by sissy sally
PROLOGUE
“I may be able to save your company George.”
“I knew you could do it Diann. Nobody else but you.”
“Drastic measures will have to be taken. I need complete control.”
“I understand, I completely understand. Anything you need, Diann!”
“And you will have to marry me.”
“Certainly Diann, anythi… what? ...I mean YES!”
Happy Family - Chapter 1
George was waiting anxiously in front of his Wife’s home office. He knew She did not like being disturbed when she was doing late work she had brought from the city office.
He kept telling himself the issue was important enough, yet he was standing there as quiet as possible listening intently.
Diann had been talking on the phone during the first three attempts he approached the door so he left again each time. Now there was silence, but he could still not get himself to knock and risk upsetting her. Not concerning the delicate subject he wanted to talk to her about.
“I know you are standing out there George, I can see the shadow under the door gap. What is it?” He heard her voice.
“I … I would like to have a word my love, if now would be a good time…”
“Are all your chores completed dear?”
“Yes, my love.”
“Good, then you may wait outside until I call you in. It will only be a minute.”
It would be more than a minute, but he had no choice now. He would have to stay and wait.
George had first met Diann in college, where she majored in law and business. He fell in love with her then. He was courting her and they went out on a regular basis, but she was adamant about putting her studies first and relationships at a distant second.
He tried to show his affection by supporting her. He spent a lot of his time doing research or tedious tasks she needed done and making her life easier in any way he could.
She appreciated his efforts, but ultimately their relationship never amounted to any more than dinner or movie dates and the occasional kiss.
They lost contact after graduation, but George never forgot her. Years later, after he inherited his father's company she had her own successful law firm and he frequently hired her as his legal representative.
Their contact was limited to business, but he invited her to dinner every now and then.
After a few years of bad decision making and ignored warning signs George's company was on the brink of insolvency. Everyone told him it was a lost cause, but he called in Diann and she worked out a plan to save it.
First she fired all his advisers and managers to replace them with people she trusted. Diann had discovered a legal loophole that would make it possible for George to sign over all valuable assets to a wife while retaining all debts with himself to make them separate entities.
Diann would marry him, but made it a condition that he would take on her last name and had him sign a matrimonial contract the size of a phonebook.
The company was renamed as well and operated very successfully under Diann’s management. Some money, disguised as part of a “charity fund” in the books, was annually going to pay off George’s huge debts. Enough to warrant a tax writeoff for the company and spare him from prosecution for gross negligence but so little that it would take decades before George was out of liability.
In short, Diann owned the company, overseeing all business decisions, and George was poor as a church mouse.
For legal reasons George could not hold an official position in the company any more and could not take any other kind of paid work either.
Therefore Diann had decided it would be best to make himself useful around the house.
Learning how to cook had taken a while and earned him some scoldings, but now he would prepare breakfast lunch and dinner almost every day and did the dishes afterwards.
The house was rather big and keeping it clean took a big chunk of his time. He would also mow the lawn, tend to the flowers and wash the cars on a regular basis.
For shopping groceries and basic supplies he had been given a debit card by Diann, since he could not have any money to his own name. It only worked in certain stores, and he would always have to hand in the receipts.
Diann was adamant about George retaining his impoverished status to avoid any rumors that could lead to investigations about him receiving unwarranted funds from the company.
When he began to run out of clothes to wear, she would not buy him new ones, but “donated” neutral items of her own wardrobe that she did not need anymore, declaring they would be good enough for “around the house”
Waiting in front of his wife’s office he was wearing a pair of cream slacks and a white shirt that used to belong to her once.
He hoped it would help to appease her, considering the sensitive subject he wanted to address.
“You may come in now darling.” His anxiety grew as he opened the door.
Diann was sitting behind a massive oak desk that once belonged to his father and looked as beautiful and elegant as ever. There was no chair in front of the desk, so George had to stand.
“What is on your mind that is so important, Georgie?” Calling him Georgie was a good sign however mentioning importance may have been a hint at her being annoyed by his intrusion.
“Ah…You see.. It is about Vivian and Kimberly.” Diann had twin daughters from a previous marriage who lived with them.
“Go on…”
He gulped “You know, I don’t have any problem with cleaning the house or anything, but I just thought… I mean maybe they… they are old enough to…”
“To what?”
“They are leaving garbage lying around the house and in their rooms.”
“I see.”
“...and their dirty clothes”
“Anything else?
“They always walk into the house with dirty shoes and make a mess.”
“I walk inside with my dirty shoes, darling”
“But… but your heels are not a problem. I feel like they are incapable of attracting any dirt, my love.” Diann insisted that he either call her by her first name or ‘my love’
She smiled “There is no need to charm me darling. I actually have noticed these things myself and I agree with you in the matter.”
George felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his chest. Talking about the girls behavior was always a delicate issue and Diann had always taken their side in the past.
“I believe it is best we talk to them right now.” Diann picked up her phone to text them. “Come over here George and stand beside me.”
A few minutes later the sisters walked into the office without knocking.
“What’s going on mom?” Kimberly said and Vivian added “...and why is he here?”
“Girls, George and I need to have a talk with you.” George liked the sound of that very much. Finally her Mother would would be on his side for once.
“George is not your personal maid, girls. He told me he is not going to pick up behind you any longer and I fully agree with him. You need to learn some responsibility. We will introduce some new house rules now rules right now and I expect everyone to follow them!”
“But Moooom!” They both cried out in unison. George loved how they instantly quieted down when Diann raised a finger.
“First of all, there will be no more garbage on the floor. George will put a trash basket in every room in the house so you don’t have any excuses not to put any waste in it’s place.”
That was not the exact solution George had pictured, but it was better than nothing.
“Second. You will keep your rooms tidy. Trash goes into the trash basket, laundry goes into the laundry basket and you will make your beds every day. Can we agree on that?”
“Yes, Mom”
“Sure Mom”
George loved to see them squirm and make pouty faces like they wanted to say something else but knew it wouldn’t help.
“But what if the wastebasket is full?” Vivian asked now.
‘What a silly question’ George thought.
“Can we like, text him to empty it?” Kimberly added.
“You know well George can not afford a phone, girls.”
“But, can’t we “give” him one? Like with that handout money?”
“I’m already bending the law by giving im pocket money, girls. I am not going to tolerate a mobile contract in his name!”
George hated when they talked about him like he wasn’t in the room.
“Besides,” Diann continued “George will empty your baskets and pick up your laundry every other day when he does the floors and windows. Don’t tell me you have THAT much trash.”
George realized he was still expected to vacuum their rooms and clean their windows with the rest of the house. He didn’t say anything.
“What about the beddings?” Kimberly wanted to know “They fill a whole laundry basket.”
“George will change them once a week like he always does. They don’t even go into the basket. Now stop making excuses for the little effort that is asked of you!”
George sighed when he realized that he would still do their beddings as well.
“What was that, darling?”
“Oh... I…it’s just... I feel sorry for causing an argument with the girls” He was glad that he thought to say that.
“See how considerate he is?“ Diann said “Now number three. When you come home you will take off your shoes and leave them at the entrance for George to clean. No more walking inside the house with dirty shoes, unless you are wearing heels. Right George?”
“Oh? Of course my love” George was caught off guard with the last remark about the heels, he internally frowned about having to clean their shoes a lot more now.
“I believe that concludes our little talk. Is there anything else George?”
“No my love” The talk had not exactly gone as George had hoped, but it was better than nothing.
“What about you girls?”
“What about him?” Vivian asked
“Yeah, what about HIS behavior?” Kimberly added
“What about his behavior?” Diann wanted to know.
“He never wears the clothes you gave him.” Vivian said with a sneer
“That’s ridiculous” George replied “I’m wearing them right now.”
“Sure, for Mo-om! But not for the mail Lady!” Kimberly cooed in a mocking voice.
“He puts on a suit in the morning after you leave and before he answers the door he takes off the apron. He wants people to think he owns the place.” Vivian explained.
“George? Is that true?” Diann asked, but did not wait for an answer “I am very disappointed. All the clothes I gave you are unisex. It’s not like I had you in dresses.”
George noticed how gleeful the girls looked at each other when Diann mentioned dresses. He was supposed to save his “good” clothes for special occasions.
“I am sorry my love, I just…” Before he could go on Diann cut him off.
“I realize you are concerned about appearances dear, but so am I! I do not want any rumors about you living above what your situation allows for. Do you remember we talked about this?”
“Yes, my love.. I...”
“Go stand in front of the desk George. Girls, come over here. We have to establish more rules tonight after all.”
Vivian and Kimberly giggled as they passed George on his way to the other side of the desk.
“Since I obviously cannot rely on your common sense George, we need to make some things mandatory for you.”
“First of all, you will not wear any of your good suits, shirts or pants during a normal day any more.”
“Yes, my love”
“That leaves a host of my hand-me-downs for you to choose from. They are perfectly acceptable for you to wear in the house all day.”
“...and in the yard” Vivian said.
“...and for grocery shopping” Kimberly added.
“Precisely!” Diann concluded. “On top of your clothes you will wear a apron for all your chores. That includes opening the door.”
“Yes, my love.” George replied meekly and quickly added: “What about grocery shopping?” before any of the girls could jump in.
“You may take it off for grocery shopping.”
“Thank you my love.”
“What about his shoes, Mom?” Kimberly said now.
“What about them Honey?” Diann asked.
“What if he runs out of shoes? Maybe he can wear your old ones too?!” she replied.
“Would they even fit?” Diann was sceptical, but Kimberly was already on her way to get a pair.
She returned a few minutes later with a pair of cream ballerina flats, they had a little bow across the vamp. Kimberly put them in front of George.
“Lets try”
George didn’t like the idea at all, and hesitated.
“Go on George, humor her. ”Diann encouraged him and that left him no choice but to slip out of his own shoes and try to get his foot into the shiny patent leather flats. He was quite relieved when they didn’t fit.
“He should try it without socks” Vivian suggested.
“I am not going to wear shoes without socks” George protested.
“Of course not darling, but try it anyway. Now I am curious to know if we have the same size.” Diann said.
That left George no choice. He took off his socks and slipped his naked feet into the dainty shoes. They were a tight fit, but a fit nonetheless.
“Now walk up and down a bit for us George” Diann said. “We want to see what could have been.”
The soles of the flats made distinctive feminine sounds as he walked across the hardwood floor.
“I never realized you have such a small size, George. You know what they say about men with tiny feet? They are smaller sized in other regions too. In your case it is absolutely true.”
The girls giggled and George felt incredibly embarrassed. He only ever had any sex with Diann once in their wedding night. She made him wear two condoms on top of each other and was not impressed with his performance. Once he was done Diann had him continue with his tongue for the rest of the night. He had not even seen her undressed since then. He was not allowed to make any advances during the night and strictly stay on his side of the bed.
He saw the girls and Diann whispering in the corner of his eye, while he continued to walk back and forth in front of the desk.
“You know George, so far we only reestablished conditions that should have been in place for you anyway.” Diann said eventually “I believe we need to add an element that will act as a reminder not to stray from your rules again in the future.”
George gulped. He didn’t like to hear that.
“Wearing my shoes would have been the ideal for this purpose, don’t you think?”
“I… Yes, My love” he stammered. He could not imagine anything worse and he hoped Diann could not either.
“But of course, as you pointed out, we cannot have you wear shoes on your naked feet, can we?”
“N… No, my love, I suppose we can’t.”
“I am glad you agree with me George, because this issue is easily solved. Go to the master bedroom, open the middle drawer of my dresser, pick a nice pair of pantyhose for you to wear and put it on. Then return to us.”
George felt a shiver moving down his spine when he realized the implications of what was just said.
“Don’t bother taking off the flats, dear. You want to use any opportunity to get used to them.” Diann added, and George minced out of the office with delicate little clicking sounds.
George felt miserable. Nothing had gone as he imagined. The girls would hardly do any extra chores, but instead he was the one who would have more work now. Wearing these shoes felt incredibly humiliating and all he could think about was changing Diann’s mind on the matter.
His toes already hurt when he got the the bedroom and when he opened the drawer, all he could see was colored and textured pantyhose. Blue, white, red, even green ones, there was no tan ones and all black ones had decorative prints.
He peeked into the drawer below and it was all tan and black. George thought about using one of them, but he realized Diann had specified the drawer for a reason, so he picked white as the most subtle one.
He struggled to get into the unfamiliar garment and pulled it up all the way to his waist. It was a strange and soothing sensation and he was surprised how easy it was to get back into the shoes.
He felt like they heard him coming from a mile away when he walked back. When he returned to the office the girls had taken seats left and right of Diann behind the desk now and George felt like he was standing before a tribunal now.
“I love your choice of pantyhose, dear. White goes naturally with your new shoes, doesn’t it, girls? You won’t have any trouble fitting into my size in the future, and i obviously won’t have to worry about your sense of including them into your wardrobe.”
She smiled, while George felt miserable by the thought alone.
“Oh, don’t make a face Georgie. I was only teasing you” Diann said.
Was she? George's face brightened.
“I hope this served to encourage you to wear the clothes that have been given to you for your chores?”
“It certainly did, my love”
“Good, I remind you we had a talk about it, and you said it would not be a problem for you.”
“Yes, my love and I will be more mindful about it in the future.”
“I am pleased to hear that, George. I am glad we could resolve this issue. I mean, it was naughty, but not a terrible offensive thing to do after all. It is not like you broke your matrimonial contract by doing something stupid like smoking behind my back.”
“I am glad too, my love. I really..”
“You didn’t smoke behind my back, did you George?” Diann’s voice suddenly took a more serious tone.
“Of course not my love”
“Good, because that would actually be a violation of our matrimonial contract.”
“I… I realize that my love.” George didn’t like where this was going.
“So, if someone claimed they saw you with a cigarette out by the shed, they would be lying?”
“I… I don’t know what you…”
“Of course they would, right? How silly of me. You just said you did no such thing George, right? Even if someone would go out into the shed and find a pack of hidden cigarettes, anyone could have put them there. Maybe even the person who said they saw you. Isn’t that right?”
George felt a shiver travel down his spine for the second time this evening. Diann knew. She knew about the cigarettes he had hidden in the shed. His mind raced. Would he be able to get there and remove the evidence?
He would not. Diann reached under the desk and produced the pack of cigarettes. They were inside a little plastic bag.
“So, these can’t be yours, George. You never touched them? If I gave these to an expert, they would not find even a trace of your fingerprints, would they?”
There was no denying it any more now. “I… I am so sorry Diann”. I…”
“Oh you are going to be sorry George. I am beyond disappointed!”
“While you were gone I was actually talking to the girls on your behalf, urging them to show more responsibility around the house.
George saw the Girl's eyes beaming with glee. It must have been one of them who told her.
“Believe it or not, they knew about your filthy habit for some time and actually protected you until now. Only this new sense of maturity we appealed to made them realize they had to tell me and I still refused to believe it until they showed me the evidence.”
“Diann… I am sure we can....”
“Quiet!”
George went silent.
“Not only did you violate the contract and our marriage vows, you directly lied to my face when I asked you about it and I am deeply hurt. I want you to go to the master bedroom right now and move all your clothes and items into the room at the end of the hallway. I am banning you from our marriage bed.”
George was shocked. He thought about arguing for a second, but realized anything he could say right now would only make the situation worse, so he replied:
“Yes, my love.” but even that was wrong.
“I forbid you call me that! I cannot stand to hear any endearing terms from you, they will only remind me of your dishonesty. Do not call me by my first name either. You will address me only as ‘Ma’am’ for the time being!”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
“Now go and do as you have been told. Then come back here. We are not done.”
“Yes, Ma’am”
Diann did not reply anything and George left the office with his head bowed, still wearing the dainty ballerina flats on his feet. He had really screwed up this time. He had never seen Diann so mad and he was scared of what else she had in mind.
The room at the end of the hallway was a small chamber with a single bed and a closet. It used to be the Maid’s room when George was growing up.
There was a tiny adjoined bathroom with only a toilet bowl and a small sink on the wall.
It had not been used for years, and there was a persistent musty smell in the air.
George hurried to get his things over and just dumped them all on the bed for now. He felt like every minute Diann was alone with the Girls at this point could only make his situation worse.
Just when he was ready to return he heard a voice behind him. It was Kimberly.
“Mom said, that your ‘good’ clothes are supposed to stay in the master bedroom closet.”
“But I already brought everything over!” George argued.
“Is that what you want me to tell her?” she asked, looking at the pile on the bed.
“No… It will be like she said. Tell her I’ll be right back.” George hastily replied when Kimberly walked away.
“Whatever.” She responded without turning around.
George furiously dug through the pile of clothes, separating all this on items to the ones that he had from Diann. It took him a while to bring them all back to the bedroom and hang them neatly into the closet again. His new room was left an even bigger mess as he hurried to the office.
“That has taken you quite a while, George. I assume everything is in order?” Diann said when he entered the office where she was engaged in conversation with the girls.
“Yes, my l… Yes, Ma’am.”
“Good, because Vivian and Kimberly will go for an inspection once we are done here.”
“A inspection, but…”
“You are the one you asked that they take on more responsibilities George, and you were the one who proved to be the unreliable one, so we are going to kill two birds with one stone by having them check on your performance.”
“But…”
“In addition!” She cut him off “...I won’t have to deal with you for the time being. Everything you need from me will go through the girls.”
“But…”
“There will be no more ‘buts’ George. All I want to hear from you is ‘Yes Ma’am’ because everything is decided and there is nothing to argue about.”
George gave an inaudible sigh “Yes, Ma’am.”
“First of all I will revoke your pocket money. You are not allowed to carry any cash. The credit card for grocery shopping will be held by Vivian. You will need to ask her for it if you want to go shopping and return it to her with the receipt right after. Give it to her now.”
“Yes, Ma’am.” George took out his wallet and gave the credit card to a gloating Vivian who snatched the wallet out of his hands and gave it to her mother.
Diann took out his driver's license and handed it to Vivian, then she put the wallet into the desk.
“You will also need permission to use any of the cars, George. There are enough stores within walking distance.”
“Yes, Ma’am”
“The girls will oversee your chores. They are going set up a weekly meal plan and make sure you will shop accordingly. They will also devise a schedule of all cleaning and household chores for you to follow. Isn’t that what you wanted? They will perform frequent inspections to assure the house is in perfect shape. Isn’t that so very responsible of them?”
George boiled on the inside. “Yes, Ma’am.”
“Your regular clothing will remain locked inside the master bedroom closet. You will need to get permission to wear them. That includes shoes and socks. Pantyhose will be permanent part of your daily attire now. Vivian and Kimberly will sort through all suitable shoes and garments to put together your new wardrobe.”
George couldn’t believe how much control the girls would have over him.
“The girls really don’t have to…” He attempted to appeal the decision.
“You are absolutely right, George.” Diann cut him off again. “My daughters don’t HAVE to do any of this. They are doing this for you. I told them that a divorce would be the most simple solution. Under the circumstances it a matter of days and I do not even need your consent! They are the ones who convinced me to give you another chance. Do you even realize that you not only betrayed me, but your disloyal behavior threatened everything I did to save the company? I will not tolerate anything like this happening again! Do you understand that?”
George gulped, there was nothing to argue about. “Yes, Ma’am.”
“If anything, you should show some gratitude to the girls.”
The following pause made George realize that he was actually supposed to say it. He took a deep breath, before uttering the humiliating line. “Thank you, girls.”
“I believe you can do better than this.” Diann said “Why don’t we make it a rule that you address them by their first names.”
“Thank you Vivian and Kimberly”
“Individually!”
“Thank you Vivian. Thank you Kimberly.”
“Don’t mention it, Georgie” Kimberly said.
“Yeah, It will be our pleasure, Georgie” Vivian added.
George had no doubt about that they would take pleasure in their new duties. Calling him “Georgie” was humiliating, but since Diann did not correct them there was nothing he could do.
“That is so much better, isn’t it? But you addressed Vivian first two times in a row. We cannot have you pick favorites, Georgie. You need to be mindful and switch it up or you will earn a demerit.”
“A demerit?”
“But of course. Until now we only established some rules that should have been in place regardless. We also need to introduce a system to keep you in line.”
“As long as you perform your duties and chores diligently, you have nothing to worry about, but any negligence will earn you demerit points. Me and the girls will award them at our discretion and keep a weekly score.”
“I understand Ma’am” George didn’t even want to think about how much this could be abused by the girls.
“Yes, Ma’am”
“However you are able to earn merits too. Not by performing your normal regimen, but by going above and beyond. Girls? Any ideas?”
“He could make our beds every morning!” Vivian suggested.
“But they need to be done before we finish breakfast so we can inspect them” Kimberly added.
“Excellent!” Diann exclaimed “Did you hear that George?” Making their beds for a week will earn you a merit. Making my bed will of course be part of your mandatory duties without any reward.”
Only a single merit for both their beds for a week? George thought that it was so unfair, but he knew better than to say anything.
“There will be more merit tasks for you to do. However we will set a limit of five merits to be earned in a week at the most. If you earn more, you will forfeit any above the number. If you earn less you will forfeit all. That should keep you eager to go above and beyond your duties.”
“I understand, Ma’am”
“There will be no limit on how many demerits you can receive in a week. For now you will earn at least three demerits for any offence you commit, since there are three of us and we will consider any flaw as disrespect to all of us.”
George was boiling inside. “Yes, Ma’am”
“Merits will earn you benefits, like half a day off your duties, permission to use the car at your leisure, or even access to your precious clothes and shoes.”
George gained a little hope now that he may not have to be in his wife's clothes all the time.
“However, I will now award you 500 initial demerits as punishment for your recent behavior George. Benefits will only be considered once you diligently replaced every single one with a merit.”
George was shocked. 500 demerits! With a limit of five merits a week it would take him almost two years to work them off.
He wanted so badly to say something right now, but Diann had made it clear that arguing would only make things worse.
“I think that will be all for today. You are dismissed George.” Diann said.
George was glad that he could leave, he was about to start crying.
“Don’t forget about your inspection Georgie.” Kimberly said
“We will be over later to have a look at your new room.” Vivian added.
“George?” Diann said in a demanding tone as he was about to walk through the door.
He turned around and said:
“Yes, Kimberly. Yes, Vivian”
Chapter 2