Despite her brave defiance in the moment, Sarah crumpled after the door closed and the lights switched off. This left her with only a small nightlight out of reach on the ceiling, a thin smear of light through the dirty windows and tears that wouldn't stop coming. She lay in bed awake for hours before her hunger finally overwhelmed her pride and she crept around the room finding and eating stray potato chips she could find on the floor. Afterwards she tried to use the shower to get a drink, but it was turned off. Sarah almost resorted to the toilet. In the end she couldn't bring herself to do something so disgusting. A few minutes later she was thankful she'd drawn the line there. Lying in bed, she realized that a man that had planned everything else out so well would certainly have cameras in here. Just because she couldn't see it didn't mean he wasn't watching. She wouldn't want that monster to see how low he'd brought her in less than a day. That would be a fate worse than death. Eventually she fell asleep miserable and a dehydrated.
Sarah awoke in the morning as she heard the door open and her captor walking downstairs. "Shower is on, for as long as it takes me to finish breakfast," he said absently before sitting down on one of the lower stairs and taking a bite of his burrito.
She sat up almost immediately as she heard the noise, but still bleary eyed from a lack of sleep she didn't process what was happening or move right away, as she looked from the shower to her jailer and back. She would have to get close to him, almost within arm's reach to get clean. She wanted to refuse, but by the time he was halfway done with his breakfast she finally got up, walked to the shower, and turned it on. While waiting for the water to heat up, she cupped her hands and shivered as she took several long drinks of water.
"Is this ever going to get warm?" She asked finally, as she clutched the sheet to her body like a threadbare toga.
"Heh," he chuckled. "It will - when you deserve that sort of luxury. For now, cold clean water is all you get, but if you don't want to get clean that bad, I'll just bring the garden hose down in a couple days and keep the stink off you that way."
Sarah let the sheet drop away and stepped into the cold torrent. Her body language conveyed her obvious conflict at trying to cover up her most intimate places, one moment, and trying to shield herself from the worst of the shower spray in the next. After ten seconds she gave up on modesty, and after less than a minute she gave up on the idea of a shower, and stepped out, clutching herself and shivering.
"Now that you've gotten an eyeful, can I at least have a towel, asshole?" she demanded, addressing her captor for once without any prodding on his part.
"Of course, slut," he answered without missing a beat, "Just get down on your knees and kiss my feet, and I'll get you one right now."
Sarah looked at him like he was crazy, before turning away and picking up her sheet to dry off. "Like I would ever do that," she said, turning towards her bed as she dried herself off. "I'd rather die." She didn't hear him take off his belt, but she turned as he rose and took a step toward her. She wasn't fast enough though, and his doubled-up belt came down hard against her back and shoulder blade.
"That can be arranged, cunt." he said, though she didn't hear him over the sound of her own screams as she panicked and ducked to the floor. Sarah thought fast and tried to crawl under her bed while three more blows rained down on her lower back, ass, and thighs. Each strike left a red mark, but her tormentor was forced to stop temporarily to grab her by the ankle and pull her back out. She tried to hold on to one of the legs of the bed, but her strength proved no match for his, and she was forced out, kicking, and screaming.
"No, no, please don't. I'll do whatever you want. I'll kiss your fucking feet. Please." she pleaded.
His silence spoke volumes, and his only answer was to step on her back, with his left foot planted squarely between her shoulder blades, pinning her to the ground like a butterfly to a display. He let the moment of anticipation build, then without warning at all brought his belt down in four brutal strikes crisscrossing her mid and lower back. Each blow cracked against her skin audibly, and each left an immediate red mark with welts around the edges.
"The problem with you is that you're a proud cunt." he said, bringing the belt down again to another answering shriek of pain. "You're used to everyone listening when you tell them what to do, aren't you? But you've got no power here, hole."
"No, please," She said between tears, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Just stop."
She was answered by two more hard blows on her back. "If I tell you to do something, then you fucking do it, and you do it with a smile on your fucking face, cunt. If you talk back, then I hurt you. If you fight me then I hurt you much worse. Do you understand, slut?"
"Yes, I under--" she started, before the pain of another blow from his belt stole the air from her lungs.
"Yes, what, cunt?" he asked again.
"Yes... Yes s-sir." She said, unsure if this was the right answer, "Yes sir, I understand."
The belt stopped swinging, hanging there silently while she cowered at his feet, afraid to do anything that might make it start again, but then he took his foot off her back. And sat on her bed. "Okay slut, if you understand then get up and I'll take you over my knee and finish your punishment the way that you deserve." he said, setting the belt on the bed next to him.
For a moment Sarah thought about grabbing the belt and trying to attack him. Her pride hurt more than her body, and her back was on fire. Slowly she stood up, trying to decide how best to get the weapon, only to chicken out at the last second when she saw the amused look he was giving her. He knew she was going to do it. He knew she was going to try to surprise him, and that even with a weapon in her hand she had no chance. So, she stopped herself from taking the bait and instead bent down, laying across his lap, getting strange flashbacks from childhood as she settled into place. She'd been a willful girl, even back then, and her father had spanked her for years, though he never left a mark on her body. Her reminiscences were shattered as the first blow came down on her pert little ass though. For a moment it didn't hurt, but then as he raised up his hand to strike her again, she could feel the burn.
"One," he said casually, as he brought his hand down again hard in the same spot.
"Two. Three. You know - your ass jiggles more than I thought it would." Sarah opened her mouth to say something but closed it again and clenched her teeth as she realized his hand was already descending again.
"Four." Her whole body stiffened as the pain got worse, and little whimpering noises leaked out of her throat as Sarah struggled not to give him the satisfaction of screaming and crying.
"Five." It was a fight she was losing.
"Six." Every blow hurt worse than the last as he sensitized her left ass cheek with the impacts.
"Seven. Eight." her captor called out, before adding, "Your pride might be able to take this abuse, but your ass is starting to look worse for wear. You're definitely going to be wearing my handprint for a few days. Her whole body was rigid and straining as he spoke. She wasn't going to let his taunting break her concentration.
"Nine" The dam finally broke, and the whimpering turned into more plaintive cries.
"Please,'' she pleaded. "Please. No more. Sir. No more sir, I can't, I can't..." she whined.
"Ten."
He paused for a long moment like he was thinking about stopping. Instead, after a long moment of teasing, he answered the request with a flurry of blows. "Eleven. Twelve." Twelve was the first blow that drew a strangled scream from Sarah's throat. "Thirteen."