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raggedly. “I know he left me with you, but I’m not supposed to take off my clothes.”
Understanding dawned in Susan’s eyes, and she scowled as she pulled her cell phone from her pocket along with a business card. Glancing at the card, she punched in the number and held the phone to her ear.
“Agent James,” she said coldly into the receiver. “Could you please explain to me why Jane thinks she can’t take off her clothes?”
I could hear Master’s deep voice rumbling on the other end of the line, but I couldn’t make out what he was saying. After a moment, Susan pulled the phone from her ear and held it out between us.
“You’re on speakerphone,” Susan informed Master, her voice a bit louder than was strictly necessary.
“Hi, sweetheart.” Just the sound of his voice made most of the tension leave my muscles. Master would tell me what to do. And he would know I had been good. I hadn’t allowed Susan to persuade me to break his rule.
“Hi,” I answered softly.
“I need you to do what Susan says.”
My stomach clenched. Had I done something wrong? I had thought my obedience would please him, but apparently I was supposed to obey Susan in his absence.
“I’m sorry,” I apologized tremulously. I had already disappointed him once today. What would he do to me now that I had failed him twice in the space of a few hours?
“It’s okay, sweetheart,” he reassured me. “You didn’t do anything wrong. But I need you to mind Susan when I’m not there. Can you do that for me?”
“Yes,” I said fervently, clinging to the promise of his forgiveness like a lifeline.
Susan was scowling at the phone. “Thank you for your help, Agent James. But you and I will talk about this before I leave tonight.” There was no trace of her usually sweet demeanor in her narrowed eyes.
But I was too jubilant to allow her anger to bother me. Master knew I hadn’t broken his rule, and now he had given me a new order to follow.
Obey Susan until I return.
The prospect of getting through the day without him was suddenly far less terrifying.
Chapter 5
I caught snippets of Master and Susan’s heated conversation as their harshly whispered words drifted in through my open doorway. Master wouldn’t consent to retreating further than the hallway to speak privately with Susan, so I was able to puzzle out some of what they were saying.
“Totally inappropriate… Don’t think I haven’t noticed that you give her permission to do everything… No different than that man -”
“Don’t you dare compare me to him,” Master barked before lowering his voice back to a murmur. “…don’t understand…”
“Then explain it so I can understand,” Susan hissed.
I picked out the words “structure” and “rules” in the midst of Master’s low rumbling.
“Is everything okay here?” Clayton’s voice cut through their hushed conversation.
“Yes,” Susan said slowly, her voice returning to a more normal volume. “I think so.” All of the fire had left her tone. Whatever Master had told her must have placated her.
“What are you doing here, Vaughn?” Master asked.
“We need to ask Jane some more questions. You know that,” Clayton replied calmly.
“That can wait until tomorrow.” Master’s voice was firm.
Clayton sighed. “We’re going nowhere fast with her case. Without more to go on, we can’t get any closer to locating her family or tracking down the Bastard who abused her. Do you really want to waste one more day before we find him? The longer we wait, the colder his trail gets.”
“Fine.” Master sounded resigned.
Susan poked her head through the door so she could address me. “I’ll be back first thing in the morning, Jane,” she assured me.
“Okay. Thank you.” I truly was grateful that she had resolved whatever had made her angry with Master. I liked Susan, and Master trusted her to take care of
Understanding dawned in Susan’s eyes, and she scowled as she pulled her cell phone from her pocket along with a business card. Glancing at the card, she punched in the number and held the phone to her ear.
“Agent James,” she said coldly into the receiver. “Could you please explain to me why Jane thinks she can’t take off her clothes?”
I could hear Master’s deep voice rumbling on the other end of the line, but I couldn’t make out what he was saying. After a moment, Susan pulled the phone from her ear and held it out between us.
“You’re on speakerphone,” Susan informed Master, her voice a bit louder than was strictly necessary.
“Hi, sweetheart.” Just the sound of his voice made most of the tension leave my muscles. Master would tell me what to do. And he would know I had been good. I hadn’t allowed Susan to persuade me to break his rule.
“Hi,” I answered softly.
“I need you to do what Susan says.”
My stomach clenched. Had I done something wrong? I had thought my obedience would please him, but apparently I was supposed to obey Susan in his absence.
“I’m sorry,” I apologized tremulously. I had already disappointed him once today. What would he do to me now that I had failed him twice in the space of a few hours?
“It’s okay, sweetheart,” he reassured me. “You didn’t do anything wrong. But I need you to mind Susan when I’m not there. Can you do that for me?”
“Yes,” I said fervently, clinging to the promise of his forgiveness like a lifeline.
Susan was scowling at the phone. “Thank you for your help, Agent James. But you and I will talk about this before I leave tonight.” There was no trace of her usually sweet demeanor in her narrowed eyes.
But I was too jubilant to allow her anger to bother me. Master knew I hadn’t broken his rule, and now he had given me a new order to follow.
Obey Susan until I return.
The prospect of getting through the day without him was suddenly far less terrifying.
Chapter 5
I caught snippets of Master and Susan’s heated conversation as their harshly whispered words drifted in through my open doorway. Master wouldn’t consent to retreating further than the hallway to speak privately with Susan, so I was able to puzzle out some of what they were saying.
“Totally inappropriate… Don’t think I haven’t noticed that you give her permission to do everything… No different than that man -”
“Don’t you dare compare me to him,” Master barked before lowering his voice back to a murmur. “…don’t understand…”
“Then explain it so I can understand,” Susan hissed.
I picked out the words “structure” and “rules” in the midst of Master’s low rumbling.
“Is everything okay here?” Clayton’s voice cut through their hushed conversation.
“Yes,” Susan said slowly, her voice returning to a more normal volume. “I think so.” All of the fire had left her tone. Whatever Master had told her must have placated her.
“What are you doing here, Vaughn?” Master asked.
“We need to ask Jane some more questions. You know that,” Clayton replied calmly.
“That can wait until tomorrow.” Master’s voice was firm.
Clayton sighed. “We’re going nowhere fast with her case. Without more to go on, we can’t get any closer to locating her family or tracking down the Bastard who abused her. Do you really want to waste one more day before we find him? The longer we wait, the colder his trail gets.”
“Fine.” Master sounded resigned.
Susan poked her head through the door so she could address me. “I’ll be back first thing in the morning, Jane,” she assured me.
“Okay. Thank you.” I truly was grateful that she had resolved whatever had made her angry with Master. I liked Susan, and Master trusted her to take care of
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