“Hello?”

 “Miss Graham would like to see you in her office.”

 “Shit...when?”

 “Immediately.”

 “Alright, I’ll be up right away…”

 “Good job…” The man said as he hung up the phone. The secretary gave a plaintive whimper as the ballgag was shoved back into her mouth. “You just sit there until we need you again…”

 Chelsea stepped out of the elevator apprehensively. She couldn’t imagine why Miss Graham, her boss, had asked suddenly asked her to come up to her office but she knew from long experience it couldn’t be good. At 42 years of age, Miss Graham was the youngest senior manager at the company and she’d gotten it by being a cruel, ruthless slave driver. The only time she deigned to notice her staff was to rip their head off over some failing of theirs and everyone’s great hope was to get through the day and go home without catching her notice.

 “Hello?” Chelsea poked her head in. The small room outside the boss’ office was empty. Alice, her secretary, was nowhere to be seen. That was odd. For a second, Chelsea thought there might have been some mistake, but the call had been all too clear. Steeling herself for the worst, she crossed the room and opened the door to the office.

 For the briefest of moments, the 26-year old brunette saw the scene laid out in the office. Directly ahead of her, seated behind the impressive mahogany desk was the boss herself, but the sharply dressed businesswoman took no notice of her subordinate’s arrival. Her attention was focused on the ropes lashing her arms and legs. The ballgag strapped in her mouth muffled her indignant grunts as she struggled against the bonds. Seated beside her boss was Alice. Just behind the two, against the back wall were two more of Chelsea’s coworkers, Heather and Jessie. All three were bound and gagged like Miss Graham.

 Before Chelsea could fully process all of this, she was suddenly taken from behind by several large persons. In the blink of an eye, she found herself on the ground, face pressed down as hands roughly yanked her arms behind her back and crossed her ankles. Rope materialized around both, quickly tying her up. One of the hands grabbed a fistful of Chelsea’s curly hair and yanked her head back. As she opened her mouth to scream, a ballgag like the ones the other women were wearing was shoved in. She grunted in distress as the straps were pulled tight and buckled secure.

 The helpless young woman was lifted from the floor and carried over. She soon found herself sitting beside Heather and Jessie. One of the men turned back to Alice. Her gag was loosened and the moistened ball slipped free of her mouth. “Just as before. Remember, no tricks…” The man said, dialing a number on the phone.

 “Hello?” The voice of another coworker, Rebecca came through the speakers.

 “Miss Graham would like to see you…” Alice said in a dull, monotone voice.

 “I see...I’ll be up in a second…”