Chapter 9

Note: I write this story which is purely a figment of my imagination. All characters are over 18 years of age. I am fighting through writers block, I have so many random thoughts it is difficult to stay on track. I thank you for your patience and encouraging emails, they do help. This chapter will be written from the point of view of the Master, Jeremiah Winslow, and Aimee Bailey. Aimee’s trip to the mall and Seal headquarters need to be told as well as the Master at the business he sold to the Board of Directors. 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 as I get back on track. I hope you enjoy this continuing story as much as I am in writing it.

Time together – Jeremiah Winslow

My girls arrived home shortly after eight. Aimee hugged me and said, “I picked two of the five. If Lily and Traci can be trusted, they are good and attentive lovers. Justin is a security specialist and martial arts instructor and Mary is a martial arts instructor, sniper and small arms specialists.”

I asked, “Aimee, please join me in my bedroom. We have some very important issues to discuss.”

Lily just rolled her eyes and said, “You should keep your discussions to below 100 db.” Then Lily asked, “May I take Natalie and Traci to a room so we can have a discussion?”

I looked at Aimee, “Do we have to keep her?”

Aimee laughed and answered, “If we don’t, you might get arrested again for creating a monster and turning it loose on the world, besides Mary is quite infatuated with her.”

I replied, “Ok, how about we send them down to the dungeon? At least it will be quieter than down the hall.”

I looked back at the three girls and saw the huge smiles on their faces, Lily said, “I didn’t know we had a dungeon?”

I answered, “We don’t, but I will put one in the house I am designing. Will that work for all of you?”

All they could do in answer was to nod their heads.

I told them, “There is a room that might be of your liking upstairs and down the hall. Please use it, but I want it clean in the morning.”

I took Aimee’s hand and led her upstairs to my room, soon to be ours.

As we sat on the bed, I pulled Aimee into my arms, “Barbara chose to leave this afternoon. She said that she couldn’t stay with us and live the way we live. I was heartbroken when she left because she cried all the way to her car and sat there until she composed herself. Then she drove away.”

Aimee asked, “Do you think she will be back.”

I answered, “Aimee, I don’t know. I am afraid that she may harm herself.”

Aimee said, “I will discretely check up on her. She is supposed to work at the shoe store tomorrow. I need to know that she is going to be ok and let her know she can call me anytime she needs to talk.”

I hugged her, “Thank you for who you are. Now spill it, and how did it really go in San Diego? How did the girls handle the situation?”

Aimee said, “Master, we didn’t ask Mary many questions, she told us that you had a good history with her and that she was once your wife’s best friend. Due to that relationship she knew all about our lifestyle and ready for a change in career due to her injury while on deployment. She was also quite attracted to Lily. I asked Mary if she could take Lily to her quarters and complete the lifestyle portion of the interview. Mary said she would love too. Lily was doing her little bouncing on her toes thing. She was so cute and excited. Mary is also a sniper and small arms expert, someone we could really use.”

I looked at Aimee, “Did she tell you that she was arguably the best sniper the Seals have ever had, she holds an advanced masters rating in instruction of how to use, handle, and care for fire arms? She is also one of the top hand to hand combat instructors in the military, not just in the Seals. Every man and woman that has seen combat in our military has at least heard of her. She is a legend, when she gets here, talk to her about how she was injured. I promise you, it’s something they may make a movie about someday. It also looks like she will receive the medal-of-honor for what she did. My suggestion is that you and your girls have her train you in everything she does. I promise, if she does, you will not really need a security team. Though, you are going to have one. I also hear Lily showed her a pretty good time.”

Aimee laughed, “Master, Lily is really coming into her own. She went with Mary to her quarters and made her pass out twice. Mary couldn’t really keep up with her.”

I asked, “What about Justin?”

Aimee smiled, “We were told we couldn’t ask about their history or actions, in case we didn’t choose them. When we asked Justin if he could at least tell us his name, he did and explained his area of specialty. After we completed the interview I asked Traci if she could take Justin for a test ride. She said absolutely, but do you know if he wants me to go with him. After Justin invited her to his quarters, they went off hand in hand.”

“When they returned a couple of hours later, Traci was teasing him about Navy Seals and their lack of conditioning or stamina. Traci explained that Justin passed out on her, not once, but twice. She was amazing. I almost didn’t know who she was.”

Surprised I said, “You aren’t talking about the bundle of tears Traci from this morning? That Traci could not have done that to the Justin I remember.”

Aimee laughed, “She was wonderful and went without any hesitation. She showed that she does have internal strength and wants to live with us as our lifestyle demands.”

I asked, “How did the other interviews go?”

Aimee smiled, “The other three were work horses. Not that they wouldn’t work out as part of my security team. I don’t think they will work as part of my personal security team. Everyone I choose must be able to both plan and execute the plan as well as completely satisfy my needs both physically and mentally. I don’t really want knuckle draggers, besides, all of them were kind of rough around the edges and didn’t appear to like the fact I would be in charge. One of them even told me he would be my master within a couple of weeks.”

“Since I am going to have to be able to satisfy their every need, it needs to be reciprocated. I think they were more slam bam, thank you ma’am kind of guys. My mind needs to be nurtured as well as my body. It’s my personal security team, since I am assuming they will be with me at all times. They need to be able to care for my mind, body, and spirit. It is just as important to me, as keeping me physically safe.”

I looked at Aimee and asked, “Are you sure you are just an accountant?

Aimee replied, “Yes, but I am a forensic accountant. There is a very big difference. Yes I can balance the ledgers, but I can also see the ghosts that people try to hide within the numbers. Basically the money trail opens up to me like a roadmap and it appears people do too. It must be part of what you see as me opening up a person’s soul. That’s why the asshole manager couldn’t get rid of me. They would have seen his ineptitude as an attorney if I wasn’t sniffing out the problems and giving him all the information he needed to stand up in court.”

I asked Aimee, “What did you think of his number two in the management chain?”

Aimee laughed, “The bitch didn’t like the fact that I was the only one in the office who could stand up to him, challenge him, and get away with it. She couldn’t believe I wasn’t thrown out in the street. Believe me, as I see it now he tried hard to make me his, but I wanted nothing to do with him at work, let alone outside of work. When I met you, I had already decided to find a new position with another firm. I was quietly looking, so no one in the office knew I was planning on leaving. If it would have gotten out, the entire firm would have walked out on my heels. I couldn’t do that to your company, it put me through school while I worked in the mail room. My job was to take boxes of correspondence to the different offices in the building. Since I was mostly invisible, except for the horn dogs, I could listen to my textbooks on tape as I went from office to office. Upon graduation, I applied for and got a job in accounting as a junior accountant in training.”

“I worked hard and learned all I could over the next few years. The more I learned the more my intuition kicked in and the roadmaps started to show up. Do you remember the manager and his administrative assistant who were discovered stealing from the company?”

The Master replied, “Yes, I do.”

“Well, I am the one who found the little inconsistencies.”

I said, “Wait a minute, isn’t he the guy I appointed to manage the legal firm when the original owner retired after I bought it?”

She said, “Yes he is. The asshole you just handled is the one who drove that guy out and into retirement before you could bring charges against him to recover your money. It appeared that you would rather let him leave than create negative news for the company. Then someone on the board recommended that the asshole take over the management position when he retired.”

“You may never know how much money this guy cost you over the last three or four years because of his ineptitude. I mean lost cases and out of court settlements and things along those lines.”

I smiled, “You don’t know this yet, but the board elected to give you the position of manager.”

She looked at me and said, “You shouldn’t have done that. I can’t do that job and the other one also. I was going to resign tomorrow and recommend that you outsource your legal services to a company I discovered while doing research to close up another problem I discovered. This is now taken care of due to the firing of the asshole.”

I replied, “Fired and arrested. Is this company you found solvent or struggling to make ends meet?”

Aimee said, “I would put them on the struggling side, short of being completely solvent. But, the woman who owns and manages the firm is awesome. She is easy to work with, but tough as nails. Her people are very loyal and supportive of her.”

I asked, “How many are in her office?”

Aimee replied, “If I remember correctly, eight to ten.

I smiled, “Aimee, can you approach her and ask if she wants to take over your department and bring all of her personnel with her. I am guessing she is just as loyal to her people as they are to her. Of course she will have to complete all of her open contracts during the transition. What do you think? If this works out like I think it will, you can resign as soon as she takes over and be in charge of our household and its finances.

Surprised, Aimee looked at me and said, “Are you kidding me. You’ve known me for what, five days? And you are going to hand over billions of dollars to my control.”

I nodded, “Do you have a problem with taking over my finances and those of this house.”

Aimee answered, “This is very irregular and quite intimidating, but I am up to the challenge.”

I explained, “I need my number one to run my household as I have a very large organization to run outside of the house and I believe you are the one for me. I don’t know if you understand the full ramifications of you taking my collar this morning.

Aimee held up her hand, “Yeah I know, you think I am now married to you.”

My jaw dropped in amazement, “Aimee, are you a clairvoyant?”

Aimee laughed, “No, not clairvoyant, I can see it written all over you. In your mind I became yours sometime Sunday morning. I could see it in your face. To me, you can hide nothing and I can deny you nothing. I will do as you ask, are you going to handle the board or do I need too.”

I laughed, “I will talk to them, but I see no issues. Please make it happen. My funk probably allowed this to escalate to where it is now and I can’t have this bring down the company my wife founded. Her death almost destroyed me and everything she loved. Please make sure the legal and accounting office is stronger and better than ever. You already have all my thanks for saving me from me. Let’s fix everything and make her business stronger, ok?”

Aimee smiled at me, “No problem Master.”

I said, “Aimee, now for Justin, I didn’t think you knew his name, but wait until he gets here. He is also very submissive, but I think he may also be a switch. You may want him as your number one Master under you. Just give him a task and it will be completed without question. He is what we called a good troop. If they are who I think they are, Justin and Mary will make an extremely scary and protective team.”

Aimee was smiling at me, “What?”

Aimee laughed, “That is if you can keep Justin away from Traci.”

I said, “Wait, again, you mean ball of tears Traci from this morning that miraculously changed into a lioness overnight.”

Aimee replied, “Yes, one in the same. I don’t know what is in Natalie’s slaps, but that little bitch sure got Traci to come out of her shell. I decided to push her a little bit and asked her if she would go with Justin and see if he was a good enough lover for us. Traci just looked at me and said, yes Mistress, absolutely.”

Continuing, Aimee said, “When Traci brought him back to us she was teasing and making fun of him in a very good way. She told me, right in front of him, that she was expecting a Navy Seal to have more stamina. She teased him about passing out on her from sheer pleasure. But, in the end Traci praised him as a very attentive and caring lover, bringing her to orgasm after orgasm. She even asked if she could keep him. I told Traci no, he is going to be part of my personal security detail. He needs to be on my number one level. I did tell her that she could play with him when I wasn’t using him. I think Natalie, your little shoe salesperson, has a lot more to offer than you know in the leadership required to be a Mistress. I am going to be watching her and figure out a better place or way for her to fit in.”

I smiled, “I think your leadership is bringing out latent talents in all three of these girls. You are a more dominant woman than you know and you did an excellent job today. Let’s clean up our little legal office issue so you can be mine full time. I need you more than you know. Now we need to see what your little troop of characters is up too.”

We found them, out cold in the bedroom down the hall from the master bedroom. We decided to leave them as they were. When I was silently closing the door, I heard an exhausted, “Good night, Master, good night Mistress” followed by two dittos and no movement. We told them good night and went to bed in the master bedroom.

We woke in each other’s arms the next morning with Aimee spooned up against my body. She felt so good and familiar against me. We got up and went into the bathroom to shower and get ready for the day.

Dressed for business we proceeded downstairs to be met with the aroma of breakfast, French toast and sausage, my favorite. We walked into the kitchen to a chorus of good morning. We stopped and admired the vision of beauty before us. Lily, Natalie, and Traci were serving us breakfast in their birthday suits.

I sat at the counter, “I could get used to this type of treatment and the view is magnificent.”

Lily replied, “Well Master, you are going to have to. That is unless you change the standard dress code you gave us. As soon as we enter the house, we are to remove all of our clothing, neatly folded and stacked on the fireplace and assume our positions. You never said that we were supposed to put our clothes back on unless we leave the house for you to spoil us with gifts and such. Master, am I misspeaking your directions.”

Aimee touched my arm, “Master I believe she restated them pretty much word for word.”

I looked at Aimee, “Ok ladies, I have a small task for you. Your Mistress told me what happened at the mall yesterday. Cathy was up to the little games she has been playing for years and has caused her to have her collars removed on four occasions that I can recall. She only got away with it, with her husband because they had been married for years prior to entering the lifestyle.”

“Well, before they joined our organization her husband bought her the jewelry shop, mainly because she kept getting released from her jobs because of her manipulative ways. It has a way of stirring up discontent. Then he gave her the opportunity to be a switch, but that caused too many issues with the other Masters and Mistresses. Some told him that if he couldn’t get her under control, they would let him have back his collars and move on. Now he had a strong organization that was dedicated to him. Other than his wife, it ran extremely well. He was working on bringing her correctly into the fold when he died in a car crash on his way to a business meeting. A drunk driver ran a red light and instantly killed him.”

“After a couple weeks of mourning, she decided that the organization built by him should be hers and she tried to set herself up as the Head Mistress. Needless to say, within hours of her pronouncement she had a pile of collars on her kitchen table and was left without anyone.”

Now, you have only been collared for a few days. Imagine your life without your collar. This support group is gone and you can no longer lean on each other. How would you feel?”

Lily spoke first, “It’s funny you put it like that. I had a dream last night that this past weekend was only a dream and I was working at the restaurant, having a bad night and had no one to give me a hug or encouraging words. It turned out to be my worst nightmare. And it’s only been a couple of days. I couldn’t imagine being put out after years. That would really mess me up, totally. So what would you like us to do Master?”

Looking at Traci, I said, “One of you needs to mention that you are looking for a new submissive.”

Traci gasped, “But Master, I have no submissives now.”

I told Traci, “Kathy doesn’t need to know that. If you get one, it is a new one. Isn’t it?”

Traci, laughed, “Yes Master, it would be.”

You have to remember that trust is front and foremost in our way of life. Lies can tear it all down and has in some organizations. That is one of Kathy’s biggest issues. She likes to play with the truth.”

Natalie asked, “Master, why do you want to help her if she is such a pain in the backside?”

I replied, “Because her husband was a good friend of mine and I believe it is the right thing to do. Now, she will really be embarrassed to be prospected by what she believes to be the lowest of the low. Not that Traci is that, but she is the newest and just happened to hit it off with Natalie. So, because she is four down the list of collaring, Kathy feels that she is not considered worthy of her. When in actuality, it is only the luck of placement. Traci is no different than any of you except she has three levels of Mistresses. Have you seen me treat her any different than any of the rest of you?”

Aimee spoke, “No Master, I haven’t. And I see where you are going with this. Kathy spent all that time on her husband’s front line and in her mind any other place is beneath her.

I replied, “Exactly. And she will tell you that she is above that. Just let her know that is the only spot we have open at this time. And just walk away. While we are discussing it, I am going to order a collar for Traci. Traci, I never got your last name?”

Traci answered, “It is Adams.”

I picked up the phone and called the jewelry store, “May I speak to Kathy?”

She answered, “What may I do for you?”

I told her, “I need another one of your special collars. The writing on it should be Property of Traci Adams. I will have a few of my girls stop by and pick it up later this afternoon. Thank you, it needs to be ready when they arrive because they will be on a tight schedule. If anything disrupts their schedule, they are required to call me immediately because they have business to take care of for me. And you know how Masters are with their scheduled business appointments?”

Kathy explained, “I am very busy at this time, but I should be able to have it done by three this afternoon.

I said, “Yes, they should be by around three this afternoon. Kathy, I don’t like you saying it should be done by three. It must be done by three, if you can’t have it ready you need to tell me, as they will be short on time.”

Kathy paused, “It will be done as you ask.”