Note: like all the other 'Dubai Tales' β published, or yet-to-be-published, alike β this story is effectively true, but with enough detail changed so that no one involved can be identified, except p-e-r-h-a-p-s by themselves. . . . . .
Driving the Cayman up the ramp and out of the climate controlled cool of the 'Executive Staff' carpark at Dubai International Airport I flinched in anticipation of the wall of heat I was about to hit. But my windows were down and the tiny optional extra sunroof (
'the most expensive letterbox in the world'
the expat Malaysian salesman joked as he relieved be of a substantial slice of my earnings) was staying open and the aircon 'off' β all my life I had wanted a Porsche and now I had one I was going to damn well use it!
In fact life wasn't bad at all. I had the car. I had a well paid job I loved, maintaining complex air traffic control systems. I had a luxury apartment, all bills paid by my employer, with a maid who cooked and a swimming pool (OK the swimming pool was shared). I even had a sexy girlfriend now β thanks to the confidence that CΓ©leste, THE woman, had given me. Well, confidence and the kudos of taking down the scumbag husband with one punch β only I knew what a fluke it was, but thanks to that fluke for the first time in my life I had acquired a nickname at work β 'Juan' (as in Juan Punch). All in all, pretty good going for a geek, even a geek with a Porsche, a luxury apartment and a swimming pool.
OK, OK, the girlfriend was, just like the swimming pool, shared. Shared with her husband for sure, and I am reasonably certain with several of the other contractors. But since these were younger, beefier, less geeky and more β much, much more β self confident than me, that was a little bit of an ego boost in a way.
Apart from not being 100% (or even, if the truth be told, 25%) mine, Faith was β or so I thought at the time - in every other respect, perfect. A little older than me, late 30s. Very lean and rangy, almost bony. Tall. Small breasts that disappeared as she arched backwards as I slid into her. Elegant but not classy, very, very tanned, with a face that had undoubtedly seen too much sun in its time β but the little leathery lines and wrinkles that radiated out from her invariably lipsticked mouth as it closed around my erect penis were an incredible turn on. Her noisy prolonged climaxes, and the way her eyeballs almost swivelled until only white showed when she orgasmed, showed I was doing something right.
I knew that Charity, my maid β "Mrs Charity" as I called her, since she refused to call my anything other than "Mr Rupert" β disapproved. So much so that I now only had Faith round (and had Faith) on Mrs C's day off. This seemed to suit Faith β presumably allowing her more time to pursue 'other interests' (that's a euphemism for the more well endowed of her husband's workmates) β and it certainly suited me: avoiding the frosty next morning glances of my maid as she banged my grapefruit and yogurt on to the breakfast counter had become a primary objective.
Yesterday had been Mrs C's day off so I was pretty shagged out as I piloted the Porsche homebound. It was about 43c, so the breeze flowing through the car was distinctly uncomfortable. But I knew an air conditioned underground parking space, a shower, a swim, another shower, and one of Mrs C's fabulous home cooked summery Kenyan dishes awaited me.
I parked the car, noticing that it was more dusty than gleaming, but a call to the Indonesian brothers to whom I entrusted its cleaning would soon fix that. The first shower was great. The pool felt cold after the heat of the journey and the shower, but I felt refreshed after ten lengths. The second shower was good β I arched back and watched the most expensive water in the World, produced from seawater in the desert, sheeting from my penis, which stirred and raised slightly as if remembering how it had skewered another man's wife on my apartment's living room floor the night before. So far so good.
But as I wandered into the kitchen I knew that something was wrong. Mrs C was clearly upset and instead of her chatting endlessly about her brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews back home in Nairobi as she chopped and prepared exotic ingredients into dishes of complete brilliance, there was stony silence as she tossed a few tomatoes and some lettuce leaves into the salad washer.
People aren't exactly my strongpoint β give me complex electronics any day β but I thought I'd give it a try. I had always liked Mrs C β her cheerfulness and care for me kept me sane and healthy in this supremely unnatural life in Dubai. She had been widowed more than ten years ago when her husband had died on a construction site here back in the boom years. She had come to send the body home to his family, had to get a job to pay off the loan for the airfare, and had been here ever since. She worked hard and I knew that every penny she earned went back to Kenya to fund her nephews and nieces' education. Sometimes, especially when I lay alone between the crisp clean sheets she had put on my bed I even fancied her: she was mid-30 something, quite short, verging on plump, but she had flawless black skin and an energy for life that I envied. And a fabulous, fabulous, rounded bum. I know that some of my workmates at the airport did sleep with their maids, but I strongly disapproved as I wondered how 'consenting' these women truly were given their desperation to keep their jobs, send money home, and feed their families.
"
Everything alright, Mrs C?
" I asked, genuinely concerned. There was no direct rely, she didn't even look at me, but I heard a loud tearful sniff.
This was too much coming from someone for whom I genuinely cared. I stepped forward, firmly took the miscellaneous and slightly sad salad items from her hands and led her into the living room. She reluctantly sat down and I sat with her and said "
OK Mrs C β tell me what's wrong. We're friends right?
"
She started sobbing.
"That woman has been here. She no good for you. She no good."
"That woman? You mean my friend Faith?" I asked, really just for something to say, as I was out of my depth here..
"Yes her. I clean this morning and find underwear under sofa.
This
sofa."
I had a mental image of the night before, sliding Faith's expensive apricot coloured knickers down her long tanned legs, then flicking them aside before I turned her over and fucked her (and fuck her I did β Faith was the first woman I had ever fucked rather than made love to. But since we both evidently enjoyed it so much, I don't feel too bad). Damn! I knew she routinely kept a clean pair in her Gucci handbag identical to those she was wearing β she must have slipped those on when we were done.
"I'm sorry to have upset you Mrs C β this is your home as well as mine β but it shouldn't be a problem, me having a girlfriend, should it?"