Fully in the Graces of the Conqueror
George Hutchinson scooped Wendy Wu by her armpits, and with only a fraction of his power, got her off her feet. As Wendy hung in the air for that split-second, she cycled through a series of
expected
emotion: surprise, humiliation, white-hot rage, feelings she was supposed to have.
Can I stop him? Can I do anything? Should I shout? What did I do to make him act this way? What made him think this was acceptable?
She asked herself these questions and found there were no answers, the questions useless, completely irrelevant to her situation. Her body had already found the appropriate solution: Allow entry. Submit fully. As she went limp, a rush of heat went through her. In that second, her pink panties were soaked, and her mindset reverted a couple hundred years...
Wendy Wu should not have been surprised. Truly, there was no other reasonable outcome. A handshake wouldn't suffice. A kiss on the cheek would be an insult. With the amount of time they'd spent in close-quarters, with all the physical exertion of the day, with the sun setting, with dinner approaching and the bedroom beyond, no other conclusion could have even been considered...
It all started so innocently.
8am.
George saw the moving truck from his house. He approached Wendy's moving men, a skinny white teen with purple streaks in his hair and a chubby lackadaisical Hispanic. The Hispanic balanced a box on his left shoulder, his arm too short to steadily hold the box.
"No," George had said, and with that firm reprove he'd become their superior.
Holding a heavy brown box, George walked through Wendy's front door.
"Hello, I'm George. I live down the street. I'm helping you move in."
"Oh thank you so very much. I'm Wendy. I'll let you get on," she said, and went to the kitchen to place the fine china in the cabinets.
George was a large man, big and tall, had to duck down to avoid hitting his bald head on the doorframe, his face and chin covered in bristly grey and black hairs, the slight monobrow another sign of how lax he was with his personal grooming. His XXL shirt fit snug to his heavy frame, his blue jeans large enough to fit two Wendys, his body that of a man who stayed fit not with a gym routine but by lifting, fixing, general 'man' work. He looked to be in his fifties and had just turned 66.
Wendy was very pretty and very 'Oriental'; high cheekbones, oval-shaped eyes, fine jet-black hair styled into a functional bob. Her slim frame had changed little since she was a teen, her breasts as pert as they were at 16. Aging had aided her through the years, rounding her buttocks into a desirable peachy shape. She wore a plain blue XS shirt and grey slacks with sandals, looked to be in her mid-thirties but had just turned 47.
Just like that, George barged into her home and marked his domain, and Wendy offered no resistance, this professional woman too occupied by her own thoughts.
Should I give a speech when I start at Reichmann & Ritter or should I give it that personal touch, introduce myself to the workers one-by-one? Jamie's (son) college is within driving distance; should I get a fold-out sofa for him to crash on during visits? Would Tracy (daughter), Jack (son-in-law) and adorable Koko (granddaughter) be able to stay over? Full ownership should allow for an annex. Would I need planning permission? Do I need to submit to a committee? Oh, of course. Of course...
Wendy had placed post-its around the home, instructing the movers which items belonged where. George lifted the bedframe, and with some expert manoeuvring, got the king-sized bed into the room. His two assistants lifted in the mattress, and before they could plop it into the frame, George had them put the covers over the mattress, lay it gently into the bed frame, had them grab the sealed duvet, the plush pillows and laid those on the bed too. George felt a tingle in his testicles when looking upon the finished article.
Wendy did the delicate work, stocked the kitchen, put the towels into the bathroom's cabinets. George did the bulk of the work, the heavy lifting, the key parts. George installed the TV, double checked the appliances, made sure the electrician had done a proper job, all while giving instructions to his two subordinates.
It was a cosy bungalow, a living area connected to a kitchenette, bathroom, and bedroom at the end, and so all the work was done in under 90 minutes. Wendy was surprised when she exited the bathroom - so absorbed in her work notes, she tuned out the slamming, banging - and saw the home had been furnished. A box of family photos and another full with academic books was left next to the cabinet, there to be sorted as she saw fit. Wendy put the photos and books in their correct order - fully forgetting that the workmen standing outside were hired by
her
and being dealt with by another.
George knew the movers were paid by their company and couldn't ask for any direct compensation. Even so, after George shook their hands, he reached into his wallet, and gave them each a healthy tip. They thanked him and went to their van.
George started towards the home. He stood by the doorway. Wendy shielded her eyes, the white man's gargantuan frame haloed by the red-hot afternoon sun.