Around the house, I was forced to wear the "respectable" clothes Rick had bought for me. He bought a whole load more garments for me after the first shopping trip. My wardrobe consisted almost entirely of dresses that covered me from neck to ankle. I didn't dare try to wear anything else around the house, but when I went out I always hid a change of attire under the suffocating dresses.
I woke up and climbed out of bed wearing the silk pajamas that Rick insisted I wore each night. No more panties and T-shirts for me. I couldn't wait for Mom to get home so this bullshit could finally end. When I told her everything that Rick had done he would be gone for good.
I checked my phone and saw a message from Travis. I'd been texting him and exchanging pics with him all night. If Rick knew he'd go mental, but luckily he didn't.
I strolled into the bathroom and jumped in the shower, thinking about the lunch date I was having with Travis later. I already knew what I was going to wear I just needed to sneak it out of the house.
I got out of the shower, wrapped a towel around myself, and headed back into my bedroom. Rick was sitting in my desk chair, holding my phone so tightly his knuckles were white. He was seething, his brow furrowed and his jaw clenched.
"What are you doing with my phone?" I asked, fear seizing me. I already knew what he'd found.
"Care to explain this?" He turned my phone to me so I could see the image of me lying on my bed naked with my legs spread. The picture had been for Travis and only Travis. My cheeks turned red with embarrassment that Rick had seen the photo.
Rick's stare was intense, his eyes never leaving mine. He didn't say anything, but I knew what he was thinking. I tried to grab the phone from his hand, but he held it out of my reach.
"How did you even unlock it?" I asked, desperate to find a way out of the situation.
"Your passcode is your birthday. It was hardly rocket science," Rick drawled. "I thought that we'd made progress and yet here you are sending disgusting images to people."
"I-I'm sorry," I stammered. "It's just...Travis and I are dating, and I wanted to send him something special."
Rick's stare was intense. His lip curled in disgust. "Clearly you need another lesson."
"No, I don't!" I yelled in frustration.
Rick leaped to his feet and with one swift movement, he whipped my towel off my body. I let out a startled cry, quickly wrapping my arms over my body to protect myself.
"Spare me the false modesty," he said.
He grabbed my arm and dragged me across the room. I tried to fight him but he was too strong and being naked I was at a disadvantage. He bent me over my desk, pushing my face against the cold wood.
"You will learn to conduct yourself with some respect," he said.
"When my mom gets home you are so fucking finished!" I snarled.
"Oh, please. She'll thank me for teaching you how to behave."
Rick's hand came down on my ass with a resounding smack. The pain was sharp and intense, much worse than when he'd last done it. Another smack fell hard on my ass cheek, making me yelp in pain. He smacked me again, a third time, then a fourth time. I cried out each time looking frantically for something to hold on to so I could push myself back away from the desk. But there was nothing. He continued to smack me, and I continued to squirm in pain.
"Rick! Please! Stop!" I screamed at him.
"Stop what?" he asked. "I haven't even begun yet."
"Please...I'll do whatever you want, just stop it," I begged him.
To my surprise, he did stop. He withdrew the hand that had been holding me down and took a step away from me. I sunk to my knees, quivering in pain, on the verge of tears.
"Since you'd rather be naked than wear the nice clothes that I bought you, from now on you will remain naked," he said.
"What?"
I looked around and saw him pull open my closet and begin tearing my clothes off the rails.
"What are you doing?" I demanded, my voice shrill and afraid.
"I'm taking these away. When you learn to behave like a respectable young lady you can have them back."
I went to get up but a single glare from him stopped me. His anger was terrifying. I'd never seen Rick so furious before.
He took every single item of clothing that I owned and locked them away in a trunk in his room. He was thorough in his confiscation. He didn't leave me with so much as a sock.
*
I sat naked on my bed for what seemed like hours. I was in total shock. Rick had gone too far and yet there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't call anybody because he'd taken my phone, and I couldn't leave the house because he'd taken all of my clothes.
After a while, he appeared at my bedroom door with an old cleaning cloth in one hand and a can of polish in the other.
"The furniture in the living room needs polishing," he said, throwing the items on the floor. "Do a good job and maybe you can earn some of your clothes back." He turned and walked away without another word.
I stared at the polish and cloth on the floor. I couldn't go downstairs and do chores without any clothes on. And yet, I didn't have any choice. This was the only way I was going to get Rick to give me my clothes back. With a sigh, I grabbed the can and cloth off the floor and made my way downstairs.
I was dismayed to see that Rick was sitting in his favorite armchair in the living room. He had a beer in his hand and the football playing on the TV. The drapes were wide open meaning that anybody who passed the house could look in and see me cleaning in the nude. Rick saw me staring at the window and he smirked.
"Get to it then, young lady," he said, and then reverted his attention to the TV.
I gritted my teeth and got to work. I was very conscious of Rick watching me as I made my way around the room. It felt so humiliating to know that he could see every inch of my naked body. After a couple of minutes, I realized that he wasn't just glancing my way. He was staring at me and it was making my face flush red with shame.
I dropped my gaze to the floor as I moved, but Rick didn't even blink. He continued to stare at me while drinking his beer.
"I'll be honest, Katie, your ass sure does look nicer when it's bare like that. But that is not an excuse for immodesty," he said.
His words filled me with embarrassment and yet at the same time, they brought me a flicker of warmth down below. A little tingle that was more shameful than the naked cleaning.
I was dusting off the shelving unit when I heard the chair creak as Rick stood up. I didn't look around. I carried on working. I felt him come closer, his presence looming over me like a cloud as he came up behind me. He was so close I could feel his warmth.
"If you conduct yourself like a slut then you will be treated like a slut. Isn't that right?" he asked, his voice a lecherous whisper.
Biting back the argument that had been forming on my tongue, I nodded. "Yes."
"Yes, what?"
"Yes, Sir," I mumbled.