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."
"And I did," I was breathless. The scope of this organization to have access to my financial and psychiatric records. My heart was pounding in my chest I didn't know what to do. This certainly didn't seem like the kind of meeting one walked away from empty handed. But how could I be a party to the enslavement of a person, especially after what I went through? How could I not, if it meant my life? "Can you explain to me a little of what this 'adoption' would look like?"
"Certainly, after you've made your choice and named them and decided on some other specifics we'll get to later depending on your choice, you just sign our standard membership contracts. They basically state that you are responsible for the care and upkeep of the product or products you purchase from us for the duration of their lives and that if for any reason you are dissatisfied with the product you will return it to us."
"For resale?" The first unpleasant expression crossed her face at this.
"No never we don't market in used goods. You'd be returning the product to us for euthanasia and disposal."
"I see," oh god did I see, "do I need to be concerned about the discretions of other clients or leaks from the organization itself? If I were discovered with sl...your organizations product in my possession it would ruin me," somehow I didn't think this woman wanted to use the s-word as pertains to the offerings of her company.
"No, that is certainly something we have redundant solutions for. No client has ever succeeded in leaking any information about the organization or other clients to the public or authorities," she leaned in and lowered her voice conspiratorially, "I heard a rumor that once a reporter snuck into one of our training facilities and tried to 'free' the children. She was sold to one of our... less reputable competitors," she smiled at me as if we were sharing a secret I smiled back hoping I wasn't as green as I felt, "of course that could just be idle office gossip. I just want to reassure you that in the two hundred year history of the organization we've never had clients face any consequences as a result of a breach on our side. I hope that settles your worries. So back to my original question do you have a preference for male or female product?
"Also I wanted to make you aware that you are eligible for blue diamond membership status which includes a product discount as well as access to our premium product and our security network. These have a higher education and more advanced training as well as being some of our loveliest products. The security network we provide is 24/7 behind the scenes protection of both your financial, physical and emotional well being." I felt chills course over my body, how the hell do they ensure my emotional well being?