“What a cute dog!”

I was taking a break from jogging. I always jogged at the local park every evening before dinner. I was dressed in my black spandex shorts and a sports bra. I was crouched down petting a little dog on its head. The man holding its leash was smiling as he watched me. He was rather tall with close cropped black hair. It looked like he worked out as well.

“He’s a Pomeranian,” He told me. “The name is Eric by the way. This little guy’s name is Dallas.”

I got up and shook his hand. He had a strong grip. “My name is Julia,” I informed him. “I haven’t seen you out here before.”

He scratched the back of his head which caused his t-shirt to rise a bit. I could see a bit of his abs. “Usually I take Dallas out to walk in the morning, but I had to go in early for work.”

I nodded my head in understanding as Dallas sniffed my shoe. “I think he likes you,” Eric said with a slight laugh.

I laughed with him. He had such a sweet laugh to go with his handsome body. “Maybe I will see you around,” I said to him hoping that he would change his schedule to see me again.

“Have a good night,” he said as I jogged away. I couldn’t help but look back over my shoulder. He was watching me. I flashed a smile and waved at him. He waved back at me. I think he likes me as much as I like him.

I ended up seeing him again for the next seven days. I was so happy that he switched up his schedule just to see me. I could find myself always thinking about him throughout the day.

On a Saturday evening jog, I saw him again. I was being a huge flirt. I would laugh at all his corny jokes and toss my long golden hair over my shoulder. He seemed to be getting the hint. “Do you want to go out for some coffee?” He asked me. “There is a Starbucks about a block away. We could meet up at there about seven?”

I was all too eager to meet up with him. “Yes of course. I know where it is at. I’ll see you again in about two hours.” I was beaming as I jogged the rest of the way home.

I hopped into the shower to rinse away all the sweat from my evening job. I then went into my bedroom and thought about what to wear. It wasn’t really a date other than a get to know each other more type of get together. I decided on something simple and went with a form fitting pair of jeans and a blouse. I put on some make up. Not much just some eyeliner and some blush. I put some lip balm and headed down to the kitchen.

I grabbed something light to eat. Just a salad along with a glass of water. I glanced at my phone. I still had about thirty minutes until the date, okay, not really a date, but it sure felt like one. I went over and turned on the television to kill some time.

Eric was already waiting for me by the time I got to the coffee shop. I waved over to him as I got in line to order a coffee. He was already nursing on a beverage. I put in my order for a mocha. The place was not to crowed. There was one person typing away on a laptop and another reading a book. I picked up my coffee and headed to the table Eric was sitting at.

“Glad you could make it,” Eric said.

“I’m happy that you asked me,” I took a sip of my coffee. It seemed odd having coffee at this time of the day, but I was certain I would sleep good tonight. “So, what do you do for a living?”

“I work in human resources for a large company. How about you?”

“I’m a dental assistant.”

After some more small talk he invited me to his place to have a nightcap. I didn’t’ know if I wanted to go this far with him. Was he thinking of having sex with me? I wouldn’t mind kissing him, but I wasn’t ready to have sex with him. I decided to take the chance. “Sure, that sounds lovely.”

His home was not too far away. He lived in a two-story house with a tasteful garden. “Nice place,” I told him.

“Thank you,” he said as he opened the door for me. “Please, take a seat. I’ll pour us some wine.”

I sat down on the couch and took in my surroundings There was a large television in front of me. Hanging on the walls was various pictures of dogs. One caught my eye. It wasn’t a dog, but it was an erotic picture of a nude woman. She was down on her knees with a collar around her neck.

He handed me a glass of red wine. I took a sip of it. “You really like dogs,” I said to him.

“Yes, they are some lovely creatures. I love how they are devoted to their master and always seem to be in a happy mood.” He was eyeing me each time I took a sip of wine.

“That one is very interesting,” I said pointing out the picture of the naked woman.

“Yes,” he said matter-of-factly. He didn’t say anything else about it.

He looked over at me as I took another sip of the wine. I was about a third of the way through it. My head started to feel dizzy. I put the wine down on the coffee table. “That’s some strong stuff,” I said. Those were the last words I said before I passed out.

My eyes fluttered open. I found myself inside of a small cage. I couldn’t stand up at all it was so tiny. There was enough room to shift around but that was about it. The next thing I noticed was that I had no clothes on except for a collar around my neck. I tried to take it off, but it was locked in place. I tried to open the door to the cage, but that was locked as well.

I could hear footsteps coming towards me. It was Eric. “Look who finally woke up.”

Great the guy I had a crush on turned out to be a psycho. “Let me out of here!” I screamed.

He didn’t answer me as he plugged his phone into an outlet. He turned on some music. I could hear the soft sound of a flute. “Until you can learn to be more respectfully, I’ll feed you,” he said to me. With that he walked away leaving me there.

I laid down with tears forming in my eyes. What did he have planned for me? It obviously looked like he was keeping me around as his pet. I also wondered how long I have been asleep. I could see the window from where I was. It was daylight outside. I tried to glance at the phone laying near to me but just out of reach. I couldn’t make out the time.

I felt so hopeless and confused. I’m guessing it most be Sunday morning. Otherwise, Eric would be at work. Not that knowing this would have any change in the predicament that I was in.

I sat up as best as I could and looked around to see if there was anything that I could use to get out of here. I was in the kitchen placed in one corner of the room. There wasn’t anything within arm’s reach. Even if there was, I could only get my fingers outside of the cage. I tried to push on the cage, but it wasn’t budging at all. There was newspaper on the bottom of the cage. I lifted it up and could see the bolts holding it in place. I tested to see if I could unscrew them with my fingers, but I was unable to do so.

There was no way to get out of this. Eric had it perfectly planned. I wondered how long he had it in mind to do this to me. I laid back down with tears streaming down my face. The music was smoothing. Did he put it on to make me go back to sleep?

I don’t know how long he was gone, but Eric eventually returned. He walked over towards me. “Are you going to behave so that I can feed you?” I nodded my head that I would. I didn’t know how long I have been out, but I was getting hungry.