The arrangements were pretty simple. The escort was called Lady Sin. Although I couldn't see her face in the advert she was about the right age, she'd been an escort for years, and she claimed to have trained as an actress, so I didn't think what I was looking for would be any problem. I explained I had a fantasy I wanted to play out, which she might think sounded a bit kinky. She was very nice and encouraged me to tell her it, assuring me she wouldn't be shocked however inventive it was.
I started hesitantly. "Well, you see, I'm 28 years old and I went to a Roman Catholic school. Run by nuns. And, um, the thing is, ever since then I've had this sort of fantasy about seducing a nun. One older than me, about your age, 40-ish. She'd be quite naïve, never been with a man before, and very nervous, and I'd meet her and take her for a coffee. Then I'd bring her back to my place and introduce her to sex, show her what to do to satisfy a man. She'd have to be dressed right, of course, and right from the moment we met to the moment we said goodbye she'd have to stay in character."
There was a long silence at the other end of the phone, and I screwed my eyes shut and swore silently, waiting for the receiver at the other end to be slammed down. Then, warily, she said, "Yeaaahhh, okaaaaay....well, I'll have to hire the outfit and, like you said, it is a bit unusual. I'll give you two hours for four hundred quid, okay? Plus my travel expenses into London." It was more expensive than I expected, but I was flooded with relief and quickly agreed.
That was three days ago. So there I was yesterday, strolling onto the busy concourse of Victoria Station at the agreed time, looking out for a nun near Platform 7. And lo and behold there she was, standing with her back to the station bookshop, looking totally bewildered and gazing around her, presumably trying to work out which of the hundreds of blokes rushing about was me. I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't wearing the traditional black habit, but I figured maybe she'd had trouble hiring it at short notice. She had a simple grey cotton skirt that hung just below her knees, grey nylon tights or stockings, sensible flat-heeled black shoes, a simple white blouse under a grey cardigan and a grey wimple fringed with white. She was smaller than I expected, only a couple of inches over five feet tall, slim but with a noticeable swelling at the bust and nice calves and shapely ankles.
She didn't appear to have noticed me, and she jumped as I softly laid a hand on her shoulder. I've got a typical bricklayer's build, six-foot-one, broad-shouldered and barrel-chested with muscular arms, complemented by my dark fourth generation Italian looks and a twice broken nose. and as I probably looked pretty scary as I towered over her. Leaning down to be heard over the general hubbub, I said gently "You look a bit lost sister. Would you like to come and have a cup of coffee while you get your head together?"
Her mouth opened in surprise; then she tried to smile, but here eyes looked terrified. She finally managed to nod and almost whispered, "Yes, yes I think I would. Thank you." As I gently led her across the station I was dead impressed by her acting skills. As we walked I switched off my mobile phone, not wanting any interruptions for the next couple of hours.
I took my new companion down to a corner in a small café just across Vauxhall Bridge Road from the station. She sat at the table, staring at the floor and wringing her hands while I ordered a cup of tea for her and a mug of coffee for myself. As an afterthought I ordered two bacon butties as well. Then I rejoined her with the drinks, sitting beside her on a red plastic-covered bench. She smiled gratefully and lifted the small cup to her lips with both hands. I was surprised that her hands were quite rough and red, working hands, but I thought maybe she was only a part-time hooker, or perhaps that was a legacy of her pre-escort days. As she drained her tea the café owner brought the bacon rolls over and I ordered her another cup. Then I pushed one of the rolls towards her and, with a grin, said, "There you go sister, it's not Friday."
She tittered at that and covered her mouth with her fingers, then lifted the buttie and tore into it. Still chewing a huge mouthful, she mumbled, "Oh please excuse me, I haven't eaten a thing since five o'clock this morning." As she ate I studied her. She looked younger than I'd expected, closer to mid-30s than the 43 she claimed. Her hair was hidden by the wimple but her thin eyebrows and long lashes were ginger. She wore no make-up and her face had few lines, although her cheeks were a little sunken with a light dusting of freckles. Her nose was quite long and pointed, lips were thin, her chin long and pointed, trailing down to a thin neck. The highlight of her face, though, was her eyes: they were big and jade green, and when she smiled as she wiped bacon juice from her lips they lit up like sparkling jewels. She was nice enough looking but nothing special, apart from those eyes.
I held my hand out to her and said, "I'm Kevin."
She took my hand and shook it with butterfly lightness. Her fingernails were unpainted but neatly trimmed. "Hello Kevin, I'm sis...I'm Marie Claire."
I thought she could have chosen a more imaginative pseudonym. "Like the magazine," I joked.
She looked momentarily surprised, then replied in a soft voice, with the slightest trace of a Scots accent, "Er, yes, that's right of course. Thank you for coming to my rescue in the station Kevin, it was very kind of you. I did feel lost, and scared, I've never seen so much chaos."
I grinned and replied, "That's all right, I'm always happy to help a beautiful lady in distress."
Her eyes widened in surprise and, staring at me, she said, "Beautiful? Nobody's called me that since I was a little girl. But you're right, I am in distress."
I shuffled closer to her and, ignoring the surprised frown of the café owner, casually laid an arm along the bench behind her shoulders and purred, "Well Marie Claire, you are beautiful, and confession's supposed to be good for the soul, so why don't you tell Uncle Kevin all about it?"
For a whore she'd made up a good background story, about how she'd joined the order at 13, and now after all this time she was questioning her faith, and how her mind was filled all the times by fantasies of sins of the flesh, and finding out what she'd been missing out on before it was all too late. So she'd just walked out of the convent that morning, without a word to anyone, and on a whim taken a train to London. She even had tears in the corners of her eyes as she said, "But I didn't think it through. I don't know a soul here, and I spent every penny I had on the train ticket. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself, or even where I'm going to sleep tonight."
That was clearly meant to be my cue. God, this woman was good! She jumped as I wrapped a hand around her shoulder and eased her towards me. Resting my huge paw over her tiny hand I murmured, "Well, my flat's only five minutes up the road. You can come back there with me if you like, and we can...get to know each other better. Explore a few of those fantasies of yours."
She stared at me in what appeared to be total shock. Then she closed her eyes and her lips moved, as if in silent prayer. She reached a hand up towards her neck, to where a crucifix might have hung had she been wearing one. Finally, locking rabbit-in-headlights eyes on mine, and licking her lips nervously, she barely whispered, "Yes, all right Kevin."