The noise was the pen falling onto Danielle's desk. Danielle realized with a start that she hadn't put a time limit on the change. If the pen hadn't reappeared, she would be submissive Danielle forever. Danielle reached for the pen, then hesitated.
Wouldn't master Joseph be the right person to have the pen? Danielle quivered with excitement at the thought of Joe, through the pen, having complete control over her. Who knew what delicious humiliations Joe, armed with the power of the pen, could impose on a helpless, trembling, ecstatic Danielle?
Just then the intercom rang. Joe needed to see her in his office.