Hard Lines
Second part of a three-parter from Whispers 4 ‘Not good. Susan. Not very good at all.’ Mr Wilmot, standing behind Susan, was shaking his head sadly. He had his two hands on her shoulders, squeezing gently as she sat at the piano. She was making mistakes, she knew she was, more than usual but she couldn’t help it. She was very nervous, scared even you could say. Those hands on her shoulders had viciously spanked her bare bottom and Susan knew he was quite capable of doing it again. Or even… the cane . On top of all that, or rather underneath it you could say, was that dreadful cellar. Underneath her at this very moment. Extensive, Mr Wilmot had said. Stretching for miles probably. Black tunnels and rooms full of rats and other nameless things. She shouldn’t think about the cellar, she knew, but Susan couldn’t help it and that was probably why she was hitting all the wrong notes. It was late afternoon of Susan’s firs