80 Boudoir Glamour Inc. #80

When the plane landed, my time of closeness with the young woman was disrupted.

Two guys in dark suits took me by the upper arms and walked me into the last car of a motorcade.

The car ride ended, the men patted me down and bruskly dusted me off. Walking me like before fixed between them.

They only spoke once, and their accents left me clueless.

I was walked into a large room where various large distinct chairs held seated men wearing robes.

I mimiced the posture of the men in dark suits. Feet slightly apart, heads down, arms mostly to side and back.

The young woman walked up to me pulled my shirt at the buttons and brought a couple steps forward.

The men behind let out a breath.. the kind meant for a growl.

She used a gentle finger to lift my head until our eyes met and stepped forward away from me.

I had no clue what was being said.

It seemed like a negotiation, but when one man spoke curtly; the voice of the young woman changed.

Lower in volume, but far more echo. Like nothing I ever heard except from this woman. Like the atmosphere had been covered in a brass wall.

The men in robes shifted in their seats.

Two women (in more sedate robes than the men) came from dark edges of the room and took me by the forearms. Leading me away from that room.

The hallways were confusing, and I was taken to a warm humid room.

Standing in front of a small bedrock hewn pool; the attendant women stripped me of my clothes.

So quickly, I had hardly a moment to gasp or protest.

They took my clothes and used their outer robes to create a barrier. They on one side. Me on the other side.

Modesty drove me to get into the water. When they left my clothes were gone.

I can say the water temperature was perfect. Maybe a bit warm.

The young woman returned with two attendants.

She was quickly stripped and stood for a second framed by the robes held out by the other two women.

She walked like Venus. From that famous paining. Except she walked into the water, not out of the sea.

My eyes were fixed on her face, yet I also noticed the two attendants leaving the room.

Her motion was steady and confident.

Stepping into the water and leaving hardly a ripple.

Slinking towards me. Very close.

"I told you we would have a talk in private. I will probably do most of the talking. But there will be questions for you to answer. Be prepared."

It was a very long time before she spoke. She regarded me in dynamic turns of her head.

Her gaze seemed like the only thing I would ever need.