The Fridge - Chapter 3 (F+/F+)
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:58 am
This story explores one of my most mysterious characters, Jackie Martin. All that's ever been revealed is that she had a bad childhood, that she resorted to theft, and that she suffered some sort of abuse in prison. This story aims to be a little crazy, a lot of fun, and deeply emotional, just like Jackie. Consider this a trigger warning because Jackie finally breaks in this story and tells her own story in her own words and in an extremely immersive way. If you dare, read on and join Jackie as she finally discovers freedom from the past.
The Fridge: Jackie's Story
Saturday, September 05, 2020
CHAPTER 01: My Confession
Bondage means many things to me: fun, camaraderie, friendship, happiness, domination, captors and captives, gags and ropes and tapes and such, submission and defiance, control and danger, a whole lot of things! You can be free as a bee while being smothered yet tease a captive and have not one bit of control. Safe, consensual, considerate, loving explorations of sexuality, captivity, and so many other things. It sounds awful; it looks awful in the films we make; but it's freaking awesome. It's a source of many good things, and the favorite activity in my circle of friends.
"Jackie, get off your duff and grab the camera," Kendra orders me, and I jump up in a blink.
"On it!" and dash to grab our primary filming camera, which is most commonly my charge. It is time to start filming, which is gonna be awful yet awesome. Let's get into things, and I hope you get to learn about all of us and especially my own story through this.
Now I get the idea behind this and all that, but how did Mary-Ann even figure that this place had a walk-in refrigerator? Why does the fridge have a green ceramic tile floor? Better, how did she figure all this out before the restaurant opened? It's such an awesome gimmick, but you might be generating a million questions about the background behind all of this. It's cool but weird.
"Your bandana's too tight," is Kendra's answer to my question. Thank you, honey, but mine is, if anything, a little loose, unlike that red tourniquet you tied on your own head. I'm a lonely retired gangster who now finds her thrills in filming the voluntary suffering of curmudgeons like you, if I do say so myself. People act like I'm another blonde ditz because I'm quiet and reserved, but I crushed my SAT scores. Seriously, Kendra, I'm gonna laugh when you're gagged in the fridge. I think the setup is awful, but we're gonna have so much freaking fun with the chill-chest bondage.
Behold, the Ralstons! Liz and Leah Ralston are our debutantes, coming to us through connecting with one of our own girls who went to the same college that they did. They're fans of our work, I think, because they're too excited. Maybe they're nuts or something because they don't seem like girls who would enjoy the sadistic setting. Hey kids, you're gonna be in a refrigerator, and… Oh, I knew they were blondes, but those are the prettiest green eyes I've ever seen!
"Charmed," is my personal intro to them while firmly shaking their hands, "Don't turn away from me; I'm a retired pickpocket," I tease them and turn away with a wiggle of my eyebrows.
I only ever picked 2 or 3 pockets, actually, and just didn't feel it was necessary to go through that much trouble for money when there were corner stores that made it so freaking easy to just steal a candy bar right off the shelf. Why waste time like that? Believe me, it was awful. The twins have the figures to do this job, and I can't wait to see them in ropes. Ah, Joyce is checking the prop gun, and the twins are adjusting their hair. That means it's time for me to grab my camera. Everyone else is to get out of here. C'mon, shoo! Shoo! Me, the Twins, Joyce, and Alexandra.
Action!
"It's a swell joint," Leah sat at the desk and put her feet on the desk.
"Yeah, the Edwards girls are in charge here," Liz sat on the desk.
Nice outfits! Color-matching, twin style. The ankle boots are so cute that I want them but can't decide whose like better; mall day shopping list item. The leggings and leather miniskirts are an essential pairing for any retired thief to enjoy. Their t-shirts add a splash of innocence and would make boob exposure almost a necessity if I were in their places. When a leather jacket is added, this girl is completely aboard the boat. Adding bandana headbands just makes it fully Cool Girl and fully Gangsta, just the way this thief wants it. Gosh, yeah, the envy is so real. Can you feel it? Liz has black boots, white leggings, a black skirt, a white shirt, a black jacket, and a white bandana. Leah has the complete opposite Such chic outfits. Actually, I have outfits like these already. Before you ask, Leah has a big scar on her cheek. They told us themselves.
"Are you really flipping a coin?" Leah asks, "Stereotypical 1930s two-bit penny-ante gangster!"
"Yeah, Bailey, so I am? Wuz it to you? Maybe I'm just cooler than you, hmmm?" Liz smirks.
"Put your hands where I can see them," Joyce brings more hotties into the room.
Enter Joyce Verdi, stage name Annie Oakes, and Xandra Watkins, stage name Kaci-Lee Masters. Joyce has a similar style with black combat boots, black pantyhose, a pink leather skirt, a black leather jacket, a pink t-shirt, and a pink bandana headband. Such personality! She has taken the Twins' outfits, added an extra splash of femininity with the pink, and added a pinch of tough girl attitude. Her glasses just put her over the top somehow while she effortlessly snatches the coin mid flip and waves her gun. She grabs Leah by the arm and throws her off the chair. Authority!
"Who are you?" Liz asks without showing any nervousness whatsoever.
"Annie Oakes, in charge of this part of town. I demand $100 per week for protection money," Joyce sits down without flinching, "Pay up, shut up, or cool off, got it? I mean business."
"Great, you got your film noir now, Hailey," Leah holds her arms in the air.
"Masters," Joyce puts her feet up, "Humiliate these gangster wannabes."
"Right on it, boss," Alexandra begins to strip the twin gangsters of their gangster status.
Joyce's shoulder-length light brown hair, hazel-green eyes, and glasses make her seem cold and calculating. She's a credible 1930s style gangster in 2019, and her stoical gaze is picture perfect. Her accomplice, Xandra, is a credible threat as a gangster, too, even if in a different manner. The red woolen knee skirt and the black fishnet stockings make her look like a perfect gun moll. Her black pumps, and a black turtleneck sweater give an old style vibe where you expect a dagger to be strapped to her thigh. Yet her long blonde hair and brilliantly blue eyes make her look like a good girl even though her voice is credibly sinister and heartless. Please kidnap me, ladies!
I loovvvvvve leather. Love, love, love it! I didn't wear leather in my own gangster days even if I was a professional thief. Ah haaah! Look at that! A black bra and black panties, for Leah, and a white bra and white panties for Liz. They have undies matching their bandanas. How cute! It is the personalities though, that I really love. The scowl on Liz's face; the desire to kill on Leah's; a slick grin on Joyce's; and the mischief on Alexandra's.
"So, you gonna pay up, or cool off?" Joyce asks them again, "I ain't askin' again, got it?"
"May the bluebird of happiness crap on your head," Leah says and proudly nods her head.
"That's it, my dear. Tie ‘em and gag ‘em, Masters," the gangster lady stands up.
Joyce brilliantly reaches into her coat pockets and pulls out two 1.75 inch ball gags, one red and one blue. She gags Leah with the blue while Alexandra boxties Liz's arms, and then they switch positions. Liz's arms are boxtied by Alexandra, and Liz gets the red ball gag. Each gangster has two coils of white rope, they first tie good chest harnesses to support the boxtie, and then they tie good crotch ropes as well. They're snug, not tight, and effective, and Liz and Leah are turning a gangster adventure into being two underwear-clad burritos. I just love Mexican food. Spicy!
With effortless shoves from Joyce, both girls are forced to lie down on the desk. Five ropes are used on each girl's legs. They squeal, perhaps showing regret for their resistance, but it's too late to submit. Punishment must come first before further discussions. One rope below their waist, and one above their knees: helpless thighs. One below their knees, one at their ankles, and one at the midway point on their shins: helpless lower legs. Feel the temperature increasing here?
"Get up and hop!" Xandra snarls and helps each one to stand, "Move it, you dumb b-tches!"
I never kidnapped a soul during my real gangster days, although TUGs with friends and bondage films. and photo shoots are very different experiences. But, TUGs are about kidnapping, so that is kind of the point. Duh! Consensual games and consensual productions are different. OK, one time as a 14 year old I locked that 12 year old girl in a cage while robbing her house. OK, I was a monster then who took to being a crook because she was too proud to ask family for help! Any questions about my past before I resume? Yes, my priest has heard it all and absolved me. Look and listen to me: what was done was wrong and inexcusable but can't be undone either. Owning my mistakes and my past is all that can be done. Please, stop judging me and my friends. When I get into certain mindsets or see certain things, horrible imagery flashes before my eyes.
Hopping and hoping are two of my favorite things. I love a bondage hop, but I'm a positive girl and always hope for the best two. Liz and Leah's hopping is a positive in this scene. Just like I knew that there was something different in my Roman Catholic friends and journeyed until they showed me what it meant to believe in something. And just like now Liz and Leah are realizing that Joyce is playing a tough game and making them bunny hop into this refrigerator.
Dang, it's cold in here. That's why I'm wearing my favorite navy bandana as a kerchief with a white turtleneck t-shirt, navy sweatpants, and white combat boots. I need to fight the cold with a lot of clothing! The Twins instantly react to the cold. Poor things are hogtied on the floor in a refrigerator. Yikes. I start my 15 minute timer that tells me that no matter what the scene must end by then. The Twins look at each other: Hailey and Bailey Edwards are screwed.
"I'll be back. Either you'll cool off and pay up, or you'll cool off all the way," Joyce sneers.
Joyce plays a really cold gangster despite the true warmth she has in her heart. She's known the Twins for almost two years, so she knows what they can do better than me. Fantasy is such an incredible escape from life, whether it's trauma, simple stress, or a criminal past. Alexandra and Joyce strut out of the fridge and shut the door, leaving me in here with nothing but the cold, the Twins, and the white fluorescent lighting. Now it's my time to shine! A silenced notification is on my phone; it's from Kendra and says, "You're the star, Jackie! May you shine brightly!"
I take my trusty camera and capture the details of the Twins' struggles. The green eyes dart all over the fridge with obvious distress. I can see the discomfort in their eyes, too: crotch ropes that aren't enough for them to get off. It's just gonna burn, burn, burn. It's such an awful, awesome feeling. I really can't compare it to anything else. It just… burns, yeah! No other words needed.
"Mmmmmmm!" Liz is starting to drool a bit now after resisting such urges.
"Auuugggggghhhhhhhhh!" Leah expresses the burn very well.
Part of me wishes it was OK for me to tickle their feet just for a light addition to the scene, but as the camera operator, capturing their struggle and their movements, good behavior is necessary. It reminds me of when I turned myself into the police due to being sick of feeling like a slave to my criminal ways. Surrender brought freedom… and nightmares. Yeah, I spent 3 years in Mudville Juvie, but… That is something I cannot talk about now, so let's focus on something else, yeah?
Pretty young girls they are! From opposite outfits to opposite underwear is a big shift they take in stride. It's a cute scene, but Leah gives me the triple-signal when I ‘m focused on Liz. They'd already had enough of this for one scene, and that was fair after 7 minutes. A perfect way to end a scene on their own terms. I propped the camera, texted Joyce, and watched her waltz in again.
"So, you girls gonna pay up, or you gonna cool off?" Joyce asks in her cold gangster tone.
"-E'll hay -ou," Leah groans into the ball gag, and I end the scene by focusing on Joyce's smirk.
"Penny ante gangsters are nothing like real ones," I say with a wink, and gather the camera.
"Jackie, something's eating at you," Joyce says to me, "You wanna talk?"
"Who, me? No, no!" I nervously laugh, "Of course I'm fine!" that's blatant deception.
"Liar," and Joyce sees right through it, "You don't have to talk, but don't lie to me. Please?"
I sadly shake my head and dash out of the fridge, desperately looking for the restrooms so I can escape between scenes and get away from the things I've never discussed with anyone. My beloved navy kerchief sure isn't a sign of strength right now, is it? The white turtleneck and the navy sweatpants were supposed to remind me of my gangster days in a good way, and the white combat boots were supposed to be my tough survivor girl vibe. Instead, I am sick and down on my knees in worship of the porcelain god. Why must it be this way?! Must I live—the sound! Someone has entered the bathroom. Oh, Lord, please get me out of this!
"Jackie, what is wrong?" Crap! It's Joyce, that sweet girl, "Jackie, we can hug and not talk."
"Please, go—" and then I hurl into the toilet because I am so stressed out right now, "Blegh!"
"Oh, Lord," Joyce finds me because I didn't lock the stall, "Jackie?!?!" she's even crying now.
"I can't talk about it. I can't!" the faces are before my eyes like it was yesterday, "No! No!"
"How may I help?" she kneels beside me, "A hug? A snack? A prayer?"
"Yeah, yeah," I am shaking so much, "A hug," so many horrid thoughts flood my mind now.
I grab her in a tight hug, tears rolling down my cheeks. I'm needed outside, the camera queen; it will be excused though. Many of us have triggers, and there is an overwhelming loneliness right now. Selfish thing I am! I'm remembering prison and my parents; Joyce's parents are dead. I've got a chance to maybe someday love my parents again; she doesn't have that much. But a face is flashing before my mind, a monstrous face. I will never forget that face until my dying day.
Just as abruptly, I stop crying, use a hankie to dry my tears, thank Joyce, compartmentalize, and leave the bathroom. Now Mary-Ann's calling me by name; I can't disappoint my friends. But I am weak right now yet pretending to be strong. Joyce knows it, and Xandra and the Twins saw it, too. What is it that triggered me back during that scene or conversation? Why did I mentally collapse? Was I simply being a weakling? Why can I feel God's forgiveness for my sins, but I can't process this? Am I defective? Weak? Scared? Stupid? Broken? No, it's injury.
"There she is, iron guts Martin!" Kendra refers to my love of spicy food.
"Yep, she's back," I smile and hide the truth of what just happened in the bathroom.
"Hi, Iron Guts," Alexandra takes my hand—she knows—and nods, "You did well back there."
"Thank you," now, I need to get my bearings. Destiny, Kendra… and me!
"C'mon, Jackie, you're gonna be a stripped gangster in this next scene!" Kendra teases me.
"I forgot," I giggle. What a relief! They're clueless! "I need to change," I wink and get my bag.
I go to the changing corner and take off my turtleneck since I've got a sports bra underneath. It's a—oh, dang—are those my boobs? They belong to me, don't they? Sizable and firm, but they're corrupted. The shiny navel piercing is mine though. Yeah, it's mine. Yes. C'mon, Jackie, pull it allllll together for your friends. Replace the sweats with gym shorts. Put my boots back on. It's a dumb idea to have that mirror right there! I don't care if it's to help me get ready!
Keep it together, Jackie. Yes, let them think it's filmset jitters. Not like I ride a Kawasaki sports bike during spring, autumn, and fall. Me? Fearless? I only have one genuine fear. No, you get out of my mind! C'mon, leave me alone, you f-cking d-ck! God, the dissonance! Focus! Now I have it together. Go on out there, make this film, and have fun! Collapse after. Make this be an inspirational moment of how you worked through the pain and suffered afterwards.
I can do this. This is a fantastic way to start a new film. It's a perfect way for us to dress for the inevitable refrigerator bondage. These boobs, though, aren't really mine anymore. They belong to them. No, they belong to neither my friends nor the viewers. They belong to some other people. My heart starts racing; panic seizes me; my eyes dilate; goosebumps form on my arms; a chill goes down my spine; my friends become distant and unreachable; I'm alone with them in that room again, a teenager helpless to protect herself. A fleeting thought, and I black out.
I open my eyes and see Kendra's husband, Ross, among others, looking at me. Well, the logical thing to do is wonder what happened. But there's a man there. Punch him! That's a tell-all sign for my friends. I love Ross like a big brother; both Kendra and Mary-Ann's husbands are family to me. To punch any of them is a huge red flag; everyone knows it; something is wrong with me. I am still woozy and so only graze Ross in the chest, but the attempt was still made.
"Get away!" I snap, completely out of character, "Just get away from me!" I dust myself up and stand up, taking a big glug from a ginger ale; it's too late. I run to the sink and barf again. There is no avoiding it any longer; everyone knows it; everyone knows the majority of my past. What would be new is getting my unique perspective on it though. I can't bring it out though.
"Look," I am gasping for breath, "I cannot talk about it. Not even to my shrink," I admit about as candidly as I can, "I had to do the little kid touch-the-doll sh-t to tell her what happened," that's a big clue where I am going with this, "Look, they did it to Kylie and Larsson, too! You're all able to remember and sympathize with them because Kylie jumped over a banister rail because they'd destroyed her will to live. You remember Hannah because they turned her into a bisexual. Y'all forget me! They wrecked me just as badly as Kylie!" I look around the room to see shock, pain, and understanding; they know I mean the prison guards, "Mary-Ann's easy to remember because she's the wildcat who went through foster care and misadventures; my cupboards were bare!"
I feel like a whiny baby with green mushroom disease, but there was nothing but truth in what I was saying. My cupboards really were bare; my parents drank their calories or got take out. If I got food from them, it was through takeout. There was no concern for my needs. The weight of it all has been hanging over my head for years now. My abuse in prison ended 7 years ago, but it is still fresh in my head. I think they're finally realizing that my life from birth to adulthood was a nonstop sequence of pure, unfiltered misery that never let up for a second.
"Jackie, what's wrong?" Joyce comes over to me with concern, "You need to talk?"
"I can't talk about it," I admit in the most vulnerable moment of my life, "It'll rip me apart first."
"We'll do anything for you… if it'll help you to be able to live in the present."
"Girl, it's not that simple," those physical sensations are pulsing in my body, "It's just not."
"Jackie," Mary-Ann takes me by the hand, but I scream and pull away, "We want to help!"
"Not now," I shudder, my breath shaking within me, "I have to word it in a way that won't be a trigger for me. Right now, I need to be left alone. Don't touch me, and I'll be fine."
Punching Ross. Screaming when Maddy touched me. Barfing. Passing out before. I've hit the point of no return; it's obvious even to the dust mites that something is wrong with me. How do you tell your friends that three prison guards—two male and one female—took turns using you in ways they didn't use any of the other girls? Everyone just knows they liked blondes, that we all have new limits because of them. Larsson, Kylie, and I were taken by them, but Kylie's not mentally built like Hannah and me. She breaks more easily from that kind of thing.
"Lunch time," I look at them all, "By lunch time, I'll be ready to talk and make you hurl too."
"Jackie," Mary-Ann only offers me her hand this time, "Only take my hand if you're able."
"Thanks," I shake my head, "but I can't take your hand right now. I need to be left alone."
"Are you able to keep up the camera work?" she asks me as a friend first and a boss second.
"Yes, I can do it. I'm able to find my peace. It just needs time to put itself in words."
My parents… I don't even know where they are or if they're alive, much like Mary-Ann doesn't know the lowdown on her folks. Prison abuse and parental abuse are different parts of this. The latter is a thing only my therapist has ever heard me discuss. It's wrong to say my parents were abusive to me because they just didn't care. What's the word? Neglect? Yeah, Mary-Ann and I are victims of neglect, not abuse. OK, maybe it's abuse when… I'll get to it in this story.
I still keep a diary, and I thought recording my crimes in generic terms would make me feel bad. Eventually, it did, when I flipped through the pages one night, seeing it all in print and realizing that I'd hurt people, whether emotionally or economically, when I did that. I realized then that just because I needed notebooks for school and couldn't buy them didn't mean I should steal them from the local Office Depot. Just because my parents didn't love me didn't change that all four of my grandparents and my aunts and cousins did love me.
Can you feel it? It's my Mother… no, no, not my biological mother. Mama Mary, God's mother. When I'm scared, I clutch my medal and ask her to protect me and pray for me. She's a mom and knows all too well what I must feel when I think about my own parents. Feel it? I hope you can because it is a feeling that, as a young thief, I would have scoffed at you for mentioning it, but it's real. Thirty minutes have gone by, and I can't tell you what happened during that time. I put the camera down and motion for someone without displaying any panic. Mary-Ann comes into the fridge with silent, sneaky motions, and I use hand cues to tell her to take over the camera for a moment. I walk over to the big sink, barf yet again—because I obviously enjoy it—clean my mouth, splash cold water on my face, and mentally prepare myself for reality. Like it or not, my friends are going to have to hear about what Mr. Reardon—no, Mr. Crawford, that piece of sh-t cueball—and my parents did to me. Many eyes watch me as I calmly adjust my navy kerchief and return to the fridge. What's happening again? Where are we? Who's even here?
I feel empowered again. I can breathe easily. I'm not shaking. I'm ready to tell my story. Wait, who was even tied up? Who was escaping again? How can I consciously crush my job like this and not remember doing any of it? My sweet readers—I'm sorry—that's how PTSD works. It's time for a heavy dose of reality, and please forgive all this chaos from my mind. As we walk out of the fridge, I see that look on Mary-Ann's face that can mean many meanings, but I know it's a "Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" face as opposed to a happy "It's time to kidnap you and gag you with my sweaty socks" face. I force a cheeky smile and give a wave with my fingers, as if I'm trying to alleviate anger or flirt with her. Of course it's the former! I'm not into girls, especially not after what Mrs. Thalberg did to me in prison! Thankfully, my response evokes a playful laugh and eye roll from Mary-Ann, but she knows and is worried.
"All right," I say, "Enough's enough. You only know half of the legend of the Reardon Gang… Look," I tensely brace myself and nervously walk around the empty future dining room in the big restaurant, "You know what happened to Kylie, right? Mr. Reardon, Mr. Crawford, and Mrs. Thalberg would take her aside for," and I use finger quotes for this, "so-called ‘searches' where they hurt her, sometimes misuse her body for themselves. They did it to me, too," I take a deep breath, almost collapsing from guilt for comparing myself to my friends who also suffered from the same people in the same manner, "When I first arrived in Juvie, the Reardon gang had just emboldened itself to start abusing inmates. Do you know who victim number one was? A fresh, young 16-year old girl who arrived in October after turning herself into the police on a deal of 3 years in juvenile detention for a confession and a guarantee of no time in prison," my arms are crossed now as I say the words, "I bet you never thought of that?" and I see some horrified gazes as they all realize that I'm the "16-year old girl."
"While Kylie's bones knit, guess who had to take on all the horrors that were planned for Kylie on top of the ones that were planned for herself?" I watch a lot of faces turn strangely gray as the color drains from their cheeks, "Between my arrival in October 2011 and the firing of all three members of the Reardon gang at the end of January 2013, which is 15 months, can any of you guess how many blowjobs I had to give Mr. Crawford? How about a guess of how many birth control pills I had to take since I certainly would have ended up pregnant?" I hear lots of girls crying now, and I am now leaning against the wall while looking at my distressed audience.
"You know why I haven't had a steady boyfriend? Because I still feel those two creeps inside my body as if it happened this morning," I'm being candid and brutally honest and keep scanning the room to engage my audience, "15 months. 69 weeks. At least once a week. At least twice when Kylie had the broken leg. Reardon used me as his personal baby factory! And Crawford was the worst! I can still feel all the sensations in my mouth; that's why I've been barfing. And don't get me started on Mrs. Thalberg. She's the real reason… Kylie can't have children… and the reason I leave the room or turn away whenever any of you girls do anything lesbian. Having to endure that rubber thing until my body… responded," I look down at the floor and wince, "I'm not trying to trivialize Kylie and Hannah," I say, almost collapsing under the weight of my own words, "I'm just saying no one's ever asked me about my suffering or given me a hug for it."
Mary-Ann is sitting up, curled up in a ball in the corner, facing the corner, bawling her eyes out; Joyce and I are hugging and crying; some are standing stunned because they were arrested long after the Reardon gang had been ended; Liz and Leah are mortified because they did not know that we all went through so much in our lives; even the men are crying. No one ever thought about me like this. It's my desperately unwanted—but necessary—moment of recognition.
"Jackie, I'm so sorry," Mary-Ann gathers her strength and comes over, "For never once," she has to pause to sniff, "asking you about life or if you ever needed to vent. Can you forgive me?"
"Mary-Ann, I forgive you, and I'm sorry because I know that, for you, me, and Kendra, they also stole our virginity. I always wanted to be a mom, but I can't share my body with someone else if I can't convince myself that it belongs to me over 7 years later," I look into Mary-Ann's eyes.
"Veggie lover's pizza for lunch, OK?" Mary-Ann asks me ever so kindly, "I love you, Jackie."
"I love you, too, Mary-Ann," I back away and wave my arms, "Hey!" I shout above the noise, "I got a message for all of you! You wanna know something! Maybe I suffered and broke from all of it, but you know something! I love you all! You're my friends! My confidantes! Thank you all for being my friends and for never judging me even if I act a little crazy at times. Dry your eyes; we've got a shooting schedule to maintain, or we'll fall behind."
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The Fridge: Jackie's Story
Saturday, September 05, 2020
CHAPTER 01: My Confession
Bondage means many things to me: fun, camaraderie, friendship, happiness, domination, captors and captives, gags and ropes and tapes and such, submission and defiance, control and danger, a whole lot of things! You can be free as a bee while being smothered yet tease a captive and have not one bit of control. Safe, consensual, considerate, loving explorations of sexuality, captivity, and so many other things. It sounds awful; it looks awful in the films we make; but it's freaking awesome. It's a source of many good things, and the favorite activity in my circle of friends.
"Jackie, get off your duff and grab the camera," Kendra orders me, and I jump up in a blink.
"On it!" and dash to grab our primary filming camera, which is most commonly my charge. It is time to start filming, which is gonna be awful yet awesome. Let's get into things, and I hope you get to learn about all of us and especially my own story through this.
Now I get the idea behind this and all that, but how did Mary-Ann even figure that this place had a walk-in refrigerator? Why does the fridge have a green ceramic tile floor? Better, how did she figure all this out before the restaurant opened? It's such an awesome gimmick, but you might be generating a million questions about the background behind all of this. It's cool but weird.
"Your bandana's too tight," is Kendra's answer to my question. Thank you, honey, but mine is, if anything, a little loose, unlike that red tourniquet you tied on your own head. I'm a lonely retired gangster who now finds her thrills in filming the voluntary suffering of curmudgeons like you, if I do say so myself. People act like I'm another blonde ditz because I'm quiet and reserved, but I crushed my SAT scores. Seriously, Kendra, I'm gonna laugh when you're gagged in the fridge. I think the setup is awful, but we're gonna have so much freaking fun with the chill-chest bondage.
Behold, the Ralstons! Liz and Leah Ralston are our debutantes, coming to us through connecting with one of our own girls who went to the same college that they did. They're fans of our work, I think, because they're too excited. Maybe they're nuts or something because they don't seem like girls who would enjoy the sadistic setting. Hey kids, you're gonna be in a refrigerator, and… Oh, I knew they were blondes, but those are the prettiest green eyes I've ever seen!
"Charmed," is my personal intro to them while firmly shaking their hands, "Don't turn away from me; I'm a retired pickpocket," I tease them and turn away with a wiggle of my eyebrows.
I only ever picked 2 or 3 pockets, actually, and just didn't feel it was necessary to go through that much trouble for money when there were corner stores that made it so freaking easy to just steal a candy bar right off the shelf. Why waste time like that? Believe me, it was awful. The twins have the figures to do this job, and I can't wait to see them in ropes. Ah, Joyce is checking the prop gun, and the twins are adjusting their hair. That means it's time for me to grab my camera. Everyone else is to get out of here. C'mon, shoo! Shoo! Me, the Twins, Joyce, and Alexandra.
Action!
"It's a swell joint," Leah sat at the desk and put her feet on the desk.
"Yeah, the Edwards girls are in charge here," Liz sat on the desk.
Nice outfits! Color-matching, twin style. The ankle boots are so cute that I want them but can't decide whose like better; mall day shopping list item. The leggings and leather miniskirts are an essential pairing for any retired thief to enjoy. Their t-shirts add a splash of innocence and would make boob exposure almost a necessity if I were in their places. When a leather jacket is added, this girl is completely aboard the boat. Adding bandana headbands just makes it fully Cool Girl and fully Gangsta, just the way this thief wants it. Gosh, yeah, the envy is so real. Can you feel it? Liz has black boots, white leggings, a black skirt, a white shirt, a black jacket, and a white bandana. Leah has the complete opposite Such chic outfits. Actually, I have outfits like these already. Before you ask, Leah has a big scar on her cheek. They told us themselves.
"Are you really flipping a coin?" Leah asks, "Stereotypical 1930s two-bit penny-ante gangster!"
"Yeah, Bailey, so I am? Wuz it to you? Maybe I'm just cooler than you, hmmm?" Liz smirks.
"Put your hands where I can see them," Joyce brings more hotties into the room.
Enter Joyce Verdi, stage name Annie Oakes, and Xandra Watkins, stage name Kaci-Lee Masters. Joyce has a similar style with black combat boots, black pantyhose, a pink leather skirt, a black leather jacket, a pink t-shirt, and a pink bandana headband. Such personality! She has taken the Twins' outfits, added an extra splash of femininity with the pink, and added a pinch of tough girl attitude. Her glasses just put her over the top somehow while she effortlessly snatches the coin mid flip and waves her gun. She grabs Leah by the arm and throws her off the chair. Authority!
"Who are you?" Liz asks without showing any nervousness whatsoever.
"Annie Oakes, in charge of this part of town. I demand $100 per week for protection money," Joyce sits down without flinching, "Pay up, shut up, or cool off, got it? I mean business."
"Great, you got your film noir now, Hailey," Leah holds her arms in the air.
"Masters," Joyce puts her feet up, "Humiliate these gangster wannabes."
"Right on it, boss," Alexandra begins to strip the twin gangsters of their gangster status.
Joyce's shoulder-length light brown hair, hazel-green eyes, and glasses make her seem cold and calculating. She's a credible 1930s style gangster in 2019, and her stoical gaze is picture perfect. Her accomplice, Xandra, is a credible threat as a gangster, too, even if in a different manner. The red woolen knee skirt and the black fishnet stockings make her look like a perfect gun moll. Her black pumps, and a black turtleneck sweater give an old style vibe where you expect a dagger to be strapped to her thigh. Yet her long blonde hair and brilliantly blue eyes make her look like a good girl even though her voice is credibly sinister and heartless. Please kidnap me, ladies!
I loovvvvvve leather. Love, love, love it! I didn't wear leather in my own gangster days even if I was a professional thief. Ah haaah! Look at that! A black bra and black panties, for Leah, and a white bra and white panties for Liz. They have undies matching their bandanas. How cute! It is the personalities though, that I really love. The scowl on Liz's face; the desire to kill on Leah's; a slick grin on Joyce's; and the mischief on Alexandra's.
"So, you gonna pay up, or cool off?" Joyce asks them again, "I ain't askin' again, got it?"
"May the bluebird of happiness crap on your head," Leah says and proudly nods her head.
"That's it, my dear. Tie ‘em and gag ‘em, Masters," the gangster lady stands up.
Joyce brilliantly reaches into her coat pockets and pulls out two 1.75 inch ball gags, one red and one blue. She gags Leah with the blue while Alexandra boxties Liz's arms, and then they switch positions. Liz's arms are boxtied by Alexandra, and Liz gets the red ball gag. Each gangster has two coils of white rope, they first tie good chest harnesses to support the boxtie, and then they tie good crotch ropes as well. They're snug, not tight, and effective, and Liz and Leah are turning a gangster adventure into being two underwear-clad burritos. I just love Mexican food. Spicy!
With effortless shoves from Joyce, both girls are forced to lie down on the desk. Five ropes are used on each girl's legs. They squeal, perhaps showing regret for their resistance, but it's too late to submit. Punishment must come first before further discussions. One rope below their waist, and one above their knees: helpless thighs. One below their knees, one at their ankles, and one at the midway point on their shins: helpless lower legs. Feel the temperature increasing here?
"Get up and hop!" Xandra snarls and helps each one to stand, "Move it, you dumb b-tches!"
I never kidnapped a soul during my real gangster days, although TUGs with friends and bondage films. and photo shoots are very different experiences. But, TUGs are about kidnapping, so that is kind of the point. Duh! Consensual games and consensual productions are different. OK, one time as a 14 year old I locked that 12 year old girl in a cage while robbing her house. OK, I was a monster then who took to being a crook because she was too proud to ask family for help! Any questions about my past before I resume? Yes, my priest has heard it all and absolved me. Look and listen to me: what was done was wrong and inexcusable but can't be undone either. Owning my mistakes and my past is all that can be done. Please, stop judging me and my friends. When I get into certain mindsets or see certain things, horrible imagery flashes before my eyes.
Hopping and hoping are two of my favorite things. I love a bondage hop, but I'm a positive girl and always hope for the best two. Liz and Leah's hopping is a positive in this scene. Just like I knew that there was something different in my Roman Catholic friends and journeyed until they showed me what it meant to believe in something. And just like now Liz and Leah are realizing that Joyce is playing a tough game and making them bunny hop into this refrigerator.
Dang, it's cold in here. That's why I'm wearing my favorite navy bandana as a kerchief with a white turtleneck t-shirt, navy sweatpants, and white combat boots. I need to fight the cold with a lot of clothing! The Twins instantly react to the cold. Poor things are hogtied on the floor in a refrigerator. Yikes. I start my 15 minute timer that tells me that no matter what the scene must end by then. The Twins look at each other: Hailey and Bailey Edwards are screwed.
"I'll be back. Either you'll cool off and pay up, or you'll cool off all the way," Joyce sneers.
Joyce plays a really cold gangster despite the true warmth she has in her heart. She's known the Twins for almost two years, so she knows what they can do better than me. Fantasy is such an incredible escape from life, whether it's trauma, simple stress, or a criminal past. Alexandra and Joyce strut out of the fridge and shut the door, leaving me in here with nothing but the cold, the Twins, and the white fluorescent lighting. Now it's my time to shine! A silenced notification is on my phone; it's from Kendra and says, "You're the star, Jackie! May you shine brightly!"
I take my trusty camera and capture the details of the Twins' struggles. The green eyes dart all over the fridge with obvious distress. I can see the discomfort in their eyes, too: crotch ropes that aren't enough for them to get off. It's just gonna burn, burn, burn. It's such an awful, awesome feeling. I really can't compare it to anything else. It just… burns, yeah! No other words needed.
"Mmmmmmm!" Liz is starting to drool a bit now after resisting such urges.
"Auuugggggghhhhhhhhh!" Leah expresses the burn very well.
Part of me wishes it was OK for me to tickle their feet just for a light addition to the scene, but as the camera operator, capturing their struggle and their movements, good behavior is necessary. It reminds me of when I turned myself into the police due to being sick of feeling like a slave to my criminal ways. Surrender brought freedom… and nightmares. Yeah, I spent 3 years in Mudville Juvie, but… That is something I cannot talk about now, so let's focus on something else, yeah?
Pretty young girls they are! From opposite outfits to opposite underwear is a big shift they take in stride. It's a cute scene, but Leah gives me the triple-signal when I ‘m focused on Liz. They'd already had enough of this for one scene, and that was fair after 7 minutes. A perfect way to end a scene on their own terms. I propped the camera, texted Joyce, and watched her waltz in again.
"So, you girls gonna pay up, or you gonna cool off?" Joyce asks in her cold gangster tone.
"-E'll hay -ou," Leah groans into the ball gag, and I end the scene by focusing on Joyce's smirk.
"Penny ante gangsters are nothing like real ones," I say with a wink, and gather the camera.
"Jackie, something's eating at you," Joyce says to me, "You wanna talk?"
"Who, me? No, no!" I nervously laugh, "Of course I'm fine!" that's blatant deception.
"Liar," and Joyce sees right through it, "You don't have to talk, but don't lie to me. Please?"
I sadly shake my head and dash out of the fridge, desperately looking for the restrooms so I can escape between scenes and get away from the things I've never discussed with anyone. My beloved navy kerchief sure isn't a sign of strength right now, is it? The white turtleneck and the navy sweatpants were supposed to remind me of my gangster days in a good way, and the white combat boots were supposed to be my tough survivor girl vibe. Instead, I am sick and down on my knees in worship of the porcelain god. Why must it be this way?! Must I live—the sound! Someone has entered the bathroom. Oh, Lord, please get me out of this!
"Jackie, what is wrong?" Crap! It's Joyce, that sweet girl, "Jackie, we can hug and not talk."
"Please, go—" and then I hurl into the toilet because I am so stressed out right now, "Blegh!"
"Oh, Lord," Joyce finds me because I didn't lock the stall, "Jackie?!?!" she's even crying now.
"I can't talk about it. I can't!" the faces are before my eyes like it was yesterday, "No! No!"
"How may I help?" she kneels beside me, "A hug? A snack? A prayer?"
"Yeah, yeah," I am shaking so much, "A hug," so many horrid thoughts flood my mind now.
I grab her in a tight hug, tears rolling down my cheeks. I'm needed outside, the camera queen; it will be excused though. Many of us have triggers, and there is an overwhelming loneliness right now. Selfish thing I am! I'm remembering prison and my parents; Joyce's parents are dead. I've got a chance to maybe someday love my parents again; she doesn't have that much. But a face is flashing before my mind, a monstrous face. I will never forget that face until my dying day.
Just as abruptly, I stop crying, use a hankie to dry my tears, thank Joyce, compartmentalize, and leave the bathroom. Now Mary-Ann's calling me by name; I can't disappoint my friends. But I am weak right now yet pretending to be strong. Joyce knows it, and Xandra and the Twins saw it, too. What is it that triggered me back during that scene or conversation? Why did I mentally collapse? Was I simply being a weakling? Why can I feel God's forgiveness for my sins, but I can't process this? Am I defective? Weak? Scared? Stupid? Broken? No, it's injury.
"There she is, iron guts Martin!" Kendra refers to my love of spicy food.
"Yep, she's back," I smile and hide the truth of what just happened in the bathroom.
"Hi, Iron Guts," Alexandra takes my hand—she knows—and nods, "You did well back there."
"Thank you," now, I need to get my bearings. Destiny, Kendra… and me!
"C'mon, Jackie, you're gonna be a stripped gangster in this next scene!" Kendra teases me.
"I forgot," I giggle. What a relief! They're clueless! "I need to change," I wink and get my bag.
I go to the changing corner and take off my turtleneck since I've got a sports bra underneath. It's a—oh, dang—are those my boobs? They belong to me, don't they? Sizable and firm, but they're corrupted. The shiny navel piercing is mine though. Yeah, it's mine. Yes. C'mon, Jackie, pull it allllll together for your friends. Replace the sweats with gym shorts. Put my boots back on. It's a dumb idea to have that mirror right there! I don't care if it's to help me get ready!
Keep it together, Jackie. Yes, let them think it's filmset jitters. Not like I ride a Kawasaki sports bike during spring, autumn, and fall. Me? Fearless? I only have one genuine fear. No, you get out of my mind! C'mon, leave me alone, you f-cking d-ck! God, the dissonance! Focus! Now I have it together. Go on out there, make this film, and have fun! Collapse after. Make this be an inspirational moment of how you worked through the pain and suffered afterwards.
I can do this. This is a fantastic way to start a new film. It's a perfect way for us to dress for the inevitable refrigerator bondage. These boobs, though, aren't really mine anymore. They belong to them. No, they belong to neither my friends nor the viewers. They belong to some other people. My heart starts racing; panic seizes me; my eyes dilate; goosebumps form on my arms; a chill goes down my spine; my friends become distant and unreachable; I'm alone with them in that room again, a teenager helpless to protect herself. A fleeting thought, and I black out.
I open my eyes and see Kendra's husband, Ross, among others, looking at me. Well, the logical thing to do is wonder what happened. But there's a man there. Punch him! That's a tell-all sign for my friends. I love Ross like a big brother; both Kendra and Mary-Ann's husbands are family to me. To punch any of them is a huge red flag; everyone knows it; something is wrong with me. I am still woozy and so only graze Ross in the chest, but the attempt was still made.
"Get away!" I snap, completely out of character, "Just get away from me!" I dust myself up and stand up, taking a big glug from a ginger ale; it's too late. I run to the sink and barf again. There is no avoiding it any longer; everyone knows it; everyone knows the majority of my past. What would be new is getting my unique perspective on it though. I can't bring it out though.
"Look," I am gasping for breath, "I cannot talk about it. Not even to my shrink," I admit about as candidly as I can, "I had to do the little kid touch-the-doll sh-t to tell her what happened," that's a big clue where I am going with this, "Look, they did it to Kylie and Larsson, too! You're all able to remember and sympathize with them because Kylie jumped over a banister rail because they'd destroyed her will to live. You remember Hannah because they turned her into a bisexual. Y'all forget me! They wrecked me just as badly as Kylie!" I look around the room to see shock, pain, and understanding; they know I mean the prison guards, "Mary-Ann's easy to remember because she's the wildcat who went through foster care and misadventures; my cupboards were bare!"
I feel like a whiny baby with green mushroom disease, but there was nothing but truth in what I was saying. My cupboards really were bare; my parents drank their calories or got take out. If I got food from them, it was through takeout. There was no concern for my needs. The weight of it all has been hanging over my head for years now. My abuse in prison ended 7 years ago, but it is still fresh in my head. I think they're finally realizing that my life from birth to adulthood was a nonstop sequence of pure, unfiltered misery that never let up for a second.
"Jackie, what's wrong?" Joyce comes over to me with concern, "You need to talk?"
"I can't talk about it," I admit in the most vulnerable moment of my life, "It'll rip me apart first."
"We'll do anything for you… if it'll help you to be able to live in the present."
"Girl, it's not that simple," those physical sensations are pulsing in my body, "It's just not."
"Jackie," Mary-Ann takes me by the hand, but I scream and pull away, "We want to help!"
"Not now," I shudder, my breath shaking within me, "I have to word it in a way that won't be a trigger for me. Right now, I need to be left alone. Don't touch me, and I'll be fine."
Punching Ross. Screaming when Maddy touched me. Barfing. Passing out before. I've hit the point of no return; it's obvious even to the dust mites that something is wrong with me. How do you tell your friends that three prison guards—two male and one female—took turns using you in ways they didn't use any of the other girls? Everyone just knows they liked blondes, that we all have new limits because of them. Larsson, Kylie, and I were taken by them, but Kylie's not mentally built like Hannah and me. She breaks more easily from that kind of thing.
"Lunch time," I look at them all, "By lunch time, I'll be ready to talk and make you hurl too."
"Jackie," Mary-Ann only offers me her hand this time, "Only take my hand if you're able."
"Thanks," I shake my head, "but I can't take your hand right now. I need to be left alone."
"Are you able to keep up the camera work?" she asks me as a friend first and a boss second.
"Yes, I can do it. I'm able to find my peace. It just needs time to put itself in words."
My parents… I don't even know where they are or if they're alive, much like Mary-Ann doesn't know the lowdown on her folks. Prison abuse and parental abuse are different parts of this. The latter is a thing only my therapist has ever heard me discuss. It's wrong to say my parents were abusive to me because they just didn't care. What's the word? Neglect? Yeah, Mary-Ann and I are victims of neglect, not abuse. OK, maybe it's abuse when… I'll get to it in this story.
I still keep a diary, and I thought recording my crimes in generic terms would make me feel bad. Eventually, it did, when I flipped through the pages one night, seeing it all in print and realizing that I'd hurt people, whether emotionally or economically, when I did that. I realized then that just because I needed notebooks for school and couldn't buy them didn't mean I should steal them from the local Office Depot. Just because my parents didn't love me didn't change that all four of my grandparents and my aunts and cousins did love me.
Can you feel it? It's my Mother… no, no, not my biological mother. Mama Mary, God's mother. When I'm scared, I clutch my medal and ask her to protect me and pray for me. She's a mom and knows all too well what I must feel when I think about my own parents. Feel it? I hope you can because it is a feeling that, as a young thief, I would have scoffed at you for mentioning it, but it's real. Thirty minutes have gone by, and I can't tell you what happened during that time. I put the camera down and motion for someone without displaying any panic. Mary-Ann comes into the fridge with silent, sneaky motions, and I use hand cues to tell her to take over the camera for a moment. I walk over to the big sink, barf yet again—because I obviously enjoy it—clean my mouth, splash cold water on my face, and mentally prepare myself for reality. Like it or not, my friends are going to have to hear about what Mr. Reardon—no, Mr. Crawford, that piece of sh-t cueball—and my parents did to me. Many eyes watch me as I calmly adjust my navy kerchief and return to the fridge. What's happening again? Where are we? Who's even here?
I feel empowered again. I can breathe easily. I'm not shaking. I'm ready to tell my story. Wait, who was even tied up? Who was escaping again? How can I consciously crush my job like this and not remember doing any of it? My sweet readers—I'm sorry—that's how PTSD works. It's time for a heavy dose of reality, and please forgive all this chaos from my mind. As we walk out of the fridge, I see that look on Mary-Ann's face that can mean many meanings, but I know it's a "Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" face as opposed to a happy "It's time to kidnap you and gag you with my sweaty socks" face. I force a cheeky smile and give a wave with my fingers, as if I'm trying to alleviate anger or flirt with her. Of course it's the former! I'm not into girls, especially not after what Mrs. Thalberg did to me in prison! Thankfully, my response evokes a playful laugh and eye roll from Mary-Ann, but she knows and is worried.
"All right," I say, "Enough's enough. You only know half of the legend of the Reardon Gang… Look," I tensely brace myself and nervously walk around the empty future dining room in the big restaurant, "You know what happened to Kylie, right? Mr. Reardon, Mr. Crawford, and Mrs. Thalberg would take her aside for," and I use finger quotes for this, "so-called ‘searches' where they hurt her, sometimes misuse her body for themselves. They did it to me, too," I take a deep breath, almost collapsing from guilt for comparing myself to my friends who also suffered from the same people in the same manner, "When I first arrived in Juvie, the Reardon gang had just emboldened itself to start abusing inmates. Do you know who victim number one was? A fresh, young 16-year old girl who arrived in October after turning herself into the police on a deal of 3 years in juvenile detention for a confession and a guarantee of no time in prison," my arms are crossed now as I say the words, "I bet you never thought of that?" and I see some horrified gazes as they all realize that I'm the "16-year old girl."
"While Kylie's bones knit, guess who had to take on all the horrors that were planned for Kylie on top of the ones that were planned for herself?" I watch a lot of faces turn strangely gray as the color drains from their cheeks, "Between my arrival in October 2011 and the firing of all three members of the Reardon gang at the end of January 2013, which is 15 months, can any of you guess how many blowjobs I had to give Mr. Crawford? How about a guess of how many birth control pills I had to take since I certainly would have ended up pregnant?" I hear lots of girls crying now, and I am now leaning against the wall while looking at my distressed audience.
"You know why I haven't had a steady boyfriend? Because I still feel those two creeps inside my body as if it happened this morning," I'm being candid and brutally honest and keep scanning the room to engage my audience, "15 months. 69 weeks. At least once a week. At least twice when Kylie had the broken leg. Reardon used me as his personal baby factory! And Crawford was the worst! I can still feel all the sensations in my mouth; that's why I've been barfing. And don't get me started on Mrs. Thalberg. She's the real reason… Kylie can't have children… and the reason I leave the room or turn away whenever any of you girls do anything lesbian. Having to endure that rubber thing until my body… responded," I look down at the floor and wince, "I'm not trying to trivialize Kylie and Hannah," I say, almost collapsing under the weight of my own words, "I'm just saying no one's ever asked me about my suffering or given me a hug for it."
Mary-Ann is sitting up, curled up in a ball in the corner, facing the corner, bawling her eyes out; Joyce and I are hugging and crying; some are standing stunned because they were arrested long after the Reardon gang had been ended; Liz and Leah are mortified because they did not know that we all went through so much in our lives; even the men are crying. No one ever thought about me like this. It's my desperately unwanted—but necessary—moment of recognition.
"Jackie, I'm so sorry," Mary-Ann gathers her strength and comes over, "For never once," she has to pause to sniff, "asking you about life or if you ever needed to vent. Can you forgive me?"
"Mary-Ann, I forgive you, and I'm sorry because I know that, for you, me, and Kendra, they also stole our virginity. I always wanted to be a mom, but I can't share my body with someone else if I can't convince myself that it belongs to me over 7 years later," I look into Mary-Ann's eyes.
"Veggie lover's pizza for lunch, OK?" Mary-Ann asks me ever so kindly, "I love you, Jackie."
"I love you, too, Mary-Ann," I back away and wave my arms, "Hey!" I shout above the noise, "I got a message for all of you! You wanna know something! Maybe I suffered and broke from all of it, but you know something! I love you all! You're my friends! My confidantes! Thank you all for being my friends and for never judging me even if I act a little crazy at times. Dry your eyes; we've got a shooting schedule to maintain, or we'll fall behind."
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