My name is Alan. Characters and events of the following story are entirely fictional.
Chapter One
The city of Boston is an odd place for a Midwestern small-towner to transplant into. But I'd done it after achieving a Bachelor's in business Management. Being that one of my hobbies is reading, after eight years of mid-level white-collar job hopping, I'd moved, and bought a house and a usiness space for a moderate bookstore. Just I and one employee had been holding things down and earning comfortably for three years. My employee was in her third year of college, very bright and wanting to be a writer, hence her being drawn to a bookstore and also my decision to hire her.
Home for both of us was two blocks from the store, in opposite directions. I had also converted moderately-sized space above the store to an apartment, though no one was currently renting it.
Today I locked the shop as Dawn, my employee, also got ready to head out and delve into keeping herself afloat in her schoolwork. I set out for home and reached my split-level ranch in twenty minutes. After showering, I put a casserole in the oven and sat down to check e-mail after starting up my laptop. I cleared my junk mail folder and perused my inbox, briefly eyeing a little info from a couple of online retailers I used regularly. These I eventually deleted as well.
One item in my inbox gave me pause. For about three weeks prior to now, I had been researching service providers, of a decidedly sexual nature. I had some outside-the-box interests, and I wanted to know if a professional service of some sort could help. I had hit on a place that was local and had been corresponding about my desires and a timeframe with one of the ladies employed by a place called Open Mind Matters.
It wasn't a brothel or a gentlemen's establishment or a call girl palace or a mistress provider. Employees dealt with all of these things, including paying for conventional sex. All employees were used to a clean, high-end environment that catered to one's tastes. This included the common stuff, fetishes, and mistresses skilled in administering services.
But they also prided themselves on meeting out-of-the-ordinary needs, aside from anything dangerous or simply out of the question. Apparently, as I had discovered over the last week and a half, one of the ladies from open mind felt "rather comfortable" defining a timeframe and helping with my exploration efforts.
Employees made the establishment managers and operators aware of all client requests; clients were required to visit the Open Mind office and detail their needs if they were interested in an extended session--anything more than one day--and also as a way for the business to get a handle on clients to keep service providers out of danger. Off-site appointments were welcome as long as a client met those criteria and also signed a document subjecting them to expedited legal actions if anything happened to the ladies in extended or off-site sessions. Open Mind had acquired a reputation and brooked no flak from anyone in any situation with regard to safety and well being of its providing personnel.
E-mail correspondence was one way to achieve this. If a client e-mailed expressing interest in whatever services were in question, a dialogue was begun with the prospective client; managers and operators were aware of all this dialogue or conversation. It was kind of like a feeling-out process to keep providers from just jumping into a situation with little or no preparation.
Apparently, the lady who had been tending to my concerns and corresponding to get to know me was named Jennifer. Most of the time she preferred Jen. Apparently, my inquiries regarding a handful of specific services weren't as weird as I personally thought. I was assured Jennifer herself was willing to lend her time and talents to my cause.
A five-day session was recommended. Today was Wednesday. I was asked to take care of my on-site clearance appointment tomorrow, Thursday, before five p.m. I answered affirmatively. The session could start by Saturday. Also ok with me. The site of our session would be Jennifer's house; all ladies were single and more than one had equipped space within their homes to service clients, especially in cases where discreetness and privacy were among a client's priorities. They were for me. I also had mentioned prior to now that I did not drive; I could take a bus to a stop a few blocks from Open Mind's office. In most cases service providers were ok assisting with transportation if a need was demonstrated. I could indeed demonstrate during my evaluation appointment. I had already disclosed to Jennifer the 'why' of my transportation needs and was assured it could be handled.
After taking note of all this I sat down to my dinner and watched an NBA double-header on TV until I deemed it time to crash.
On Thursday I left the shop on lunch and journeyed to Open Mind. I checked in, learned the rules, signed documents, and spoke about my desires and requirements in front of Jennifer and a witnessing party. All said and done, I was welcomed aboard, thanked for my cooperation and candor, and told that Jennifer would meet me at the bookstore Saturday morning by 10 a.m. for the ride to her house.
I returned to the shop to finish out the day and let Dawn know of the schedule adjustments for next week through Wednesday. The store's open hours would be only the hours Dawn had free that Monday to Wednesday. If a delivery vendor or customer called with an important concern, I left my cell number. I reminded Dawn Friday would be a normal scheduled day, squared away last-minute stuff, and we exited and locked up.
I went home to a shower, dinner, a movie, and part of another NBA game. Before heading out the next morning, I drafted a listing of the revised temporary hours to put on the door and a couple of spots inside the store. I made the twenty-minute walk and, as usual, Dawn was already there. Seeing no customers yet, I showed her the modified hours I wanted to keep through Wednesday, and asked if she felt able to handle day-to-day stuff in my absence. She said yes, certainly, and I believed her. It being just us, she had much behind-the-scenes knowledge about operations and was naturally well-organized. I told her it would be back to regular business hours the following Thursday.
I went through the remainder of the Friday like any other day, and locked and closed the shop and made the walk home. I repeated my ritual of personal e-mail, cooking dinner, a shower and TV before bed.
Chapter two
Jennifer had left her number, and upon reaching the shop after another shower and packing a bag of necessities, I called to verify she had the address of the store. She did, and mentioned she would be there in about ten minutes. I thanked her and ended the call. Right on time, up rolled a pristine white BMW 335 coupe. The passenger door was at the curb due to her direction of travel. The car stopped, and the door locks popped. I lifted the door latch, pulled, and carefully deposited my bag on the rear seat. I slid into the front, immediately aware of tan leather seats designed for both comfort and serious driving as required.
"Very nice choice of wheels," I remarked as I closed the door and clicked the seatbelt. Jennifer grinned, checked traffic, and we were off. She told me once we were away from the business area of my Boston suburb that the car was the next best option to the M3 coupe she couldn't swing. I mentioned that a nicely equipped regular 3 was cheaper in maintenance, insurance, and got better mileage.