20
Led by the leash into the guest bedroom, Francy ominously closed the door behind him. Pulled toward the bed, he looked back at the closed door, at the doorknob he new he could neither reach nor turn to escape.
Francy plopped her wide thighs down on the bed clinging to the leash so as not to let her evening of delight scamper away.
"Valerie showed me pictures she has of you with her sister," she said, rubbing John's bald head. "It was such nice hair, too."
"Yeah, well, I'll be growing it back as soon as all of this nonsense is over."
Francy looked down at him with an understanding smile. "You think so..?"
John finally felt the alcohol start to melt down his mental walls.
"What if Valerie doesn't let you grow your hair back?"
"What's she got to do with it? It's not as if she..."
"I'm pretty sure she thinks she does."
"It's all a mind game."
"I read that dog/slave contract. Janet, the older lady who left? Yeah, she wouldn't have notarized them if they weren't legally legitimate."
Perhaps it was the strong drink confusing his thoughts, or, someone was slowly pulling the floor out from under him. He looked up into Francy's face. "What am I going to do?"
"Look," Francy said dropping the leash to wave her hands as if warding off evil spirits."Valerie invited me over to witness you signing that contract. Then she promised me an evening of a few drinks and fun."
The short girl leaned forward resting her arms on her knees. "I don't want to disappoint her."
"So you're not going to use me?"
"I guess I could... Good Lord knows I should!" her hazel eyes widened at the idea, but then resumed their regular shape. "I know I'm not much to look at. My husband married me over a drunken, one night stand pregnancy. He left me right after the miscarriage. I had to get him drunk again just to have sex with me on my wedding night."
John said nothing. What could he say?