chapter 3 – dinner party pt 1

Amanda awoke to piles of laundry being dumped on her head. Startled, she bolted up, scaring Candice in return who dropped the now-empty laundry basket in her hands. "Oh! Amanda, I forgot you were sleeping there." Candice stifled a laugh at Amanda pulling old socks and underwear off her head.

"What's going on?" Amanda demanded.

Candice picked up the laundry basket and sat it upright. "Well, I just sent David off to work and I was going to finish up some chores around the house. I guess you slept in and I forgot I had sent you downto...I forgot you wanted to sleep on the couch last night."

The previous night came flooding back. Nervously, Amanda checked her backside. Her ass. It looked normal again. Why had she had the idea last night that her ass was so big the only polite thing to do for David was to sleep in separate rooms the rest of their marriage? The idea had been so obvious in her head before. Now, it was a lingering dream. Candice grinned as she watched her employer try to figure it out. "Are you feeling okay, Amanda?"

Amanda took a step back. "What's going on?
Something's been happening. Something weird. The past few days."

Candice stepped forward. "Everything's okay."
Amanda's growing fear immediately subsided but the curiosity remained. She thought it over then asked Candice point-blank, "Are you doing something to us?"

"Don't worry about that."

With that said, Amanda was ready to start her day, forgetting all about her suspicions. "Well, I need to get ready for work." She started to walk up the stairs but Candice stopped her.

"Wait. Come back here."

Amanda stopped in her tracks and returned to her maid as instructed.

"I think you need the week off."

Amanda agreed. She needed a break.


"Call the hospital and tell them you're sick."
Amanda liked that idea. She had plenty of vacation time that she could take whenever she liked, but making up a fake story just seemed...better somehow. Amanda made the call and felt excited to begin her vacation. "Well, that's over with. What should we do?"

Candice smiled. "Well," she stripped out of her clothes to reveal a sexy bikini, "I'm going to go lay out in the sun and work on my tan. I think you should give me a break from being the maid for a bit and fold all this laundry."

Amanda nodded sympathetically, "You have been working hard these past two days. Enjoy!" She turned and immediately began work.

Candice headed out the backdoor, calling out before closing it, "When you're done eat both of those boxes of waffles with plenty of butter and syrup, then eat that tub of ice cream." Amanda nodded and said okay with a smile. "The house needs to be vacuumed and dusted too."

Candice spent the afternoon relaxing while her employer worked around the house. By the time David got home from work, Amanda was a sweaty mess while Candice spent the night slinking around the house in her bikini. Her and David watched a movie in the living room that evening while Amanda prepared dinner for them. She kept a 2-liter of Coke on the counter and took swigs every now and then before popping a handful full of chips or a fun-sized candy bar in her mouth.

When it was bedtime, Candice reminded Amanda that David needed his space and Amanda agreed. She stayed on the couch until after David went to work the next morning.

The week went by quickly for Amanda and by Friday, the house was looking clean as ever and she had put on 15 pounds. That afternoon before David got home, Candice said she wanted to talk with her at the kitchen table. Candice sat across from her with a big flaky blueberry pie sitting between them.
"Now, Amanda," Candice began as she took a fork and scooped out a bite of pie before extending her arm across the table to Amanda's mouth. Amanda opened her mouth without breaking eye contact with Candice and took the whole bite.

"I think it's time the neighbors got to know our new...arrangement."

Amanda had a confused look at her face as she chewed, "Mm-arragemenff?"

"Yeah,&quo t; Candice said cheerily, scooping a bigger bite for Amanda before she even had a chance to swallow the last. "Between you, David and me." Amanda still wasn't sure what Candice meant.

"When was the last time you and David even spoke?" Candice asked. Amanda tried to think but she was really more interested in pie. She couldn't remember the last time they spoke. Sometime last week she figured. "You two are drifting apart. And it makes sense doesn't it? You're not really the type of woman for him."

Amanda was sad to admit it, but it was true. Her and David just didn't make sense anymore.
She was just too...too... "I mean, he's a health nut and a successful lawyer and you're just..." Candice looked at her with pity and Amanda took it all in. She had blueberry filling dripping down her chin onto the old white T-shirt that she had been wearing all week. "You're just a fat lazy mess."

Amanda looked a little panicked. "Mmph! I can change!" She was ready to get her act together if it meant saving her marriage.

Candice shook her head in sympathy. "No, you can't."
Amanda slumped her shoulders. She was really just a slob for life and she knew it. A wave of laziness washed over her in that moment that took over her entire personality. Amanda just didn't care about much anymore. She sat indifferent to the changes happening around her as she opened her mouth for another big wonderful bite of pie. Her belly hung over the waist of her sweatpants as Candice explained more of her new life.

"David is moving up in the firm. His salary will be double what the two of you ever made. Your job is really not that important anymore. This afternoon you're going to call the hospital and tell them you're too fat and lazy to be a doctor anymore. Got it?" Amanda would get around to that sometime. Right now, she just wanted to sit on the couch and watch TV.

"Now, back to the neighbors." Amanda was only staring at the fork in Candice's hand as she waited to be fed, but she was listening with full attention. "They need to be caught up on the changes in your marriage. They also need to get a chance to get to know me."

This caught Amanda's attention. "Why do they need to know you?"

Candice explained gently like she was talking to a child, "Well, Amanda, when a man wants to be successful, he has to present a successful lifestyle in the office...as well as at home." Amanda was trying to follow. "Clearly, he can't be seen with you as his wife. So, I'll be stepping into a role that shows he has a healthy family life."

Amanda was confused. "But, you're just the maid."
"No, I'm more than that. You and David hired me to make the household better and there's so much more for me to do than waste my time doing chores. Since you're unemployed, you can spend you day doing the laundry, scrubbing the floors, all that stuff. Sound right?"

Amanda had to agreed that she had much more time for that since she wasn't going to be a doctor anymore. But that thought triggered another thought and she raised her eyebrows, "Hey, that means I can start working out again! Burn off these pounds!" she said excitedly, patting her growing, jiggly belly.
Candice laughed, "Oh, darling, no. You have no interest in that."

Amanda laughed herself, "Yeah, that sounds boring."
"Now, stop interrupting and listen. We're going host a party with the neighbors tonight. I've already invited everybody and David already knows. We just need to make sure you understand your role."
"Oh fun! I haven't seen Bill and Linda in so long. And it'll be good to catch up with Gary and Beth--"
"No, no, no, Amanda. You won't be talking to anyone."

"I won't?"

"No, you'll only interact with everyone when you're serving drinks and food. It's a dinner party but you won't be at the table. Understood?"
Amanda understood.

"Before dinner, you'll have a very...special function. I'll explain that when it's time. Now, you need to start preparation."

Amanda got up and spent the rest of the day getting a gourmet dinner prepared for David and Candice's party.