Trouble in Paradise...
Our contracts arrived a few days later. Thomas recommended we engage an attorney to look over the documents. He gave us the names of a couple of attorneys in Los Angeles, but Cyndi, with the help of her friend Trina, hired an attorney friend of Trina's from her college days. We were told via email and video chat that the contract was basic, straightforward, and legitimate. We would appear in the web series for a minimum of ninety days and a maximum of one hundred and twenty.
One or both of us would be on camera 24/7. If the series ran the full four months, between our base pay and commissions for viewer sign-ups over a certain amount, we would make more money than working the farm for the past three years. Cyndi and I couldn't help but find the irony in the commissions we could earn. We would be earning extra money to entice more people to watch us fucking, sucking, and generally having a good time. All I could say to that was - only in America!
Our house, barn, and vehicles would be fitted with audio and video, where we would be expected to have sex. For health and safety reasons, the only building on the farm that was off-limits was the thirty-thousand-square-foot hydroponic plant. The plant, fully functioning year-round, was quickly becoming our main source of income.
There were three pages of legalese regarding the production company and our rights. The production company could back out or end the series anytime for any reason, and our compensation would end when the series stopped airing. On the other hand, we were obligated to fulfill our contract once the web series went live. We had two outs. One was at the ninety-day mark. If we wanted the series to end, we could give a seven-day notice, and production would wrap the closest Sunday to the seventh day. This was especially helpful since, by that time, it would be spring, and the farm would be fully up and running. The other was ten days before the series aired for the first time. The stipulation was that we would have to pay the labor to remove the equipment from the house.
In our last video conference before we signed the contract, Thomas informed us that, unlike the series he had done, which were loosely scripted, this series would be totally real. The exception was that he wanted some drama for the viewers to live out with us. Before going live, production, specifically Thomas, would suggest possible scenarios, but it would be up to us to choose what we do.
I was a simple person. My idea of a storyline was that a young, progressive couple in Montana took on a newly hired employee that eventually made their way into Cyndi's and my pants.
As for drama, it started the moment I signed the contract. Cyndi mysteriously turned into a person I didn't recognize. I felt my happy world slipping away. The ever-constant sex was gone. She preferred to be on the phone or online with Thomas and his life partner, Devon. The little arguments she picked with me were the worst. We never fought. I had no idea what was going on. Whatever it was, the days before Thomas and the crew arrived were a living hell.
And then the drama started.
Just before noon, ten days after we signed the contract, slowed by one of Montana's magnificent snowstorms, the caravan of vehicles arrived: an eighteen-wheeler truck, a utility box truck, a sleek, multi-million dollar decked-out RV, and a twelve-seat Mercedes passenger van that was totally out of place in rural Montana.
Our house was over half a mile off a tree-lined, infrequently traveled county road. The closest town, if that's what you wanted to call it, was twenty minutes away, and Great Falls was a two-hour drive.
If someone discovered we had company, we prepared a cover story that we rented out a portion of the farm to a small independent movie company. It wasn't unheard of for Hollywood production companies to come to Montana. The exterior shots were great, and it was cheaper to film in Montana than in California. Hell, half of Hollywood owned little ranchettes all over the state.
I was out in the barn when I heard the roar of trucks navigating their way down the long gravel drive. The honking horns helped announce them as well. They were lucky the snowstorm bypassed us; we only got a few inches. We had already plowed and salted well in advance of their arrival. The temperature hovered at a tolerable eighteen degrees, and the ground was solid, with no ice or snow to inhibit them. Cyndi and I made it to the front of the house when they stopped their engines. Cyndi was like a little girl jumping up and down, clapping her hands excitedly.
I was more reserved about their arrival. On the one hand, it meant I was one step closer to fulfilling my fantasy of feeling, tasting, and being with a man. On the other hand, Cyndi's behavior was so perplexing that my head was spinning.
The night before their arrival, Cyndi admitted that she was sexually attracted to Thomas and Devon, something she'd never experienced before. It didn't come as a big surprise, and I wondered why she was telling me. Whatever she was up to, she wasn't ready to say. She fed me that little tidbit and moved on.
Over breakfast the next morning, she dropped a second bomb. Thomas wanted to make sure I was fully initiated to man-sex before the series started. He wanted me to act like a virgin when, in fact, I wouldn't be. He didn't want me to look like a fool when the cameras went live. I was waiting for Cyndi to tell me who the mysterious man would be to
'train me,'
but she never said.
The straw on the camel's back was getting heavier. I told her I wouldn't even consider it. The sad part was that it didn't matter what I said; it was set in stone once Cyndi said it.
"I never thought we'd get here!" Thomas exclaimed, sounding out of breath like he'd run the last mile of the trip. I was closest to him, and he didn't hesitate to grab me and give me an obligatory hug. I pulled away a second later, stifling my gag reflexes. Thomas smelled of stale wine, rancid cigar smoke, and unpleasant body odor. "You weren't lying when you said you lived in
bum-fuck nowhere.
"
"It's home." Cyndi laughed. She was still bouncing up and down, her excitement palpable. She hugged Thomas, lingering in his arms long enough to rub her body against his. She received a welcome kiss, first on her cheek and then a longer, tongue-in-mouth kiss. As happy as she was to see Thomas, Cyndi kept her eyes past him to the RV door.
"Man, it's fucking freezing here! I think my balls have shriveled up and are trying to run back to California!"
Cyndi and I were dressed in our normal one-piece thermal coveralls. Plus, we were more used to the cold temperatures. The more modern coveralls were thinner, and the suits were more sculpted to our bodies. We didn't look like the Michelin man. Thomas and crew had on fancy
'Hollywood
' parkas, gloves, and knit caps, the stuff that makes you look attractive on an Aspen ski slope but does nothing to keep you warm.