It was 5:00 o'clock, rush hour. Most of the cars were on Charles Street heading south out of downtown, but Jackson was still busy.
As soon as Kelly settled her Mercedes into the traffic flow she turned to me and said, "Would you like to hear the rest of the story about the first time I met an associate at the Calvert?"
"Yes I would."
Reaching over, Kelly placed her hand on the inside of my thigh. "Which version would you like to hear? The impassive narrative or the steamy, x rated description." She slid her hand over to my crotch and squeezed my penis.
I gasped. Suddenly I got nervous and decided I'd better warn Kelly. "Be careful, it's been a long time since you touched me there. I don't want to make a mess in my pants."
Kelly giggled. "Don't worry, I'll be careful, but once we get into my office it's going to be a different situation."
"What do you mean?"
"Baby, there's a couch in my office. You're going to sit on it and I'm going to kneel between your legs and give you my very best blow job." She leered at me. "Timmy I plan to spend the next week finding out how many times I can make you can cum inside me."
I grinned at Kelly. "I guess I'll take the x rated version."
"I was hoping you'd say that."
Kelly slipped her hand back to the inside of my thigh. I was thankful. I was very close to making a mess.
"Okay, let's see, where was I? Oh yes, in Tonya's office at JTandR." Kelly gave me a quick glance. "By the way Tonya will still be at the office when we get there. She's dying to meet you."
"Does she even know who I am?"
"Sweetheart, she knows all about you and she's envious of me because I have you."
"I don't understand that."
Kelly was silent. After a moment she sighed and said, "No, considering how I've treated you for the past year I don't imagine you do. Timmy, you have to believe me. As awful as I was, I never stopped loving you. My coworkers heard about you all the time."
I thought about that for a second and then I said, "You certainly were living two separate lives, weren't you?"
"Yes I was. I'm sorry."
I patted Kelly's thigh. "That's in the past. We're moving on with our lives. Go on with your story. You were in Tonya's office getting ready for your date."
"Thank you." Kelly smiled at me. I smiled back.
After a brief pause, Kelly said, "I was so excited. My new dress was a beautiful deep burgundy wool business suit. It had a pencil skirt that came down to just above my knees and..."
"A pencil skirt?"
"You'd call it a tight fitting skirt."
"Why did you buy a business suit. You were meeting a man in a hotel room to have sex with him. Why not buy a leather mini skirt and a crop top or something like that?'
"First of all, Tonya cautioned me not to do that. The Calvert Hotel doesn't want us running around their lobby looking like street hookers. Secondly, a business suit makes me look much more elegant. That's a plus when you're dealing with a middle aged businessman."
"But that black cocktail dress you had in your overnight bag when you came back from the Las Vegas trip was short, low cut and looked like it would be very tight."
Kelly giggled. "You're right, that dress is really hot. I'll bring it home so I can model it for you tonight."
"I don't understand?"
"Sweetie that dress was for Vegas. The standards are a lot different there. Most of the middle aged businessmen I met in Vegas wanted to show me off. I was a trophy date. Those guys all wanted me to dress like a slut."
"I see."
"But at the Calvert, discretion and anonymity are essential. Most of the businessmen we deal with are very concerned that someone might find out that they're meeting a woman in a hotel room for sex."
"So why is Las Vegas different than the Calvert?"
"I think most of the men who want a GFE night in Vegas are usually single or they have an understanding with their wives. In any case, they're not worried about being black mailed."
"A GFE night, what does that mean?"
"It's a term professional escorts use. It means girl friend experience. We think the term is very descriptive. We borrowed it from them, but we've expanded the concept."
"I still don't understand." I looked at Kelly. "When you say professional escort, you're talking about a prostitute, right?."
"Yes, but a high class prostitute."
"So what does girl friend experience mean?"
"Escorts who aren't GFE tend to be mechanical. No kissing, no real foreplay, just a quick blow job followed by a fuck. As soon as you cum you're done. Some guys like that. It's sort of, let's get down to business and get it done."
"All right."
"Girls who advertise that they're GFE kiss and take a little time for foreplay. If a guy wants to eat her pussy he can do it. It makes a guy feel more like he's making love to his girlfriend."
Suddenly a little pang of jealousy rippled through me. I looked at Kelly and asked, "Did you let guys eat your pussy?"
Kelly looked at me. When she saw expression on my face she realized I was upset, but I could tell she was confused about why I was upset. She stared at me for a moment and then suddenly she understood. She sighed. "I'm sorry Timmy, but I did. Baby my job was to fulfill fantasies and for a lot of guys that's a big part of the fantasy."
I nodded and then I took a deep breath and asked, "Did you let guys lick your ass too?"
Kelly whispered, "Yes, if they wanted to do it, they could."
I quietly said, "I see." And then I turned and stared silently out the car window."
Kelly pulled her Mercedes over to the curb and shut the engine off. Turning to me, she said, "I wish I could tell you I reserved certain things just for you, but that wasn't a choice. I was in the business of fulfilling dreams. I was paid to give men what they wanted. Baby do you remember when we were in college I used to tell you I'd never let a guy fuck me in the ass?"
I kept staring out the car window, but I nodded my head.
"Now I can take a huge cock in my ass and I enjoy it. I had to learn. Sweetheart, my job was to help men realize their dreams and I loved it. I provided the pleasures that the men I entertained couldn't get from their wives. While most of them just wanted to play with my big tits while I gave them a blow job, some of them wanted to eat my pussy, some of them wanted to lick my asshole and some of them wanted to fuck my asshole. If that was what it took to get them to give us their stock proxies or invest in our projects, then that's what I let them do. Baby I was a courtesan and I was a very good one.
Kelly paused for a moment and then she said, "But the one thing I have always reserved for you is my love. Timmy, another man can lick my pussy but it never feels as good as it does when you lick my pussy. Another man can lick my asshole, but I never enjoy it as much as I do when you lick my asshole. Sweetheart I'm a blow job queen. I love sucking cocks, but I will always be happiest when I'm sucking your little cock." Kelly grinned at me. "The reason is quite simple. I happen to be madly and uncontrollably, head over heels in love with you."
Giggling, she added, "By the way, before we go to sleep tonight, you're going to fuck me in my ass."
Puzzled, I turned and stared at Kelly.
Smiling, she said, "Baby after tonight I want to be absolutely certain that no other man has ever enjoyed my body in a way that you haven't."
Kelly picked up my hand and held it. For a moment we were both silent and then she said, "Timmy if you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never let anyone but you lick my pussy. If you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never let anyone but you lick my asshole. If you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never let anyone but you fuck my ass. If you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never let anyone but you fuck my pussy. If you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never suck a cock other than yours. If you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never let anyone but you touch my tits. And if you ask me to do it, I'll promise you I will try to never let anyone but you kiss me."
Kelly stared at me. "If you ask me to do those things, I promise you that I will try, but the only guarantee I can make to you with absolute certainty is that I will always love you and I will always love only you."
I took a second to think about what Kelly had just told me and then I turned to her and said, "Just promise me that you'll love me. That will be enough for me."
"Timmy you have that promise. You've always had that promise."
We stared at each other in silence. Kelly was still holding my hand. After a moment she smiled at me and asked, "Are you okay now or are you still sad that I've let other guys lick my pussy and my ass."
I shook my head. "I'm not sad about it anymore. It helps me when remember it was your job." Grinning, I added, "I'll bet you were an outstanding courtesan."
"Yes I was. I was very good."
I smiled. At that moment I was incredibly proud of Kelly. I can't explain why. I can only say that during the course of that afternoon I experienced a myriad of conflicting emotions.
Kelly switched on her left turn indicator, looked over her shoulder, waited for a gap in the oncoming cars and pulled out onto Jackson Street. Once she was back in the traffic flow she said, "Are you ready to hear more of the story?"
"Yes I am."
"Okay, my new outfit was a burgundy wool suit with a pencil skirt."
I nodded. I now knew what that meant.
"It also had this cute waist length jacket. When I wore the Jacket open, it framed by bosom very nicely."
I chuckled. "Bosom?"
Kelly rolled her eyes. "I was trying to be classy little boy. Would you prefer the term boobies?"
I grinned at her. "How about bodacious ta tas."
Kelly laughed and pulled up her sweater, exposing her brassiere covered breasts. "Are you suggesting that these magnificent symbols of feminine sexuality should be called ta tas?"
Suddenly the driver of the car in the lane to Kelly's left started blowing his horn. We both looked over. Two college aged boys were wildly waving at us.
Kelly turned towards them, slipped her left breast out of its brassiere cup and held it up for the two guys.
The driver leaned on the horn. The kid in the passenger seat lowered his window and pointed towards the curb. They wanted us to stop so they could talk to Kelly.
Kelly laughed, mouthed the words, "No way." Stuffed her breast back into her bra and pulled her sweater back down.
It had been an impulsive act. Realizing what she'd just done, Kelly glanced at me. There was an expression of chagrin on her face.
"Well so much for life as a prim and proper housewife." I blurted it out. It was meant as a joke, but as soon as I said it I regretted it.
Kelly sighed. "I'm sorry, I don't know why I have to do things like that."
I reached over and patted her thigh. "Hey I was just teasing you. I enjoyed it. I thought it was funny and exciting."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"So did I."
We both smiled.
I said, "Okay, back to the story. Your new suit had a cute waist length jacket that framed your bosom."
Kelly laughed. "You mean my ta tas, don't you?"
"Yes, your ta tas. Are you going to tell this story or are you just going to play around all afternoon?"
"Okay Mr. Serious. For a blouse I had this really hot satin tank top. It was a rich ivory color and trimmed with lace. It was tight fitting and and very low cut." Kelly winked at me. "It exposed a lot of cleavage. Tonya told me that if I bought a business suit I could be a little daring with the blouse and believe me, I was. I'd also picked out a set of chic lingerie that matched the blouse. Timmy, by the time I finished getting dressed I was feeling sexy and elegant."
"What did your lingerie look like?"
"Listen to you. You're a little perv..." Kelly stopped herself.
There was silence. I stared out the car window, waiting.
Finally she said, "I'm sorry. I love to tease you. I've always loved to tease you. That's all I was doing. You understand that, don't you."
Kelly's intuition had been correct. Her comment had hurt. I also understood. A year ago I would have interpreted it as playful banter and nothing more. I didn't respond.
Sighing, Kelly said, "I hurt you. I hurt both of us. This is the price I'm going to have to pay for my stupidity."
Turning to Kelly, I said, "You did hurt us and yes, you're mistake is going to cost us, but not forever."
I paused. After a moment I continued. "And I am a perv. You are too. That's why we're a perfect match for each other. That’s why we have to find a way to get by this and stay together."
Reaching over, Kelly squeezed my hand and said, "Thank you Timmy. I'm sorry I hurt you."
"I know."
"We are perfect for each other, aren't we."
"Yup."
"I don't have the bra and panties I wore that night so I can't model them for you tonight, but they were all lace. The material was so thin they were nearly transparent. The bra was wireless."
"Wireless?"
"That means it didn't give me much support, but I wasn't planning on wearing it for very long. I wasn't looking for support."
"Why were you wearing it at all."
"Tonya suggested I wear a bra. She told me most guys get a big thrill out of taking them off."
"I think she's right about that."
"The panties were matching lace bikinis."
"Why not a thong?"
"A thong is nice if you're going to be parading around in it, but if you're planning to undress for a guy so he can fuck you, a pair of lace bikini panties are much sexier."
"Parading around?"
"You know, teasing guys at a sex party."
"A sex party?"
"Yes, the firm puts them on at Evergreen and Eagle Lake."
"I know about Evergreen, that's the mansion in South Carolina, right?"
"Yes."
"Eagle Lake, isn't that out on the Northwest side of the city?"
"That's right, the firm has another mansion out there."
"What happens at those places?"
"Sometimes it was just like Vegas. I'd meet a guy for an afternoon and evening of GFE."
"I now understand how that works in Vegas, but how does it work at one of the mansions?"
Kelly looked at me. "Do you really want to know?"
"Yes I think I do. Not because I'm angry about what you were doing. I want to hear about all of this because it's exciting." Wiggling my eyebrows at Kelly, I grinned and said, "I really am a perv."
We both laughed.
Suddenly Kelly stopped laughing. She silently stared at the road ahead of her. After a moment she whispered, "I knew that. I just stupidly forgot about it for a little while."
"Now you remember again. That's all that matters. Tell me how a GFE night at the mansions worked."
"Okay, a GFE night at a party mansion usually worked like this. They'd assign me to an associate. I'd become his girlfriend for the entire time we were together. In the summer we'd spend the afternoon lying by the pool. In the winter we'd sit in front of this huge fireplace in the parlor. I'd flirt with him and fawn over him just like he was my boyfriend. There would generally be ten or fifteen people around including the partners. They'd usually try to talk a little business while we were sitting together. The whole time I'd be hanging on my associate, constantly touching him and rubbing my breasts against his body. It was my job to make it clear to everyone that I belonged to him."
"At the end of the afternoon we'd go back to his room and take a shower together. After we showered I'd usually give him a blow job and then we'd get dressed and go down to dinner. During dinner I'd continue to be his date. Whenever the partners were focusing on someone else it was my job to keep my associate entertained. After dinner we'd generally move to the patio or the parlor for cognac and coffee. At the end of the evening we'd go back to his room for a night of hot sex. Once he was exhausted, I'd either sleep with him or leave him and move to another bedroom in the house. That was his choice. If he wanted me to sleep with him I'd let him fuck me one more time when we woke up in the morning."
"You enjoyed those evenings, didn't you."
"Baby, I loved them."
"I can see why. You like to flirt and you love sex. This was your ideal job."
"Yes, it really was."
We were both silent for a moment and then I asked, "So what happened at the sex parties?"
Kelly didn't say anything, she just tightened her grip on the steering wheel and stared at the road ahead of us. It was obvious my question had created some anxiety for her. I sensed that she was reluctant to tell me about the parties. Earlier that afternoon she'd told me she'd done some awful things, things that would make me hate her. I suspected some of those things may have occurred at the parties. I quickly decided I shouldn't press Kelly about them until she was feeling a little more secure about my feelings towards her.
I said, "Why don't we save the sex parties for later. Right now I'd like to hear rest of the story about your first night at the Calvert."
Clearly relieved that I wasn't pressing her about the parties, Kelly relaxed and said, "Timmy, when it was finally time to go I was so excited."
"It was a big adventure, wasn't it."
"It really was. I loved being a hostess." Kelly shrugged. "While I'll admit that getting to have tons of sex with a lot of different guys was a big attraction, there was more. It was also exciting. All of it was an amazing adventure."
"And you made a lot of money."
Kelly giggled. "I also got to buy a closet full of expensive new clothes and I didn't have to pay for any of them."
I laughed. "The job really was girl heaven, wasn't it."
"It was, but it also almost destroyed our marriage."
That quieted both of us. There was a moment of uncomfortable silence.
Finally, in a subdued voice, Kelly said, "Why don't I tell you more about the night at the Calvert."
"That's a good idea."
Kelly reached across and brushed my knee with her fingertips.
I smiled at her.
She smiled back at me and said, "I was so nervous when I drove up to the Calvert. Timmy, I'd never even been inside that hotel. Tonya had given me some money for tips and told me to use the valet parking." Taking a quick glance at me, Kelly said, "That was the first time I'd ever used valet parking. It made me feel sophisticated. Although, I do have to admit that when I pulled up in front of the hotel I was feeling a little embarrassed about my old Honda Civic."
"It certainly wasn't as fancy as the Mercedes you're driving now."
That made Kelly laugh. "No it wasn't, but the valet was still very polite. He didn't say a word about my junky old car. He just took the keys and told me to have a nice evening."
"Sweetheart, you're a gorgeous blond and you were dressed in an expensive business suit. I'm sure you could have ridden up on a bicycle and he still would have been polite."
"You're probably right. Anyway, I tipped him and went inside. Timmy I love the Calvert. It's such an elegant old hotel."
"The night I followed you was the only time I've ever been there. I was impressed. It really is very nice."
"Maybe sometime we could spend a night there together. I know it's really expensive, but it would only be for one night and I have a lot of money saved up from my job."
"I'd like that."
"I would too." Kelly continued her story. "When I got on the elevator and pushed the button for the sixteenth floor my stomach started churning. I was so nervous."
"The other night you were on the seventeenth floor."
"That was my regular suite. Each hostess has her own permanent suite at the Calvert. Mine was 1712." She looked at me. "I still haven't explained that have I?"
"No, but Martin Jackson did."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"So you know I wasn't lying when I told you Roger Baldwin doesn't really exist."
"Yes, Mr. Jackson explained everything to me. Roger Baldwin was a fictitious name the firm used when they leased your room. He also told me they used the name to create a phony identity to fool people who might be trying to catch your associate in a compromising position." Laughing, I added, "It worked. They certainly fooled me."
"I'm sorry that happened, but at least now you know I wasn't in love with another man." Kelly quickly glanced at me. "Baby I'll never be in love with anyone but you."
"I know and I'll always love you too." I paused and then I quickly added, "No matter what you've done."
"Are you sure?"
"Maybe not, did you kill any puppies or kitties?"
Kelly rolled her eyes. "Of course not."
I shrugged. "Then I'm sure."
"Timmy, I wish you'd followed me six months ago."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Of course I am. Why would you ask such a silly question?"
"Because if I'd followed you six months ago you might never have had the chance to become a courtesan."
"Yes, but..."
"Kelly you loved that job."
"It almost destroyed our marriage."
"But it didn't and now I know all about it, and we're still together."
Kelly stared at the road in silence. Almost a minute passed. Finally she glanced at me and said, "Timmy would you ever consider letting me...."
I held my hand up and stopped her. This was of course the unvoiced question and I still wasn't ready to consider it. Shaking my head, I said, "We have a lot of talking to do before we can address that question."
"Yes, of course we do."
"Lets get back to the story. You were getting off the elevator on the sixteenth floor."
"Timmy, at that moment I was so nervous. I almost turned around and went back to the office."
"What stopped you?"
"I'd bought all those fancy clothes. I was afraid they'd make me pay for them if I chickened out."
I laughed. Kelly stuck her tongue out at me.
"Okay, so you didn't chicken out. What happened when you got to the hotel room door?"
"I had a key, so I took a deep breath and opened it."
"You didn't knock?"
"No Tonya told me not to. They don't want our associates to ever open a door when someone knocks. That's why they gave me a key."
"That makes sense. They don't want a photographer or a private investigator bursting in on them."
"I was so nervous, but as soon as I opened the door everything was all right. Eric was gorgeous."
"That doesn't surprise me."
Kelly turned and looked at me. "What makes you say that?"
I put my hand up. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything. We'll talk about it after I've told you about my day. Finish telling me about Eric."
Kelly stared at me for a moment and then she shrugged and continued. "He must have been in his early forties. He had long wavy dark hair with just a little gray at the temples." She smiled. "It was very distinguished looking. He was sitting on the sofa sipping a glass of scotch from the minibar."
"A sofa in a hotel room?"
"Timmy, these are luxury suites. They're really two rooms. The living room has a couch, a coffee table, a stuffed chair and a desk. The other room is an incredibly lavish bedroom with a king sized bed and a magnificent bathroom."
"No television?"
Kelly rolled her eyes. "There's a large flat screen television in both rooms."
"Oh."
"Anyway, Eric was sitting on the sofa. He was wearing a white dress shirt and a tie. The tie was loosened and the collar of his shirt was unbuttoned."
"He was relaxing."
"Yes he was. He smiled at me when I walked into the room. His smile was almost as charming as yours."
"Thank you."
Kelly patted my knee. "Your smile is one of the many reasons that you're my baby doll."
"I'll bet Eric wasn't your baby doll."
Kelly laughed. "No he certainly wasn't. Eric was a stud. He was so sexy. When I walked in he smiled at me, introduced himself as Eric and asked me if I was Joanne. He had a rich baritone voice."
"Joanne?"
"We never use our real names."
"I know, but I thought you used Melody."
"I did, but this was before I was a full time courtesan. They gave me the name Joanne for that night."
"I prefer Melody."
Kelly smiled. "So do I."
"He really wasn't Eric either, was he?"
"No I'm sure he wasn't."
"So what happened?"
"He patted the spot next to him on the couch and invited me to sit down.