twisted, but a good guy overall."
She stepped out of the car and walked to the door. The house was a two story brick house on a double lot. The landscaping blocked the other houses from her sight. She rang the bell. Almost right away the door was opened by a handsome man with sandy blonde hair. He was wearing a blue oxford shirt and slacks that fit him exceedingly well. He greeted Fiona and escorted her to the dinning room. Victor was standing by the table, waiting for her. He was wearing a loose fitting linen shirt and grey wool slacks. Victor walked over to meet Fiona.
"I don't mean to rush things, but I am anxious to get started. I'm looking forward to knowing more about you," Victor said as started towards the table.
"I'm going to enjoy learning more about you. I thought I knew all of Frank's friends. You seem to have come from nowhere." Fiona replied.
"Frank likes to maintain plausible deniability about our friendship," Victor said, smiling. " As do I. When the two of us are together, well, we get into interesting situations."
"I see," Fiona replied, walking away from the table to inspect the room.
"I know most of Frank's secrets, I don't think you will shock me with anything."
"We will certainly see about that, " Victor responded.
Fiona looked around the room. The walls were lined with bookshelves. Some contained books, other sculptures. Some had pictures of Victor in a variety of scenes. From the photographs it appeared Victor was a man who was well traveled. It appeared that he had spent some time in the military. There were also photographs of fantastic landscapes. Frank was in several of the pictures, including one of Frank and Victor kissing each other. Fiona paused to look at that one more closely. Both men were shirtless, and locked in an embrace.
"Everyone always stares at that one. I wish I remembered what was going on." Victor said.
"So you aren't making out?" Fiona questioned. She was already imagining Frank and Victor kissing passionately, hands caressing each other.
"Perhaps. You will have to ask Frank. He spent some time talking to everyone that was there. It's quite a story, but I don't remember enough of it to do it justice. We had been celebrating all day, most of that night is a blur."
"You have to give me a least a hint of what happened," Fiona insisted.
"I think it was a dare. Probably at least a double dog dare. Then everyone started chanting for us to kiss. So we did, obviously."
"If you don't remember what happened, why don't you take it down?"
"I did, and several friends asked me to put it back up. It seems they have fond memories of that evening."
"I will ask Frank about that," Fiona replied.
"Please , sit down. Stephan is bringing dinner in."
Reluctantly Fiona turned away from the picture and headed for the table. Victor met her there, pulling out her chair. When she was seated he walked to his own chair.
The food was served by a the man that answered the door. It started with a salad, then an extravagant looking chicken dish.
"I didn't take you for the type to have a butler," Fiona commented.
"A more appropriate term for Stephan would be manservant, He is my chef, personal trainer and business assistant. He is also an excellent masseur."
When Stephan returned more wine, Fiona looked at his hands. They looked large and strong. She began to imagine him in his role as masseur when Victor's voice brought her back.
"Do you know why I invited you here tonight?" Victor asked, toying with the remains of the food on his plate.
"Frank said you wanted to know more about me. But that's not all, is it?"
"You are correct. Fiona, you are a woman that gets what she wants. I doubt you hear the word no very often You are intelligent, attractive and drop dead sexy. I admire that. But you are missing out on part of life. Occasionally you need to let life control you, instead of you controlling it. Let me take you to a place where you don't have control."
Fiona thought about what Victor was saying. She was not sure if he was right about giving up control. To her , it sounded like more of a challenge. She decided she was going to beat him at his own game.
"I'm willing to give it a try, " Fiona said with a smile, " when do we start?"
With that remark, Victor tapped his finger on the table. Fiona felt her wrists being pulled against the down. She pulled back, but it was no use. Her arms might as well have been glued to the tabletop. She looked at her arms. It was the bracelets, somehow that is what Victor was using to pin her in place.