Page 46 of In Her Own Way
“I mean, yeah. I thought he just had a high voice,” Robby said. “But you always call her Vic. And…” he gestured to her entire body from her feet to her head.
“Women can look like me, Robby,” Victoria said matter-of-factly.
“Yeah, but wow,” Robby said, nodding. “You’re one tough chick. Army? Guns like a guy? No one’s going to fucking mess with you. Wow, a chick. Shit.”
“Oh, jee-zus,” Erin said with a shake of her head. “C’mon, hot stuff, let’s go to my place.” She pulled him outside the gate and turned to Victoria, “We’ll try not to wake you tomorrow morning.”
Robby turned to go, then turned back and said, “Sorry” one more time.
Victoria locked up after them and watched them leave. What the frig was Robby sorry about? The fact that he’d misgendered her? Minjung had done the same thing, and the only one upset by it had been Rowena. But it was something to think about. But for now, she had her mind on her upcoming workout with Kimo and researching a camera system with audio. Erin thought her business was protected, but Victoria knew they could do better.
The late October weather had been almost winter-like, and Kimo wanted to pull the door all the way closed. Victoria was having none of that and made him keep it open at least three feet from the ground.
The workout, legs this go around, was good. Kimo spotted her squats, and at this point, working out with him felt really comfortable. Maybe he was becoming a friend. Who knew? Once back in the office, she wanted to check herKinksmessages, but tortured herself by putting off researching new security cameras. Maybe she could help by finding the most appropriate commercial video surveillance system within Erin’s budget, not that she currently knew the budget, but she’d find a range of costs.
As she worked, she jotted down notes on a legal pad she found stuffed in one of the drawers. Getting a pen to work had been another challenge, but she managed. Several systems were rising to the top, and every single one offered two-way audio. And some of them even had wireless capabilities.
“Yes,” Victoria said to the empty room. “Erin, you have to upgrade.” The latest surveillance systems could notify security staff of trespassers. Erin could monitor her place from home when she wasn’t there, though Victoria was still going to recommend she keep the real live security team in place. She laughed. “Don’t want to recommend myself out of a job.”
Tired of research, she finally let herself open theKinksapp. Yay, both Madison and Juicy_Babe had left her messages. That lifted her mood.
She clicked open Juicy_Babe’s messages first. “Aw shit.” Juicy_Babe was hinting around for Victoria to tell her what actually happened in Denton Heights. She wanted to know what atrocities Victoria had committed.
As far as telling Juicy_Babe about the shit she did in Denton Heights, Victoria wasn’t ready to tell the whole sordid tale. Sheliked their back-and-forth conversations, though. They made sense, and she didn’t want to ruin it with the truth about herself.
Daddy Vic:I appreciate you telling me that I’m not a villain. I’m still figuring that part out. And I know I’ve left you in the dark about some stuff, but I’m not quite ready to voice it. I need to find the right words to string together so it makes sense. And what I mean is that I need it to make sense to me first. And then I can hopefully convey it coherently to someone else. It’s not that I’m hiding my actions, it’s just that I’m trying to figure some shit out.
Daddy Vic:But thank you for your attempts to help me.
Daddy Vic:And congrats on finding help for the project. I’m kind of in the dark, too, about your project. And what you do for a living and all that. I’m curious, but not (as you said) needing the gossip-column method to figure out who the woman who calls herself Juicy_Babe is. What I know right now is that she is kind and generous with her comments and is extremely thoughtful and nurturing. Are you sure you’re not a Mommy Domme? LOL
Daddy Vic:And…who’s Lisa? You mentioned the name in one of your posts.
She sent the messages and was about to click over to the main group onKinkswhen the hairs on the back of her neck stood up again. She leaped up. Nothing was out of place, nothing that she could discern, anyway. She listened and heard nothing. Damn it. She put both hands out in front of herself as a meansof saying, “Get a grip, Vic,” and then took a deep breath. She needed to patrol anyway.
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Three days later, on Friday, she found herself back at the Scarlett Dungeon. Lauren wasn’t there, but she hadn’t expected her to be there. Tillman wasn’t there either. Victoria was going to tell her about Robby’s misgendering mistake. Tillman was kind of masculine presenting, too. She’d get a kick out of it. Oh, well. Maybe next week.
The bass beat hit her core as she watched the dancers. One woman made eye contact a few times as she danced by herself to the beat. Victoria had seen her there before. Since Lauren was out of the picture, maybe it was time to move in.
The woman had dark shoulder-length hair and was in her mid- to late-twenties. She was trim and moved gracefully to the music. Victoria wondered if she could handle a crop.
The woman moved closer, and Victoria pounced. She didn’t touch the woman; she merely held her hand out for the woman to take or not. She took it. Victoria swirled her around and then pulled her close. “What do you like, baby?”
The woman didn’t answer. She merely rubbed her body against the front of Victoria’s. The woman turned and thrust her ass toward Victoria. Lust steamrolled through Victoria’s body. She had a live one. Victoria made contact, her pelvis against the woman’s ass. She made sure to apply enough pressure so the woman could feel her strap-on, ready for action.
The woman bumped back a few times and turned around, lacing her fingers behind Victoria’s neck. Victoria put her hands on the woman’s waist.
“What doyoulike?” the woman asked softly in Victoria’s ear.
“Mmm,” Victoria said. “I’d like to make you feel good. I want to give you what you need.”
“You find my body sexy, do you?” The woman gyrated her hips against Victoria’s front, causing some very nice chemical reactions.
“I do. What do you like?” Victoria asked again.
“What if I don’t know?” She let Victoria twirl her around and came back to nestle against Victoria’s body again.
