"Before we leave, I have a gift for you three," Lux said cheerfully. She pulled out three lipstick containers, one pink, one white, and one light blue. "You will each apply the lipstick in the mirror before we leave for dinner."
"Miss Lux, I can't go out like this," Erin explained. "This clothing is too provocative and I'm not interested in being seen in public wearing it."
Jess shot her a look warning her not to say another word, but it was too late. Lux's face soured.
"Slut, I already explained to you that you need to use the word Mistress when you speak to me. If you don't want to join us for dinner, you can leave my hotel room, but you won't be leaving in my clothes. Cady, grab the scissors and help remove Libby's clothing."
Cady immediately jumped to her feet to grab the scissors from across the room. Erin's eyes widened as she contemplated this furthering of the predicament. "No, mistress. I don't have anything else to wear."
"Exactly, slut. Stop making demands. Make a decision. Do you want me to leave you naked like I found you? In San Francisco with no clothes or return flight? Or do you want to join me and the girls for dinner?"
"I'll join, mistress."
"Good girl, slut."
Erin shuddered at how good this demeaning praise felt; being called a 'good girl' should have made her blood boil, but instead it made her blood flow to her cheeks.
The three applied their colored lipstick, and ventured out of the hotel room. In the lobby, they appeared to now blend in with the crowds of kinky groups that Erin had ogled at earlier. As she thought about that irony, she noticed that a businesswoman - dressed in a pantsuit and waiting for the concierge - was looking at her and Jess with a mixture of amazement and disgust. Erin couldn't help feeling ashamed at her state of dress.
"Hopefully she can't tell that I'm not wearing any underwear," she thought.
The three girls walked in a horizontal line behind Lux out the hotel and onto the street. Erin did not know how far this restaurant was, and whispered to Jess, "are we walking to this place or taking a cab?"
Jess, in a cheerier tone, whispered back, "I think Mistress Lux is trying to show us off! We'll probably walk all the way there!"
As they rounded a street corner, Erin heard a loud, shrill whistle.
"Looking GOOD, ladies! I want some of THAT!"
Erin turned her eyes in resentment at a poorly dressed stranger, barely holding back a glare.
At that moment, Lux came to a stop and held her arm up at a right angle with her hand in a fist.
Cady and Jess stopped moving on a dime, and Erin almost ran into Lux, unaware of the signal ordering her to halt. Erin instinctively - in an attempt to fit in - got back into formation with the other two ladies.
Lux turned around and gazed at her three subs, with a hint of pride. She turned her head to the catcaller and beckoned him over with a wave of her hand. He walked to her.
"Do you like what you see?" She asked him, pointing at the three girls.