Chapter 41: Coma

The nurse woke me up far too early. I struggled to open my eyes, I was so tired. And then there were those bad dreams. My gaze fell on Isabell, who was sitting opposite me and smiling tiredly.

Suddenly I was wide awake: I hadn’t been dreaming!

“Shit!”

She looked at me in astonishment, but then she nodded. “Not quite the morning greeting I’m used to from you, but that’s how I felt when I woke up.”

“I’m sorry, that wasn’t meant for you. Good morning, Bella!” I apologized lamely, looking at the nurse who was bringing in our food.

“You too, my angel!”

After the usual morning routine, and when we were finally alone, Isabell came over to me and snuggled up in bed with me.

We still hadn’t heard from Rebecca, and Reiner hadn’t been in touch yet. The nurse didn’t know anything either. We were left hanging. We both wisely avoided bringing up the subject.

“You’re grumpy,” she said as she lay next to me. “You should wash up!”

It wasn’t a bad idea. I had worked up a bit of a sweat yesterday.

Nevertheless, I teased her back: “You’ll have to get used to it, that’s smell fox in the morning!”

“I prefer angels, so off to the bathroom with you! Shall I help you?”

I laughed. “No, better not, we might both get dirty.”

She pouted. “Too bad!”

“You can use my toothbrush afterwards, that’ll have to do.”

“Yuck!” Isabell grimaced.

“Says the woman who likes to drink piss,” I remarked.

“Not every kind! But yours is okay!”

“What, my nectar is only okay?” I feigned indignation.

“Your nectar is excellent, but your piss is not!”

Now I was really baffled. Were there differences in taste? Shaking my head, I went into the bathroom. There were some things I didn’t really want to know. I definitely didn’t like the taste.

I hung the T-shirt on a hook and removed the last bandages. Then I washed myself as best I could. My labia looked terrible, as far as I could see. I had stitches in several places. They were also bleeding a little.

I opened the bathroom door to ask Isabell to call the nurse so she could bring me new bandages. At that moment, I saw Diana enter the room.

Surprised, we stared at each other for a moment. She looked me up and down intently, then nodded toward my pubic area.

“You should have that bandaged again. It looks bad!”

Isabell had already knelt on the floor and bowed her head, but I just nodded.

“Good morning, Mistress Diana, I was just about to call the nurse to take care of that.”

“That can wait for now. Stuff a washcloth in there and sit down on the bed. I need to talk to you.”

Oh dear, that sounded serious. I went back to the bathroom, put my T-shirt back on, followed Diana’s instructions, and then sat down on my bed in the room.

She had sat down in the chair, while Isabell was still kneeling on the floor. When I sat down on the bed, I noticed a strange expression on Diana’s face, something like amazement. But she quickly recovered.

“Dr. Meier told me everything that happened yesterday,” Diana began. “He called me as soon as he found out what had happened. And he also told me that you should stay in the hospital overnight because of the shock, Five!” She looked at Isabell very closely. “You seem to have recovered, so I’ll take you back right away.”

That didn’t really surprise me. I would have been more surprised if Diana had left Isabell here. Isabell just nodded silently. I waited to hear what Diana had to say next.

“You’ll stay here today, Fifteen!”

Oh, she knew my new rank? Had Rebecca discussed it with her before she came here? The three-month reprieve too? I was curious. I waited silently.

Diana seemed to have expected a reaction from me, but she wasn’t fazed by my silence.

“Unfortunately, I have to tell you that Rebecca is not doing well. The doctors decided this morning to keep her in a coma. And even if she regains consciousness tomorrow or the day after, she will be out of commission for at least four weeks.”

I put on a concerned face, but Isabell startled us with a short, horrified cry.

Diana’s stern face immediately softened a little.

“I know how you feel right now, Isabell, we’ve both been her friends for many years. It affects me deeply too. But I have to continue running her business now. That means a lot more work for me. So I’ve just decided to let you out of the basement for the time being. You’re moving back upstairs to the apartments.”

Stunned, my jaw dropped. I had expected anything but that. But Diana went one better: “And you, Isabell, will be reinstated as temporary trainer. You know the drill. Your main task will be to supervise and instruct the other slaves, with Master P’s support, of course.”

Isabell stared at her as incredulously as I did.

“It will be your job today, Isabell, to move your things back into the apartments. You can ask one of the slaves to help you. Preferably Four, she deserves to get out of there again.”

Then Diana addressed me again: “I am aware that you had a special financial agreement with Rebecca, which I am also suspending. You will receive the bonus from the show the day before yesterday transferred to your account, just as you would have received it otherwise. I don’t know how you arranged it with the finance department, but I wanted to have it set up that way again. Would that be okay with you?”

Completely stunned, I nodded my head, unable to respond.

“Good, then I’ll arrange that. However, I will backdate your lease to the 1st, so you will pay for the full month’s rent.”

The two days? Free! A soft bed, no chastity belt, a decent income, being able to kiss and hug Isabell again: heaven on earth!

“Thank you, Mistress!” My gratitude was genuine.

She nodded. “But you will still remain Rebecca’s slave, this is just a pause until she returns, understood?”

“Yes, Mistress!”

“There’s one more thing. Rebecca told me she has an invitation to Cyprus for next month. It’s about an important friend and supporter of the Rooms. Vladimir Morosov. Do you know anything about him?”