Chapter 9

Candy slowly regained consciousness the first thing she noticed was the leg her head was resting on, it was soft and feminine, and the scent was familiar. As her sphere of awareness grew, she noticed more; she was in a living room, oh it was her living room, friendly, and this woman caressing her hair, wait no, who was she. Brenda, it is Brenda. “What happened, Brenda? I must have passed out.”

“what do you remember last?”

“Yes, that last guy was really pissed, and I think he lost control.”

“Yea, he beat you pretty bad, they took him to security, and Gary helped me get you home. He just left”

Candy nods and looks down at her bruised body and tits, starting to caress the bruises and whip welts with what appears to be admiration. “He hit my tits hard. Just look at this purple bruise” she outlines the bruise with a fingertip.” Lovely, don’t you think, do you think I helped him, you know, get his anger out?”

“I don’t understand you, Candy. The man nearly ripped your tits off, and you are wondering about him?”

“Well yeah, it’s my job to relieve tension. And prevent harassment, is it not?”

“Well, yes, it is.”

“This was just part of that job. Is he going to be OK?”

“What are they going to do to him? He did not do anything wrong, did he?”

“Well, he is going to be reprimanded because he ignored the warnings and the order to stop and can’t use your services until he completes the anger management course and a Computer-based class in Responsibility for Dominant’s.”

“Well, that does not sound too bad; I am starting to feel real good; I think that Alexa knows what I need; I feel a dull background pain I kind of like it. Ohh, I still have crackerjack in me. He is starting to do his thing; I am such a slut, Brenda. Even today, it was hard, but I would not change a second of it.”

“You look amazing, Candy. You have a smile on your bruised face; you own this Slut thing. Hearing you talk is getting me horny I can’t wait for Stan to get home; oh yeah, I called Stan. He knows, and because I am with you, he is ok, and he can’t get away from work, but he wanted to be here.”

“Brenda, that’s fine. I think you are the best caretaker for me.”

“You are always there. You make time to help clean me up after lunch. You managed all those cuckqueen calls; I feel right setting here at your feet.”

“oh, you have noticed. I am proud to help you out, Candy.”

“it’s like when you are around; I can turn off my brain and just be the sex-jester for the company.”

“Sex- Jester, what’s that”

“hehe, it is an internal way I describe what I do, like an old-time jester making a fool of himself in front of the King and court because it is his job, he is there to lighten the mood, to provide entertainment mostly at his own expense. Think of it like this jester is doing his bit, and someone from the crowd through a rotten plum at him and hits him in his face. You would be pissed right and probably throw the plum back and start a fight, right?. The jester’s job is in how he reacts. He cant react negatively. He has to pick up the rotten plum, look at the person that threw it, and take a big bite and curtsy to them. Defusing the situation, making the show about him, and laughing at everyone. That is my job.”

“you are getting into this job, so being your “sex-Jester” is reacting to your beating in that role?”

“The lines are blurring. I am, and that is my default reaction now; I am not faking it anymore; I don’t want retribution; I hope he feels better.”

“Brenda, do you think I can get a drink.”

“sure” she goes to the kitchen and comes back with a glass.”

Candy takes the glass and takes a drink and makes a face “my taste is gone; I can’t even taste the piss.”

“You expected to drink piss?”

“Well yeah, I have been at work. You gave me a pissy drink earlier.”

“Well, after what you’ve been through, I thought you could use a break.”

“Brenda, I am ok; I hurt, but Alexa is taking care of that; I need to keep on my slut horse; can you get me some piss, Please?”

“Damn girl, you are a real slut, ok” Brenda lifts her skirt, slides down her pantyhose, and tries to move aside her big panties, gives up, and pulls them down to her knees. She dressed like a lady. Brenda was not a slut. “are you sure.”

“Yes,’ Candy is staring at her pussy, wondering if Stan liked her taste.

Brenda” ok, here comes your lemonade, SLUT”

“Thanks, Brenda, and I am a slut, Just like with this Lemonade, I should be disgusted, but I am not; I had a dream where I was swimming in a river of piss; I loved that dream. It was so degrading. May I drink your piss, please?”

“Candy’s eyes are bright and needy; she licks her lips as she brings the cup up to her lips; this is her first pure piss drink. The others have been watered down. This was full strength 100% piss. Slightly yellow and fragrant, the first taste was of Coffee? Did Brenda drink coffee? Yes, she saw her have a mug in her hand before?”

“so Slut, what do you think.”

“I did not know you drank coffee Brenda; it tastes like salty coffee.”

“You can tell I drink coffee from my pee?”

“Well, that’s what I taste, and it makes sense.”

“Candy, seriously, we need to talk about me moving in here with my boys.”

“Ok, what do you want to talk about? You already have the sleeping arrangement figured out.”

“My sons are a little unusual.”

“What teenage boy isn’t unusual, Brenda. You talked to Stan. I am sure he won’t mind if they do anything Junior and Shelby do.”
“That’s just it. I am worried that Oscar and Brian will be a little strange with you. They don’t know how to deal with girls and haven’t been around nudity.”
“I am really easy.”
“Ha, I know how easy you are, but they may also think that that’s the normal way to treat a girl, and they could treat Shelby and me that way as well. I need to make sure they think of you a special way well ... You know.”
“no, I don’t know. Go Ahead and say it,” Candy asks.
“Well, a family pet.”

“you want me to be a Pet, the Family Pet?”

“The kids have never had a pet. I think they need one.”

“How are we going to do this? Turn me into a dog?”

“well, at least part-time; I think we need some rules for you in the house.”

Candy finished her Glass of piss and put the glass on the table.
“We already have rules! That’s not a problem.”
“No, you don’t have rules; those rules have no meaning; they are rules without consequences. They are more like suggestions for your behavior.”

“We as a family need to come up with the rules.”

Candy “ok, you bring it up tonight lets see if I remember. Brian is 14, and Oscar is 16, right?

“Do you think they would like to use me as a cum rag”

“I think they would jump at it.”
“Well, boys are going to masturbate. It seems like a waste not to uh ... you know ... spill it on me. It could be fun for them.”
“I admit, it will get them out of their shell.”

“to make sure I have this correct - You want three teenage boys making you eat and wear your cum? That is a lot of cum”

“I don’t care who shoots cum on me. The more, the merrier. I love the taste of cum - so yes, please! If you don’t think it’s too weird for them?

“Oh, they will love a target. I am tired of washing their crusty socks. “Ok, cum rag, it is.””

I will be a freeuse cum rag; no matter what I am doing, I want them to walk up and jack off on me. If I am doing the dishes. Or having a conversation with Stan or you, if we have company over, just a freeuse slut.”

“ahhhh eee, CrackerJack is going to town. He must have been reading my mental state, that I needed to get off,” she shudders in glee.

Brenda, “what a slut you are, Candy.”

“ok, here are the Rules for my boys.”

“one they cannot use, play, interact with you in private, everything must be public, this Is for you I am afraid of Oscar will test your limits and go too far, and if everything is in public, it will be self-regulating.”

“Two, you are a freeuse Cum rag. They can cum on you at any time, at any place in any situation.”

Candy “Yea, like at the mall, I want to be cummed on in the food court.”

“You can’t do that. You would get arrested for public sex.”

“You think so? I have been having public sex on the bus, and no one has said boo.”

“Well, we could just bring them into the bathroom to make me happy.”

“Only if I can do a cum walk in the mall.”

“Jeez, ok, let me ask you a question. Would you let them have sex with you?”

“Well, I guess it’s ok, but I think that Jr would be jealous and upset.”

“You don’t like incest then?”

“Well, it’s not illegal anymore, but I don’t think it is quite right. It is not the right time for me to cross that line.”

“Hold that thought, Candy. I need to text Stan.”

“Ok, Stan won’t allow you to have full-on sex with the boys.”

“what’s the meaning of full-on sex? It sounds like there are exceptions.”

“No exceptions”

“Not even a BJ.”

“Stan doesn’t think so.”

“ok”

“Brenda, can I ask you something?”

“Sure, what is it”

“I want to thank you, you know, for helping me.”

“Well, you are very welcome, Candy.”

“You don’t understand. I WANT to thank you,” she winks at Brenda

“What, oh, I haven’t well at least since college, are you sure.”

“Please, Brenda let me kiss your pussy” she says bluntly

“Well, I am not kissing you, piss breath” they both break down laughing.

Brenda “I think I want to save my lust for Stan. We can wait for your thanks until later. What I want to do is clean you up until you still stink.”

Sad that she cant make Brenda feel special, but she understood wanting to wait for Stan.

“Come with me into the guest bath. I don’t want to mess up my master bath.”

Candy caught the reference that she was starting to take ownership of her private things, her bathroom, her kitchen, and her husband. She felt so unworthy, so humiliated, so HORNY she started to masturbate.

Brenda “oh, ok, go ahead and rub one out. It looks like you need it”

Brenda and Candy spent an hour in the guest bathroom. Brenda is just pampering Candy, rubbing lotion on her bruises. She noticed that her marks were already starting to look less angry than before.

She starts putting on makeup to conceal some of the marks.

Candy “no, I love my marks, don’t hide them need my family what a slut I am. If we covered them up, it would be like lying”

“Ok, how about just some lipstick.”

“Ok”

After they finished up and were relaxing in the family room.

Stan opens the door” Hi honey; I’m home. I came as fast as I could”

Candy “You did; I hope you saved some for Brenda. She is horny.”

Brenda “Hardee Har HAR, slut”

Stan “looks like your feeling better.”

Shelby and Jr. came in the door together right behind Stan.

Brenda “kids, could you come in the living room?”

Shelby takes a look at her smiling mother,” Mother, what happened? My god, your tits, did you have a bad day?”

Candy looks at the pair of stricken kids and knows her following words are essential, “I am great kids some guys just took their frustration out, I had a great day, morale was greatly improved.”

Jr. “you got a black eye, mom, just like the words we wrote on you, did we cause you to get a black eye?”

“no, no, no, this is just part of my job; I will be getting marks like this fairly regularly.”

Stan “it looks bad, baby. I don’t know about this”

“Stan, I feel fantastic. The Alexa in my ass is helping me by monitoring my body and giving me everything from pain killers to vitamins to breast enhancers.”

“Ok, good, wait, breast enhancers, did you say?”

“Yes, honey, they are going to make my breasts bigger without surgery, and I will start to lactate very soon.”
“You don’t care that you are going to shoot milk like a cow, Mom?” Shelby seemed disgusted.
“Milk like in our cereal.”
“You both drank it when you were babies, and I breastfed you. My tits got swollen, and your dad drank it too!”
“Oh yeah, I was sad when your tits shrunk back down. Speaking of which I, noticed your tits were getting bigger. Man, are they ever bruised today - you look like a crack whore who didn’t earn enough for her pimp.”
“Gee, Stan! Nice of you to notice. That was Johnathan. He got a little carried away, and well, he did not listen when Alexa told him to stop. He did not do anything wrong, just that he was so into his session he tuned it out. I am not mad at him. I was kind of taunting him with what I had on my body. I asked for it rough, and I got my clock cleaned. I’ll live - no worse for the wear.”
Brenda “yea, he is going to anger management training and some other training, and he can’t see Candy until he passes that”
Jr. “mom, last night, you said you liked the pain. Did you like what happened today?”

“Most of it, baby, I liked it; it was just that last bit. Well, I can’t say if I liked it or not because Alexa knocked me out to help protect me. So yeah, I love my job even with all these marks. I think of them as proof that my job is valuable.”

Stan, “you are ok with this?”

“Yeppers”

Shelby looks at her mom’s eyes – her smiling eyes, “Don’t Scare us like that. You look like hell, but I see you are in a good mood; what a juxtaposition of emotions you exhibit.”

Jr. “big words for mixed up crap, is.” Trying to sound like Yoda and failing

Shelby was trying to sound grown-up and giggled nervously.

Jr. “Brenda, you staying the night again?”

“Is that ok with you, Jr?”

“Yeah, we have fun when you’re here.”

“Thank you”

Stan “well, you are going to see a lot more of her. She is going to move in because her husband kicked her out of her house.”

Shelby “Bastard, why did he do that.”

Brenda, “well, our marriage has been over for a long time, but we did not do anything about it, so when he asked where I was, I told him the truth, all of it. His little mind could not handle it and told me to leave; I could get my things this weekend.”

Shelby “what about Oscar and Brian? I know them from school” what a couple of losers; god, I hope they are not creepy or gross.

“I wanted to talk to everyone first, but I want them here with me away from that asshat of a father.”

Stan “what is it that you need to talk about your sons, Boo?”

Candy “Do you already have pet names for each other” she didn’t know what to think; she was glad that Stan and Brenda were doing fine. But where did that leave her? For now, she was sleeping in the living room, and Is he falling in love?

Stan “oh, sorry, babe, is that ok with you? It just kinda slipped out.”

“Yeah, I think so; I am processing it.” Confused not wanting to voice her concerns, she stays quiet

Brenda “I like it. You can call me Boo anytime.”

“Well, about my boys, I want to set some ground rules for my boys, and I want to make certain we all agree; Brian is a shy guy, and having Candy around might bring him out of his shell. Oscar is a little opinionated, to say the least.”

Shelby “Oscar can be an ass hat; sorry, I did not mean to say that out loud.”

Brenda, “that’s ok. It is an accurate description of him, but I do love him; what do they say about Brian in school.”

Jr. “they don’t say anything. I barely see him or notice him.”

“Well, I need consistent rules and consequences set up so we can keep them in line.”

“Like what?” Stan asks.
“Well, I don’t want my sons thinking that Shelby and I are anything like Candy and that they can just peep on us or grab our boobs.”
“Oh, I like that,” Shelby says.

Jr.” you like them peeking at your boobs, Shelly?”

“No, Gross, dweeb.”

Brenda “I think we have to have a set of rules to promote consistent behavior to make life easier for everyone. And to make Candy more approachable to my sons. They are going to be intimidated by her conStant masturbation and sexual urges.”
“Oh, I am so sorry, Brenda. My only excuse is I am a SLUT” says Candy
“Don’t be. Does a Dog have to apologize for being a DOG?”
“Okay, so what are the rules?”
“I thought we could come up with some together. I have a few ideas,” Brenda uses the 15 inch Alexa tablet the family uses to store grocery lists to tap out some “Family Rules.”

“Well, like waiting at the door in crawling position and crawling inside. She does it sometimes, but if she doesn’t, nothing happens.”

Stan “well, we are just getting this figured out, but yea, we need consistency.”

“In the future, I want her to wait outside a full five minutes on all fours like a dog, wagging her ass, letting her tongue hang out, and waiting. Alexa can be programmed to alert us that it is Candy at the door and that five minutes have passed.”.

“Waiting at the door and getting into the mindset of calm and relaxed. If she hasn’t, then we close the door and wait another five minutes until she cools down.”

“I thought you wanted me horny.”
“I also want your cunt not tempting the boys too much also; besides, denial is a tool to increase your horniness; sometimes you can be horniest by going without and being denied.”

“So I sit outside like a dog to calm down before I come in?”

Candy is strangely aroused about acting like a dog. She was a little envious of how that enslaved person looked being led on a leash at the bus stop. She wondered how scandalous her behavior would seem to her neighbors. It titillated her, and her pussy started getting wet just thinking about it.

“Yes, exactly, and when you are inside, you will be crawling on all fours. You can’t be touching your gash. Let’s call this Dog mode. You’ll have plenty of chances to cream yourself later, but you’ll do it with permission so as not to offend us while we are trying to do something that doesn’t involve watching you fuck yourself.”

Stan “Let me get this straight she hast to crawl and be nonsexual all the time? That is not at all what we are training her for.”

Brenda “I am just thinking about how Candy’s actions might affect my boys. I want to put rules in place for her to not upset my boys.”

Stan “They are your boys, but if I know teenage boys, I think they will accept Candy for what she is. We are not hiding anything; let’s put some specific rules on the boy’s actions towards Candy

Brenda “yes, I see that. I just don’t want the sexual tension so high I can cut it with a knife.”

Stan “ok, she does need a transition time from work to home life. She waits outside the door for five minutes or until Alexa determines that her lust is at a low idle. She can then come in.”

Brenda “yes, I can see that. I have been a little focused on how I can have Candy be responsible for my boy’s actions; we need to make the boys responsible for themselves.”

Stan “your boys, no, all the kids, I will NOT play favorites, need to have some rules. The most basic rule is they must ask Brenda or Me for permission to play with Candy. No sneaking off unsupervised with our slut, I would not let them drive a car by themselves until they had proper training.”

“Here are a couple of example rules that I came up with for a jumping-off point.” She passes out sheets of printer paper, with two lines written.

“Use these to write down the rules you want, and I will compile them later.”

1. Wait outside for five minutes before being let in. If horny/masturbating, close the door and wait five more minutes.

“Do you understand this one, Candy”

“yep, I need to get rid of sexual arousal before I come in.”

2. Ask permission to shit and piss. This is always performed in the living room announced so that everyone knows whether they want to leave or watch. Piss is to be drunk; shit is cleaned with fingers and washed.

Brenda “If anyone needs to piss, they always have the option of pissing on you or giving you a glass of piss to drink; I know you can’t only drink piss. You need at least three 8oz glasses of clean water every day.”

Candy “Can I just get a glass of water with no piss when I want without asking”

Stan “Yes you know your body you need at least three glasses of water a day”

Shelby “Gross piss on her you will get piss everywhere. We need to get our old blow-up kiddy pool, so piss won’t get everywhere.”

Brenda “Can we put it on the balcony, so we don’t have to smell it?”

Stan “I like it most punishment should be on the deck in front of all our neighbors. Standing in full view of everyone in the apartment quad, If they see what’s going on, their minds won’t make up terrible scenarios.”

“What like a naked woman being beaten until she shits herself? That sounds much better than we are torturing a naked woman” Brenda pipes up

Shelby “I’ll make a sign ‘Training in Progress, do not watch - may be offensive,” will that help.”

Jr. “that would make me want to get my binoculars out.”

Candy ignoring them “I am getting to like the taste of piss. Please, everyone, help me with this”

Shelby “Gross”

“Do us kids need to ask permission to pee on mom.”

Stan “yes, you will pee on her directly in the kiddy pool, but if you have to pee and she is busy or not around, please fill a glass, and you can ask Candy if she is thirsty. If she is not, you can flush the pee. Or put it on the shelf outside for later.”
Stan “I have one.”

If someone cums on the face/body, Candy must ask permission to eat it and do so quickly if she is given permission. If the boys masturbate when Candy is not around, they will save the cum for Candy. There is a labeled Jar in the fridge for this purpose.

Brenda “Candy and I had a discussion. She wants to be a freeuse cum rag for the boys, they are allowed to jack off on her at any time, and Candy will let them and keep on doing what she is doing, like doing the dishes.”

Candy says, “God, I love my life. I used to watch a Reality TV show on Lifetime Network. It was called Mylf - Mom You’d Like to Fuck. I didn’t think it was real. These days reality TV shows are more like Pornos anyway. She would just go about her day, and the guy in the show would just use her. I think he was her stepson. It could have been all of his friends too. She would just continue like nothing strange was going on.”
“Oh yeah, I’ve beat off to that. I had no idea you watched that, mom!” Junior laughs.
“Did you see the episode where they took her to the mall and used her in the food court? That was so hot. I could see myself doing that; imagine if we acted like that!”
“She was probably an actress, Mom!” Shelby says.
Jr. “Dad, I need to jerk off, Can I.”
Stan “good job asking me and not your mom, yes you can, I don’t think the free use cumrag will work; we need some CONTROL over our kids. They will need to ask permission.”
“Candy, you can be a free use slut at work or for strangers at the mall, but at home, we need consistency and control. The boys have to ask Brenda or Me for permission.”
“Wait, but what if you or Brenda aren’t here and I need to flog my log?”
“That’s what the jar is for, Son.”
Candy and Junior look a little disappointed. She likes fresh cum from the source - but they do not challenge Stan’s decision. Jr. goes over to his mom and starts jerking his cock in her face. It only takes a minute for him to mess her face.

Shelby “Gross, lightning boy.”

“May I please eat this cum”

Stan “yes dear, go ahead,”

“dad, she was asking me, it’s my cum. Don’t I get to say if she wears it or eats it?”

“well, I don’t know. I guess it would be up to you.”

“go ahead; mom, eat it.”

Stan “Jr., we will talk about how fast you cum. You may want to practice delaying that”

“But dad, I want to get off, so I do it quickly.”

“I know, son but anticipation is a great feeling as well, and the end is even better.”

Brenda, “are you all done now? We have a lot to cover.”

Shelby “Brenda, I thought these were going to be all Mom’s rules. I see that I was wrong; can I give the boys rules too, like no ogling Shelby?”

“Yes, you can, and we will compile them into a nice set of family rules.”

Jr. “what about punishment?”

Stan “ I was wondering when that would come up.”

Corner time is a punishment - if she is annoying - anyone can give it to her. For example, an alternative punishment is to hold her ass cheeks apart and Stand in the corner with thumbtacks on the floor and two inserted into the tips of the nipples. Until released or a maximum time limit of 30 minutes.

The primary punishment for Candy is via the Alexa device. Children can direct punishments up to level 5, Brenda can deliver up to level 8, and Stan can give level 10 punishments.”

Brenda “we wanted to mix up the punishments. We will change up the alternative if we need variety; you kids can make suggestions for punishments, and Stan and I will determine if we allow it.”

Laughing and mocking Candy, “you don’t want me to get bored, do you.”

Shelby, “the punishments, does that go for us kids as well, not the Alexa punishment but the alternative ones?

Stan “I don’t believe you kids could handle what Candy can. But yes, it does apply to kids; we can adjust the punishment to match the crime. But yes, anyone that messes up runs the risk of punishment even I make mistakes.”

Brenda “ Pussy Spanking/pussy watch is a reward for Candy.”

Junior: “You thought my pussy spanking was a reward?” Junior is surprised. He thought he was punishing his mom.
Candy “I hate to admit it, but I enjoyed it. I have to be totally honest now. It wouldn’t be much of a deterrent. I’d probably intentionally try to get in trouble.”
Stan “That’s why we need to limit it.”
Shelby “So I have to spank mom’s pussy if I think she is doing a good job?”
Stan “No, you can give her permission to spread her asshole and pussy and put on a show with crackerjack and her other toys. All I ask is that you stay and watch.”
Shelby “So we just give her five to ten minutes if she is well behaved?

Brenda “And what do you mean well behaved.”

Shelby “I don’t know, help me, DAD.”

Stan” let’s say she went all evening and did not have a punishment. We could award her with 10 minutes of pussy watch, or She could do community outreach, you know, like when she sucked that old bum off, that would be worth a twenty-minute pussy watch session with both her holes. She will be Stuffed.”

“Wow, that would be like two rewards, man I loved that filthy dick,” Candy giggled

“Do I need to keep my Alexa-enabled devices in all the time? Just for pussy watch? Dog mode?”

Stan “when in dog mode, you will remove the devices, you are not to be aroused, remember? But I want your loose holes on display. I like the view. In Cuckqueen mode, it is your choice, or someone may command you to use them or remove them. When you are on pussy watch, they are mandatory; you will be filled.”

Jr. “what about cleaning house.”

Stan “All household chores to be done by Candy - why should Brenda wash dishes? Let’s make them fun, though. She is to sift through the garbage, eat what she can, lick plates clean before washing by hand, and lick toilets/floors/have toothbrushes glued to her tits.”

“If I am in Dog mode, I can’t clean, right? Dogs don’t clean.”

Stan “yes, when you are in Dog mode, you are in effect a Canine and will not be expected to act as a Human.”

Jr. “so I don’t have to clean my room, yeah.”

“Hold on, I need to amend that last one, son; you are still learning how to be a man. You need to know how to clean your room, and it will teach you responsibility. Candy will only clean common areas and the master bedroom/bath. You kids still need to clean your rooms and bathroom, builds character.”

Jr. “No Fair”

“Pay attention, like grandpa always said you’re never to pour to pay attention. YOU WILL CLEAN YOUR ROOM”

“yes, sir”

Shelby “What’s the point in having a maid if I still have to clean my room. Wh-at-ev-er.”

“We will continue to add and modify these rules for all of us. Some rules won’t apply to everyone; I would like to add that everything the boys do to Candy is public; there is no penetration of any hole, period. If you can’t do it in front of the family, then you cant do it.”

Jr. “yea, I am not going to Fuck Mom, and if I’m not, then I don’t want them to either, cum rag is fine.”

Jr. says, “Dogs get punished if they sit on the furniture, right.”

Stan “ok, no furniture, I don’t want her slimy pussy ruining our nice things. Also, no use of the shower/toilet; she will be cleaned by hand by Shelby or Brenda. The boys would not get any cleaning done. They would just grope her.

“I like the way Shelby and Brenda clean me. It’s fun.”

Shelby “what do you mean no furniture exactly? She can’t use furniture; where does she sit.”

Stan “She doesn’t sit. She Stands, squats, kneels or crawls. There is no sitting on the furniture.”