As Ginny didn’t have much work to do, now she’d been adopted, she was kept in the romper suit for a fortnight, much to her dismay.

Every evening, she begged Anne to free her; every evening, Anne had declined.

She was actually thinking about putting on one of Girl’s spare hoods, to mask the smell, when Delphi finally got Anne to take pity on her and release her. She’d had to sleep in her old bedroom, alone, as no-one else could cope with it. She’d missed two of her nighttime sleeps, and she was really upset.

Girl stuck by her; even she, though, wore her hood when sleeping with her, with a set of filters in her nose.

Eventually, though, Anne unlocked her. Wrinkling her nose in distaste, she just dumped her in the shower and turned on the water…

Ginny didn’t come out for half an hour. She had been really sweaty and dirty…

Thoroughly miffed, Ginny put her maids dress on and went back to work in the kitchen. The sisters were surprised.

“What are you doing here?”, one asked. “You don’t need to wear that.”

“Mum doesn’t love me anymore”, she said, sadly. “I was in that damn latex suit for two weeks!”

“Has it taught you any respect, though?”, the other asked.

“Not in the slightest”, said Ginny. “I’m just pissed off with her and Anne. It was only a prank, after all.”

“We all almost died because we were locked into our suits, and you did it for a prank!!” both sisters cried. “How could you have been so thoughtless! Apologise to both Delphi and Anne, NOW!”

“I didn’t realise…”, said Ginny, aghast. “I never thought it would be taken that way. Oh God…”

Ginny, devastated, slinked down the corridor to Anne’s office. She knocked and went in, then got down on her knees, head bowed, with her hands in her lap.

Anne looked at her. She just said nothing and went back to her work. That’s what hurt Ginny the most…

Crying, Ginny abjectly apologised for wronging Anne.

“Please, Anne, I’m sorry! I didn’t realise…!”

She then collapsed on the floor, sobbing.

As soon as Girl had seen Ginny going into Anne’s room, she realised what she was going to do, and she had immediately gone and got Delphi from her room. They had both been listening to Ginny as she apologised.

Girl had then swept in and scooped Ginny up.

“I know she’s badly hurt both your feelings”, she said, “but I still damn well love her! You two are acting like she’s a complete stranger!”

Ignoring both Delphi and Anne, she carted Ginny back to her family bedroom, not her maid’s quarters, and dressed her in her favourite latex nightgown. She then put her in bed and slid in with her.

Delphi and Anne just stared at each other still in Anne’s room, shocked by Girl’s actions…

No-one saw Girl or Ginny for the rest of the day. Finally, Anne went looking for them.

She came back a few minutes later, flustered, her hair untidy.

“I can’t believe it!”, she cried. “That tramp threw me out!”

“Who?”, said Delphi, in disbelief.

“Girl! They are in bed together in Ginny’s family bedroom. I tried to talk to them and she threw me out! I thought she loved me!”

“She does, love”, said Delphi. “It’s just Ginny needs her more at the moment.”

“Don’t tell me you’re taking her side!”

“Actually, I am. Her apology was really heartfelt; you just dismissed it like nothing. I would have expected more from you…”

“You don’t understand how traumatic it was being locked away. I almost died! We all did! It was the last thing I needed to feel again, being locked into something with a possibility of being stuck like it!”

“I actually rather enjoyed it”, said Delphi. “It gave me chance to relax for a day or two and take stock of everything. If anything, you shutting her in the suit for two weeks was completely over the top.”

“Then, why didn’t you say anything?”

“You were quite within your rights to punish Ginny. I was only annoyed with her because I expect more from my daughter. I only overrode you when she came to me, remember?”

“So, I’m the ogre in all this?”, said Anne.

“Not at all. You just went over the top because of your experience being chained up. You need to talk to someone, Anne. We all do. That’s your next job; find a psychiatrist that is qualified to deal with our unique situation here and make sure all the staff talks to them.”

“First, though, you can make friends with Girl and Ginny again, just like I’m now going to do.”

Delphi walked down the corridor and knocked on Ginny’s door.

“Fuck off!”, came Girl’s voice from the other side.

“Girl, it’s Delphi. I need to talk to you and Ginny. I want to apologise.”

There was silence in the bedroom, then the door slowly opened.

“Come in…”

Delphi did. Girl and Ginny were both sitting on the side of the bed, looking at her.

“This has all gone completely over the top”, Delphi said. “I do understand why it’s happened, however. Everyone here, with the possible exception of myself and Girl, is very sensitive about being confined in any way, whether they can feed themselves or not. It’s all to do with any kind of wear that’s locked on to the wearer. The trouble with you, Ginny, is you’ve got a mischievous streak. It’s what we all love you for, but it tends to override common sense. You weren’t scared of being locked into that romper because you knew Anne had the keys. Anne, on the other hand, was terrified when she thought the keys were missing…”

Ginny hung her head in shame.

“Like I said to Anne, I’m so sorry! I didn’t realise…!”

Girl hugged her as she started crying again.

“I know, love. It hurt Anne so much because of how much she loves you. She felt betrayed…”

“And as for you, Girl… Anne was really shocked, the way you stood up for Ginny against her. She came to me almost crying because she couldn’t believe how her lover had treated her…”

Girl’s mouth dropped open.

“I thought it was just both of us loving Ginny. I didn’t realise she loved me as well…!”

“I thought you didn’t. I told her that was the case. I said you were just with Ginny because she needed you more…”

The three, crying, hugged each other. All three then went to find Anne…

The four of them had a good ‘venting’ session, telling each other what they liked and disliked about each other. Anne was perfectly clear to Ginny and Girl about how she felt, then she shocked everyone by confirming what they sort of already knew, that she loved Delphi as well.

Once the air was cleared, everything sort of went back to what passed for normal at the manor; Ginny and Girl went back to bed together, and Anne slid in with Delphi…