The next day I was sore, the doing of Erika and her new toy. Also what Adam brought to the party! No girl could refuse the chance of that. For an hour or more, on and on, each taking turns.
I have no idea what time it was when they finally let me be. The early hours at least. Β A work day too. Towards the end of the night I hovered on the edge of something so beautiful β then I descended into a state of sexually induced delirium as Adam fucked me with machine-like implacability as Erika straddled my face, rubbing her unctuous cunt over my lips, chin and cheeks, and nose. How I wished she would settle her cunt so that my frantic tongue could taste, even if only momentarily, her succulent cunt. But her hips would not rest, incessantly grinding at me, the full-fat of her arse cheeks forever a threat of suffocation never realised.
How many orgasms? I never counted β Β hers, nor mine. Neither have I any recollection of them releasing me from my restraints, no memory of their departing. Did they tuck me and kiss me goodnight?
Half-ten the next morning I awoke alone. Too late to go to work, so I phoned my line manager Saphire, muttered some transparent crap about a tummy bug.
Three awkward minutes on the phone with Saphire. Afterwards, I lay in bed until eleven-thirty going over the events of the previous night, trying to come to terms with the reality of Adam's cock, wondering if I would ever see him again; the pair of them for that matter. Erika was delicious. I only wished I'd been able to touch her body more, deprived as I was of the use of my hands for most of the night. Perhaps this was the sickest of Daddy's punishments, my inability to caress her soft, fragrant flesh.
I started to touch myself. Then a ping on my phone. A text. Me reaching for the phone from the bedside table.
JOSH: Did you like our gift?
ME: gift?
JOSH: Adam?
ME: Where did you find him!?!?
JOSH: We know lots of people. I knew you would especially appreciate Adam.
ME: I'm sore.
JOSH: You're a star.
ME: I don't feel like one.
JOSH: You did like our friends then?
ME: How could I not?
JOSH: If you continue to be a good girl, we will let them play with you again, but today we need to talk about this weekend. Meet us for lunch at Makita's. Be there for one. Do you know it?
ME: Oxford Street?
JOSH: Yeah.
I showered and dressed, felt so icky wearing yesterdays things.
At Makita's I ordered the salad, pushed rocket about my plate while I listened to them hint at their plans for the coming weekend. While Josh talked I saw how Becky looked at me, reminding me of the looks my mother gave me as an adolescent, her little girl no longer a child. The same sadness was in Becky's eyes.
Josh spoke of the Hendrix's parties. The gatherings, he called them, how they were always themed. I did not need to know all the details beforehand; surprises were much more fun, he said.
He indicated a small suitcase on the floor by his chair, said it was for me and that I was to take it home but was not to open it until Friday evening. Then I was to follow the instructions he would give me when I played the video he had recorded on to the memory stick I would find in the pocket of the case.
And so we sat and ate our food and conversed like rational adults. It was as if we were just friends again, chatting about books and movies, the news, politics. Over dessert, Becky started telling me about a girl from our school days named Alicia who she had run into in London, how she was now a doctor working for the World Health Organisation. I'd always thought her a geeky, uninteresting person. As Becky told me of about Alicia and her work in a refugee camp, a wave of inadequacy overcame me. I smiled and nodded, inside I felt worthless.
After the meal, before parting, I handed back the keys to their Fiat. He said I could hang on to it if I wanted to, but I said I could do without the hassle of finding a parking space every morning. We parted on the pavement; they each took turns to hug me before going our separate ways.
The following days at work were a pain; my mind now focused on the coming weekend, and how I would be meeting Jude Alexander and this Hendrix, they keep going on about. But Jude Alexander. Wow! Me meeting Jude Alexander; could it ever really happen? Whatever would I say to him? Would I come apart at the seams in his presence? Remember to watch your tongue, Cassie β if you are ever introduced to him. Remember, a loose tongue is what got you where you are today.
Was that a bad thing?
Home early from work Friday evening. I took their suitcase from the wardrobe, where I had stashed it so the sight of it would not tempt me to peek.
I placed it on the bed, sat and stared. The anticipation of seeing the contents was like being a little girl again, the young Cassie on Christmas morning with her presents before her. I took a deep breath and snapped open the catches, lifted the lid.
Clothes. A note on top. I put the note to one side and lifted the garments. A plain white cotton blouse, short back skirt with buttons down the front; matching waistcoat, small white cotton apron; also a new pack of black pantyhose and ballet flats; plain cotton panties, matching bras. Also, there was a leather shoulder bag.
I laid the skirt and blouse out on the bed, still not sure what was intended by such mundane garments, and then I read the note.
Take the memory stick you will find in the case pocket and plug into the USB on your laptop.
I did what the note said. When he appeared on the tv screen I immediately recognised his Daddy persona, the alter-ego he would assume for the "game". He would don it just like a person slips into a new jacket.
"Slave!" he barked. "Tonight you will carry out these instructions to the letter."
A pause, allowing me to focus.
"You are a waitress about to begin her shift. You have showered and dressed for work. Hair in a ponytail, minimal makeup. Any small personal items must go into the leather bag. Darling Girl and I will provide everything else you may need for the weekend.
"At six-thirty, you'll leave your house for your evening shift. When outside, turn right at your front gate and walk to the end of the avenue, where you will turn left. Carry on for a half a mile. Just before the lights at the Melbourne road junction, there is an ally. Wait on the corner of it until we contact you again. If you let us down, bad things will happen."
The screen went blank.
I had an hour to get ready. I wasn't hungry, nerves playing up wrecked my appetite. I did not know when I would eat again, so I forced myself to warm a can of tomato soup, sat at the breakfast bar and spooned it slowly.
My younger sister phoned at six Β Abbi Β, but I had no time to speak, so did not pick up, even though she lives in Cornwall and we rarely get time to talk. I wondered if she was okay.
After showering and doing my hair, I stood by the bed and began to dress. The new cotton panties were quite small, stretched tight on my hips, cutting into my buttocks. The pantyhose packaging crackled as I tore it open. I sipped them over my legs and pulled the waist high. Their sheerness pleased me, and I ran my palms over my thighs and thought them not at all day to day wear. Probably expensive.
When dressed, I looked into the mirror and saw I had become what they had intended: a young waitress like you might see in any hotel or bistro. I wondered if this was Becky's idea. We had worked weekends together at a small hotel when we were seventeen before going off to different universities. This uniform was quite similar to the one we had back then, though the skirt was shorter, the tights finer. For a moment it was like going back in time. I wondered what had happened to the carefree girl I was at seventeen.
Soon I was ready to leave, but something didn't seem right about how I looked. I decided I would never have walked to work in just a uniform. I'd have put on a jacket, or at least a cardigan, but more likely I would change on arriving. Especially the shoes; definitely would have changed my shoes for work. I decided to risk Daddy's displeasure by slipping on my denim jacket. Then I thought long and hard, decided not to risk messing with his footwear instructions.
Out on the street, I set a smart pace, hoping not to run into any of the neighbours. Not that we were that friendly with any, but I was not in the mood for explanations.