Chapter 7 – A Lapse in Judgment
Linda and Amanda unlocked Dan's restraints in a dejected silence. They both knew that the chastity device was not going to come off before the shop opened the next day. Dan, too, was silent. Even after they removed Dan's gag, he didn't have anything to say.
"Should we call the police?" Linda finally asked as the two women unlocked the last restraint.
"No!" Dan said forcefully. "I don't need my penis at the center of a police investigation."
"With the kind of bad publicity that the shop would get from an incident like this, we'd all be out of a job by next weekend," Amanda chimed in. "And that bitch knows it" she added spitefully.
"The owner keeps a complete record of each of the regular customers," Linda suggested. "We could use the emergency number to contact him."
"Or her," Dan and Amanda said in unison. They smiled at each other because they always jokingly referred to the owner as 'him or her' because of the anonymity.
"No, then we'd have to explain how all of this happened, and we'd all get fired," Dan concluded.
With no alternative, the three closed up the shop and went home for the night. Although he was seriously concerned about his predicament, Dan didn't find the chastity tube that uncomfortable. The worst part was the added weight it placed on the base of his cock and balls when he walked, but when he was lying down, he almost didn't even notice it.
The next day, both Dan and Amanda arrived early to open the shop. Dan wore baggy sweat pants to hide the bulk of the metal tube.
Amanda felt completely responsible and empathized with Dan's situation. Dan tried to ease her mind, but she knew he was anxious to regain control over his own body.
They opened the shop at 11:50, and by 12:15 no customers had entered the store.
"You do think she's going to come back, right?" asked Dan.
"Yes. I think that she is just making us sweat," Amanda replied.
The day wore on slowly. Sundays were never busy at the shop, and that day was an unusually slow Sunday. By 4:00, Mistress Juliette still hadn't returned. At 5:30, Linda stopped in to see how things were going, but she was upset to find that Dan was still wearing the device. She told Dan and Amanda that she couldn't stay, but asked them to call her on her mobile phone to let her know what happened.
Fifteen minutes before closing time, the front door bell chimed to announce Mistress Juliette's arrival. She entered the shop like she owned it. As the front door closed, she locked the deadbolt and turned a small sign so that passersby would see that the shop was closed.
Dan couldn't remember ever being more relieved to see someone. He immediately approached her.
"Thank you for coming, Mistress Juliette. Can I help you with something?" he said with a courteous smile.
Mistress Juliette smiled, paused, and then slowly and softly answered "Yes, you can."
"When I came in last night, I was in search of some new gear for a male client of mine," she continued. "I would like you to model it for me."
"I'd be happy to, if you'll agree to remove the chastity device," Dan said, trying not to sound too anxious.
Amanda jumped into the conversation. "Well, the store closes in a half hour. What would you like to see?"
"My, my," Mistress Juliette chuckled as she turned toward Amanda. "I've never had such attentive service. Let's start with the best armbinder in the store."
Mistress Juliette selected a $3,000 leather single-sleeve armbinder. The high quality craftsmanship was obvious, and she instructed Dan to take off his shirt and turn around. Dan glanced toward Amanda who quickly intervened.
"Mistress Juliette, you know the rules. I am happy to help Dan into the armbinder." She said.
Mistress Juliette thought for a moment.
"Well, it seems to me that I have the key to Dan's manhood. Doesn't that mean that I make the rules?"
They all stood in silence for a moment before Dan spoke.
"Look, you clearly can't be trusted. You locked my penis in a chastity tube the last time I let you…"
Mistress Juliette held a finger up to his lips to silence him, and he instinctively complied.
"Actually, you didn't let me do anything. Your girlfriend did. You were completely restrained, as I recall, and despite your trust in her, she let a virtual stranger get you off and lock a cuff around your cock and balls."
Dan and Amanda were stunned.
"It sounds to me like you need to place your trust in somebody else, and since I'm the only other choice, I will apply the restraints," she said authoritatively. "Amanda can assist, if she wishes. She may learn a thing or two."
Dan resigned himself to the idea that he would have to submit in order to free his genitals.
"Please promise that you'll unlock the chastity tube," he said sounding more desperate than he had wanted.
"I don't know about this…" Amanda offered.
"It's a deal," replied the dominatrix, and she continued to collect restraints from various parts of the store.
Within minutes, Juliette had Dan completely under her control. He was naked but for the restraints, which included the expensive leather monoglove, a strict 4-inch posture collar, and goggles that significantly obscured his vision without completely blinding him. A leather gag filled his mouth and wrapped around the lower portion of his head like the bottom half of a hood. It covered his chin and effectively silenced any sound he tried to make. He wore nothing below his waist except a pair of leather cuffs locked around his ankles connected by a 12-inch leather strap. And, of course, the chastity device.
The store was quiet except for the hum of the florescent lights and the sound of Dan's breathing.
The mistress deliberately circled around Dan with an arrogant strut as though he really was her slave. Dan tried his best to follow her through the shadows caused by the goggles. Finally, she stopped in front of him and said "Enough is enough," and she reached down to the cuff around his genitals. She squeezed the two hinged halves of the cuff together slightly with her left hand while twisting the righthand arm of the cuff a quarter turn, and the cuff sprung open. Dan groaned, realizing that he could have freed himself at any time if he had known that the lock was a ruse. Mistress Juliette carefully removed the cuff and attached tube from Dan's manhood while Amanda watched over her shoulder mumbling unintelligibly.
Before Dan could get used to his new situation, Mistress Juliette rolled a thick rubber O-ring to the base of his penis. He was immediately excited, and his member grew uncontrollably, straining against the tension of the O-ring.
"Oh my, your equipment is just what I need," said the dominatrix with a smile.
It wasn't clear whether she was addressing Dan or Amanda, and each of them hoped it was the latter.
"I'll take it all," she said looking Dan up and down. Removing a 6 foot leather leash from a nearby display, she added "This, as well," as she clipped it to Dan's collar.
"Excellent," said Amanda. "Now if you will just step over to the counter, we can add it all up."
Amanda walked behind the counter in the middle of the shop. Mistress Juliette walked to the front of the counter pulling Dan along behind her.
Amanda totaled up all of the merchandise that Dan was wearing and said "Forty-one hundred even."
"You can't be serious," the mistress said in mock astonishment. "The monoglove alone is worth $3,000. The other leather goods are probably one thousand, which means that you haven't charged me for the young man."
Amanda was confused, but Dan understood perfectly. He twisted violently and tried to back away from the dominatrix, but she held him firm with an experienced hand.
"Don't be silly," said Amanda. "You know that we don't charge for our modeling services."
With a deadly serious stare, the mistress corrected Amanda.
"I'm not offering payment for his services. I'm offering payment for him."
As the implication dawned on her, Amanda immediately came around the counter to release Dan. Before she even realized what was happening, Amanda found her face pressed into the dirty commercial carpeting. The Dominatrix pressed her knee into Amanda's back and twisted Amanda's hand high behind her back.
"Playtime is over," she said softly in Amanda's ear. "He trusted me to bind him, and he is now mine."
Mistress Juliette slowly released Amanda's arm and allowed her to stand up.
Amanda began crying. She didn't know what to do.
The mistress handed Amanda her credit card, and seemed sympathetic to the tears.
"Are you two involved?" She asked incredulously.
Amanda bit her lip and nodded.
"I thought that wasn't allowed at this store," the mistress pressed.
"No one was supposed to know," Amanda whispered.
With a sigh of resignation, the mistress said "Well, that is a fly in the ointment, isn't it? Okay, let's make another deal."
Amanda and Dan waited to hear the details.
"Neither of you are in a position to refuse. So, here it is. Any time I come into the store, you let me bind your young man here any way I see fit. No interference. No safe word. It's either that, or I take my prize here and now."
The mistress glanced at each of them in turn, and after a slight hesitation, she finished with "Great. It's a deal."
Amanda ran the credit card across the magnetic reader while the mistress released Dan from the bonds. Nobody said a word. The mistress bagged up her gear, accepted the credit card and receipt from Amanda, and silently left the store.
Dan and Amanda both knew that they were in over their heads.
After several minutes of routine clean up, Dan spoke.
"I'm going to look for another job in the morning."
Amanda smiled approvingly. "Great idea. I'll help."
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Links to Leather or Knot Chapters 1-20:
1. First Impressions
2. The Job Interview
3. Dan's First Modeling Session
4. Things Get Personal
5. Amanda’s in a Bind
6. Dan’s Private Modeling Session
7. A Lapse in Judgment
8. Honesty is the Best Policy
9. Dan’s New Position
10. The Employment Agreement
11. Juliette’s Domain
12. Dan’s Preparation
13. Amanda’s Decision
14. The J-2010 Training Harness
15. Amanda’s Mistake
16. Linda’s New Job
17. On The Job Training
18. The Final Tests
19. Test Results
20. Epilogue