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Hey folks, it's been amazing to read so many encouraging comments from you all, and now it's time for a new arc, as we follow Emma at the beginning of her road to recovery.
Hope you enjoy this latest chapter everybody!
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As the weeks passed, whenever I wasn't in court with my parents and the girls, I spent most of my days at home. RMIT had placed my courses on hold, given the circumstances, and I would be able to resume them whenever I felt I was ready...
Fortunately, despite Val and Beth still spending a lot of time at work, I was rarely alone. Mum and Dad had made up their minds they were staying in Melbourne for the duration of my trial, they were gonna be here for me no matter what
On top of that, I received constant visits from friends of mine from uni... And even more constant visits from a tall, handsome former soldier and his gorgeous, petite blonde girlfriend. They checked in on me like clockwork, at least once a week, and I couldn't help but feel that it was because Danny was blaming himself for what had happened... Either way, I was glad they cared so much, and despite the horrible circumstances in which we'd met, they, myself and the girls had become great friends in a short span of time.
One warm spring Friday, just over three months after the Incident, one of their visits would turn into a very wild, very raw, very emotional night for me...
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"Hey Em, how you doing?" Katie gave me a comforting hug and a kiss as I opened the door to let them in.
"Hey Kate...yeah I'm coping, Hi Danny!" I returned the beautiful blondes kiss before reaching up to hug the gentle giant.
"Hey girl, it's good to see you again."
Whenever they came around to visit, I hugged Kate and Danny so tightly they'd have to fight free of my grip sometimes. These people had saved me from being hurt or violated any worse than what I had been, and because of that, I felt I owed them the world.
"It's great to see you, can I get you guys a cup of coffee? My mum and dad are just out shopping with the girls at the moment." I smiled.
"That'd be great sweetie... How was the court session yesterday?" Katie asked delicately as she and her boyfriend sat down at the kitchen bench.
How indeed... Well the defense lawyer, being the amoral bitch that she was, straight-up lied in court and tried to claim that I'd ASKED Shae to "pretend" to rape me, because since I'm into bondage, obviously I must have rape fantasies too...
Fortunately my lawyer tore apart Shae's testimony when he questioned the smug bastard on the stand. But I could see that several people in that room thought I was just a slut, getting what I "asked for".
"I... don't wanna talk about it..." Was all I said to Katie, pausing as I reached for a couple of coffee mugs.
"Sorry girl, we would've been there but we had to meet our financial advisor." Danny explained.
"Oh, is everything ok with the club?" I asked, putting the kettle on, quickly changing the subject from that hellish court case.
"Yeah things are great actually, we just wanna hire a few more staff, and we wanted to make sure we had the budget to do so." Danny continued. "I think you and the girls would really like this new switch we hired recently, Aaliyah, she's got lots of experience with groups."
"Haha..." I chuckled softly "Yeah we uh... the girls probably would."
Katie looked concerned at me and took my hand as I approached the bench.
"Sweetie, have you done anything bondage-related since... You know?" She asked kindly.
Sadly, I shook my head.
"Ok, that's fine, it's understandable... I'm sorry for asking but... have you done anything... intimate, at all with Valerie and Beth since then?"
I paused, staring grimly into the marble of my kitchen bench. I shook my head again, only just realising how long it had been since I'd shown my girls any affection in the bedroom...
"Ok, no problem sweetie, I didn't wanna upset you."
"I... I want to, I love them so much... but..."
"But it just reminds you too much of what happened?"
I nodded again, looking into the American beautys blue eyes as she gently lifted my head by my chin.
"I know what it's like sweetie, when I... when I got kidnapped, it took me a long time to recover too." She squeezed my hand, and Danny caressed her back and shoulder with care. "I didn't want Danny to tie me up or make love to me for months, because any time he tried I just thought of how those bastards humiliated me, hurt me, terrorised me..."
I could see Katie reliving the experience in her eyes, how anyone could ever do such horrible things to such a kind, beautiful girl I'll never know, but then she looked up at me and smiled.
"But I got better, and I had lots of help from people who cared about me, and..." She turned and caressed her boyfriends handsome stubbled face. "Danny was amazing too, you never pressured me, never forced me to do anything I wasn't comfortable with..."
The beautiful American couple snuggled their foreheads together as I watched, and I felt a smile form on my face.
"...and I know Val and Beth will be as good and patient with you sweetie, you've really got yourself some amazing partners in those two." She smiled, standing over the counter when I leaned forward to hug her.
"Thank you Kate, that means so much... Say uhh..."
One thing she'd said there really stood out to me, really caught my attention.
"You said you got help, with your bedroom problems, what did you mean exactly?" I inquired, breaking the hug.
"Oh, well... this may sound crazy but, my therapist... she actually recommended that I should..." Katie hesitated.
"Should what?" I asked, her silence making me more curious.
"Well... that I should try recreating a scenario similar to what I'd been through, but in a safe space where I could process the emotions and feel like I was in control... Not Rufus."
"Re-... recrea-?" I stammered, my heart sank at the thought, why would anyone suggest that?!
"Yeah I know, I reacted the exact same way, I thought it was crazy, inhumane even... But, in the end she did convince me to do it. So I organised to meet with some friends I'd made in the industry, and... God it was hard, it was draining, it hurt... But after we'd done it a few times and I soldiered on through the pain, I couldn't believe it, but it did help a lot..." Feeling Danny's hands on me again rather than those sick bastards who kidnapped me... It felt so good, it made me feel that little bit more normal again."
"Really? It really helped?" I asked, my lips and hands trembling, my heart racing, my lungs hyperventilating.
"It did sweetie, it really did... aaare you saying, you want to try it?" She hesitated.
"Well... I mean... no... but, also yeah... I just..."
I looked at her and Danny, so happy together, so good for each other... So attracted to one another.
"I want to feel my girls love me again."
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(Several Nights Later, at Club Intimate)
"We'll be right here cutie, I'm proud of you for doing this ok?" Bethany cupped my cold cheeks in her hands.
"Thanks hun..." I spoke with a breaking, husky voice. I was terrified of what I was about to put myself through... But all the same, I'd willingly chosen to do so.
"I love you sweetheart, we'll get through this together..." She kissed me deeply and lovingly, I was too nervous to really return her kiss as intensely as I wanted, but it was ok, she knew I loved her back.
We were in a large, well-lit, mostly bare warehouse-looking room in Danny and Katie's club. The room actually made up the entire floor that we were on, two floors up from the ground level that contained the main public area with the bar, dance floor and entertainment stage through one door, and a long hallway full of rooms for private sessions through another door. Aside from a few support pillars, which were outfitted with several anchor points for people to be tied to and suspended from, the room was completely empty, though the entire long wall along the right side of the room was made up of mirrors, and from certain perspectives, it looked like there were twice as many people present as there really were.
Waiting on a bench at the back of the room were Valerie, Bethany and Kate... my girlfriends looked so worried for me, holding each other tight as Beth sat down. Despite their reservations though, they were keen to participate should this little experimental session work out okay for me, and I decided that I wanted to keep going... I couldn't guarantee that at all though. I mean, not a single thread of rope had been applied to me yet, nobody had touched me aside from Val and Beth each giving me a kiss of reassurance...
And I was terrified, completely and utterly terrified.
As per Katie's suggestions, I'd worn clothes that were as similar as possible to what I'd worn the night of The Incident... I wore a thick black puffer coat with a faux-fur hood, a tight-fitting white tank top with no bra underneath, and a pair of loose grey track pants.
Danny and Katie had asked one of their male doms, a gruff, serious, but very kind man named John, to play the role of my kidnapper. Everything had been explained to him, and I'd met up with him many times over the past few days before to get to know him, and feel safe with him.
So there I was, standing in this room with Kate, Val and Beth sitting on a nearby concrete bench, Danny leaning on one of the pillars nearby to supervise, and John, the big, muscular bearded Dom under his employ, standing next to me in a black hooded jacket, wearing jeans and leather gloves... He seemed equally as reluctant as me to go through with this, but when he finally asked:
"Ok... Remember what you and I discussed, you're the one in control here, if you wanna stop you click your fingers or you say 'stop'... Are you ready to go Emma?"
I took a super long, deep, shaky breath, and I nodded.
"Let's do it..."
John nodded to Katie on the other side of the room. She turned a dial on the wall which slowly dimmed the bright white lights in the room...
It got darker and darker, like an evil spirit had entered the room to torment me and taken all the light with it.
Oh god... I'm in control, I'm in control, I'm in control, this was my idea, I'm in control here... Ohhhh God...!
My whole body tensed up with fear, it was becoming so dark...
Just like it was that night...
I looked over to Valerie and Bethany, shuffling worriedly for me on that bench, they both mouthed silently that they loved me. I mouthed it back.
Within seconds the room was just bright enough that I could see myself, partially shrouded in shadow, in the mirrored wall.
John approached behind me. A stern but hesitant look on his face.
He looked in my eyes in the mirror.
Trembling, I took another deep breath, it's ok, I know him, I'm in control here...
I gave him a small nod to go ahead.
"Mmm...MMMPH!"
TO BE CONTINUED