her teeth, she motioned to Denise to hurry up and come with her.
‘You’re not going to leave him a note?’ Denise asked.
Jane shook her head. ‘Fuck him,’ she hissed. ‘I’m going to go with you to Ted and Linda’s party this evening. I’m going to do whatever the hell I please while I’m there. And when I do get home and I find John curled up in bed, I’m going to wake the fucker up and tell him everything I’ve done tonight.’
Denise laughed. ‘Excellent. If that’s the case, you only need one more thing to make your outfit complete.’
Puzzled, Jane glanced at her. She held up the eye-mask and said, ‘I got this. What else do I need?’
Denise took her hand and urged her towards the door. ‘It’s back at my house,’ she said. ‘Come with me. It will only take two minutes and then we can go to Ted and Linda’s.’
Nine
5 Cedar View
TANYA PAUSED OUTSIDE number five, glancing over the road to number four and waving to Max. She didn’t know if he was at the window of his cellar, watching and making sure she did as he had asked, but it didn’t hurt to let him see that she was earning her rent-free week. Knowing Joanne was out and not bothering with the pretence of knocking, she slipped her key into the lock and stepped inside. Megan still hadn’t come out of number seven and Tanya didn’t think she would be appearing any time soon. Knowing she had all the time she wanted, she headed straight for Joanne’s fridge and found herself a lager. She popped the tin, downed a satisfying mouthful, stepped through to the lounge and went straight to the drawers behind the door, which Joanne would always remind her were off limits.
‘The content of those drawers doesn’t concern you,’ she would say with a sniff. Her haughty tone made Tanya cringe. Standing alone in the empty house, Tanya could almost hear that superior voice sniping at her. ‘While you polish the surface of those drawers, I’ll be in the room watching to make sure you don’t look inside.’
Tanya had never had any desire to look inside the drawers. She cared nothing for Joanne or her property. But , having been repeatedly told not to look into them, and having been punished twice because she had been polishing the drawers’ handles while Joanne was out of the room, Tanya realised this was the perfect opportunity to find out what it was that Joanne didn’t want her to see.
She took another swig at her lager, then opened the top drawer. A clutter of photographs stared back at her. Tanya could see pictures of men and women – most of them naked, some of them vaguely familiar – caught in embarrassing and revealing poses. She rummaged through the pictures, her eyes growing wide. She recognised John Smith from number three, and Max and Megan and Megan’s sister Aliceon. The pictures showed bare backsides, mostly lined with stripes. There were some Polaroids that revealed objects penetrating anuses or pussies.
And then Tanya saw the pictures of herself. She didn’t know when Joanne had taken them. Perhaps every time Joanne punished her for a mistake with the cleaning? Appalled that the photographs existed, and determined that Joanne wasn’t going to get away with holding on to such incriminating evidence of her servility, Tanya began to snatch the pictures from the drawer. She had to put her lager down, leaving a ring on the perfectly polished top of the drawers, but that didn’t concern her as she filled her pockets with the entire collection.
Ten
7 Cedar View
‘YOU WERE CONSIDERING the offer,’ Charlie repeated.
Rhona shifted forwards in her seat. Her smile was broad and predatory.
Megan fumbled with her tobacco pouch and tried to steady her nerves by rolling another cigarette. Her hands shook but she paid no attention to the signs of her unease and tilted her head arrogantly to regard Charlie and Rhona. ‘Was that wrong of me?’
‘Hell! No!’ Charlie laughed.
‘How much would you have made us pay?’ Rhona
‘You’re not going to leave him a note?’ Denise asked.
Jane shook her head. ‘Fuck him,’ she hissed. ‘I’m going to go with you to Ted and Linda’s party this evening. I’m going to do whatever the hell I please while I’m there. And when I do get home and I find John curled up in bed, I’m going to wake the fucker up and tell him everything I’ve done tonight.’
Denise laughed. ‘Excellent. If that’s the case, you only need one more thing to make your outfit complete.’
Puzzled, Jane glanced at her. She held up the eye-mask and said, ‘I got this. What else do I need?’
Denise took her hand and urged her towards the door. ‘It’s back at my house,’ she said. ‘Come with me. It will only take two minutes and then we can go to Ted and Linda’s.’
Nine
5 Cedar View
TANYA PAUSED OUTSIDE number five, glancing over the road to number four and waving to Max. She didn’t know if he was at the window of his cellar, watching and making sure she did as he had asked, but it didn’t hurt to let him see that she was earning her rent-free week. Knowing Joanne was out and not bothering with the pretence of knocking, she slipped her key into the lock and stepped inside. Megan still hadn’t come out of number seven and Tanya didn’t think she would be appearing any time soon. Knowing she had all the time she wanted, she headed straight for Joanne’s fridge and found herself a lager. She popped the tin, downed a satisfying mouthful, stepped through to the lounge and went straight to the drawers behind the door, which Joanne would always remind her were off limits.
‘The content of those drawers doesn’t concern you,’ she would say with a sniff. Her haughty tone made Tanya cringe. Standing alone in the empty house, Tanya could almost hear that superior voice sniping at her. ‘While you polish the surface of those drawers, I’ll be in the room watching to make sure you don’t look inside.’
Tanya had never had any desire to look inside the drawers. She cared nothing for Joanne or her property. But , having been repeatedly told not to look into them, and having been punished twice because she had been polishing the drawers’ handles while Joanne was out of the room, Tanya realised this was the perfect opportunity to find out what it was that Joanne didn’t want her to see.
She took another swig at her lager, then opened the top drawer. A clutter of photographs stared back at her. Tanya could see pictures of men and women – most of them naked, some of them vaguely familiar – caught in embarrassing and revealing poses. She rummaged through the pictures, her eyes growing wide. She recognised John Smith from number three, and Max and Megan and Megan’s sister Aliceon. The pictures showed bare backsides, mostly lined with stripes. There were some Polaroids that revealed objects penetrating anuses or pussies.
And then Tanya saw the pictures of herself. She didn’t know when Joanne had taken them. Perhaps every time Joanne punished her for a mistake with the cleaning? Appalled that the photographs existed, and determined that Joanne wasn’t going to get away with holding on to such incriminating evidence of her servility, Tanya began to snatch the pictures from the drawer. She had to put her lager down, leaving a ring on the perfectly polished top of the drawers, but that didn’t concern her as she filled her pockets with the entire collection.
Ten
7 Cedar View
‘YOU WERE CONSIDERING the offer,’ Charlie repeated.
Rhona shifted forwards in her seat. Her smile was broad and predatory.
Megan fumbled with her tobacco pouch and tried to steady her nerves by rolling another cigarette. Her hands shook but she paid no attention to the signs of her unease and tilted her head arrogantly to regard Charlie and Rhona. ‘Was that wrong of me?’
‘Hell! No!’ Charlie laughed.
‘How much would you have made us pay?’ Rhona
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