This is a story of an arrogant racist, a nasty man, being shown the error of his ways, in ways he didn't like, at first. But he accepted the life and embraced it.
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Malcolm Thomas knew he had over stepped the mark, and now he was paying the price. He was in the rear bedroom of the country house they had been given the use of. He hadn't known it was a set up, but he knew now!
He was on his back, hands and feet tied to each corner of the bed he was on. He wasn't gagged or blindfolded, there was no need for him to be so. His voice was hoarse now, nothing but a whisper, for all the screaming, death threats and calls for help at the top of his voice had gone unheard, why? Because the room he was in had been especially sound proofed for this very reason.
He wasn't uncomfortable, his captor had made sure of that, and while his binds were impossible to get free from, his blood flow had not been restricted. He had been in this position for nearly two days, his owner, for that was how he referred to himself, had entered the room twice to see to his needs, even retying the bonds so that Malcolm could use the bathroom in the corner.
There was never any hope of escape, he knew that by now. He just hoped they would get out alive, or at least he would. His owner even gave him some throat medicine because of the soreness he felt. He gave him water, fruit if he wanted it. He had pleaded, cajoled, and promised him the earth if he set him free. His owner had smiled and told him.
"When I'm finished Malcy," he called him that because he knew he hated it, "You will be a free man, don't you worry your little head."
Malcolm abused him even more as he had left the room, his owner just smiled.
"And you don't own me you black bastard, no one owns me I'll get you for this!" he whispered hoarsely as the man left.
But before he did, his 'owner' pointed to himself, and mouthed the words, "Oh but I do!" and tittered.
Malcolm Thomas was the twenty eight year old new owner of a reasonably large betting shop chain. His father had started it with his best friend Hugo James. It had grown over the years and was very successful, it became even more successful when Malcolm and Hugo's son entered into it.
The fathers started taking a back seat as the business grew, but three years later Malcolm's father had suddenly died. Hugo wasn't the business man his partner had been, but he was the greatest front man ever, he knew all the regulars in all their shops and they loved him, so they spent their money there.
But Malcolm was a business man, and he began to set things up so he appeared as the head of the business. He also started siphoning money off, and began illegal dealings. To cut a long story short, he out manoeuvred Hugo and his son at every turn, to where suddenly he was the legal owner of the business. After a legal battle the judge came down on Malcolm's side, and the business was dissolved, renamed and Malcolm was the sole owner of it.
Hugo had his own money made from the thirty odd years in the business, and was generous to his son. He felt nothing but pity for his friend's boy, and wondered what his father would say about him. His own son hated him. And when the dust had settled, he began to look for revenge, he wouldn't physically hurt Malcolm. He wasn't that kind of man. But Malcolm had always treated him as strictly second class, he never said it openly. But it was, he believed because he was black. This was born out by the gradual reduction, and to the point of, where black people were no longer employed in the business.
Richard, Malcolm's no longer partner saw one opportunity that would tear him apart if he got away with his idea. It was his young wife of three months. Gina was an extremely beautiful blond, she was tall, almost six feet, a model of the catwalk but had given it up on the promise of marriage to Malcolm.
Whilst she had been a model she had scaled back her weight to a zero, it was what they demanded. But Gina knew it was not for her, she took the money, married Malcom, and ran. Now she was a healthy beaming 130lbs. She really was the girl from Iponema, blond or not, slender, sexy and completely captivating.
Yet in the months leading to her marriage, and the three after it, she saw in Malcolm someone she hadn't known, or seen, and she cared for it less. Her marriage was already heading for the rocks. Gina was a perfect girl, not only to the eye of the beholder, but Gina was a genuinely nice lady. She hated those who belittled others, those who pretended to be something they were not. Those who cheated others. And above all, those who were unkind to their fellow men, or women, and especially animals.
Sadly her husband was quickly filling up her 'I hate those kind of people book!' She had met Richard many times and liked him, but only as a friend, nothing else. And her new husband had made it clear that he didn't want her to even associate with 'people like that!' She remonstrated with him about his attitude, and he had gone right off the deep end and almost slapped her.
Now a business acquaintance had offered them the use of his country dwelling free of charge after Malcolm had put some business his way. He hadn't known that the business in question had been for Richard, whom the man doted on. Hugo James had been the man that had set him on his way. He was an uncle to Ricky as he used to call him when he was a boy.
And so here Malcolm was, or rather, here they were. The door closed and Malcolm's eyes returned to the huge HD TV screen on the wall opposite the bed he was tied to and naked on. The screen was of the front master bedroom, there were several cameras in there. Malcolm new by heart now how many because of the angles that were displayed, there were six.
The first time he had seen the pictures on it were as he saw the door to the bedroom open, how 'his owner' managed that he didn't know. Then it cut to the window where he poured himself a glass of water, he drank, poured another and approached the bed. And there, semi naked was his wife of three months, he offered her the glass and she took it from him and sipped.
She looked gorgeous, her eyes were blue magnets, her full lipped mouth so enticing. But around her left wrist was cuff, it was cloth and he knew it didn't hurt her, attached to that was long piece of what looked like steel wire. This was fixed into the wall at the side of the bed, he knew it was long enough to allow her freedom of movement, he had seen her on her feet many times.