I was twenty credits shy of graduating college when my parents cut me off financially. I had been spending too much time with my friends and boyfriend and my grades worsened. I dismissed the threats as idle as I continued to party and skip out on class. Winter mid-term grades were posted and my dad called to give me the ultimatum. I promised him an improvement and borrowed two thousand dollars in the process. My boyfriend broke up with me and I continued to drink heavily. A month later I was put on academic probation but it didn't matter. My parents had put me on academic probation long before that and I didn't improve. My only choice was to find a job and a place to live or move back home.
My childhood had been way too sheltered and repressive and there was no way I would move in with my parents after getting a liberated taste of living at college. I remained near the college with some friends in their rented house and began to passively look for work. Finding a job would prove difficult in my small college town and the money that I'd borrowed had dwindled to nothing. My credit cards quickly reached a maximum and bills were mounting. Soon my house mates were preparing to leave town for the summer and I needed a place to stay. I found a couple places but couldn't afford the cost of moving and decided to squat for as long as I could. The landlords spent the first two weeks of summer maintaining the house and I would return at night to sleep. I slept in one morning and was greeted by the dismayed couple standing over me. They were unreasonably mad and demanded I leave or else the police would be notified.
The next two weeks was misery as I slept in my car behind the administration building. I made every attempt to find work and then came across a promising ad looking for a domestic assistant. The room was free and I was given a five hundred dollar weekly stipend. That was better than anything I'd hoped for and I called immediately.
"My name is Justine and I'm calling to find out if you still have a position open," I said.
A woman with a low, almost whispered voice replied,
"Yes, we do. Can you be here in an hour?"
"I sure can," I responded.
"212 Cedar Street."
"I'll be there in..." - click-
The phone hung up before I could finish.
That was strange.
I went to the athletic facility and showered before putting on a skirt and jacket; my only somewhat wrinkle-free clothes.
I drove past a driveway with a '212' on the brick pillar. I parked a block from the driveway so no one would see my car stuffed with my worldly possessions. They would not have seen it anyway considering I had to walk through a gate up a driveway that winded up a grassy slope to a large home I'd never noticed before. I rang the bell and waited for a minute before ringing it again. I was about to look in a window to see what the inside was like when the door opened. A tall woman looked me over as she stepped back to welcome me inside.
"Come on in, Justine," a woman in her mid-forties exclaimed.
I was surprised she remembered my name as I walked into the big entryway.
"I'm Sage. I'll be your boss, so to speak."
"Happy to meet you," I said.
"My husband isn't well and we need someone to be here around the clock to satisfy his needs. I'm not always here so if there's an emergency or something you'll be able to help. Does that sound okay?"
"Well, yes. I have some first aid training but I am not a nurse," I said.
"That's okay. If you're good company and able to dial 9-1-1 then you've got the job," she replied.
"Great!" was my only response.
"There will be a lot of down time so if you feel you would like to take on chores then please say so. We'll compensate you well. I'll give you a tour and let you decide," she said.
We walked from room to room and then upstairs. The house was three stories with a basement and an old elevator.
"Where is your husband?" I asked.
"He should be here any time."
I wondered where he was and how sick he'd become. It was a major surprise when a fit, seventy year old man walked in the front door wearing a golf outfit.
He said nothing to us as he stepped into the elevator and was whisked up to his room.
"Was that your husband?"
"That's him," she replied.
I breathed a sigh of relief knowing I would not be required to feed or bathe the man. He seemed self sufficient and I was already wondering how I could get more money out of this job.
"Do you mind wearing a uniform for this position? It is one thing we will require if you are to be an employee of this estate."
"A uniform?" I asked. "That will be okay."
"We will pay you cash on a weekly basis and there will not be any paperwork to fill out. If you are injured or have special needs, we will pay that out of pocket. Is that all right with you?" she asked.
"Great!" is all I could say.
"Follow me to my den," she insisted.
We walked to her office on the second floor and she closed the door behind me. She walked to her desk and pulled out a small leather binder and flipped it open. She wrote something down then looked up.
"Please undress, Justine."
I was sort of shocked by this and tilted my head to show my lack of comprehension.
"Please take off your clothes so I can measure you for the uniform," she said calmly.
"Oh, okay. I...I could easily give you my measurements," I stammered.
"This needs to be exact," she said as she uncoiled a measuring tape.
I removed my jacket and set it over the chair and then unzipped my skirt. I dropped it to the floor but remembered to pick it up and set it over the chair. I stood there waiting in my nylon shirt and panties.
"Justine, don't make me ask you again!" she said with arms crossed.
I was not wearing a bra and my skin tight shirt would not have added to my measurements in the least. She wanted me to stand there naked.
I began to lift my shirt and paused for her approval as the fabric was about to inch over my nipples. She nodded and I pulled the garment over my head. My boobs bounced as they were freed and I brought my forearm up to catch and cover them. Sage stood there with arms crossed and waiting.
I reached with my free hand and tugged my panties down on my left side and then my right. I still covered my boobs and managed to shimmy out of the panties before setting them on the chair.
Sage looked me up and down with wide eyes and moved in behind me to begin the measurement.
She measured my calves and thighs and then my hips. She pulled the tape around my waist and then stopped to pull my arms to the side. I waited as she wrote down the numbers.
Her warm hands surprised me as they reached from behind and cupped my boobs and released. She repeatedly cupped them and rubbed my nipples until they were hardened knobs. I gasped and became light headed as my mind raced. The tape stretched over the tips of my nipples as she pulled it tight around my back.