You open the door and is standing there dressed stunningly in a black, knee length dress with a corset-style top and small leather belt. She wears matching black leather boots with stilletto heels whose tops disappear above the hem of her dress. Her skin is blanched with whitish makeup, accentuating her ruby red lips. Her hair spills down her shoulders in ringlet curls, framing her face beautifully.
She smiles warmly at you and, indicating your suit, "You look good tonight."
"You look brilliant!"
"These dinners can be a bit dull...so, I figured if you're doing my bidding this week, I can at least have good company with me. Shall we go?"
"Your wish is my command."
She drives the two of you out of town, down a number of twisting back-roads and enters an ageing, victorian-style estate. The house is fairly large, but is surrounded by several acres of wooded grounds. The road leading to it zig zags through a small wood.
She parks her car next to a handful of other late model luxury cars lined up at the edge of the large circular drive in front of the house.
The two of you head to the door and are greeted by a red-haired woman in dark green evening dress which seems to perfectly match her emerald eyes.
"Good evening, ," she says and, turning to you, "You must be . has told me all about you. I'm Rebecca and you're very welcome to our home."
She stretches her arm, beckoning the two of you inside.
You join five other couples, including Rebecca and her husband Ward in the Drawing room.
You know some of the people here.
In addition to you and , there's Rebecca and Ward, Clarice and Ken, Melissa and Randy, Danielle and Ciaran, and Kirsty and Guy. Melissa, Clarice and Danielle you know from the office, everyone else is a new acquaintance.
Chit chat is followed by a scrumptuous meal served in a massive, elegant dining room.
The dinner is perfectly normal. Everyone is well dressed and mannered and seems to be on their best behaviour.
The only oddity is the help. Two young women serve each course wearing stereotypical French maid costumes with fishnet tights and high heels. They enter and leave demurely, saying little apart from would you like this or that.
Rebecca sits at one end of the table, Ward at the other and the rest of the party guests in-between.
At the end of the meal, Rebecca moves the gathering back to the Drawing room for coffee which is quickly served by the two maid girls again, who then depart.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen. The main event of the evening."
leans over to you and whispers into your ear, "Follow instructions and I promise you'll have a great night."
"For those of you who are new to our festivities, I'll go over the rules. Each lady will place her keys into this bowl. We will then take turns having our men draw a set of keys. Whoever's keys they draw is their partner for the night. The lady will then roll our die over here. If she rolls an even number, she gets to pick the room and her role for the night--top or bottom. If she rolls an odd number, it's man's choice. Any questions? Good. Ladies, keys please."
Rebecca walks quickly around and the ladies drop their keys into the bowl.
You wanted to watch to get a bit of advantage in knowing which keys belonged to who, but Rebecca keeps her body between the lady dropping in the keys and you. The only keys you could pick out are 's.
"We'll start with one of our new guests, . Draw please."
You step forward and draw out a set of keys, handing them to Rebecca.
She smiles, "Oh, lucky boy, you've drawn..." |