"Giving myself over to you in the bathroom"
The room is polluted with smoke and the haze of sweaty, grinding bodies moving rhythmically to some indiscriminate “top hit”. The beat reverberates through my body and my scanning eyes land on yours. I can feel their searing heat and...
"I came home from a hard day at work to a soft, warm welcome!"
"I will be home precisely at 6:00 tonight. Be ready," the text message on her phone read. She knew what that meant. She hurried to get dinner going and get herself ready for my homecoming. And she also knew what...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
Back to the GrindMelissa scooted inside the door, putting her hand out behind her to ease the screen door shut, rather than letting it bang loudly against the door frame. She was drenched from the short walk across the entry...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
InterludeErik released the catch on the back of the mirror’s ornate frame. The glass swung away into the darkness beyond. He stepped through from his closet into the dungeon play room. Turning to the right, he pulled up a hidden...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
Comparing NotesAfter a mutual shower, they both ended up in fluffy terrycloth robes, sprawled in overstuffed leather chairs in the living area that overlooked the valley below. Melissa hadn’t been able to resist the temptation to let her robe ‘slip’...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
On DisplayMelissa shifted her weight, trying to get comfortable. She squinted at the setting sun, wondering how long she had been tied up. Looking over at the post that her left arm was tied to, she flexed that arm slightly,...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
LunchMelissa looked in a mirror that was hanging in the salon’s vestibule as she walked out to the sidewalk with Erik. They were holding hands. The cut and style that Henri had given her were bolder and more sophisticated than...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
AfternoonAfter lunch, they walked for a few minutes around the village, looking in shop windows. Erik checked the time and said, “We’ve got a little while longer before we’re supposed to meet Cathy. Let’s walk a bit more.”Melissa laughed, “Assuming...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
Dangerous WomanThe screen door banged shut behind her as she came back into the house, loaded down with bags. The shopping trip with Cathy had seemed like a weirdly exhilarating reality-show segment, where a dumpy housewife gets to spend far...
"A graduate student's summer job leads her into a new world."
Pony RideMelissa walked out of the exercise studio with a towel around her neck, her martial arts jacket bundled up under her arm. Mike had told her it was called a judo-gi and had shown her how to tie it...