Chapter 12 -- The medical subject
Trish spent the following four days helping Flora. She hoped that Pierre junior might be around, but unfortunately he lived in Gannet Cove and only visited his parents on occasion. Just as well...because Trish would have gotten herself in trouble had he been in the house.
Flora could tell that Eve's servant was becoming more cooperative and that her attitude had improved. She still walked around with her switch, but had no reason to use it. When she told Trish to do something, the servant complied. Even peeing in the street was not a much of an issue. Each time Flora took Trish to the street to relieve herself, she managed to empty her bladder with no problem. She tried to time her potty breaks to avoid going out when the neighborhood kids were around: that was the only effort at modesty she dared attempt. Anyhow, she needed to be ready for her next trip into the capitol. She knew that she'd have to demonstrate she had gotten over her reluctance to piss in public, which meant peeing into storm drains with people watching. If she proved to her Mistress that she could pee on command, she'd probably get her bathroom privileges back.
Trish had her first menstruation on the Island on Monday, the day after the boat trip. The period was yet another humbling experience, because she found out that female servants normally were not issued tampons or pads. She had to wear shower shoes instead of her normal tennis shoes and simply bleed-out while working in Flora's yard. Every so often she rinsed between her legs with the hose.
On Wednesday, Flora wanted to buy some fish, which entailed a trip to the fishing village on the beach. Trish followed the retiree across the salt marsh and quietly knelt while Flora haggled and eventually bought several large sea bass. Of course it was Trish's responsibility to carry them back; and also her responsibility to learn how to prepare raw fish for cooking. Forcing the servant to do a particularly disgusting and difficult task was actually a test Flora had set up for her, a test she passed with no problem. Flora was impressed. Eve's girl really was working out.
Throughout the week Trish perfected her ability to massage her Mistress. She also spent time massaging Flora and Pierre for practice. Perhaps it was strange having to touch the uncovered bodies of the older couple, but whatever reservation Trish might have had about that was irrelevant. She needed to practice and the older couple wanted massages and she was a servant. It was not her place to question: it was her place to obey.
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Eve received a phone call from her friend from the university Wednesday night. With everything else that had happened to her over the past few days, she had forgotten about her Mistress's promise to lend her to the medical instructor as a demonstration prop for his classes.
The next day Eve ordered her servant to accompany her to the airport. During the trip Eve explained what was going to happen that day: that Eve's friend would pick her up at the airport and take her to the university.
"As for what you'll be doing there, you know as much as I do. They like to use live subjects in class to teach med students how to conduct medical exams and to allow for real-life practices. It won't be anything difficult. In fact, you'll be spending most of your day just sitting around, so look at it as a break. And don't even think about letting me hear that you weren't cooperative."
A break. Yeah, right. Some break...
Eve's friend was waiting for her. Accompanying him were three medical students.
Trish felt intimidated and very embarrassed. She was glad to get on her knees. Oddly enough, she felt safer when kneeling, partly because she could conceal herself a bit and partly because kneeling separated her from everyone who was standing above her. However, because she was to spend the entire day on display, Eve's friend had a request:
"I'd like to change her slave-rest position, if that's OK with you. My students are going to want to see her, so it'd be easier for her to always stand with her feet spread and her hands behind her head, if she's not doing anything else. Otherwise we'll have to keep ordering her to stand up."
"Did you hear that, Servant Trish? Stand up and do as he says."
"Yes, Mistress Bousquet."
Trish stood in the correct position, with her legs spread and her hands behind her head.
"Today, instead of kneeling, this will be your position of deference to your superiors. You will address my friend as 'Master Charles'. Until he returns you to the airport, you will follow his orders and his orders only."
Eve turned to Charles: "If she is disobedient in any way, or reluctant to do something, I want a full account of the incident so I can deal with her tonight. One thing I don't want - is anyone else punishing her. She shouldn't cause you any trouble, but if she does, just let me know."
With that, Eve handed off her servant. Charles stopped an Island taxi and took Trish to the university. The campus was much more crowded than it had been on Sunday. Charles and the servant walked passed hundreds of young adults as they made their way to the School of Medicine. Several students wanted to take pictures of Trish, either by herself or with other people. Charles always granted permission; thus Trish's body was fully documented on yet more cameras and cell phones.
Charles stopped to chat with several students and co-workers. Each time her temporary Master quit walking, Trish had to assume her new slave position; standing straight with her legs spread and her hands behind her head. She had to endure being the subject of several conversations and being introduced as the new model for the introductory medical examination course.