CHAPTER THIRTEEN:



No dream.



Dr Carl and Donna come walking in, its Air conditioned and cool.



They seem concerned.



Dr Carl's southern basso voice of concern fears her ears but she is not sure what he is saying, something about a foolish decision, and dying of heat frustration or maybe its dehydration. Its hard to tell.



When she is finally awake, she sees she still is naked on a canopy bed, in what looks like a kids room of some kind.



Her Aunt Edith is there, and she looks mighty pissed and angry.



Relief floods Beth, as she realizes that Aunt Edith has obviously complained that these tactics are hardly any kind of treatment, but just plain torture. She smiles at Aunt Edith and starts to raise up.



Dr Carl says "Okay kiddo, ready to talk?"



Beth shakes her head yes, hesitant to speak.



"Oh you can talk, you don't have to bark now, you've gone through a lot since you have been here, and your Aunt wants to check on you and Donna. Why don't you tell her this was all your decision to pull the bricks and everything else you consented too as an adult with freewill of sound mind?" he said leading her.



This time she would not bite. This was the one woman with the key to her freedom and she was going to tell the truth.



"Fuck that, I had to go along with their sick and sadistic games, while Don played dress up. They whored me out, they raped me.oh god, Aunt Edith it was impossible." She began to cry on her Aunt's shoulder and her Aunt embraced her reassuringly.



"Well, Doctor, you promised results if I trusted you, and I see you failed me." Aunt Edith said harshly judging the doctor and condemning in a tone that spoke volumes that Beth had been right not to go along this time.



"I am sorry about that, but you know what I say, no refunds.haha" he laughed at his own callous joke."No worse for the wear though, nipple rings, maybe a little wider asshole, and certainly an appreciation for the working girl." he added in consolation.



"I have already talked to Donald.or Donna as he wants to be called, let me have some time with my daughter in law in private, and I will tell you whether or not, you'll get any funding of mine for your book". Aunt Edit used the word book as if it was a mockery of a book. What a strong woman.





When they had left the two of them alone, Beth said "You are so strong, oh my gosh, but we have to go, they can keep us here against our will". "I appreciate you saying I am your daughter in law, in a lot of ways you do seem like my mother"





Aunt Edith seemed skeptical of Beth as she narrowed her eyes and sat on the bed, ignoring Beth's nudity and dog collar still on. "Beth, I watched the DVDs and some of the things you did here on tape."



"It was all against my will, they said it would be worse if I didn't do it"



"Did you enjoy any of it? They said you did"



"No, I didn't enjoy it, how could I?"



"They tested your bodies reaction, they showed you were stimulated most of the time, Beth that is very deviant, so I am coming into this with two different stories, you'll pardon me if I don't believe yours right away?"



"Sure, that is fine, lets talk about it on the way home, I just want to get back and see the kids"



"When you get back, things are going to be different."





"Sure, whatever you say, please lets go?" Beth pleaded.



"I am serious, I don't think you learned anything here."



"Of course not, I was simply raped and whored out"



"And yet, you didn't see that as an adventure or exciting?"





"no of course not"





Aunt Edith was silent for a moment, considering. "Lies"





"Lies?" what the fuck does that mean? god damn it, I am not lying, they beat me and made me do horrible things, and I want to go home, your my only way out, he respects you, he'll let me leave with you."



"no respect for me, Beth. You see me as a money purse, and nothing much else."



Starting to get out of the bed, Beth realizes now that her legs and arms are bound to the bed, and she can't move.



"I think its kind of funny, I wish I had been here to see you broken down to nothing" Aunt Edith says darkly.



"Oh my god, your with them on this!" as it dawns on Beth that she has been betrayed all along. "You knew they would do this to me."



"Oh no" laughing, Aunt Edith says "no idea, actually. You drive your own therapy when you are here, Doctor Carl simply empowers you to be what you truly should be. Women as I told you for years, have to be these prim and proper tulips who are put on a pedestal. You never see a woman rapist, or a woman serial killer, its just almost unheard of, we don't have those urges men have."





"Its part of something so deep in our cultural memory, that we simply ignore those voices in our heads that men must hear.yet, we hear our own. We are jealous creatures, whose hormones tell us to nurture and procreate.procreate, use our bodies to get what we want. After all, its a commodity, men want it."



"What are you talking about?" Beth said with a snarl on her lips defiantly.



"You know in the war, I was a hooker. That is right.I was a nurse at a base, but I sold my body for cash and cigarettes.not this body, this is the body of an old woman, I used to be a real looker honey. Short but sweet, they'd say, and I had a truck load of tittys, not like your little honkers.I promised you a boob job, and they didn't even get you to lactate. I wanted to see your titties swell up full of milk and pride!"



"Oh my god? you mean you told them to milk me?" Beth was getting feeling her throat constrict as she began to piece together the layers of betrayal.



"Of course, you can't give milk with saline fakes, honey.in my day, women got their titties the old fashioned way, and yours can grow if you work at it. You see, I loved being a prostitute. A dirty little whore who fucked anybody for money."



"Donald's parents, they looked down on me for it, but in the end I married a very rich man, and well, now I hold all the cards, and they the righteous do-rights, ended up killed in a car crash. That is how life works. In the end, I'll go to meet my creator and say "Booyah! I did what I wanted to do, semper Fi! do or die, a nurse attached to a marine unit, a slutty whore, a millionaire. This is the life I wanted for myself, and the only thing that interrupted my fun, was this body finally got old and used up, and now I have to pay young men to play with me, and not the other way around. That is okay, I have no pride about that, its fun to watch them make a face when I tell them to lap my pussy, and to watch their eyes light up when I double their fee."



"So when I met Doctor Carl and found he wanted to free us all of the social taboos and cut through all the bullshit, then I was in hog heaven. This man is a genius, but he failed with you, and I don't know what to do."



Beth was confused but listening, what else could she do right now?



"So, you are going to stay here until I am sure you are ready to come home and live the way I want you to live, and if you stray, I've got the money and power to bring you back."



"No, I can't live like this."



"Sure, you can.you can do anything if you set your mind to it. Your generation is all about can't." Aunt Edith said good naturedly.



"What about my children?"



"What about them? They went to disney, epcot, the whole shebang, baby, they love their dear old sweet aunt Edith, I'd never harm a hair on their head." She paused "Unless of course, you betrayed my trust in you and tried to run so far I couldn't find you again. Then a lesson would be in order, don't you think?"



"And Don, he knows you did all this?"





"Listen, honey when you come home, it won't be like it is here. This is extreme, its meant to hurt and to sting, and to teach. I'll be back next week, and when I do, I will have a test for you, if you pass the test, I'll explain the rules of the house. I am bringing donald home for now."





"Oh jeesus!" Beth yelled in vain, as Aunt Edith walked out of the room and turned down the light.