The Harem on the Hill (Part XLII) (Patreon)

Tina does a surprisingly fine job doctoring the jagged bite-wound she chewed into Tabitha's shoulder.  Fortunately for the ears of all parties, Tabitha remains unconscious throughout the procedure; only waking after the injury is suitably sutured.  She'll have a scar--a permanent reminder of her tussle with Tina-- but the wound is clean and unlikely to become infected.

Despite adding "field medic" to her list of unlikely attributes, you confine Tina to her quarters.  Ostensibly, it's punishment for maiming Tabitha, but in truth, it's to cover for Anastasia's excused absence from your harem.  Otherwise, the voluptuous Russian's sudden disappearance would be difficult to explain.

The recon mission you authorized could ultimately determine whether Tina's solitary confinement becomes permanent.  That would be a tough blow.  Tina has grown into more than just a delightfully roly-poly butterball; she's become a valuable ally and "valide sultan" to your other odalisques.  Her dirty work has helped you grow your harem and its occupants faster than you expected while allowing you to rule as--if not exactly a benevolent king--something less than a ruthless dictator.  Because of your good cop/bad cop routine, the girls have been willing to fuel your fire while Tina draws their ire.

According to Anastasia, it's all just an act.  If Tina's intentions are nefarious, it's time to find out once and for all.  Ignorance may be bliss, but it will bite you in the ass eventually.  You've learned that lesson the hard way.

That's why you brought in Anastasia.  She's worked with you for years under numerous titles: Sales Manager; Corporate Accounts Coordinator; Director of International Relations, but they were all simply guises for her real job: Spy.  Of course, her salary for that runs far more than all those bogus professions combined. That's why she’s here, working under a new title, “harem slave,” and willing to accept both confinement and damage to her perfect figure (a crucial component of her secret vocation) in order to dig up dirt on a blimping ex-barista.

In a few days, you'll know if it’s worth it.

It’s the evening of the third day, just as you begin to worry about Anastasia's return, that you receive an alert on your phone.  Someone is on the grounds.  A finger to the screen brings up the alerted camera and the grainy image of a shapely woman in plain clothes.  She apparently hopped the fence and now creeps up the embankment through the flora that lines the hill.  Just as you're about to walk to the back of the house to greet the Russian femme fatale, you squint at the pixelated visage again.

It isn't Anastasia.  It's Officer Morgan.  Despite the low-resolution camera, the young cop's high-definition facial features are unmistakable.

Morgan skulks through the bushes towards the back of the house.  You swipe to another camera that shows her skirt the edge of the pool behind a hedgerow that borders the rear of your estate.  She stops at the break that allows access to the adjacent woods and an unobstructed view from your infinity pool.  There, she removes a small pair of binoculars from her pocket and aims them at the windowed wall of your living room that provides a breathtaking 180-degree panorama of the surrounding area.  It's a view Officer Morgan herself enjoyed just weeks before.

You pace back and forth down the hall, mere feet from entering Officer Morgan's field of view.  Why is she here?  New evidence?  Lingering suspicions?  It couldn't be in an official capacity.  Breaking and entering would nullify any evidence from a stakeout.

Assuming Morgan has gone rogue, it's unlikely anyone knows where she is or what she's up to.  With no backup, she's ripe for an ambush.  Unfortunately, you don't have backup either.  Tina bailed you out of your first encounter with the over-eager officer, but now she’s locked in the basement.  You may have the element of surprise, but Morgan seems to be a well-trained and competent policeman...likely with a gun and a radio.  It's dicey.

The prudent option may be to ignore her for now.  A rogue police officer is still a police officer and a missing one isn't going to fade away like a homebodied hottie with few outside contacts.  You know she's there.  She won't see anything you don't want her to.  She may be stubborn, but staring at nothing will get old real quick.

What do you do?