This story is fiction. I do not know of a company named DataTech. If such a company exists, I'm sorry. There is a little less sex in this story than usual. If you like this story, vote. Fives are appreciated.
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The CEO of DataTech was a beautiful woman. She was also a bitch. I am Mike Smith, an investment banker and a hypnotist. My stage name is MasterHypnotist. Wilbur Kelly was a client of mine. He was also the husband of Suzanne Kelly, the CEO I just referred to. Wilbur was in my office.
"I don't know what I am going to do. DataTech is going to tank and I am locked in by the insider trading rules. I wouldn't be surprised if my wife goes to jail. She knew those books were cooked. Now the dumb broad tells me. That locked me out of the market. They are going to announce that their earnings will be restated this afternoon. The bottom will fall out after that. I will be upside down by millions. What can I do, without going to jail?"
"What is Suzanne going to do?"
"She is going to quit and blame the CFO for misleading her. Her options are now valueless, in fact she will owe tax on some of the valueless options. Our house is hocked to the hilt and my portfolio is right at margin."
"If I could get you five hundred thousand, would it help?"
"Would it! You bet. Free cash. How would you do that?"
"Sell your wife."
"What are you talking about? Last time I looked that was even more illegal than insider trading."
"Well, I exaggerated for affect. I have an immensely wealthy client who always thought he could buy anything. He tried to buy your wife several years ago and was shot down. He actually shared the story with me."
"What do you mean, 'tried to buy her'?"
"He met her at a meeting and tried to get her to go to his island in the Caribbean with him. He offered her five hundred thousand to spend a week with him and she laughed at him. He has a long memory."
"How would we work that out and what do I tell Suzanne?"
"He suggested to me that he would pay me the five hundred thousand if I could hypnotize her and deliver her to him. This man is absolutely amoral."
"Can you do that?"
"I suppose it might be possible, but I wouldn't do it exactly the way he wants. I would have to have Suzanne's consent to be hypnotized and to do what I command. It would have to be in writing. I would be paying her the five hundred thousand. If she is a good subject, it will work."
"I'll invite you to the house and we will see what happens."
Wilbur invited me the following night. Their house was a mansion in the most expensive part of town. I lived on my ranch outside of town. Their house was ten thousand square feet with a magnificent entryway. I was ushered in by a housekeeper.
"Hello, Mike. I'm glad you could come over. Suzanne and I were talking and I suggested you might have some suggestions for us. As I told you, we are on the verge of bankruptcy. After yesterdays announcement DataTech went from ninety to less than one dollar. The company is on the verge of BK and so are we. I told Suzanne, you had a specific suggestion and only you could discuss it."
Suzanne looked haggard. She also looked beautiful. She was wearing a blue business suit. "Hi, Suzanne."
"Mike, what is this shit that only you can tell us how you can save us?"
"Well, it is very unorthodox and very confidential. I am writing a book about sex, hypnosis and business. My publisher is looking for something that would be a killer in the book. If you are a good hypnosis subject and if you will agree that I can hypnotize you and command you to do anything at all, I am authorized to pay you five hundred thousand."
"That's bull shit. First how do I know what you mean I will do and who would pay that kind of money?" She was angry and agitated. Wilbur, was just looking on.
"Suzanne, the money will come from me. If I determine that you will work as a subject, we will sign an agreement tonight and I will give you a check. Wilbur will take it to the bank tomorrow and clear it."
"Why Wilbur?"
"You will be out of circulation for two weeks as part of the deal." Wilbur sat there with his mouth open. I don't think he expected me to pay that fast. I wanted to move while I could. I stood to make two hundred thousand from the book I was writing and the fee my client would pay to participate in my research.
I had never seen Suzanne look like she was at a loss for words. Suzanne was at a loss for words. She stared at me nervously. "How do you determine whether I am suitable?"
"I hypnotize you and test you. I will have you do some things to satisfy myself that you will be a suitable subject. You would have to sign the agreement first."
"If I sign and you determine that I am suitable, you will pay the half mil tonight?"
"Yes."
"Can I change my mind up to the time you pay the money?"
"You can change your mind up to the time I leave your home with you."
I had never seen her looking scared, she looked scared. "Let me see your agreement."
I gave it to her. It provided that she would be hypnotized and would be given commands. Everything that happened during hypnosis was deemed to be with her consent. Everything would be on video tape and she would be given a copy. The tape would not be sold publicly, but the original was my property. No drugs or physical coercion would be used. I was doing this as research on a book about hypnosis, sex and executives. The agreement took eight pages to say that.
She spent a half hour reading the agreement. "How will I know what you will do?"
"You won't. You will be able to look at the tape so you will know what happened after the fact. You are being paid a large sum of money because we can't tell you what will happen."
"What if I fail as a subject after you pay me and we start?"
"If you have not committed fraud by faking in the beginning, that is my risk."
"What will you ask of me tonight?"
"There are no limits and I can't tell you. That would destroy the integrity of the test."
Heck, she knew the name of the book. She gestured to Wilbur and they left the room. They came back in a few minutes. "I'll do it. How do we start?"
"I fill out a questionnaire and then I hypnotize you."
"Can Wilbur stay?"
"That's up to him."
"I'll stay."
"Okay. Have you ever been hypnotized?"
"No."
"Are there any sex acts that you will not do?"
"I only do straight intercourse. I don't do anything else." I looked at Wilbur and he nodded.
"Have you ever been naked in public?"
"No."
"What are your sleeping arrangements with your spouse?"
"We have separate rooms. Wilbur snores. Is all of this necessary?"
"Suzanne, this is a book about sex. We have to have a benchmark."
"Benchmark? Oh, well."