This is a slow burn novella that I hope will come to me faster than my other story. This is just a foundational chapter introducing the plot and characters. This story will eventually include themes of exhibitionism, twincest, multiple configurations of group sex including homosexual encounters, flashbacks to rape and abuse as well as incest. If none of this is for you I understand and wish you well. Otherwise I really hope you enjoy it. I am already well into Chapter 2 and should have it up soon. It promises to be a scorcher.
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The numbers counted up on the digital panel of the elevator making me wish that I had thought to drive down further into the underground parking structure to give myself more time now. I checked the collar of my sweater then my cuffs, I straightened my coat, as sure as I could be that I looked composed and not confused. Over the phone the woman who'd contacted me hadn't given me many details only implied very strongly that her organization might be the solution to my current situation. Which part of the shit show that is my life she was specifically referring to hadn't come up despite the leading questions I'd asked. The elevator panel showed I'd reached my floor I quickly wiped my hands off on my slacks as the elevator paused, giving me one last moment to compose myself before the doors opened, revealing a smiling woman holding a tablet. She was of average attractiveness with hazel colored eyes and medium brown hair in a twist away from her face. Her suit was a conservative dove grey and her shoes were black low heeled pumps. She wore nothing that marked anything about her individually or what they did here at this office building. The hallway behind her was short branching in two directions. The walls were a nondescript beige the carpet the anonymous dark-ish berber so common in office buildings everywhere. From this vantage there were no indications of what it is they did here.
"Ms. Vasiliev, welcome. Is there anything I can get you? Coffee, tea, water, wine?" She waited for my answer as I stepped off of the elevator and smiled nervously back at her.
"Actually a bottle of water would be great," I kept my tone polite because I still wasn't sure exactly what I was doing here.
"Wonderful," she stepped a little into my personal space to grab a small Fiji water off of a drink cart next to the elevator door I'd just walked through. My breath hitched and it took everything in me to simply freeze in place and not startle back dramatically. I don't think I was entirely successful in hiding my reaction to her closeness but she was tactful enough not to mention it. I took the bottle from her hand with a smile, discreetly squeezing it to check for tampering. She returned the smile then perused her tablet scrolling through the information displayed on it.
"I'm so glad you could make it in today. Well lets just jump right to it. Our research indicated that you are in the market for security, financial and possibly domestic services as well as culinary?" She looked at me with a pleasant if bland expression.
"Ummm yes, I have a need for all of those services possibly in addition to a driver, however, ummm. With an... incident... that happened, umm before..." I opened the bottle of water taking a deep draw trying to use the water to stop my throat from locking up as panic began to darken the edges of my vision.
"Of course, of course. Let me reassure you that none of our products are the least bit aggressive to our clients. Our product have only the clients best interests in mind at all times. I just had some preliminary questions for you so I know where to get started," she barely paused before continuing, "So the very first question I have is do you have a preference of male or female?"
"Male or female what, for what?" I was somehow more confused now than when I first got the call. How could a product have the clients best interests in mind?
"Our organization offers the best in full time live in companionship. Our products are all educated to at least the bachelors degree level of education. Many have advanced certifications in both armed and unarmed combat as well as other security concerns such as defensive driving, surveillance and cyber security. All of our products here are more than capable of overseeing all of your needs both personal, domestic and safety related." She smiled at me as if she truly were simply offering a service or an object. It confounded me stopping my brain from coming to the correct conclusion in the face of her projected normalcy.
"Am I to understand that you are selling people? You're trying to sell me a person? Is this a joke?" I could hear hysteria raising the pitch of my voice.
"I understand that this may seem unorthodox but whatever shady back-alley scenario you're imagining couldn't be further from the truth. Think of it more like adopting a stray from the pound only instead of a stray it's a multi lingual kickboxing champion with a bachelors of accounting. All of our products are discreet and loyal, they've received the best training all of their lives to meet our incredibly high standards," she stared at me waiting for my response. Wish I had one. A huge part of me kept waiting for the punchline or the cameras, not quite believing the scenario she painted was real.
"How did I come to your organizations attention?" She smiled gently as she answered.
"You were recommended by a current client, as all of our clients are. Then we did a background check and financial and psychological evaluation to see if you fit our client profile," her smile widened, "you do. So we extended the invitation to contact us."