Driving away from Coastal Bakery, I called Richard to give him a heads up. I laughed when he answered, hell I needed a good laugh right now.
"Too late this time asshole," he chuckled, "hope your ass is in jail because I'm not coming to bail you out."
"Good morning Lee," I heard Lisa greet me in that sweet breathy voice of hers. Richard obviously had me on speaker phone.
"My apologies Lisa, for not calling sooner, but I've got some Blueberry muffins with me to make up for it."
"I'll start the coffee," she giggled.
Minutes later...
"Have a seat Lee, I'll pour you a cup. Richard should be down in a minute he's in the shower," she told me as she turned to get a cup from the cabinet. She was wearing a thin white robe cinched at the waist, looking beautiful as usual.
"Let me guess Ava problems again is the reason for this early morning visit," grumbled Richard entering the kitchen wearing just a towel.
"Yeah, how did you guess," I groaned, not really wanting to discuss it in front of Lisa.
Lisa just smiled at me sitting my coffee down in front of me, and turned and poured Richard a cup.
"Don't look surprised, I told you Lisa and I have no secrets, she's aware of the whole Ava problem," he grinned, "now talk I have meetings this morning."
By 7:15 a.m. I was out of there heading back home. I had told them both what had taken place the previous day, and my thoughts of saying the hell with it all and sending Ava back to Deer Creek. Richard told me if I sent her packing I would regret it until the day I died, and made suggestions about what I should do. At one point Lisa giggled, "Men, you over think everything. You want to fuck her, she wants you to fuck, just go ahead and fuck her, and make her your submissive."
AVA
Peeking through half-lidded eyes at my narrow windows, sunrise was just creeping up to start another day. My ass was sore and I wasn't about to roll over on my back.
I could see an envelope on the night stand leaning against the lamp that was turned on. My stomach was growling from hunger, so I eased up off the bed without letting my ass touch the mattress.
The note in the envelope read:
Ava,
As you can see the collar is back on, the sensors are set to where you can only go from your room to the bathroom. Food tray and water bottle on the dresser to hold you until I return. We will TALK later!
Stomach growling I stood at the dresser and gobbled down the banana he left along with the protein bar, which helped as I drank half the water. In the bathroom was another note laying next to a tube of salve, saying apply to ass after showering.
Standing under the warm water soaping up, I finally turned the hot water off, the cool water felt better, especially on my sore ass. Drying off with a soft fluffy towel and gently patting my ass dry, I applied a generous amount of the salve to my ass.
Returning to my room, I finished off the water and laid across the bed on my belly and thought about the evening before. Did I really want to escape and go to Chicago? Not really, I wasn't sure what the hell I really wanted! Closing my eyes I drifted off to sleep, my mind replaying the events of the evening before.
LEE
Entering the kitchen from the garage, I opened a bottle of water and sat down and checked my massages. None from Sandy sadly, but there were 2 other customers I needed to call back. Glancing at my watch I saw it was 8 o'clock. Time to check on Ava, but still not sure how I wanted to approach her, I decided first things first. Make sure she was okay and get her properly fed.
I chuckled to myself thinking how she could consume food, a banana and protein bar was not going to hold her long. Opening her door I saw she was laying across the bed, naked, her ass a rosy pink shade and her dark hair partially hiding her face.
Shaking the thoughts of last evening from my head, I gently shook her foot to awaken her. She groaned and slowly rolled over on her back, and yawned and stretched like a cat, her arms above her head, her chest arched up, her breasts slightly jiggling. Pointing her toes downward continuing to stretch out her legs, like she was doing with her arms, she moaned softly, "Wh...what....."
Taking several deep breathes, and letting them out slow to calm my racing heart, my eyes roamed over her sexy voluptuous body. My gym shorts suddenly got tighter, but I resisted the urge to jack off and coat her with cum from her twat to her tits.
"Get up Ava," I growled, "it's time for breakfast. Meet me in the kitchen in 15 minutes and don't be late."
AVA
A touch, then a shiver ran up my body making me turn over. Stretching I squeezed my eyes shut and yawned, feeling relaxed and rested. A rough voice forced me to open my eyes. "Wh..What..?"
It was Lee telling me to get downstairs for breakfast. From the look on his face, I was going to be his breakfast. Watching him walk out of my room, I realized I was naked, and best of all my ass didn't hurt. I guess the salve really worked.
Dreading the 'TALK' he mentioned in his note, I quickly ran a brush through my hair.
The sight of the collar around my neck angered me, but I knew it would do no good to protest. Since my ass felt better I slipped on a pair of pink bikini panties along with a pink silk robe and clinched it around my waist and headed downstairs.
Nervously approaching the kitchen, not sure what awaited me, I found Lee making pancakes, and smelled bacon and the aroma of coffee. My stomach growled loudly, making Lee turn and look at me.
"Have a seat and let's eat first, then talk," his voice sounded low and husky.
I was stuffing myself with my second stack of pancakes, when Lee finished eating and started cleaning up. We had not spoken a word to each other and I was nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers. He had his back to me as he cleaned up the kitchen, and I almost choked on a mouth full of pancakes when he calmly started talking.
"Ava, I've given it some thought and it's not working, if you wish to leave I'll give you enough money to go wherever you want to go."
Coughing and spitting up my food, that was the last thing I expected to come out of his mouth. Then he surprised me even more by saying as soon as he loaded the dishwasher he would remove my collar. My hand went to my collar, shock, fear, sadness, all conflicting thoughts raced through my head.
He never even turned around, when he had to have heard me cough and spit out my food. I'm free now, but why wasn't I jumping with joy? He's through with me, why the hell does that hurt so much? One part of my brain was saying 'grab your shit, take his money and go girl.' The other part of my brain was saying 'you dumb ass, go where, get on your damn knees and beg him to give you another chance.'
All the pancakes, bacon and orange juice sitting in my stomach, seemed to want to come back up! I was just about to jump up and run to the bathroom when he turned and walked to me as he dried his hands on a dish towel.
I just froze, my mouth hung open, as he finished drying his hands and quickly removed the collar. It felt like a part of myself was taken from me when the collar was laid on the table in front of me.
LEE
Maybe Richard and Lisa were right, especially Lisa. Ava was a natural submissive, if she felt safe and it was her decision she'll stay, if not maybe it's time to set her free and let the hard knocks of life teach her life's lessons.
Was she shocked from me telling her she's free to leave, and that was why she hadn't spoken. If Lisa's wrong, Ava left how would I explain that to our parents? My stomach was in knots thinking what it would be like with her not here.
Oh well, now's the time to give her a second option. Laying the collar on the table in front of her I stood up and took a deep breath.
"Or you can stay here Ava, without the collar, but you have to accept that I'm the boss and do what I say. I'll listen to what you have to say if you disagree with what I tell you, but in the end my words are final. No more sensors or collars."
AVA
Did I just hear him right? I think my ears heard him say I could stay. The two voices in my head were arguing, one saying take the money and go, the other saying tell him you'll stay stupid before he changes his mind.
With both hands over my ears I said, "Shut up."
"Wh..What?" Lee stuttered.
"No not you," I mumbled, "never mind......yes I'd like to stay."
"Maybe you would like to think about it before you decide. I've got some work I have to do in my office, and you can give me your answer at lunch."
"No I want to stay, just tell me what I need to do," my voice almost whispers from the shock of being offered a chance to stay. My bottom lip quivered as I stared up at him.
"Well," he finally grinned, "the first thing is to clean up this mess you made," pointing at the mixture of pancakes and syrup I spit out on top of my plate and the table.
"Yes Sir," I gratefully answered.
"We will talk more later when I finish working. After cleaning up your mess, you're free to roam around the house, or outside as long as you stay on my property."
As soon as Lee was out of sight I started cleaning up my mess, and for the first time in a long time I felt at ease. We still had to talk about what he expected, but I knew I would do whatever he said. Finishing up the kitchen I started to head to my room, then I smiled remembering I was free to go outside.
On the patio I got a bottle of water out of the fridge and plopped down hard on a lounge chair excited to be outside. Oops, my ass hurt from sitting down so hard, but I giggled remembering why it was sore. The sun was shining as I lay back and enjoyed the freedom and the beautiful surroundings. I smiled thinking maybe my life was changing for the better.
Finishing my water I went up to my room and was going to get dressed, then remembered Lee said I could roam anywhere I wanted. So I head to the door leading out to the second floor balcony, and like he said it was open. Up here I could see the water, a little breeze was blowing and it lifted my spirits even more. Glancing at the bedroom I wanted when I first got here, checking it was locked but I could peek through the sheer curtains covering the sliding glass door.
Oh well, I wasn't going to push my luck, so I went on to my room and dressed.
LEE
I worked like a madman for the next 2 hours taking care of my customers. Happy for the first time in several weeks. Still disappointed I had not heard from Sandy. Before leaving my office I logged on to my security system to check on Ava. Finally the camera on the second floor balcony caught her staring out at the water, the breeze blowing thru her hair. Then she turned and walked over to the door leading to the bedroom she wanted. I could see the disappointment on her face, but she finally walked away going back to her room. No cameras there, that might have to change.
Later...
I smiled seeing the kitchen was cleaned up and she had left a note:
