Content Warning
This story contains conversations about sexual trauma. This is neither eroticized nor detailed and is part of the characters' backstories. In addition, like the other stories in the Resort Series, a degree of mental influence is included. Although not
Author's Note
If this is your first time reading a Resort story, you can start here, but it will make more sense if you read them in the following order:
1) Mothers and Sons
2) Fathers and Daughters (optional as it is not directly related, although there are a few minor references)
3) Brothers and Sisters
In addition some reference is made to the longer novella "A Legacy of Shadows" but that is largely unrelated, aside from introducing several characters.
Welcome to Carrados. Please enjoy yourself while you're here and remember that what happens here, stays here.
Thank You For Attending!
If this is your first time, welcome to our establishment here on the private island of Carrados! In addition to our five-star luxury accommodations, we also offer experiences that will prove to be edifying, therapeutic, and unavailable anywhere else in the world. We're happy to have you here and we're very excited to aid you in reconnecting with your loved one(s).
Note that the laws here vary significantly from other nations, and some things generally considered illegal or unethical are authorized, so long as they are between consenting adults. Alcohol consumption is also allowed so long as you are a legal adult in your place of origin.
If you are a returning client, welcome back! We've changed a bit. As always, feel free to chart your own path, but we've made things a bit less restrictive than before, and you will find more openness in our programs' instructions as well as more restaurants, group activities, and shared experiences than ever before. We appreciate both your continued patronage and your discretion.
Note: Whenever the guide gives specific instructions, please remember that all exercises and games are designed with precise requirements in mind. Some deviation is expected, but for optimum results, follow all instructions to the best of your ability. This guide uses common terms for sexual anatomy to be more approachable.
Victoria Evans stepped off of the plane and onto the tarmac. It was a beautiful day, warm, but not hot. Small picture-perfect cotton clouds scudded across the deep blue Caribbean sky. The runway was brief, and a small modern building and tower were all that indicated that they were, in fact, at a fully functional airport. Even here, she could see the wild dunes and trees lining what must be one of the nearby beaches. There were no native peoples here, there hadn't been for centuries, but there was a village, the Resort, and of course, the De Heer compound on the other side of the island. What she wouldn't give to get in there. But this would have to be enough.
Victoria turned to look at her brother. She had only a small bag slung over her shoulder. Like her, he carried just a duffle for the whole week. Even his frown turned into a smile as he took in the landscape.
"You were right," Eric said reluctantly, " It is beautiful here."
"Are you glad you came, yet?" Victoria answered.
Eric laughed, and for just a moment, Victoria wished things could be different for them. Here he looked younger, and she could see the cheerful boy that she'd wanted to run away with so many years ago. But the past couldn't be changed, and the things that had been said and done couldn't be...
"Let's just say that things haven't been awful. Is that good enough for you?"
As quickly as it had come, Eric's old boyish charm disappeared, replaced with the cynical mask that he wore so often. Victoria couldn't bring herself to say so, but she didn't blame him. It was better this way. At least he was prepared for the world. If you knew people would use you, then you would be ready for them, and could turn the tables and use them right back. Maybe one day he would thank her for that lesson. Not today, though.
"It is. Is the money still good enough for you? Plus the free vacation, of course."
"Yeah, I guess, even if it is to Incest Island. I've got no complaints about the money, though."
Victoria looked uneasily at the bus that pulled up. Older men and younger women, presumably fathers and daughters, stepped out. They all looked happy. No one looked forced or traumatized. Some were touching each other a bit more than family members normally would have, but beyond that, they looked pleased and relaxed. One girl, shorter, with copper red hair, slightly darker than Victoria's own, turned to her father and kissed him on the lips, her small hand finding his crotch. Well, so much for wholesome appearances.
"Don't call it that while we're here," Victoria said, offhandedly. "It was tough enough getting in."
"I'm not stupid, Vic. I'll play my part so you can do your job." Eric said. He knew she hated that nickname. Again, though, what did she expect? The money she was offering him to be here was good, but it wasn't like she could buy his forgiveness. It didn't matter. This would make her career, if she played it right. She would be happy to share the success with Eric, if that was what he wanted. Maybe then he would be more amicable to spending time with her.
"I know you will, little brother," Victoria said softly, with a determined smile. "Together, we'll bring this whole sick place down. We'll make the faces and names of everyone who ever visited public knowledge. They'll be world famous and we'll be rich."
Eric frowned a little at her screed. He'd heard it often over the last few weeks. Victoria didn't notice, however. She was already walking to the bus.
Jessica Preston looked out the window and watched the placid blue sea of the Caribbean move beneath the small charter jet. Islands dotted the landscape laid out beneath her like an amazingly handcrafted map. Everything today seemed so bright and
real
somehow, as though she was truly awake for the first time in months.