The Alternative
The "alternative" for Maddy was certain prison time.
Given a position of Trust in the company, and control of some of its finances, Maddy instead spent two years diverting some of those funds into her own accounts.
She thought she was being clever about it and might have gotten away with it for a lot longer had the company I.T. department not installed a new A.I. safe guard program.
It immediately flagged Maddy's criminal activity, and the CEO decided to give Maddy a choice.
Calling in the authorities and sending her to prison or... a more personal punishment.
Maddy chose the second, and it didn't take too long for her to regret it.
The new contract she had to sign singled her out for a unique "position" in the company. She was forced to agree to work under certain conditions or else face extreme penalties.
And those conditions basically made her the company pet.
In front of everyone she was stripped and collared, and paraded around on all fours.
And every day she was forced to spend time like that in the CEO's office where he could watch her.
Maddy was never, ever allowed to leave the building either. Her apartment was given to another employee, as was everything she owned that wasn't thrown out.
With no money or anything of worth to her name, she could no longer afford to buy any food. So in the company canteen she had to beg for scraps from her former colleagues. Something made even more humiliating since she wasn't allowed to talk.
Her meals were few and far between.
Even her personal care was dependent on other people.
She was only allowed to piss or poop in one of the building's inner courtyard, on a bit of grass planted just for her. And she had to beg one of the secretaries to take her out, on a leash.
Her needy whines and howls were fun to watch, and if she ever had an "accident" she was punished.
It was a low point in her life now.
And each night she was given over to the maintenance staff to be locked away in a cage in the basement. If she was lucky they would first wash her down with a hose.
Most nights, she was left alone in the dark to cry. But sometimes one of the bored night security staff would come down to "play" with her.
No one was allowed to be kind to her, and no one cared to be. She had raided all their retirement funds, stealing from every person who worked there.