Thank you everyone for the comments thus far. I have enjoyed expanding on this storyline and I hope that everyone continues to enjoy it. FYI, there are no plans to add family members to this story. Maybe in a later story, but I have some expansion on this story that doesn't leave me room to add more and keep it from going all over the place. And again, if you leave a comment, please be polite, and please be useful.
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Chapter 5, Susan
Heather's abilities had been quick to pay off. Rick was a multi-millionaire, worth at last count nearly $150 million. It had taken Heather less than a month to pull it off. Ali's scrying and her genie enhanced talents had simply taken the markets by storm, and she had been very good at keeping a close lid on who had done what. It was all more or less legal (no laws against magic or scrying or genies after all), and Rick was rolling in money.
Which was a good thing as Rick's mansion needed a lot of work and the basic price hadn't been cheap to start with. Money however talked, and shortly after the deal was done Rick had hired an army of contractors and had drawn up detailed plans for a massive renovation. Now, two weeks after finalizing the deal, Rick was ready for a walk-through with the head contractor for final details.
Rick was approached by Lacey as he was getting ready to meet up with the head of the contractors. "Master, I have spoke with the other genies and we need to talk. While your portal mirror works well here and we plan to establish it in the new palace (Lacey and the others always called it a palace), we think we can do a lot more."
"Such as?"
"Master, we can mould the chambers you already have into the reality there. We can link them to many different doors and make them go many places. You can have a private office that can link to both and exist in both. We can make it show only normal things if you desire, or your special improvements. We can truly make this place much larger and much more special than any mere contractor."
Rick wondered a moment. "That sounds intriguing. But how would you do this? And could you do it without some of these men catching on?"
Lacey smiled that evil smile of hers and said "Master, these workers will gladly do everything we ask of them and more. And they will never know anything is amiss. I swear it."
Rick had consented and Lacey and the others had come along. They followed behind dressed as various professionals in business attire, excepting Lacey who dressed as Rick's woman. That meant sexy designer clothes, perfect hair and makeup and decked out in jewels. Rick had her tone it down a bit which she did so the contractor could focus on his work. They walked into the main living room and Rick gave some guidance about how he wanted it set up. A large area to entertain and it linked to a large patio that curved around the house to the back. Rick wanted it set up for large gatherings and wanted some other changes done. The contractor had nodded when Lacey spoke up.
"I think this should be more of a grand hall, with some pillars, marble floors, and such. A place were people gather prior to being allowed into the inner sanctum." Lacey moved around and pointed some things out. "Tear up the carpet, knock down the wall into the main entrance, make that staircase twice as wide and a platform there."
The contractor eyes widened a bit. He looked at Rick and coughed a bit. "Uh, that's gonna cost a lot and its going to take a long time. Maybe you should discuss this with your girlfriend some more before we walk through. That will..."
Lacey moved up to the man and waved her hand in front of his eyes and he stiffened. "There is no discussion. The materials will be provided, you will build this as I have instructed you. It shall look like this." Lacey waved her hand and a shimmering picture appeared out of thin air. The man looked at it and Rick noted his eyes were nearly white. After a moment he said "Yes, we can do this. It shall be done as you command."
Lacey smiled and looked at Rick. "Master, we can use our magic for some of the materials, have no fear. I and the other genies will make sure everyone who works here understands what must be done and will speak nothing of this to anyone."
Rick was a bit taken aback by Lacey's open use of magic, but he had said she could come along and had given her permission. Lacey moved close to Rick and whispered in his ear "Master, have no fear, these mortals are easily manipulated and controlled. No harm will be done to them and we will make this place a true palace! A proper palace for my Lord and his harem."
Rick felt his desire for Lacey stir and he had another surge of that powerful feeling he got with her sometimes. "Yes, these mortals are no threat. I am a great Lord and I should have a proper palace." He looked at his smiling genies and felt strength and energy course through him. He had made these powerful and smart women his slaves, why not have a palace of legends?"
Rick reveled in the thought for a moment and then the feeling passed. Well, it passed a bit. Rick felt more normal again, but he felt that since he did have genies and they wanted to spoil him, and no one would get hurt, why not?
Rick nodded. "Yes, I agree. But no one is to be hurt. No one. And I don't want anyone's mind broken over this. If you have doubts about how well someone can take this, then stop and we will get someone else. Understood?"
The genies all bowed and as one said "Yes Master."
Lacey waved her hand in front of the contractor and said "What has been said here never happened, you saw or heard nothing."
"It never happened. Right, okay, we can make this just like that, we will need..."
And it went from there. Rick wondered if the main contractor was ever truly not under a spell the entire time in the building as his genies went to work on the man. Nicole took him on a perimeter walk to lay out security and he was pretty much a zombie the entire time. Bridget had him build a huge hall that she could display Rick's collection and then proper servants quarters, kitchens, and so on. Heather supervised the creation of a large business suite. Lacey oversaw the places to entertain, the pool, dining room, the main hall, a special hall (It would become his throne room she told him later), and of course the bedrooms. After Lacey had finished with him Rick had said goodbye and the dazed man stumbled out to his car and drove off.
Rick shook his head and looked back at the mansion and thought again about all what they were going to do. What amazed Rick was that his genies were going to bind his special quarters to this palace. His bedchamber would exist in both this world and the pocket dimension at the same time. Rick didn't quite get it, but Ali nodded and said it was easy for someone who understood the flow of energy between dimensions to do. Rick wondered if it wouldn't cause issues and make people wonder.
"Look, what you are explaining doesn't make a whole lot of sense. You have this Grand Entrance Hall, by your measurements it's going to be nearly three times as big as this currently is, but somehow it will all fit into this same room? How can you hide that? People are going to notice."
