Club 516
In which siblings Lucy and Karl get intertwined with the story of Emily and Steven. All pivots around the mysterious Club 516, which has a profound affect on its visitors. Set in the Highlands of Scotland this is a hideaway where hidden passions can blossom under the watchful eye of Club 516.
This is the longest story of Sisterly Assistance (over 15 000 words) and there is a bit of time hopping. Just in case it needs stating, Club 516 is a figment of my imagination and has no resemblance to any entity bearing that name.
Part 1: Emily and Steven, July.
Emily was invited into a large room, which was decorated with pastel colours, soft furnishings and long white curtains. She settled nervously on the chair that had been offered to her. The interview had been a surprise. And she had not expected that her brother, Steven, was also required to accompany her. Nevertheless, such a long way from home, having Steven was at least re-assurance. She smiled at her interlocutor, a woman in her late thirties: glamorous, with auburn hair, wearing a dark blue blouse and black pencil skirt. If she displayed confidence, Emily thought, then this would impress her interviewers. The woman, who had introduced herself as Suzi, spoke up.
"So, Emily, you have such pretty pictures. We love them, we really do." Emily tilted her head and smiled back.
"Thanks. I'd never expected that there will be so many photo shoots to do here."
"We want to get the very best out of you, isn't that right, Anton?" Suzi glanced towards her partner, Anton who was sat further back on an easy chair. Emily followed her look to notice a knowing nod and trace of a smile from Anton, who looked a similar age to Suzi.
Emily piped up, to seize the conversation. "Well, I just love this place, such an amazing Highland hideaway, tucked into the glens!"
Steven, her brother, joined in, "it's so grand, just made for portraits, fashion and fantasy, this place."
Suzi smiled in response, and beckoned to Anton who picked up a camera that was sitting on a table by him. Looking at Emily, she manoeuvred a wicker chair to the centre of the room.
"Can we get you now to pose on this chair? You know, we were thinking, now that you have had a few photos done outside, and you have found your feet here, you'll have more confidence."
"Oh, I don't have a problem with confidence," Emily was consciously relaxing her shoulders and pressing her chest forwards.
"Good, good, because you are so pretty," Suzi flashed her an admiring look. Emily certainly was classically pretty: long blond wavy hair, a slim figure, curvy waist and she had a dress sense that was refined rather than showy. She had chosen a long white summer dress to wear.
Emily beamed her confident smile again and Anton approached closer with the camera. Suzi studied her for a moment a drew a finger under her own chin. "Emily, how do you feel about just moving the strap of your dress a little... to one side?"
"The strap?"
"Yes, and just a little mischievous smile to go with it?"
"Oh, yes, sure," Emily was quick to agree. She gingerly moved the thin strap of her white dress over her shoulder.
"So... that's lovely, isn't it, Anton?"
"Oh yes. Perfect. A little more, maybe?"
Emily looked at Steven for reassurance. He nodded and Emily pushed the strap down, so that the lighter flesh of the top of her breast was revealed. She nervously checked with her brother again.
"Is this Ok?... I mean -"
" - It's fine," Steven cut in.
"It's just... where is this going now?" Emily gave a little frown.
Anton spoke up at this point. His manner and voice was all syrupy reassurance. "Emily, it's absolutely fine. We can stop right now if you want. But, that'd be the end of it."
"How do you mean?" Emily instantly realised that this Scottish paradise was maybe too good to be true. Anton was happy to continue in his slow gentle voice.
"We are creating a fantasy. You need to draw people in to your aura. Show them your power."
"By revealing my breasts?"
"Absolutely. If you go forwards, step forward to the 516 adventure. If not, you can wrap it and go home." It seemed quite a stark choice.
"Yes, but how far is this going?"
Suzi moved in her chair. "There's no contract, Emily. It's as far as you want it to go. All we are here for is to facilitate, and simply record and illustrate you as you wish."
"Steve?" Emily looked enquiringly at her brother.
"You look fab, sis. Take it where you want to go. Louise did. Seemed to help her profile no end."
Emily thought for a moment. "Ok, so long I have a final say in what gets uploaded to the club members, right?"
"Of course," Suzi soothed.
Emily weighed up the matter a little longer and then, without a word, looking into the distance, she pulled her strap further, allowing her pale breast to be fully revealed. She could sense the tension in the air, and deep inside felt that a significant moment had just passed. Anton started to take more photos moving around altering the angles before looking at Emily with a questioning look. "The other strap?"
Emily nodded, and quickly slipped her other dress strap over her shoulder. Another few photos later, she began to lower it completely to bring her other breast out into the open. Very quietly Suzi spoke again.
"How does that feel, Emily?"
"Strange."
"We can show the pictures on the screen here. Look how gorgeous you are." Suzi motioned towards a laptop that was sat on a desk in the corner of the room. Emily got up, approached the laptop and Anton tapped the keyboard to reveal the photos. Emily saw herself in this new sensuous persona, in this unprepossessing white dress and yet charged with erotic promise. A little glow of excitement was followed by a the worry that this was going to lead on to other things. She was aware of Steven's presence, who had sidled up to her to see her photos on the screen.
"I know you are my sister and all that, but you are pretty bloody sexy, Emily." The words made her uneasy, but that unease was also tinged with a tiny thrill she could affect her normally very placid brother.
Anton nodded in agreement. "We can check them and upload them to the Club 516 site if you'd like. See what others think?"
Emily was taken a little aback by the suggestion. "Now? It is so immediate!"
Suzi gently cut in, "you'd actually be earning straight away. And, I suspect, quite a lot more visits to your feed too. There's so much potential in your images."
"Steve?"
"Let's just see. There's no harm in earning a few pounds now, and well you wanted to find that catalyst for your profile too. It tests the water, so to speak."
"Ok. I'm just curious to see really." Anton returned to the laptop and put a password in, before highlighted several photos for uploading. After a couple of minutes he raised his hand.
"- And uploaded."
"We'll see how people react." Emily chose her confident pose once more. She smiled at Anton and Susi.
"They've already reacted." Anton was peering at his laptop screen.
"Already?"
"Sure. People are constantly checking out our feed of photos and they are alerted to new ones straight away, Emily."
"A good earner for Emily?" enquired Suzi softly.
