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My hesitation has nothing to do with Luce, and everything to do with me. I know she won’t judge me, but I’m scared I’ll judge myself when I say it out loud. But if I can’t speak the words, maybe I’m not as ready as I think I am.
Steeling myself, I begin explaining. “After I got the notice, I was desperate for something to do, so I—”
Something in my tone, or maybe it’s my poor word choice, makes Luce look shocked. “Oh my God, Gail. Tell me you haven’t been whoring yourself out!” she sounds so horrified I immediately feel my hackles rising.
“So what if I have?” I volley.
Rather than answering me right away, she drinks the last of her soda and tilts her head to the side. “Just answer one thing for me.”
“Okay,” I agree on a whisper.
“Are you doing… whatever it is you’re doing because you need money or because you want to?”
I don’t hesitate to answer. “Because I want to.” It’s the truth. “I… umm… I wanted to try something new. So back when I stayed with Jamie, I looked into different things. Then I came across this blog written by someone who’s a teacher by day, and a sex worker by night.”
“Oh, wow.”
Nodding, I continue. “In her podcasts she sounded so happy, and her blog posts were filled with the happiness she found in fulfilling this… other side of herself.”
Luce nods, drumming her fingers across the table. “Okay…”
“It just resonated with me,” I say, running a hand through my freshly dyed hair. “Like, it actually felt like she was speaking my truth. So I decided to reach out to her, and she recommended a club to me. Cupid’s Court.”
Luce cackles. “Cupid’s Court, huh?”
I blush. “Yeah, what can I say, it fits.”
Now that I know she’s not judging me, the words fall freely. Before I know it, I’ve told her that I reached out to them, and that they gave me a trial on Halloween. But since there hadn’t been enough time to clear my health-check, and since I didn’t know for sure what I wanted, I was working the floor.
With my identity hidden beneath a mask, I got to see everything without being seen. Which is good since I don’t know what kind of people come there. According to the woman whose blog led me there, the clients range from normal people looking to let loose, to people in powerful positions with specific kinks. Apparently, there are even a few celebrities.
“So I went, and it was… Luce, I’m not lying when I say I felt like Alice when she followed the white rabbit down the hole.”
“Where was it? Here in Minneapolis?” Luce asks, excitement making her almost bounce in her chair. Nodding, I explain about the limo that came to pick me up and drop me off, which gave it all a very Eyes Wide Shut feel. “Oh my God, did you have to wear a blindfold?”
Grinning, I take a large swig of my now lukewarm cocktail. “Yep. The location for their parties changes and they keep it secret. But I know where their actual offices are, so it feels very safe.”
“That sounds seriously awesome,” she gushes. “So, can I ask how many men you were with?”
I smirk. “You can ask, but I’ll never tell.” There isn’t much to tell, but I’m not ready to share that part yet.
Cupid’s Court takes their business seriously, so much so that I had to provide a clean bill of health from my doctor, as well as to allow their own medical team to examine me. Once they determined I was healthy and safe, they put me on their approved birth control.
The entire process didn’t complete until mid-November, so all I did for Halloween was serve drinks—Poisoned Apple Martinis, to be exact. Sure, I got groped by a few men, but it wasn’t sleazy or unwanted.
It was… alluring.
Lucia clucks, annoyed with my evasive answer. “If you don’t start giving me some real details, I’ll imagine the worst. And you know what happens then.”
“Okay,” I agree, swallowing thickly. “For New Year’s, I’ve been booked by two guys.”
“Really?” she screams, immediately slapping a hand over her mouth. “How did that happen?”
We both look around to make sure no one is paying us any attention. This is the downside to my bestie marrying Sawyer Perry, the forward for the Minneapolis Sabertooths; she gets recognized everywhere. But since Jackie herself adores Luce’s husband, she’s good at keeping people away from us.
“Shit, sorry,” Luce murmurs sheepishly.
Waving her off, I answer the question. “The reason I had to say no to Mickey and Soren was because I’d signed up for the Cupid’s Court New Year’s Eve blowout. But no one had booked me, so after I rejected them I changed my… umm, what I was willing to do. And I included a threesome. Less than twenty-four hours later, I was booked.”
