Trey

11

"Melany?" Trey questions after she came into his office. "How can I help you?"

He looks at the girl questioningly when she remains standing just inside the door and looking down at the ground.

Melany looks up briefly before responding. "I-I was hoping that I could pass the first lesson n-now." Melany manages to stutter out, but she couldn't look at the man behind the desk.

"Are you sure that you are ready for that lesson? Wouldn't you like to wait for morning?" It is late and the others had already gone to bed. He was just finishing up before heading there himself.

"I-if it's permissible I'd rather do it tonight, I'm not sure that I could sleep if I don't." Melany's soft voice is barely heard by Trey.

Trey immediately comes out from behind the desk and goes over to the sofa and sits down. "Do you remember what you need to do to pass the first lesson?"

Melany nods a blush violently shading her cheeks. It seems very intimate, more than anything she's ever done before and she's not a virgin.

Trey can tell that something is wrong but does his best to make her feel comfortable. "Then come here if you're sure." He frowns as he notices her shaking as she comes up to him.

Melany stops in front of him and lifts her hand up to his face. Trey stops her, "You will need to make eye contact, Melany." Trey does his best to keep his voice soft and gentle. Still, Melany visibly flinches when he speaks.

Melany forces her face up and makes eye contact with Trey. Trey doesn't like the tears he sees in her eyes. 

Melany tries once more. Trey wants more than anything to say that she passes the lesson, but her hand is shaking so badly that he can't. Finally he can't stand putting her in that misery any longer.

Trey pulls her into his arms and just holds her. "Shh, it's alright. You need to learn to trust me, trust Alexa, you are safe here. I'm not going to hurt you, Alexa won't and won't let anyone else hurt you either. Alexa takes care of her people and you are hers. If you are this scared you won't be able to pass off any of the lessons." Trey holds the unresponsive girl in his arms and just lets her calm down.

Only after he no longer feels her shake does he let her go and she is able to look at him a bit. "You want to try once more now or would you prefer to get some sleep?" 

Trey frowns as tears slip from her eyes. He didn't mean to make her cry. "I'm sorry, Melany, I didn't mean to make you cry." Trey wipes the tears from her face.

"Can I try once more?"

"Of course," Trey concedes immediately.

This time when Melany touches his face he doesn't feel like she's terrified of him. She manages to pass the lesson. "Very nice, Melany, if you keep that up you won't have any trouble passing the other lessons."

"Thank you master," Melany says in her soft voice.

"Now you should head up to your bed. Do you remember the way?" Trey queries as he stands up.

"I think so," Melany replies. She thought that he would take her to bed. Her last master had done so.

"Melany, how did you become a slave?" Alexa says from the doorway.

Melany shrugs her shoulders, "You know the cliche story of a husband losing his wife to death and abusing his daughter? That was my father and me. When he got tired of working for his money to drink he decided that I needed to pay my way. So he sold me the day after I graduated. That was two years ago."

Alexa is fuming, a father is to protect their child not sell them into slavery. "But evenso, it wasn't the ones he sold me to that hurt me the worse, it was almost a relief for me to be out of that house."

"Melany? Did he sexually abuse you?" Trey asks gently, if she says yes then he knows that Alexa will go after Melany's father.

Melany can't answer vocally and just nods.

Trey pulls Melany back into his arms and looks over to Alexa. They have a silent communication and Trey nods. Alexa comes further into the room and kneels before Melany. 

"I made a promise to you after I bought you and I'll stick to it. You will not be forced to pass any of the lessons other than the first three, that is required. You will not be forced to work as an escort and no one, I mean no one will touch you sexually without your permission. If any one does you are to tell me or Trey immediately or as soon as you can. You might be threatened by them, but believe me, it will be because they are scared of us. We'll take care of the issue and they won't ever do that again."

"Melany, where did you live before, who is your father?" Trey tries to ask without alarming her.

Melany still locking eyes with Alexa answers the question and is confused by the satisfied look that is fleetingly on Alexa's face.

"Do you think that you can sleep now?" Alexa asks gently and takes the girls hand.

Melany shrugs, "Maybe, it's been a long time since I've been in a room by myself."

"Take a hot shower or bath to help you relax. If you find that you can't sleep there are some sleeping aids in the bathroom behind the mirror. I would hope that you trust us enough to not take more than you need to sleep." Alexa says holding onto Melany's hand.

This makes Melany shoot her gaze to Alexa, "You mean like, overdose? I would never do that. My life might not be good, hasn't been for years, but I'm not ready to give up on it yet."

Alexa smiles warmly at her, "I'm glad to hear that. Now it's getting late. You've earned your meals so even if you sleep past breakfast you'll be able to eat. Don't worry about it, okay?"

Melany gives a hesitant smile in return, "Alright mistress. Thank you." Melany says and leaves the room.

"I want him dead," Alexa says after the door closes.

"I'll send out a team first thing in the morning." Trey tells her before pulling her into his arms and just holding her.