Chapter 5
From Sharon's journal:
Dear diary, today is the day of the last test for Johanna. I want to see how far her attraction to my feet goes and what she is willing to do for them. It's a dangerous test that can end very well or very badly. No middle ground. After yesterday's event, no further incidents occurred. She stayed in her room the whole time. She didn't even come down for dinner.
I spent last night searching my mind for some reason as to why I was somehow attracted to feet. Psychology teaches that events at a young age can leave a trace in our brains and predispose us or make us averse to certain things. My brain was an empty archive, no prior experience. I had to associate Sharon's beauty to her feet, if she was beautiful, her feet had to be too. I could find no other explanation. And yet I liked them; no more excuses could be found out of thin air. That morning Sharon brought me breakfast as usual, proving that her morning jog of the other day was just an isolated incident.
She brought my breakfast to my room, bowed slightly and closed the door behind her. No morning chatter. I took my time eating breakfast, washed and dressed and went to the kitchen. I didn't want to do anything excessive that day, I was feeling sluggish. When I went into the living room I found Sharon doing her chores. When she saw me she put down the broom she was sweeping the floor with and said:
"Can I ask you a favor?"
"What?"
"You know, today, I wanted to do a little experiment to make the day more fun and I can't do it alone. I need you."
"What kind of experiment are you talking about?"
"Hypnosis. You know I was studying psychology. I was fascinated by the field of the human mind and hypnosis in particular. The state of hypnosis can also be used for therapeutic purposes, but obviously we wouldn't use it for that since you're not sick. However I thought it would be fun to try. If you want later I can even try to teach you how to do it."
Strange, I thought. What will he want to do after I am hypnotized? Will she want me to do some other humiliating thing, this time unwillingly? Maybe, since I ran away yesterday. Maybe he wants to repeat the experience. I imagined myself hypnotized, my eyes fixed, while, as in ancient Egypt, I waved a large palm tree to shelter her from the scorching heat. Instead of feeling anger or disgust at that scene, a small shiver ran down my spine and a certain moisture was forming in my sex. It might be fun in the end, maybe she could let me touch her feet again.
"All right, why not. I don't have much better to do today after all."
"Well, then how about we get started right away?"
"It's a lot easier than you think, and it's quite similar to what you see in the movies. Focus on me, my voice and the movements of my hands."
I decided to play along. I was slightly curious as well. I wonder if she really believed she could induce me into a trance-like state. The fact is that after a few murmurs and gestures on her part, she made me close my eyes.
From there to a quarter of an hour maximum she said she had completed the process and that now she only had to test its actual success. Obviously she was not talking to me, since she believed me to be hypothesized. However, I did not feel any change in me; obviously it had not worked.
Well," said Sharon, "let's test the success of the experiment. Johanna, get undressed."
After that word it's as if time around me stopped. Why did he want me to take my clothes off? Maybe because I had refused to let him see me naked that day in the shower? I had two paths in front of me. Obey or not. With the first I would have convinced her that the hypnosis had worked and so we could have continued this strange game. But why did I want to do that? Did I want her to humiliate me? I knew I didn't want this moment to end, ruining everything by saying something like Hey but what are you trying to do?
So I did as requested and started taking off my clothes. Now I don't know how hypnotized people usually behave but I tried to do everything with a blank expression. Eyes fixed in front of me and tight lips. One by one all the items of my clothing fell to the floor, including my underwear. When I took off my panties and bra a shy smile of encouragement appeared on Sharon's face. Then she said, "Now take a spin on yourself. Let me look at you."
She accompanied the words with a hand gesture.
I turned around and let him look at me in all my glory.
"Now let's have some fun," Sharon said, "get on all fours and come towards me."
I did as requested. I struggled to maintain a blank, disinterested expression. I crawled over and got in front of her. Even though I was in that position, naked and in a canine position, I did not feel humiliated. She gave me a pat on the head, as if I were a puppy.