Chapter 5
A real love and a strong lover.
"Don't I have to clean this loveseat first?"
Madeleine smiled at her and nodded before saying, "Yes you do," She stopped toying with her riding crop and held out a hand to help her up. Corrine took hold of her hand as she sat up. "There is a cleaning cloth behind the bar," She said using her riding crop as a pointer. "Once you are done I will send Francis over to you,"
Corrine nodded and raised her head just as her tutor was about to walk off. "Madeleine, can I ask you something?"
She stopped and moved in closer to her. Corrine asked in a quiet voice and a soft tone. "Who is that French woman?"
Madeleine smiled back at her, "Caught your attention, has she? That my sweet thing is Claudette. A word of warning, she plays rough,"
Corrine reached out and touched her arm, Madeleine stopped and waited. "And the older woman next to Betty?"
She smiled, "Her name is Margaret Fleming, and she is married by the way so even more dangerous. You do pick them, don't you Corrine," This time she walked away to join Peggy and Betty with some others.
Corrine picked up her maid's outfit and decided not to bother with trying to get back into it at that moment. She ventured off to the small bar in search of the cleaning cloth. She was squatted down behind the bar out of sight, and overheard a conversation between several women. "She is so hot but such a sassy bitch according to Franny, she nearly broke her arm,"..... "The young ones are all the same, fucking anything on two legs because they can and they think it will never end, poor luv has a shock coming to her I reckon,".... "I think she would be nice once you get to know her,"...... "Maddy is smitten by her and she doesn't give her the time of day,"...... A selfish bitch if you ask me, all the young ones are the same,".... "I thought they were a couple, haven't they been together for 3 months or something?" Whoever they were had wandered off as the conversations ceased. Corrine stayed there a while longer, thinking about what she had heard.
Maddy was smitten with her, 'no way' she thought. She hadn't even flirted with her or shown any signs of romance, they talked about it, for what 2 minutes over 3 months, were they even that close? I mean apart from one brief session, they were not even lovers, and I'm certainly not going to play out as being a submissive type just so she could get her thrills, hell no. All those thoughts ran through her head in a milli-second.
She stood up walked back to the loveseat and began to wipe the seat down, most of Michelle's juices had dried up and she was lost deep in thought, not seeing who was approaching.
"Hello there," A voice said but it was her perfume, or was it an aftershave, that Corrine recognised before she looked up and saw the elderly woman sit down next to her on the loveseat. She rested her hands in her lap. Corrine stopped what she was doing and looked at her hands and then up to her face.
"What is it you are wearing, the perfume I mean?" She asked.
"It's aftershave, 'Old Spice', my husbands," Came the reply.
"I was told you were married and that it would be dangerous to mix with you," Corrine continued a smile on her lips.
"Good lord, who would say such a thing?" She asked. Then rested a hand on Corrine's thigh, not in a suggestive way but more along the lines of sending a reassuring message. "I'm many things Corrine, being dangerous is not one of them,"
"I think they were referring to you being a married woman, not dangerous, dangerous if you get what I mean,"
"I do, and he lives and works in Singapore. We are married yes, but not in the traditional sense, not living together. It seems being married suits his purposes and it is convenient for me too," She told her. The look on her face was one of sadness or maybe it was loneliness, Corrine wasn't sure. She smiled at her.
"Corrine, I know you don't know me at all, but I'd like to take you to lunch or dinner sometime, just to talk mind you," She said to her, while she rubbed her thigh.
Corrine looked down at her hand rubbing her thigh. "Are you sure it is only to talk?"
The woman followed Corrine gaze to her thigh and stopped immediately apologising profusely. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to imply otherwise or anything," She said stumbling over her words. Blushing.
Corrine smiled back at her and took hold of her hand. And held it while telling her, "I'm not going to change into something I'm not. And I'm not submissive,"
"Good, because I'm no Domme,"
"Really. Then why are you here?"
"I enjoy dressing as I am, I don't get judged here," She stood up and Corrine let go of her hand. The older woman then suggested, "There's one thing I hope I can change in you," She told Corrine.
"And what's that?"
"That one woman is enough for you," She smiled and then turned and walked away. Margaret caught Francis walking towards Corrine and stopped her by grabbing hold of her arm.
"If you hurt her, you'll answer to me," The fire in her eyes reinforced the message to the gruff woman who was going to get Corrine all alone.
Francis looked down her nose at the elegant woman in a cardigan, smiled weakly in reply, nodded ever so slightly, and then told her. "Don't let your heart get in the way of a good time Mags," She pulled her arm free with a sudden jerk and walked on.
Corrine had watched the interaction between them but not hearing what was said. She waited until the woman was closer to her before standing to meet her. She stopped no more than three feet away from Corrine and with a wicked smile looked her up and down.
"You look better naked than in that little maid's outfit," she was told.
"Do I," Came her reply, sarcastically. Not wanting to give her any idea that she was going to enjoy this encounter.
The older woman laughed at her and held out a hand to her. Corrine looked at it and initially ignored it. Francis insisted, thrusting her hand closer to her. Reluctantly, Corrine took hold of her hand. The roughness of her hand and her thick fingers sent shudders through her. But Francis held onto her and just stood there holding her hand, using a thumb to stroke the back of it. They were long slow strokes, not hurtful or hard. She took a step closer to her. Corrine readied herself in case she had to take evasive action. Her legs parted not in a sexual way, but one in front of the other, and her knees slightly bent. If needed she could throw Francis over her hip and wrench her arm from its socket. She would do that without flinching or without thought of the consequences.
"Corrine, relax darling, I'm not going to hurt you," Francis told her.
"You have already once tonight," She was told. Corrine's tone was hard and direct.
"Don't pretend you were offended; from what I hear you offer it to whoever asks for it. I just took it before it was offered. Now come with me, I have something I want to show you, and stop your sulking and this silly nonsense," With those last words she started to walk towards the fireplace. Corrine followed or was led by her hand.
She couldn't make out where they were headed, it was only when they got to the edge of the fireplace did Corrine saw the small narrow door. The dark-coloured woodwork and door frame plus the poor lighting had made the door almost invisible unless you knew it was there or you came across it by accident. Francis opened it and the room before them was in total darkness. Corrine hesitated for a brief second as Francis stated, "Wait here I'll turn a light on,"
She heard her shuffling around in the dark banging into things and cursing, then a small wall lamp came on. It was barely enough to light the room, but it was better than the darkness thought Corrine.
The room wasn't small, half the size of the games room which made it a large size room. It was a dungeon, in the sense of that word used by those who enjoy the BDSM genre of sex, pain, pleasure, and just ordinary kinky types.
Corrine stopped where she was. Not moving, letting her eyes take it all in. She was shaking her head as Francis walked towards her.
"Don't worry, I am not going to ask you to part take in the joys of pain," She moved past her and closed the door. Then came back and looked at the young woman.
Corrine Myers was scared. Even though she knew she could protect herself, there was something about being alone with a stranger in a dungeon-type room.