It had been a long night for Susan Mitchell. Perched on the stool facing the open window, she had nodded off a few times, but sleeping in such an awkward position was never going to be easy. As dawn broke and Susan sat awake, she could see out into the street from her vantage point. The massive house was set fairly far back from the sidewalk so it was unlikely anyone could actually see her but she still felt more exposed than she had been all year. She secretly wished that someone would spot her. Maybe they would call the police and they would come and investigate and find her tied up here and set her free. The thought of the headmaster being arrested filled her with glee. She thought about her mother, who would surely be killed if she escaped. But that was probably as inevitable as her own demise.
Any hope of being saved was dashed when The Artist returned and began untying her. "Today, we practice our serving skills," he said as he helped Susan off the stool and led her back to the dining room. She was glad to be on her feet today and not being led around like a dog. But she was so tired from lack of sleep, it was hard to be too happy. The man led her back to the large dining table and again had her lie down on it, face up. She was glad to be off her feet for awhile. The Artist produced several lengths of rope and bound her ankles to each of the table's back legs and then her wrists to the front, spreadeagling her on the wooden surface.
A gag was shoved into Susan's mouth with a short post sticking out of it. On top of that, The Artist mounted a bowl. He had set up his camera on a tripod and Susan could hear the clicking of the shutter taking photos at regular intervals. The man brought over a box of cereal and poured his breakfast into the bowl, filling it near to the rim with corn flakes and milk. Then he sat on his knees on a chair just above her head and began eating. Susan was starving and the smell of the cereal was making her stomach rumble. She closed her weary eyes and listened to the man crunching the cereal.
When The Artist finished his breakfast, heremoved the bowl from the post and the gag from her mouth and refilled the bowl. Slowly he began feeding the corn flakes to Susan. She found it hard to swallow lying down, but as hungry as she was, she downed every spoonful the man gave her. He tipped the bowl against her mouth and she drank down the remaining milk. He asked he if she was still hungry, and when she said she was, he refilled the bowl and fed her again.
Following breakfast, The Artist untied Susan and helped her down from the table and brought her back to the living room. The coffee table had been pushed off to the side and The Artist told Susan to lie down on the hardwood floor in front of the couch. Susan felt odd. This man was not the sadist Krutz was. He was, in a way, kind, but in another very cruel. And even though she found what this man was having her do as very odd, the poses were also erotic and she had to admit they even turned her on a little. She didn't quite know how to process that, but her entire world was weird even since she had become Stephen Krutz' slave. She shouldn't be turned on by being tortured daily, but she knew in some ways she was. She thought about the girls she had met with Miss Jennifer at the farmhouse and wondered if this is how they felt.
Susan placed herself on the floor. The man got to work with his ropes. He lifted one of her legs in the air with her knee bent and then bent her arm back so her elbow was touching her knee. He tied the two joints together with a piece of rope and then did the same on the other side. Her forearms and shins now made the perfect platform for the glass table top from the coffee table. The Artist lifted it off its base and placed it on top of Susan's limbs, turning her into his new table. He retreated to the dining room and retrieved one of his cameras and began photographing her from all angles. He placed various knickknacks and vases on the table at different times to achieve the full effect. Then he sat down on the couch and propped his feet up on the glass and started reading a book.
Susan's feelings about the man changed during the hour she spent as a living coffee table. Seeing him sitting there reading his book and sipping coffee made her angry. But there was nothing she could do about it. Eventually the man sat his book down and removed the glass and untied her limbs. But rather than allow her to stand, he had her roll over and place her hands and knees on the floor in front of the couch. He positioned the glass table top onto her bare back and once again admonished her not to drop the glass. He returned to his reading as Susan fumed.