You hesitate as you board the shuttle bus. It was your last chance to abandon the weekend. Something about the risk made you feel alive and you resigned yourself to find a seat and settle in with your overnight bag.
The clean and orderly bus slowly fills and you start on a short journey to the landscaped main gate of what will be your home for the weekend.
You glance down at the brochure in your hand. On the cover are unrealistically beautiful women in various states of frolic and happiness. Through the window of the shuttle the setting sun flashes between the trunks of trees reaching high out of your view.
The road is smooth and the views are pleasant and you start to relax into your seat. A free weekend getaway seemed too good to be true. But so far you have been pleasantly surprised.
Two women in the row in front of you are talking animatedly as if they suddenly recognized each other. You eavesdrop... OK... they met here at some point in the past... they reminisce... something about a competition and you definitely heard the name Sabot several times.
"Well, these two seem normal and they decided to come back... maybe I should relax and stop questioning my luck" you think to yourself.
You feel the shuttle roll and bounce as it turns into the driveway of the grand lodge where you and the other guests will be staying. After a surprisingly long journey through manicured landscape you reach the entry and disembark.
In the lobby you are greeted by the echoing voices of 20 or 30 other guests and you find your way to some kind of check in desk adorned with gold and silver balloons.
Standing in line you notice something peculiar... all the guests you can see are women. And these are definitely not normal women. Each and every one of them is gorgeous in some way. Some have beautiful hair... some have huge boobs on slim hourglass figures... some have the most pretty eyes you've ever seen.
A man clears his throat. He is handsome seated in a white blazer and white gloves. "Your ticket madam."
You hand him your ticket and after some pleasantries you are headed to your room on the 4th floor.
Waiting for the elevator a woman (who seemed to be following you since you arrived) inserts herself into your reality.
"Hi... I don't think I've seen you here before." she said her dark eyes smoldering.
"No... this is my first time here. I wasn't sure if I would go through with this to be honest... it seemed too good to be true."
As you speak the woman is sizing up every inch of your body. You feel uncomfortably judged by her. She has dark hair and dark eyes and beautiful ivory skin. You feel a little intimidated by her beauty and you conclude that is her intent.
"I'm Dea" she said... "welcome and I'm happy to meet you."
You carry on to your room to settle in, reflecting on the strange interaction.
Beep... Beep... Clunk. You open the door and... like everything else so far... your room is orderly and pleasant to the senses. You immediately notice clothing laid out on the bed as if the last guest forgot them. But they are laid out neatly in piles with accessories and shoes to match.
A note reads "Dear guest, Welcome to my hill country retreat. I will do my best to ensure your every need is satisfied." Below the welcome message is a detailed schedule with each activity matched to an outfit.
You examine the piles of clothes. You see hiking clothes, two swimsuits, an evening dress, etc... all of high quality with beautiful accessories.
"Wow" you think to yourself "...do I get to keep these?"
The last pile is a very sexy number... with hardly anything to it. You hold it up to your body in front of the full length mirror and sigh. "Is this a joke?"
The weekend rolls on with events, meals and recreation. It's lovely and you find yourself letting go and having a great relaxing time.
All the guests are indeed women as you suspected. As you spend time with them you notice just how truly beautiful they all are. You also notice the name Sabot coming up time and time again.
As far as you can tell he owns the property and arranges these weekends. The women who have been here before seem to adore him.
And then there is Dea... you don't have any other personal interactions with her but you notice her watching you from time to time. She leans in to whisper something to another woman who then finds you with her eyes.
"Dea is kind of a bitch" you think to yourself.
You ask one of the women you know has been before "What's the deal with Dea? She doesn't seem very friendly."
"Oh... Deeeea" she says with a mocking lilting voice "she always wins the competition and she loves lording that over everyone."
"What competition" you ask.
"Well... since you are new I can't tell you the details. But I will say there is a grand finale of the weekend on the last evening that involves a competition of sorts. It's tonight. You'll see soon enough."
You reflect on what that could mean as your eyes wander under your sunglasses.
"Competition? Is this some kind of humiliation reality show?" you think to yourself. Your relaxed state of mind fades a little as you wonder if this competition is going to be the moment when this weekend ceases to be too good to be true.
Evening arrives.