Chapter 24
John could feel the chill setting in by the time he and driven Luci to the stables, and he could only imagine that Luci was feeling the same. Marie was already there, waiting for them when they turned into the courtyard, and a pair of doors had already been hauled open, Marie indicating that John should drive straight inside.
'You mad bugger! Why didn't you stop and come back in?' John wasn't certain if she was pissed off or surprised by what he had done.
He started to pull at the buckles on Luci's harness. 'I made a choice, based on what you had said. I reckon I've made the right one.'
Marie started to help with the buckles. 'Fine, but neither of you are doing anything if you catch the bloody flu, are you?'
She practically pushed John and Luci in front of her, until they reached the section of the stables where John had massaged Joanne, only a few days before.
'That door is a shower, a proper shower,' Marie pointed it out, then switched her aim to a second door. 'Sauna. By the time you've both showered it'll be good and warm in there. You both need it.' She turned to John. 'After that, give her a good massage. I'll be back in an hour. Understood?'
John nodded.
The shower wasn't all that large, but it had a wonderful multi-function tower, under which he and Luci stood facing each other, letting the water run down them. He was starting to feel more human when Luci let out a sigh.
'Ohhh.... God, this feels good.'
'The warmth?'
Luci looked directly into his face. 'Yes, the warmth is part of it, but the whole day has been....' She stopped speaking, stepped closer, until she was pressed up against his chest, resting her head on his shoulder.
John wrapped his arms around her. She was right, it did feel good. He felt himself growing hard, felt Luci reach down between them.
'No, Lu...' he corrected himself. 'No, pony... You've done well today, but I'm going to make sure you understand something. You don't get to decide when you are getting that. I call the shots, understand?'
Luci took her hand away, held them both behind her back. 'Yes Sir...' she had a wicked grin on her face.
John stepped back and looked her up and down. 'Lesley, if you're looking down on this,' he said, under his breath, 'I hope you're having fun...'
John reached around her, grabbing her wrists, and frog marched her out of the shower. 'Alright, sauna time...'
'Yes, Sir....'
There's that arse wiggle again, he thought .
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John shifted on the upper bench of the sauna, feeling the sweat running down his chest. He sat up, shifting so his back was against the corner, and looked down at Luci, who was lying on the lower bench.
She was so like Lesley in someways, and yet so unlike her in others. She had long runners legs, but her arms and shoulders were more developed, which made sense if she was a windsurfer. Lesley had no tattoos, whereas Luci had a couple, the compass rose on her back, and a dolphin on her right hip. She would have turned heads clothed, but nude, and, as John realized, still showing the traces of the whipping Marie had laid in her, she was stunning.
She was also quite direct in her manners, thought John, as Luci cleared her throat and spoke.
'Penny for them?'
'What?' She'd noticed his gaze.
'Your thoughts...You've spent a good few minutes staring at me...'
'To be honest, I was thinking about how unlike and like you are to my late wife.
'Late wife...' Luci looked up at him. 'Alright, I think that we should put everything thing out on the table between us, because I think there's something going on here, and we both need to be on the same page.'
John nodded. 'Ok, I agree... I guess you want to know why I'm here...'
In response to Luci's nod, John told her everything. Lesley's cancer, how she left him the notes to come here, to see the part of her life that she'd kept hidden, the things he had learnt about her, about this place, how Marie had said this place always gave people a new start.
''A new start, huh?' Luci thought a minute, then carried on. 'Wanna know what I think you've learnt about yourself?'
That directness again. 'You've found a side of yourself that you didn't know existed.' She stood up, stood in front of the benches, and posed as though she was still chained for her whipping. 'You loved seeing me like this, didn't you, you loved seeing me whipped.'
John nodded.
She turned, so he could see her back. 'You loved wielding the whip yourself didn't you. All those fresh marks across my shoulders, you did that.' She turned around again, and knelt in the floor in front of him. 'I bet you were the one who wanted to see me pulling the plough.'
She shuffled on the floor, opening her legs, pulling her hands behind her back, and dropping her gaze to look at the floor.
'I've felt the need to be submissive for years, I've played around with boyfriends, girlfriends, done some crazy stuff, but apart from the whipping I got, no one had ever taken me to where I was earlier today.'
She looked up at him again. 'Tell me, where am I going to sleep tonight?' There was a note in her voice, hopeful, pleading.
John hopped off the bench, and stood in front of her. 'You're sleeping in your cell. Gagged, hooded, and chained....' He saw her shudder, felt himself growing hard. 'If you're particularly good, I might even force you to have dildos in your arse and cunt for the night.'
Luci nodded, her eyes shining... 'Yes..Sir...' then she lent forward, and took him into her mouth.