Willow couldn't believe it. "What? Please! Please, may I?"
"You were told not to ask again. If you can't control yourself, you can leave."
Willow hadn't heard this tone in Mara's voice before now, and she hated that it turned her on more to be made to feel like a scolded child.
She opened her mouth to protest again but before any words could come out, Mara was on her, jerking her arm down, spinning her to the side. It all happened so fast, as Willow felt Mara's hand across her ass, hard, landing with a loud thwack. She was shocked and before she could react, another slap- harder than the first- then another. Then the sting set in. It was all slow motion, and when Willow came to, a tear was rolling down her face as Mara sat back at her desk catching her breath.
Willow turned, utterly defeated, entered Owen's room, shut the door behind her and sat on his bed. She didn't understand what was happening, tears of confusion and frustration rolled down her face and instinctively, she reached for her own pussy once again. It ached and twitched and her hand went to it and haltingly she rubbed herself. Thousands of thoughts raced through her mind as she'd work herself up, her hips moving forward, her back arching, but no release. She didn't have permission.
Forty minutes passed and Willow lifted her head from the wall, she had fallen asleep in the exhausting sexual torture she was self-administrating. She exited Owen's room, stepping to the living room, dressed now in the jeans and top she wore when she arrived. Under her jeans, Angela's used panties. It was just past 4:30 now and Mara looked up from her computer at her, sighed and moved her reading glasses down her nose.
"Are you, more in control of yourself now?" the older woman asked to which Willow embarrassingly nodded in the affirmative. "Do you..." Mara paused looking for the words, "...need my help, cleaning your face or hair?"
Willow looked at the ground and shook her head no.
"Oh, so, you took it all, then?"
Willow didn't answer.
"Did he touch you this time?"
Willow once again was silent.
"Has he touched you ever?"
She shook her head no.
"And, he hasn't fucked you? Has ANYONE fucked you?"
Willow again shook her head no.
"Oh. Well, it makes a little more sense why you're over here acting as you are." Mara said, mostly to herself. "What time does your mother get home again?" She asked.
"Eight." Willow replied quietly.
"Well, I can't have you here till eight. Walk Rascal, I want you to clean the bathroom, and then I think you have to go home. I'm sorry, if you have to just park in your driveway until they come back, but you've had your Owen time and I need to prepare for my Monday."
Willow's eyes once again looked down.
"When can I come back?" She quietly asked, humiliated but transfixed.
Mara didn't answer and only looked back to her laptop. Willow picked up Rascal's leash, walked her and when she got back, went directly into the bathroom. Mara had laid out cleaning products and Willow went to work. The sink, the tub, the toilet, Willow scrubbed everything, thinking about the time she spent in this room with Mara and Angela. When she finished, everything was spotless. She headed for the exit, pausing for a moment to ask, "Who's Cora?"
Mara looked up. She removed her glasses and looked at the young girl. Willow added, "Owen said her name."
Mara shook her head. After a deep breath, she looked back at Willow. "You don't have to worry about Cora."
"Who is she?"
"Someone you don't have to worry about. What you should worry about is, is Owen going to be able to depend on you? Can we all depend on you? Are you going to love him? Are you in love with him?"
"Yes."
"Then that should be foremost in your mind. You can either be back here and be a part of his life, or not, but if you are here, he needs to depend on you. Understand?"
"Yes."
"Your ass, how is it?"
"It hurts."
"Well, you'll understand eventually, it was necessary." Mara made her way back to her computer leaving Willow to find the door.
Willow paused, "I can be someone you can depend on, Miss."
Not looking up, Mara replied. "We'll see."
In the stairwell Willow's legs felt numb and blood rushed to her face. She made her way down the stairs. She cried in the car. She didn't want to leave. As she drove her phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number, but maybe it was Mara, or Owen on another phone, she answered.
"Bitch you have something of mine?"
It was Angela. Willow was silent and frozen with fear. "Bitch, you there?"
Willow cleared her throat. "Yes," she whispered.
"You have my panties, bitch?"
"Yes."
"Where are they right now?
Willow tried to clear her dry throat. "I'm wearing them."
"You're wearing them right now?"
"Yes."