The Case Files of Dr. Randall Herringwick
The Case of the Willing Prey
Chapter 3 - Love and the Dominant Woman
CASE FILES - PERSONAL NOTES - PATIENT 105 - DAY 15
LORETTA
Donny, you fell into a an extremely deep trance very quickly.
DONNY
Thank you, Loretta.
LORETTA
Uh ... How did that happen, Donny? It normally takes me several minutes to draw you into a hypnotic state this intense. Have you ... um ... been practicing? Have you been indulging in a little self-hypnosis between our sessions?
DONNY
Yes ... I guess you could say that I've been practicing; and no, I haven't been doing it to myself. Evelyn has been hypnotizing me. Very often. It's second nature to me, now.
LORETTA
Evelyn? I'd ... um ...I mean, I intended to bring her into this soon. I can't believe that she learned it on her own! How did she ...? When did ...? No, wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. The doctor told me to do this in a particular way. For record-keeping purposes, I mean. I'll let you tell it in your own way. Please, continue where you left off last week. What happened to you after our last appointment?
DONNY
That's when it all started. The afternoon before our last appointment, Evelyn had kissed me goodbye. It was something I greatly enjoyed. It made me feel excited ... and guilty, of course. Guilty that I had kissed a woman other than my wife, I mean. But ... I hadn't really kissed her, you see. She had kissed me. She had taken charge of the kiss ... taken charge of me. I had just sort of surrendered then. If it hadn't been for her big, soft body holding me against the wall, I think I would have just dissolved into a puddle at her feet.
That had been on Monday. Tuesday morning, I came here for our second session, though I don't remember what happened during most of it. I got to the office about ten-thirty, and I said good morning to Evelyn at her desk, asking if there was anything pressing happening in the office today. She just smiled, got up, and walked into my office, crooking a forefinger for me to follow, which I did. Just as soon as we were inside, she closed the door, then she grasped me by the shoulders and pushed me against that familiar spot on the wall, next to the door.
"Where have you been, Donny?" she asked me.
I'm sure I seemed disappointed. Her face was very close to mine, and I thought that she was going to kiss me again instead of asking me a question. "I've been to marriage counseling."
"With Doctor Herringwick?" she asked.
That surprised me. I'd never told Evelyn about that. "No, with his nurse."
"Loretta?"
I blinked. "You know Loretta?"
She nodded. She was so close to me that her hair brushed my face with the movement. "She and I are friends," she told me. Her eyes were studying mine. "What did you talk about?"
I took a deep breath, causing my chest to press against hers, but she didn't seem to notice. "I ... I don't really know."
Her brow furrowed. "Don't know?"
"She ... uh ... hypnotizes me," I explained. "I don't really remember ..."
"Hypnotizes you? Loretta does?"
I tried to swallow, but my mouth was dry. "Yes," I said feebly. Her big, dark eyes seemed friendly, but it felt like they were draining my strength ... gently pulling it out of my body. I wished that she would kiss me again. When she did that, my mind stopped working, and at that moment, nothing seemed more potentially satisfying than letting my thoughts just stop for a while. Instead, she reached down and took my hand in hers, and she led me over to the couch. I let her. I think I would have let her do anything. We sat like we were the day before, very close, my hands in my lap. She touched me: one hand on my arm, the other on my upper thigh.
"Tell me about it, Donny," she urged. "You go to sleep for her?" I couldn't look up at her, so I just nodded. "Tell me how she does it," she ordered. "Does she make you look at a spiral?"
"Spiral? No ..." I shivered. "Oh please, Evelyn. It's ... It's kind of embarrassing."
She took her hand off of my thigh and hooked a finger under my chin, forcing me to look back into those dark eyes again, and she commanded: "Tell me, Donny. Tell me now."
I took a deep breath, but it sort of shuddered as the air went into my lungs. I tried my best to explain it. "She ... um ... has ... uh ... really big breasts. Like you do. And she noticed that I was staring at them. I didn't mean to. Honest. But I guess I did, because when she told me I was doing it, I had to take my eyes off of them to look up at her. And she ..." I stopped and took another ragged breath. "Oh, gosh, this is hard to talk about. She ... um ... took off her blouse. Her bra gives her so much cleavage! And ... um ... she wears this necklace that's really just a cheap crystal on a silver chain. And it nestles between her breasts, unless she leans forward toward me. Then it swings out at me ... and it swings back again. Back to her breasts. Over and over again."
The hand that she'd used on my chin now stroked the side of my face as she spoke. "Good boy, Donny. I knew you could tell me about it. I just love it when you answer my questions and tell me what I want to know. And now, I know how to hypnotize you, too." The breath seemed to go out of me, but she smiled gently and stroked my face again. I couldn't help nuzzling slightly into her palm. "Do you like it when I kiss you, Donny?"
I closed my eyes at the memory. "Oh yes."
"You're falling in love with me a little, aren't you?" she whispered.
That made my eyes open again. "Oh, God. I can't Evelyn. I'm married. I ..." My protestations stalled, and I stared at her as she smiled softly down at me, patience and understanding in her eyes. I couldn't be a party to a lie ... not to her. "Yes. Yes, I'm in love with you. God, Evelyn, what am I going to do?"
"If you're falling in love with me, wouldn't it be proper to buy me a gift?" she asked softly.
That confused me. "Gift?"
"Do you know that souvenir shop?" she asked. "Two blocks away, over on Academy Avenue?"
I was having trouble keeping up with her thoughts. "Uh ... yes, I think so."
"There's a mineral shop in the back," she explained. "They have lots of cheap rocks and crystals and gems and things. I would just love a necklace like Loretta has. It doesn't have to be exactly the same ... but it should be something close. If you gave me something like that, it would be proof of your devotion to me. And ... after you gave it to me, you could tell me more about how Loretta puts you to sleep. I'd be ... very, very happy if you gave me something like that. I really would, Donny."
I was trapped in her eyes again. "Yes," I muttered. "Yes. I can go after work."
Her smiled was almost placating. I felt like a slow student that the teacher was having to take extra time with. "There's nothing going on right now, Donny. I've got a handle on everything here. Why don't you go out for an early lunch? Take all the time you want." She stood up abruptly, leaving me feeling lonely on the couch. Without another word, she walked to the door and left.