[This story is part of a series, and you likely will enjoy it more if you read the earlier chapters. However, that is not mandatory, but the story does involve bodily functions, serious discipline, including spanking, as well as other fetishes. If any of this offends you, please read no further. All characters are 18 or older.]
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Joan had classes a few nights a week. While she was doing quite well at her job, she had plans to move along, and an advanced degree was necessary, she had decided. Her recent experience at home, where she had inherited her mother's position in control of the householdโher three older siblings, their partnersโwhether short- or long-termโand the staff who helped her manage and run the large residence.
She had taken control of her role and the household in short order. It had helped that while her older siblings resented her being in charge, none of them really wanted the job. Joan hadn't been spoiled growing up, not with her mother, who always ruled the roost, but she sensed early on that she liked being the boss. She knew enough not to try to take charge at work, since she had plenty to learn, mostly through experience.
It also helped that the housekeeper, Petra, who was in charge of the staff at home, had been subservient to her mother for some time. Petra was in her late 40s but had worked for the family for a good ten years. She seemed to adjust naturally to reporting to Joan instead of her mother.
Joan realized rapidly that just about everyone her mother had dealt with had ended up being submissive to her. Jennifer had been a natural dominant. Joan knew she had it in her to play the role, but she wanted more. She became friendly with an attractive man in her class who turned out to be there for the same reason as Joanโhe intended to get ahead.
Joan got to expect to chat with Steve as they arrived at class. For his part, Steve enjoyed being with Joan. She was petite, pretty, and definitely fired up to succeed. He wondered what her domestic situation might be and soon he would find out.
One night as class wrapped up, Steve invited her to join him for a drink. Joan readily accepted and they drove to a local hangout where others in their class often stopped off. They settled in a quiet alcove and exchanged some basic info in a light-hearted way.
"I knew from the moment I saw you in class that you were special," he said with a smile.
"Oh, you must say that to every girl you bring here," Joan teased him. She was already enjoying herself.
After they had described their work and their backgrounds, Joan decided to see if this would be worth pursuing.
"I do want you to come home with me, but I have to tell you what's going to greet you when we get there," she explained with a gleam in her eye. "I wouldn't want you to be surprised."
"I'm hoping that this doesn't mean like we're going to the house on the hill behind the Bates Motel in Psycho," Steve rejoined, happy in his maintaining the light touch.
"No," Joan said coolly, "but it's definitely going to be different from what you might have expected. My family is well-fixed, partly because my parents did well for themselves and now, I have inherited, along with my three siblings. We all live in this rather massive residence, which we've broken into suites that are almost like apartments. There's a staff to keep the place tidy."
So far, Steve thought merely that he had lucked into a situation where this confident woman had good reason to be confident, since she was obviously privileged.
"My mother was very controlling," Joan went on, "and while she was alive, there was no doubt about who was in charge. But since she passed away, her authority transferred to one of us, and that one is me. I'm the youngest, but I feel she understood that I had the presence to be the one she would leave this to."
"Might I ask what this encompasses?" Steve posed in a somewhat detached tone.
"I have two older sisters and an older brother," Joan declared. "Through the staff I keep tabs on all of them, helped by the staff who report to me through a housekeeper. Everyone has someone special living with them and they also are under my authority so long as they reside in the house."
"Every Friday," she continued, "everyone assembles in a common room and I go over how everyone has conducted themselves that week. The staff lets me know who has had issues: who left a common area messy or didn't clean up after themselves, including in their own rooms. I then put all this on the record and decide what to do about it."
"This sounds a bit old-fashioned," Steve interjected, "but in that kind of common-shared house, I can see how it should be necessary to keep things working the way they should."
"There's more," Joan now said, as if he hadn't said anything. "I decide what kind of discipline is in order for each of the offenses that have been presented to me. The discipline will be physical in nature."
Steve's eyes flashed at this revelation. He knew that he had detected something special about this woman and now he was hearing that she likely was a dominatrix. As confident as he was in his work and his life, he liked the idea of this attractive, presentable woman, who was only slightly younger than he was, taking control of everyone in her house. He started to see himself falling into her orbit.
"Can I ask what that means?" he asked, as they told the waitress to repeat their original drinks order.
"You can," Joan grinned. "I may spank them or cane them or punish them in other ways that some might find a bit extreme."
"Please go on," Steve responded, "I'm on the edge of my seat."
"Supervising bathroom use, butt plugs, ordering someone to wear tight girly panties, lines," Joan recited. "Still want to get involved with me?" She hoped he had been drawn in by her exotic description.
Steve was already trying to keep Joan from noticing the tent in his trousers.
He leaned across the table and put his arms around Joan and kissed her on the lips.
Joan leaned into him and returned the embrace.
"You responded the way I hoped," she said with a broad smile. "Can I take that as your telling me that you will take a chance on accompanying me home?"
"I'm with you, Joanie," he answered with alacrity as they rose and took advantage of their alcove to hold each other in their arms.
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They arrived at Joan's place almost simultaneously and Joan had told Steve where he could park his car on the estate. They walked together, hand in hand, to the front door, where Albert, one of the staff who often was at the door, opened it for them and nodded to Joan as he said the expected "Good evening, Miss Joan."