A Dark Future Ch. 23

A strange sensation awakens Robert while it is still dark. He freezes for a moment, shaking away the cobwebs of sleep to try to figure out what is going on. He is holding Emily, and she is grinding her ass against him, and trembling.

"Emily?" He whispers.

She freezes, and then softly says "I'm sorry." And after a pause, she continues "I had a dream, and since I woke up from it I can't get back to sleep."

"A nightmare?" Robert asks, running his hand up her side, while holding her more tightly against him to comfort her.

"Umm... No, definitely not a nightmare." Emily says. She takes his hand in hers, and moves in downward, until it reaches her pussy, which is absolutely soaked.

"Oh..." Robert says, his mind finally clear. "Did you need some relief from your dream?"

"Can we... umm... can you ...?" Emily seems not to quite know how to ask.

"Are you asking me to take your virginity while my wife and her girlfriend sleep next to you?" Robert teases her quietly, and then strokes her pussy lightly.

"Yes, please." Emily gasps.

"I think you should ask Jane." Robert says, grinning in the darkness. "It would be rude to not only let her miss this, but also wake her up with the bed shaking just a minute or two later."

Emily freezes. "I have to wake her up? And ask her if you can ...?"

"Unless you wanted to just cuddle instead." Robert says, having no intention of actually turning down the girl's offer.

Emily freezes, and then scoots away from Robert, until she is against Jane. Robert can see she is shaking her slightly, trying to wake her. After a moment, Jane murmurs in a frustrated voice. "What?"

Emily whispers something in her ear, and Jane just groans. "So early. Can't you wait?"

Emily whispers to Jane, this time a bit louder and with more urgency. "Ok, fine." Jane says, and shakes Alexia. "Wake up." Jane tells her.

"Mistress? What time is it?" Alexia asks sleepily.

"Too early." Jane says. "But apparently Emily is ready to pop her cherry."

"In the middle of the night?" Alexia asks.

Robert thinks he can see Emily's face contort a bit at this discussion, so he pulls her back to him, kissing her neck.

"It's probably Robert's fault." Jane says, rolling over to look at him. "He's probably been teasing the poor girl all night."

"He hasn't, Mistress." Emily says, not wanting to let Robert take the heat. "I had a dream, and when I woke up, I just really needed this."

Robert takes the opportunity to run one finger up her thigh, and she gasps. Alexia's head pops up, trying to see what is going on. "It's so dark." She says. "I can't see what he is doing."

"Turn on the bathroom light." Jane commands Alexia, and as she gets out of bed, rolls over to look at her phone. "If we are going to wake up at 5 am, we should get a show."

A moment later the light comes on, and Robert pushes his face into Emily's hair. "That's a little bright." He says.

"You'll get used to it in a minute." Jane says. "If you wanted to do this in the dark, you two should have slipped off to your futon."

"Every girl in this house deserves better than to have their first time on that futon." Robert says.

"Please, Master, Mistress." Emily begs. "Can I do this now?"

"How do you want it?" Jane asks her, recognizing the girl's need.

"Don't care." Emily says, desperately rubbing her ass back against Robert's erection.

"Why don't you get on top?" Jane says. "That's the best way, so you can control things a bit if it starts to get painful."

Emily rolls over, throwing a leg over Robert, and then reaches down to grab his dick. "Not wasting any time, are we?" Robert chuckles as she lines him up.

Emily shakes her head, and then pushes down hard. "Fuck!" She squeals, in pain and pleasure, as she bottoms out on Robert.

"You'll definitely regret not going slower later today." Jane says, shaking her head.

Emily starts to move, a bit gingerly, and mutters. "Really needed it."

Robert reaches up to cup her cheek, before leaning up for a kiss. Emily kisses him back eagerly, and he slowly sinks back, keeping hold of her until she is laying chest to chest with him, moving slowly.

Jane slides over, and caresses Emily's ass. "Don't worry about up and down." Jane says. "Just slide back and forth."

Emily does, experimenting a bit until she finds the right speed. "It's starting to feel really good." She gasps.

"Good." Robert says, reclaiming her mouth, and gently cupping her breasts.

"I think I'm going to cum." Emily moans. Robert plays with her nipples a bit, and she moans again, grinding harder against him, until she seizes up, before falling limply to Robert's chest.

"Fuck." Alexia says, from the end of the bed, where she has been kneeling and watching.

"Did you just cum without permission?" Jane asks playfully. Alexia nods, holding up the toy she has been using.

Robert is stroking Emily's hair, whispering to her about how well she did, when she finally is able to speak. "Thank you." She gasps out, still breathing hard. "Can we do a little more?"

"We definitely can." Robert says with a smile. "Did you have something in mind?"

Emily blushes, and says. "Can we do missionary?"

"Of course." Robert says, grabbing hold of her, and rolling them over. "Do you need another minute, or are you ready?"

"Ready." Emily gasps, clearly not expecting him to move this fast.

Robert slowly pulls back, and then pushes in slowly, causing Emily to gasp. "That's so different." She says.

"Every position is a bit different." Robert says, still moving in and out. "Don't worry, we have the rest of our lives to experiment with them."

Emily nods, enjoying the new sensations, until a few minutes later, Robert asks. "Are you doing ok?"

"I'm a little sore, but I think I'm close again." Emily confesses. "Can we keep going?"

Robert nods. "I'm close too. Do you want me to finish in you?"

"Yes!" Emily says immediately. "Please."

Robert manages to hold out another minute, until he feels Emily begin to cum, and then thrusts quickly, bringing himself to orgasm. Letting himself sag onto her, he breathes hard. Emily recovers first, kissing him until he responds.

"Well, that looked like fun." Jane says.

"Thank you, Mistress." Emily gasps. "It was very fun."

"It was." Robert manages to say. "We are going to make a bit of a mess in a moment though."

"I've got it." Alexia says, holding up a wash cloth. "Just let me know when. And I'll make sure the sheets get changed later."

When they are ready, Alexia pushes the wash cloth under Emily's ass, and when Robert pulls out, she shifts around the bed. "May I clean you, Master?" Alexia asks.

"Umm... There may be blood." Robert says. "She definitely had a hymen."

"I don't see any." Alexia says, and glances over at Jane.

Jane just shrugs, attention shifting to Emily.

Glancing at Robert to see if he is going to stop her, she slowly leans forward, taking his dick into her mouth.

"Just clean up." Robert tells her. "I'm still a bit sensitive."

When Alexia is done, she looks up at Robert. "Thank you, Alexia." He says. "You did a great job."

Alexia beams, and moves back to Jane's side.

"And you did amazing, Emily." Robert says, moving back to cuddle her.

Emily flushes, and says. "Thank you."

"You are so welcome." Robert says. "Whenever you are ready, maybe we can shower together? Unless you think you can fall back asleep."

"I should get clean." Emily says. "Should I wait a bit before standing up though? We are supposed to be trying to get pregnant, after all."

"It's your first time." Robert says. "Don't worry about that this time. You can talk to Jane and Lucia about it for next time, I'm sure they have a lot to say about how to maximize your chances."

Emily snuggles tighter to him, and says. "Can we cuddle for a few more minutes first?"

"Of course we can." Robert says, enjoying the skin to skin contact with his new girl.

A few minutes later, she says. "We should probably get up now, or I'll fall asleep."

"I'll go warm up the shower." Alexia says eagerly. "Unless you'd like cleanup too?"

Emily flushes deep red. "I think she's had enough for now." Jane intervenes, and as Alexia starts warming up the shower, Jane asks. "Emily, would you like Alexia in the shower? Or would you like it to just be you and Robert?"

"I don't mind if she joins." Emily says softly.

"Ok." Jane says. "I'm going to get dressed and head downstairs. If you need to talk, feel free to knock on my office door."

Emily lifts her head from where she has nearly buried it in Robert's side, and says. "Thank you, Mistress."

Jane leans over, kissing her on the forehead. "Of course. You are such a sweet girl, I look forward to our next night together."

Jane slides back off the bed, walking into the closet to grab some clothes, before stepping into the bathroom to have a word with Alexia.

"Are you ready to start moving towards the shower?" Robert asks.

***

Robert walks up to his office after breakfast, preoccupied with thoughts of what his first meeting of the day was going to entail. Getting to the top of the stairs, he notices Amber and Megan stretching. As he passes the door, he notices Emily is in the room as well now, following along. "Interesting." He thinks, and continues towards his office.

As he goes to sit down in his chair, his leg bumps into something. "Shit!" He says, jumping back out of the chair, and retreating a few steps.

"Hi." Taylor says, sticking her head out from under the desk. "I wanted to make sure I got here first today."

"You almost gave me a heart attack." Robert says, and then laughs. "How long have you been under there?"

"Since you went down for breakfast." Taylor says, and then crawls out from under the desk. "I sat in your chair until I heard you come up the stairs, and then hid. I don't really fit under there."

"I'm glad you weren't under there for long." Robert says. "And I have some bad news."

"Oh, come on." Taylor says. "I was here before you even were."

"Emily woke up feeling a little frisky." Robert says apologetically. "I think I can make it up to you though. Give me one minute."

Robert waves Taylor over to the futon, and she sits while Robert gets situated at his desk. He texts Jane. "Have you done the schedule yet?"

"Working on it now." Jane replies.

"Taylor tonight, right?" Robert asks.

"Yes." Jane sends back.

"She's in my office, I'll tell her." Robert texts back.

"Ok, good news." Robert says, smiling at Taylor. "If you'd like, you can have tonight with me, or us, depending on whether you want Jane to be there, or you'd rather invite two other girls."

"Awesome!" Taylor says. "I'm fine with Jane being there, as long as Reyna can be too."

"I'm fine with that." Robert says. "I don't know if Jane is your type or not, but if not, maybe let her know, so she can invite Alexia or another girl for her."

"I'll talk to her." Taylor says. "If that's ok."

"Of course." Robert says. "Are you excited? And have you talked to Reyna about sharing nights yet?"

"I haven't." Taylor says. "I'm excited, but a little nervous. I'm going to go ask her now."

"I've got a meeting in a few minutes." Robert says. "But I'll be free after that, I think, if you need to talk."

"Thank you." Taylor says, getting up. "Good luck with your meeting."

"Thanks." Robert says. "Do I get a hug before you go?"

Taylor comes over, and gives him a hug, holding on for a minute. Robert laughs, and says. "Ok, that's going to take some getting used to. All of the other girls are at least a few inches shorter than me."

"Is that ok?" Taylor asks, looking suddenly vulnerable.

"Of course." Robert says, hugging her closer again. "It just means that my usual goodbye kiss on the forehead isn't going to really work for you."

"We will have to come up with something else, then." Taylor says, and kisses him on the lips. "I think that should work for now."

"Definitely." Robert says, kissing her back, before letting her go. "Seriously, need to prepare for my meeting though. Let me know how it goes with Reyna. I'm rooting for you."

***

As Jane is putting the finishing touches on the schedule, which is really more of a rotation, she hears a knock on the door.

"You may enter." Jane says, looking up.

Mei steps into the room, shutting the door behind her.

"Hi, Mei." Jane says warmly, smiling at the girl. "How are you doing?"

"I'm great!" Mei says, smiling back at her. "I was wondering if you had a minute to talk?"

"Give me 2 minutes to finish up the schedule." Jane says. "If I don't finish it soon, I'll have to delegate it to someone else, and that could easily cause drama."

"No rush." Mei says, fidgeting.

"Take a seat." Jane says, motioning at the chairs across the desk from her.

Mei sits, looking almost reluctant, and waits. After another minute, Jane says, "All done. So what did you want to talk about?"

"You remember I mentioned wanting to submit to both of you? I was wondering if you would have time to start training me as your sub soon?" Mei asks. "I know you are both really busy, and I don't mean to be selfish..."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Jane says. "I promise I didn't forget. It has just been a tiny bit busy over the past few days. We can definitely start training you soon."

"Daddy was nice enough to feed me breakfast yesterday." Mei says. "Can I serve you this morning, Domina?"

"You really want your first time with me to be on your knees while I'm distracted?" Jane asks. "I've got to start taking calls in just a few minutes anyhow. But I promise, the next night that I'm not in the master bedroom, or if the girl Robert is with only wants me to watch, I'll grab you instead of Alexia. And I'll try to grab you for some training during the day occasionally after our first session."

"Thank you!" Mei says, smiling. "Is there anything I can get for you before you start work? More breakfast, a refill on your drink?"

"I'm good." Jane says, with a smile. "Come over here before you go though."

Mei stands up, moving around the desk to stand next to Jane.

"Are you horny?" Jane asks.

"Yes, Domina." Mei says.

"Turn around." Jane says, and Mei does. Jane pulls down Mei's shorts and panties, before sliding one finger smoothly inside of her.

"Mmmm.." Mei moans.

"I'd say you are a little turned on." Jane says, adding a second finger, before pulling both out.

"Pull up your pants, and face me." Jane demands, and Mei does without complaint. "Now lick these clean." Jane says, wiggling her two wet fingers.

Mei slurps them both into her mouth, carefully cleaning them, before popping them out, and licking clean the inside edges of both.

"Good girl." Jane says. "Now, I'd like you to take this." Jane pulls out a random phone from her drawer, which now contains the phones of the last 8 girls to join the house. "The code is 0000. Find a toy from my closet, prop up the phone, and record yourself having an orgasm. Bring the phone back when you are done so I can see. Lucia can show you where the toys are. You can film in the master bedroom or bathroom, your choice. If you need to kick anyone out, just tell them I said you could."

"Yes, Domina." Mei says, looking very flushed. "I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Don't rush." Jane says. "I want something good, take your time, and do it right."

"I will, Domina." Mei says.

Jane stands, wrapping her up for a quick hug. Smacking her on the ass, she says. "Off you go."

***

Robert puts on his headset, and joins the meeting, a sinking feeling in his stomach. "Goddamnit." He thinks. "There is only one reason to throw together a last minute meeting with HR and someone's boss. How am I going to support 13 people without a job?"

"Hello, Bob." His boss says. Robert is so tempted to correct him about his name for the 100th time, but just grits his teeth, given that HR was already on the call.

"Good morning, John." Robert replies, keeping his voice neutral. "And Good morning to you too, Marsha."

"Good morning, Robert." Marsha says. "Or do you prefer Bob?"

"I definitely prefer Robert." Robert says, not daring to hope that John will actually pay attention this time.

"I'm sure you are wondering why we invited you to this meeting so early." Marsha says. "I'll start with the good news. You are being offered a promotion. The bad news is that you wouldn't be able to report to John anymore. The promotion would involve a transfer to human resources, where you would report to me."

Robert is dumbfounded, and actually speechless.

"We'd hate to lose you, Bob." John says, almost sounding like he means it. "You don't have to accept the transfer and promotion."

"Can I hear a bit about the position before deciding?" Robert asks. "You've caught me a bit off guard, HR was never on my radar."

"Absolutely." Marsha says. "This position is in HR, but isn't really a traditional HR job. John, I think we are good here if you'd like to drop."

"I'm happy to stick around." John says.

"No need." Marsha says. "I'll email you after the meeting to let you know if we are posting Robert's current position."

John is disconnected from the call before he can reply, and Robert lets out an involuntary snort of laughter.

"I can't stand that man." Marsha says. "Has he been calling you by the wrong name for the entire time you've reported to him?"

"Pretty much." Robert says. "I think it started on my second week, during a meeting."

Marsha sighs, and says. "So the idea of shaking loose from him isn't exactly painful?"

"Not at all." Robert says. "I would love to know a bit more about the position though. You said HR, but not really HR. Is this something new?"

"It is." Marsha says. "Before I go into it, I need to confirm something for us. How many concubines do you currently have in your home?"

Robert jerks, not expecting this. "I'm not sure what that has to do with my work." Robert says defensively.

"This position requires knowledge of how the concubine system works, and actual experience handling concubines." Marsha says. "I understand that it may seem personal, but one of our lobbyists tells us you have 8 now. Is that accurate?"

"No." Robert says, and Marsha looks slightly annoyed. "I have 10."

"10?" Marsha says. "That's even better."

"So what exactly is the job?" Robert asks curiously.

"Essentially, you'd be in charge of interfacing between the company and the BAA, as well as running interference for employees who have concubine issues." Marsha says. "You'd have a staff, of course, to do most of the grunt work. Your job would be finding the right people, and directing them."

"What do you mean by interfacing with the BAA?" Robert says, suspiciously. "Are we hiring detained labor? If that's the case, I'm not the right person for the job."

"No, nothing like that." Marsha says. "As you probably know, the BAA assigns concubine slots based on a formula, that includes the current salary of the card holder. Your department would be in charge of sending over updated salary information after promotions, raises, etc, as well as keeping up to date on rule changes that could affect the company or it's employees. If changes come down that employees need to know about, you and your staff would need to send it out to affected employees, to ensure none of our employees end up on the wrong side of any rules. Insurance rules are also being updated, so we are going to need an accurate head count of concubines for employees who plan on adding them to their insurance. We have a team who will handle the actual insurance paperwork, but you would need to send out reminders occasionally so employees don't forget to add them during the enrollment window."

"It sounds like I'd need a finance person or two, then? As well as someone with an HR background for the rule change parts?" Robert asks.

"Probably." Marsha says. "The other part of the job would involve being available for employees who have questions about their concubines, or how to handle problems with them. We want to keep our employees and company out of the news for the wrong reasons. Anything that gets our company in the news with the word concubine next to it is probably the wrong reason, right now. If someone does end up with an issue, we would like you to work to help solve it with minimal public scrutiny, and if it's bad enough, to tell us so we can terminate the employee before it blows up."

"So part time counselor, and part time fixer?" Robert asks, a bit incredulously.

"Welcome to the world of HR." Marsha says. "The role is of HR is to protect the company from it's employees. We are asking you to handle that one aspect of it. Essentially stop people from making a mess, help them clean up small messes, and tell me if the mess gets too big to clean up quietly."

"Anything else I need to know?" Robert asks, mind racing.

"We haven't talked about compensation, or title." Marsha says. "I'll email you exact numbers if you accept, but it's about a 20% raise, and your title would be Director of BAA Relations. You would initially have 3 direct reports, but that may grow over time. I have someone in mind for one of the positions, but you would be able to choose the other two. I do have suggestions for the types of people you'd want to pick though."

"This is a lot to take in." Robert says. "Would I still be fully remote? I can't really be gone half of the time with 12 women in my house."

"12?" Marsha asks, and then stops herself. "I don't need to know. Yes, you'd still be fully remote. You might occasionally be asked to do a user seminar at headquarters, just a short presentation to some employees on how to manage or select concubines, and director level and above are occasionally pulled into headquarters for meetings, maybe once a quarter. You can bring a concubine or two for the presentations, if you think it would be helpful. If you find an employee who is good at doing the presentations, you could always delegate that most of the time."

"How long do I have to think about it?" Robert asks. "I'd like to discuss this with my wife if possible."

"We would need you to start tomorrow." Marsha says. "That means we need an answer now. If you decline, we need to talk to our next candidate before lunch."

Robert hesitates, trying to think of what Jane would say, if he had time to talk to her. "I accept." He says.

***

A knock sounds on Jane's door as she is on the phone. She ignores it, trying to finish up the call she is in. The door cracks open, revealing Robert's concerned face. She waves him to come in, trying to wrap up the call with her client. Grabbing her small whiteboard, she writes. "Problem? Emergency?"

Robert shakes his head, settling into the chair to wait. A few minutes later, Jane wraps up the call.

"Some of these people just want to talk, and talk, and talk." Jane says, shaking her head. "What's going on, honey?"

"I had a meeting with HR and my boss this morning." Robert says.

"Oh, shit." Jane interrupts. "How much severance did you get? I need to figure out how much runway we have before we are super screwed."

"They didn't lay me off." Robert says. "I'm being moved to HR, they want me to be the Director of the BAA relations department, whatever that means."

"So it's a promotion?" Jane asks, and Robert nods. "With an actual pay raise, right?"

"Yes, no more 'promotions' without raises, at least for now." Robert says, remembering his 'promotion' to manager.

"Awesome, honey!" Jane says, getting up and coming around to hug him. "I'm so proud of you."

"I don't think it has anything to do with my abilities." Robert says, halfheartedly hugging her back. "They just want a figurehead with a ton of concubines."

"You make an excellent figurehead." Jane says. "I could look at you all day."

"I love you, honey." Robert says with a sigh. "It halfway sounds like what Rosie wanted us to do yesterday, just for the company instead of the county."

"We may not be able to escape it, honey." Jane says. "Not many people have gotten 10 concubines this quickly. We are slightly unique."

"Not many men have a wife who buys girls behind his back." Robert reminds Jane.

"Their wives just don't love them as much as I love you." Jane says, grinning at him. "No more crying about me bringing in more cute girls. 'Woe is me, I'm getting too much action'." Jane can't help but say, very dramatically.

Robert laughs. "Ok, you've got me there. I'm not complaining, just stating a fact."

"So how many people are you directing?" Jane asks. "And how much extra do I get to add to our budget due to your promotion?"

"Just 3 for now." Robert says. "I forwarded you the compensation notice, I was hoping you could read through it when you have time. It looks like 20% to me, and a slightly better benefits package."

Jane quickly pulls up her email, and opening the attachment, reads the offer letter. "Executive benefits package?" Jane says. "That sounds nice. Hopefully they mention what the hell that actually is."

"Check the next attachment." Robert says.

Jane minimizes that one, and opens the benefits package. "Double PTO will be very nice. And it looks like you get a home office stipend. I don't think you got that before."

"No, I definitely didn't." Robert says.

"I've got to get to work, honey." Jane says gently. "Do you want me to see if Lucia can keep you company?"

"I've got the rest of the day off." Robert says. "I need to start thinking of people to hire for two of the three slots, but otherwise I can do what I want."

"Maybe take a few of the girls on a walk?" Jane says. "Those usually help you think."

"Good idea." Robert says. "I love you."

"Love you too!" Jane says. "Have fun."

As Robert steps outside, Jane pulls up her favorite social media site about the BAA, and clicks their allotment guesstimator, curious to see if a 20% raise will increase their allotment. After some experimentation, it looks like it may increase the minimum and maximum by 1, although how that will work with their max already going up 1 due to participating in Rosie's inspection, Jane can't tell. She decides not to mention any of this to Robert, "After all," she thinks. "Does he really need an excuse to turn down a promotion?"

***

Robert walks around the house a bit, trying to decide who to take with him on his walk. Deciding he wants quiet, he goes upstairs, finding Amber, Megan, and Reyna folding clothes. "Amber, would you and any of your girls like to go for a walk around the neighborhood with me? I need to clear my head, but I wouldn't mind some quiet company."

"I'd be happy to accompany you, Master." Amber says, putting the clothes she has been folding down. "Reyna, would you like to come?"

"Yes, that'd be great." Reyna says. "I feel so cooped up in the house sometimes."

"If you ever need to go out, let me know." Robert says. "I used to go every day, and I really need to get back into the habit."

Megan hasn't said anything, continuing to fold clothes, while waiting to be acknowledged. Robert glances at Amber, and then at Megan, trying to figure out what the plan is.

"Megan, come with me to get changed into something warm." Amber says.

"Thank you, Mistress." Megan says, putting the clothes aside neatly, and rising to follow Amber to the bunk bed room.

"You should probably get some warmer clothes too." Robert says, glancing at Reyna's thin shirt and short shorts.

"I'll throw some sweats and a jacket on over this." Reyna says. "Taylor invited me to join her in your bed tonight."

"Did you say yes?" Robert asks, looking into her eyes.

"Absolutely." Reyna says. "You don't mind, I hope?"

"Of course not." Robert says. "I told Taylor to invite whoever she most wanted to spend time with."

Reyna smiles broadly. "And that is me." She says, and Robert isn't sure whether that is to him, or herself.

"Apparently it is." Robert says. "I think she really likes you. If you don't, after tonight, I think you need to tell her, gently."

"I don't think I'll need to do that." Reyna says, smiling at him. "I'm so excited for later."

Robert smiles as she leaves, glad the girls are starting to settle in so well.

***

As lunch time rolls around, Jane hears a knock on her door. Thinking that it will be lunch, she says. "Come on in." and gets ready to clock out. Instead Taylor pokes her head in.

"Do you have a second to talk about tonight?" Taylor asks, slightly nervously.

"Of course." Jane says. "I'm expecting lunch any minute though. Do you mind if I eat while we talk?"

"No problem." Taylor says, and after a moment, goes on. "I invited Reyna to join me tonight. I was wondering if you would be offended if it is just she and I with Robert tonight? I'm very interested in Reyna, on a personal level, and I really want to figure out if there is actually something there tonight."

"It's your night." Jane says. "Who you invite, if anyone, is your choice. Would you like me to sleep in the spare room tonight?"

"No, nothing like that." Taylor says, and hurriedly says. "I just meant for the actual sex. You are welcome to watch, and while I'd like to sleep next to Reyna, I'm happy for you to be there too."

"Ok." Jane says. "If you are actually ok with me watching, that would be perfect. I've got a new toy I'd like to try out, if you don't mind me having another girl there to keep me busy."

"Robert mentioned you might, and that's totally fine." Taylor says. "And next time, I'd be happy to have you participate."

"That's fine." Jane says.

"Thank you, Jane." Taylor says, standing up to go.

"You are very welcome." Jane says.

A few minutes later, Mei brings in lunch.

"Thank you." Jane says, as Mei places the dishes in front of her. "Good news. You will be spending the evening in the master bedroom with me, to begin your training."

"Yay!!!" Mei says, wiggling her hips in joy. "I'm so excited."

"I want to make sure you understand my expectations for tonight." Jane says. "You do what I say, when I say it. If you have limits, I want to hear them before we enter the bedroom. There is nothing less sexy than stopping a scene a dozen times as a sub 'discovers' limits, because she didn't think about them at all beforehand."

"I trust you, Domina." Mei says. "I'm willing to try anything at least once, and most things twice. Thank you for not making me wait. Can I tell Lucia?"

"Go ahead." Jane says, smiling at her. "First though, where is my video?"

"Oh..." Mei says, reaching into her pocket. "I'm sorry, Domina. I got sidetracked when I came back downstairs, helping Lucia finish up lunch."

"Did your orgasm help take the edge off your horny little pussy?" Jane asks curiously.

"Only for a minute, Mistress." Mei admits. "I had to watch the video, to make sure it was good, and then I thought about you watching it, and I was right back where I started."

"Well, now you can think about me watching it for the rest of the afternoon. Oh, and about serving me tonight." Jane says, teasing her. "I've got a few minutes before I have to get back to work. Can you grab Samira for me?"

"Yes, Domina." Mei says, practically skipping out of the room.

A moment later Samira comes into the room. "Hi, Jane." She says. "What can I do for you?"

"First, I wanted to see how you were settling in." Jane says.

"Everything is good so far." Samira says. "A few of the girls were nice enough to let me borrow some clothes, so I don't have to look like a fundamentalist."

"Oh, shit." Jane says. "Robert did mention that you needed some clothes. Did you want to go shopping this evening? Or a different day in the week?"

"I'm not in a rush." Samira says. "The other girls have been very generous, and I've got enough clothes for the week."

"Ok, maybe tomorrow then." Jane says. "I've got a few other things I need to get anyhow. So I also wanted to talk to you about the health of all of the girls. Have you taken a look at any of them yet?"

"Just Amber." Samira says. "I talked to Robert about her yesterday, but while she is definitely underweight, she's otherwise ok physically, as far as I can tell from just a quick exam."

"Can you start pulling the other girls, and examining them as well?" Jane says. "It doesn't have to be done today, but maybe try to be done before the end of the week? If you could get a chart together for each of them with allergies, medical history, etc, that would be helpful too, in case there is ever a medical emergency. I'd also like if you could track the cycles of the girls who are trying to conceive, and help me adjust the schedule as needed to maximize their chances."

"I'll get on that this afternoon." Samira says. "Where do you want me to put their charts? On paper, or digital...?"

"Maybe digital, and we can print a copy to keep in the car on trips?" Jane suggests. "Please ask Lucia to lend you the laptop. Oh, and how computer savvy are you?"

"I mean, I can type." Samira says. "But I'm not a computer expert or anything."

"Get with Mei then, and see if she can come up with a good way to store the charts, so they aren't just on the laptop." Jane says. "I'd like Robert or I to be able to access them, even when we aren't at home."

"Ok, I'll talk to her as soon as I leave here." Samira says. "Anything else?"

"Once you are done with the girls, maybe you can take a look at Robert and I." Jane says. "We've had bad luck with doctors who are total jerks, and it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for you to get our history as well, given that we've bounced from doctor to doctor the last few years."

"I'll let you know when I'm done with the girls." Samira says.

"Thank you." Jane says. "Start making a list of what clothes you want, both for around the house, and for when we have to go out."

"Will do." Samira says.

"Great." Jane says. "I've got to clock back in, I'll check in with you after work to see how things are going."

As Jane clocks back in, she opens her email, happy to see an email from Rosie introducing her to a BAA rep in their desired search area.

"I need the address for Megan's family farm" Jane texts Amber.

A moment later, Amber texts back an address, and Jane pulls it up first, to make sure it's actually a farm. It does have a few fields, a paddock, and a barn, but Jane isn't quite sure it's enough for their needs. She sends it to the BAA rep anyhow, along with a few other options, as well as a general idea of what they are looking for.

***

When Robert gets back from his walk with the girls, he heads to his office, and fires off an email to Marsha, letting her know he would like to speak to her candidate for his department tomorrow if possible, and with a few criteria for candidates for the other two positions.

As he heads back downstairs to check in with Jane about whether there was something he should be doing, he hears crying coming from the guest bath. The door is open, so he knocks and sticks his head inside. He sees Megan scrubbing the shower, tears going down her face. He cautious clears his throat, and when she doesn't react, he says. "Megan, whats wrong?"

Megan jumps, apparently having been too lost in thought to notice him. "I'm sorry, Master." Megan says, attempting to dry her eyes on her sleeves. "Mistress Amber asked me for the address to my parents' farm. I began thinking about them, and wondering how they were, and I just..." Megan trails off as her sobs begin hitting her more strongly.

Robert kneels next to her, and hugs her. "Why don't you clean up and take a break?" He suggests. "Crying and cleaning don't really go hand in hand. You are going to get chemicals in your eyes or something."

Megan nods, still sobbing as she strips off her gloves, and turns on the water to rise off her hands, and the tub. "I'm sorry, Master." She says again.

"You don't need to be sorry for being sad." Robert says. "All of you girls have been through so much lately. I'm shocked you aren't all crying 24x7."

Megan chokes as she tries to stifle a laugh in the middle of a sob. "I'm trying to do better at keeping my emotions in check. Mistress Amber is helping teach me to do that, but I'm not there yet."

"Day to day, keeping them in check is a really important skill." Robert says. "But this is something big, and you need to mourn your old life." As she dries off her arms, he asks. "Can I hug you?"

"Please." Megan says, sobbing more as he wraps her up. Amber pops her head in, apparently coming to check on Megan's work on the bathroom. Robert shakes his head at her, and she steps back out of the bathroom.

"Is there something that we can do to cheer you up?" Robert asks. "If talking would help, I'm happy to, or I can get someone else.."

"Can you just hold me for a bit?" Megan asks, in between sobs. "Not long, just a few minutes."

"Of course." Robert says. "Let's get out of the bathroom though."

Robert leads Megan to his office, sitting with her on the futon, and holding her tightly as she cries.

After a few minutes she calms down, and asks. "Do you know why she asked for the address?"

"I don't." Robert says. "I'll find out from Jane. I don't want to guess."

"I think I'm ok now." Megan says. "If we are going there, can you warn me? I really don't want to lose my composure in front of everyone."

"I will." Robert promises. "We don't want that either."

"I need to go finish the bathroom now." Megan says, drying the last tears from her face. "I still need to do the downstairs bathroom."

"Ok." Robert says. "If you are sure you are ok."

"As ok as I can be just yet." Megan says. "Thank you, Master. I know I haven't been easy to live with, but I promise, I'm doing my best now."

"You are doing fine the past few days." Robert says, attempting to reassure her.

Megan smiles sadly at him, and says. "I should get back to work now. Thank you again, Master."

Robert hugs her one more time, and says. "Keep your head up. I can't promise things will get better, but they shouldn't get worse, at least."

Megan nods, getting up from the couch, and leaving the room. A moment after she does, Amber steps in, assuming the nadu position. "May I speak with you, Master?"

"Of course you can." Robert says, "Come and sit with me."

Amber rises gracefully, sitting on the futon in the spot Megan so recently vacated. "I wanted to apologize for Megan. I'll keep working with her to keep these things from interrupting you."

"It's ok." Robert says. "She needed to get that out. I appreciate you trying to keep things from being a problem for Jane and I, but I don't think this was one of those things."

"I think I understand, Master." Amber says. "May I ask if Samira reported on my condition to you?"

"She did." Robert says. "I haven't spoken to Jane about it yet though. It sounds like she thinks you are ok though, apart from your weight. I'm so glad about that."

"Thank you, Master." Amber says. "I'm glad I am in good condition so that I can serve you and Mistress Jane, and not be a burden."

"You are never a burden." Robert says. "I was about to go find Jane, and I'll try to remember to discuss Samira's report, if she has time."

"Thank you, Master." Amber says, and after a moment of hesitation, she adds. "Emily has asked if I can train her. I taught her a few poses, but I didn't want to do more until I had permission."

"You can train anyone who wants to be trained." Robert reassures her. "But if they want to stop, they can. And no punishments, unless they agree to it, and it doesn't harm them."

"Yes, Master. Thank you." Amber says. "I should go check on Megan's progress. I promised Alexia the bathrooms would get done today, since we are caught up on laundry."

Robert nods, and gets up to finally find Jane.

***

Robert steps into the office, not bothering to knock, and takes a seat to wait for Jane to finish her call.

As she hangs up, Robert says. "Do you have a minute? We had a few situations we really should discuss."

"Let me put myself on break." Jane says, ensuring she wouldn't get another call. "What's up?"

"Well, I found Megan having a breakdown upstairs." Robert says. "Any idea why Amber was asking for her parents' address?"

"Oh..." Jane says. "I guess I should have had Amber tell her why. I'm lining up showings for this weekend, and I wanted to make sure to include her parent's farm."

"Ok, I'll go tell her in a bit." Robert says. "She was really emotional at the thought of going back. She'll need time to compose herself."

"My bad." Jane says. "You said situations. What was the other thing?"

"Did Samira discuss Amber's health with you?" Robert asks. "She and I talked about it yesterday, but I kind of forgot to talk to you about it afterward."

"I talked to her earlier." Jane says. "She is going to be building a file on all of the girls, but she also briefed me on Amber."

"So what do you think we should do?" Robert asks.

"What do you want to do?" Jane asks. "We set goals already. It sounds like you want to change things."

"I think we should talk to her, either tonight or tomorrow." Robert says. "And if that goes well, allow her to ease into things. She still needs to gain weight before we can risk pregnancy, I think Samira would agree about that."

"I can live with that." Jane says. "We'll talk to her when we can. I need to finish lining up the listings for this weekend, and find an AirBNB. I did manage to get the schedule done. It's really just a rotation, but it's good enough for now. I'm going to print it and post it later. I need to do some shopping tomorrow after work, some of the girls need clothes for the trip, and I need a bulletin board to put all of this stuff up on."

"Should we get them matching outfits?" Robert asks, grinning. "Like when you take a group to an amusement park."

"That may be a bit much." Jane says. "I don't want to buy every girl an outfit, some of them have clothes. But Amber and Samira definitely need something, and some of the other girls might too."

"Ok, no problem." Robert says. "Is there anything you need me to do? I've still got some time today, but the rest of this week is probably going to be very busy."

"Actually, yes." Jane says. "Grab Lucia, Alexia, and Amber, and explain the trip to them. Have them work with their girls to see what clothes they have, and what they need. We are going to look at farms, so nothing impractical. Jeans are probably ideal."

"I can manage that." Robert says.

"Each girl needs two outfits, we'll leave Friday, and come back Saturday. The Friday clothes can be less practical, if they need to be." Jane says. "If we are in doubt, have them try it on, and let me see. We also need collars for all of them. Alexia and Lucia have their nice collars, but we need more temporary ones, and to figure out a better long term solution."

"Yeah." Robert says. "I'll call the collar shop I guess?"

"Did you get Frank's number?" Jane asks. "He got the Artisan girl, right?"

"I didn't." Robert says. "Maybe Rosie can find it for us?"

"I'll text her and ask." Jane says. "Or maybe she can get us his email. If his girl can make something nice, I'd rather do that long term."

"No way those would be ready in time for this trip though." Robert says.

"I'll try to find something while I'm shopping tomorrow." Jane says. "Worst case, we hit the pet store, and see if they have something that can work."

"I'm sure no one will object to that." Robert says.

"They will have to live with it." Jane says. "We aren't doing it to be cruel."

"I know." Robert says with a sigh. "I just hate the girls thinking that we don't care."

"They know you care, honey." Jane says. "Go talk to the girls, and to Megan. And Amber too, if you want."

"I'll wait on Amber." Robert says. "I think that should be an us conversation."

"Ok." Jane says. "I'm taking myself out of break, talk to you after work."

Robert steps out of the room, finding Lucia and Mei prepping food in the kitchen. "Do you two actually stay in the kitchen all day?" He asks.

"Most of it." Lucia says. "13 people in the house, remember? And not everyone likes everything."

"Can Mei get by without you for a bit?" Robert asks.

"I've got it." Mei says.

"Great." Robert says. "Lucia, we need to find Amber and Alexia, and have a little chat about the weekend."

Robert and Lucia head upstairs, grabbing Amber and Alexia from their various tasks, and pulling them into Robert's office.

"Ok, ladies." Robert says. "We are going on a road trip this weekend, to check out some potential new places to live. Everyone is coming. We are leaving Friday night, so that gives us 3 days to prepare. We are looking at farms and acreage, so everyone needs practical shoes and clothes. Can you talk to your girls, and find out what they have? Friday can be more comfy clothes for traveling, but it still needs to be nice, since we may have to go out in public, instead of straight to our AirBNB."

"We'll get it done." Lucia says. "Do we already have an AirBNB picked out?"

"Jane is working on that." Robert says. "You can let the girls know the plan, if they ask, no one is staying behind. We want as many eyes on each place as possible, to look for any potential issues. Amber, I'd like to borrow Megan for a minute real fast."

"I'll go get her, Master." Amber says.

"And we'll start sorting through clothes." Alexia says.

As Amber comes back with Megan, Robert says. "Thank you, Amber. When we get done I'll come see how you ladies are doing. Do you mind closing the door?"

Amber does, and by the time Robert looks over, Megan is already in a nadu position in the corner.

Robert sighs. "Please, come sit on the couch with me."

Megan rises more gracefully than the last time he saw her do this, and makes her way to the couch. "May I apologize again for earlier, Master?"

"No." Robert says. "Enough with that. I talked to Jane. This weekend we are going to your hometown to look at property. Jane has included your family farm on the list. We will be leaving Friday afternoon, and returning Saturday night."

Megan breathes in deeply. "Thank you for checking, Master. I truly appreciate it."

"I know it may be hard going back." Robert says. "I think it would be a good idea to let a few girls know that you may struggle with it, so they can help you if you do. Are there any girls you'd feel comfortable talking to?"

"I'll find someone, Master." Megan says. "And I'll do my best not to be an interruption."

"Whoever you choose, let them know to get me if you are struggling too much." Robert says. "I'd rather know there is a problem as soon as possible."

"Yes, Master." Megan says. "Thank you."

"You are very welcome." Robert says, standing up. "The girls are all going through their clothes for the trip. Why don't you join them?"

Megan rises and leaves the room, Robert following a bit behind. He peeks into the cousin's bedroom first, seeing Lucia digging through her clothes. "How are things going so far?" He asks.

"I'm going to be ok." Lucia says. "I've got several pairs of jeans I can use, and my sneakers should work, right?"

"Yeah, sneakers should be ok." Robert says. "We won't have time to walk the entire property this time anyhow."

"I'm going to get with Samira and Lindsey, and then have Mei come up and work with Alexia while I take over cooking." Lucia says.

"Do you want me to go help her with the cooking?" Robert offers. "After today, my work schedule is going to be much busier, at least for a while."

"Are you sure you don't mind?" Lucia asks.

"I don't mind, if it would help." Robert says.

"Yes, please." Lucia says. "Once you are sure you've got it, can you send her up?"

"I'll go down now." Robert says, taking a step forward, and embracing her, before giving her a long kiss. "You know how much I love you?"

"Almost as much as I love you." Lucia says, kissing him again.

Robert embraces her once more, and then heads downstairs to find Mei.

***

Dinner is louder than normal, as the girls are eagerly talking about the upcoming trip. Robert notices that someone, probably Lucia, has put up a map of the area on the TV.

"Jane, maybe you could show them a few photos of the properties we'll be seeing after dinner?" Robert suggests, nodding his head towards the TV.

"I need to go over the sleeping schedule anyhow." Jane says.

"Did you figure out the AirBNB?" Robert asks.

"I've got a few options." Jane says. "I'll nail it down tonight though."

When Jane finishes eating, she stands up, and the room gradually gets quieter. "Girls, you all know by now about the trip this weekend. We'll be seeing 4 possible locations. We need feedback from each and every one of you about each of them. Even if that is just, 'I like it' or 'I don't like it'. Obviously the reasons why would be better, but anything is better than giving us nothing. To make this easier, some of you are going to be getting your cell phones back this week."

Jane pauses for a moment while the room buzzes again, and then says. "We will be talking to Lucia, Alexia, and Amber to determine who is ready to get their phone back. If you don't get it back now, just keep working hard, and you will get it back soon. Lock codes for all of your phones are to be 0000. If either we, or one of the supervising girls take your phones, and can't unlock them, you will lose the phone again. The purpose of the phones is to communicate with people in the house. If you get messages from people not in the house, we expect you to report it immediately, and then we will decide if you should continue that conversation. Are there any questions?"

The room gets loud again as the girls talk amongst themselves, but no one appears to want to be the first one to ask Jane a question.

"Ok, good." Jane says. "I've finished the sleeping schedule. It's definitely not permanent, but it'll at least work for now. We can go over it now, if that's something that would interest any of you?" Jane grins as she adds the last bit.

A murmur of positive feedback goes through the room, with only Lindsey, Valentina, and Megan not saying anything. Robert notices that Megan's eyes are downcast, and she clearly remembers she isn't on the schedule.

"So for now the schedule is more of a rotation." Jane says. "You can trade nights with other girls on the schedule as you see fit, but please let Robert and I, as well as anyone you invited to share your night, know as soon as you decide to trade. I am not on the schedule, but I may claim a night occasionally, and bump everyone back a night. I'll try to let you know as early in the day as possible, on the rare occasions I do that."

"Mistress, please just tell us the rotation." Alexia begs. The other girls murmur as well, and Jane smiles.

"Ok, fine. Tonight is Taylor, followed by Alexia, Mei, Samira, Reyna, Lucia, Amber, and then Emily." Jane says. "Any questions or concerns?"

Samira raises her hand. "Go ahead, Samira." Jane says.

"What is expected of us during these nights?" Samira asks, blushing ever so slightly.

"What happens on your nights is completely your decision." Jane says. "If you want to engage in sexual activity with Robert, you can, to the limits you set. If you just want to actually sleep in the bed, but nothing else, that's fine too. If you just want sleep, definitely let us know though, so that Robert can find another girl to have fun with before time for bed."

Samira nods.

"Any other questions?" Jane asks, and after a moment of quiet, she says. "Great. Amber, can I borrow you and Robert for a moment?"

"Yes, Mistress." Amber says, rising to come to Jane's side.

"We'll be back in a minute." Jane says. "If you girls could just hang out here until then."

Jane leads the way to her office, shutting the door behind Robert and Amber.

"We both spoke to Samira about your health." Jane begins. "And she feels like we are perhaps being a bit too slow about allowing you to participate. Would you like to begin limited participation with Robert before you meet your first goal."

"If that pleases you, Mistress." Amber says.

"Amber, we need to know what YOU want." Robert says. "My biggest reservation with you is that you are too submissive. If this is what you want, you have to tell us, and if it's not, we need to know that as well. I am asking you, as your Master, to be completely honest with us about this."

"Yes, Master." Amber flushes. "I apologize. I would like to begin participation as soon as you both feel I am worthy."

"Good." Jane says. "No vaginal penetration until you meet your final weight goal though. We don't need you getting into a high risk pregnancy due to your condition."

"I understand, Mistress." Amber says, trying to contain her excitement. "Thank you!"

Robert opens his arms, and Amber steps into them, hugging him tightly. "You are doing so well." He says. "Especially with Megan. I'm so proud of you."

Amber almost purrs when he says this, and then murmurs. "Thank you, Master."

"Speaking of Megan." Jane says. "How do you feel it is going so far? I know it's only been two days."

"I think it is going well, Mistress." Amber says. "It's too soon to tell if this is a temporary change, or a permanent one, but there has been a change."

"I agree." Robert says. "The defiance is gone, at least for now."

"I think we give it two weeks then, and re-evaluate where she is at, once she is no longer under her current punishment for a while." Jane says. "And then we can decide if she is ready to be added to the schedule."

"That is wise, Mistress." Amber says. "Sometimes punishments and training just don't stick at first, and have to be reinforced before the behavior changes permanently."

"Have you had to use the crop at all?" Jane asks.

"No, Mistress." Amber says. "She's been very compliant."

"Excellent." Jane says. "Any issues with Reyna? Any reason we shouldn't give her back her phone?"

"None, Mistress." Amber says. "I am proud to call her my sister."

"Good." Jane says. "I'll ask Alexia and Lucia next, but anyone you think shouldn't get theirs back now?"

"No, Mistress." Amber says. "But I've been very focused on Megan."

"Thank you." Jane says. "Can you go get Lucia and Alexia, and let the girls know we'll be out in a minute?"

When Lucia and Alexia walk in, Jane says. "We are deciding who gets their phones back now. Are there any girls you think aren't ready yet?"

"I think it's a little soon in general." Alexia says. "You made us wait almost a week."

"We were still in the testing period at that point." Jane says. "Let's focus less on the past, and more on the present. Alexia, which of your girls can be trusted not to do anything stupid with their phone?"

"Taylor and Emily." Alexia says. "Valentina is too new for me to be sure."

"Great." Jane says. "Lucia?"

"Mei for sure." Lucia says. "I think Lindsey would be ok, but she's so withdrawn. And I think Samira, but she is very new still."

"What do you think, Robert?" Jane asks.

"Hold back Megan, Samira, and Valentina for now." Robert says. "If these two feel better about Samira and Val by Friday, we can give the phones back then. Megan needs to wait longer though. And Lindsey would feel singled out if we make her wait, I think. She hasn't done anything wrong to this point."

"Ok, let's do this then." Jane says, grabbing the phones from her desk drawer, and putting them on the counter. "Everyone grab a few phones, and we will pass them out."

The room goes quiet as they walk in carrying the phones.

"Ok, listen up. As I call your name, come up and get your phone." Jane says. "You will use them to communicate with people in the house. You can lurk on social media, but no posting, commenting, or anything else. The last thing we need is the BAA deciding we are too nice to all of you. Before I get started, is there anyone who doesn't want a phone, or doesn't think they are ready?"

After a moment of silence, Jane says. "Good. After you get your phones, please get with your team to get with Amber, Alexia, or Lucia to get set up on Signal. We have a house group you will be joining, as well as a group for us girls to talk about things Robert doesn't need to worry about. I'd suggest each of the teams forms their own chat group too, to discuss things like chores."

"Reyna, come get your phone." Jane says, and Reyna comes up, looking between the phones before she finds hers.

"Taylor." Jane says, and she quickly comes and scoops up her phone.

"Emily." Jane says next.

"Mistress." Mei says. "That's the phone you had me use earlier..."

"Oh, one second, Emily." Jane says, opening the phone, and texting herself the video, before deleting it from the phone. "Here you go."

Mei is next, followed by Lindsey.

"Ok, if you haven't gotten your phone yet, it doesn't mean you aren't going to get it." Jane says. "You may be too new, or you may already know why you haven't gotten it yet. If you are confused, talk to your supervisory girl, or me. Those of you who have your phones, please don't abuse the trust we are showing you. If we have to take your phone away, you won't get it back for quite a while."

"Thank you, Mistress!" Mei says excitedly, already digging through her phone. "I felt like I was going into withdrawal."

"Mei, don't gloat in front of the girls who didn't get their phones yet." Jane says. "All of you take a look at your emails and texts, and please let us know if there is something that isn't junk."

"Jane." Taylor says. "I've got a message from my Dad. He wasn't detained."

"Anyone else?" Jane asks.

"My grandmother." Lindsey says, a tear going down her cheek.

"Ok, I'd like to read those, and then we can decide if you can reply. We can do it privately, if you'd like, in my office." Jane says.

"Jane, why don't you take Lindsey?" Robert suggests. "I can glance at Taylor's message upstairs."

"That's fine." Jane says. "Lindsey, are you ready?"

Lindsey stands up unsteadily, and follows Jane into her office.

"Taylor, let's go ahead upstairs." Robert says. "Did you want anyone to come upstairs with us now, or do you want to wait until after we handle the text."

"Now, please." Taylor says, reaching over and grabbing Reyna's hand. "If you don't mind."

"Let's go." Reyna says, squeezing her hand.

***

Jane motions Lindsey to a chair across from her desk, and sits down next to her. "May I see the message?" She asks gently.

Lindsey nods, handing over the phone.

Jane raises her eyebrows, scrolling up to see there are tons of messages. She begins to read them, growing more and more horrified.

"Did you already read all of it?" Jane asks Lindsey.

Lindsey just nods in response.

Jane puts her arm around her, and holds her for a moment. "I'm so, so sorry."

"Would you like to speak to your grandmother?" Jane asks. "Would that help?"

Lindsey nods yes, tears coursing down her cheeks.

"Ok." Jane says. "I'll call her, and explain the situation, and then put you on speaker. Do you want a minute before I do that?"

Lindsey nods again, clearly trying to get control of her emotions.

After a minute, she says. "I think I'm as ready as I'm going to be."

Jane calls the number the texts came from, and a moment later, an elderly voice says. "Lindsey, my girl?!? Is that really you?"

"Hi, this isn't Lindsey." Jane says. "But she's here, and she will be able to talk to you in just a moment."

"Praise Jesus!" The old woman says. "Who is this?"

"My name is Jane." Jane says. "Lindsey lives with us now. She's been here for a few days, and I thought it was time she got her phone back. When she did, she saw your messages. She's very upset, and I was hoping that talking to you would help."

"Please, darling, put her on." The woman says. "Let me talk to my little girl."

Jane puts it on speaker, and hands the phone to Lindsey.

"Grandma?" Lindsey says, her voice quavering.

"Lindsey." The grandmother replies, voice full of compassion and sorrow. "I'm so terribly sorry that I had to text you all of that, but your phone was going to voicemail, and I didn't know what else to do."

"It's ok, grandma." Lindsey says, trying to contain her tears. "Are you alone?"

"They took everyone else!" The grandmother replies. "I don't even have a way to get to the store."

Lindsey looks at Jane, eyes pleading with her. "I'll see if there is anything I can do, grandma. I'm going to put you on mute for just a minute while I talk to Jane."

"You don't need to worry about me." The grandmother says. "I'll figure something out."

"Just give me one minute, grandma." Lindsey says, muting the phone. Jane can still hear the grandmother muttering in the background. "Jane, please, I'm begging. She's 85 years old, and my aunt lived there to take care of her. She can't drive, she can barely function without help. I'll do anything you want, just let me take care of my grandmother."

"We aren't going to abandon her." Jane says reassuringly. "I'm going to step into the hallway to make a quick call. Why don't you two catch up, until I get back."

"Thank you, so much." Lindsey says, holding back a sob.

"I had grandparents too." Jane says, squeezing her shoulder. "We will find a way to make it work."

Stepping outside, Jane dials Rosie's number. After a few rings, she answers. "Jane?"

"Hi, Rosie." Jane says. "I'm sorry for calling this late."

"I'm working anyhow." Rosie says. "The auction is going, so I'm kind of just sitting here until it's done. What's going on?"

Jane explains the situation with Lindsey's grandmother, and Rosie says. "I suspect there is a lot of that going on right now. Older people with no caregivers is definitely a problem. What do you want to do?"

"Can I send Lindsey over to stay with her, at least for a few days?" Jane asks. "While we figure something else out?"

"She needs a handler." Rosie says. "But if she has one, then yes."

"Ok, good to know." Jane says. "I'll see if Amber is willing."

"Jane, what's the long term plan though?" Rosie says. "You are moving in the next few months, right? You can't really have part of your household living hours away, for an unknown amount of time."

"I'm just worried about tonight." Jane says. "I'll worry about long term when I can."

"I'll ask around." Rosie says. "This can't be the first time this type of situation has come up."

"Thank you." Jane says, and hangs up.

Walking into the living room, she is relieved to see that Amber is still downstairs. "Amber, I need you for a minute." Jane says.

"Yes, Mistress." Amber says. "How may I serve you?"

"I need to ask you to do something a little different." Jane says. "If you can't, please tell me. I need you to take Lindsey, and stay at her grandmother's house tonight."

"Yes, Mistress." Amber says. "Should I bring Megan?"

"No." Jane says. "I'll have Alexia keep an eye on her. Apparently Lindsey's grandmother has been home alone for a while, and needs a caretaker. She has to have a handler with her in order for this to be legal, and you are the only option other than Robert and I. You don't really have to do much, just text us if something comes up, and if anyone approaches you, show your card to prove you are an authorized handler."

"Yes, Mistress." Amber says.

"Come inside with me." Jane says, opening the office door.

As she does, Lindsey says. "Jane is back, grandma. I'm putting you on mute again for a minute."

After she does, she looks up hopefully at Jane.

"Amber is going to go to your grandmother's with you." Jane says. "You and she will stay there tonight. I want you to try to think of anyone else who can take over, whether it's long term, or just a day or two at a time. Lindsey, you can take our car, since Amber doesn't drive. I want to be clear, Amber is in charge. If you need help from her, you can ask, but her role is primarily to be there legally as your handler."

"Thank you both." Lindsey says. "Can I tell grandma?"

"Go ahead, and then you both need to pack what you need. I'd suggest two days of clothes, in case we can't figure something out for tomorrow night." Jane says.

***

Robert leads the way up the stairs, followed by Taylor and Reyna. After they enter the bedroom, he asks. "Can I read the text?"

Taylor silently hands over the phone, giving him a small smile.

Robert reads the message, while Taylor looks at Reyna, and says. "He didn't get detained. He's texted a few times asking if I'm ok. He must be worried sick, but at least he's ok, and free."

"Did you want to call him?" Robert asks.

"Can I?" Taylor asks excitedly. "Will Jane be ok with that?"

"She's not here." Robert says. "It's my call, and if I was him, I'd want a call right now."

"Thank you!" Taylor says, throwing her arms around him, before hastily pulling back to dial.

After a few rings, it picks up, and Robert hears Taylor excitedly say. "Yes, it's me!" and then "Yes, I'm safe. I'm still in town, with a really nice couple. I've even made a few new friends." and finally "I promise, I'm totally fine. I'll ask them, and text you later tonight or tomorrow. I don't always have my phone on me, so don't freak if it takes me a bit to respond. I love you too, and I'm so glad you are ok."

Robert looks over at Reyna, whose eyes are water. "Come here." He says, wrapping her up. "I can't know how you are feeling, but I know it must be so hard." He whispers to her as he holds her. "I'm so sorry."

"Thank you." She murmurs. "I'll be ok."

She releases from his grasp, and forces a smile onto her face, going over to Taylor, and giving her a big hug. "So he's doing fine?" Reyna asks.

"He says it's been super busy without me there to help." Taylor says. "But he got a white card, and he seemed relieved to know I'm ok." She looks over at Robert, and almost reluctantly says. "He asked if he can see me. I can tell him no, if you want. I don't want to cause a problem."

"I don't see why not." Robert says. "As long as he isn't going to come after us or something. Let's talk to Jane about it before bed."

"Thank you!" Taylor says, pulling him into the group hug. "Now we should get clean, so I can properly thank you for letting me call him. I've even got a surprise for us."

"You don't need to thank me for letting you talk to your Dad." Robert says. "It's basic human decency, and I can't imagine not being decent to my awesome girls."

"We got so lucky ending up with you." Reyna says. "Now let's get in the shower."

***

Jane heads upstairs with Lindsey and Amber, helping them get their things together. "Amber, remember that I want you to call me when you get there, and text me in the morning." Jane says. "And if anything happens during the night, call Robert and I, and don't stop until one of us picks up."

"Yes, Mistress." Amber says seriously. "I won't let you down."

Jane hugs her, and looks her in the eyes. "I know you won't."

After the girls are packed, she walks them to the car, stopping Lindsey long enough to put the collar on her. She hands Amber her copy of the key. "Take it off when you get there, but remember to put it back on if you two have to step outside." Jane tells her. "Lindsey, remember, drive slow and safe. It's almost dark. I know you are anxious to get there, but safety first."

"I will." Lindsey says. "I can't thank you enough."

"You are very welcome." Jane says. "Be safe!"

As Jane comes back inside, she finds several of the girls waiting for her.

"Mistress, what is going on?" Lucia asks.

"Let's get inside, and I'll explain it all." Jane says, closing the garage door as she watches the car leave the driveway.

***

As Robert, Taylor, and Reyna get out of the shower, Robert feels the vibration of the garage door. "What the hell." He says.

"What?" Reyna asks.

"That's the garage door opening or closing." Robert says. "No one should be going anywhere at this time of night."

He grabs his towel, and opens the bathroom, and then bedroom door, making it to the top of the stairs. "What's going on down there?" Robert yells down the stairs, before starting to head down them, still soaking wet.

"Everything is fine, Robert." He hears Jane's voice say. "I'll explain when I get upstairs."

Robert stops halfway down the stairs, and realizing that he's still dripping wet and naked, he goes back up.

"What happened, Master?" Reyna asks.

"I'm not sure." He says. "Jane says she'll be up in a minute to explain."

"We should get you dry." Taylor says, kneeling down to start drying his legs with her towel.

"Absolutely." Reyna says, drying off his chest.

A few minutes later Jane comes up, followed by Mei. "Sorry to worry you, honey." Jane says. "There was a situation with Lindsey's grandmother. With her whole family, really. The point is, her elderly grandmother was the only family member who wasn't detained, and she got left at her house without anyone to help take care of her. I sent Lindsey and Amber to keep her company for tonight, while we figure out a better solution."

"I can't believe we didn't think to ask if there was someone in their families who might need help." Robert says, smacking his head on his palm. "Did you ask the other girls yet?"

"No. I'll put something in the group chat for Alexia and Lucia to check with the girls, and if necessary, allow them to make calls to check on people." Jane says, taking out her phone.

"Do any of you girls need to check on anyone?" Robert asks, looking around.

"My family is all detained." Reyna says.

"I'm good, now that you let me call my dad." Taylor says, and looks at Jane. "I hope you don't mind."

"No, of course not." Jane says. "Is he doing ok?"

"He's ok now that he isn't as worried about me." Taylor says. "He really wants to see me, though."

"We'll try to work something out." Jane says. "Maybe we can invite him over for dinner one day?"

"Thank you." Taylor says excitedly. "Can I text him to let him know that I'll call or text tomorrow to work out the details?"

"Go ahead." Jane says with a smile, and looks over at Mei. "What about you, sweetie? Anyone on your Dad's side of the family to call?"

"His mom passed when I was little." Mei says. "I barely remember her. And I don't know of anyone else."

"Ok." Jane says. "Why don't you and I get clean, and let these three start on their fun?"

"Yay!!" Mei says, practically slinging her clothes off in her haste to undress.

Taylor can't help but giggle as she watches her.

"Into the bathroom, silly girl." Jane says, guiding her into the bathroom, and shutting the door.

"She's certainly a handful." Robert says, noticing both girls watching him watching her.

"I bet she's fun in bed though." Reyna teases him.

"So are both of you." Robert says, putting his arm around them both. "Now, this is your night, Taylor. How do you want this to go?"

Taylor smirks. "Come with me, Reyna."

Grabbing her hand, she pulls her towards, and then onto, the bed, until they are both towards the top of the bed. She reaches out and grabs Reyna's cheek, before pulling her in for a kiss. Reyna responds eagerly, grabbing Taylor's ass and pulling her closer. After a minute, they part, and Taylor looks at Robert. "I think I need another taste of Reyna. If you want a taste of me, feel free. When you are ready though, the surprise is in my back pants pocket."

Taylor shuffles down the bed, pulling Reyna's legs open, before leaning down to get a taste of her pussy. Robert watches, enjoying the view for a minute, before deciding to go check on the surprise. Grabbing her pants off the floor, he digs in the back pocket, and 2 condoms come out.

"How did you get condoms?" Robert says. "I don't even know if we are technically allowed to have these."

"Oh." Taylor says, pulling away from Reyna's juicy pussy. "I bought a bunch when I was with my ex, and those were the last two I had left. I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to have them."

"I could be wrong." Robert says. "Jane will know. I think we had better get rid of them asap." As he says this, he opens one of them, rolling it onto his dick, before leaning in for a quick taste of Taylor.

"Mmm... Yes!" Taylor moans. "I really wanted to get fucked, but I definitely am not ready to get pregnant yet."

"Enjoy this one." Robert says, pulling back from her pussy, and kneeling on the bed behind her. "I suspect Jane is going to confiscate the other one, when she sees it."

"Fuck!" Taylor says, as Robert slowly slides inside of her. "I forgot how good this can feel."

Reyna reaches down to caress Taylor's cheek, and guide her face back to her pussy. "Don't forget about me." She says. Looking at Robert, she asks. "How does she feel?"

"Tight." Robert says, finally bottoming out. "I can't wait to do this without a condom. I forgot how much worse it is with one."

After a few minutes, Robert asks. "Would you like to ride me? Who knows how long this condom has left, and I don't think you want it tearing when I'm inside of you."

"Yeah, let's try that." Taylor says. Robert slides down onto the bed next to the girls, and Taylor gets on top, lining up his dick before sinking onto it, and Reyna hops on his face, leaning forward to lick and suck on Taylor's nipples.

After a few minutes of this, Taylor slides off. "I forgot how much work being on top is." She says.

"I'm happy to take over." Reyna says, coming off Robert's face. "Let's get that thing off though."

"Where exactly did you get 'that thing'?" Jane asks from the bathroom doorway.

"I had a few left at home from my last relationship." Taylor admits. "I didn't realize we weren't supposed to have them until Robert just told me."

"Yeah, that would get us into trouble." Jane says. "Birth control is very much not allowed without a valid medical reason."

"I put the last one on the dresser." Robert says.

Reyna rolls the condom off, setting it on the bed, before leaning in to begin blowing him. As she does, Robert catches his first glimpse of Mei, on the floor next to Jane, with a collar on, and a leash leading to Jane's hand.

Robert smiles at Jane, and says. "I see you've decided to try something a little different."

"She wanted to be a sub." Jane says. "I thought she might enjoy the experience."

"I am, Domina." Mei says, trying to look up at Jane without leaving all fours.

"Good." Jane says, walking over to the chair in the corner, and taking a seat, before pulling Mei to her. "Now, why don't we see what kind of oral skills you have?"

Robert's gaze flicks between Reyna and Mei, before Taylor slides next to him. "Any chance I can ride your face for a bit?" Taylor asks.

"Mount up." Robert says, grabbing her ass as she does, and eagerly licking her pussy.

Just then, he feels Reyna stop the blowjob, and move up to ride him.

***

Jane moans as Mei licks the first pussy of her life. "Good girl." She says, holding onto her head, and pulling her closer. Mei licks again, pushing her tongue deeper this time, and barely brushing Jane's clit at the end of the lick. "Fuck." Jane says, torn between watching Mei and watching the girls ride Robert.

After a minute or two of the licking, Jane redirects Mei's head towards the top of her pussy. "Focus on my clit." Jane says. "You are doing a great job so far."

Mei smiles, and begins licking and sucking more aggressively on Jane's clit, until a few moments later, she says. "Cumming!"

***

Robert feels Taylor tense, and lift away from his head, and she flops next to him, recovering from her orgasm. "How was that?" He asks, reaching over to stroke her stomach.

"Great." She gasps.

"Master, do you want any help?" Robert hears, and looks over to see Mei on her knees on the floor, head barely coming over the top of the bed.

Robert looks at Reyna, who shrugs. "I'm at 5. I think one more, and I'll be good for tonight."

"Come over here." Robert says to Mei, and she quickly climbs onto the bed, stopping with her knees barely touching his side. "Lick on my nipple. Don't stop until I cum in Reyna."

Mei latches on quickly, aggressively using her tongue to flick his nipple. Robert glances over at Jane, who is watching enraptured as he is pleasured by the two Asian girls.

"Six." Reyna says, not slowing down at all.

"I'm getting close." Robert says, and a moment later, he feels himself explode inside of Reyna, filling her pussy with his cum. He slumps back on the bed, exhausted, barely noticing Jane coming over.

"Mei, you can stop now." Jane tells her. "Grab the small pillow from under the bed, and get ready."

Mei moves away from Robert, digging under the bed for the pillow, and holding it.

"Reyna, when you get off, I want you to grab your legs, and pull them up towards your head." Jane says. "Mei is going to stuff the pillow under your ass to elevate you. Lucia insists it helps with conception."

Reyna groans, and shifts a bit, before swinging off of Robert, and quickly assuming the position requested by Jane. Mei slides the pillow under her, wedging it in as far as she can.

"Good job." Jane says. "Lucia usually stays in that position for about 15 minutes. Taylor, did you want to clean up Robert, or do you want me to have Mei do it?"

"She can." Taylor yawns. "I'm exhausted."

Mei claps excitedly, and moves around so she can begin licking Robert's dick, not stopping until Jane pulls on the leash, and says. "The job is clean up, not 'Get Robert excited enough to make a second mess'."

"Sorry, Domina." Mei says.

Jane leans over, smacking her once, on her ass. Not too hard, but hard enough to make a satisfying noise. "Don't let it happen again. When you are told to do something, do exactly that, not that and then whatever else you want."

"Yes, Domina." Mei says, giving her an exaggerated sad look.

"That works on Robert, but not on me." Jane says. "Now, let's get moving towards bed. Mei, I think we are done for the night. Let's get the collar and leash off."

"May I keep the collar on, Domina?" Mei asks. "I kind of like it."

"If you want." Jane says. "It'll be uncomfortable to sleep in though."

"Maybe I can try it just this once, and if it's too uncomfortable, you can take it off in the morning?" Mei asks.

"Fine." Jane says, unclipping the leash. "Off to bed."