Loise awoke, aware of the Kovacs on either side of her. The events of the night before replayed themselves. Her first lesbian experience had been a pleasant one. She recalled her old life and her minister's sermons on the evils of homosexuality and that lesbianism was the first step towards witchcraft. The things she had once believed! Although Bob and she had migrated away from church while their daughter was young, they had remained a conservative couple. If Bob could see her now! Would he be disappointed or pleased? She regretted that she had not been more adventurous in their marital bed. Oh, for a time machine to travel back to her honeymoon night and really rock Bob's world!
Roger and Grace stirred. Eloise's full breasts were squeezed. Roger's face appeared over her. The kiss was very nice. Grace then offered her lips. The kiss was almost as nice. Roger gestured towards his morning wood. Eloise darted under the covers to take care of it. With her mouth full of cum, her head returned to fresh air. Grace stole a kiss. Eloise passed the cum to the wife. Grace's eyes bulged as she reflexively swallowed. Roger deduced what had occurred and applauded.
Grace retaliated by forcing Louise's head into her crotch. Louise's second foray into woman-on-woman love was easier. Roger held them both close to himself.
"Ellie deserves an orgasm as well," he intoned.
Grace sighed and said, "You are right dear."
She began licking Louise with gusto. A gentle, pleasant orgasm coursed through Eloise's body.
"You are a natural, Ellie," said Roger.
How was she supposed to take that? Even so, she replied, "Thank you, Master."
Only now did the trio start their day. Roger showered shaved and donned a business suit. Grace gave Eloise a bath and pumped the slave's breasts while she was in the tub. Grace liked bathing slaves, undressing, and dressing them. When fostering male slaves, she jerked them off in the tub first thing in the morning to mellow them out and make them more compliant. With female slaves, it was a relaxing bath with expert fingering and a waterproof vibrator to achieve the same effect. After dressing Eloise and dispatching her to the kitchen, Grace would shower and dress.
One of the things that Eloise liked about her stay at the Kovacs was the firm schedule and the clear expectations. Prepare breakfast. Black coffee for Roger. Cream with two sugars for Grace. Coffee with skimmed milk and artificial sweetener for Ali. Orange juice for Dylan. The menu for the day was attached to the fridge. Eloise had breakfast ready at the expected time. The kids departed for school. Roger went to his insurance office in town and Grace ran her online business from the computer in the den. Set the house in order until it was time for lunch.
Lunch. Tea and biscuits and light sandwiches with Grace engaging in small talk. Accompanying Grace on her errands. The annoying leash was a simple fact of these errands, but Grace tried to make the legal requirement tolerable.
"You should see me when we foster a big strapping male slave and I'm leading him around the grocery store on the end of a leash. The wives love it and the husbands cringe, and I feel invincible!"
Eloise laughed. Grace was a genuinely nice person. She was a bit anal about the cleanliness of the house, but she was also fair. After errands, Grace gave Eloise an hour's nap before summoning her for last-minute clean-up duties and to prepare dinner. After dinner, the Kovacs made it a point to spend at least two hours together three days a week to build cohesiveness. **
"Ali, it is time for you to put up or shut up. Since you don't have classes tomorrow, I've made an appointment for you to be assessed by Barret and McGee Incorporated at nine A.M. sharp."
"Barret and McGee?" echoed the nineteen-year-old woman with a quaver in her voice.
"Having second thoughts, sugarplum?" razzed Roger.
The beautiful blonde woman's expression changed to determination. "Not at all, dad!"
"Good. Don't be late. They get really nasty with the tardy."
The husband and father strolled out of the room whistling. As soon as he was out of earshot, Ali rushed over to her mother.
"Mom! Barret and McGee are the worst! The things I've heard from girls who were assessed by them would curl your hair. Dad is so mean!"
"Your father is making a point, honey. You know he wants to dissuade you from selling yourself."
"Dad's a dick!"
"Ali! Watch your mouth!"
"You know it's true, mom."
There was a quiet moment of mutual contemplation.
Grace broke the silence. "I'll go with you, honey. For moral support. We'll take Ellie along as well."
"You'd do that for me, mom?"
"It's called love, sweetheart."
"Oh, mom!" sighed Ali as she embraced and kissed her mother.
Ali felt a bit better the rest of the day, but she was still a bit worried. The girls she knew who had themselves assessed at Barrett and McGee, or had been referred there by potential buyers, didn't spill all the details of what they went through other than it was horrid. One the other hand a woman assessed by Barrett and McGee (and they only assessed women) was guaranteed to sell for her assessed price. A B&M price tag was never disputed. A B&M price tag denoted top quality, a slave that was more than a pretty face but also a sterling investment. To discerning buyers and traders Barrett and McGee assessed slaves in their portfolio as like living gold. Easy liquidity that was mobile in a way that gold or real estate were not. As Ali drifted off to slumber, she drew consolation from the fact that a great B&M assessment would shut her father up for good. "I know I'm top of the line! Dad will have to see that me wasting time in college when I can cash in now is ludicrous!" she announced to the darkness of her bedroom. Sleep came surprisingly easily.
**
Grace made Ali push the doorbell.
"You wanted to do this baby. Time to put on your big girl knickers."
Nervously her long manicured nail depressed the button.
A metallic voice uttered, "State the nature of your visit."
"Al... Ali Kovacs, nine A.M. appointment."
"Who is that accompanying you?"
"My mother, Grace Kovacs, and slave Elle, they are here for moral support."
"All who enter are subject to inspection."
"I'm aware of that, sir."
The forbidding door with the brass lettering slowly opened.
A man in a lab coat stood in the vestibule, "Ladies, slave, you are about to be assessed and appraised by Barret and McGee the premier and most exacting and discriminating evaluators of human flesh. We are thorough. Our white-glove inspection will leave no part of you unexplored, rated, assayed, and evaluated. Sign these forms."
He handed Ali a clipboard and pen as he eyed all of them appreciatively,
"Whoever is the custodian of the luscious female slave must sign for her."
Ali filled in all the relevant boxes and affixed her signature to the bottom line. She turned the pen over to her mother. Grace filled in every relevant box and the boxes for Eloise before signing for both.
The paunchy man in the lab coat carefully studied each form. Ha asked for proof of I.D., anticipating this, Ali produced her driver's license and birth certificate. Grace turned over her passport. Eloise was compelled to slide her skirt and panties down so that her buttocks barcode could be scanned.
"Thank you, ladies," said the man as Ali and Grace returned their documents to their purses and Eloise hiked up her skirt.
"It is at this point that I inform you that until the assessment is completed, the three of you are essentially the property of Barret and McGee, Incorporated. Any and all rights you had you squandered once you ventured across our threshold. There is no legal recourse if you wish to sue on any grounds other than accidental death. I and every other representative of this firm own you from now until however many hours it takes to complete our assessment. Is that clear?"
Ali squeaked out a nervous, "Yes."
Grace and Eloise nodded.
"I need verbal assent, ladies."
"Yes," said Grace and Eloise together.
"Excellent! Follow me."
He led them to a simple room filled with hooks and cubbyholes and a large window.