(This is an extension of the excellent story, THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW, a collaboration between Joe Doe and Carl Bradford and, with permission, now me. In order to have any understanding of what is going on, you should read that first. Having said that, this is another legalized slavery story. If you are new to this genre, read the intro to MrSmith27's story, 'ALLISON'S DESCENT INTO SLAVERY. All characters are over the age of 18 and bear no resemblance to anyone living or dead.)
Judge Randal, "the ass kicker" Gantry sat in his opulent, leather chair pouring over HD video recordings of the processing, auctioning, sale and branding of slave #0516-2013. Was this the real deal or was this just some Northern Yankee thrill seekers playing with the system? Why did 2013 look scared shitless half the time and yet readily developed her "slave heat"? "This could be a trial of the four "I's"; irregular, inconvenience, innocence, and insufferable," he smiled at his own alliteration.
Having compiled the video clips he needed for the hearing, he set the date for August 16
th
, exactly 3 months from the date of the original enslavement, and called his clerk to send out the subpoenas. There were to be four in all: Jake Henry, the owner of the Big D Slave Auction, Brad Lennox, the owner-in-question of slave #0516-2013, Lois Spauling (now Spaulding-Jameson), the owner-of-record, and Agatha Lennox, the "illegitimate agent" for her son, Brad. So many questions to be asked.
(The 95
th
floor of a NYC high-rise)
Ding-Dong!
"Are you Brad Lennox?"
"Yes."
"Congratulations, you've been served," said the process server as he handed the envelope to Brad.
One glance at the back address on the envelope told Brad all he needed to know. "Natalie!"
'Sugar Snatch' bounced into the room, dressed as she should be, in collar, cuffs and slave naked. "Yes, Master," she said as she dropped to her knees, "How may this slave serve you, Master?"
"Times up! No more playing, slave girl. It's going to get real. I have to bring you to Texas Slave Court in Houston at 10 a.m. on August 16
th
. Are you ready for this? Are you scared?"
"Only of your friend, Sheldon, Master. He creeps me out," she replied with a grimace. "You told me part of his fee was to sleep with a slave before he'd represent them in court."
"Sheldon Green creeps you out? How so? You only met him one time. He's a great guy."
"Well, first of all, he looks like he combs his hair with buttered toast. E-e-w-w-w-e-e. He reminds me of a used car salesman. His skin is so gray, he could be a vampire. How did you ever become friends with him anyways?
"He and I are fraternity brothers and team mates. He was in his first year of Law School when I entered Yale as a freshman. He was the captain of Yale's rowing team and took an interest in me because I was on the gymnastics team. I think he was more impressed with my light weight than my muscles. In short, before I knew it, we were seated together pulling on those oars. He got me through hazing at his fraternity and even got me certified as a wrangler so I had a summer job. He's always been like a big brother to me."
"How come this is the first I'm hearing about your 'hero' like this, Master. I know you've mentioned meeting with him in Washington, when you've been lobbying for one of your corporate accounts but this is a whole new level of friendship."
"Our paths have diverged in many ways, the most obvious is my living in NYC and him living in Texas between the biggest slave auction houses, Longhorn, HCI and the Big D. Second, with my father being an "ambulance chaser" as they are called, I wanted something different, so I went into corporate law, particularly the legislative side. Sheldon, on the other hand, was fascinated with the burgeoning field of slave law. California was the first to adopt corporal punishment and penal enslavement as an alternative to prison time in the early 2000's and slowly other states got on the bandwagon as state budgets got more and more squeezed. Hell, Sheldon helped draft the 34
th
Amendment and continues to consult with legislators, on both state and national levels."
"Wow," gasped Natalie, wide-eyed, "I had no idea he is such a big deal. No wonder you want him to represent us in this dispute. As his friend though, you should tell him to get some sun and do something about his hair."
"It's a wig. Sheldon has been battling cancer for almost 2 years now and when chemo seemed to only be making matters worse, I found a clinic in Austria for him and he started going every 3 months for treatments. Only time will tell, he's very hopeful about it."
"Talk about 'Never judge a book by its cover,'" Natalie thought to herself ashamedly. In that moment, she resolved to give Sheldon the best sexual experience of his life, not out of pity but for the influence he had in shaping Brad into the caring, wonderful man he had become.
(The Big D Auction House)
"Delivery for Jake Henry"
"Hi Sheriff Jones, I can take it for him," said Rebecca as she was passing by the admission's counter.
"Sorry, Rebecca, I have to deliver it, in person."
"O-o-o-h-h-h," drawled Rebecca knowingly, "He's in with the vet. One of the slaves fell off the stage and may have broken her ankle. You know the way, go right ahead."
The Sheriff strolled by the small gathering of slaves coffled together awaiting 'slave yoga' and took the opportunity to tweak a couple of nipples and sampled at least one 'slave honey'. He sometimes came by the Big D to pass through the slave grading room and checkout the merchandise although he could never afford to buy any. It was one of the 'free perks" of being Sheriff but no time for that today, he was on official business.
The vet was just finishing up as Sheriff Jones came through the door. Jake turned to see who would enter without knocking and smiled. "Hi Bob, please tell me that's the summons I've been waiting for. Benny, our lead attorney, has been bugging me every day. We are all eager to get this case behind us."
"Well, it says here on the envelope, Case number 0516-2013."
"Yes! At last," exclaimed Jake,
"I think you are the first person I ever had who was happy to be served."
"You don't know the half of it. If you got a few minutes, we can talk about it in my office over a nice Scotch."
"Now, Jake, you know I'm on duty. I wouldn't want to set a bad example for my deputies."
"It's 150 years old and smooth as silk."
"Take me to it, you silver-tongued devil."
"Ah, excuse me....excuse me. Jake, what do you want me to do with this one. The x-ray shows that it's only a bad sprain, her ankle isn't broken," interrupted the vet.
"Tell her buyer that we will kennel her for free for 3 days so you can tend to her to be safe or they can take her now," said Jake as he was exiting with the Sheriff. "No refunds. She's not Utility grade, she's a Prime pleasure slut. Nobody is going to want to fuck her ankle."
(The Spinning Wheel Ranch)
Lois was sitting at her desk when a flicker of sunlight ran across the wall indicating that someone had just turned into her driveway. She got to the front porch just time to hear the Sheriff's cruiser's tires crunch to a stop on the gravel.
"Hi, Tom, what's up? Where's your dad?"
"Good morning, Mrs. Spaulding-Jameson," replied Sgt. Thomas Miller, the always polite, young officer. "He's taking the day off to go to the Shot Show in Houston and to pick up our new body armor. Judge Gantry asked me to personally deliver this summons and apologize for this taking so long. He said he had hours and hours of video from the Big D to review in preparation for this case."
"I appreciate you taking the time to drive all the way out here, Tom. I assume the case number is 0516-2013."