Jasmine, that's her stage name anyway, is hot, and she is well aware of it. She's older than the other bargirls, but knows how to use her assets better than any of the fresh faces right off the farm.
I was drawn to her. Not because of how beautiful she is, but because I recognized a kindred spirit. In different ways, we had both taken our bruises in the game of love and stopped playing for good. Love was off the menu.
It was just never going to happen for me. If there had been a demand for barguys, I'd probably be swinging around a pole myself. Why not? Might as well get paid to fuck if you can. I had no more delusions of morality.
We chatted over a few drinks the first night I met her. Lucky it was low season, otherwise I would have never gotten a turn with her.
"I paid your bar fine, but I only want one thing." I told her without even negotiating her fee.
"What's that stud?" she purred at me, trying to improve her bargaining position.
"When we get out of here, drop the act. Let me meet the real Jasmine, or what ever your name really is." I requested.
She looked at me, right in the eyes for what felt like an eternity.
"Why do you think this isn't the real me?" she smiled. Her curiosity was up.
"Come on Jasmine. Look at me. Really look at me. I've been lied to by the best. I've fallen for the fake dreams and empty promises one too many times. Like you, the veil has been lifted from my eyes. I know better now. I know you now. We suffer the same fate, even though we are on opposite sides of this table." I made my speech.
"Why is that so important to you? To meet the real me?" she asked. She is as smart as I thought she was.
"I'm at a point of my life where I've done most everything. I've been the good guy. I've been the hero and I've been the knight. It's boring me to tears. I'm done trying to be good. I want interesting. I want exciting. I want fun, even if it's bad for me. Out of all these brainless twats in here, you are the only interesting one. Probably the only interesting thing in this whole city. I just want to see what makes the real you tick. What keeps you getting out of bed every day. That's all." I explained.
There was a long silence between us. I had no idea what was going on in her head. She had no idea how to respond.
"Jane." She said. My real name is Jane Castillo."
She must have figured out I was not a threat, and that's true. I couldn't think of a single thing worth getting upset over anymore. Maybe I'm a sociopath, and I don't feel empathy.
Would I push a child out from in front of a speeding truck? Yes. Probably. Would I care if it hit me in the process? No. Not a bit.
Not sure what kind of mental illness that is, but it's where I'm at. Getting hit by the truck isn't worth worrying about. The next day the sun will rise all the same, so what's the point of getting mad about it? Such is life. Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes you are the bug.
I was in her city for as long as I wanted to be. I had left the rat race for good. Defeated in love, but not in business. I had made enough to last.
I usually picked Jane up three nights a week. I left Friday and Saturday nights for the other punters. There was plenty of business then. I was not going anywhere. I could wait for the slower days. The days she was happy to see me.
We didn't even have sex until the second week I started seeing her. Mostly because we ran out of stuff to talk about and got bored. Yeah, we both got off, but it was more like mutual masturbation using each other's bodies. I was getting my release, and she was getting hers. That's all.
We are both pretty good at it though, and sometimes we put some effort into it and it was very good. Sometimes we didn't and it was just adequate. Just get our release and get some sleep. Almost like an understanding between two professionals.