Page 19 of Bourbon Deceit
If ears could pop off a head as they tried to hear someone again, mine would have been on the damn floor. Is this some kind of fucked up, kinky finishing school Jett was putting me through? I looked up at a camera that was in the corner and wondered if he was getting a kick out of this.
“Uh . . . no?” I asked in a question, because frankly I had no clue what the fuck was going on.
“Well, you either are or you’re not,” she stated boldly.
“I guess I’m not.”
“Very well, then your chin needs to be set on an even plane. Too high and you put out the feeling that you are better than everyone, too low and you give the feeling that you are a submissive to everyone and have no confidence.” She grabbed my chin and evened out its height. I wanted to scream and tell her she could have just done that in the first place instead of the mind fuck I just went through.
She ran the ruler up my exposed thigh, stopping where it met my shirt.
“I thought your advertising days were over.”
“Advertising?” I asked, not understanding.
“Are you still getting paid for sex?”
“What?! How do you know that?” I asked, entirely awestruck and hurt. That was private information that no one else should know besides Jett and Kace.
“Does it matter?” she asked, testing my limits.
“It sure as hell does when you know my private information,” I replied, feeling steamed.
“Miss, I suggest you clean up your mouth because your swearing will not be tolerated.”
I was about to stand up when Kace appeared in the dining room entryway, his arms crossed over his chest and an annoyed look on his face.
“Don’t even think about getting up,” he said with authority.
“I can get the fuck up if I want. What the fuck is this, Kace?”
A loud snap echoed in the room as I felt the swoosh of the ruler hitting the chair I was sitting in breeze by me, sending me into the corner of the chair.
“Fucking Christ!” I screamed, looking up at Miss Mary, who was preparing for another lashing, but Kace held her back and whispered something in her ear. Miss Mary nodded and walked out of the room while taking a deep breath, as if she were the one who needed a break.
I looked up at Kace and said, “What happened to hiring an old lady with a jittery voice to teach me? I didn’t know I would be shaking hands with the devil’s dickhole this morning. Fucking hell!”
Kace placed both his hands on the arms of the chair I was sitting in and leaned over so our noses were almost touching.
“Listen to me carefully, Lo, because I’m not going to repeat myself. You are to do and say everything Miss Mary tells you. You are to learn to be a lady, to control that mouth of yours, and to be proper; if you don’t, Jett will be taking someone else with him to his social events, and I’m sure you don’t want that.”
“He said that to you?” I asked, feeling a little deflated.
“No, but I know if this doesn’t work out, he has to bring someone, and he’s not good at giving people second chances. So do as you’re told, shut your fucking mouth, and get the job done. Got it?”
“Yes,” I said meekly. The thought of Jett with another girl tore me up inside.
Kace placed his hand on my chin and made me look him in the eye. “He wants you there, he chose you to be there, and don’t think for a second that is not the truth. You just have to prove to him that he made the right decision, okay?”
“Okay.”
“That a girl.” His thumb brushed against my cheek for a second before pulling away. “You can do this, Lo, just stop being a stubborn fuck and listen.”
I nodded my head as Kace exited and the devil herself walked back in. I got back into position and Miss Mary said, “I’m sorry we started off on the wrong foot, and that I offended you by bringing up your past, but before I came here, Kace had to inform me what I was working with, and that meant knowing your history.” She looked at my legs again and said, “Now, tell me, are you advertising still?”
“No,” I said with less bravado.
“Good, then you need to uncross your legs, sit up tall and cross at the ankles, that is how a lady sits.”
