I'm Catherine. Cat to my friends, Kitty to my boyfriend. Anyone else who calls me Kitty will find that this Kitty has claws. I'm nineteen, or close enough to it to make no real difference, of medium height and with weight commensurate for my height, reasonably fit and reasonably intelligent. I have a social disposition and make friends easily. I work full-time but can always use a little extra so I sometimes take on the odd babysitting job.
The night that the incident happened I was doing some sitting for Mr and Mrs Mack. The Mack's are in their mid-twenties and have two toddlers but they do like to go out at the weekends. Mr Mack is a salesman and seems to earn a decent living as they always seem to have money to spend.
What are they like as people? Well, they're never going to be in my social circle but I don't actively dislike them. Neither do I really like them. I guess I'm just sort of indifferent where they are concerned.
Ivy, that's Mrs Mack, is dogmatic and argumentative and doesn't really like you arguing back, no matter how stupid her opinion. If she thought of it, it must be so. She has a streak of cattiness in her so I learnt not to contradict her, or try to argue with her, the first time I sat for her. I can be very diplomatic when I try.
Frank (Mr Mack) is an extrovert. One of those hail fellow well met type of person, an instant friend to everyone he meets. He's tall, dark, and handsome, and god's gift to the female sex. If you don't believe me, ask him. Some people would say he's full of himself and is likely to do his back in carrying around that giant ego of his, but not me. I'm diplomatic, remember.
When they got home from the party that they'd been attending it was obvious that they'd been arguing. The atmosphere was so thick between them that you could cut it with a knife, but a wise person would make sure there were no knives within reach. They were still arguing when they came in, not loudly, but quietly with a vicious edge. This was not one of those arguments you made up after in bed.
I stood to one side as they sliced and diced each other, waiting for a break so I could politely ask for my pay and get the hell out of Dodge, letting the fight roll on without me. As it was, when the break came I timed my request badly.
Ivy had just made a nasty crack about Frank not getting any tonight and probably never again if he didn't watch himself. Frank had retorted that if he wanted some he could get it quite easily, without her help. She'd retaliated with a scornful comment on Frank's ability to find another woman, and they both shut up and glared at each other.
With them both silent I coughed discretely and they both turned to look at me.
"Ah, I'll be going now, Mrs Mack," I said. "Um, if I could just have my pay?"
She glowered at me, having forgotten I was there, but reached for her purse and extracted my money. I was hastily stuffing it in my purse and saying goodbye when Frank spoke up.
"Ha, if I wanted another woman I wouldn't have to look very far," he snapped, looking at me.
"You have got to be kidding," sneered Ivy. "Three problems; she doesn't like you that way, you wouldn't have the guts to ask her, and she'd say no if you did."
"Au contraire," said Frank with a supercilious air. "First, all woman like me, second, why would I bother to ask, and third, who cares if she says no?"
As far as I was concerned I had my money, I'd said goodbye, and I was out of there. Unfortunately, I was standing too close to Ivy, and she reached over and snagged my arm.
"Hold it a second, Cat," she said, turning to look at Frank. "Just what do you mean by that last statement? It can be taken two ways."
"I mean," he said, speaking clearly and distinctly, "that if I wanted her I'd just go ahead and take her, ignoring anything she says. After all, I know she wants me so why should I listen to her trying to do the right thing about not sleeping with a married man?"
"Cat?" asked Ivy, apparently wanting my comment.
"Hey, leave me out of your argument," I protested. "I assure you, I don't want Mr Mack. I just want to go home."
"Well, there you go, Frank," crowed Ivy. "She doesn't want you. So are you going to take her anyway?"
"I would if I wanted to," retorted Frank.
"You haven't got the balls," sneered Ivy. "Prove it. Put your money where your mouth is."
"Meaning?"
"Fuck her or you have to buy me a new outfit."
"Ah, excuse me," I said quickly. "Innocent bystander here. It's past time for me to go."
I wrenched my arm out of Ivy's grasp and headed for the door, only to come up short as Frank caught hold of me.
"No comeback from you about me sleeping with another woman?" he asked Ivy.
"Not a word," she assured him. "It'll be fun to watch. I've always thought Cat considered herself better than us. This will bring her down to earth."
Things started going downhill rapidly from there. We were in the kitchen and Frank pulled a chair out from the kitchen table and sat on it. At the same time he dragged me across his lap, face down. I was kicking and squealing and getting nowhere. Frank had one hand in the middle of my back holding me in place and with the other one he lifted up my dress and pulled my panties down.
Next thing I knew there was a hard spank on my bottom.