"Good morning, Beautiful."
Tamara grins as she saunters into the room. I smell the food long before I see it. I hadn't realized how hungry I was.
"Tamara?" I ask groggily, forgetting for the briefest of moments where I am. "What time is it?"
"It's time for breakfast. That's what time it is!"
Tamara strides over, a large plate of food in hand. However, I am not so caught up by the sight of food that I fail to notice her appearance.
Her lips are a dark, metallic pink, standing out in stark contrast to her lily white skin. Her eyes are darkened with eyeshadow. And her red hair is freshly curled, bouncing with each step as it falls in front of her, partially obscuring her cleavage.
She is wearing black leggings and a gray, low-cut tank top. At the top of the tank, right at the cleavage line, her shirt is tied in a loose knot. The way her cleavage strains against the fabric, I'm sure the knot is going to hold.
"You're awfully chipper this morning," I grumble. I've never been much of a morning person. As a rule, I generally hate all morning people, Krista excepted. She's the only person whose cheery morning vivaciousness never rubbed me the wrong way.
"I woke up feeling better than I have in a long time. I went for a run and, while I was out, decided to treat myself. I got a blow-out followed by a mani pedi!"
She smiles broadly, holding out her hands. Her nails are a light pink, obviously picked to match her lipstick.
I just feel--good, you know? It's going to be a great day."
It certainly doesn't feel like a great day to me.
"Is that for me?" I motion my head toward the food.
"Oh! Yes. I made this for you after I got home. But don't expect this kind of cooking every day," she winks. "Just let me loosen those a bit so you can eat."
Thankfully, the taste of Tamara's urine was long gone from my mouth. I still occasionally catch whiffs of it--most likely remnants still remaining on my hair and face. Tamara had left me alone for quite some time, but I spent the entirety of it tied to the bed. There had been precious little to occupy my mind. Most of my waking hours had been spent struggling to keep thoughts of escape from my mind. If I saw an opportunity, I would take it in a heartbeat. But I wasn't willing to take the risk on another hair-brained scheme--not with Tamara's looming threat of ever more extreme punishments.
I had never seen Tamara like this before. She was so upbeat and happy, it was easy to forget about the psychotic version of Tamara that came out when it was time to "play."
How did I even get to this point?
Staying with Tamara wasn't an option. Was it? I loathed the idea of being Tamara's live-in sex slave, But I was petrified by the thought of being punished again. I had no idea if threat is sincere, but I had to assume it is. I had repeatedly underestimated Tamara, and I regretted it every damn time.
Perhaps I could eventually figure out a way to get her to stop. Or maybe even earn her trust until an opportunity for escape presented itself. One thing is certain--I am not going to attempt another escape unless I am confident--completely confident--it will succeed. An image of Tamara stroking her naked ass flashed into my head. The implied punishment was just too severe to risk for another poorly executed escape attempt.
Was she really serious about keeping me down here indefinitely? It had already been at least a day. What would Krista think?
Krista. Fuck. She would have no idea where I was. If it had been business as usual, Krista wouldn't have even realized I had been kidnapped. But I left her a voicemail. If I disappeared, surely she would realize something had happened. Of course, I couldn't be confident she even heard my voice on the phone. Or that she would recognize my voice.
That's when I recalled what Tamara had said the previous evening--that Krista won't miss me. I know better than to believe anything Tamara says, but a part of me can't help worry she's telling the truth. I hadn't seen Krista in so long--not since before the accident. My heart ached thinking of Krista. I hadn't realized how much I depended on my sister--my best friend, really. We had drifted apart after my accident, but I couldn't be sure what was going through her mind. Worse, I had no idea what lies Tamara had been feeding her all this time.
One by one, Tamara loosened the restraints, giving only minimal leeway to the collar. It was enough to sit up and use my arms but not enough to leave the bed.
"Come on, Tamara. Can't you loosen up my neck a little?"
"Why would I do that?"
"Nevermind," I sighed. Her tone and demeanor clearly signaled that her response was rhetorical.
Glancing down at the plate, my stomach growled. The plate was overflowing with generous portions of pancakes, smokies, and scrambled eggs. I hadn't eaten anything since--when? Before arriving at the hotel?
I'd had a lot on my mind. And nothing that had happened over the last 36 hours had exactly put me in the mood for food. The nausea momentarily returned as I recalled the taste of Tamara's never-ending torrent of urine as it flooded down my throat.
Tamara hadn't even provided any food or drink afterward. She hadn't so much as let me touch a toothbrush. That taste had stayed in my mouth for hours.
The first bite, I took cautiously. I was acutely aware she might be trying to pull something. She could have put something in the food to drug me, but what would be the point?
After the first bite, my brain thought of nothing else. I dug in eagerly, my hunger taking over.
"Slow down and drink something," she laughed as she handed me some orange juice.
"Why are you being so nice to me?" I ask, eying her suspiciously as I devour one pancake after another, tearing hungrily into them with my teeth. I don't even notice until the third pancake that Tamara had provided me a plastic fork and a container of syrup. Eagerly, I pour the sweet, thick maple over everything on my plate--everything but the eggs, anyway. Fuck it. I drench the eggs too.
"I feel a little bad, I guess," she glances down at the ground. "I didn't like--I didn't want to treat you like that, but--I had to do it."
I couldn't help notice the way she started that sentence. Did that mean she didn't want to, but ended up liking it? God, I hoped not. The last thing I needed was for Tamara to start getting her jollies by peeing on my face. Or worse.
My first instinct as a generally polite person was tell her it was OK. But it wasn't OK. It was never going to be OK. Instead, I said nothing. It didn't seem like Tamara expected a response anyway. She turned her cell phone idly in her hands while she waited for me to finish my meal.
"What the fuck?" Tamara eclaims suddenly. "You made calls last night?"
I stopped eating, her icy stare halting me dead in my tracks. I lick my lips, trying to formulate a response, but Tamara is faster.
"What did you tell Krista? And who else did you call?"
"N-Nothing. No one," I lie. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Tamara reaches behind my head. Grabbing my hair roughly in her hand, she yanks backward--hard.
"Ow! Fuck," the profanity explodes from my lips before I can even process the pain shooting through my scalp.
"Tell me. Now."
I don't have the time to formulate a credible response. All I can do was offer weak protestations I'm sure she will never believe.
"I didn't call anyone, I promise."
"Last chance," Tamara promises. Reaching over with her other hand, she rests it on my left hand, which is still holding my plate.
"Tamara, please," I beg, my eyes watering from the pain.
Abruptly, she brings her two hands toward each other. My own hand involuntarily shoves my plate upward as my head is simultaneously propelled downward. The end result is my face buried in the remaining contents of my plate.
I try to pull away, but her grip is absolute. Sausages and bits of egg tumble onto the bed and floor as Tamara grinds the contents of the plate roughly against my face.