This is a continuing work of fiction, any resemblance to anyone or any place living or dead, real or imagined, is purely accidental.
On Wednesday Sherri was reviewing the documents and she read it a second time. The dumb son of a bitch Carl had left out a section which meant if this went through Robert would have a liability loophole big enough to sail the Queen Mary through. Sherri called and told Franklin that this was unacceptable and told him why. Franklin apologized, and said he had trusted someone else to do it, and hadn't checked, but would personally get on it right away. He thanked Sherri for bringing it to his attention and congratulated her on her attention to detail. Sherri thanked him for looking into it and then hung up.
There was a People exchanging Power meeting on Saturday, and they decided to go. Robert dressed Sherri in a lovely dress and he wore a tan blazer over a sports shirt and slacks. They looked like a perfectly respectful couple and Sherri smiled as she realized how anyone who saw them would react if they knew her favorite hobby was getting tied up and fucked by this man. Robert had tied her with rope on Friday night, and she liked it, but missed the bindings she was used to by that time.
On Saturday they went to the Munches as the event was known and meet and Greet. Robert was amiable but commented later that the lifestyle didn't require that you be Goth, at least not as far as he knew, but a bunch of the participants seemed to think it was a requirement. Sherri said the Subs she talked to were happy with their lifestyle choice, but didn't impress her too much other than a few, and she had e-mail addys for them.
Robert took them home after going out for dinner at the Country Club. While he was under dressed, not wearing a tie, it was easily rectified by the addition of one in the lobby which made the concierge happy.
After dinner they were returning home and Robert gave her another test. The Rope Bondage hadn't been extreme so it was time for her extreme test for this week. He told her how he intended to use the larger pink anal plug, they had used the white one several times, and leave it in while he fucked her silly.
That was the plan, but it changed when they got home. Sherri was smiling and looking forward to the erotic evening as they pulled into the driveway and she was surprised to find Lisa's car parked by the door. Her drivers side door was open and the car appeared empty. Robert didn't pull around to the garage, he stopped behind Lisa's car and opened the glove box to retrieve a small revolver. He held it loosely as he got out of the car telling Sherri to stay in the car until he called.
He moved to Lisa's car, and the car was as empty as it appeared. He didn't see her in front of the house, trying the door, he found it locked. He unlocked it and entered the house. He looked around the ground floor and didn't see her until he looked onto the Patio. She was there, bleeding from her nose, and mouth sitting, hugging herself, and crying gently on the patio. Robert opened the door and slowly approached her.
"Lisa, are you OK?" he asked.
"Yeah" she answered in a far away voice. "I'm fine, just thought I'd stop by. Is Sherri here?"
Robert tucked the gun into his waistband at the small of his back, and squatted next to her. "You look like your hurt, what happened?" he asked her.
"Oh, nothing, is Sherri here?" she asked again. "One moment." he rose and went through the house to the front door and waved Sherri inside. He met her between the car and the house and walked towards the house explaining quickly.
"Lisa's on the patio, she's hurt, been beaten, I need to know what happened. I can call Doctor Johnston over here, but I need to know if she needs a hospital or not." he told her. "Find out what happened and I'll call the Doctor."
Sherri ran to the patio and saw her friend and dropped to her knees "Oh my God Lisa, what happened."
"Freddy, that's my boyfriend you know, we were talking and I told him what you told me, about there being 32 zones, and was wondering if he knew that about a woman." she said.
"Lisa, how bad are you hurt?" asked Sherri.
"So he gets mad at me, he says I telling my girlfriends about how unhappy my sex life is, and how I'm telling everyone how horrible he is in bed." she continues in the same faraway voice. "I told him no, it's a great sex life, but he gets madder and then he hit me."
Robert was on the phone a few feet away and talking quickly and quietly.
"Lisa, how bad are you hurt?" Sherri repeated.
Robert handed Sherri a clean towel from the kitchen and then said "Thank you Doctor." He closed his phone and knelt next to Lisa. "I called a Doctor, he's coming over, will be here in 15 minutes or so."
Lisa looked at him and said "Hi Robert, when did you get home?"
Sherri tried to clean Lisa's face with the towel and was having trouble, there were tears in her eyes.
Lisa turned back to Sherri and said "He hit me, and then he drug me back up and hit me again, then on top of me hitting me, he wouldn't stop." she said. "He kept asking if that felt good, calling me a fucking bitch."
"It's going to be OK, the Doctor is coming, and your safe here." said Sherri. "We will take care of you."
Lisa nodded "He left the apartment, and I got in my car and came here, figured he didn't know where here was, but you were out, did you have a date?"
Sherri looked to Robert and asked "Is she in Shock?"
Robert nodded and said "Yes, she is, keep her calm, keep telling her she's safe now, and keep trying to find out how hurt she is. I'm afraid if I touch her that she'll panic." Robert told her. "See if her ribs hurt, rub your hands along the sides of her, see if it's only facial."
Lisa looked at Sherri "You look nice today, have I told you that yet?"
Sherri hugged her and while hugging her rubbed her hands over Lisa's ribs like Robert had told her, and Lisa winced when she touched the left side. "Robert, she may have some ribs hurt, she winced when I touched her left side.
Robert had already started moving to let Doctor Johnston know when he arrived.
Sherri stayed with her friend and had tears in her eyes. She kept telling Lisa it was OK now, she was safe. Lisa started to cry asking "Why did he hit me like that?"
The Doctor arrived and took one look at Lisa and knelt beside her. "Lisa, I'm Doctor Johnston, I'm going to help you but I need your help too OK?" and talked gently to her.
Lisa, Sherri and Doctor Johnston went inside to Sherri's room and helped her lie on the bed. Robert waited in the Library looking out the window.
30 minutes later the Doctor approached. "OK, she has a broken nose, two teeth which are loose, but not knocked out. Her ribs aren't broken thank God, but only bruised. The nose is going to hurt, but I packed it." he sat and rubbed his face. "Her lip is torn from where the teeth and fist, it had to be a fist or something like it, not a slap, met and tore it. It put three stitches into that to close the wound. I gave Sherri a prescription for anti-biotic and pain killers, she had some left from when I gave her some, and we gave Lisa one of them."
"Does she need to go to the Hospital?" Robert asked.
"No, the nose is straight, and I packed it and taped it. That is all you can really do. An ultrasound would reveal the presence of any internal bleeding, but I don't see any signs of it." Doctor Johnston said after considering. "Whoever this guy is, he was angry but thankfully not as strong as some men. She's a little withdrawn, which is fairly normal for a woman who had the shit beat out of her. Are you going to take care of whoever did this to her?" Doctor Johnson asked.
"I don't know, I really don't know." said Robert. "I have had an hour so far to come to terms with this. I don't know yet what I'm going to do in the next hour."
"If you think the Police should be called, I'm prepared to testify to the condition I found her in, and her injuries." he hesitated. "I don't know about it though, because most of the Domestic Violence cases are never resolved. There is the psychological effect you understand. I took a couple pictures with my camera phone, and will e-mail them to you." Doctor Johnston said rising "I'll come by in the morning and check on her. She is going to be swollen, black eyes are already forming, and in pain. Get the prescription as soon as you can so we can prevent any infection."
They shook hands and Robert walked him to the door, and then went to Sherri's room. He got the prescription papers and told Sherri to clean Lisa up and put her into something comfortable, sweats or something, and he would be back in an hour or less. Keep the gun handy in case she is wrong and Freddy does know where the house is.
Sherri nodded, she had never thought she could shoot someone, until she saw her friend bleeding and battered on the back porch.
Robert went to the Pharmacy and Sherri helped Lisa get into the shower and get cleaned up. She dressed Lisa in her own bikini style panties used when she was on her period, and some sweats and had Lisa in bed when Robert arrived home with the meds. They gave Lisa one of the anti-biotic pills and then told her to sleep.
"I'd like to stay with Lisa tonight if that's alright" said Sherri.
"Of course, I'm going downstairs to do some research on the computer." said Robert. "Yell if you need me OK?" and he departed the room.
Two hours later he stopped by the room and heard no noise assuming that they were asleep. He had a folder in his hand and was nursing a slow anger. He didn't like what he had found on the web, and he was very concerned for Lisa, and Sherri.
In the morning, he woke early, and ignoring his daily workout, he showered quickly and dressed in blue jeans and a polo shirt. He put sneakers on his feet and went downstairs to get Breakfast ready. He prepared a tray with enough food for two, and took it upstairs.
He knocked on the door gently and Sherri answered immediately. She took the tray and invited him in.
Lisa was awake and staring out the window sitting in a chair. Robert sat on the bed and asked her "How are you feeling today Lisa?"
"OK, he beat me up pretty bad didn't he?" her words were slurred by the broken nose and the swollen lip.
"Yes, and we should talk about that when you are ready." Robert said.
"What's to talk about?" asked Lisa in a stronger voice than last night, but still distant.
"Do you want to stay with him, or do you want to leave him?" asked Robert "That is the first question, because then we decide if I call the Police or what."
"I don't want him anymore. He beat me for talking to him, for telling him about the zones on a woman, and asking what he knew about that." she said tears in her eyes. "I wasn't complaining, really I wasn't." she started to cry again.
Robert stepped to her and gently hugged her and whispered into her ear. Sherri watched this but couldn't hear what Robert said to Lisa. She wanted to move closer, but Lisa seemed OK, and she didn't want to make Lisa panic. About the time Sherri decided to move closer, Robert stood up and Lisa smiled up at him.
