Mickey Bliss had no idea where he left his iPad. He'd been working late all week so maybe, just maybe, he left it at the office. Those fantasy football picks had to be in by midnight tomorrow. They'd be eating Q and drinking brews all day while they logged them in at the annual Nashville Pork, Pad, and Draft Party. It was gonna be a blast.
It was one a.m. and he grumbled as he swiped his office pass card and the door opened. He remembered that his desk was a mess. Even if the iPad was on it, he'd have to dig for twenty minutes to find it. What was that? He heard a soft whimpering sound as he passed through the lobby lounge.
"Hey, somebody here?"
Whimper. It sounded like a girl, but he knew the cleaning service was done by now.
"Hello?"
"Eek!"
"Oh my freakin' god, Emily! You scared the crap out of me!"
Emily Baranski jumped up from the sofa wearing a long white t-shirt. The cotton was thin. Even in the dim light from the street lamps Mickey could see right through it. Her tits were bare beneath it. And there they were, the oddest long things protruding from them. Oh my god were those nipples? They were! They were huge, puffy, easily one and a half inches long, and Mickey couldn't take his eyes off of them.
"What, are you sleeping here?!"
"Mickey, listen, I'm really sorry. Please don't get upset. I didn't have anywhere else to go."
"Don't you live with your parents?"
Emily was a really homely girl. She worked in the mailroom and though she was just eighteen, and not really stupid, she didn't seem to be aiming for college.
"Yes, I still live with my parents but I'm hoping to get away from them. My dad is angry with me. They don't even know where I am right now."
Emily was part of a large odd family. Mickey ran into them once at the Kroger in Donelson. The whole family was at the store together; they always went everywhere together, as a group. Her mom smiled sweetly, but her dad didn't say a single word. He just stared while Emily explained that Mickey was one of the partners at the accounting firm. They dressed strangely, like they lived in an alternate universe that was stuck in the fifties. Emily wore long skirts and loafers every day, no makeup, no jewelry, every article of clothing very plain. The whole thing was totally cultish.
"So what's your dad so mad about?"
"I'm not supposed to talk about it, but I'm so upset!"
Emily scrunched her eyes tight and stomped her right foot.
"Hey, calm down. Let's talk a minute. What's going on?" "Well, you know we're religious, right? And I am too, really I am. I love Jesus so much! But I don't want to marry that guy!"
"What guy? Why are you getting married at eighteen anyway?!"
"We all get married at eighteen. It's what we do at our church. The guy is Clarence. He's my dad's friend from high school and he's old."
"How old?"
"Forty!"
She scrunched her eyes closed again. Emily was clearly distraught.
"Emily, calm down! It's going to be all right. We'll figure this out. You don't have to marry anyone."
"But we all do. We're supposed to get married as close to our eighteenth birthdays as possible. They've spent lots of time and energy grooming us, and the birth control isn't cheap."
"Birth control? But you're so religious, why are you on birth control?"
"Yes, they have to make sure we're not having...you know...relations with anyone. We can't even go places alone with guys our age. Just in case somebody slips up, they can't have them turning up pregnant by some young punk. That's what they call them, the young guys, punks. They're all young punks to the grown ups. And Clarence is 40! He's so old! And he's not even cute! I just can't do it!"
"You're not going to marry anyone now, I promise. We'll get you to someplace safe."
"And I can't let any more moms and aunts look up my dress, either! It's just crazy!"
"Why are they looking up your dress, Emily? Do they let you make out with other women, just not guys?"
"Eew, not that way! We'd get excommunicated for that. They have to make sure we're cultivating 'good marital habits.' Our men like their women clean shaven. It makes us seem fresh and young."
"Oh, sorry I asked."
"I'm the one who's sorry."
Emily started to sob softly as she wiped the first tears from her face. Mickey scooted over and put his arm around her. His fingers accidentally grazed one of her oddly long nipples. He felt his cock waking up with a start.
"There, there.
He stroked her back as she leaned her head to his chest sobbing.
"Just cry it out. I'm not going anywhere."
Emily continued to sob, at first hard, then softer as she steadied herself.
"It really does feel crazy. I see other girls my age at the grocery store and they look so carefree. They're all getting ready for college. I would love to go to college!"
"Then go! That's what you're supposed to be thinking about! Getting married at eighteen is nuts!"