The Kingdom of God's Grace
Chapter 3 - Lies
By LoyalHound
All characters are fictious and are adults. All locations and organizations are fictional.
I sat in my cubical trying to write my midday prayer. Normally I could just wing it and I've never had a prayer rejected, but it has become increasing difficult to do since the cathedral fire. My mind was troubled and my caretaker had noticed it. Last night, he had confronted me about it.
"Deirdre, what troubles you? I know you're upset and you should have no secrets from your caretaker," said Mister Littleton.
"Mister Littleton, as my caretaker you are charged with guiding my actions, and this girl embraces your guidance, but it would take God himself to guide my thoughts and he's set me the task of resolving them. Please let me work thru this on my own."
"I am also charged to be concerned with your happiness. You are not happy. Please tell me what's wrong. Does this have something to do with the cathedral fire?"
Now, I thought, I get to add dancing around the truth and lying by omission to the list of my sins. "Yes," I said "and I'm very troubled by the public reaction, blaming all heretics for the actions of a guilty few." A guilty few who were not, I believed, heretics, I thought but dared not speak. They were, most likely, agents of The Church and the government.
"They're being attacked in the street," I continued. "One caretaker had to shoot an intruder who had broken into his home to attack his charge. Their women are basically under house arrest. Their men take their lives in their hands every time they venture out. This is insane. This is not the safe, orderly society we had as recently as two weeks ago. These heretics aren't just animals. They are people. They are our neighbors, and no living human is beyond salvation." And instead of trying to quiet matters and preach peace, The Church was not condemning these attacks, I thought. Why would they if they were the ones who caused it? Yet another lie of omission to add to my shame.
"They were poisoning our society before the cathedral fire," said Mister Littleton. "I cannot believe you're defending them."
"It is the will of God to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. The heretics as a group are not responsible for the cathedral fire."
"Be silent," said Mister Littleton. "I can see you were right. Discuss this with no one. You do have to work thru this on your own before you say something that damages our social credit or gets you attacked in the street. You were right."
"This girl thanks you for the opportunity to solve her own issues. This girl thinks it is sometimes the greatest gift you can give a person and will try and prove herself worthy of this gift."
We spoke no more but eventually we cuddled and he undressed me and caressed me. His sure touch was a comfort to me. He kissed me gently and worked his way down my body with care. Eventually, he went down on me, licking me senseless.
Back at work in my cubical, I eventually had my computer generate a suitable prayer which I duly prayed to the camera on the east side of my cubical and I verified The Church had accepted it.
Maria looked at me with a certain amount of concern. She was one of the few female heretics not working from home. They were kenneling her in one of the locked offices overnight, even though that meant they had to provide kitty litter and wipes so she wouldn't make a mess during the night. Her owner usually did a video call with her once a day and visited her every few days for a private meeting that I assumed included intercourse and, at least one day, a correction as her ass was striped with welts after one of their sessions.
"Maria," I said, looking at the naked slave girl in her shock collar, "I don't think I can stand any remarks about my God or the content of my prayers just now, so please don't."
"You've obviously upset and I feel sad for you."