Derek left Sandy to her own devices. She needed to establish her role as utter boss of the household without his interference. Just his physical presence could be a hindrance. He talked to her over the phone to check with her several times to see if she was having any problems. Her answer 'none at all' pleased him. He knew he had chosen well when he selected her. He took her out to lunch one day to talk about the future. He was up front about how he hoped the house and acreage around it would appreciate like Richard and others anticipated. They just had to hold onto it for a few years. "But there is a lot to be said for managing a group of slaves working at various careers around town also. I learned that back in Lafayette. I selected slaves who have professional careers rather than low level, lower pay type jobs. It costs as much in time and effort to take care of a high income slave as one who makes little. We are not in the eye candy/ toy business. Plus professionals tend to understand their position better. Don't think that makes them easier to manage, they have the potential to make your difficult if not impossible. It's just they have the imagination to know they can lose their cushy life as a professional who is treated right and become a field slave like I threatened Richard. He reacted before he thought about his possible future. A little trip to slave camp might smarten the bastard up."
"Now I don't want to get the cart in front of the donkey, but maybe once you get settled, we can look at expanding our little enterprise down here." Sandy agreed enthusiastically. "Let's let everything settle out down here before we consider expanding." Derek said. "I want you on firm ground first. If we overextend too fast, the results could prove disastrous. We need to do this in a relaxed, hands on manner. Okay?" Sandy agreed.
"I read over the contract carefully. I did not just jump into it. I really like our business arrangement." Sandy said. "Lou was very thorough. She not only protected your interests but mine. I was actually surprised how fair it was. I cannot own any slaves of my own which is understandable. I am to be your manager down here. It says my pay is only a base and it will increase as my responsibilities do. So I guess that is what you are referring to with this future expansion idea right?" Derek nodded. "It also says and this part really surprised me, that essentially I cannot get fired unless I seriously screw up. As long as my job performance is good I have a job for as long as I want it. Almost like a partnership but without equity. I have not seen or heard of a contract like that."
"Partnership without equity is a good way to put it. It means that as long as we can keep a good working relationship, I want to keep you." Derek said. "I want you to feel secure. It is just how I like to do business. I also work the same way with the slaves although they can't quit of course." He and Sandy shared a laugh. They parted ways but planned to talk frequently by phone or video conference.
Derek, Wanda and Rhonda spent most of the rest of their vacation time together. They went to the beach a few times. The first time they went Derek teased them about stripping their bikinis off them. "It'd be fun to watch you both cavorting on the beach naked but I'm not sure I want to risk you guys getting sand up your pussies." he quipped. "My poor dick couldn't take getting rubbed raw. It'd be like fucking sandpaper."
"Boss, we are gonna made sure your dick is rubbed raw tonight anyway!" Rhonda declared, laughing. "We are gonna wear you 'slap out'."
"Yeah!" Wanda agreed. "And we know you don't want any sand in your mouth from whichever of us is riding your face either." The girls were teasing but that night did their best to make good on their promises and wore Derek 'slap out'. He said the next morning he needed more rest and decided he'd just skip breakfast. The girls finally let him sleep but not before they got him off a few times and left him limp and exhausted again, the endorphins overcoming him.
Derek detoured off I-10 towards Biloxi for one final beach day on their way home. They spent the night in one of the casino hotels and the next morning drove the rest of the way home. "I'm glad to be home!' he announced.
The only semi-sour note of the last several days occurred after Rhonda had ridden him until he ejaculated. He was spent when she leaned forward and said. "Boss, I needed that. I needed to make a man cum hard. I need to be THE woman. HIS woman. Chad is here in town with that Sandy woman isn't he? In his mind he has replaced me with her."
That led to a conversation. "He is a slave and I rented him to her back home. She brought him along like she did her car or her computer. Another thing to use." Derek said, thinking she was hurt. "How did you know? What made you suspect he was here?"
"Bullshit, boss. Don't try to snow me. Chad is with that woman now, not just because she ordered him to come along but because he ingratiated himself to her. He worked her. They may have met under other circumstances with her being his boss, but he turned it around and flirted and courted her all the way to win her over. That is him... how he works. I know better. He jumped at her and into her bed because he wants her. He did it once before years ago but I took him back. He is actively replacing me. Well, past tense, replaced me... Fine. He is the past. I'm not going to think of him any more than you think of Karen. I can see you have no love for her anymore. We all can see that."
Wanda was silent. Derek did not know what to say. He watched Rhonda to see if she was going to start crying. She closed her eyes a few seconds and then opened them. She smiled. Scooting back she leaned forward and took his penis in her mouth and began to suck it licking up her juices and his semen. She paused a second to say to Wanda, grinning, "I am planning to cum as many times as I can tonight. On the boss's cock or on his mouth or on yours." Then she giggled and got to work.
Later Derek asked her how she knew Chad was in Florida. She said, "I knew the name Sandy and knew she worked at the Rhino's Horn. Kat went there with you and Sarah one time. She told me she met Chad. Then I heard you had a woman named Sandy coming to take over Karen and that Richard guy. The first couple days we were here, Wanda and I went to the house with the rest of you. Suddenly, we were kept away. We stayed at the hotel and were told we were on our own and to enjoy ourselves. I knew then. Actually boss, I'm not sure I would have wanted to see him. I thought about it for a few days and realized I have moved on. Not just being separated because we were enslaved. I mean mentally and emotionally. Of course there are things at home I would prefer to avoid, like those parties. But I feel more 'at home' with our group than I have felt in a few years. It was there all along and now I just recognized it."
The rest of the trip both Wanda and Rhonda acted more like Derek's girlfriends or partners than they did his slaves. They acted the same way towards each other as well. Derek observed a little light teasing and intimacy between the two.
When the gate opened to their property and Derek drove through, Rhonda leaned over from the passenger seat. "Derek, thank you for a wonderful trip! I had the BEST time." She kissed him.
Wanda leaned forward. "It was the most fun I have had in years." she said sincerely. "I haven't felt as close to anybody except my daughter as I do to you two, right now. I love you guys." She took a deep breath. "OKAY! Let's go back to being slaves!" She giggled. "But Boss, from now on we want you to fuck us both more than the other girls combined!" They all laughed as they drove to the house.
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Lou wanted to talk to Derek the next day in her office. He was a little concerned when she closed her office door. "What's up?" he asked. "Is something wrong?' Lou shook her head.
"I want to know what happened in Florida after Sarah and I left. Sarah wants to know too. She is on her way but I could not wait for her to get here." Lou said. Derek was puzzled and asked what the hell she was talking about.
"There is a massive shift in how Wanda but ESPECIALLY Rhonda is acting towards you. She has been watching your every move. She has even been very conciliatory towards both Sarah and me. Of all the girls, she always seemed the one to resent being a slave the most. Now that has switched around.' Derek caught on and explained the conversations he and the two slaves had on the trip.
"Ahh, Okay. She has turned the corner." Lou said. Derek wanted to know what corner. "It is almost a Stockholme Syndrome. She has embraced you as her owner. Not only that but as her lover. She has totally given herself to you in her mind. You need to go back to those videos Rachael Dubois had of her classes. You now not only own her body but her mind and her emotions. She has accepted herself as a slave and you as her owner. Not only that, she identifies herself as yours. Or she will shortly." Lou began to chuckle. "I would have expected it from some of the younger girls first, but I guess you owned Rhonda the longest."
"You aren't telling me she has turned into some kind of psycho who will walk into a fire if she thinks I want it? Are you?" Derek asked, aghast.
"Oh HELL NO!" Lou said with a laugh. "She still has a brilliant mind. The same mind that makes her a great nurse. She has just broken away from her former free life emotionally and embraced life as your slave. Maybe as a slave to the 'family' we have. We'll have to see. That is likely to come next. Think of it like being married. An emotional commitment. She knows her place in the hierarchy and accepts it. Actually she embraces it. I think Wanda is not far behind. From what I have gleaned, she has only had three deep relationships in her life. Her parents and Bonnie. She got pregnant before she graduated high school and the guy took off, leaving her high and dry with a baby on the way. She had a few affairs over the years but none that were serious." Lou said.
"What do I do?" Derek asked.