He
was strangely enjoying the way he was commanding this full sized woman in her
own house, where she theoretically had all the advantages. She was so close,
almost within striking distance of him, and yet he was using himself as a
hostage to keep her in line. He hoped he would live to restore his size and
write about this experience. It could sell as the most original cliff hanger
scene.
“Hadn’t
really thought that far, had you?” she said.
“I
have now,” said Patrick. He moved across to the outside window ledge, and got
as far from the pillow end as possible.
“Now,
Colleen, very slowly and carefully, I want you to lie on the bed, on your
stomach, to limit your movements as much as possible. Pull the pillowslip off
the pillow. Then dangle it out of the pillow’s end of the window. I’ll be
watching you closely. If you make the slightest move to grab me, I’ll jump off.
Close the window, so that the pillowslip is jammed in it at your end. Lock the
window. Once I’ve seen you do that, I want to look through the pane and see you
move to the far side of the room. Only then will I slide down the pillowslip
and onto the garden bed and run for my life.”
“You’re
reneging on a contract,” she said, “We shook hands, even fingers and tongue,
remember?”
“I
did civics at school,” he answered, “Unconscionable contracts are not legally
binding.”
“You
still gave me your word,” she said.
“Which
you got me to do after creating a situation where I couldn’t possibly think
clearly,” he said.
“An
engineer and a lawyer!” she marvelled, “I do admire you all the more for this,
but you know I have to make sure you can never develop either of those careers,
Patrick. Alright, I’ll give you the chance you’ve succeeded in forcing from me.
Once you’ve descended that pillow case, you will have neutralized your own
threat to jump. I’ll be outside looking for you in no time. I will catch you,
and I will swallow you whole for my dinner tonight, Patrick!”
“You
look so thrilling, when you assert yourself, Colleen.”
“Enjoy
it while you can, my crafty little friend.”
He
positioned himself on the outside location of best advantage, and watched
Colleen edge across the bed. He looked at her breasts and neck as she lay on
her stomach in her nightie. It was almost a sight sufficient to entice him to
stay and await his original fate.
“What
are you going to do about your size?” she asked, “I won’t let you get near the
machine.”
“I
don’t know. The first thing is to get away.”
“Do
you think you’ll meet someone who’ll love you at that size?”
“Would
you, if it was the only way to keep me from jumping?”
“You
know you can’t trust my word, now that you’ve broken yours.”
“True.
I doubt I’ll get over you any time soon, but I have to try to escape. What else
have I got otherwise except the shortest and greatest thrill of all?”
“Well
good luck,” she said, as she positioned the pillowslip, “I don’t think I’m
going to need it. I won’t punish you, when I catch you. I’m going to enjoy
eating you all the more, knowing the lengths you’d use to avoid it.”
“May
the best man or woman win,” he said.