Day 10 – Saturday
Paige lay in her bed half the night, staring at the ceiling, trying to answer the questions screaming themselves through her head. Everything she thought she knew about herself, everything she thought she was had been thrown into chaos by a man she'd only really been interacting with for a little over a week. She wanted desperately to restart her life from those few days before, to be able to think of Lee as just the guy who lived next door.
What puzzled her above all was how she was capable of not only being used, but that she was able to draw release, even momentary ecstasy from His extortion. Every time she thought she was making sense of what was happening, her logic would fall apart.
The next thought was the most confusing of all: she was thinking about Lee when she came. How could she, in the most humiliating moment of her life, have even the slightest desire for the Man who was forcing her to live that moment? This was the thought that played over and over in Paige's mind until exhaustion finally won out and she fell asleep, close to daybreak.
She woke up early in the afternoon. She lay in bed for a few long minutes after waking, staring out her window toward Lee's bedroom. A sigh escaped Paige's body at the realization that she would be expected to show up again on Lee's doorstep for her next day of chores.
Paige's daily routine began again with a shower. The whole time as the water washed over her naked body, she wondered what Lee was going to coerce her into doing today. Every time she looked down at herself, she felt like Lee was just across the way, watching what He'd made her do yesterday.
A blush burned across Paige's cheeks at the thought of the images Lee held in His possession. He owned her body, and she hadn't even fought back. And now, even if she wanted to fight back, He could destroy everything she was to her father.
Paige stepped out of the shower and dried herself off. She pulled on a t-shirt and a pair of sweat pants then descended the stairs into the kitchen. She plucked an apple from a bowl on the counter and moved into the family room.
A smile curled her lips as she saw her father and mother. "Good morning", she beamed, a flight coming back to her voice as her thoughts of Lee faded into the background, and the life she'd always lived took precedence once again. She wrapped a warm hug around her father's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek.
For the first time in days, she felt truly happy, forgetting all her problems and being the little girl she still saw in herself. She laid down onto the floor and took a bite of her apple.
Paige basked for as long as she could in the happiness of being with her parents. Too soon, though, the realization that she was expected at Lee's began to pry through her comfort.
Paige's father noted the discomfort his daughter was trying so hard to hide. "Let's go out for dinner tonight," he said, comfortingly.
A smile returned quickly to Paige's face as she looked up to her father. "Thanks daddy," she squeaked happily.
"Are you supposed to work today?" her father asked.
Paige had to momentarily steady herself to answer, not wanting to arouse any further suspicion in her father. "Yes, daddy," she replied as calmly as she could muster.
"Why don't you go over and see if you can do whatever Lee needs right now?" asked Paige's father, encouraging her.
Paige almost wanted to cry that her father was pushing her toward her next encounter with Lee, even though she knew her father was only trying to make her happy.
She took a few deep breaths, feigning a bit of laziness as she lay on the floor. Finally, she propped herself up on her hands and knees and smiled as best she could, "Okay."
Breathing deeply, trying to keep her emotions under control, Paige slid on a pair of sneakers and headed next door. She opened Lee's door slowly and stepped inside. Lee emerged from His office the moment she entered, as stone-faced as He always seemed to be with her.
Lee drew closer and Paige stood frozen just inside the door. "Strip," He commanded simply.
"He's going to make me do it all again," Paige said to herself. The urge to scream and run was the sum of her every instinct. Almost before the thought could pass through her mind, though, her hands were at her waist, drawing her shirt up, exposing her young teenage body to Him again.
Paige blushed deeply as she stood bare-chested before Lee. Her hands again slid to her waist, hooking the band of her sweat pants. She raised her eyes to Lee's for the briefest of moments, and then slid her thumbs into her panties as well. She knew full well that He intended her to take off every stitch of clothing, and her non-existent will to fight Him made her bare herself completely, almost robotically.
Paige carefully removed her pants, underwear, and shoes. She rose, standing fully nude before Lee.
"Today, your chores will be done in My bedroom. Go upstairs, sit on the corner of the bed," Lee ordered.
Paige's eye shot immediately to Lee's, panic and shock heavy in her eyes. It took her only the briefest moment at the look in Lee's eyes to suppress her instinct to fight. She lowered her head again, and began to pad with tiny steps toward the stairs that lead to His bedroom, with Lee following only a couple steps behind.
Paige passed through the door into Lee's bedroom and sat on the corner of the bed. A jolt of realization hit her as she sat. Lee was able to make her ignore everything she had always been. She ignored the voice in her head that was screaming at her to run away. She knew full well Lee's camera would be looking over the bed, but she didn't even notice it until she consciously looked for it.
