Taming Mr. Robinson

Taming Mr. Robinson

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"Just imagine all the things I can do to you now Anne. With you vulnerable, submissive, worthless, and at my every comand." He says then grabs my shoulder and whips me around. I try to keep my gaze down but his hand is on my face and he grips it hard, making me cry out in pain. Then he forces my jaw up to look at him. His cold eyes express power. Cold, heartless power. "But I won't touch you, ever. You're still a stripper, insignificant and meaningless and dirty." Marcella should have known it was a bad idea, that this was a bad idea. How did she end up working as a maid for Mr. Robinson? Why did she choose to be stuck suffering under his power? It was bad enough that she worked as a stripper for him, disguising her identity for as long as she could. But the minute she chose to leave and find something better, she ended up as his maid. And the answer remains the same… she’s doing this for her brother, and the one promise she made. Now she’s stuck working as a maid for the ruthless Mr. Robinson and as much as he takes advantage of her position, Marcella is not ready to give up. No. She will stay and remain strong with all that she has. And who knows? She might end up taming Mr Robinson.

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Chapter 1

Chapter one

There are three rules to being a stripper.

Always act like you enjoy it while dancing with the pole...and if you do enjoy it, good for you. 

Always give most of the attention to the one who is craving for it. The whistling one. He'd give you a gold tooth when he is done slapping all the money to you pantie strap or cleavage.

Never have feelings for a customer.

"The Masked Seducer, everyone!" Comes my closing and I thankfully end with a carousel straddle, earning more whistles and cheering before I  slide down the pole, blowing a kiss to the bearded man with a cowboy hat as I seductively leave the stage.

Backstage has always been my favorite part. Sighing with exhaustion, I walk over to my makeup side of the long mirror and sit down, removing the dollar bills from my cleavage, bra strap, and pantie strap.

200 dollars.

Okay. We can work with that for now. I yank off my mask and wig at the same time, avoiding my reflection in the mirror in front of me. 

I hated this part. I hated seeing me Marcella Jensen in a stripper changing room. Hated the fact that I'm still the one wiggling my butt for money, even though I put on a mask and a red wig. 

I pull off my heels and change to my normal clothes as I grab my bag and jacket.

Do you love this? Is that why you won't get a real job?

Tyler's angry voice echoes in my head and I slip on my earphones as I make my way out the back door to the streets of Orlando.

The late drinkers are still out, whistling with their alcoholic breath while leaning against the wall of the building, others are lighting whatever they've gotten their hands on and the stench of the smoke reminds me of the first time I got the job working here.

They had been clawing at me from every corner and Tyler had given me a hell of a look when he saw the bruises.

Get another job. 

He had persuaded. 

Anything.

He had begged. But there had been no time. No time for interviews, or little pay given to waiters at the restaurants. 

And we needed the money. He needed it most for college funds and we had to pay rent.

I couldn't risk waiting for a 'respectable' job with good pay while my brother got kicked out from his dorm and we had gotten the third eviction notice.

This job was our saving grace...and still is.

He just had to understand. 

As if on cue, my phone rings out loud and I open it to see a text from Ty.

Ty: •Where are you? Isn't your time over?• 

I linger on the message a little longer to decide if he is just irritated that I'm spending so much time dancing with poles or if he is genuinely worried about me.

Ty: •Marcy?•

I smile contentedly at the second text. 

Okay.

Definitely worried.

Me: •I'm almost home. Around the block•

He doesn't reply but I can sense him staring out the window by the time I get to the apartment building. The doorman, Greg, gives me a small, pitiful smile and I'm all but used to it as he opens the door for me. His receding hairline seems to get more obvious with his whitish, grey hair.

"Mornin' Greg." I say.

"Marcy. How are you doing?" He says as I make my way to the elevator. 

"Good." I say before the doors slide close and I hit the 3rd-floor button, needing to escape our nightly routine of pity conversation. 

Greg had been working here since the big incident and way before that. He was like an old relative that knew too much. 

Tyler is watching a tv show with an uninterested look when I walk in and I notice the abandoned flat carton of leftover pizza to his left.

Sighing, I pick up the pizza box and put it in the fridge.

"We can't afford to waste food like this anymore Ty. You can't just leave the pizza open and unattended to."

"You missed visiting hours with dad." He says, still staring at the tv and I look up with a guilty sigh.

God, help me. 

"I'm sorry I couldn't make it. I have to do extra hours at the club, I told you that last week." I say and slip out of my jacket as Tyler gets up from the couch to turn to me.

I can see clear anger in his eyes, but what else is new? Putting my fingers to my temples, I do a slow massage as I can feel exhaustion and sleep weighing on me.

"Listen, can we just discuss this tomorrow? It's almost 2 am. You should be asleep anyway, you have lectures."

"So now we're talking about appropriate sleeping hours? Because you're way out of line." He says, his death glare stinging me in combination with my brimming guilt.

How could I have forgotten Wednesday was our visiting day with dad?

"Ty, please. I'm sorry, okay? I feel terrible but--"

"Whatever." He says and walks away, taking his cellphone with him. 

I stand, staring at the tv as he disappears into the short hallway and his footsteps are followed with a loud bang of his door, making me flinch a little.

Okay. The usual angry fit is over...but this time, I deserved it. I slump tiredly on the couch and stare straight at the tv, my mind reeling.

Last week, we had both gone over to 'Harmony Nursing Home' on time and we'd spent a good 2 hours with dad, even though he had barely said much.

He never says much.

I remember with a sigh as I drop my head in my hands. And then the nurse had taken me aside with the same look Greg gives me.

'I'm sorry it costs so much, but he wasn't responding to former treatment and we had no choice.'

And with that, she had slipped me the bill for his medication. Coupling that with his accommodation, rent, groceries, and Tyler's college funds, $600 is nothing but a small step to a big issue.

Determined not to bother too much, at least not for tonight anyway, I get up and switch off the tv. Then I begin to straighten out the living room, picking stray clothes hanging on the couch, our only furniture in the living room, and also on the breakfast stools in the kitchen when I catch sight of the telephone. 

Guilt is still eating on my nerves as I stare at it, weighing my choices to just try and call or not. It's not a difficult decision and I pick the phone in a second, dailing with shaky hands.

"Harmony Nursing Home." The cheerful female voice says on the other line after picking on the first ring.

"Yes, I'm calling because of my dad, Harry Jensen. I just want to know how he is doing."

"I'm sorry, Miss Jensen, but it's not possible to speak to anyone here at this time. You'd have to call by 9 am tomorrow."

"Yes, yes. I know that. I just want to hear from you how his health status is?"

"Again, I'm sorry. But I'm not authorized to give out their health status. I just take the late-night calls for emergency and take messages if necessary."

I shut my eyes for a moment, disappointment and guilt causing them to water and suddenly making it difficult for me to speak.

"Okay. Please just take a message for me?" I croak/whimper into the speaker.

"Of course." The female says.

"Just tell him that I'm sorry I couldn't visit, and I love him. From his daughter, Marcy."

"Will do." She says and I can hear a faint scribbling in the background. 

"Any other thing I can help you with?" She asks and I shake my head, forgetting she can't see me.

"No, thank you." I say and hang up, staring at the telephone.

"They won't let you speak to anyone past 9 pm." Tyler's voice comes from behind me, making me jerk a little before I turn to face him.

"I thought you were asleep." I say, wiping my eyes as he walks over to me.

"You know I always wait up for you until I know you're asleep first." He says, sitting next to me at the breakfast table.

His eyes are void of the anger they held earlier and are now staring at me with concern.

Sometimes I forget I'm older than him by 3 years when he talks to me with that overprotective tone and looks at me like I'm his little sister.

"I'm sorry for making a fit out of your coming late home. It's just, I hate it when this job of yours makes you miss important stuff like today." He says.

"This job of mine is the only thing keeping us from getting thrown out of here Ty. It's our saving grace and you know that." I say, getting a little annoyed that he still doesn't want to drop the subject about changing the job.

"There are better places, jobs, and services that--"

"That don't pay as much as I'm getting per day. I can't risk taking a chance with the rent, your college funds, groceries, and bills."

"I don't need the funds, you have better choices. I know it." He says, raising his voice and getting up.

"No, I don't." I say, getting up as well.

"Yes, you do."

"No, I don't!" I say and in a swift moment, I dig out the crumpled piece of paper in my back pocket and throw it at him.

Exhaustion takes over immediately and I slump back on the breakfast stools I was sitting on while Ty spreads out the paper.

I watch his eyes go wide as he stares at the bill.

"And that's just for the medication. Then there is also for his accommodation and our well being and--"

My voice breaks, stopping me midway as I bury my face in my hands and Tyler has his arms around me in a second.

"No, Marcy. Don't cry. I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so hard on you, I know you're doing your best. I'm sorry. I just don't like the fact that you do this disgraceful job for me and dad and..." 

He lifts my face to look at him.

"Tell you what, I can't keep leaving you to do this for yourself, I don't care what you say. I'll get a job."

What??!

"No." I say immediately. 

"Nothing too serious, I swear. Maybe a waiter in a restaurant."

"No!"

"But I can't let you handle this by yourself. We're in this together."

"But I made the promise to dad. Tyler I'm fine, it'll get better. Just focus on your studies and you'll graduate in a few years and all this will be over."

His eyes are evident with anger but they dissolve almost immediately and I can tell he is also tired of fighting.

"Now go to bed, okay." I say.

"You go to bed first. Take a shower and just rest up okay?" He says and plants a kiss on my forehead. 

Getting up, I reach for the pile of clothes I was holding but Tyler beats me to it.

"Go. Get some rest, I'll clean up." He says and I smile a little as I realize how much I need a bath and a bed.

"Goodnight. I love you." Tyler says behind me as I head towards the door and I turn to him.

"To the moon and back." I complete and he smiles broadly. 

I take off my clothes immediately I get to my room and I let the tears fall.

Who am I kidding? Tyler will always be against my job and I'll always be wishing I could change it but God knows I can't. 

Dropping out of college the minute Dad was moved to the Nursing Home was my first act by instinct. Then no one had desired to hire a college drop out and the double shifts at McDonald's weren't enough.

The third eviction notice had shaken me beyond fear, then Ty got kicked out of his dorm when he couldn't pay and then there was the promise.

The one I had said in quivering tears as dad got wheeled away in a wheelchair.

"Look after yourself and your brother. No matter what. Promise me."

Dad had said in a raspy voice as his shaky hands grasped my face. 

"I promise." I had wailed in tears. Then the paramedics had taken him away. 

"I promise." I say into the silence of my bathroom as tears take over in assistance with the dreadful memory.

"I promise you, dad." 

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Such a great story!!!
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34 Chapters
Chapter one
There are three rules to being a stripper. Always act like you enjoy it while dancing with the pole...and if you do enjoy it, good for you.    Always give most of the attention to the one who is craving for it. The whistling one. He'd give you a gold tooth when he is done slapping all the money to you pantie strap or cleavage.   Never have feelings for a customer.  "The Masked Seducer, everyone!" Comes my closing and I thankfully end with a carousel straddle, earning more whistles and cheering before I  slide down the pole, blowing a kiss to the bearded man with a cowboy hat as I seductively leave the stage. Backstage has always been my favorite part. Sighing with exhaustion, I walk over to my makeup side of the long mirror and sit down, removing the dollar bills from my cleavage, bra strap, and pantie str
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Chapter Two
I always wake up before noon, but as my heavy eyes finally react to the sunlight, the red numbers on my bedside digital clock cause me to blink severally. 2 pm? It's 2 pm?!  I sit up in shock as I stare at the clock a little longer before I notice Tyler's note next to it.  HEY, SLEEPY. THIS IS BECOMING EXPECTED BUT I'LL STILL SAY IT ANYWAY. WASH UP, EAT UP, REST UP...AND SINCE YOU MISSED SEEING DAD, MAYBE YOU CAN FIND TIME TO GO THERE BEFORE YOU LEAVE. STAY SAFE. TEXT ME. I LOVE YOU. Sighing, I slowly get up, just to feel a sharp pain at the left side of my head. I sit down back on my bed abruptly as I grasp my head with a groan. Dammit, how long did I stay up crying last night?  My entire body feels sore and my eyelids weigh a ton, my hair is in a messy knot somehow atop my head and I can sense my energy draining but I get up anyway, avoiding the small mi
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Chapter Three
It should be almost a minute now, but I'm sure I've lost track of time just standing here and waiting for the man in the shadows to at least speak. I watch him reach down and adjust his already perfectly tailored cuffs.  "Are you waiting for me to call you over or that fall had you paralyzed?" His voice comes out quietly but strict and firm. "B-But, you didn't call m--" I stutter in a state of fear that I've never experienced before but he doesn't let me finish. "They didn't think your name was of importance so I'm guessing neither are you." He says in that quiet, strict tone. "Excuse me?" I say  "Get over here and do what I'm paying for, already." "I don't even have the slightest idea of what is going on, and you just sit there...demanding and ridiculing--" He doesn't let me finish but just waved his hand a
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Chapter Four
"Peppermint latte, please. And a muffin, thanks." I say to the waiter that takes my order as I stare at my watch one more time.It's already 15 minutes past noon and I scan around the outside of the small cafe until I spot Maya exiting a taxi and making her way towards me. For some reason, I just enjoy a table out on the premises. The giggling children, the nice Orlando air, and the open space. "Marcy! I haven't seen you for so long, it's a crime." Maya exclaims when she gets to the table and I get up to hug her, giggling. "It's only been a week Maya." I say and she just rolls her eyes as she sits down. "You try having a baby and tell me if a week doesn't seem like a year." She says, reminding me again of how her life's going beautifully well. Maya was in college a year ahead of me since I had to stay behind after high school. So, two years into college and I'd dropped out while she got married.
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Chapter Five
Well?" He asks and I realize I haven't answered his first question. 'How bad do you want this job?' How bad do I want it? More than he knows that's for sure, but I can't bring myself to form a single sentence. Here I was in the presence of this man whom I'd spent less than an hour with and yet I couldn't stand him then. And now I was applying for a full-time job to be living with him, cooking and cleaning. I can't do this.I can't do this. I'm not going to spend months and maybe years with a man that would probably make me regret my existence.  I want to run out of here, I have to. I take a deep breath, ready to tell him that I'm no longer interested, but when I look back up at him, he just had a brow raised impatiently at me and I realize one thing. He
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Chapter six
Cooking in Mr. Robinson's house is more than easy, the cooking appliances, the well-stocked fridge. I don't remember the last time I made such a fancy meal. The instant I'd opened the fridge, I was in a battle with myself on what to make. There was steak, chicken anď minced beef, with so much more.  Going with the minced beef, I decide to make pasta, chili, and tomato sauce with meatballs with a recipe our nanny always used. It's almost six and I'm near panicking as I carefully dish out the meal and set the table. After much contemplation, I grab some cheese and scrape some over the meatballs and sauce. As I stare at the meal, pleased with myself, the gate wheezes open and his black, sleek  Chevrolet Camaro drives in. I'm suddenly nervous as I hear the car door slam shut and I face the sink, determined to keep myself busy with cleaning up and avoid any contact with him whatsoever. 
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Chapter seven
The contract is more like a handbook of instructions but I read it anyway, I read it like I'm trying to pass a course...and in a way, I am. In a way, the contract seems unfair; the leverage it gives Mr. Robinson to ask, demand, and request, the way he can easily take up my free weekends, and how the contract can be orally changed if he pleases. I read on anyway and learn more things, like the fact he is allergic to peanuts, he hates colored cereal, and only eats pancakes on Wednesdays.It also stipulates that he would leave his weekly dirty laundry in a bag at my door every Friday and I must have it hanging at his door Sunday evening. The rest of the huge contract is filled with "Mays or May nots" for the maid. The maid May take the car to visit relatives.The maid May Not use any other car aside from the KIA, whether in an emergency or not. The maid May raise her con
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Chapter Eight
The look in his eyes threaten me silently, taunt me, abuse me, tease me, but most of all, mock me. 'You finally took off the mask.'He knows. He knows the one big secret I had fought to hide, the one thing I had that he couldn't use to manipulate me.And somehow I feel like I'm in the same situation as in the club.He knows now.He has the power.He knows how weak I am, and how easily I fear his power. And worst of all...He knows that I know that I fear him, fear his power, fear his control. Now I have nothing against him. "And you wore a wig, smart." He says with a chuckle, mocking me. "And yet here you are again, at my beck and call. All that fuss, all that stubbornness, all that fight you put up and you still stand here...waiting for my command." He says in a quiet tone, with that evil tilt of his lip.
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Chapter Nine
Breathe, Marcy. Breathe. I try to remind myself as I race through the crowded street, barefooted.  "Marcy!" I can hear Maya call behind me but it just sounds like a fading echo. "Marcy, wait up!" Wait up?Wait up?!  How can she tell me to wait up? Ty is somewhere in a hospital probably unconscious and sterilized, the damn traffic won't move and she wants me to wait up? Oh, Tyler. Please be okay.Please, please, please. Be okay.I run past an open road with drivers honking and calling me a maniac.Maybe I am.But what does it matter? If I lose Ty.....I can't lose Ty. Oh, God. Please I can't lose him. The wind billowing past my ears block out everything and I can
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Chapter Ten
As I try to control the tears pouring from my eyes, I stare at the cheque Mr. Robinson gave me with mixed feelings. How could he treat me like this? How could he subject me to such treatment?Slowly, the memory of how I ended up in the position of being a stripper comes back to me...blinding me with regret. TWO YEARS AGO“I’m sorry, Miss Jensen. We’re looking for someone with a bit more experience than you have.” “Oh…okay.” I mutter, trying hard but failing to hide my disappointment as the man with a soothing voice on the phone slowly shatters my hope. “And although we were pleased with your characteristics and positive traits, we just couldn’t get ignore the fact that you don’t have a college degree yet.” “I understand.” “Expertise is a major requirement for the job&mdas
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