Chapter 18
A Change will Come
At about 4 pm, she awakened, but was a bit dazed and discombobulated. She still wouldn't speak to me. She also seemed fragile and unsteady. The intercom buzzer went off at 6 pm and I almost froze to the spot. It was him; he would be up in two minutes.
Once in the door, he rushed straight to Lori, who was wrapped up like a mummy in blankets on the couch. He lifted her face to him gently and kissed her forehead lightly. He had her unwrap herself and show the damage. She was barely making eye-contact, which was already a problem.
She avoided his gaze, but when she finally looked into his eyes, she just burst into tears. Mr. Jenkins was preternaturally perceptive. It took no more than that outburst and her general mien for him to understand exactly what had happened. He inspected all the damage carefully, tracing with his fingers the most serious damage and lines of tattoos that had been altered.
I thought of any number of really cruel, really violent reactions to his understanding of the case. But he once again surprised me, by doing the cruelest thing of all. Without another word to her, he turned around and left. He waved a hand to me in passing, but said absolutely nothing.
She was positively devasted; she fell to her knees crying unconsolably. I tried to embrace her, but she would have none of it. She pushed me away every time I tried to approach her. I just sat in the room with her quietly hoping to be of help if she would let me. She cried without ceasing for a very long time, until about eight. Then she got up went into the bedroom took another pill and went to sleep.
After that night, I moved permanently into the guest bedroom. It was two weeks before we saw Mr. Jenkins again. Lori and I were barely exchanging greetings. When he arrived, he didn't ask any questions, but went right up to Lori and launched into an explanation, which turn out to be a major change in her situation.
"You stupid whore, you have really fucked up. From now on, since you insist on being a common whore that is exactly what you will be to me. I have set up profiles for you on several online escort sites. You will begin receiving johns starting Friday night, I will arrange all of appointments and take payment for it. I have specifically noted in your profiles how enjoy rough treatment, so expect your tricks to be aggressive. This is how it will be until further notice. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Sir, I am so sorry, Sir, I know I fucked up, but please won't you please punish me, please, please, Siiiir!?"
"No, slut, I'm not your sissy cuckold, who you could betray and expect to be forgiven, this
is
your punishment." He put his hand up as if to smack her, but stopped himself and turned to leave.
When he was leaving, he pulled me into hallway for a private talk. "Sissy, keep an eye on her. I don't know what she will do. I want you to be here on Friday for the first tricks, but gradually disappear. I want her to feel alone in this."
"Yes, Sir, I'll keep an eye on her. I'm sorry about this. She just couldn't handle you being away so long. I hope you can forgive her someday, Daddy."
"I don't know, sissy, we'll see." Then he hugged me and once again kissed me. He was showing he wasn't blaming me for her indiscretion.
"Sissy, come by my place tomorrow night. Give you a break from the old ball and chain, ay?" This kind of scared me; I was worried about what Lori's change of status would signify for me, and perhaps that was what he wanted to discuss at this house. I had never asked me to his place before. I was in a quandary, but answered.
"Of course, thank you, Sir."
The next night I found myself at the lobby elevator of the old building I used to deliver to Mrs. Smith and Mr. Jenkins. I brought a bottle of wine I knew he'd like. And dressed like the busy career woman I was; I was coming straight from work. I had on a short, but work appropriate skirt, a tight blouse and blazer. With some medium high pumps.
Mr. Jenkins had bought Mrs. Smith's penthouse apartment, which I got to see from a completely different angle. I had never even seen the front door. He greeted me at the door with a wide grin and led me through the apartment to a smaller sitting room different from the living room area by the kitchen. It was a pleasant room, though it was done up in a really old style. I thought this must have been Anna Smith's family furniture rather than Mr. Jenkins's.