Gotta Pay the Piper

I was asked for list of characters. "You tell the players without a program." So here is a brief list of the most pertinent in these chapters.

Bas Landry, the narrator. He is a man in his 30's retired from a great success as a computer programmer. He freely admits to being 'on the spectrum' so some of his responses to others appears off kilter.

Lenore: Bas' girlfriend. She is an accountant by trade who once lived as an unofficial slave with a group out in the country at a place called the Hacienda (see Slave Camp for their story)

Paige: Lenore's mother

Dr Marge: as the name implies, she is the doctor many of the characters see. She is both gynecologist and internal medicine. Also Lenore's cousin.

Sonya: head slavegirl for Bas. She is 30 and runs a warehouse company. She runs the household.

Rene, Carol, and Angie: Three college girls who were roommates before their enslavement. They are all about 20.

Robin: college girl who once roomed with the other three.

Joanne: Bas's stepdaughter who is about to graduate with her MBA. She comes home on weekends. She was enslaved in the early part of the series.

Sherrie: slave, works as an accountant with Lenore.

Charlotte: a recent character and a central character of these recent chapters. She runs a boutique. Single mother of two teens.

Richard, Bas's nephew who lives in a house located next door on the same large piece of property as Bas. He is a highschool senior along with his former girlfriend, Marianne who is now a slave owned by Bas and Robin's sister.

Charlene: Marianne and Robin's aunt.

The kitchen: where a great deal of the activity takes place. It serves as the communal dining area for both households.

And now the story:

As Lenore and I walked through the front door upon our return from the cellular phone provider, we thought we'd entered a battle zone. We were partially right. I heard an angry scream, "You dumbass cunt! You ruined this! I'm gonna kick your ass!" The yells could be heard even over the vacuum cleaner Robin was using on the hall carpet. Girls came running out of the back room area to see what was going on.

I walked into the kitchen to find Rene shaking an article of clothing in Geri's face. "You did this on purpose! I'm gonna slap the piss out of you! I'll hit you so hard your Momma is gonna feel it in her slimy cunt!" That line gave me pause. I'd never heard it before and almost burst out laughing, which would not have helped matters.

"Don't you dare say shit about my Mother!" Geri screamed back. "It's just a crappy shirt! NO great loss. And it wasn't my fault." '

I hollered for both of them to take a step back and to explain what was going on. Rene went first, "Perky here was put on laundry duty with me and Carol."

Geri yelled, "Don't call me Perky!"

"You're right!" Rene snapped back. "It should be Shit-for-Brains, because you are so stupid!" I yelled for them to stop again. I nodded for Rene to continue.

"We piled all the dirty laundry on the floor and I showed her how to sort the laundry. Jeans in one pile, towels, underwear, etc all in separate piles. I gave her specific instructions to put the shirts and blouses in the washer with the underwear and how much detergent to add. I even used little words so she'd understand." Geri bristled at the insult but did not say a word. "Then I went to help Carol start making the beds with fresh linens."

"Perky here decided to add a couple pairs of jeans to the load. And she ruined some clothes. Look!" She held up the blouse she was holding. It was obvious it was now tinted with an uneven blue coloration. The shirt looked dingy and streaked.

"She told me it was important to make full loads to save time so I added a couple things." Geri said innocently.

"Every moron knows to never add colored clothes especially blue jeans to a load of whites and pastels!" Rene offered hotly.

"You should be an expert on what morons know, bitch." Geri returned. Rene stepped forward and I intervened again. I was not quite ready to offer to get a paddle, but close.

"Not only that, but when these came out of the dryer, I noticed somebody had reset the washer to use hot water. The next load was towels so it did not hurt them, but I'll bet these were washed with hot water too. We NEVER use hot water. The change was done deliberately!" Rene pointed out. Geri protested she didn't do that. "Bullshit, the water temperature dial is on the far left of the machine. It is nowhere near the wash selection and start knobs. You did it on purpose."

The other girls were now pulling items from the pile of dried clothing waiting to be folded or hung up. They were all getting upset. "Look at this blouse!" Angie cried, holding it up. "Not only did the colors bleed into it, it looks like it shrunk! It was one of my favorites!"

"I notice the only one who did not get any of her clothes ruined was Perky." Carol offered accusingly. "Her mother brought all her clothes over fresh yesterday. Even Kat and Lori had a few items in there. I had them initial their clothes with the marker before they went into the laundry."

"I don't see any of my clothing there." Lenore said. "Nor Sherrie's."

"We only got the clothes from the hampers in half the house so far. Us college girls and the new girl's." Rene said. "Our stuff is more casual wear so we do it separately from yours. I'm sure that is why Perky risked it. She wouldn't dare screw up your office wear, but she wanted to fuck with us."

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Geri protested again but nobody believed her.

Sonya stepped forward. "I personally think you did do it deliberately. The hot water dial shows that. But even if it wasn't done on purpose, then you showed you were stupidly careless." Sonya offered. "You are going to be paddled for it."

"Please, NO! Don't paddle me!" Geri begged frantically suddenly afraid as she realized she faced real penalties for her actions. "I'll call my Mom. She'll replace the clothes with new ones."

"That is one thing you will NOT do." I said, stepping back into the fray. "You belong to me not your mother as does the clothing you wear. "

"Girls, separate out your clothes and inspect them. See if they are discolored or shrunk. Geri, you go get your clothes. I believe they are still stacked in the living room." I ordered. The girls scrambled to obey. Virtually every one of the younger girls had ruined clothing. "Okay, some of you are similar in size to Geri and her clothing might fit. You may each exchange a damaged item of clothing for a piece of hers. I will buy new clothes for those who cannot find something suitable."

Geri began to bawl. Sonya told her to strip off the clothes she was wearing to add to the available clothing. A short time later, the girl had nothing left of her original clothing. Even her socks were taken.

The girls began to trade back and forth with items they'd selected until they felt they had an even distritution.

"They even took my bras and panties!" Geri wailed, standing naked with one hand covering her crotch. Lori was a bit taller and too big for any of the outside clothing. She took Geri's panties and a couple bras in exchange for two damaged shirts. She said the cup size would fit great and she could adjust the straps.

"But each of those bras cost much more than any of those blouses!" Geri complained. "I order them special! It's not a fair exchange. My stuff is designer! And Now I have no pants or skirts at all! What will I wear?"

"Well, you have these discolored clothes you messed up." Sonya said. "If you do not want to wear them, give them back to their original owner and we'll buy you fresh clothes when we get the chance. Of course you are not going to need anything for a while. After you get paddled, you will be nude until you need to leave the property."

"I had to give up my clothes and I'm still getting paddled?" Geri asked, shocked. "That is SO unfair!"

"Yep, you are gonna realize slaves don't own a thing, not even our own bodies. But in this house we are allowed a few things. Our possessions are precious to us and you will learn to respect that." Sonya told the petulant teen. "Somebody get a towel and the paddle. Angie, escort this girl to the bathroom to pee. I don't want her messing the carpet or the sofa."

I heard Geri ask Angie what makes Sonya think she would pee on the couch. Angie giggled. "Well you heard the old adage, "Got the piss or the shit knocked out of her? Well, you are about to find out it is a real thing. A girl can lose control of her bladder especially if caned." Geri began to cry in earnest.

"Please, don't paddle me!" Geri begged. "My bottom still hurts from when I got strapped at the jail yesterday!" Sonya shrugged and told her then she was about to face a new experience she would never forget.

Sonya draped Geri over the back of the couch and asked two girls to hold her hands. Robin and Joanne stepped forward. Before she started her own strokes, she gave each of the girls the opportunity for two strikes across Geri's butt and thighs. Rene went first. "I'm loving this, Perky. You aren't gonna feel so perky when we get through with you." With that she raised the paddle, and twisting her body to get maximum force behind her blow, blasted Geri's ass. If not held firmly, Geri would have shot off the couch. Her scream reverberated.

The girl's watching nodded their approval and a few gave Rene a thumbs up sign. Like the first time, she swung the paddle with as much force as she could muster. As each girl whose clothing had been ruined took her turn, Geri's ass turned from red to scarlet to mottled purple. Sonya finished by making sure no area was left untouched. Geri hung over the back of the couch bawling long after the spanking was over.

Finally Sonya got tired of waiting and asked Joanne and Robin to take the girl to the bathroom and wash her face. Geri left the room, walking stiffly, legs apart.

When Geri was returned to the living room after having her face washed, Sonya was waiting with a new chastity belt. She fitted and locked the belt in place and pocketed the keys.

Stripped of her designer clothes and paddled had been bad enough but forced to remain nude apart from a chastity belt was the final blow for Geri. She retreated into a corner, hunkered down and cried piteously. Sonya let her remain there for a half hour before telling her to get over it and get back to work.

"Mr. Bas, I know we are all subject to a butt beating like that and the fear of that happening to me almost makes me sick to my stomach," one of my new slaves, Lori, said. "But I have to admit, that girl deserved it and I don't feel a bit sorry for her. She deliberately screwed up the laundry, no doubt about it."

Lenore agreed when we talked privately. "I had no idea the group had grown so large the girls did the laundry for half the house at a time. I did not bring it up but I noticed every pair of jeans Geri added to the wash were brand new. They were ones we bought the girls a week or so ago and maybe only washed once. Older jeans were still on the floor.

"I almost feel sorry for Geri," Lenore offered, to my surprise. "She is a product of her upbringing. Yes, an entitled little bitch raised by an entitled cruel older bitch. I wonder if we can reshape her thinking? Probably not. Not totally and not for a long time, if ever. You see how Robin and Marianne emulate their parents. Guess we are all products of our raising."

I sat quietly and let Lenore talk. "Geri was very selective of her targets." Lenore said. "Only the younger girls clothing was involved. I'm sure she sees them as weaker, inferior, or at least not in a position to fight back. Just like her mother does. It is almost as if she sees it as her right to dominate anybody of lesser status."

"Looking back as an adult, I understand Mom had little choice in what she did. I was out of hand." Lenore continued. "I remained a child even into my twenties. I'd rebel a bit and then get upset and feel sorry for myself when Mom took me down. I hated the humiliation but at the same time, in some ways, sought it. I needed that control so much, I think I'd act out a bit just so she would take charge. Damn, I am fucked up. But I am getting better," she added. "Seeing Dee drop her pants so quickly was a bit of a revelation. I had no idea she was subject to spanking like me."

I told Lenore what Dee said about me looking and how it was part of the punishment. Lenore giggled. "Well, you could not see it from your angle, but when she bent over to give you the beer, the crotch of her panties had a visible wet spot. She did not enjoy her punishment at all but her body responded sexually to the humiliation."

I left Lenore to her reflections and went to my office and pulled out a paper from my back pocket. I entered the phone numbers of the cell phones I'd just added to my account into a program. I changed some settings so Geri's phone calls and texts would be recorded to my private server.

As I left, I encountered Kat and Lori walking down the hall carrying cleaning supplies. They'd apparently been assigned to clean bathrooms. I beckoned them into my office. I handed them their cell phones. "Your cell phones are now on my account. I have a little task for one of you." I held up Geri's cell. "This phone's call and text history has been wiped. I want you recover the last three or four days, if you can. I'd like as much of as you can get, not just the logs."

"Oh, come on Boss! Or do we have to call you Bas?" Kat said with grin. "Sonya and Charlene say Boss. But anyway, if you want to test us, give us something difficult. We all know that even if the phone was reformatted, those texts are kept on a server somewhere, but not the full calls. Do you want to see ours too or just Geri's?" I grinned and told them just Geri's. "Okay, ours are not interesting except for where we talked to a couple idiots about helping us get into the dealership parking lot. Well, we did order some tasty pizzas. The store we used might be something to note down if you ever buy takeout."

"Can I use my laptop and programs or do I do it cold using your computer?" Lori asked.

"I mainly want the text files." I said. "And just for kicks, do it cold using this one. Access to my own programs is restricted." Lori grinned and said that was not a problem. She took my chair and set to work.

"Make you a deal, Boss." Kat said. "If we can crack the phone, we get to join you in bed tonight. When we heard who it was who bought us, we about wet our panties. You have been our idol. Some girls have movie stars or rock stars they fantasize about. You were it for us." I began to laugh.

"Seriously." Kat said. "We know every detail of your life that has ever been published. Lori and I were roommates since sophomore year. We dreamed of being like you, a master programmer. We thought our dreams went into the toilet when we got enslaved, but when Lisa told us who you were the other night we about freaked."

"We thought she was bullshitting us." Lori said over her shoulder as she sat typing away. "Later, when we found out it was true, we about had a fit. It was a dream come true. Don't get me wrong. We do not want to be slaves, but this is like hitting the lottery for us. We get to live and work with our idol. We'll do ANYTHING for you. Just tell us what you want."

I was more than a little flattered. To have two pretty girls like this suddenly express those feelings also flustered me. I told them I appreciated their opinion (which I realized as soon as the words left my mouth was a lame thing to say). Then I said I looked forward to a long relationship and I would keep them by my side. "And in your bed too, I hope." Kat said suggestively. I had to admit Lenore controlled that part of my life. Both girls laughed and said that's what they'd been told.

"Here it is boss." Lori said triumphantly. " A couple texts from last night, and a few more from today. Nothing for a week before that."

I read the texts. From last night: "Mom, you gotta get me out of here like you promised. Bas turned me over to his nephew. You wouldn't believe what he did to me. He screwed me. I knew he would, BUT he made me suck him afterwards. Gross. Had this other girl lick me down there, too!"

In answer, Lana had texted. "Enjoy the sex, baby. Just try to imagine you are the one deciding what it is you do. Make it work for YOU. Careful texting me. Don't get caught."

The next text from Geri was after breakfast this morning. "Richard (nephew) did it again. Made me suck his gross dick after sex. Bitches here show me no respect! You gotta get me out!"

Lana's answer: "Working on it. Hang tight. Sometimes you need to teach a bitch her place but be careful." Then she added. "Make sure you delete texts after reading."

I thanked Lori who grinned. "Easy peasy, Boss. I just pulled up a little program that is in the public domain. Well, you gotta know where to look, of course. I'm betting you got all kinds of cool programs on this server. We'd love to take a look, sometime," she added hopefully.

"Maybe someday." I said. "I'm a little puzzled. You two seem to be adjusting to being slaves unusually fast. You almost seem chipper. I know it is not just because I own you."

Both girls' faces clouded. Kat said, "Oh, we cried like babies when we were convicted. We knew we were hosed. Our biggest fear was not how we'd be treated but that we'd be separated. I told you we've been roomates since sophomore year, but it is more than that. We've been like sisters. We even come from similar backgrounds."

"Neither of our Moms made good choices as far as men were concerned if you get my drift so we both have major trust issues with guys. We both became gamers as kids to escape our sucky lives. That allowed us to be who we wanted, you know, play a role without putting our real selves out there. It was a natural progression to study computers and when we met it was like finding a sister for both of us." Lori said.

"And, no we are not gay." Kat said. "The first time either of us had sex with another woman was last night. We didn't date much either. Those trust issues kept us from getting close to any guy. Well, we both experimented with sex so we aren't virgins, but only a couple times. We dared each other to get laid the first time. We did wear out several vibrators though," she added, giggling.

"So what about those guys who helped you steal those cars?" I asked.

"We met them at the student center. They told us where they worked part time detailing cars. That got us thinking about cracking the code on those electric cars. They are reputed to have really tight encryption. To get the guys to help us, we made a bet with them that if we could not get into the cars, we'd blow them and let them screw us." Lori said. I asked if they were that sure of themselves. "Yeah. We are good. We worked each other up for the challenge, saying if we couldn't do the job, we deserved to get used like sluts as the penalty."

"Being a slut who lets herself be used is the ultimate in lows for us." Kat said solemnly. "We have our mothers to thank for that." I was puzzled and asked why they would risk that, or slavery if they got caught. "We had to prove ourselves. It was one Hell of a pass/fail test of our abilities. We were just gonna crack the cars and leave. Then we'd come back later and tell the manufacturer and trade magazines what we did. We figured it would push us right up front for great jobs after graduation. It all went to shit when the cops showed and the guys panicked and crashed the cars. We did not know about the hard drugs the guys had. We all smoked a little weed before we went."

"But you are slaves, now." I pointed out.

"Yeah, but we succeeded in breaking past the firewalls and encryption." Lori said with a smile. "That counts for something. We at least got the ego boost."