An Awkward Dinner

Kim reluctantly left her room, hugging her leather jacket all the while, taking some scant comfort from the smooth material. She walked down the massive steps she had found earlier until she reached the first floor. She had no idea where the dining room was, but she figured she would just be able to follow any noise she might hear. She began to make her way through the massive first floor of the mansion, when she heard conversation ahead of her.

Kim entered nervously into the massive dining room. The room was just as opulent as the rest of the house, with gilded decor on every wall and a massive dining table in the center that looked like it could seat upwards of fifty people.

At the head of the table sat Mr. Watts, still looking massive even at a sitting position. On his side was Alice, who had not even noticed Kim’s arrival. Also sitting at the table were two younger people in more casual clothes. A man and a woman both of college age, their children, Kim assumed. The pair looked over at the new arrival. The girl seemed intrigued by Kim, as if she wanted to ask an array of questions, but the boy looked bored, though Kim noticed his eyes wandering over her body as if he was questioning why she wasn’t naked yet.

Mr. Watts smiled as Kim entered the room. “I see our conversation hasn’t scared you off. Please, sit down.” He motioned to an empty chair next to his wife.

Kimberly dutifully followed his orders, nervously pulling the chair out as Alice seemed to finally notice her presence.

There was already a plate of food waiting for her, though Kim was too nervous to be hungry. She could feel the eyes of the Watts children on her, like she was some kind of new pet.

The young man, who looked similar in build to his old man, but he had his mother’s darker hair, was the first to speak up. “So, why the clothes?”

Kim felt cornered and embarrassed at the table. But then, Mr. Watts spoke up. “She’s still in the grace period. You know that, Nathan.”

Nathan scoffed, “So? She’s still our ****, I can tell her to do whatever I want.”

His sister elbowed him, “Don’t be such an asshole out of the gate. You haven’t even introduced yourself and you want to be giving our orders?”

“Fine.” Nathan grumbled, before staring the frightened Kim in the eyes. “My name is Nathaniel Watts, and I order you to flash your tits.”

Kim felt her heart drop like a stone into her empty stomach. She looked to Mr. Watts for some kind of help. “I- I thought I had a grace period, he can’t order me to do that right.”

Mr. Watts seemed wholly uninterested in answering, he sighed. “The grace period is merely a tradition, there’s nothing in the contract saying that he can’t do that, and I have no intention of overriding his demand.”