After coffees on Wednesday with everyone dressed in comfortable travel clothes, the motorcade of 4 black Mercedes V Class cars and a large rental van for the luggage sets off at 4 a.m. from the Best Erotic Hotel of Delhi for the Best Erotic Hotel of Kolkata, from where they will embark on Bangkok Girl. There is a PSO and an assistant PSO in the front of each car and 2 assistant PSOs in the luggage van, each armed with a pistol and an automatic assault weapon. Each car carries a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in the trunk. Emily & Sansa share a car, as do Amy & Achara, and Sushila & Anish. The remaining car is shared by Lalisa, Rochana, Phaelyn and Kannika.
All 12 legs of the second cruise are fully booked at a cost of $25,000 per person per night making a total income of $81.9 million. On the maiden cruise registered ladies were paid $5,000 each per night making the gross profit $12.6 million before the costs involved with running Bangkok Girl were included. On the second cruise with 9 more guests and the self-funding refresher training of registered ladies there are zero costs, so the gross profit will $81.9 million. This represents a substantial increase in gross profit on the second cruise over the first of $76,650,000.
After a very long day and it being well after midnight, they are all very relieved to arrive at the Best Erotic Hotel of Kolkata. They visit the buffet for a light bite in the penthouse then all go to their rooms. Emily & Sansa refresh themselves with a shower and go to bed to snuggle together and fall asleep almost immediately.
The next morning allows a more confortable timescale which Emily and Sansa take full advantage of with a lovely long lingering but very intimate shower. Emily tells Sansa that she will no longer accept advance bookings because she wants to devote herself and her time to her. Sansa is so happy to hear confirmation of what they have briefly mentioned several times in the recent past and says that she will do the same. They both agree, with the club members arriving on friday that it is time to make their decision to retire from prostitution at the end of the cruise and their status as life-partners known to all.
At breakfast, attended by Lalisa, Rochana, Phaelyn and Kannika, they are joined little by little by other late risers. When everyone has joined them, they enjoy a relaxed fresh coffee or two, Emily and Sansa tells them their news. It is little surprise to Amy and Sushila who had already agreed to stand in for Emily and Sansa when they wish to take time off either on board or ashore and catch up with them again at the next port. In short, they are going to become full-time lesbians! The response comes after a short pause, letting what they had been told sink in, then there is great joy and celebration for them both with hugs all round. Nilesh and Sudesh are surprised but delighted for them and Emily whispers loudly to them so all can hear: "Don't worry, you two aren't expected to become a couple too!"
As the breakfast group breaks up, Emily & Sansa take Amy & Achara to one side to discuss the all important scene-setting opening address to the ladies of the brothel. Amy says that she and Achara had been discussing the address and since the jaded ladies have been sent to Bangkok Girl for remedial refresher training, they think that a friendly but frankly stark message is required to leave the ladies in no doubt as to their situation. Emily & Sansa nod in agreement which encourages Amy to say that if a positive report on their attitude and performance isn't possible at the end of the cruise, then the lady involved might well find that she is unable to rejoin her branch. There, right at the start is their opportunity to put things right, which with a positive attitude, is within everyone's capability to achieve and on seeing that positivity, they will each receive friendly support and encouragement.
Emily and Sansa exchange smiles and nod to each other then simply say 'bravo' in response. Emily congratulates them on covering all the bases necessary in her opinion. The ladies may be ignorant of the reason they were sent to work in a brothel for twelve weeks without pay, so it is only fair that they know the full unpleasant truth at the start while they still have the ability to influence their future. With that done, it is important to reassure them that they are neither alone or without hope, but their future lies in their own hands. Finally, Amy & Achara will have reached out and offered to give support, encouragement and guidance. Emily suggests, only because it wasn't mentioned, to start with a warm welcome to Bangkok Girl and end with a guided tour.
Amy thanks Emily & Sansa for their feedback and makes a note to start with a welcome and end with a tour. She says that she already has a good working relationship with the Executive Chef and will seek him out once they are on board to check how initial refreshments and a meal in the ladies lounge will work as the ladies arrive, probably not all at the same time. Nilesh joins them and suggests it might be prudent to start moving to ensure they are all on board before the ladies start to arrive. Emily agrees and they disperse to their rooms to finalise their preparations to depart the hotel for Bangkok Girl.
As the gangway to Bangkok Girl comes into view, the Captain is there to greet them. Emily introduces the newcomers and with a big smile the Captain escorts them to inspect the newly expanded and refurbished brothel. Those who have not seen it before are astounded at its elegant beauty and those that knew its former elegance are both stunned and delighted at the expansion and its new sumptuous decor and furnishings. Acutely aware that the ladies will start to arrive soon they disperse to ensure their luggage is brought safely on board and into their cabins. The last to leave, Amy & Achara invite Emily & Sansa to witness the opening address and welcome tour for the 40 new inhabitants of the brothel for the next 12 weeks and perhaps take their evening meal with them too. They say that they would be delighted and are looking forward to it very much.
Emily & Sansa decide to have an intimate last night together before the guests start arriving the next afternoon and they become unavailable to each other for the 12 weeks of the cruise. They look forward to the following cruise when they will be free of 'date' bookings while on board.