Chapter Two
Meeting the Miller’s
I grew more nervous the closer we got to our destination. Seeing the type of neighborhood that we were driving through I could tell that my aunt and uncle were well to do I just didn’t know what to expect of them.
“David, I know that you’re anxious about meeting your Uncle and his family but just try to relax. I’ve known them for years and I’ve yet to meet a nicer family.” I nodded at this and willed myself to relax.
“I’m sure it’ll take some time to adjust to all this. Just don’t worry about anything. They’ve been wanting to meet you for years especially your cousins.”
“Cousins?” I choked out going a bit pale thinking that all the crap I had been through with my half-brothers was going to start all over.
“Yes. You have four cousins. Megan, she’s 16. Bradley, who’s 14 Isaac, is your age and then David, the youngest is 10.” Mrs. Sullivan kind of smiled at this last part.
“Though I get the feeling that they’ll probably call you by your middle name to make things easier. Unless you have a nickname that you go by instead.” I just frowned a bit at the thought of my new family using the name I been referred to by over the years.
“I take it you don’t want to be referred to by that name, whatever it might be?” I just nodded.
“We’re here.” I was told a few minutes later as we pulled into the driveway of an enormous house.
“Just relax. Everything will be fine.” I was told as I felt a hand being placed on my shoulder. I flinched big time when I felt the hand come in contact with my shoulder. When looking back over my shoulder, I saw that Mrs. Sullivan had a shocked look on her face as she pulled her hand away. I tried to give a wan smile, but I was just too nervous for it to be really effective. A few moments later we were standing in the entryway of the house.
“Dr. and Mrs. Miller will be home in a few minutes. They were unavoidably delayed” The housekeeper informed us.
“Would either of you care for a drink while you wait?” We were asked while being led into a study.
“Nothing for me, thank you. Could you direct me to the restroom, though, please?” I asked formally.
“Certainly.” I managed to get to the bathroom and get my pants down just moments before my bladder released itself.
“God, I hope things are different this time. I don’t know how much more I can take.” I silently prayed while washing my hands and face. After taking several deep breaths, I walked out of the bathroom and back towards the study I had left just a few minutes before. As I neared the door, I could hear people talking and realized that my new masters had arrived. Straightening my clothes I walked through the door to meet them.
“Ah, David there you are. I was almost thinking we were going to need to send a search party out for you.” Mrs. Sullivan laughed before continuing with the introductions
“David, I’d like you to meet your Uncle Brian and Aunt Mary.” I was told as the other two adults in the room turned to face me for the first time The last thing I remember before passing out from the shock was my father’s face looking at me.
“What happened ?” I asked as I started to come around. I immediately stiffened and started to back away as I saw my uncle leaning over me.
“Easy there. You fainted. You’re going to be OK now.” I was told by a soft female voice. I jumped at this sound since it was right next to my head
“It’s all right. No one is going to hurt you.” I was told as I felt a pair of hands firmly, but gently push me back into a prone position on the couch. After a few more minutes I finally started to calm down and relax a little bit. About this time I noticed that there were other people in the room that I guess were my cousins. This was confirmed a few seconds later when my aunt spoke to the oldest one.
“Megan, would you take David up to his room so he can lay down for a bit?” she was told as her mom helped me stand up from the couch. I was still a bit wobbly and nearly fell over when I took my first step. One of the boys managed to catch me before I fell and after placing one of his arms under my shoulder helped me from the room.
I was more than a little shocked at the size of the room I was led into by my cousin, who I found out was Bradley, though he preferred to be called Brad. The room was at least four times the size I was used to. It had a King sized bed in the center of the room, a large dresser on far wall, an empty entertainment center along the wall in front of the bed, and what looked like a computer desk off in the corner by a door I found out was a walk in closet. Along the last wall was another door I was told led into a full-sized bathroom that I would be sharing with Isaac.
“I hope you don’t mind, but we took the liberty to put your clothes away for you. You’ll find your Pj’s in the bottom dresser drawer.” Brad told me as he helped me over to the bed to sit down.”
“I have to say you scared the hell out of us when you passed out like that. I guess you were more nervous about coming here than we thought.” Brad added with a light chuckle, though he still had a concerned look on his face. About this time Megan came into the room.
“You can head back on downstairs Brad, I’ll take it from here.” she told her brother as she walked over to dresser and pulled out a pair of the sleep pants, and a beat up T-shirt I used as pajamas.
“We’ll be needing to get these replaced pretty soon.” I was told as the clothes were dumped on my bed along with an item I didn‘t recognize
“Well, what are you waiting for? Start getting undressed.” I was all but commanded.
“I’d like some privacy first.” I replied softly.
“OK. Not meaning to embarrass you, but mom wanted me to make sure you put those on” She announced, pointing to the mystery item.
“Call me when you’re done so I can make sure you’re really wearing them.” With a nod of my head, I told her I would do so. I waited a few moments before I started to undress so I could make sure Megan wasn’t going to walk back in on me. Once I was naked, I picked up the item I couldn’t identify and examined it closer. After a brief moment, I realized what I was holding and why they wanted me to wear it.
“Well this will probably be better than waking up in a wet bed.” I thought to myself as I stepped into the GoodNites I had been given. Just as I finished pulling up my sleep pants the bedroom door opened and Megan came back in.
“Sorry, but I have to make sure you have the pants on.” I was told sheepishly as I felt the front of my pants being pulled down a bit exposing the top part of the GoodNites I was now wearing.
“I’m sorry I had to do that but mom wanted me to make sure you had them on.” I was told again as I was led over to my bed and helped into it.
“Dad wants you to take these as well. They’re to help you get some sleep” I was informed as Megan handed me two small pills and a glass of water
“Sleep well.” I was told as Megan took the empty glass from my hand and leaned over to try and give me a goodnight kiss. She didn’t get close enough for that because of how bad I flinched when she started to bend over to do so.
“OK Judy, you want to fill us in on what’s going on with David?” Brian was asking his Mother-in-law.
“As far as I can tell, David has been definitely abused emotionally and I wouldn’t be surprised by physical abuse either. I wasn’t able to get much out of him on the way here, but he seemed to act more like a servant than anything else.”
“But who would do something like that to a kid?” came the next question, this time from Mrs. Sullivan‘s daughter.
“Don’t take this the wrong way Brian, but if I had to hazard a guess, I would have to say your brother. Given David’s response from when he saw you.”
“I don’t buy that. My brother loved kids. He wouldn’t do anything to harm them.”
“I can only go by what I’ve observed. I can accept that he would have been startled by you appearance. I can’t, however, ignore the look of terror he had just before he passed out, or when he saw you on coming to. Based on this, I’m going to recommend that he be given a complete psychological exam I would suggest you have it done as quickly as possible.” Both of the Miller’s nodded at this.
“What about David’s belongings though?” Mary asked her mom.
“The Wu’s had said they shipped all of his belongings here.” Came the reply.
“I find that hard to believe. Given the condition Megan said his clothes were in. We’ll wait a week and if nothing has shown up by then, we’ll give them a call.” Once Mary’s mom had left, she and her husband spent the rest of the evening talking to their other kids about their new brother Making it clear that if they noticed anything strange to let them know at once
I awoke with a start the next morning. The first thing I realized was, that even with the GoodNites on, I managed to soak the bed. With a sigh, I stripped the bed and tossed the soiled bedding down what I realized was a laundry chute. After getting a quick shower, I dressed in my normal weekend suit and headed downstairs.
“Morning, sir.” I said formally as my uncle walked into the kitchen about Ninety minutes later
“How would you like your coffee?” I inquired as my uncle sat down and I handed him the morning paper.
“Black would be fine.
“Yes, sir.” I replied as I headed off to get his coffee.
“Breakfast will be ready shortly, sir. Would you care for me to wake the others this morning?” I asked politely while my uncle sipped his coffee.
“That would be fine. You can go ahead and get ready for the day yourself.” I was told without my uncle really seeing how I was dressed.
“Of course, sir.” I replied as I walked off to wake my cousins.
I took the time to gather the clothes my cousins had worn the day before and laying out fresh clothes before waking them. By the time I returned downstairs, my aunt had joined my uncle at the dining room table.
“Morning, Ma’am. Would you care for any coffee this morning?”
“Just juice would be fine.” I was told through a yawn.
“Yes, ma’am. Do you know whether the young sirs and ma’am would care for juice or milk?” I asked so everything would be ready for them when they got to their places.
“Both would be fine.”
“Of course.” I replied as headed off to comply with my instructions.
“So what’s the special occasion?” I heard Megan ask her parents when she saw that her place had been already set.
“What do you mean?” her mom replied through a yawn.
“I mean with how my clothes were laid out for me and now breakfast is being served to us.” She explained to her still half asleep parents about this time the boys joined everyone else at the table.
“Well, this is a shock. You guys fully dressed at this time of the morning.” I heard my uncle say with a laugh.
“We thought we were going to be going somewhere since our clothes were laid out for us when you sent David in to wake us up.” Brad replied with some confusion
“Did you know anything about any special plans?” My aunt asked in surprise
“I don’t remember talking about us doing anything. I figured we’d be spending the weekend around the house mostly while David got acclimated and everything.”
“Speaking of which, where is David?” My uncle added in surprise looking my empty place setting.
“You called sir?” I asked as I brought out the first platter of food for breakfast. I felt that I was in deep shit with the look that I got from my aunt and uncle as I placed the food on the table and went to stand by him at attention
“Is something wrong ?” I asked nervously.
“Would you mind telling me what’s going on?” I was asked
“Sir?” I asked in confusion.
“Would you mind explaining what all this is about?” I was asked again.
“I’m sorry sir, but I don’t understand.” I replied nervously My uncle was about to say something when the door bell sounded.
“Excuse me for a moment sir.” I replied with a short bow as I walked off to answer the door.
“Well, don’t you look sharp this morning.” Mrs. Sullivan said with a smile when I opened the door and asked her to step inside.
“Thank you , ma’am. Dr. Miller is in the Dining room if you’d care to join him. May I get you some coffee or juice?” I asked as I led her off towards the dining room.
“Coffee would be fine. Thank you.” came the shocked reply as I announced her.
“Dr. Miller, Mrs. Sullivan to see you sir.” I called out as I led her to her seat and quickly set a place setting for her before going to get the rest of the food.
“David would you please take a seat. Your standing there is getting on my nerves a bit.” My aunt called out a few minutes later.
“I’m sorry ma’am, but my joining you wouldn’t be proper Since my presence annoys you, I shall be in the kitchen should you need my services” I replied in a meek tone before bowing to them and left the room. Leaving everyone in stunned silence.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I expect you to get him in to see Frank first thing Monday morning.” Judy told her daughter.
“I think you’re right. I just hope we can make it through the weekend.”
“Mary, if you don’t mind I’d like to have a talk with him before you take him out shopping today.” Brian told his wife.
“Megan, would you mind getting him a change of clothes laid out for him while your father and I have a talk with him?” Mrs. Miller asker her daughter.
“Sure mom.” Came the quiet answer.
“Boys, would you mind spending some time outside while your Father, Grandma, and I try to find out what’s going on.” the boys just nodded their heads and quietly excused themselves after finishing their meal quickly.
“Mom, could you come in here for a minute?” Megan called a few seconds after she entered my room to lay out the clothes she was asked to.
“What is it Meg?”
“I think we might need to go with something heavier than the GoodNites for David.”
“Why?” Mrs. Miller asked before seeing the condition of my bed.
“I thought you made sure he had the GoodNites on last night?”
“I did and I found them in the bathroom trash. I guess he’s a heavier wetter than we thought.” Megan told her mom with a shrug.
“OK. If you wouldn’t mind could you clean the mattress up as best you can then make sure a plastic sheet is placed on it before the bed is remade.”
“I’ll make sure it gets taken care of.”
“David, would you join us in the study please?” my uncle asked me as I finished placing the last of the dishes in the dishwasher and started it.
“Of course, sir.” I stated nervously.
“What may I help you with sir?” I asked a few moments later as the study door closed behind me.
“You can start by explaining what was going on this morning?” My uncle asked gently.
“Was there something wrong with the service sir?” I inquired with a sense of dread.
“In a way, yes. What made you decide to fix a meal like that on your first morning here? Not to mention laying out clothes for your cousins before waking them up.”
“I..I’m sorry if I offended you sir, ma’am. I thought this is what was going to be expected of me.” I stammered out to my aunt and uncle.
“If you’ll tell me what is expected of me I will make sure your orders are carried out as best I can.” I told them softly while looking at the floor trying to hold back tears.
“You can start by letting one of us know when you get up if your night pants leaked” My aunt told me kindly. I about felt my heart stop at this knowing that my first beating wasn’t going to be long in coming. Before I could say or do anything, Mrs. Sullivan spoke up.
“I’m sorry if I seem a bit slow on the up take here, but could you explain to me why you felt the need to act the way you did this morning David?”
“Because it is expected of me to take care of my master’s needs.” I replied without thinking. I felt like I was about to die when I saw the shocked looks on my aunt’s and uncle’s face.
“Thank you David. That will be all. Please go change into the clothes Megan has laid out for you.” Mrs. Sullivan. told me in a commanding tone, while motioning for her daughter and son-in-law to remain silent.
“Yes, ma’am.” I announced as I bowed and turned to leave the room
“Is there something I can help you with Megan?” I asked as I walked into my room and saw her looking through my closet.
“Mom wanted me to get some different clothes out for you to wear when we take you shopping later. But I can’t find anything that doesn’t look like it belongs in the rag bin. Well, it looks like you and David are about the same size.” Megan said thoughtfully before continuing.
“Wait here for a minute while I go and get some better looking clothes for you to wear.” I just nodded at this and stared to get out of my suit and into the clothes Megan had originally laid out for me. I was getting my shoes back on
“I thought I told you to wait for me to get back?” I was told sternly as Megan came toward me.
“I’m sorry. I figured that you were meaning something else as I turned to try and get away from her. Megan managed to grab the collar of my shirt just as my feet got tangled in the bedding that was still on the floor. I felt my shirt rip away as I fell towards the floor.
“OH My GOD!!” I heard Megan scream shrilly as she caught a look of my back just before she ran into my bathroom and started retching.
“Megan what’s wrong!?” My aunt called out frantically as she came rushing into the room just a moment after I managed to pull the blanket over me
“David.” I heard her reply weakly before she became sick again.
“David what’s going on in here?” My uncle called out. I started backing away quickly holding the blankets even tighter to me. My uncle started walking towards me with a concerned look on his face. All I could see though was my father’s rage filled face coming closer to me.
“NNOOO!!!” I screamed as I felt the blanket being pulled off me. On seeing my uncle’s rage filled face, I promptly wet myself and started crawling towards a nearby corner as fast as I could.
“Mary? Brian? What’s going on in here? We can hear the yelling all over the house.” my grandmother inquired as she walked in to the room.
“My lord!” I heard my uncle finally mutter as it finally hit him what he was looking at. He instantly fell to the floor next to me and the second his hand touched my shoulder I let out a loud gasp and passed out in his arms.
I woke up what I thought was several hours later feeling completely worn out and disoriented When I became fully aware of my surroundings, I realized two things. First was the fact that all I had on was a diaper, and the second was the fact that it was completely soaked.
Due to the rumbling that I was getting from my stomach, I got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom to clean up. When I turned on the bathroom light I received an even larger shock when I saw that I was wearing cloth diapers and plastic pants and not the disposable that I had first thought. After pulling the plastic pants down, I saw the diapers used a Velcro closure on them. Pulling the diapers open, I stepped out of them and placed them in the sink and rinsed cold water through them While I left them to soak, I jumped into the shower and quickly cleaned myself off. Once this was done, I headed back into my room to get dressed. I was more than a little surprised and scared when I found that the only clothes I had left were my good suits, the better conditioned underwear, some T-shirts, and my only pair of sleep pants. Quietly dressing in the sleep pants and a dark T-shirt, I then made my way downstairs.
“Good morning David. How are you feeling this morning?”
“Fine ma’am. I’m sorry about the problem I caused earlier and am ready to accept any punishment you deem appropriate.” I informed my aunt before really catching what she said.
“Uh, Morning ?”
“Yes, morning. You’ve been asleep for almost Forty-six hours straight. So, I’m guessing you’re rather hungry by now. And, just from curiosity, what would you consider an appropriate punishment for the problem you think you caused?” I was asked.
“Forty lashes a day and Two days on the cross.” I replied without hesitation
“Fifty lashes and Three days?” I said quickly, on seeing the look my aunt was giving me. Before I knew what was happening, my aunt was out of her seat and pulling me into a tight hug. I about jumped out of my skin when she first touched me, but soon found the embrace oddly comforting.
“How could anyone even think about treating a child like that? Let alone their own child?” I heard my aunt wonder softly. A few minutes later, she broke the embrace.
“I’ll tell you now those days are behind you. Your uncle and I will never do things like that to you ever. We might swat your butt a time or two if you do something really bad. Now this is what I am going to do for the problem from the other day. After you have had something to eat. I’m going to take you out to get you some new clothes then I’m going to take you see a couple of doctors to see what we need to do to get you back to being a healthy young man” I was told. Before I could say anything, my aunt was calling out to someone.
“Anita, would you come here for a moment?”
“Yes, Ma’am?” an older Hispanic lady asked coming out of the kitchen
“The young man would like something to eat.”
“Of Course. It’s good to see that he’s doing better now. What would you like to have?” I was asked kindly.
“Some oatmeal and juice would be fine.” I told her timidly. I could tell Anita was giving my aunt a concerned look about the small amount of food I was asking for.
“While we’re waiting for your food, there is a couple of things I would like to talk to you about.” I stiffened a bit at this but nodded for my aunt to continue.
“Firstly, would you mind being addressed by your middle name. It would get a little too confusing having two David’s in the house.”
“I guess that would be better than what I’m normally called.”
“What were you normally called?”
“It depended on person’s mood at the time. Mostly I was called bastard, or shit head. If they had company around they would call me Toby.” I explained with tears running down my face.
“That certainly won’t be the case here.” I was told firmly. A moment later, the food I had asked for arrived. I nodded my thanks to Anita . I didn’t realize how hungry I was till I took the first bite. While I was eating , I vaguely noticed that my aunt was whispering something in Anita’s ear but I didn’t pay it any mind for the moment.
“Why don’t you sit over here by me so we can talk a bit more while we wait for the rest of your meal.” my aunt said while patting the chair next to her.
“I know this is difficult for you to talk about but we need to know. If you wouldn’t mind telling me where did those tattoos come from?” My aunt asked gently while placing a comforting hand on my shoulder. Surprisingly enough, I didn’t flinch as badly as I had the last couple of times.
“Those were “gifts” from my “parents”, and some of their friends ma‘am.” I replied sourly unable to look her in the eye.
“Easy there. I know none of this is your fault.” I was told softly as Mary moved her hand down my back a bit. The second her hand came in contact with one of the rings my “Father” had implanted there I jerked so badly I wet my pants and caused my aunt to jump back in surprise. On realizing what I had done, I bolted from the room. Nearly running over my new grandmother in the process.
“What was that all about?” Judy asked her daughter upon enter the room.
“I don’t know? I had asked Ian how he had come by the tattoos he has. He seemed a bit tense, I went to rub his back a little to calm him down. When my hand came in contact with one of the rings he has he acted like he had been electrocuted, or something and he bolted out of the room.” My aunt told her mom. About this time, the rest of my breakfast was ready and was brought out
“Would you mind placing that on a tray Anita. I’ll take it up to him in a minute.” My aunt announced shakily.
“Yes, ma’am.”
“You just sit here and get yourself under control a bit. I’ll take the tray up and have a talk with him.” Judy told her daughter kindly as she got up.
“Ian?” Judy called out softly as she entered my room.
“I have some breakfast for you if you’re still hungry.”
“Ian, your aunt isn’t mad at you. You just gave her a start is all. Hiding from your problems won’t do you any good for long. Well, if you don’t want to talk you don’t have too. I’ll just leave the food on your desk.” I heard her say. A few seconds later I heard the door close After a few more minutes I crawled out from under the nightstand that I had been hiding under and started towards the food on the desk.
“Are you ready to quit hiding now?” I heard a kind voice ask behind me as a hand was placed gently on my shoulder. The moment I felt the hand come down I thought my life was over. As I stiffened up in fright, I felt a familiar sensation going down my leg as my bladder let loose for the second time in less than thirty minutes.
“It’s OK Just let it out.” The voice said as I fell to my knees and started crying. I soon found myself in a loving embrace. One of the few that I could ever remember having in my life.
“You go get a quick shower and get cleaned-up, while I go get you some clean clothes You can eat your meal after that.
“Yes, ma’am.” I said softly, as I got off the floor and headed towards the bathroom for my second shower of the morning.
Mrs. Sullivan still hadn’t returned yet with some clothes for me after my shower so after stepping into my last clean pair of briefs I sat down at the desk in my room and started eating the breakfast tacos that were waiting there for me.
“Well, it’s good to see your appetite is coming back.” I heard as Mrs. Sullivan and my aunt came into the room.
I just gave them a shocked look when I noticed that I had already devoured two of the three breakfast tacos, most of the chips and all of the milk that had been in front of me.
“You know Ian, it would have been better if you had put on a clear pair of underwear after your shower. Instead of those dirty ones.
“I did put on clean underpants after my shower.” I replied in a confused voice just as I noted the wet feeling that I was getting from my groin and realized that I had wet myself again. The only thing was that this time I hadn’t known I had done it, and I hadn’t been scared at the time either.”
“Oh. Well, strip those wet things off and I’ll be right back.” My aunt told me as I started sobbing again.
“It’s Ok. She’s not mad at you. We know that you’ve been through a lot these last couple of days and it will probably clear up in a few days.” I was told as I was pulled into another hug.
“Thank you, ma’am.” I sobbed quietly.
“I’m not old enough to be a “Ma’am”. Do you think you could call me Grandma or Grammy?” I was asked as Mrs. Sullivan gave my ribs a bit of a tickle. Even with all my instincts telling me not to, I started to giggle a bit at this
“Now that is a sound I hope to hear a lot of out of you young man.” My aunt said happily as she returned a few moments later holding a tub of wipes, a couple of bottles, and a folded object that I couldn’t identify.
“Ian, I don’t want you to take this the wrong way, but with the accidents you’ve had this morning, I’d like you to wear some protection while we’re out getting you some clothes.” I was told as my aunt unfolded the object out on my bed and saw that it was a diaper.
“This is not as a punishment.” My aunt told me quickly seeing the startled look on my face.
“I’d like you to have this on just in case of another accident. That way you’re not embarrassed in front of others. And I think you’ll be a bit more comfortable wearing this if an accident does happen than you would in regular underpants.” I just nodded glumly at this as I finished my meal and walked over to where my aunt was sitting.
“I know that you don’t want to wear this , but I think it would be for the best. Just till we can find out why you’re having these accidents. Like Grammy told you, it’s probably just from all the stress you’re under right now.” I was told while getting a comforting hug.
“Will I have to wear them day and night?” I asked still unable to look my aunt in the eye.
“Until the accidents stop, I’d feel better if you did.” I nodded agreement to this and allowed my aunt to guide me into a prone position on my bed as she took one of the wipes and started wiping me down with it. I soon felt the coldness of lotion being applied to my groin and let out a bit of a shudder from it. Once this was done powder was sprinkled over the freshly lotioned area. I was so caught up in the other sensations that I didn’t even notice the diaper being placed under me till my aunt lowered my legs and pulled the diaper up between them. By the time I fully realized what was going on the diaper had been securely taped closed and my aunt was motioning for me to stand up and finish getting dressed.
“How does it feel? Tight enough?” I was asked.
“I guess so.” I mumbled as I lightly ran my hand over the front of the diaper I was now wearing. As much as I wanted to hate wearing it, I couldn’t help but get an oddly comforting feeling from it. I guess my aunt picked up on this because she just nodded towards the other clothes laying on the bed.
“Don’t forget to bring your dishes with you after you get dressed.” I was told as my aunt left the room closing the door behind her. I found this a bit curious since she had just gotten done putting a diaper on me.