another pleasant evening

It was very pleasant seeing the shock on Gina's face as I explained my plan. Still, there was a bit of relief as well. I suppose Gina did avoid the worst case scenario. To be honest, I would have stopped the whole thing at 130 pounds anyway. I still need Gina to look the part of a queen after all.

“Whelp, I better get this money to Cutie. Lets meet back down at the gate like always.”

I excused myself from Gina and Susan and called Cutie on the phone.

Cutie almost fainted when he saw the money. “I, I can't take this!”

“You can and you will. And don't even think of giving it back. If you do...” I smiled. “Well, Royal magnificent could use a naked waiter...”

Cutie let out a little whimper at this threat and started to sob. “H-hey stop crying! This was a joke you know?”

“N-no..its just....” he sniffled. “Nobody...was ever so nice to me...thank you....thank you.”

This little...I had to take a deep breath and patted his head. “It's ok...really. I mostly did this for my own peace of mind.”

He managed to stop his sobbing and gave me a bright smile instead. “I promise, I will be the best **** you ever had!”

WELL, IF YOU INSIST!

I decided then to at least have a little fun with my newly acquired ****. He probably feels bad if he doesn't get to repay me in some kind. That or he is actually really into this.“Alright, alright,” I said taking a deep breath. “I don't want to let you run around with that much money alone. Some of my friends are waiting downstairs, so we walk you home together.”

Cutie and I joined up with Susan and Gina down at the gate. Gina was in the process of doing jumping jacks, so I raised an eyebrow towards Susan.

“I thought I help Gina with her exercise and gave her an order to do jumping jacks here every day from now.” Susan giggled maliciously. “30 Minutes sounds about right. And maybe by tomorrow we make her remove an additional piece of clothing for each session?”

Is that girl a moron? “Lets make it 10, also clothes stay on.”

Susan gave an annoyed groan at that. “Ugh..fine...Cutie joining us today?”

“Umm..” Cutie looked between us somewhat confused. Well, obviously.

“Indeed he is”, I said in a sharp tone. “Gina has appointed Susan as her personal fitness trainer. She has some ...questionable ideas.” Yeah, I doubt he will buy that. Guess I need to fill Cutie in as well, now. “In any case let's go.”

As always we frequented our favorite cafe. “Oh, Gina...i am awfully curious. How did you get the money on such short notice?”

Gina proceeded to tell me about her encounter with Marel. I furrowed my brow at that. This could complicate things a bit.

“Marel? Are you stupid?” Susan cried out. “You didn't tell her about your whole curse thing did you?”

“She didn't. Gina can hold her tongue, unlike someone else”, I hissed. “In any case, it's fine, we will use this opportunity to smooth things over with Marel. It's about time we put an end to this pointless turf war that only benefits Lauren.” I took the Menu from the waitress who at this point was already well accustomed with our shenanigans. “Well, then, order what you like, Cutie is paying today.” I gave him a smirk.

Susan and Gina looked at me in utter confusion.

“um...i get to choose..?”, asked Gina timidly.

“That's what I said. Also no more bag of chips in the evening. You need to watch your weight.”

Susan stood up and stormed outside in a huff.

“Oh dear.” I scratched my head. “You two stay here”, and moved after her.

I found Susan outside pacing back and forth agressivly. “Susan, I am getting really tired of your behavior.”

”That is my line!” Susan cried out in indignation. “First you let Gina weasel her way out of her weight gain and now you keep making things easier for her!”

“I make things possible for her”, I replied calmly. “She could run for hours and it wouldn't matter with her current diet.”

“Who cares? We where supposed to fatten her up until she can't even walk anymore! You told me this change was all according to plan!”

“Well, it is.”

“Oh, pray tell!”

“Susan, tell me, do you enjoy a broken toy?”

Not really surprising she didn't get it.

“Because that's whats Gina turn into if we keep going like this. You have seen her this morning. She was at her limit. Going any further with this weight gain would break her. No more struggles, no more humiliation. All you have is a human flesh puppet that will do everything you order it with empty eyes. Doesn't that sound complete and utterly boring?”

“So, you are telling me you just want to prolong her suffering?”

“Precisely. We are lightning a fire under Gina's feet. Hot enough that it's very uncomfortable, but not hot enough to actually burn her. We have a whole year to play with our toy, lets take things nice and cook her slowly, shall we?”

Susan gave me an insolent look. “Still looks like you are just going soft on her.”

“Susan.” I smiled sweetly. “Do you remember what Gina did to me? Want me to show you the scar?”

That got her to flinch. “N-no...its fine.”

“Do you really think, I could even feel a single ounce of forgiveness to the monster who mutilated me like this?”

“N-no..i i'm sorry I was out of line.”

“Good.” I patted her on the shoulder. “Lets go back inside then.”