Providence

You get a call from a lady named Angela, who runs a small internet mail-order business out of her house and needs some specialized help. Usually, you don’t take clients like this, but she is willing to pay a lot for your services. Plus, you’ve never been to Rhode Island before, so you figure why not.

Leading up to your visit, you exchange emails with her trying to understand better what they need. She has one or two other girls who helped her fill the mail orders, but neither is experienced in dealing with the technical side of things. She needs someone who can help her get a large number of photos optimized and uploaded for her catalog and ensure that all the systems are secure.

When you arrive at the house, Angela greets you at the door. She is a very attractive mid-30s with dark hair, pale skin, wearing a very low-cut blouse, tight stretch slacks, and short high heel boots. Before she even invites you in, she starts grilling you.

“Now John, I see from your emails that you have a good understanding of what we need.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“I will assume that you do not have any problems taking work orders from women.”

You are slightly taken aback by this questioning but quickly answer, “No, ma’am.”

“Some men have a problem with women in authority. I must know that you have no such problems.”

“No, ma’am. I have no problem following orders from any of my clients, woman or not.”

“Good, because I need a good ‘nerd’ who understands that he needs to keep focused on his tasks.”

You are not quite sure what to make of her, but at the same time, your mind is getting lost in her immense cleavage. She didn’t seem this demanding on your email communications.

“Some computer geeks I have employed become far too easily distracted, and I cannot have that.”

“I understand completely, ma’am.”

“Good, then come on in.”

She leads you to the office area you are going to be using. It looks like a guest house that has been converted into an office. There is a table off to one side with shipping boxes and tape, and another work table with a computer and printer and telephone.

Your desk is situated so that you face both of these work tables as you sit. You say “desk,” but it is really another folding table, no actual drawers or anything. Your work area has a keyboard and monitor and mouse and nothing else. There is also a small office chair with casters and armrests.

Angela has you sit down. She wheels another chair over and sits down next to you, showing you where the various image files are located in the hard drive. You go over the specifications as to size and resolution.

Much to your surprise, the pictures are of an erotic nature. She explains that she plans to use the images to make some X-rated galleries to sell online and on various mobile devices.

She also mentions that they offer some clothing and sex toys for sale as well.

“Now John, you will be working with a lot of very erotic imagery. Will you have a problem with that?”

“No, ma’am, I’m very familiar with image processing, so it shouldn’t be a problem,” you quickly reply, hoping you don’t sound like you are too excited.

“That isn’t what I mean. The previous guy we contracted was always becoming aroused and not keeping his mind on his work. I caught him masturbating when he should have been working, and I had to let him go.”

“Ma’am, I would never...”

She interrupts you. “I wasn’t upset that he was aroused. After all, these are very sexual images, and men have so little control over their penises. Knowing that looking at the images can arouse a man helps me know that they will sell well online. I was angry that he was touching himself without my permission. Do you understand?”

You understand fully. She is a dominatrix. “Yes, Mistress,” you answer.

Angela laughs. “You DO understand; I was hoping that you would, but please address me as Miss Angela or just Miss.”

“Yes, Miss Angela.”

“Now, let’s see if you have the skills for this job.”

She watches you for a while, selecting images, cropping, color correcting, and such. It is a bit tricky making some image fit her need, but you are managing fine.

“Excellent John, I see you CAN keep focused on your work.”

“Yes, Miss, thank you, Miss.”

“That will be enough for today. Please return tomorrow at 9 AM.”

“Yes, Miss.”

“And John, the weather is supposed to be quite warm, and the AC in this office isn’t great, so you may dress casually.”

“Yes, Miss.”