Author's note:
This is the end of this story, at least for now. In the elaborate outline I sketched out for this story (now over four years ago!) this section actually marks the halfway point, or the end of "Part I" overall. And of the two dozen story-segments on the rest of the outline, there are actually several in various states of completion. But life being what it is right now, I don't think they're going to make it onto the page any time soon. Someday, hopefully. And, probably, there will be other stories to come before those. In any case, thanks for reading... and even if it's been a while since I've posted a story, I do keep an eye out here and on my "special" email, so feel free to send along your thoughts, fantasies, lewd photos or requests for same. Cheers!
10.a: The end of privacy, part 1
I was naked, standing just inside the side-door to my apartment building. My clothes, wallet and phone were locked in the heavy camping cooler I was holding in front of me. They'd been locked there all weekend long while I was out on a road trip, serving as a sort of bondage slave to my friend James while he was attending a comic convention.
I had just found out, when James had dropped me off, that he never even had the key to the lock on the cooler! One of Sir's blue-shirted couriers had it, and was presumably about to give it back to me after letting me into the building.
Or it wouldn't be quite that simple.
"I'll meet you up by your door," he said, turning to walk away from me. "I'm taking the elevator."
And I guess I'm taking the stairs
.
Sneaking up and down high-rise stairwells was not something I thought I'd be getting used to, but it was something I'd done a bunch over the past three months since I'd found my keyholder. It felt a bit more dangerous to be doing it in my own building, though.
If I get caught, could I get evicted? Let's try not to find out
.
On top of that, I was not in a state where I was relishing climbing eight floors. I'd been in bondage for most of the weekend, and my buttocks were still stinging from an intense spanking James had given me at a pit stop on the way home. Plus, this damn cooler was getting heavier with each half-flight of stairs.
Or maybe I should be thankful for my grousing, as it kept me from worrying too much and in the end, I was soon peeking out down the eighth-floor hallway from the stairwell. Down near the far end I could see the dude in the blue shirt waiting by my door.
Well, hopefully no one else is going to be getting home just now
, I thought as I pulled the door open with my elbow and stepped out into the hallway. Luck was with me, though who knows, of course, if anyone was looking through their peepholes as I went by.
I was worried that we'd have to be standing in the hallway for a couple minutes now, as I assumed the dude would unlock the cooler, and then I'd have to dig around in my clothes to find my keys and get inside. But as I got to my door, I realized something wasn't right. The deadbolt lock was gone, and there was a numeric keypad in its place.
Wait, what?
"I have a single-use code for this," he said as he punched in five digits on the pad. "You'll be assigned your own code after."
Assigned a code... to get into my own apartment? What's going on?
The lock clicked and the guy opened the door for me. I stepped in to the little entrance hallway inside, and again, something was
off
.
Why is my chest of drawers out here?
The guy, of course, didn't know what my apartment was supposed to look like, so he wasn't fazed. As I set the cooler down and peered around, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a single key on a plain key ring and handed it to me. "Can you empty that out right away? I'm supposed to take it with me."
I grabbed the key and crouched to unlock the cooler. I started grabbing the folded clothes in there, and then looked over. Beside the chest of drawers was a new piece of furniture, a bench-like thing a couple feet wide with an extra lower shelf. Conveniently placed to put clothes on, but I didn't give that any more thought as I pulled all my stuff from the cooler, setting my phone on the chest of drawers as I finished.
After putting the padlock and key in his back pocket, the dude pulled out his phone. "Just gotta get a picture to show I've done the job," he said, snapping a picture of me. Then he gestured for me to turn my right hip toward him so he could get a shot of the QR code tattooed there.
"Great, that's all I need." Without any further comment, he closed the cooler lid, picked it up, turned and left. As the door closed behind him, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before trying to assess what was going on here.
Okay
. So, for some reason, my chest of drawers had been moved from my bedroom and was now across from the closet in my entryway. And there was an envelope on top with my name on it which I snatched and tore open. There was a note inside. Unaddressed, but obviously from Sir.
"SOME ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO YOUR APARTMENT TO BETTER SUIT YOUR ROLE.
"YOUR CODE TO YOUR APARTMENT DOOR HAS BEEN TEXTED TO YOU.
"NEW RULE #1: YOU WILL BE NUDE AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THIS APARTMENT. NO EXCEPTIONS. WHEN ARRIVING FROM OUTSIDE, YOU WILL UNDRESS HERE. YOU WILL ONLY PUT ON CLOTHES IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LEAVING."
That took a minute to sink in. Sir was extending his jurisdiction, and it was no longer enough for me to be naked when I was presenting myself to him at his place. And beyond that, he had changed the locks on my door! (I wondered for a second how he had gotten my keys to get in here, but I quickly realized there were quite a few times that I had left my keys unattended when I was at his place, so it would have been quite easy.)