Haunted House 14: Breaking Fast

[aldersprig]

First: A story featuring a male keeper and a female Kept.
Previous: Waking

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They drank coffee together, smiling at each other and, at least in Mélanie’s case, thinking of how many ways the day could go.  If he were like her earlier masters.... but he wasn’t.

She cleared her throat.  “If there are things in the kitchen, I could cook breakfast,” she offered.  “And then you can tell me what, specifically, you want me to do over the next couple days.  I imagine,” she chuckled, a little nervously, but trying to still sound casual, “that you don’t want me to clean up the yard.”

“No, sadly, not that.  I think she would like it better - but I think she understands the need for the mess, too.  If you want to make breakfast, I won’t argue. The ‘fridge runs - you know what a ‘fridge is?”

read on…

Comments

[sauergeek]

She's getting on with both Jasper and the house. That "her room" is intriguing; I hope we get to see it too.

Has she seen tea yet? Definitely coffee!

Also, if cleaning the yard is going to potentially cause problems, will her offer of cleaning the siding cause similar problems? Maybe there's an approach to the house that isn't as visible as others for that.

Somehow I'm reading the house as lonely.

[clare_dragonfly]

Is that a "The Yellow Wallpaper" reference I see? :D

I like his work philosophy.