Chapter 16

Note: I write this story which is purely a figment of my imagination. All characters are over 18 years of age. This chapter will be written from the point of view of the Master, Jeremiah Winslow and Aimee Baily. All constructive criticism is appreciated and will be responded to unless it is rude and obnoxious. Thank you for your assistance markf52 as editor, this chapter is a little tamer than the ones before and after. I hope you enjoy this continuing story as much as I am in writing it.

We picked up a tail – Aimee Bailey

Justin said, “Mistress, you need to do some shopping.” We all got out of the car as Justin continued. “They may have followed us down here, but you were driving and probably wouldn’t have noticed, these guys are very good.”

When we left the car I asked, “Did they follow us into the parking lot?”

Entering the store Justin stated, “I noticed the car pulling into the far end of the lot. Sonia, take them back to the rest room and do not let anyone enter until Mary or I come for you.”

Then Justin asked, “Mary, are you packing?”

She replied, “Always.”

He asked, “Sonia, are you?”

Sonia smiled and herded us all to the back of the store and into the restroom. She stood by the door and said, “Nobody will get in this restroom until Justin and Mary return. Please stay in the back and do not worry, we have this.”

About five minutes later Justin knocked on the door. He said the safe word and Sonia let them in.

I looked at Justin and asked, “Who were they?”

Justin said, “Mistress, they were government operatives and not the type you all know about. Mary and I have worked with them a couple of times. These are not very nice guys who do what you only hear about in conspiracy theories. When they are involved, people disappear. Their problem is that they are not as good as us. They are pretty good, but not the best.”

Mary nodded and said, “They have contacted us, trying to hire us on their team. We both turned them down flat and they are not happy about it. Almost everyone they contact with any morals at all, decline their offers. Even though we are expert killers, and I mean that in the broadest way, we have a moral compass. These guys don’t. They also told us not to expect the Chinese or Latin kids we talked to. They said that they were going to hire them out from under us and there was nothing we could do about it.”

Justin looked at me and smiled, “But they don’t have anyone like you. You are very special, those kids are yours.”

I looked them directly in the eyes and said, “Only because I am the Mistress. The triplets are going to be collared by Sonia. As her team, they should be hers.”

Sonia gasped, “I just became a submissive last night. What do I know about being a Mistress?”

I placed my hands on Sonia’s shoulders, looked in her eyes and said, “All you have to do is love them with everything you have and take care of them. Never let them see that leave you, even when you have to beat their asses or some other form of discipline. These kids will follow you into hell and make sure you come back out safely.”

Sonia asked me, “Is that how you do it? What would you do for me?”

I said, “We just met yesterday and you already have my collar on. Can you trust me on this?”

Sonia bowed her head and said, “I believe with your help I can do anything. Is that really all it takes?”

I asked, “Sonia, just one question, what do you think I would do for you?”

Sonia replied, “After today, anything. We heard what you said to the Commander with so much force and determination I almost cried. When you said what you said and ended with, I am one protective bitch, I almost applauded and said yeah. Well, now I fully understand what you meant.” She looked at Justin and Mary, “We need to train this over protective bitch to have a bite to back up her protective side.”

I smiled and looked at Sonia, Justin, and Mary and said, “I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that but, we have been a little busy. I know that Justin has been talking to my girls about training.”

That brought out some chuckles from all. Justin replied, “I think that everyone needs at least some basic training, especially those not on our security detail. There will be a time, when you need to protect yourself for a few seconds until we can respond to a threat.”

I said, “I will talk to the Master and have him approve it, and then you can set up a training schedule for all of us. I don’t think he will disagree.”

We headed to the car and Justin asked, “Mary would you like to drive? I have a phone call to make.”

As they left the parking lot, Justin put his phone on speaker and someone answered his call saying, “Captain, it is nice to hear from you again.”

Justin spoke seriously, “Maybe not, Sir. I just caught three of your thugs following us back from Camp Pendleton and we had a little discussion about my aversion to being tailed.”

You could hear the concern in his voice when he replied, “You saw them and spoke to them did you?”

Justin replied sarcastically, “That I did, Sir, and can you believe they tried to intimidate me, Sir? You know how much I love that. Are the four other guys out of the hospital yet, Sir?” Justin paused and then continued, “Sir, they are still following me, if you want them back I suggest you call them off. I care very deeply about all the people in the car with me. And Sir, do you remember my captain partner?”

He replied, “Yes, I do.”

Justin said, “Sir, she is in the car and armed to the teeth, need I say more.”

His only reply was, “Captain, I have a call to make, will you please excuse me.” One minute later the tail car turned off the freeway and stopped following us.

I turned and asked, “Who did you just call?”

Justin smiled, “The President’s National Security Advisor. Mistress, you have been slightly misled about us. There is nobody in the world better than us, and we trained second thru tenth, and a lot of the others behind them. They will not be bothering us again, he now understands that we are off the market and will respond to any imposed threats without remorse. These guys may try something on their own, because they have very large egos and don’t like to lose. But they know they cannot beat us. With Sonia and her new boys and girl, Joe and Jan’s new playthings, they should leave us alone. After our next couple of visits everyone will know about us. Have you considered starting a very high level personal security business? It could be a big money maker with the right leadership and I think you have it in you to be that leader. We just need to bring it out of you.”

I looked at Justin nervously sucking in my lower lip and asked, “Really?”

Justin replied, “Pardon my wording here, you are one formidable bitch and I am going to love being your submissive.”

Everyone in the car started laughing. I replied, “You are going to resent saying that.” I had a very large smile on my face.

Justin smiled as he replied, “I hope so I really do hope so.”

Mary and Sonia both laughed and Mary said, “Not without us. We all get the same punishment.”

I just shook my head and said, “I may need some help.”

The twins laughed as Jan said, “We are at your service, Mistress.”

I thought and said without thinking, “What have I brought together?” Everyone laughed again.

We arrived home and everyone was heading off to freshen up. I said to the group that had been with me, “I will deal with all of you later.”

They all laughed as someone shouted out, “Party time.”

I shook my head and asked, “Where is my Master?”

They all pointed up the stairs smiling. I remember thinking, why are they smiling as I opened the door to see my Master naked and restrained face down on the bed.

When he heard the door close he said, “I have been a very bad boy.”

As I released his restraints, I told him, “You had better be an even worse boy or I am going to find someone else to take care of me.”

As my Master pulled me into his arms I said, “Do you know how much you mean to me and how much better my life has been since I met you?”

He looked into my eyes and replied, “I can never tell you how much I love you and that you literally saved my life.”

I smiled, “If you can’t tell me, would you mind showing me?” And he did for the next couple of hours.

A surprise in the middle of the night – Jeremiah Winslow

We were woken by a sharp knock on the bedroom door and I asked them to come in. Natalie opened the door and said, “Dinner will be ready in a little bit, you may want to start getting ready.” As she turned to leave she stated over her shoulder, “Everyone knows you had a good time so don’t try to hide it. You may want to sound proof this room.”

I laughed and said, “Note to architect, sound proof the Master’s bedroom.”

Natalie laughed as she closed the door.

Aimee rolled easily back into my arms and asked, “Did you really meet with architects today?”

I smiled in her eyes, “I have and I have been talking to them all week by phone. I have a little over 200 acres up in the Santa Barbara area. I am going to build us a house so we have a little privacy for our organizational meetings, so to speak.”

Aimee gasped, “Isn’t that where President Reagan lived on the ranch?”

I smiled, “Yes, it was. He called it the Western White House. My property is in the same general area, but because I planted hundreds of trees quite a few years ago, you can’t see the building site without something that flies. I’ve already talked to Morgan’s twins about ways to keep drones from flying over and videoing us and our activities. They told me that it is a piece of cake, even out to about a mile from the property. They also explained that government drones fly a little too high to have any impact on them. And speaking of government issued stuff, can you tell me why Justin threatened the President’s Secretary of Defense today. That’s really something you don’t want to do.”

Aimee laughed, “He didn’t threaten the Secretary of Defense, really. He only reminded the Secretary that he knew that Justin didn’t like people following him and his friends around. Justin also reminded him that threatening him was also not a very good idea when the guys tried to pull the tough guy act on him. Then he politely asked the Secretary if his four guys were out the hospital after they aggressively tried to recruit him. Then he politely explained that his captain partner was armed to the teeth and watching his back. I guess that may be taken as a threat. Very shortly after he disconnected the call, they exited the freeway and went another way. I still don’t understand how he could have felt threatened. Maybe his recruitment team isn’t very good at what they do?”

I ran what she said through my mind for a minute, and then made a call.

A polite voice said, “Hello Jeremiah, thanks for returning my call.”

I replied, “Sir, I investigated your request involving my security detail and have some very interesting information for you. Sir, how aggressive were your guys to be in their failed attempt to recruit my Chief of Security?”

He replied, “They weren’t even supposed to talk to him, they told me that he approached them.”

I said, “Sir, you know Justin personally because he has been a part of your security detail when you traveled to hot spots around the world. How do you think he would have reacted if he spotted someone following you?” I paused for effect and continued, “Well Sir, he had my number one in the car with him. What should he have done to protect her? They also threatened to remove the five others that my number one recruited while visiting Camp Pendleton. Sir, as you also personally know me, you know I can’t allow anyone to threaten my people. You know their qualifications and my instructions to them are to only select the best to fill a roll on my security team for mine and my people’s protection.”

The Secretary of Defense replied, “Jeremiah, tell Justin thank you for not putting any more of my guys in the hospital or worse. I will personally make sure that the team you are putting together has no other problems.”

I replied, “Mr. Secretary, just so you know, my number one will be at Fort Bragg in North Carolina next weekend to continue the recruitment of our security team. She will have six escorts with her and you can probably guess who they will be.”

The Secretary of Defense replied with a smile in his voice, “Another threat Jeremiah?”

I laughed, “Oh no, Sir, I am only requesting you to make sure whoever is going behind your back to intimidate my team knows that I will not let it happen again. I know that you would never do anything like this yourself. I do not believe that you are a heavy-handed friend, but your organization is huge and sometimes certain people, with overly large egos, think they are untouchable. My instructions to my team are to remind them that they aren’t untouchable.”

The Secretary of Defense replied, “Thank you for your understanding in this matter. By the way, may I still contact the captains if I am in need of their assistance in the future?”

I laughed and said, “You may contact my number one at this number, I gave him Aimee’s number. They are hers and I can’t be seen undermining my number one or I lose all control of my organization.”

The Secretary of Defense laughed and said, “I have heard that she is not one that I want to get on the wrong side of, though I would love the chance to meet her sometime.”

I placed my hand over Aimee’s mouth and replied, “Sir, it would probably be a good idea for you to meet her, especially if you are going to borrow her Chief of Security and his right-hand girl. Have a good day, Sir and we will definitely be talking again.”

The Secretary of Defense said, “Good evening Jeremiah, and number one.” He disconnected our call.

Aimee asked, “Master, how do you know the Secretary of Defense that you can call him at any time you need to talk to him?”

I smiled at my number one, “Well, you know that detail the captains have been a part of?” Aimee nodded. “I was on that detail at one time when he was a low level assistant to the Secretary of Defense. This goes back quite a ways to my younger and much more independent days. We are talking over 25 years ago when I was still a Navy Seal.”

Aimee smiled at me, “I think you were much more than just a Navy Seal, just like Justin and Mary. I am also learning that Sonia may have been more than just a Field Commander.”

I replied, “Maybe, but I was also younger and in much better shape than I am now.”

Aimee seriously looked at me and stated, “No secret’s between us.”

I nodded and replied, “Absolutely, no secrets. But this is a part of my life where I did some things I am not proud of doing and have a hard time discussing them. I am not ready for that discussion yet.”

Aimee nodded, looked at me and stated, “When you are ready, I will be ready.”

I replied, “Deal.”

I thought to myself, ‘I am responsible for everyone in this house. But Aimee is the one running the show for me. She and I need some serious pillow talk. She is back to her old self, if thirty-nine can be considered old. But what happened today put quite a bit of stress on her and I could feel it dissipate as we made love. Our session started out fierce and passionate, it ended with soft caresses and whispered words of unspoken closeness.’

We showered and left the bedroom, walking down to the kitchen. We walked into a very noisy discussion about the day’s activities. Nothing was being said regarding the little side trip to the grocery store, only the recruitment process of our new team members.

Aimee took her seat at the table and I asked Justin and Mary to step into the living room with me.

I explained, “I received a call from the Secretary of Defense. Please be careful with my number one. When she is with you, one of you should drive. Aimee has no experience in knowing how to tell she is being followed.”

Justin replied, “Yes Sir, we will make sure one of us or Sonia will drive.”

I also stated, “Because of what happened today, you should also take the triplets with you next weekend as part of your team. They will need to approve any new field troops who will be able to be participating members of the team.”

I turned and went back into the kitchen and asked, “Aimee, can you and Sonia join us in the living room please?”

I repeated what we discussed and led them back into the kitchen. We quickly joined in on the conversation surrounding the table.

After dinner I asked Aimee’s interview team, “Please join me in my office. We need to discuss how to set up the organization. Everything looks easy except for where to put the computer techs. Right now Joe and Jan are under Aimee as direct collars, but Aimee feels they are needed, organizationally somewhere else, but she can’t come up with where.”

Mary stated, “Michelle should report to and be collared by you Master. She seemed to take the lead in our discussions when they returned from their private interview. The other three should be collared by Michelle.”

I asked, “Why should they be collared by me?”

Mary explained, “From our discussions they will be providing more than just security to the organization. I believe they should become a business entity to the house and you are the house. The remainder of the security team will always be able to collaborate with them and them with us. But they need to attend to a more overall focus regarding house security and personal security, both with equal attention.

I stated, “If Michelle is collared to me, then in the eyes of everyone else she is Aimee’s equal. I cannot have two number ones.”

Aimee spoke up and said, “As Master, you will need more than one number one, especially if the house grows to be what you had with your wife. You told me that the number of people fluctuated around 140. You have told me that as the Master of Masters, you have four number ones that help you manage the entire Western United States. We are going to have different groups of people, both living in the house and in their own homes providing support to the organization. Right now, we are putting together teams of security specialists, computer specialist, investment/legal specialist, and a group of people that are basically normal people, who enjoy living in the lifestyle for the balance it adds to their life.”

“Since you have asked me to start managing your finances, I am going to have to start putting together a team of accountants and legal specialists. We have a start with Morgan and Melanie. Both are good at what they do and could be team leaders with submissives below them. You have a lot of money and managing that will be a nightmare for a team of accountants, let alone the logistics of managing what will be required for everything to support teams of specialists in computers and security.”

Aimee continued, “Justin brought up that we might start a high end security and escort business. With the right leadership, it could earn the house quite a bit of money.”

I replied, “That is something to be considered, but that will mean a much larger security force than we originally discussed and who will manage that?” I looked at Aimee, “You only have so much time to spread around.”

Sonia smiled, “I don’t believe our Mistress needs to manage the security business. Justin, can manage, Mary and I can be his number ones and lead the teams.”

Mary followed Sonia’s suggestion, “The team of Master/Mistress would be more like President and CEO, overseeing everything and let each team leader do what they do best. We haven’t talked about Melanie and the potential for a legal team or Morgan with the accountant/investment team. My thoughts are that Justin should be Master of your security specialists and collared to our Mistress. Sonia and I should be collared to him as his team leaders. Let us decide how to divide our people as required to fill out our teams. Then have Michelle collared to you and have her brother and the twins collared to her for the computer specialist team. I believe Melanie should be collared to you too, as the lead of the legal team. Morgan should be collared to our Mistress as house lead accountant and investment advisor to the house and every collared person. I have heard our Mistress mention that every person will need a financial plan for their personal funds.”

Aimee looked at the Master and asked, “What about the twins still in jail? They are 17, but their parents don’t want them and I believe they should be collared to Justin during their training period. Their training should be completed by Justin, Mary, and Sonia. These two kids are probably equal to Mary as far as camouflage is concerned because they have played around with it their entire lives. But they cannot shoot as they have never held a gun in their hands. Justin will need to train them in security strategies and combat techniques, Mary can train them in how to handle weapons and shoot and Sonia can train them in field work. These kids are smart and could be turned into our best tools with proper leadership. Can you imagine these two kids growing up and being filled with the knowledge of these three experts? They could be a very scary team in a few short years. And being twins, though science hasn’t proven it, in real life twin’s share a special bond of communication than the rest of us don’t.”

Aimee looked around the table and was met by blank stares. The Master was the first to speak as he looked at Aimee, “You are one amazing person. Are you sure you have no military or business management training? This will work, or something along these lines, because I see you as managing the house and as a forensic accountant, you can oversee the house financial management also. I am going to adjourn this meeting and ask that we talk again in a couple of days, after we have had time to digest what we have discussed. I believe we have the start of a plan that we need to evaluate and adjust as required. Good night everyone, great meeting.”

As the Master and his number one settled down to sleep, the Master looked at Aimee and said, “You really are one amazing woman. How long have you been working on that plan?”

She looked at me and said, “Remember when I told I see maps in spreadsheets. Well, I also see them in other things too. I clear my mind and let it go to work. All my life, people have been afraid of me because when they are around me there are no secrets. For some reason, I am able to see and know their secrets before they even exist. I’ve found a home with you because you are not intimidated or afraid of my gift. You actually seem to love it.”

I smiled, “Aimee, I love everything about you, will you be my wife?”

Aimee laughed and said, “I thought I already was.”

I laughed and said, “It’s only official when everyone knows and we file that little form. I also believe you will need a different collar, one that sets you apart from the other number one’s.”

Aimee replied, “I am your number one and that already sets me apart.”

The Master said, “Yes, but we are going to require more than one number one. I’ll call Julie and have her make a special collar for you and then we will have a marriage collaring ceremony in the back yard. That is, if you say yes.”

Aimee smiled, “Of course it’s yes, I am already yours and just try and get rid of me. There is no one on earth that can protect you from that.”

I laughed, “I will hold you to that.” She spooned to me and we went to sleep.

Shortly after we fell asleep, we woke when a loud banging came from downstairs. Justin burst into the room and said, “Two men in suits are beating on the door. I remember that they were part of the team following us this afternoon. Sonia will get the door and I will circle around and make sure there aren’t any more. If there are I will bring them in, maybe conscious this time. Please stay here until someone comes to get you and I know it’s safe. Mary is taking up a position too, in case things get out of hand.”

I stood at the top of the stairs with Mary as Sonia opened the front door. She calmly asked, “May I help you?”

One of the men stated in a demanding voice, “Let us in, we have urgent business with Jeremiah Winslow.”

Sonia smiled and calmly answered, “You aren’t talking to anyone but me, unless you identify yourself and state your business.”

It appeared that they were about to try and force their way past Sonia when I heard a voice from behind them, “Do you really want to try and get past Sonia Howe?”

They turned and looked behind them and saw two men standing there, Justin and someone else. He then continued saying, “With Justin Roberts, one of her partners, standing behind you and protecting her six.”

As he finished, Aimee burst past me, down the stairs and into the entry way. She said, “Sonia, put those two assholes down on their knees.”

When one said, “That isn’t going to happen.”

Out of nowhere Sonia put a handgun to each forehead and said, “Get on your fucking knees.”

They immediately complied as if their legs collapsed below them.

Aimee then looked at Justin and angrily asked, “Justin, who did you bring to the party?”

Justin smiled as he replied, “He is the Chief of the Secret Service.”

Then the man who spoke earlier yelled, “Now are you going to show us some respect and let us in?”

Aimee slapped him across the face and said, “In this house you only get the respect you earn. Respect like you want is driven by fear and intimidation by cowards. Since you are lucky to be alive, do you really think intimidation is going to work in this house? Now shut the fuck up and remain silent, before you convince me that you are a complete idiot.”

The Chief laughed and said, “She is exactly as I expected, protecting her own.”

Aimee said in an angry voice, “I remember Sonia asking for an explanation as to why you woke this house up in the middle of the night.”

He replied, “It would be much easier if we were inside to discuss a delicate matter.”

Aimee was very upset and it showed as she replied, “I was on the phone with the Secretary of Defense earlier this evening. You do not impress me much. It also appears that your understanding of the English language is lacking. I heard Sonia say that you are not entering until you fully identify yourself and state your business with the Master of this house. Until then, you are not going anywhere except out of here, is that understood?”

With that, the idiot on his knees said, “Enough of this, let’s just go get this Winslow guy and get out ... as Sonia placed a perfect roundhouse kick to the side of his head, dropping him to the porch steps unconscious.

Sonia said in a calm voice, “Does anyone else want to enter without identifying themselves and stating their objective?”

After identification and objective was determined, they were disarmed and allowed in. As Justin was searching the Chief for weapons, he picked up some chatter from the Chief’s earpiece, “I believe that Mary has already disarmed and subdued a couple of his troops. They are secured in their vehicles.”

After the idiot was secured to a chair and the other agent’s hands secured behind his back and also tied to a chair, Justin motioned to Sonia to follow him. Aimee went to the stairs and told me, “It’s all clear, you can safely come downstairs.”

As I walked down the stairs I said, “Well Chief, you have made my number one so furious that you are very lucky to still be alive. This is twice in less than 24 hours you have tried to intimidate what is hers. He looked at Lily and asked, “Lilly, please show him your collar.” He read it and said, “Property of Aimee Bailey.”

I said, “Everyone in this house wears her collar or one that is tied to someone tied to her collar. Her collar says that she is her property. So that means that you are messing with what is mine. Now, what is so fucking important that you have to barge into my house in the middle of the night, instead of calling me like the Secretary of Defense did last night.”

The Master’s phone rang and he held up his hand asking for a minute. He said, “Thank you Justin.” He then turned to the Chief and said, “There are four more agents laid out and secured in the front yard. Your shooter needs to be told to keep his finger off the trigger and walk in if he values his life. Sir, as you know, Mary has never missed a shot and after she subdued two of your men in their car, she took up a position to protect this house.”

He spoke in his mouthpiece and said, “Come and lay on the front lawn.” There was a response from the shooter and the Chief replied, “You are in Mary Archer’s sights and she is in a very sour mood.”

There was a response and the Chief replied, “You made a very wise decision that your wife and child will appreciate very much.”

The Master’s phone rang, he answered and said, “Thank you Justin, please try and not kill anyone in my front yard.”

I laughed and hung up. The Chief asked, “What was so funny?

I replied, “Some of your guys have very foul mouths and are telling Mr. Roberts what they are going to do to him if he doesn’t let them go. It appears that they could use a little instruction in who they are up against and what could happen to them.”