Chapter Eight: An Indecent Proposal
The next morning, sunlight shining in her face, Mary dragged herself awake next to Grandma Petra. Mary realized that she had been restless with relentless dreams of being used over and over by groups of men. Her pussy, ass, jaw, and muscles were sore, and it felt like she had gotten no sleep at all. The groggy young detective realized that she was having a first-hand experience of what the other women had been reporting. The dreams, for it seemed quite clear they were dreams, were nevertheless very vivid. Furthermore, it seemed as though she'd suffered the real-life aftereffects of the events she dreamed. Had it been real, or merely a dream?
Grandma Petra was unconscious but breathing deeply and normally. Mary pulled back the bed sheets and saw that grandma's genitals were more irritated than last night when she had seen her masturbating herself, more evidence. The bleary sleuth decided to let grandma sleep and seek out the rest of the women to ascertain their fate. She covered up grandma thoroughly, climbed out of bed, and put on her bathrobe. After a cup of hot coffee from the kitchen, she thought, she would be right as rain.
She found Selene still on the rug where she had been fucking Bucky last night. She was asleep, groggy, and covered with a warm comforter fetched from somewhere. After taking a peek at her genitals, which like grandma's and her own, seemed to show more wear and tear than one would expect, she let her sleep as well.
Mary walked in bare feet down to Imogene's room. Imogene was there asleep by herself, hugging a pillow. "Immy, wake up," she prompted.
"What? Bucky? Where is Bucky?"
"Bucky?" Mary asked, "Was he here with you? Did you?"
"Yes!" Imogene smiled in a way that lit up the room.
"I'm sure he's just downstairs or something. I'll find him," Mary assured her. "Did you have the dreams again last night?"
"Yes... they were awful. I dreamed Bucky was taken away. Find him Mary!"
Mary rushed downstairs to look for Bucky in the kitchen. The kitchen was empty. As soon as she had made herself a much-needed cup of coffee, the doorbell rang. She rushed to the front door and opened it, expecting it was Bucky returned from some errand. It was none other than Ofbert Humpf, the ugly little man who had raped Margaret. "What do you want?" she asked suspiciously, pulling her fluffy bathrobe tight around her and tying the belt tight.
"I have an offer to buy this property," replied Humpf, holding up a sheaf of papers.
"I'm quite sure the owner does not want to sell."
"Well, she should, she must," argued Humpf, "The place is haunted, you know. She'll never get more money than I'm offering right now."
Mary walked out onto the front porch to confront Humpf and shut the door behind her. She saw the sheriff's deputy over near his cruiser. "Oh deputy," she called to him, "Please see this man off the premises and make sure he doesn't return." The deputy started to walk over.
"I was just leaving," Humpf growled. "Mark my words, I'll be back." He climbed into his car and drove off.
Mary shook the deputy's hand, and said, "I'm Mary Jones. And you are?"
"Deputy Thomas Katz, at your service, ma'am." The deputy was tall and muscular with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He had the kind of face that could look tough or friendly, and right now, it looked very friendly. "Shall we climb into my vehicle and make sure your suspect has actually left the area?"
"Certainly! Thank you, deputy," replied Mary. "Give me just one minute." She rushed into the house and shut the door. Luckily, all her clothes were still in her bags in the front hall. She threw on a white bra and panties, a green blouse with a high neck and long sleeves, a matching green skirt, and some sensible black flats. While she was dressing, she fantasized about dreamy Deputy Katz undoing the very same buttons and buckles.
When she re-emerged onto the front porch, Katz had pulled up his cruiser. Mary jumped into the passenger side and they were off. Humpf was not in the drive or parked out front. They decided to drive around the perimeter of the property. As they did, the eagle-eyed young sleuth spotted Humpf's car parked and empty outside a house down the hill about a mile away. They pulled to the side of the road to observe. "What is that place?" she asked.