I had heard a rumor that the "massage parlors" that had recently begun to open around town were actually thinly-disguised brothels. Yet prostitution was illegal in California, and these establishments advertised themselves in newspapers, along with clearly identifying their enterprises with neon "Massage" signs.
So one dreary night, after my girlfriend had decided my high school drop-out status probably didn't qualify me as ideal husband material, I decided to see about getting a massage. I picked a place at random, parked in a nearby alley, walked around and went through a door marked "Open - Please Come In."
A smiling woman behind a desk welcomed me and asked if I had come for a massage. When I said yes she replied that all the masseuses were busy, but that Jenny should be available in a few minutes. When I said OK, she said $25 was payable in advance. I paid her in cash and sat down to wait.
Soon an attractive young woman appeared and the receptionist introduced us. Jenny smiled and said, "I understand you're here for a massage. My room is down this hallway."
I managed a nervous smile and said, "Right." Jenny took my hand and led me down the hall.
Inside her room she said, "My name is Jennifer — what's yours?" When I replied with my name she said, "Glad to meet you, Don. Why don't you strip down to your shorts and lie down on my bed?"
I must admit to being surprised to see a bed. I was expecting a treatment table like those seen in a chiropractor's office. However, this was a regular double bed with a sheet and two pillows on it.
"OK," I replied with another nervous smile, "I guess I should lie on my stomach?"
"Sure," she replied, "and I'll give you a nice back massage," which she did, kneeling on the bed beside me. Then she said, "I can get better leverage if I'm on top of you. Do you mind?"
"No," I said, "Do whatever works best for you."
With that, she hiked up her skirt and straddled my back, settling on my derriere. She then leaned forward and put added pressure into her massage strokes.
After a while, she dismounted and said I should turn over. But now there was a problem. No way could I hide the bulge that had grown in my shorts as she sat on me and massaged my back. Nevertheless, I turned over and tried to pretend nothing was different. She had dimmed the lights, and maybe she wouldn't notice.
Who was I kidding?
She sat alongside me and began massaging my chest, followed by doing my arms and stomach. "How does this feel?" she asked with another warm smile.
"Wonderful," I replied, although the pain of my confined erection was becoming nearly unbearable.
"You know," she said with a coquettish look, "you don't have to leave your shorts on."
"I — uh, well, I thought I was supposed to stay partially dressed."
"Well, maybe you'd feel more comfortable if I got undressed, too. Shall I?"
"Is this part of the massage?"
"No, not usually," she said. "But I like you and I want you to be at ease."
Believe it or not, I had the feeling she was being sincere and really did like me.
"Here — I'll get undressed and you can take off your shorts."
I sat on the edge of the bed and bent over so that removing my shorts could be done with a modicum of privacy. Still leaning forward after they came off, I watched Jenny disrobe.
The skirt and blouse came off easily, but she asked me to unhook her bra as she turned her back to me. Well, I had to sit up straight to reach the snaps, thus exposing my hardness in all its quivering excitement. But she was facing the other way, so I was able to deal with it.
However, I quickly doubled over again as she turned to face me, as she began removing her pantyhose.
"I hate pantyhose," she said. "They're so darned hard to get off and on — especially putting them on — you know — getting them straight and all."
Well, I thought, since she probably does this a few times every night, why bother to put them on in the first place? In fact, why was she wearing a skirt, a blouse, and a bra? Wouldn't it be more practical just to wear a robe — or maybe a sexy negligee? But maybe she didn't do this with all her customers. What a lovely thought.
I was enjoying the view of her dangling breasts as she bent forward to remove the pantyhose. They weren't the largest breasts I'd ever seen, but they were firm and had a delightful quiver to them as she leaned forward. To me, any view of a woman's breasts in motion is an erotic stimulus that turns my knees into mush.
Now completely naked, she asked, "Shall we get back to the massage?"
Without waiting for an answer she sat down beside me and gently nudged me into a prone position, while I was still trying to keep my about-ready-to-explode you-know-what hidden as best as I could.
"Now lay on your back," she said rather sternly, "and don't be shy. Everything will be all right."
Then, pretending not to notice my desperate condition, she began gently rubbing my chest. Then she moved down to my stomach, and finally to my abdomen, where she made gentle circular motions around what could no longer be hidden. However, she never touched it — just moved around it.
Suddenly she stopped and stood up, giving me a glorious view of her full frontal nudity. She put her hands on her shapely hips and became somewhat stern again.
"I have a question," she said. "Would you like to make love to me?"
"Make love?" I repeated as I sat up and tried to hide my feelings again by leaning forward. "Uh — I'm not sure what you mean."
Now she gave me a look that said, "You know damn well what I mean." But she just repeated the question.
And I still said I wasn't sure what she meant.
"Look," she said as she sat down next to me and put a hand on my knee, "You do like me, don't you?"
"Yes!" I heartily agreed, "I like you a lot — a whole lot."
"And," she smiled, "I like you a lot." (Again, I felt that she really meant it.)
"So if two people like each other a whole lot, what do they usually do?"
"Well, I guess they get to know each other a little better."
Now she drew away from me with a bemused smile. "You certainly have an interesting way of avoiding coming to the point, although I see you have a definite point of your own," she added while glancing at my crotch.
"Well, I came here tonight expecting a massage. I didn't know anyone did anything else here."
"We don't, always. But if I really like someone — well..."
So I decided to bite the bullet and ask the obvious question. "Does the $25 I paid at the desk cover making love?"
"No," she replied with a serious look. "I really need a little extra for that."
"How much extra?"
"Well, for you — another $25 would be okay."
"Sorry, I don't have another $25 with me."
"Okay," she said, "but only for you — how much do you have?"
"Ten dollars."
"Are you sure?"
"Check my pants pockets. All you'll find is a ten dollar bill."
She sat down alongside me again, and took my hand in hers.
"Look," she said, "the boss would never let me settle for $10. I'd have to make up the difference out of my own pocket. He times how long a client is in here — and he can tell what's going on. Your being here would actually cost me money."
"I certainly don't want that to happen," I said, getting up. "I'll just leave — but you can have the $10 anyway."