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Heather wanted to wait for Kyle, but she knew Marcus was right. Kyle would probably be at least another hour, and probably longer.
When he finally arrived, Heather was working out, focusing on her legs, and Marcus had taken Ruby to the playroom.
She sat with Kyle while he ate, hearing about his day, telling him about hers. It was nice, just the two of them.
When Kyle finished, she told him, “I’m going toappropriate one of the guest bathrooms with a garden tub for a few hours. I need to veg out with a good book.”
Kyle nodded, “I’m surprised I haven’t heard from any of the nursing staff yet but it’s only a matter of time before a medication needs altering and the phone rings, but I think I’ll play a video game and get my own version of vegging out.”
* * * *
Heather was about halfway through her book when the bathroom door opened and Kyle entered wearing a pair of loose boxers. He stepped in and dropped to his knees on the bathmat beside the tub. “I’m about to turn in, are you ready for bed yet? You’re going to be all pruney.”
She set her e-reader to the side. “Yeah, I could go to sleep. Thanks for letting me stay in here so long. I feel as if I should apologize for needing alone time.”
He put her e-reader on the vanity and stood with a towel opened in invitation. She used her toe to push the mechanism to let the water out, stood, and stepped out of the tub, directly into the towel and into Kyle’s arms. He held her a few moments and then kissed the top of her head. “I love you, and you never need to apologize for needing your quiet time.”
“I love you, too, and I’m beyond grateful you don’t take my need for alone time personally.”
Heather had brought a sleep shirt into the bathroom with her, so she stepped out of Kyle’s arms, grabbed the shirt, pulled it over her head, retrieved her e-reader, and headed for Marcus’s bedroom. Kyle followed her with the towel and stepped into Marcus’s bathroom with it, which meant he was putting it in the hamper. Heather felt bad she hadn’t thought of it, but she’d just annoy Kyle if she told him she was sorry, so she didn’t.
“Are Marcus and Ruby still in the playroom?”
He shrugged. “I assume so. Want me to check?”
Heather sat on the edge of the bed. “No, and I’m not up to playing tonight. If you are then I can help you out, but honestly, I’d just like to be held.”
“I’d love to hold you and cuddle with you.”
They’d been in bed perhaps ten minutes, Kyle spooned behind Heather, when Marcus walked in with Ruby following him, crawling on hands and knees. He walked straight to the cage, opened the door, and motioned her inside.
Ruby looked up, anguish written on her face. “Pleasedon’t put me in the cage tonight, Master.”
“Is there some physical reason you shouldn’t be caged? Something I’m not aware of?”
She looked down, focused on his feet, and shook her head, “No, Master, but please don’t make me sleep in the cage.”
Marcus squatted down so his weight was on his toes and his ass was on his heels. “Do you own me, or do I own you?”
“You own me, Sir.”
“You signed a contract saying you understood that sleeping in my bed was a privilege, and that you understood you’d be in a cage at night if I chose. Do you want out of that contract?”
“No Sir. I don’t want out of my contract.”
“I allowed you an orgasm when I fucked your ass, and now it’s time for bed. I’d planned to leave your hands free tonight, but since you’ve tried to dictate sleeping arrangements, they’ll be restrained. Wait there, on your knees. I’ll be back in a moment with a straitjacket.”
The bottom of the cage contained a twin sized mattress. The back and one side were part of the wall, leaving the front and the other side with bars. Doors could be closed over the bars, so guests wouldn’t see the cage, but when someone was inside, the solid wooden doors were open, so the inhabitant had two barred sides to see out of.
The cage wasn’t tall enough to sit up in, and was barely tall enough for a petite female to crawl in on hands and knees and then lay down. There was a small, barred door in the front big enough to crawl through, but it was also possible to open the entire front, so you could change out the mattress, and so the sheets on the mattress could be changed.
Marcus came back with the straitjacket and quickly secured her into it. He opened the entire front of the cage and motioned for her to go in. Ruby sat and stared at him, and Marcus said, “I won’t force you. You’ll either go in there willingly, or I’ll remove the restraints and you can sleep in a guest bedroom tonight, and make other living arrangements tomorrow. Those are your choices.”
Wow. He’d punished her when she’d balked in the past. Apparently, he was tired of that. He’d talked to Heather about how he handled certain kinds of defiance — and one of those ways was to remind the slave they’d chosen this life, and offer an easy route to leave. She’d never seen him actually put it into these words though, so it seemed Ruby had pushed his button enough for him to change gears with how he handled this particular issue.
Ruby bent slowly, aimed her upper body towards the cage, and pushed herself in, rolling over so she was on her back, looking up.
Marcus went to hands and knees, put his head in, and gave her what appeared to Heather to be a pretty passionate kiss. He covered her with a sheet, firmly closed and locked the large door, and made a point of checking the lock on it as well as the small door before climbing into bed with Heather and Kyle.
