THE COSTUME CATASTROPHE
II
Hailey's car came to a stop sooner than Jo had expected.
Are we already there?
she thought.
"We're making a brief stop. As most of the inmates at my asylum are trouble, they have to wear the asylum's mandatory footwear if they misbehave. Now, aside from a small tug on your leash back in the club, you've been well-behaved, but I like to be prepared, so I'm making sure you get measured and fitted anyways," Hailey told her. "This shouldn't take too long."
Hailey took the leather bag off of Jo and got out of the car. She then went around to the passenger side and opened the door for Jo before grabbing her leash. As Jo was disoriented from being unable to see, she stumbled out of the car and nearly fell. Hailey quickly noticed this and removed Jo's blindfold.
"As you've been well-behaved so far, I'll allow to look about inside the store, but if you try anything while we're in there, I'll have to put it back on you."
Jo nodded. She looked up and noticed that they were outside the adult clothing store that Jo had visited yesterday when she picked up the straitjacket she was now trapped in.
Small world
, Jo thought.
As Hailey led Jo into the store, Jo took the opportunity to look around and see what she might not have noticed yesterday. She'd been meaning to peruse this store for a while, but had been rather busy lately, and coming here seemed to like it was going to turn into an activity that happened at an unspecified time that never came up.
Hailey led Jo to the register almost immediately, but Jo was unaware of who was working the counter as her focus was on the wall of that contained a vast assortment of gags of all shapes and sizes. The one that fascinated her the most was the bit gags. The wearer's mouth was not necessarily filled, but the gag forced a rubber bar between their teeth.
Jo felt a tug at her leash.
"We can look at that on the way out," Hailey told her.
Jo turned around to face the counter and was shocked to see a familiar face standing behind it.
She was shocked to see her friend Fahar standing there. Though Fahar had never been secretive about what she did for a living or where she worked, Jo was not expecting to see her tonight, especially in the predicament she had gotten herself into. She was relieved that Hailey had decided to put a hood on her before taking her somewhere else.
"I assume you're getting a new inmate fitted?" Fahar asked Hailey.
Hailey smiled. "I am. I picked up this one from a party about half an hour ago. The costume she was wearing made it hard for me to resist."
"Well, as I know you like to stay on theme with colors, may I suggest a matte red or black leather?" Fahar inquired.
Hailey took a moment to think. Jo made eye contact with Fahar, wondering if her friend recognized her.
"Though I really like it when my inmates wear black, I feel like red might work better for this one," Hailey concluded. "Something about a red and black uniform seems to look pretty good on her."
"Red it is, then. Do you know her shoe size?"
Hailey got Jo's attention again.
"Would you might lifting one of your feet again? I think I might have seen the size on the bottom of one of your boots."
Jo moaned in response. She attempted to lift one of her feet high enough, but the ankle chain prevented her from doing so.
"The good news is that the both of us are here, so if she tries to escape, she won't get too far," Fahar said.
"A fair point," Hailey replied. She turned to Jo. "Would you mind taking a seat?"
Jo complied, and Hailey set about removing the leather cuffs and chain holding her ankles together; Hailey then took off her boots. Once free, Jo took a moment to move her legs and stretch a little bit. As she was doing so, Hailey handed one of Jo's boots to Fahar, who took a couple of minutes to give them a once-over.
"Well, she's a size ten, so thankfully you won't have to wait on anything. And I think I might actually have something in the back. I believe a customer ordered a pair but never came to pick them up."
Fahar went into the back of the store as Hailey remained with Jo. Hailey took a moment to secure Jo's leash to a post and sat down with Jo to explore her costume a little bit further.