Chapter 1

Grace Kinner was not sure what she wanted out of life. She was 31, had come to a crossroads, and wondered what she might do next. Life had not been as wonderful as she thought it should be compared to the movies she had watched and books she had read. What should she do next? Where should she go to? What did she want out of life?

She lay in bed with her husband, Graham Kinner, with spring sunlight streaming through the windows, lighting up the bedroom. Yet she did not seem happy with the good weather. She was in a rut, stuck in a life she neither wanted nor desired. The days seemed endlessly dull, and the nights were even longer and tedious. Grace was unhappy and on the verge of depression. This was not the life she had dreamed or expected for herself. Just what was she going to do?

Graham awoke, slowly got up, and went downstairs to make a morning pot of tea. Graham did this every morning, brought it back on a tray, and served the tea to his wife, Grace. They sat in bed and talked about the day ahead for each other.

He knew things were getting Grace down, so he had a plan. He searched the internet and found something that he hoped would get his wife out of her downward depressive spiral—something that both of them would enjoy. What that something was and what he had planned was about to arrive that day, delivered straight to the front door.

They both finished their tea and got dressed. Grace cleared the tea dishes and made breakfast. Then the doorbell rang. Graham immediately went and opened the door, and there was a delivery man with a small package. ‘That’s for me, thanks.’ Graham said. He signed the document on the clipboard and closed the door. ‘Look what I’ve got!’ He called out to Grace. ‘What is it?’ She asked. ‘A present!’ Graham gleefully said and handed the small package to his wife.

Grace opened the package, and a DVD case with a funny rainbow spiral design was inside. ‘What is it?’ She asked him again. ‘A present.’ he replied. Grace looked unimpressed. She gave the DVD case to Graham, took out the DVD, put it into the DVD player, and switched on the TV. ‘Sit down and watch this.’ Graham told his wife. The TV screen began to fill with lots of little dots of colour, spiralling around into a never-ending revolving show. Grace stared at the screen and was slowly mesmerised by the display of the spiralling rainbow on the TV. ‘You sit there and watch.’ Graham said, leaving her sitting there on her own.

Graham’s plan was beginning. The hypnotic DVD he had bought was now playing and steadily hypnotising his wife at that very moment.

After five minutes, Graham looked at Grace. She was still sitting there watching the screen even though it was now blank. ‘Grace. Grace listen to my voice. It’s Graham, and I am going to tell you something very important.’ Grace sat there listening to his voice. ‘I want you to remember these four words... ‘

‘Look, Circus Dancing Ponys!’ Grace heard every word he said to her. ‘Listen to me, Grace. Remember these words ... Look, Circus Dancing Ponys!’ ‘Repeat those words.’ He asked her. ‘Look, Circua Dancing Ponys!’ Grace repeated. Graham told Grace the four words again, and once more, she repeated them back to him. ‘Now, when I say those four words, you will be under my control and do everything I tell you. Do you understand Grace?’ ‘Yes, you will be in control, and I will do everything you tell me to do.’ Grace confirmed his instructions. He also told Grace a second set of words, upon which, when he said them, Grace would come out of her hypnotic spell and become fully awake. The words Graham had chosen were ‘Bang! Grace Awake.’ Once she had understood, Graham said the wake-up words to Grace.

Grace came back from her hypnotic state. She blinked, looked around the room, and then straight at Graham. ‘Hello, What happened?’ She asked. ‘You were watching TV. Are you feeling better?’ He asked. ‘Yeah, feeling fine now.’ She replied with a broad smile.

Grace stood by the dining table where Graham had led her. He then spoke to her, whispering the hypnotic words into her ear. ‘Look, Circus Dancing Ponys!’ At that moment, Grace fell under the hypnotic suggestions of her husband. ‘Grace, bend over the table.’ Graham ordered her. She complied, bent over the dining table, and remained quite still there. Graham then lifted the hem of her dress and pulled it up to her waist, exposing her legs and backside. She was wearing plain white panties. Graham tugged her panties down to her ankles. This left her half-naked, with her still bent over the dining table.