Page 21 of Beneath Submission
~Fifteen~
After all the introductions were made with the lustful glares, I was finally able to go back to my room. Just as I had thought, these men were here to observe the goods they were going to buy. Heading to my room, I noticed that the young woman that was tied to the kneeling bench was headed to the elevator with the British man. She was walking behind him and when they got into the elevator, I knew why. She had a collar around her neck with a leash hanging from his hand.
I remembered that Aiko said that there would be an auction next week, which made me begin to worry that I would be like that girl. I felt like I was going to be sick. If I did as Mr. Sakai asked, I would be sold to the highest bidder, and if I refused, I would be a slave.
Opening the door to my room, I felt dirty even though I didn’t do anything to justify it. Just the thought of being sold felt like I was being violated. Wanting nothing more than to tear this dress off my body and remove the makeup that Aiko had worked so hard to put on, I walked to the bathroom and turned on the shower. I didn’t want anything to do with Mr. Sakai or his business. All I wanted was to find a way out of here and safely back to Xavier. With less than a week before the auction, I needed to think fast. Maybe there was still a chance that Aiko would help me.
Drying off, I walked to the closet to grab a nightgown. Bending over to wrap my wet hair in a towel. I heard the door open.What is the matter with these people? Do they not know how to knock first?Standing in the middle of the room completely naked, except for the towel around my head, I looked up to find that Aiko was standing by the door. She had been hit and the way her face looked, more than once. Taking the towel from my head and wrapping it around my body, I went over to where she was standing to see if I could find out what happened.
Placing my hand on her cheek, I asked concerned, “Did Mr. Sakai do this to you?”
She didn’t need to answer me, I could see on her face that I had guessed correctly. Taking her in my arms, I pulled her closer, hoping that I could give her a bit of comfort. Her arms wrapped around my waist and her heart spilled, “I don’t know why he gets so angry. I didn’t do anything wrong. I was only being nice.”
Walking with her over to the bed, we took a seat and I looked over to her and asked, “What made him so angry, Aiko?”
“One of the men stopped me in the hall as they were getting ready to leave the mansion. He only asked me if I was also up for bid. All I did was smile at him… to be nice. Mr. Sakai thought I was flirting with the man. I tried to explain to him what he said, but he didn’t want to hear it.”
“He should have never have hurt you, Aiko. Matter of fact, no man has the right to hit a woman,” I said outraged.
The more we talked, the more I began to feel like maybe she would help me out of here. Based on what she had shared, Mr. Sakai was always punishing her for one thing or another. I could tell that she honestly didn’t know why, and her punishment was not warranted. She also went on to say that Mr. Sakai hit her and the other girls sometimes for no reason. Aiko thought that maybe it was to show that he owned them and that he was in control of their future.
I didn’t care how he justified hitting them. It was time that Aiko got away from him for good. I just needed to find a way out of here and convince her to help me.
~*~*~*~
I had spent close to an hour with Aiko, trying to convince her to help me escape. I couldn’t have been happier when she finally realized that this wasn’t a life for her. As we talked I found out that all she wanted to do was to go to school to become a teacher. Mr. Sakai had promised her several times that he would make sure that her dream of being a teacher would come true and that he would help her. Aiko was already twenty-four and she hadn’t asked him again since she was seventeen. I think she was finding out that her dream was never going to happen, and Mr. Sakai had no intension of letting her go to school to become one.
When Aiko left, she was afraid that Mr. Sakai would find out that she had been in my room longer than she was supposed to be. After all, how long does it take to turn down the bed and make sure I had everything I needed? I was afraid for her. The last thing she needed was to be punished again.
Slipping under the covers, I tried not to think about her and her situation. Every time I tried to think about my happy place, her face and the way it looked was right in front of me. Finally, after several hours, I felt like there was no hope of falling asleep. I pushed from the bed and walked over to the window. Turning the lock, I pushed it open, hoping that the fresh air would help me sleep.
I didn’t know what made me decide to go to the window, but as I looked down, I witnessed Aiko being shoved inside a car by one of Mr. Sakai’s men. I didn’t want anything to happen to her, so out of concern, I began to yell at the man below, “Get your hands off her, asshole.”
The minute the words came out of my mouth, his eyes seared into mine and I knew that I would be feeling Mr. Sakai’s wrath once he found out that I had seen what was going on. I didn’t care. Let him do whatever he wanted to me. All I cared about was Aiko. Pushing on the screen to the window, I managed to pop it out. Wrapping my hands around the bars, I used all my strength and began pushing and pulling on the bars. I didn’t know what I thought, but I would need more than my own strength to get pry them off the window.
I felt so helpless as I watched the car drive away. Staring down at the spot where the car once was, I saw a shadow coming out of the garage. When the figure came into view, Mr. Sakai looked up at me as he lit the cigarette that was perched between his lips. Without thinking, I gave him the bird and closed my window. Pulling on the sheers, I wanted nothing more than to shut him out. I backed up to the bed as though he would be climbing up the side of the mansion and come at me through the window. I knew I was only being silly, so I turned around and stared at the door leading into the room. I didn’t know how long I had been standing there, but the door remained closed. After what seemed like an eternity, I went to the bed and pulled the covers over my head. Tomorrow I would receive my punishment. That I was certain of.
~*~*~*~
My eyes had been wide open until the sun came up fearing that Mr. Sakai would be coming to my room and taking me away just like Aiko had been. I was beyond exhausted and as much as I wanted to keep my eyes open, I couldn’t. My eyes fell shut, but only for a moment when the door to my room opened. I became very nervous when one Mr. Sakai’s men walked through the door. I had no idea what he wanted and didn’t have the chance to ask before he threw me my robe toward me and said roughly, “Put it on. Mr. Sakai would like to speak to you.”
Standing to my feet, I put on my robe and tied the sash tightly around my waist. Walking over to the burly man, he glared at me with a smile as I passed by him and out the door. I had no idea where we were going so I turned to him and asked, “Where to?”
Pointing in the direction of the elevator, I gave in to his instructions and headed in that direction. Just like every other time, the elevator door opened when we close. My body became tense the minute the door closed. I didn’t like the way this man was looking at me and I certainly didn’t like being alone with him in the elevator.
I was thankful that the ride was quick. The doors opened to a large room where Mr. Sakai was waiting, emanating power dressed in his dark gray suit. His man said something to him in Japanese before leaving us. It didn’t take long for Mr. Sakai to take hold of my arm and literally drag me across the marble floor down a long hallway and to a room that I hadn’t been in before.
When he pushed the door open, I felt ill as scanned the room to find that it was some sort of playroom filled with every kind of kinky equipment imaginable. I heard the door shut and the lock engage, which made me very uneasy. Turning toward Mr. Sakai, I blurted out before he could say anything, “What did you do to Aiko and where did you have her taken?”
“I thought that you were different, Tessa. Imagine how disappointed I was when I found out that you and Aiko were planning on leaving my humble home,” he began, walking away from the door to where I was standing. Placing his hand on my chin, he lifted it so that my eyes were connected with his. “I would suggest you do as I say, or you too may find yourself in an undesirable position.”
Swiping his hand away, I cursed, “What did you do to her?”
“Let’s just say, her new owner will find her very pleasing.”
“You are nothing but a monster,” I choked, trying to keep my tears at bay.
Suddenly, I felt like dying. Without Aiko to help me, I was on my own. I knew there was no way I would be able to escape from this place. Doing the one thing I thought I would never bring myself to do, I fell to my knees and asked hesitantly, feeling defeated, “How may I please you, Mr. Sakai?”
