To be honest, I couldn't tell you what I'm doing in this hotel room. The day started normally enough- a half-day of work, then one of those team-building events that HR is so fond of. I don't know what a hypnotist has to do with corporate team building, but who's going to complain about getting paid to watch their coworkers make fools of themselves?
I would never volunteer to be hypnotized on stage. I hate the feeling of people watching me, and- besides- it all seemed a little silly. But you locked eyes with me, picked me out of the crowd, joked that I was too pretty to be hidden away in the audience.
When you called me up on stage, I figured I'd play along. It's not like you could actually make me do anything I didn't want to do, right? I remember everyone laughing when I suddenly realized that I was talking to the CEO, then my favorite high school teacher, then Jason Momoa. At one point, you slipped something into my pocket and whispered a few words into my ear. What was it that you said? Sometimes I can almost recall, then the memory just slips away.
Nothing seemed particularly amiss after I left the stage, except for a nagging feeling that I was forgetting something. I had planned to go out for Friday night drinks after work, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I had to go home and change. Change for what, exactly? No, that's a worry for another time. On the train, my mind wandered to my lingerie drawer. A black lace teddy, maybe? Garters and fishnet?
I settled on a red chemise that emphasizes my curves under a simple black wrap dress. Unbidden, I thought that I could be unwrapped like a present, but I didn't have time to stop and wonder who would be doing the unwrapping. I had a deadline to meet, or- at least- I was pretty sure I did.