The one-storey ranch home was 60s modern and easily blended into the peaceful suburban neighborhood. But as Amy approached the front door she had a pang of regret. Sure, she had been here many times to see Jackie, dinner parties, a charity and an art show, but at those she knew she'd be going home at the end of the night. Why she had agreed to house-sit was beyond her.
Dripping wet and in a towel, Jackie greeted her with a hug and customary kiss on the cheek. Amy found herself almost wincing, there was always something not genuine about her friend. Were they friends? They had worked out together countless hours (And it showed Amy liked to think) But would Amy count on this woman in a moment of need? She wondered, then pushed these thoughts out of her mind as she followed Jackie inside.
The air conditioning was a welcome change from the Nevada heat. Amy trailed Jackie into her huge master bedroom. Disappearing into her walk-in closet, Jackie made small talk about her upcoming trip, using words like "lifesaver" and "hero" to describe Amy, oblivious to her slight discomfort at such praise. In the middle of one of these compliments Jackie casually tossed away her towel and her lean, tan-line free and muscled body continued it's frenzied search. Amy instinctively looked away then found herself wandering off, deeper into the house.
Jackie had been married young and the speedy divorce had won her an easy lifestyle. Amy eyed photos of the people and many parties here she hadn't been to. There had been stories of wild goings on at these events and scandal surrounding Jackie. Not that Amy was an angel herself, she confided in her real friends that she would try anything once. Or twice.
She came to what she thought was the guest bath. Tried the door and found it locked. Odd. As she pondered...
"Amy?!" Jackie's voice startled her and Amy turned to see Jackie in a dress that could've been mistaken for a slip. The woman looked beyond Amy to the locked door but Amy changed the subject - "Well, you'll be the best dressed person in first-class!"
Jackie blushed, a sucker for flattery.
CHAPTER 2
"Forty-eight hours" thought Amy. "Forty-eight hours and I'm back in my own condo and my own bed." It was nighttime and Amy was sitting with her now bare legs in the lazy-L pool, sipping a rum and coke. In the past few hours she had turned off the AC and gotten her travel-bag from the Jeep but the sweats she'd brought seemed like a bother to put on, and Amy had removed her bra and her jeans. "Making myself at home" she had said as she'd mixed the first of many drinks in her tank top and black thong. She was bored here, bored and lonely in a way she never would have been at home. Jackie had quite the DVD collection and Amy had tried a few movies but even old favorites could not hold her attention. She thought again of the locked room. It wasn't a bathroom after all. Why had Jackie looked so apprehensive? Then Amy thought: "Maybe I'll just walk by it."
Fifteen minutes later she was wedging a Q-tip into the tiny hole on the mystery room's doorknob. "So I'm nosey" she said to the world, having learned long ago that when a decision was between inaction and action, the latter should win out. Or at least it made for the most interesting stories. With a POP the simple lock released for her. The room opened and Amy's eyes went wide...
In the center a rack with chains at arm and ankle level. An old VHS video camera on a tripod, mirrors everywhere. She moved closer, realizing the rack's "chains" were actually handcuffs. This was a bondage room! Rods, whips, gags, lubes and things she couldn't identify. She gasped, then smiled "Jackie you crazy bitch!"
A section of VHS tapes filled a beat-up entertainment center against the wall. There were names and dates on most of them. Amy hesitated but finally couldn't resist playing the first tape...
Static. Then the nude form of an attractive woman filled the screen. Kneeling, her arms tied behind her with thick rope, Japanese bondage-style. The camera zoomed out to reveal a leather-clad Dominatrix over her, some kind of paddle in hand. Amy squinted and realized the dominatrix was Jackie. As the bound nude crouched at her feet, Jackie looked right at camera, seemingly right at Amy and ordered "You too - Out here now!" More than a little uneasy, Amy watched as a man who was obviously running the camera came out from behind it. He wore a towel around his waist but not for long. "Not a stitch for either of you, strip that off" ordered Jackie and the man unhooked the towel and bared, took his place next to the bound woman as Mistress Jackie began to paddle them both-- The THWACK of lash on skin...
Amy watched, a range of emotions flooding her, from guilt at seeing her friend's private world(or semi-private she would later reason) to fear of her own discovery and finally - Her own arousal. Marveling at how damp she had become, Amy still felt it best to leave - She rewound the tape. On the screen the man's towel flew up from the floor and wrapped around him...
CHAPTER 3
Flustered, Amy hurried into her makeshift room. Thinking of her travel bag, the vibrator she had debated bringing...
It was a relief when she found it at the bottom of the bag, for a moment she couldn't remember if her puritanical side had won out as she had packed it and unpacked it several times. Moments later Amy was lying nude on the comforter, the low buzzing sound strangely comforting. Her heart was no longer racing but she wasn't getting off during this masturbating session either. She let her thoughts wander, fantasizing about the nude man and woman, imagining Jackie now dominating her and finally about dominating Jackie - The woman bound at Amy's feet... Amy using the paddle on Jackie's bare ass. Though the last scenario was by far Amy's favorite, it failed to bring much relief. Still horny and frustrated she pulled out the vibrator. "I need a new friend there" she thought. Not knowing if she meant Jackie or her little toy.
A few minutes later Amy crawled beneath the covers wearing only another black, drier G-string. Soon she faded off to sleep.
CHAPTER 4
Amy jerked awake around three A.M. Something had disturbed her...THUMP! She heard it again, got to her feet, groggy. And then came the nearby shatter of glass - Someone was breaking in!
Heart pounding she dug in her bag, found the tiny bottle of mace there. Where was her phone? She thought it might be in the kitchen, hurried to get it, no time for clothes. Her bare feet touched cold tile as she made her way to the kitchen. Stopped short. The rear door had been forced open, glass on the floor -