[I am planning to take a break after this week.]
[Part 19]
Wednesday morning...
Manushi had an appointment with a photographer called Rajat Verma for a portfolio shoot. The photographer was local to Fiji and not very famous but he had placed an ad that he was looking for a model for a TFP shoot. TFP is short for Time For Prints where a model gives her time for the photoshoot for free and in return the photographer gives her the finished photos for free. Neither one pays the other but it is a good way for both models and photographers to build their portfolios.
Since Manushi was in dire need of good, recent portfolio pictures and didn't have money to pay a professional photographer, she considered this a mutually beneficial arrangement. She knew she was not going to get any photos from the Angels shoot so this was her best option.
Rajat proved to be a man in his 40's who seemed to take pictures of beautiful girls mostly. His studio walls were full of them. Manushi thought that was a good sign that he was focused only on one type of photos.
The photo session started well. Manushi had brought some outfits with her. Rajat encouraged her to wear the tight, short clothes and she had no objection to that. She knew what made an impression on casting directors and she was willing to show off the merchandise.
After they had been shooting for a couple of hours, Rajat suggested to "Kick it up a notch."
"What do you mean?" Manushi asked.
"You know, show the casting directors what they really want to see." Rajat said "They are not looking to see clothes, you know, they can see clothes in the store any time. They want to see you."
"In the clothes?"
"And out of the clothes." Rajat added.
"Oh!" Manushi said "I am not sure I am comfortable with that."
"Come on, Manushi." Rajat said placing his hand on her back, she was wearing a backless top at the time "It's not like you are applying to be a school teacher. Casting couch is part of the process in this job."
Manushi wriggled away from his hand "Casting couch? I thought we were talking about nude pictures."
"Well, they want to see what they are getting." Rajat said unfazed "That's how you get audition calls."
"I never heard of that." Manushi said.
"You haven't heard of many things. That's why you are here. I will teach you everything."
"What everything?" Manushi was getting a sinking feeling in her stomach.
"Everything, baby. We will rehearse the casting couch also so you are ready for it when the time comes."
"No thanks. I don't need the rehearsal."
"This is TFP baby, you are giving your time for the prints."
"Yes. So?" Manushi demanded.
"So, some of that time will be in front of the camera and some of the time will be behind the camera."
"No thanks, I want nothing behind the camera. I am going."
As she started to leave the studio room, Rajat grabbed her wrist and jerked her back. Manushi fell on the pillows where she had been posing on the floor. In an instant, Rajat was on top of her.
He gripped her shoulders and pinned her down. "You can't just waste my time and go like that."
Manushi was wearing a skimpy, backless top and a very short skirt. She was not wearing any panties. In front of the camera, she had felt very hot and it had aroused her. But now it made her feel very vulnerable. She pushed him away and squirmed out from under him. As she started to crawl away on all fours, Rajat made a grab for her. His fingers grabbed on to her top and when she tried to pull back the whole top ripped off. Now she was completely topless and it seemed to incite Rajat even more.
She kicked at him as he crawled towards her. He dodged the kick and grabbed for her leg. His hand fell on her ankle. Manushi wriggled out of his grip and scooted back on her ass. He was between her and the door. While he was still on all fours, Manushi got up and made a run for the door. As she passed him however, Rajat made a grab for her and his hooked into her tight micromini skirt's waistband. Carried off by her own momentum, Manushi felt forward and had to take support with her hands on the rug.
Rajat pulled on the skirt. It was very tight and Manushi was in his grip. She reached down and quickly unzipped the side zipper of the skirt. When Rajat pulled again, the skirt slipped down over her legs. Manushi crawled forward at the same time and wriggled free. She was now completely naked, but somehow that seemed to give her a new freedom. She stood up, turned back and faced Rajat.
As he dropped her skirt on the floor and started to get up, Manushi reached out with her right hand and pulled at the tripod that had one of the cameras set up on it. With her pull, the tripod tripped and the camera on top of it hit Rajat squarely on the left side of his head. He was on one knee and trying to stand up when the camera hit him and he went down like a sack of coals.
He stopped moving. Manushi carefully leaned down and touched his neck. The pulse was strong. She left him and quickly gathered her clothes into her bag. Then she stepped outside into the reception room and bolted the studio room from outside. There she caught her breath and put on a long skirt and a tank top. She checked her body to see if she was damaged in any way. She could feel some pain on her left shoulder blade but otherwise she was ok.
She postponed that to be checked out properly at home and put on her jacket. Then once again, making sure that she had everything, she exited the studio and started walking towards her home. She was trembling and wanted to cry but she kept a grip on herself until she got home.