Jay and the
Princess Diaries
Two days
previously
Yvonne
Williamson sat next to her husband Mark as he spread some photos out on the
coffee table.
“So, Charlie
and Lisa have gone with Rachel and Frank to the pictures,” she said with a
smile, “so who do we have here?”
“Meet Tom
Caine, his wife Coral and their lovely eleven year old daughter Daphne,” Mark
said before he took a drink from his wine glass. “I know Tom from professional contacts, but
believe it or not it is not him we are planning to visit them for – in fact, I
know for a fact he is in the States on business this week.”
“So why are we
visiting?!
“Remember when
we did that favour for Brian?”
Yvonne nodded,
as she said “yes – the lawyer he wanted us to steal some documents from. We ended up securing her, her daughter and
her brother and his family, right?”
“Right – well,
in the case of Coral here, she is a senior lawyer for a highly placed
politician – one who Brian informs me has some very interesting contacts. So we need some files she has - electronic
and otherwise – and I also know she has a fine collection of silver that we can
avail ourselves of.”
“Fair enough,”
Yvonne said as she looked at the blonde woman, the young girl smiling as she stood
next to her. “So why so we need a full
team?”
“Well,” Mark
said as he looked at his wife, “I happen to know that she and Daphne are
inviting a few friends round for a party and a sleepover – a themed one.”
“Oh – what
theme?” Mark picked anther photo out of
the manilla folder and showed it to his wife.
“OH you have
got to be kidding me…”
“No I am not –
so the binding is going to have to accommodate this…”
Yvonne shook
her head, and said “I may need to get some appropriate scarves – let me take
care of that tomorrow…”
2 pm
“Are you ready
yet, Daphne?”
“Just going to
the shower, Mum,” a young girl called back as Coral Caine walked along the
upper floor of their home, checking that everything was ready in the other four
bedrooms. She then looked into her
daughter’s room, smiling as she saw the camp beds that she had set up earlier,
and then walked to the staircase, lifting up the skirts of her gown as she
slowly walked down the staircase, and then caught her reflection in the large
hall mirror.
Her long blonde
hair fell down to her shoulders in soft waves, and she had a gold crown with silver jewels embedded on the
metal. Her gown was pink, with an ornate
design on it and a high collar. A Pink
fur shrug like collar went round her upper arms and the collar, and the skirt
flowed out from a gathered waist to come to the floor, hiding her gold heeled
slippers.
Smiling, she
twirled from side to side, and then made her way to the kitchen, looking at the
food which had been arranged, ready to cook and then share with everyone
else. Finally, she made her way to the
main room, looking at the assortment of movies which were laid out on the low
table.
“I think we’re
all ready,” Coral said to herself as she heard the knock on the front
door. “Funny – I wasn’t expecting anyone
for a little while,” she said t herself as she walked to the front door, and
then opened it.
“You’re early…”
“I actually
thought we were right on time, your majesty,” the man said as he made Coral
walk backwards, three more men and a woman following her in as the woman closed
the door. All five were wearing blue
boiler suits, heavy boots ang leather gloves – and black balaclavas that
covered their heads, one of them smiling as he said in a North of England
accent “hello Mrs Caine – my name is Jay Edwards.”
Coral stared at
them, before she said “I’m only going to say this one – get out of my house.”
“Coral – may I
call you Coral,” Jay said as he looked at her, “I am going to have to refuse
your request for us to leave. We have some business to work through, and
therefore we will be staying – for quite some time.”
“But… But my husband is abroad, he’s not going to
be able to do anything for you. What are
you going to do – hold us hostage and rob us?”
Jay smiled as
he said “yes – but do not be afraid. Do
as we say, and nobody will be hurt – they just will have a very different
party, with Disney Princesses as our hostages.
On which note – is your daughter upstairs?”
Coral nodded,
as he turned to the masked woman. “Mrs
McPhee, would you please go and tell Daphne what is happening?”
“Aye,” she said
as she put her bag down, and then walked slowly up the stairs. “Now, Coral,” Jay continued, “shall we go
into your main room, with you keeping your hands where we can see them, and we
can have a nice chat?”
Coral had no
idea why she wasn’t more scared, as she walked slowly into the room, Jay
following her as the masked men went in different directions…
Daphne Caine
turned from side to side as she looked at herself in the mirror. Her blonde hair was pulled up onto her head,
and into a pigtail, held in place by a pink ribbon, She was wearing a classic
Princess Aurora dress, deep pink with gold embroidery, and a white band round
her shoulders with a mock brooch at the front.
The skirt flowed out with lace underlayers showing, and she had pink
slipper son her feet.
Smiling, she
started to sing “Someday my prince will come…”
“Aye – ah am
sure he will, lass.”
Daphne turned suddenly
round to see a woman standing in the doorway, wearing a blue boiler suit and
with a black mask over her head. The
eleven year old stared at her before she said “who are you?”
“Mah name is Mrs
McPhee, yer majesty,” the woman said as she made a curtsey. “Mah friend Jay is talking to yer mammy, ahn
ah’m here to tell you how things are gonna be a wee bit different today.”
“Why are you
wearing the mask?”
“Well, mah
friend will explain,” Mrs McPhee said with a smile, “why don’t ye cum wi me –
ahn dinnae try tae call fer help, ahl richt?”
“You talk
funny…”
“Aye, ah dae,” Mrs
McPhee said as she escorted Daphne down the stairs, watching as she lifted her
skirts as well, and then went into the front room.
“Mummy, what’s
going no,” she said as she walked over to here Coral was sitting, her mother
opening her arms out before she hugged her daughter.
“Don’t be
afraid,” Coral said quietly, “but these people are here to rob us Daphne. This
is Jay Edwards – he’s going to tell us what is going to happen.”
“Hello Daphne,”
Jay said with a smile. “Now, your mother
is right – we are here to rob you, and that means you and your mother are going
to have to be kept secure and quiet.”
“You mean
you’re going to tie us up? Mummy, what
about our party – is It not going to happen…”
“Och nae,” Mrs
McPhee said “ye cahn still ha yer party – but ye’ll all be kidnapped
princesses, tha’s all.”
“So what are
you going to do,” Daphne asked quietly.
“Let me show
ye,” the masked woman said as she opened
a bag and took out some lengths of rope, handing one to Jay. “Come and stand in front of me, ahn I’ll tie
yer wrists while Jay takes care of yer ma.”
“Please stand
up and put your hands behind your back,” Jay said to Coral, who stood as she
said “we’re going to make this a very special day, no matter what,, all right
Daphne?”
“Yes, Mum,”
Daphne said as she felt Mrs McPhee cross her wrists behind her back, and then
felt the rope as they were secured together.
She then saw the rope as it was passed round her at her tummy, then
pulled tight as her arms were forced against her sides. She looked at her mother as Jay wound rope around
her arms and body, framing her chest before he tied the ropes off.
“How do you
feel,” Coral said with a smile.
“I’m all right,
mum,” Daphne said as she twisted round, “it doesn’t hurt at all.”
“Good – sit
down, both of you,” Jay said, Mrs McPhee helping Daphne to sit down before she
and Jay knelt to secure their ankles together with more rope. They both watched as the rope went round and
between their legs, before Mrs McPhee said “Gentlemen, will ye please turn and
face away.”
“Why?”
“Soo ah cahn dae
this,” Mrs McPhee said as she folded Daphne’s skirts back and then secured her legs together below her
knees, making sure the binding was tightly cinched. Returning her skirts, she smiled as she did
the same to Coral, and then stood up.
Looking at the
clock, Jay said “am I right in thinking your first guests are due?”
“Yes…”
“Well then – time
to be silent…”
3 pm
“Tale as old as
time…”
“We’re here,”
Tonya Brady said as their taxi pulled into the driveway of the house. The eleven year old was wearing a white,
blonde wig, with a long braided pigtail going won the back of her ice blue
dress. The long light blue sleeves came
down to her wrists, while the lace overdress came to the floor, decorated with
snowflakes. Her shoes were the same shade
of blue.
Her mother
Eleanor was in her mid-thirties, but today she was truly the Belle of the ball,
in her gold ball gown. The top half had short,
capped sleeves, with a gold ruffed lace band round the neckline, a gold sash
hanging down the front from the waist. Her
brown hair was styled to allow the gold ribbon to hold the bun on the top of
her head. She had gold earring hanging
from her lobes, and drew her credit card out of her gold clutch purse to pay
the driver with as he came to a stop.
“Ready for some
fun then,” she said to Tonya, the young girl nodding as both women walked to
the front door, smiling as it opened and they walked in.
“All right,
Coral what have you ohmygod…”
She held Tonya
as the door closed, and she saw the masked man standing in the hallway.
“Princess
Belle, Princess Elsa – welcome.” He made
allow bow, and then said “please, come and join your hosts in the front room.”
“Mummy, what’s
going on?”
“I don’t
exactly know,” Eleanor said as they walked into the front room, and saw Coral
and Daphne sitting there, their bodies tightly bound, and a strip of white tape
over Daphne’s mouth.
“Och, ye look
fantastic,” a masked woman aid in a Scottish accent as Tonya said “Coral, are
you both all right? Who the hell is
this?”
“We’re fine,” Coral
said quietly, “just a little – tied up.
As for who they are – the man is Jay Edwards.” Eleanor stared at the man, and then said “oh my
god – is this about your husband?”
“All will be
revealed in good time,” Jay said with a smile as Tonya looked at Daphne.
“Are we going
to be kidnapped Princesses?”
“Whahahlhr,”
Daphne said quietly.
“So we’re still
having fun?”
“You are – just
a little quiet at first,” Jay said. “My
friend Mrs McPhee will take care of young Tonya, once she and you, Eleanor,
hand my friend here your purses.”
“Mummy?”
“Do as he
says,” Eleanor said as she handed over her purse, Tonya taking hers off her
shoulder and handing it over as well.
“Noo then,” Mrs
McPhee said, “put yer hands behind yer back, Tonya. Both ye and yer mammy will be like Daphne
here.”
The little girl
nodded as she felt the soft rope holding her wrists together, Eleanor saying
“so what’s going to happen,” as her own wrists were secured together behind her
back.
“For now, I
think we gather and watch films,” Coral said, “after that – well, let’s wait
and see.”
She nodded as
the ropes forced her arms against her sides, wondering how he had managed to
calm her down as she watched Mrs McPhee use ropes to secure her daughter’s arms
against her sides. Tonya then sat next
to daphne as Jay helped Eleanor to sit on a couch, before her and the other men
turned their back.
“Why on earth
are they doing that?”
“Watch,” Coral
said as Mrs McPhee bound Eleanor’s ankles tightly together, and then lifted the
skirts of her dress out of the way, before she secured her legs together below her
knees.”
“You’re kidding
– decorum with a gang of home invaders?”
“So it
appears,” Coral said as Mrs McPhee then did the same to Tonya, before she peeled
a length of tape from the roll and pressed it down over her mouth.
“Same fer ye,”
she said as she tape gagged Eleanor, and then heard the car draw up outside.
“Shall we,” Jay
said as he and another masked man walked out, Eleanor looking at Coral as she
said “who’s next?”
“Welcome –
welcome to both of you. Please, no loud
noises or panic – there is no need for you to do so. Please, make your way into the front room,
where your host will explain what is happening.”
“I am so
sorry,” Coral said as the two latest arrivals came in, both dressed as Rapunzel
in Tangled. The older woman was wearing
a purple dress with a laced bodice and short sleeves with longer linen sleeves
coming to her wrists, the skirt coming to above her ankles and silver slippers on
her feet. She was wearing a strawberry
cloned wig, the long hair braided and over one shoulder, while her eleven year
old daughter had her natural blonde hair down the back of her neck. Her dress was similar to her mothers, with
the short, puffed sleeves, and she was wearing red shoes with white bobby Sox.
“Ronnie, those
costumes are amazing,” Coral said quietly, “did you make them for yourself and
Dawn?”
“Yeah – Coral,
who are these people, and what is going on?”
“Daphne? Tonya?”
“Whvvfrbhnkhndnhphd,”
Daphne mumbled, Tonya nodding in agreement, “hndnuhhfhswhl.”
“The man is Jay
Edwards,” Coral said quietly, “and it means we’re all having a very different
day and night. They haven’t harmed us –
in fact, Mrs McPhee is taking very good care of the girls.”
“Mrs McPhee?”
“Aye – cum here
Dawn,” the masked woman said, “ah hae tae keep ye like the others?”
“Mum?”
Ronnie looked
at the masked woman, and then said “go on – we don’t really have a choice.” She watched as her daughter slowly walked
over, and Mrs McPhee took her hands behind her back, while she felt one of the
other masked men take her own wrists behind her, and the rope on her arms.
“We’re all
going to be bound and gagged,” Coral said as she felt the rope tighten, and
then going round her arms and body, “he best thing we can all do is accept it –
so far, we haven’t really been hurt.”
“I’ve heard of
him – but your husband is abroad. What
does he want?”
“I have no idea
at all,” Coral said as Dawn sat next to the other two girls, and then Ronnie sat
next to Eleanor. She watched the masked
woman secure her daughter’s ankles, and then come over to bind her.
“Gentlemen?”
“You’re kidding
me?”
“Nhhhmnht,”
Eleanor mumbled as Mrs McPhee folded her skirt back and bound her legs together
below her knees, and then replaced the skirt before she walked over and did the
same to Dawn. She then stood up, and
said “Well, why no watch yer first film.
What shall ae put on?”
“Would you
girls like to see Encanto?”
All three girls
nodded before Dawn was tape gagged, then she gagged Ronnie as Jay said “you can
even sing along if you want.”
“go on,” Coral
said, “I need to be able to speak to the others when they arrive.”
The others
nodded as the film started, and then the first song came on.
“Thssurhm,
Wfghthfhrhghenhrshn
Sfhlhfmuhsc
Rhfmhfhtshndhsn
Thshsmhfhmhml
Hphrfhcchnshlhshn”
Coral shook her
head as everyone else tried to sing along, the tape covering their lips as she
looked at Jay.
“How? How do you do this?”
“Trade secret…”
4.30 pm
“Made it at
last,” Audrey Woods said as she parked the SUV outside the house, “I’m sorry
that work thing meant we left late.”
“It’s all
right, we’re here now,” Cindy Ashley said as the two women got out of the
car. Audrey was dressed as Snow White, the blue top
with the puffed sleeves and the high white collar, and the long yellow taffeta dress
that came to the floor. For her part, Cindy was Cinderella – the
classic ballgown in pale blue, with white opera gloves and the pale blue
headband holding her hair back, the lace shoulders standing high.
“all right you
two,” Audrey said as she opened the rear door of the vehicle, “out you get,
they’ve probably started watching the first film already.”
“Thanks, Mum,”
Mary Woods said as she got out, the toy bow and arrow in her hands. She had shorter blonde hair, and was wearing
a blue dress with yellow details, a brown belt round her waist. Cathy Ashley got out of the other side of the
car, wearing a gold and green ballgown, the green lace top with the gold sash
over one shoulder, the alternating bands of green and gold in the skirt. She also had a crown on her head, the two
girls laughing as they ran into the house.
“So what do you
think we mothers are going to get up to,” Ashley said to Cindy as they walked
towards the door.
“Well, with any
luck the girls can go into the television room and have some fun there, while
the mothers have a drink and…” The two
women stopped and stared as the door closed behind them, the masked woman
smiling as she stood with her gloved hands over the mouths of both girls.
“Good
afternoon, your highnesses – my name is Jay Edwards.”
Cindy and
Audrey looked at the masked man as their girls said “Mhmhmwhtssshphhnhn.”
“Jay and Ae are
kidnapping all the young princesses and yer mamas,” Mrs McPhee said, “to make
it a very different and special Princess Party.
Would ye like to see how?”
The two girls
stopped struggling as they heard the Scottish vice, and then looked at their
mothers as Cindy said “go… Go with her
girls, and see how the others are.”
“Cum wi me,”
Mrs McPhee said as she took her hands away from their mouths, then took them by
the hand as they walked into the front room.
Audrey heard Mary say “wow,” as Jay and two of the masked men walked forwards.
“We have some
business to discuss later with Coral, but for now you need to be as everyone
else is. Please, put your hands behind
your back.”
“So this is a
robbery,” Cindy said quietly as she felt the masked man take her hands behind
her back, and then the rope on her gloved wrists as they were secured together.
“Look at this
home, we need a new foundation
It may seem hopeless but we'll get by just fine
Look at this family, a glowing constellation
So full of stars and everybody wants to shine”
Audrey and
Cindy could hear their daughters singing -but it was the other sounds, of
muffled singing and laughter that made them look at each other, even as the
ropes were pulled tighter round their upper bodies, framing their chests as
their arms were forced against their sides.
“Our husbands
are expecting us to call later,” Audrey said quietly, “if we don’t, they will
know something is wrong.”
“Oh I
anticipate that may be the case,” Jay said with a smile, “and you will have the
opportunity to talk to your husbands – but not to tell them what is happening,
because I think the last thing you want to do is cause problems for the
others. Am I right?”
“He’s right,”
Cindy said as the ropes round her were tied off, “we just have to go with
whatever is happening.”
As they spoke,
the sound continued to come from the front room.
“Lay down your
load (lay down your load)
We are only down the road (whhrrhnlydhntherhd)
Wuhfnhghfts, bhtwhrmhne
Hndwhldhhnhthnfhruh.”
“What have you
done,” Cindy said quietly.
“Come and see.”
The two women
walked in to see Mary and Cathy sitting with the other three girls, their
bodies tightly bound and their mouths covered with white tape. They were singing along, as they saw Coral, Eleanor
and Ronnie sitting on chairs, also bound and gagged.
“Hmshrrheee,”
Coral mumbled as the new arrivals were also sat down, and then Mrs McPhee bound
their ankles and legs as the other masked men looked away.
“How, the film
will be oer in ae wee while,” she said as she stood up, “ahn hah think ye gahls
may like tae hae some fun. Would ye?”
The five girls
nodded as she looked at the disks on the table, and then picked one up.
“This one, if
yer mammies agree?”
She showed them
the box, all five women nodding as Encanto ended.
“Richt – ohn
yer feet girls, anh cum wi me tae the telly room. Ye can hae a wee dance in there as well.”
Coral and the
others watched as the five girls pushed themselves forward and managed to stand
up, and then jump to the door, one of the masked men watching with Mrs McPhee
as they left, giggling as they did so.
“Whatsghnnhhphhnh,”
Coral said as Jay looked at her.
“If I have your
word none of you is going to try to raise the alarm, we will remove the tape
and you may talk for a short while, allow you to explain what is going to
happen. Do I have your agreement?”
Coral looked round
the room as the five women nodded, and then he peeled the tape away from her
mouth.
“Fetch some water in glasses and straws, will
you please,” he said to one of the other two masked men, who nodded as he left
the room.
“Look, I’m
really sorry you have all walked into this,” Coral said as she looked round,
“at least the girls seem to be coping with it.”
“Thsshhmthlhfht.”
“What did you
say, Eleanor?”
Her friend
shook her head as Jay removed the tape from her mouth, and then said “they seem
to be coping – is that them laughing, and what’s that thumping?”
“Well, knowing
Mrs McPhee – and I do – they are dancing to the first song in Frozen,” Jay said
as he removed the tape from Ronnie’s mouth.
“This is THE
Jay Edwards,” Cindy said as she twisted round, the rope holding her upper body
firmly in place, “But your husband is…”
“As I told
Coral when we arrived, all will be explained in due course,” Jay said with a
smile as the partner returned with the glasses of water. He put a straw in one and handed it to Jay,
who allowed Coral to take a sip before she said “so what happens next?”
“Well, we see
you have the food arranged – and there is no reason why you should not all
enjoy it. And then you can all watch
another film – once the girls are ready for bed.”
“If you are Jay
Edwards,” Audrey said quietly, “we’re going to spend the night tied up in bed.”
“Indeed – and I
understand you may wish to talk to the men of the family .”
“Tom? Tom is due to call at six,” Coral said as she
started to twist round, “what do I tell him?”
“Tell him you
and Daphne are having fun – and let her talk to him as well,” Jay said with a
smile, “and then we ensure you cannot call anyone. Make sure they all have a drink – and allow
them to talk together…”
6 pm
“We’re having a
great time, Daddy – all of us have been singing and dancing along, and Mummy
has been with all the other mummies as well.”
Coral nodded as
she looked at Daphne, twisting round in the ropes as Mrs McPhee held the phone
to her head. The other girls were sat
with their mothers, Tonya and Dawn listening as Eleanor and Ronnie talked to
their fathers.
“All right
Daddy – I will s you soon. Mummy wants
to talk to you again,” Daphne said as Mrs McPhee moved to stand beside
Coral. “We’re all having a great time,
dear,” she said as she looked at Jay, “and we’re going to have some food in a
few minutes, then get ready for a night of movies.
“See you then –
bye.” As she looked at Mrs McPhee, she
ended the call and smiled as she handed the phone to an associate.
“You three can
go through to the dining room now,” Jay said, “the others will follow
later.” He took the phones from Ronnie
and Eleanor before they all stood up and started jumping.
“so you danced
like this to the film?”
“We did Mummy,”
Dawn said with a smile, “it was great fun.”
“I… I guess you
would find it like that,” Coral said as the ropes round her arms and chest
rubbed on her with each jump. As they
entered the dining room, they saw the chairs had been pulled out, as each of them
jumped to a chair and sat down. Mrs
McPhee started by untying Daphne’s arms, and then wrapping rope round her waist
and the chair back before she pushed the chair in and moved to Tonya. At the same time, one of the associates
untied Coral’s arms and then secured her to the chair.
By the time Ronnie
had been tied to the chair back, the other four had come in and joined them –
but only when all of them had been secured to the chair and their chairs pushed
in was the food brought through, Mrs McPhee pouring drinks for all of them.
“Ladies,” Coral
said as she raised a glass, “Princesses all.”
“PRINCESSES
ALL.”
“And thank you
to Jay and Mrs McPhee for not making us scared, and letting us have fun,”
Daphne said, the other girls nodding and clapping as they looked over.
“How do you do
it? Masked and armed people holding us
hostage, and they’re – happy,” Cindy said as she looked at Jay.
“It truly is a
gift, my princess,” Jay said with a smile, “I trust all your husbands are
suitably assured you are all happy, and nothing is wrong?”
“They seem to
be,” Ronnie said as she put her glass down, “but what is going to happen next?”
“Well, we are
going to ask Coral to take the girls upstairs and allow them to get ready for
bed,” Jay said, “with the assistance of Mrs McPhee, while you ladies remain bound
down here. When the time comes for their
sleepover, we will make all five of them comfortable in the same room.
“As for you ladies,
we will also ensure you are comfortably secure – in different rooms. Keep doing as we say, and no harm comes to
anyone.”
All five looked
at each other, before Audrey said “Gotta admit – it’s a bit of an adventure.”
“Tell me about
it,” Cindy said as all of them started laughing, talking, eating.
8 pm
“There you all
are – where are your outfits?”
“Hanging up,”
Daphne said as Coral led the five girls back into the room. All of them had changed into pyjamas, but
kept the theme of the day – for Daphne, that meant a pair of Frozen motif
pyjamas with a long sleeved white top and ice blue bottoms. Tonya was wearing white pyjamas as well, hers
with pictures of Disney princesses on the material.
Dawn’s pyjamas
were a purple top with the Encanto group on the front, and pink bottoms with
red butterfly prints on the legs. Mary
was wearing pink pyjamas with classic Disney princesses on them, while finally
Cathy had on a white top with a picture of Elsa on the front, the message
“believe in the journey” prominent, and purple leggings with a taffeta skirt.
One other thing
was true about all five of them – they all had their wrists crossed and bound
tightly together in front of them as they sat down with their mothers. They also had their wrists tied together, as
well as their ankles – Mrs McPhee using white tape to secure the ankles of the
girls before she started to play Moana.
“Feel free tae
sing along,” she said as Jay left them all under guard, closing the door before
he made his way to the ground floor office…
A few minutes
later, he came back in and nodded, Mrs McPhee returning the gesture as he sat
down.
9.30 pm
“Well now,” Jay
said as the film ended, “time for the girls to have their sleepover, and for
the mothers to get comfortable. Coral
and Daphne, will you come with me please.
Mrs McPhee, you take Audrey and Tonya to the selected room, and then
join us in the girl’s room. You men,
keep these ladies company until Mrs McPhee comes and fetches them.”
“See you all in
a little while,” Coral said as the two families walked up the stairs, Mrs
McPhee taking Audrey and Tonya into one room as Jay took Coral and Daphne into
the girls’ room.
“Are you going
to tie us up again now?”
“I am,” Jay
said as he took some rope from a bag, and tied it round Daphne’s arms and
stomach so that her arms were held against her sides. “Why don’t you lie down and get comfortable?”
“Go on,” Coral
said as Daphne lay down, Jay taking more ropes and securing her ankles
together, as well as her legs below her knees.
He then ran a rope from her wrists to her ankles, before he said to
Coral “time for you to change – we brought your nightshirt in here.”
Coral nodded as
she stepped out of her slippers and carefully disrobed, before putting on a
pink long nightshirt with a picture of Minnie Mouse on the front.
“Excellent –
now, put your hands behind your back.”
“Are you going
to tie Mummy tighter than me?”
“In a way – but
we are going to zip up all your sleeping bags,” Jay said as he pulled ropes around
Coral’s wrists to hold them together, then wound the rope round her arms and
chest, holding them firmly in place before he fed the rope under one arm, up
and around the back of her neck, and then under the other arm.
As he tied the
ropes off, Mrs McPhee brought Eleanor and Tonya into the room. Eleanor was now wearing a short sleeved grey nightshirt
with a picture of Winnie the Pooh on the front, the hem coming down to her
knees.
“Well, I guess
we really are all going to be secure,” she said as Jay took her hands behind
her back.
“Looks that
way,” Coral said as Mrs McPhee tied more rope round Tonya’s arms and body, then
helped her to lie in the second sleeping bag before she bound her ankles
together, followed by her legs below her knees, and then the rope from her
wrists to her ankles.
“Ah’ll go ahn
fetch the next twa,” she then said as Jay pulled the rope tight round Eleanor’s
arms and body, her night shirt stretching over her chest as well.
“Can we watch
another film when we’re all in here, Mummy,” Daphne asked as she looked at the
large screen on the wall.
“Of course you
can,” Coral said with a smile as Elanor nodded as well….
10.30 pm
“There ye go,”
Mrs McPhee said as she tied the rope down to Cathy’s ankles, and then made sure
the sleeping bag was closed over all five of them.
“We need you
all to be quiet now,”! Jay said, “so we’re going to put something in your
mouth, and then this special tape over your mouths. Just breathe through your nose and you’ll be
just fine.”
“Thank you,
Mister Edwards,” Daphne said before the folded cloth was put in her mouth, and
then the white tape smoothed down again over her mouth.
“You’re all
very brave princesses,” Coral said, the other mums nodding in agreement as one
by one they were gagged, “and we’ll all talk about this in the morning.”
“See you
tomorrow, Princess,” Ronnie said as Dawn nodded. She was wearing a blue nightshirt with Stitch
on the front, while Audrey had on a purple nightshirt with Donald on the front,
and Cindy a royal blue one with a sleeping Stitch. All now had their upper bodies tightly bound,
the ropes cinched to make sure they could not move.
“Hkhmhmhm,”
Daphne mumbled as Mrs McPhee started to play The Princes and the frog, the
girls humming along as Jay and the other masked men escorted their mothers out
of the room.
“They will be
fine,” he said, “and now for each of you.
In here first, I think.”
Coral watched
as one by one her friends were taken into a room, and made to sit on a bed as
their ankles were secured tightly together, and then their legs below their knees. Jay then pushed a folded cloth into their mouths,
before he covered their mouths with the white tape. They were then helped to lie on their sides,
their heads on a pillow as their ankles
were pulled back, and secured to their chest ropes.
“Thank you for
keeping your word, and not hurting us ,” she eventually said as she sat on her
own bed, watching as her own ankles and legs were secured.
“Our pleasure.”
“But I still
don’t understand – why here, and when my husband is away?”
“Oh, we needed
something you kept here,” Jay said as he stood up, “and we thank you for
allowing us to find it. Now, time to be
quiet – open wide please…”
Coral nodded as
she was gagged and then hogtied, watching as he turned the light off, her eyes
slowly closing as she tried to remain calm.
“The girls?”
“Ahl asleep,”
Mrs McPhee said as she closed the bedroom door.
“Good –
gentlemen, final checks, and then we can depart. The usual fees will be paid in due course.”
“Did ye manage
tae find ahl we needed?”
“Oh yes – and
earn some things for ourselves. One more
thing to do – a treat for one of them – and then we can go…”
8 am
Daphne slowly opened
her eyes and looked across to see the other four girls were still asleep, their
chests slowly rising and falling in their sleeping bags. She then looked at herself, to see her
sleeping bag was open, and the rope from her wrists to her feet had been
removed.
More surprisingly,
the rope round her ankles looked loose – and she was surprised to find as she
wriggled her legs round that the binding fell away. Slowly, she sat herself up and then looked
round, before she managed to stand up and then shuffle across the floor, her
legs still bound, her arms fixed to her sides.
The sunlight
was just starting to come through into the hallway as she shuffled along,
seeing the other mothers asleep before she went into her mother’s room, and saw
her lying on her side, her eyes closed.
Daphne quietly shuffled over, and then pressed her taped lips on her
mother’s forehead.
“Hhhssnhshsh,”
she mumbled, and then she opened her eyes and said “Ghddmhrhnhnphrnhsssh. Hwhhrruh?”
“Hmfhhnmhm –
chhnhthkththphfff?”
Coral nodded as
Daphne took hold of the side of the tape with her hand, and then gently pulled
it away from her mother’s face, watching as Coral pushed the soaking wet cloth
out of her mouth with her tongue.
“Thank you –
can you come round and put your mouth near my hand, I’ll see if I can let you
talk as well?”
Daphne nodded
as she walked round and Coral looked over her shoulder, managing to remove the
tape from her daughter’s mouth and then help her to ease the cloth from inside
her mouth as well.
She walked back
round and said “thank you. Mummy – it was exciting, wasn’t it?”
“Yes it was –
is anyone else awake yet?”
“No – the other
girls are still asleep, and their mummies are all like you.” Daphne looked at the ropes round her mother,
and then said “Our phones are downstairs, aren’t they?”
“Yes –
but…” Coral went quiet as both of them
heard the front door opening, and then a male voice saying “Ellie? You up yet?”
“BILLY – GET UP
HERE NOW,” Coral called out as there was the sound of footsteps coming up, and
then Eleanor’s husband appeared in the doorway, his eyes wide as he said “my
god…”
“Elanor is down
the hall, Tracy in Daphne’s room,” Coral said, “who is with you?”
“The other dads
– let me get them in, and get you all free,” he said as he ran out….
6 pm
“Comfy?”
Lisa and Yvonne
Williamson nodded as they sat beside each other on the couch, wearing onesies
with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck on them.
Both had been bound by Mark and Charlie, their arms and legs secured, ad
white tape wrapped round their heads to hold sponges inside.
“Right – your
film first,” Mark said as Charlie started Seeing Red, “£and then we get t watch
Mighty Ducks. Agreed?”
“Hghrrhrdd…”
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