Anchor Line (25 page)

             
Realizing that Conrad would not leave until he talked to her, she threw the covers off of her and stormed down the hallway turning on the hallway light and answered the door. Seeing Conrad standing there at her door was like a punch to the gut. Knowing that she looked like she was crying, was another punch to the gut. It was then Addie realized that Conrad must have went home to change, because he was in a pair of jeans and a faded Steelers T-shirts. His hair looked wet and was standing up like he just tossed a towel though it.

             
“We need to talk.” Conrad stated.

             
“We have nothing to talk about. I saw all I needed to see and said all I needed to say to you.” And he replied.

             
“I’m not leaving until you hear me the fuck out.”

             
“I don’t want to talk to you, I don’t want to listen to you, and there is nothing you can say to me that I need to hear. I saw you at the Messo with Susan and Lisa, you looked quite cozy. But what you didn’t realize that I saw you. I saw what you made them do to each other.” And it was then that Addie felt disgusted, because she had gotten aroused over what he’d made Susan and Lisa do to each other. “So please Conrad, just leave.”

             
“I’m not leaving.” Conrad stated, putting a hand on the door.

             
“Well then you’ll be sleeping on my front porch.”

             
“I need to explain to you what happened tonight.”

             
“I don’t need to hear your excuses.”

             
“Please Addie.” Conrad whispered. “Please just hear me out, this one time. And if you still want me to go, I’ll go. I’ll leave you alone forever.”

             
“That should be easy for you. Considering you constantly tell me that you can’t give me what I need.” She retorted snidely. But inside, Addie was torn. She wasn’t sure that she wanted to hear what Conrad had to say. But at the same time, she felt that he owed her an explanation. And she owed him the time to explain it. At least he had the decency to come over not smelling like Susan and Lisa. So she moved aside and let Conrad in. Closing the door, she locked it and walked to her pocketbook picking it up her phone that vibrated off the counter onto the floor and set it back on the counter.

             
“Look at your phone Addie.” Conrad suggested. “Check your text messages. Did you even get my text message? The one that I told you I was home and wanted to know where you were. I was heading out. I wanted to hang out with you. And then Carl messaged and said that there was a party at the Messo for me leaving. I wanted to take you to the Messo. I didn’t hear from you so I ended up going alone.”

             
Addie picked her phone up, swiping it and looking at her messages. Then she turned the screen around to show him that she didn’t get his message until almost ten o’clock. “Look Conrad, I didn’t get it until almost ten. And why would you ever take me to the Messo knowing that your big boobed, blonde bitches would be there.

             
Conrad plopped on the sofa his hands immediately rubbing his eyes. “I don’t know Addie. I just know that I wanted you to be with me. If you didn’t want to go to the Messo, I’d have gone somewhere else with you.”

             
“You really showed that you wanted to be with me by making Susan and Lisa lick each other in front of you.” Addie tossed her phone on the counter. “I wonder Conrad, did you sniff their panties and you made them wipe their mouths?”

             
Conrad sighed, “I’m a Dom Addie. And what we do to our submissives, and how we react is simply for pleasure.”

             
“So now they are your submissives? And sniffing their underwear gave you both mutual pleasure. Fanfuckingtastic.” Addie rolled her eyes.

             
“Fuck no Addie.” Conrad was getting frustrated. “It was to show that they had pleased me with what they had done to each other. In a Dom sub world, for every action, there is a reaction. Just like you are submissive to me. Everything you gave me, I give back to you.”

             
“Well I may be a submissive, and you may be a Dom.”  Addy put her hands on her hips now and walked over to Conrad and stood in front of him and stopped. “But I am not your submissive and you are not my Dom.”

             
“I would really love to change that Addie.” Conrad reached for her hands. “I can’t explain why I went to the Messo and why things with Susan and Lisa happened. All I know is, that I wanted to be with you, and I wanted to degrade Susan and Lisa. They have never been with women before. And when Susan said that she wanted to be with me I told her that she had to do something for me first.”

             
“So you made them… Do that?”

             
Conrad squeezed Addie’s hands, “Yes. I did. And I don’t regret one single damn minute of it. They hated it, I made them tell me afterward what they thought.”

             
Addie fell to her knees in front of Conrad and rested her head on his leg. “I don’t understand why you just couldn’t wait for me. I don’t understand what your hang-up is for being a soldier and feeling like you can’t give somebody a relationship. I want to give you everything and you won’t take it.” Addie could feel the tears in her eyes and felt one slide down her nose and onto Konrad’s jeans.

             
“My buddy Richard said the same thing to me tonight.” Conrad let one of Addie’s hands go and pulled the rubber band out of her hair and un-braided her hair. “He said that I needed to fix that about myself. But I just don’t know how.”

             
“Who’s Richard?”

             
Conrad sighed, “He’s the owner of the Messo. After you left I turned around and asked Susan and Lisa how they found out that you were going to be there tonight. They said that Caryn who works in your building is also a friend of Jess’. Caryn was the common denominator, and she let Susan and Lisa know. So after I ran down to see if you had left, because I wanted to stop you, I went back inside and asked to speak to Richard.  He and I served together for many years until he came across some money from his parents that were involved in a freak accident overseas. He’s hated Susan and Lisa for a couple years now, and was really looking for a way to pull their membership. And you are that reason. I was so mad that they hurt you that I had to strike back. And the only way to do that was to pull their membership.”

             
“They’ll be let back in after you leave.” Addie commented.

             
“No.” Conrad shook his head, “No they won’t. They are on the permanent ban list. Their memberships were burned in front of them. It’s what happens when you go against the rules of the Messo.”

             
Addie honestly didn’t know what to say. All that she knew is that she was drained.  Lifting her head, she looked up at Conrad. “I just have to ask one question.” When Conrad nodded his head yes, Addie continued, “Did you touch them?”

             
“No.” Conrad slowly shook his head. “Please believe me. The only thing I held was their hair in my hands. That was it I promise you.”

             
Addie gave a tightlipped smile and pulled back from Conrad a little watching the worried look on his face as she moved. She was really in a tug-of-war on what to do. Should she let him stay, which would lead to sex? Or should she tell him to leave and that they would deal with this tomorrow. She also knew, that if she let him go there would be no sleep. For her… Or for him. So she decided to put them both out of their misery and stood up still holding one of his hands and looking into his hazel eyes.

             
“Let’s go to bed,” she whispered.

             
The relief that washed over Conrad’s face at those four words was indescribable. He got up still holding her hand and walked over to grab her phone by the bar, hitting the red button to turn it off and setting it back. Then he grabbed his own phone out of his back pocket, turned it off and set it next to hers on the bar. He let go of her hand briefly just to double check the locks on the door and turned the hallway light off. Then he took her hand and led her to the bedroom. He motioned Addie to get into the bed as he pulled his T-shirt off, took his shoes and socks off followed by his jeans and slid into bed himself. Pulling the covers up, he pulled Addie toward him, wrapping his arms around her. With his face in her hair, he took a deep breath just to breathe her in, just to remind him that he was really here with her and that he would never let her go.

             
“Tomorrow I want you to do something with me Addie.” He whispered.

             
“What did you have in mind?”

             
“I’m was thinking of turning my leather cuff in to the Messo.”

             
She turned around in his arms leaning up on one elbow. “I don’t want you to do that because of what happened tonight. I know that this is something that you need, this dominance about you… You need it, like air to breathe.”

             
‘But I realized tonight, that I needed you more. I was so pissed to know that you were there and I couldn’t touch you. That I hurt you, and that is something I never want to do again.” Conrad said looking into Addie’s eyes.

             
“And what happens when you leave to Italy?”

             
“I don’t know Addie, I don’t know. But as long as were together, no one comes between us.” Conrad leaned in and took Addie’s lips for sweet gentle kiss. And when he pulled back looking into her eyes he said, “Now go to sleep.”

             
Addie turned around and Conrad took her into his arms pulling her tight. He knew the moment Addie had fallen asleep, her breathing turned even and deep. Everything that he had told her was true. He did want her, he wanted to dominate her, he just didn’t know how to make things work with her, to live with her. He had to figure out how to jump the hurdle of all the failed relationships he’d seen while he was in the Army. He didn’t want to be that statistic. Leaning back for a moment he grabbed the remote from the night table and changed the channel to ESPN and laid down on his pillow, breathing in the scent that was Addie until he fell asleep.

             
“Wake up sunshine let’s go! Wake up, wake up, wake up!” Conrad singsonged pulling the covers off of Addie.

             
“Oh my god what time is it.” Addie rolled over toward Conrad barely opening her eyes.

             
“We have stuff to do.”

             
“Conrad you do realize it is Saturday right?”  Addie whined. “I, don’t have anything to do today.”

             
“Yes we do. We have lots of field equipment to clean, and CIF to get clean to turn in.” Conrad laughed.

             
“If I recall, you are the one in the Army not me.” Addie scrunched her face up.

             
“And just what were you going to do today?” Conrad asked leaning in to kiss her for head.

             
“I’m not really sure… But I didn’t think it was going to consist of cleaning stuff to turn in for CIF.”

             
“Well if you want this nice big hot cup of coffee I bought you...take it and leave and help me clean my CIF issue and spend time together.” Conrad went to get up from the bed when adding grabbed his arm.

             
“I’ll help you if you bring me coffee now.” Addie giggled.

             
Conrad turned around and grabbed the mug of coffee from the night table and brought it to Addie as she sat up. After taking a sip and handing it back to him, she got out of bed and grabbed jeans and a T-shirt and a clean bra, and headed into the bathroom to change. When Addie came out, Conrad had finished making the bed, handed her a pair of socks and sneakers from her closet and walked down the hallway.

             
“Thank you for making the bed and for giving me my socks and sneakers.”  Addie hugged Conrad from behind while he was taking a bite of his bagel.

             
“It’s what a Dom does for his sub.” Conrad smiled turning around and kissing Addie on the forehead.

             
“Will it always be like that when we’re together?”

             
“Yes, baby it will.” Conrad smiled at her. “Are you ready to go, we have lots to do.”

             
“Only if you give me the other half of your bagel.” Addie laughed.

             
And this is how Conrad and Addie spent their Saturday. Conrad caved and actually showed Addie that he lived across the parking lot in the apartment building on the second floor directly across from her. She gave him a look of disbelief and shook her head.

             
So that was how he knew where she lived.