By Hard Slave

It started with small requests, beyond my job description.  Soon I found myself serving as his personal assistant, picking up dry cleaning, making his dinner reservations, covering for him when he didn’t want to see someone.  The pay was good so I didn’t mind.  Then one day my landlord told me I had to move out, someone in his family wanted my studio apartment.  With nowhere to go, he took pity on me and said he had a room in his basement, complete with an en suite bathroom that he could let me have for free.  Well, not exactly free.  I had to agree to continue my role as his personal assistant in his home.  I’d be at his beck and call 24/7 I realized, but I didn’t have much of a choice.

He showed me the room, it was unfinished with a concrete floor and with no door, it was open to the laundry room and basement stairs.  the bathroom didn’t have a door either and the bed consisted of a twin-size mattress with no frame. But it was better than any alternative I could think of, so I agreed.  He made me sign a lease to make it official, he said, even though I wouldn’t be paying any rent.  I said sure and signed the paper without reading any of it, I was happy to have landed on my feet.

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