Sheila continued to tease her slave with the vibrator. Her slave, Michelle, jerked and moaned as the tip of the vibrator circled around her vulva. Slowly and deliberately, Sheila pushed the vibrator into her slave's vagina. Michelle began to moan and thrust her hips. This continued for a few minutes, then surprisingly her moaning and hip movements began to cease. She looked up at her mistress disappointingly.

Sheila removed the vibrator. It was now vibrating slowly and weakly. She frowned and switched it off.

"I shoulda known those dollar store batteries weren't a good buy." she said.

Sheila put the vibrator away, then brought out the suspension harness. "We haven't played with this in awhile..." she said.

After Michelle was secured into the harness, Sheila threaded the rope through the steel ring in the ceiling. She attached one end to the harness, then fed the other end into a large crank. She turned the crank until Michelle was suspended a couple feet above the floor. A spacer had been attached to Michelle's ankles, and her hands had been cuffed to it.

Sheila began to tease Michelle's pussy again. She brought out her flogger and gently flogged her pussy a couple times. Sheila then got out the strap on. Before she could put it on however, there was a loud SNAP! sound. The rope that had been holding Michelle up broke and she fell to the floor. Sheila rushed over to her. Michelle was crying now. Both her knees were bruised.

"Oh, Oh I'm sorry baby! I didn't think that rope was gonna break. I mean, it looked a little frayed, but..."

Michelle continued to cry. Sheila began to rub her breasts.

"There now, shhhhhhh, it's okay baby. Mistress will make it all better..."

Michelle's crying stopped. She forgot all about the pain in her knees, and focused on the sensations of Mistress rubbing her breasts.

"That's it honey, just relax and focus on the pleasure. Feel the pain melting away..." Sheila said.

Michelle began to slip into a light trance. This was the product of several years of deep mental conditioning, hypnotic inductions, and a few special devices. Before Sheila came along, Michelle was a young college student, unsure of her sexuality, or her direction in life. After Sheila rewrote her personality and adjusted her morals a bit, she became a slave, contented to serve her mistress.

The economy had turned bad though. Sheila had lost her previous job, and had to take a job as a secretary. The pay wasn't great, but it was enough to pay the bills. A lot of belt tightening had to be done though. The harness that Michelle currently wore showed signs of ripping and being mended back together. Sheila wanted some new toys, but they were so damn expensive! She looked for new toys online, and every time she thought she'd found a good deal, it was either out of stock, or the shipping cost was outrageous!

Michelle was now lying on the bondage bed. She had been bound spread eagle to the four bedposts. Sheila finished securing the gag in place, then started tickling Michelle with a large feather. She tried to shift her body to avoid the tickling, but couldn't move much. While Sheila tickled her, her other hand made its way to Michelle's pussy. Soon, Michelle was lost in a mixture of sensations.

Sheila stopped tickling her, and focused on bringing her to the edge of climax. She'd let Michelle get close, then back off. Michelle whined needily until Sheila resumed her probing. This cycle continued until Michelle was crazy with frustration. Then Sheila decided that it was time. She donned the strap on and climbed on top of Michelle. Suddenly the sound of wood cracking could be heard, and all four of the bed's legs broke off, causing Sheila to fall off the bed.

"Well that killed the mood..." Sheila said as she got back up.

She went back over to the bed, untied Michelle, and removed her gag.

"Mistress... I think we need some new toys..."

Sheila sighed. "I know, but they're so expensive! I paid $3200 for that bondage bed. I knew I should have bought the extended warranty!" she replied.

Later that week, just as Sheila got home from work, she spotted a moving van parked at the house across the street. Someone had finally bought that house apparently. It was a nice 3 bedroom house, but even with several price reductions, nobody had wanted it. The "For Sale!" sign had been up for so long that the paint had started peeling on it.

Sheila went over to see who had moved in, and was surprised to find that it was a young woman. She was dressed in faded coveralls, scuffed work boots, and her reddish blonde hair was pulled back in a simple ponytail. Sheila took this all in, and felt her heart rev up a few notches. She went over and introduced herself.

"Hi! I guess we're neighbors now. I'm Sheila."

"Hi. I'm Marlene." the woman replied. Shelia's heart skipped a beat. Even her voice was sexy.

"I thought nobody would ever buy this house." Sheila said.

"I offered the real estate company $500, and a set of tires for their company car. They practically shoved the paperwork under my hand to sign." Marlene replied.

"Oh, are you a mechanic?"

Marlene smiled. "Jack, er, Jill of all trades actually. I was a mechanic for awhile, then the car market started to go under, so I went to carpentry school and became a licensed carpenter. Then the recession worsened, and I just started taking odd jobs. Basically, I fix things that need fixing." she said.

"I should invite you over sometime. I need a few things fixed..."

"Sure, if you got the cash to pay me." she replied.

Sheila closed the door behind her, then sank to the floor and started to masturbate. Marlene was so...different from most of the girls she knew. Many of her friends slept around to make ends meet. Marlene seemed to be above all that. And, oh was she smart! She reeled off technical specs with little to no effort at all. Sheila had to have her! Marlene would be the perfect slave!

After regaining her composure, she began digging through her induction devices. The hypno spiral was broke. The special drugs had expired, and her electrical induction device made a lot of weird sparks and started to smoke after she tried plugging it in. Finally though, she came across her special jewel. It was attached to a small chain. When she spun it at just the right speed, it induced a trance in whoever happened to be looking at it.

She went back over to Marlene's house, and knocked on the door. When Marlene answered, she held up the jewel and started spinning it.

"Look at the pretty jewel, Marlene. Focus on the colors, and how they shift as it spins..."

Marlene stared at it for a few seconds, then tilted her head. "Oh! You're trying to hypnotize me! Sorry hon, but I don't work for free."

Sheila looked at the spinning jewel in shock and disbelief. "But the jewel always works! It's never... failed...tooo...uhhhhhh....."

Sheila's eyes went blank. She stood there still as a statue, staring at the jewel.

"Hon, you aren't the first one to try hypnotizing me. Lots of people wouldn't mind seeing me work for free, and they always happen to have a pocketwatch, or some sparkly jewel like yours handy. Never works on me though. Just lucky I guess." Marlene said.

Sheila dropped the jewel, and robotically reached into her purse. She pulled out some money.

"Would $48 be enough?" she asked in a monotone voice.

"Eh, it'll put gas in my car." Marlene replied.

Sheila stood completely still, and stared off into space while Marlene inspected the bondage bed.

"You paid how much for this?"

"$3200..." Sheila replied in a monotone.

"Hon, you got ripped off! This whole thing's made from cheap pine, flimsy as hell! I can fix it with some woodglue and a couple 2x4's, but It'll cost more then what you have." Marlene replied.

Shelia turned and looked at her. "...Goddess, are you sexy..." she replied in that same monotone.

"Er... anyway, what else is broken?" Marlene asked.

Sheila robotically walked over to the closet and removed the suspension rope. "I was using this on Michelle, and it broke..."

Marlene looked at the rope, then smiled. "Today's your lucky day, hon. I have some rope over at my house that I'm not using. 450 pound breaking strength. Should be more then adequate for your needs."

When Sheila came out of her trance several hours later, she found that her money was gone, including all the loose change she had been saving up. Strangely, this didn't bother her very much. Her bondage bed had been fixed, and Michelle was hanging from the new suspension rope, looking contented and peaceful.

She looked out the window, and saw the goddess Marlene across the street, pulling weeds out of her front yard. Sheila watched as Marlene bent over and pulled out a stubborn dandelion plant, then deposited it in a nearby garbage can. That sight alone was worth all the money in the world to Shelia.