Prologue
“Credit card offer... Bill… Junk… Sale Ad… Oh hello… What do we have here?” Kate says as she sorts through the hundreds of emails in her inbox. She opens an email that seems to have been sent by her old high school. She goes on to read a lengthy message that explains that due to the low number of people in her graduating class, the alumni have decided to combine several reunions with multiple class years planning a week-long cruise on an adults-only ship. “Hmmm… do I really want to be trapped on a ship for an entire week with assholes that tormented my friends all those years? On the other hand, I have wanted to book a cruise for a long while now…” After a thorough inner reflection of her selfish nature vs. her disdain for the idiots she graduated with, she clicks to accept and arrange the booking.
Just as she finishes what she is doing, she hears a light tapping at her apartment door. As she opens the door, she’s greeted by the pathetic visage of her neighbor, Joey. “Hi Mistress, I just finished up my workday, and it’s been a real doozy. Any chance we could have a bit of a session tonight?” He asks while leaning in the doorway with pouting lips.
“Eh, I wasn’t planning to get dirty today, but I guess I can do it, but nothing too major. I do not need to be cleaning up your splooge all over my apartment for the rest of the night!” She says, voice full of frustration. “Go shower and wash off that nasty-ass cologne that reeks of desperation. Make sure to use the scouring sponge in the bathroom to thoroughly get yourself clean. And you’re not clean until I see red, got it?”
“Yes Ma’am…” He meekly says as he squeezes through the door and runs for her bathroom.
After a 2-hour session complete with whipping, flogging, pegging, and some serious degradation, they both lay on her living room couch absolutely exhausted and pleased, each in their own way. As they are cooling off under the full speed ceiling fan, Joey sits up a bit and looks adoringly over at Kate. He starts rambling on about his day and other pointless things and eventually says, “You know, we have an amazing thing going on here. We really fit together well. I love you.”
Kate glares at him like he just pissed in her Cheerios. Raising her eyebrow to show her displeasure, she doesn’t say a word, just stares with utter frustration and disappointment. “I’m sorry, Mistress. I shouldn’t have said that. Let’s just pretend this conversation never happened……” Joey says as he gets up, starts getting dressed quickly, and moves toward the door.
Kate had been officially single since she left her dirty, rotten, cheating, abusive husband and took him to the cleaners for everything he had. She had been there, done that, got the ugly ass t-shirt and had no intention of ever going back. “This cruise can’t come soon enough. I need to get the fuck out of here before the rest of my playthings decide they wanna marry me and turn me into the barefoot, baby carrying queen of their double wide trailer.”
