Chapter 62
“There will also be a job for you in IT at a significant raise in pay, no matter what happens in the next few days, although it may not be at the Trenton office. Please understand this, Brian, you are under no obligation to me personally, or to Drummond Real Estate. The things I just outlined for you would have been yours from Drummond in recompense for any mental duress you suffered while working for the company under Robbins and Mueller. You can walk up those stairs, get ready for work on Monday, and continue your life, living it as you had intended upon graduation, with your mother secure and safe.
“Think carefully, Brian,” Bear continued. “I intend to prepare to take you with me to Indiscreet one day early next week. You will have one hour’s notice to center yourself and to get ready to do anything I require. I expect you, for the time you are here, to keep up the grooming routine I set for you this evening. I will sleep with you every night. We will engage in sexual play. However, there will be no anal penetration until I am sure you are mine. I know you are a virgin to penetration. I will not take that gift from you unless I know I have a gift to give you in return.
“Now, I will outline the ugly portion of this scenario. Should you fail me at Indiscreet, my driver will take you to the Trenton Marriott. You will occupy the corporate suite until you find another position. However, the burden of your mother’s care will continue to be Drummond’s settlement for your ill treatment at Robbins and Mueller’s hands. I will name her a dependent, continue her health insurance, and pay for any necessary nursing care. You, however, will be on your own with generous severance.
I will accept no calls from you and you will be barred from any Drummond property I occupy. I have had this agreement drawn up by my personal counsel. It also contains a standard nondisclosure agreement, which prohibits you from speaking of this evening to anyone at any time.
“Brian, there is something else you should know. I am a very jealous man. I will never share you or permit someone else to touch you in a sexual way. I expect you to avoid even the most casual touch from another man. The only exceptions I would allow and only under my orders are Jim Boy, Reed, or a physician.
This rule is inviolate. If broken, you will leave this house with nothing, not even the clothes upon your back. I would continue to care for your mother, but I would move her to a place near to where you eventually settle, but you wouldn’t be in my employ nor would you receive a reference. I would keep my promise to you about your mother, but you would be completely on your own, far away from here. The terms are harsh. You have time to think about this. Shall we continue for this evening, or have you already decided to go back to work for John Blake? I want to be sure that you don’t answer me without thought. It is now half past twelve. Please go to your room and think carefully of what I ask and what I offer. Be prepared to give me a preliminary answer at one thirty, subject to the terms I offered.”
Bear held his breath waiting for his boy to answer. He had laid out his terms in the harshest manner he could devise so there would be no confusion later. Now he would see how tough his boy really was.
Brian put one finger on Bear’s thigh as Alan had taught him.
The single finger indicated a need to speak with his Dominant.
Bear recognized the signal.
“You have my permission to speak, boy.”
“May I go to my room and consider my options as you suggested, Sir?” Brian asked.
“Yes, Boy,” Bear answered. Brian rose to his feet and backed out of the room. He didn’t know it, but he had passed Bear’s second test. Any boy who would give his life away without at least some thought was not his boy.
He poured himself a brandy from the decanter and settled down to wait through one of the longest hours of his life.
Just before the clock struck the half hour, Bear heard Brian on the stairs. The footsteps ceased at his office door. The clock began to strike and just prior to the end of the tone, Brian knocked on the door. The boy had followed his instructions to the letter.
Bear called out, “Come in, Brian. Do you have an answer for me?”
Brian stood in front of Sir, praying he got this right. He said, “Sir, I don’t know if I can express myself well enough so you understand. The point is I have no choice but to continue. I love you, Sir. I will love only you for the rest of my days. It is the way of me and mine, a blessing and a curse, the O’Shea Hammer. Should I fail you, what happens to me after will not matter very much, because I will not love again.