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“Seems to me, you might be too busy to deal with an intern while setting all that up, if it works out.”

“If you aren’t going to get her started for a year or two, I should be ready by then, assuming the membership is on board with us having yet another business.”

“I imagine there’ll be some plumbing costs for the hair salon, plus the sinks and dryers and shit. Sterilization stuff for the tattoo and piercing shop. Start-up costs shouldn’t be too bad though. Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Will the salon do nails, too?”

“I put that in as something to possibly add later, but not start out with, since we don’t have any ol’ladies who do that. Also, it would give us a way to segue into a massage business if we want, which would give us an entirely different clientele for another dark enterprise.”

Dark, in this case, meant illegal. We have the whore hotel, but a massage business with happy endings would be an entirely different income stream.

However, back to the manicure thing, I pointed out, “Margie does nails.” We give our sweetbutts jobs sometimes, usually as a waitress, or folding clothes at the laundry, but if Margie was interested in working for us, we’d have at least one loyal employee to start.

He lifted a brow. “I didn’t know, and I’m surprised you do.”

I shrugged. “A couple of the sweetbutts use her. I’ve heard them talking about it.”

“Your little flower’s hand will be tired for a few days. Being precise with the extra weight takes a toll you don’t realize right away.”

Bikers moved through the room a few times, on their way to or from somewhere, but no one sat with us. It was a weekday morning, so it was just the three of us in the main clubhouse area, and Viper and I played a few video games while I quizzed him about what it takes for someone to become a successful tattoo artist.

Chapter 39

Dozer

When Daisy had first started cleaning for me, I’d put the electro-butt-plug in her ass and shock the fuck out of her when she couldn’t follow instructions. She’d never held a broom before, much less a vacuum cleaner. She’d never cleaned a toilet, never made a bed. She’d learned how to do laundry while on the road with Dray, but they’d stayed in cheap hotels, where other people still cleaned for them.

And then, when it’d come time for me to tell her, “Go clean all the bathrooms,” and then go check after she was finished to see how she’d done, I’d made her bend over and stare at whatever she’d missed while I’d caned her. I hadn’t wanted to deal with impact play in a negative light, but canes are completely different from hands, paddles, floggers, belts, and whips. I needed something terribly painful and over with quick, so I could tell her to fix it and then cane her again if it wasn’t perfect. Sometimes, I’d put her on her knees on rice to stare at what she missed before I ordered her to fix it, but that takes longer.

Her legs had been permanently striped during those weeks, but she’d figured it out, and now she cleans everything to my specifications just about every time.

Today, she’d been responsible for cleaning the entire downstairs. Everywhere she could reach while on her chain.

And she’d done a fantastic job, so I rewarded her by having a prospect pick up food from one of her favorite restaurants. I usually provide food and she eats it, without a choice in what she gets, but today, I gave her three options I knew she loved, and let her decide between them.

“Thank you, Master.”

“A job well done, little flower. I’m pleased. I also have a project for you.”

I scented trepidation, but her face didn’t show it at all. “What would Master have his slave do, Sir?”

“Viper says tattoo art on leather is a real thing. I want you to sketch something you want to create with the tattoo machine on leather. Something I can frame and hang. If you can’t decide on subject matter, give me a few sketches — small to start if you’d like, but big enough you can show some detail. Once we agree on the drawing, I’ll want you to tattoo it onto a smallish piece of leather, maybe eight by ten, to get the hang of it. Eventually, once you have it down exactly right, I’ll furnish a large skin, with the understanding it might take you months to finish the project at that size.”

Her eyes lit up at the possibilities, and I kissed her forehead. “I’ve ordered the machine you liked best, as well as some inks Viper recommended, along with a list of things he said you’d need. Power supplies, cables, needles, grips, gloves.” Speaking of which. “He says he let you learn barehanded, but it’s best if you always practice in gloves, so it won’t feel odd when you start working on clients.”

“Thank you, Master. I wish there was a way to show you how happy this makes me, and how much your slave appreciates everything you’re doing for her.”

“A Master gets the income of his slave, while she belongs to him. Do I want you in my house cleaning it, or do I want you off making me money? I’ll begin chaining you upstairs onsome days soon, so you can clean those rooms while I’m away. Eventually, the chain will go away, but not yet.”

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Daisy

The next day, the first of the tattoo supplies arrived, and I thanked Master again for taking such good care of me.

Rather than tell me the things he usually does about us having responsibilities to each other, and reminding me our relationship isn’t one-sided and goes both ways, he sat back and stared at me a few seconds, long enough my heart skipped beats a few times, and he finally said, “Want to show me your appreciation? We’ve made meatloaf and mashed potatoes with gravy together three times, and you know where to find the recipe if you need a refresher. I’m going to chill out in the den while you make dinner. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, crescent rolls, and two other items of your choosing. Make me a plate and bring it downstairs when it’s ready. Once I see what you’ve brought me, I’ll tell you how much you can have of each item, and then you can bring a plate downstairs and join me.”

I chose to add green beans and stewed apples as the other two sides, because I know Master likes both. I fried some bacon in the pan I was going to cook the green beans, cut it up while the beans were cooking in the bacon grease, and then added the bacon pieces back in once it was ready.

The stewed apples were easy, and really, the meatloaf and mashed potatoes aren’t complicated, it’s just a matter of keeping track of everything all at once.

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