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I stood back and watched as she started to pull on the blouse and wriggle her feet. I smiled, feeling pretty damn proud of myself. I heard her say “What the hell is this, Michael? Are you here Michael?” I giggled a little and gave myself away. She yelled out “Michael, this isnt funny! What do you think you’re doing?” I didn’t say a word. Leaving the room I was thinking “I really need to get the fort ready.” I walked downstairs and grabbed the pellet gun, feeling pretty secure in how well she was tied up I decided I would go and prep the fort.
I walked through the back door and out into the woods. It was still pretty early, only maybe noon. The sun was warm and pleasant and the birds and other little animals had begun coming back to the forest. Lucky for them, I wouldn’t need any of them for a while. I have a new toy.
I came out of the forest into the clearing and walked up to the now pretty old fort. Walking through the door I noticed that I must have grown some sense the last time I spent time out here. I had to duck a little to get through the door. I could still stand upright inside though. I looked around the little room trying to figure out the best way to do this. I moved the table to one of the far walls and picked up my action figures. I thought about putting down a curtain or another tarp over the floor to catch whatever I spilled but I decided that I wanted it to soak into the dirt. After feeling comfortable that there was plenty of room to work I went into the woods and got four tree limbs around four feet long and as big around as my wrist. I spent the next two hours hammering the limbs down into the ground until only about eight inches still showed. This should be perfect. Now for the hard part.
I walked back to the house feeling satisfied with my prep work and feeling very confident with how things were progressing. The walk back was calm and the forest was alive with the sounds of the little critters running through the leaves and the birds fluttering from tree to tree overhead. I felt very alive and ready to do what needed to be done, in order to start my future. The voice in my head told me “This is the beginning of something incredible. You are going to change the world and leave a mark that no one will ever forget. I’ll be here with you the whole way. This is the first day that you are officially a man.” Every word that rang through my head made me more confident, made me feel stronger.
I approached the house from the side that Edith’s window is on. For a brief moment I thought I saw the dark outline of my mother in Edith’s window. I veered off my route and stopped at the shed outside. I grabbed the bundle of rope and wheelbarrow. “These should be enough to get her out there.” I thought. Then I pushed the wheelbarrow up to the back door and grabbed the rope before I headed inside.
The house was very still. I couldn’t hear anything. “Maybe she gave up trying to get away.” I stopped at the fridge and grabbed a soda before climbing the back stairs with the rope over my shoulder. I walked down the hall to Edith bedroom. Very carefully I opened the bedroom door. Being as quiet as I could I slid inside? Edith was still sitting with her back to the door. Her hands above her head had turned bright red, maybe even purple. She struggled so much that she had lost circulation. The belt was no longer around her ankle and her feet were free. I snuck up to her very slowly and then yelled “BOO!” her whole body convulsed and she screamed. It was a beautiful sound. I started laughing uncontrollably. I couldn’t wait to hear more.
She started kicking her legs and yelling gibberish. It seemed like maybe she had lost it in the few hours that I left her alone. She yanked and tugged at the blouse around her wrists. I leaned back against the bed and sipped on the soda I had grabbed downstairs. When there was a break in her screaming I said “You know all that screaming is doing nothing for you. I can even understand what you’re saying.” Then another round of yelling and curse words. I couldn’t believe she could even say such horrible things. I let her go a while longer trying to figure out how to re-bind her legs without getting kicked. All of the struggling and screaming must have worn her out because by the time she was done it looked like she could barely move.
I spoke up and said “Edith, you’re going to need to calm down and accept the situation your in.” Through her anger and tears she said “What situation, I don’t even know what’s happening?” I chuckled a bit “You’re going to be part of something incredible. I am becoming a man today and you’re going to get to play a pivotal role.” She tried to scream but her voice was worn out. She said “You’re going to rape me? I won’t let you Michael, I won’t let you!” She doesn’t know me at all. “I’m not going to rape you, I’m not a monster, plus you’re old. Just understand that your day is going to get worse. Now, I have a 9mm that I bought online, don’t fight with me or I will end your life right now. If you follow my orders you’ll be fine.” She said “You promise, Michael. You’re not going to hurt me if I do what you say?” “Absolutely not.” I said in return. “Now will you walk for me?” She said trying not to show how scared she is “Yes.” I walked over to her and untied the part of the blouse securing her to the door.
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