"Theresa! What's happening to you?"<br /><br />"Oh shoot. I was having so much fun with you I lost track of the time."<br /><br />"Theresa?"<br /><br />"Don't worry Sam, there's nothing wrong with me."<br /><br />"You're becoming so pale!"<br /><br />"Yeah, I've been off my stand too long. I'm reverting to my natural state: I'm a mannequin. The resort's swimwear shop owns me, and I'm let out of the window each day to show off the goods."<br /><br />"But... You spent the night in my room with me!"<br /><br />"Yeah, that's why I'm changing back. I thought I had an hour or two more and was going to duck out in a bit. Guess you found... Me... O..."<br /><br />"Theresa?"<br /><br />"Don't bother talking with her anymore, miss. She's frozen until she spends some time on her stand."<br /><br />"And who are you?"<br /><br />"Head designer for the resort's look. I recruited Theresa here for our windows last year. She's on a 5 year contract with options, on her end, for extensions at the end if she wishes."<br /><br />"And you're here because? You seem high up to be retrieving a mannequin."<br /><br />"You're right, can you do me a favour and get a little closer to Theresa there?"<br /><br />"Like this you mean?"<br /><br />"Perfect. The height difference is striking, and you two really seem to like each other. You're the first person she's gone to a room with since she changed."<br /><br />"Are you about to ask what I think you are?"<br /><br />"If you're thinking I have the same contract Theresa signed and I'm going to offer it to you, you're right. The pair of you would make a fantastic display, and you'd essentially get paid for a 5 year vacation."<br /><br />"Let me read over that."<br /><br />"Of course! Here's my card, call me with your decision."<br /><br />________<br /><br />"Sam!"<br /><br />"Theresa! You're out of the window again."<br /><br />"Yup, Mark told me you signed a contract?"<br /><br />"Yeah, I'm finishing my vacation in the flesh, then at the end of it I'm reporting for duty to the same shop you're in. We're going to be a paired display."<br /><br />"Yay! I was hoping you'd join me from the minute we met. When do you join me?"<br /><br />"In three days. In the meantime I upgraded my vacation package, your stand lives in my room now."<br /><br />"You rented me? My contract shouldn't allow that, but I'm happy you've done it!"<br /><br />"Normally it wouldn't, but I signed the same contract and noticed that we can't be rented without consent, but voluntarily joining a customer in their room allows that customer to rent us. So since you stayed with me, you're mine until I join you."<br /><br />"Ooooh. That makes sense. So, what do you want to do with me, Renter?"<br /><br />"Come back to my room and I'll make sure renting you was money well spent."<br /><br /><br />Image made with Wombot AI