Mr. Grisham wasn't the only teacher at Camilla's high school to lust after her. Mr. Hanson was walking by Grisham's classroom during lunchtime when he overheard a tearful Camilla begging Grisham to be with her again. Hanson, feeling an inexplicably stronger urge than usual to be near her, stopped behind the slightly ajar door and eavesdropped.
"Please keep your voice down, Camilla," Grisham whispered.
"I miss you," she whined, affecting the voice of a spoiled little girl, fidgeting on his lap, and pouting.
Putting his hands on her cheeks and looking gently but firmly in her eyes, Grisham summoned all of his strength to resist her and said, "Sweetie, it's over between us."
"Maybe after I graduate in two months, you'll come over to
Luvlee's
and see me naked?" she asked. Hanson's face lit up from learning that she worked in a strip club.
"Maybe," Grisham said. Satisfied with that answer, she got off his lap and left the room. When she reached the door, Hanson heard her say to herself, "Now I need a new teacher."
This was as much encouragement as Hanson needed. He was a year older than Grisham, as tall as him, not as handsome, somewhat hairier, a little bigger in the gut and had a slightly receding hairline; but Hanson still had hopes that he would be good-looking enough to Camilla to be her new lover. Later, he taught her in history class. He noticed her admiring eyes as he displayed his extensive knowledge of imperial Rome: he was lecturing on emperor Claudius and his promiscuous wife, Messalina. Then he put the girls in groups to discuss what he'd just lectured about, and went around from group to group to hear how the discussions were going. He went behind Camilla and, not at all knowing where he'd got his boldness from, surreptitiously put his hands on her buttocks. Aroused, she quickly inhaled, her heart beating quicker.
Still with his hands on her behind, he asked her group if there were any problems. "No sir," she answered breathily, turning around and looking up in his eyes. Clearly, she didn't object to his errant hands, and he squeezed her buttocks to take advantage of her indulgence of him. She gently grunted with pleasure, and pretended to cough so the other girls in her group wouldn't suspect anything.
I can't believe I actually had the balls to do that,
he thought as he walked away from her.
After class, he followed her in the hall as she spoke with Candice, eavesdropping the whole time.
"I can't stand this," Candice whispered. "I wanna grab you right here, tear off all your clothes, and ravish you right in front of everybody."
"Wait 'til I get home tonight from the massage parlour. I finish at 11," Camilla answered.
"So how long is the drive home?"
"Only about ten minutes, sweetie. The place is on Litchfield Street: it's a quick drive home."
Now Hanson knew where to go that night--
Bates Massage
. He also knew why it was named
Bates
. What he didn't know, however, was how he could have been so lucky to hear such crucial information, freely given from Camilla's own lips.
That evening, he told his wife he was getting together with an old friend for a few drinks, and would be back home around 11. He had to drive to
Bates
from the other side of town, so it took him about a half an hour to get there: impatient, he was trembling with anticipation.
When he walked in and saw her by the front desk, she greeted him with an ear-to-ear grin. "Hi, sir!"