"We the women of Afghanistan walk a fine line, we are supposed to be super traditional, upholding our Islamic faith and culture proudly by being chaste, pious, and we're supposed to always be respectful and deferential, especially in our dealings with the male authority figures of our faith, as you can see, Doc, I definitely don't fit the mold," Fauzia Samadzai said, smiling. Shrugging, she leaned back on the couch, shaking her head for emphasis.
Sitting in the psychiatrist's office, Fauzia looked at the calm, composed and bespectacled man seated behind the desk. Dr. Alan Klassou looked at Fauzia and began to steeple his fingers, something he only did when stressed. His handsome face remained impassive. Tall and burly but fit, with dark brown and slick, curly dark hair just starting to go grey at the temples, he reminded Fauzia of the Hollywood actor Dennis Haysbert, the one from the All-State television commercials.
"Fauzia, we're all affected by the rules, norms and traditions of our background, like you, I was raised in Canada but I am still a proud son of the Togolese nation," Dr. Klassou said, and he flashed Fauzia an empathetic smile. Fauzia crossed her legs, and noticed the way the doctor barely stopped himself from looking at her. A coy smile crept into her lovely face, and she licked her lips in a most suggestive manner.
At the age of twenty three, Fauzia Samadzai was quite the stunner, and she damn well knew it. Five-foot-eight, curvy and sexy, with dark bronze skin, and rapturous long dark hair that she no longer bothered to hide under a stifling Hijab, Fauzia was quite beautiful. The young woman's rather inquisitive brown eyes and sensuous, full lips giving her a downright seductive look even when she wasn't trying.
Fauzia always felt stifled by the rules of the rather conservative Afghan-Canadian Muslim community, which led to her rebelling against them. Fauzia was no longer speaking to her parents, Ghazzal and Rafiq Samadzai, who considered her dead to them due to her scandalous behavior. Fauzia was more westernized than the average white Canadian woman, and to the Samadzai clan, this was too much. Fauzia became an outcast in her own community...
On that particular afternoon, Fauzia came to Dr. Klassou's office wearing a black leather bomber jacket, unbuttoned, not unzipped, over a red tank top, a black leather miniskirt and thigh-high black leather boots. Fauzia's aviator shades, which she never left her Kerrisdale townhouse without, rested on top of her head. Cool brown eyes scrutinized the good doctor, as if scanning him for potential weaknesses.
"Hmm, did you ever rebel against the rules like I did, Doc?" Fauzia asked, and Dr. Klassou smiled but remained silent, seemingly perplexed. The good doctor came highly recommended, by a close friend of her family. There were lots of qualified, outstanding psychiatrists in the Vancouver metropolitan area, but Fauzia was extremely picky. Story of her life, really...
Fauzia smiled as she thought of all the doctors she'd checked out and rejected prior to waltzing into Dr. Klassou's office. She didn't want a Muslim psychiatrist because he or she would be judgmental of her life choices, and she definitely didn't want a white person because he or she wouldn't be able to relate to her experience as an immigrant woman. No offense against any of the above, just Fauzia's preferences.
Whom did that leave for the rather picky Fauzia? Dr. Alan Klassou, McGill-educated licenced psychiatrist and author of BDSM And Psychology, a best-seller on Amazon for ten straight weeks back in 2014. Four years later, the good doctor split his time between lecturing at Trinity Western University and running his small, exclusive psychiatric practice.
"Of course I rebelled, Fauzia, it's only natural," Dr. Klassou replied, and Fauzia grinned, glad that he was the one to break the silence for a change. Now we're getting somewhere, Fauzia thought. Prior to choosing Dr. Klassou as her shrink, she dutifully checked him out. Fauzia never failed to do her due diligence when it came to selecting someone, whether for personal or professional reasons.
"Do tell," Fauzia replied, trying to flip the game on Dr. Klassou, but he didn't look like he would bite. The handsome, well-dressed psychiatrist looked stiff and not in a good way. Nevertheless, Fauzia could tell that he was a freak, one who had gotten really good at hiding it. A man who writes a 450-page book about the BDSM lifestyle and manages to sell five million copies of it definitely has a freaky side. It would be fun to bring it out of him...
"Fauzia, we're not talking about me, now, if you please, let us continue," Dr. Klassou said, in his polite, even tone of voice. Fauzia scoffed, disappointed at her latest failure to get a rise out of him. They'd been having those sessions for three months now, and Fauzia had revealed a lot of things to the good doctor. Dr. Klassou's life, on the other hand, remained a mystery to Fauzia, one which she yearned to unravel...
"Alright, Doc, I was telling you about my ex-boyfriend, Tyrese Witherspoon, I still miss his dumb ass," Fauzia said with a downright lustful sigh. Dr. Klassou scribbled something in his notepad, then nodded at her. Fauzia met the tall, dark-skinned and ruggedly handsome Tyrese Dickinson while walking around the King's Gate Mall. Originally from Boston, Tyrese was a newcomer to Vancouver, having moved there when his father Lincoln Dickinson took a teaching position at Douglas College. When Fauzia met Tyrese, it was love at first sight...
"Go on," Dr. Klassou said softly, and Fauzia nodded, then proceeded to regale the good doctor with a tawdry tale of her last sexual encounter with Tyrese. They'd gotten their freak on in the bathroom of the Park Theater after watching the movie Insidious : The Last Key. Fauzia was on her knees, sucking Tyrese's dick when the movie theater's security guard, alerted by their moans and groans, came calling. That's when things got really interesting...
"Shoot, Tyrese and I got busted, and we high-tailed it out of that family washroom," Fauzia said, laughing. While talking, Fauzia crossed and uncrossed her legs, and she thought she saw the good doctor sneak a peek at her junk. Fauzia, who'd always been a panties-optional kind of gal, smiled triumphantly. Dr. Klassou shifted uncomfortably in his seat, and Fauzia knew he'd seen more than he wanted. Just like Fauzia intended...