The Mortgage is a ten part story about how an older man manipulates a young newlywed wife into becoming first his secretary and eventually his personal sexual plaything, both on and off-the-job. He accomplishes this first by threatening her with the loss of her and her husband's home and plunging them into bankruptcy, then gradually by forcing her to engage in acts that give him ample leverage to blackmail her to engage in further humiliating acts, both public and in private. The second half of the story involves the man's daughter and how she takes advantage of the situation herself.