EXTRACT FOR
Sally's Shame
(Angelina Jolly)

"Time to unpack!" she declared and grabbing a box marked "Stuff!" she headed toward a tall cupboard built into an alcove in the lounge wall.

"These cupboards are still full of boxes," she called over her shoulder as the doors swung open. Inside, on the dusty shelves were a variety of bags and boxes, all unmarked, and all very obviously untouched for quite some time, a fact confirmed by strands of ancient spider webs that looped out in all directions.

"Cool!" Joanne was instantly at her shoulder. "Treasure!"

"More likely junk!" Sally replied, but lifted the first box down and peeled away yellowing adhesive tape.

"Damn!" Jo exclaimed in surprise as her eyes were drawn to items very much to her personal taste. "I don't believe what I'm seeing here!"

Sally didn't believe either, or maybe didn't want to believe! The first box was crammed full of leather and shiny chains and handcuffs. But not the type police use, theirs don't usually have faux leopard skin trim!

"This is all starting to make sense now!" Joanne giggled as she reached forward and grasped a handful of chain. "The metal loops screwed down to the floor over there, the two loops above in the ceiling!"

"It's not making any sense to me," Sally answered quietly as she identified a lighter chain with an alligator clip on either end, "What do you think all this stuff was for?"

Joanne raised an eyebrow and sighed dramatically. "Well it's bondage stuff, whoever had this place before us must have been into S&M. And these cuffs, the short chains are for ankles, the longer ones are for wrists... he, or she would be secured between the four metal loops, just like a St Andrews Cross... except without the actual cross!"

"I really don't understand!" Sally wrestled with the idea that anyone would want to be handcuffed, because surely that was connected with crime... and guilt!

"Come with me!" Joanne chuckled, Now stand here, with your feet touching each of the rings... now, stretch your arms up as though you are trying to touch the loops on the ceiling!"

Feeling slightly foolish Sally complied and soon grasped the concept, anyone secured that way would be helpless.

"Now imagine that you are secured like that... and completely naked!" Jo winked and despite herself Sally closed her eyes for a second and imagined, and felt a sudden thrill. What Joanne was describing was degrading, demeaning... and really quite exciting!