Tales of the Rope novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Surprise

The black-clad figure creeping along the balcony was outlined against the evening sky for only a second, but had an observer been present, he would have seen the unmistakable shape of a young woman outlined against the final faint glow of sunset. Then she slid open the glass door and was within the apartment and out of sight.

Brandy flattened herself against the wall and tried to calm her beating heart. Quickly she surveyed the bedroom to confirm it was empty. Her normally pale green eyes were glowing with inner excitement as she eased off the small backpack.

What a rush, she told herself. This sneaking into a man’s apartment without being seen is quite exciting.

Silently she closed the drapes. Only when none could see within did she dare to light the small lamp on the nightstand. Quickly she confirmed that the rest of the apartment was as empty as the bedroom.

Then she sighed with relief. The breaking and entering part was over. Now for phase two of her plan.

First off were the black jogging shoes. Then she pulled back the hood of the black spandex body suit, followed by the rest of the skin-tight suit. There was no underwear.

Out of the corner of her eye she caught her image in the mirror and turned to look at it. She saw a naked twenty-year-old woman with large, firm breasts and a trim, very sexy body. She shook her head to arrange the golden waves of soft hair gracefully over her shoulders and smiled at the sensual image reflected back to her.

Moving with practiced speed, for she had indeed practiced what was to follow many times in her own bedroom, Brandy opened the backpack turned it upside down. Two lengths of white cotton clothesline, wrapped into short coils, tumbled onto the burgundy bedspread. There followed a pair of handcuffs, a rubber ball gag, a short length of chair, two small padlocks, and what looked like a leather sack. The backpack was tossed on top of the black body suit on the floor in the corner.

Each length of rope was unwound and laid upon the bed. The handcuffs, chain and padlock were placed up by the pillow. The gag and leather sack joined them on the other side of the bed. She pulled both pillows out from under the covers and placed them to one side. Then she took a handful of paperback books from the small shelf, revealing a thick metal ring that had been screwed into the heavy wood of the headboard. Taking the chain, she placed one of the padlocks through the last link and that ring, clicking it shut. Then the chain was laid out.