Note: This story was dynamically reformatted for online reading convenience. The following story is fictional. The author reserves all rights conveyed by The Berne Convention. No on shall redistribute this story without the author's permission. No one shall profit from redistributing this story. The Red Haired Waif Chapter 3 By Happy A few minutes after arriving home, an annoying buzz came from the panel by the entrance door of his apartment. Anthony went to the intercom panel and pressed the 'talk' button to ask, "Who is it?", and then pressed the 'listen' button. "It's Melody", the voice said through the speaker, "I'm looking for Rain". His finger went back to the talk button, "She's here. I'll buzz you in. It's the first door on your right." Anthony held his finger on the 'door' button until he could hear the squeak of the main entrance way opening in the hallway. When he let go, the buzzing sound ceased. He then walked to the couch and sat. The man looked at Rain and said, "I think that your friend would be more comfortable if you answered the door". There was a very light knock on the entrance of the studio. The red haired girl rose and went to open it. There stood a cute sandy brown haired woman that appeared to be the same age as Rain. "Come in", She said to Melody. The sandy brown haired woman stepped into room just past her friend and looked around. The red haired girl closed and locked the door and stepped in front of her friend. She explained what happened to her car, belongings, and apartment. Then she told the story of what Anthony had done for her so far. Part way into the story, Rain reached out and started unbuttoning Melody's white blouse. On the third button, The sandy brown haired woman gently put her hands over Rain's hands and begged, "Not in front of him. Please". The red haired girl looked up from the buttons to meet Melody's eyes and firmly stated, "Most definitely in front of him. He has been very good to me. You are going to be his eye candy. I can either get you ready to be introduced to him or I can send some photos to various members of the media. It's your choice". Melody dropped her hands to her sides. Rain finished opening the front of the blouse and slipped it off of her friend's shoulders. A tiny white padded bra came into view. The white blouse was carefully draped over the back of a nearby chair. The red haired girl then turned back to her friend and put her hands on her hips. "Seriously?!", she asked, "You knew that you were going to visit me and yet you decided to wear a bra?". Rain grabbed Melody's shoulders and spun her around 180 degrees so that her back was to the red haired girl and Anthony. The sandy brown haired woman let her bra be unhooked and removed without a struggle. Melody then turned her head to the side as her friend walked away with her bra and dangled it over the trash bin. "Please don't. I need that for a media photo-op with my father later today. I can't be photographed by those bright flash bulbs in a white blouse with nothing underneath. My dad would never speak to me again", the topless girl pleaded. She was being careful to keep her back to the man sitting on the couch. The red haired girl hesitated as she held her friend's bra in the same precarious position. "I have news about a job opening", Melody added hoping that would help her cause. "I'm listening", Rain replied. "It's a local business that ships products to customers based on website sales", the topless girl began, "My friend Kathryn is the receptionist there. She answers the phone and helps the Marketing department when not taking calls. She says that they need an office assistant". "What would I have to do?", asked the woman holding her friend's bra. "Filing, photocopying, monitoring the fax machine, serving refreshments during tel-conferences, and covering for Kathryn during her breaks, lunches, and days off. She says that today is the last day of interviews", Melody answered nervously as she glanced at her bra and then at the man. Rain looked at Anthony for a sign of approval about the job. He nodded. The topless girl continued, "There's more. Most companies have a dress code. This one has an 'undress code'. It's voluntary, but those that participate are financially compensated more than double the amount of those who don't. Kathryn told me that the first time someone enters, they are given a legal document to sign that gives only two choices. Either participate or be willing tolerate the policy. Those who will not sign either one are asked to leave immediately". "What do they sell?", Anthony asked. The topless girl did her best to look the man in the eyes without exposing her bare chest and answered, "About 60% of their products are medical needs. They sell everything from small packets of bandages to top-of-the-line hospital beds. The other 40% is mostly adult stuff". "Is that all you know about it?", the man asked. "Yes, but Kathryn can explain more. She promised that she would help as much as possible", Melody replied, "We should go soon so I can introduce you to her". Rain stepped toward her friend while still holding the tiny white bra and crouched behind her. The red head reached up underneath Melody's skirt and pulled her panties down to her feet. "Step out of them", she quietly instructed. When her friend's feet were clear Rain took possession of smallest white garment belonging to the topless girl. The red head stood from her crouched position and silently walked away to the bathroom. In a moment, she reappeared with a hand towel, but without her friend's under garments. She took her sandy brown haired friend by the elbow and guided her to the couch in front of the man. "I'd like you to meet Melody. Other than the contents of my car and what you've bought for me, she is all that I own. She is the most valuable thing that I possess", Rain stated. Anthony had his first frontal view of Melody wearing just a short skirt and sandals. She was beautiful, but she had the chest of a slightly developed twelve year old. Rain leaned forward and draped the hand towel over Anthony's left thigh. "This is so she doesn't soil your trousers", the red head told the man. "Sit on him like you do for me", Rain insisted as she looked at her topless friend. Melody took the last step forward and placed her bottom gently on the towel. She was careful not to sit on her skirt. The sandy brown haired girl pivoted so that the back sides of her knees rested on his right thigh. Then she put her right hand on the back of the couch behind his head. "Good", Rain said as she took Melody's free hand and stuffed it up underneath the front of the topless girl's skirt. The red haired girl looked at Anthony and said, "Get in position to support her upper body. In a short time, she is going to crumple. Please don't let her fall". He nodded as he hooked his left arm around Melody's back and gently took hold of her bare rib cage. Rain warned the man, "Don't be deceived by the size of my friend's chest. She is extremely sensitive there", as the red head took Anthony's free hand at the wrist and guided it to the topless girl's left breast, "She loves to have her chest massaged. Move your hand in a soft circular manner over each nipple. Be sure to massage both equally. She will do the rest. Just be ready to catch her". "I've got her", the man said with a tone of assurance. "Okay, I'll leave you two to bond", Rain said as she turned to the dresser and closet to retrieve new clothes. Then she disappeared in to the bathroom to change. One minute later she opened the bathroom door and peeked out at the action. Anthony was still rubbing with one hand and holding onto the topless girl with the other. There was a lot of movement going on under the front of Melody's skirt and her eyes were squeezed shut. Rain tucked back into the bathroom to apply makeup, brush her teeth, and hair. That's when she heard the loud female wailing begin. The red head smirked at her own image in the vanity mirror. By the time that the wailing stopped, Rain was ready and stepped out again. The red haired girl saw Melody curled up as tightly as she could against Anthony's chest. The topless girl was desperately trying to get her breathing back to a normal rhythm. The man had a safe grip on her. "Did you enjoy that?", Rain asked her panting friend. Melody nodded with closed eyes. Anthony grinned slightly. "Please help her to stand", the red haired girl asked of him. The man rose from the couch with with the topless girl cradled in his arms. He gently placed her feet on the floor. She opened her eyes. When he sensed that she was steady enough to stand alone, he let her go. When Melody's vision cleared she found herself staring at a small white board with a marker clipped to it. The board was stuck to the door of the fridge and had six hash marks drawn on it with the marker. She looked at Anthony curiously. The man had seen her studying the board. "That is just something to aid my memory", He answered to her unasked question. "Go freshen up", Rain said to her half naked friend. Melody walked away slowly toward the bathroom. The red haired girl bent to pick up the hand towel from the floor where it fell from the man's leg. She stepped away and put it in the washer, added some detergent, and pressed 'start'. Rain returned to where Anthony was standing. She openly groped him through his clothing as she spoke to him. "I'm going to have Melody bring me to the job interview. You should stay here and take care of 'personal' business", she said as her hand left him. The man nodded as the topless girl exited the bathroom and approached. "I couldn't find my bra and panties", Melody said quietly. "You won't need them for a while", Rain began, "If you're a good girl, I'll let you have them back when we return. If you don't complain, I'll let you have 2 photos in stead of just one". The red head pointed to Melody's blouse still draped over a chair and said, "Put that on, but don't fasten any buttons. You can hold it closed with your hand until we are seated in your car. Then you have to let go. What ever happens, happens. The still topless girl had a look of dread on her face. She drove a bright yellow Mustang convertible (thank you daddy). The top was down. The swirling air and wind would certainly expose her. Sure enough, when they had driven the four minutes to meet Kathryn, Melody's modesty was lost. Her blouse was wide open in the front. She made introductions between Rain and her friend, the receptionist. Kathryn produced the documents for each of the young ladies standing side-by-side to sign. The first thing that Rain did was to reach over to Melody's copy and drew a check mark in the box next to the word 'participate'. Then she checked the same box on her form. When the girls had signed , Kathryn rose from her chair to accept them. For the first time, the other two women could see that she was totally bottomless. Rain quickly ushered Melody away from the desk and in to the front area of the lobby. The red head slid her friend's blouse off and told her to sit in one of the chairs in the waiting area. Rain then removed her own skirt to reveal that she was also bottomless. She hung both garments on a free standing coat rack near the entrance door. Kathryn was standing beside her desk. She called out, "Follow me Rain. I'm going to set you up in the conference room to fill out your application. Your interviewers will be there shortly". Melody watched in amazement as the two women disappeared down the hallway bare from the waist down and acting like it was normal. She looked down at her naked chest and blushed. Forty minutes later, Rain emerged back into the lobby with a big smile on her face. She stopped right in front of Melody. The red head raised her hands in victory. "I got the job!!", she said triumphantly. The two women hugged while jumping up and down. As they re-dressed to leave, Rain asked, "Please let me use your cell phone. I'd like to give the good news to Anthony". The still topless girl handed over her cell phone. As Melody buttoned her blouse in a hurried manner, the red head finished her call. "Anthony is very happy for me", Rain began, "He asked us to meet him at the Ford dealership. The car is ready". There was much celebration that evening. Two weeks later, Anthony returned to the studio after a series of appointments. Rain should have been there. Her work shift ended two hours ago. But, Anthony was alone. On the desk near the windows lay a note. There were two paper weights on it. They were his spare keys to the main entrance door and the studio. The note read: 'This is a horrible thing to do to you after you've been so giving to me. My high school sweetheart found me. He had to move away after our sophomore year because of his father's career. Justin is the shipping/receiving manager where I work. He's been back in this area and looking for me for over a year. I left you a gift in your top dresser drawer. I'm sorry, but I had to make a hard decision'. Anthony smiled at the note as he crumpled it up and dropped it in the trash bin. Then he stepped to the white board and drew a seventh hash mark. The top drawer to his dresser had been emptied by him to make room for Rain's new clothes. The man opened it. Inside were a bundle of over two hundred photo prints bound by two criss-crossing elastic bands. Where the bands met on top, was a memory chip for a digital camera. There was a 'post-it' note next to the bundle. It read: 'She is yours now'. "Rain has given me her most valuable possession", He said out loud to nobody. At that moment, the door buzzer sounded. Anthony pushed the drawer closed with the contents still inside. He moved to the panel and asked, "Who is it?". "It's Melody. Rain told me to visit you". "Come in please" , Anthony answered as he pressed the 'door' button. In the morning, the two were saying their farewells at the open door of the studio. The man had the bundle hidden behind his back. "You are welcome here at any time, but I want it to be because you want to and not because of this" ,He said as he showed her the bundle. Melody suddenly dropped her purse and leaped onto him in a passionate kiss. She put her feet back on the ground and accepted the bundle. The man watched from his windows as she drove away. When she was gone, he stepped to the white board and drew an 8th hash mark.