Midnight Series (camren version)

Chapter Seven

Mistress

I waited an extra thirty minutes after the time my butterfly should have been back from the salon to call her cell phone the first time. I figured sometimes girl things took a little longer than planned. When I did call her phone, it rang several times and then went to voicemail. I wasn't that alarmed, but thirty minutes later, when I tried again and got the same results, I decided to call the salon.

"VonRhines." It was Lucy who answered the phone.

"Hello, Lucy, it's Lauren. I was wondering how much longer my butterfly will be."

"How much longer? She left here like two hours ago."

The room began to spin. What if something had happened to her? "That's not possible. She should have come back here when she was done."

"Looks like you should put a leash on that collar." Lucy's words were uncalled for, and if I weren't so worried about my girl, I probably would have gone off on her.

"Listen, let me talk to Dinah." "She's with a client."

"Put her on now!"

"As you wish." Her voice was inappropriate, and after I knew where my girl was, I'd deal with it. I was still clinging to hope that my butterfly was with Dinah at the salon and that Lucy was just mistaken.

"Lauren, how can I help you?" Dinah asked, concern evident in her voice.

"I was looking for my butterfly. Lucy said she left two hours ago."

"Yes, she did. She seemed fine when she got here, but then right before her pedicure she looked upset and left in a hurry."

"Upset? What the fuck upset her?" I felt the rage building. "Did Lucy do or say something?"

"No. Well...yes," Dinah said, "she and I were arguing, but there is no way your butterfly could have heard. We were down the hall and speaking in hushed voices."

"Would I have been able to hear you?" I was already irritated and knew the answer before she spoke.

"Well, yes. You could have because you're...well, Nermac, but butterfly's human, so there is no way she could have heard."

"Did you realize when you waxed her that her skin was stronger?" "Yes. It didn't seem to hurt at all."

"She gets our physical traits after I've been with her. Especially multiple times like we were this morning. And these characteristics include excellent hearing."

"Oh shit, Lauren. I'm so sorry."

I knew she was, though I wanted to kill Lucy. "Just tell me what she heard."

"Lucy was upset because we had an extra client I needed to wax and she didn't want to do your butterfly's pedicure. She was talking about how you'd told her that you didn't ever want to collar anyone. She also mentioned how she found out you were jerking off a few weeks ago and how you've never taken butterfly to Verde."

"And butterfly heard all of that?"

"I don't know exactly what she heard, but she left right afterward. Honestly, Lauren, if I'd have known it was because of something that had happened here, I would have talked to her."

"Fuck! None of that is good. I really didn't want to have the conversation about my past for a while. Last time I'd asked you to keep Lucy away from her. What the hell happened?" I knew my volume was raised, but I was pissed.