The Slut Rose: The Masseuse's Mistake, Part 1
*Author's Note - This is a standalone story, but if you want more background on the Slut Rose and Slut Spray, please read "The Slut Rose: Origins" and "The Slut Rose: Hammer".
"Thank you for calling the Relaxation Center," Vanessa answered, picking up the desk phone. "Can I help you?" She smiled, loving that people were calling, that business was really booming for the first time in the ten years she'd had the place. If this kept up, she'd have to hire a receptionist soon.
"Sure... what's your name?... Amy. Alright, and is this for yourself?... Yes, we have half-hour, hour, and ninety-minute massages, with just upper-body, and full-body options. Which would be best for you?" She opened her schedule book and located a free day. "Sure... I have Lauren available for you at 2:00pm. Is that good?... Perfect... thirty minutes on Saturday the tenth at 2:00pm... Thank you. We'll see you then."
An older woman walked up to the counter. "Erica! I didn't even know you had an appointment today." Vanessa turned the scheduling book back to today. "I'm sorry, but I'm booked. I think I can squeeze you in on Friday, though."
"Oh, no, I just finished my appointment," Erica said. "With Vince. He's a wonderful, wonderful young man." Erica opened her purse and pulled out her wallet to pay for the session.
Vanessa looked at her in surprise. Erica had been her regular client for several years now, coming in about every three months or so. She had no idea how she got scheduled with Vince.
Erica handed Vanessa her credit card. "Can you add a hundred dollar tip onto that, too, please. That was... incredible!" Erica gushed.
Venessa was in complete shock now. The massage alone was only a hundred and twenty dollars... and Erica wanted to add a one hundred dollar tip?
"One hundred dollar tip? Are you sure?" Vanessa asked, holding the card.
"Yes dear, please," Erica smiled. She had a glow about her. Vanessa often saw clients leave with a wonderful relaxation and glow about them, but Erica's glow seemed off for some reason.
"Ok, here you go. Just sign here," Vanessa indicated on the form. Erica signed it and Vanessa dropped it into the cash register. "Would you like to schedule another appointment?"
"Yes, please."
"Three months again?" Vanessa asked.
"No... um... this time I think I want to come back in a month and see how that works."
"Ok." Vanessa changed the page on the schedule book. "I have a three o'clock available on the twenty-seventh." She looked up to look for clarification.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to go to Vince again. Does he have time available that day?"
Vanessa was definitely confused, but scanned the schedule. "Yes... he has an opening at ten in the morning."
"That would be perfect. Thank you," Erica smiled, putting her wallet back into her purse and walking to the door. She seemed almost dazed.
"Have a good day!" Vanessa called just as Erica reached the glass door.
"You, too, dear," Erica replied and left the building.
"What the hell?" Vanessa said, turning the schedule back to today again.
Vince walked out from the back hallway towards the desk. "Hi Vanessa! Do I have another appointment soon?"
"Um... you have Crystal in an hour," she said.
"Ok. Cool." Vince turned to walk to the back again when Vanessa stopped him.
"Vince... can we talk for a second?" she asked.
"Sure... what's up," he said, walking to the front desk.
"You... um... you know that I really like having you here," she said. "Since you started, we seem to have gained a good number of new clients and I have to really credit you with that."
Vince nodded and smiled. He had such a youthful, innocent smile that really showed his happiness. "Thanks. I really like it here."
"There's... um... I just have to ask you, though." She paused, unsure of how to ask him what she truly wanted to know. "You're not doing anything... special... with your clients are you?"
"Special?"
"It's just... I've never seen any place have growth like this before," she said nervously. He really was a great employee and she didn't want him to take offense and quit on her. "And I just want to make sure there's nothing... you know... illegal about your massages."
He shook his head. "I can't think of anything," he said.
"In just the few months that you've been here, you've not only added new clients yourself... but some of our current clients have switched over to you. And many clients are becoming... very regular. More regular than I'd expect."
He raised his hands into the air and turned them around looking at them and showing them to Vanessa. "I guess they really like my touch," he laughed.
Vanessa was still puzzled and still didn't have the answers she wanted, but didn't know what else to ask.
"Is that all?" he asked. "Can I go to the back to wait?"
Vanessa looked at him and then shook her head to snap out of her suspicious vibe. "Yeah, sure. I'm sorry," she said.
Vince turned and walked to the back room, humming some tune she didn't know.
She shook her head, still concerned. If there was something going on, drugs, sex, or anything else illegal, and the cops found out, they'd shut her business down and she'd be in big trouble. She really was going to have to figure this out.
*****
It was only a month later and Vanessa's suspicions had only grown worse. But she still didn't know what else she could do. Suddenly the phone rang at 9:30am. "Thank you for calling the Relaxation Center," Vanessa answered, picking up the desk phone. "Can I help you?"
"Vanessa, it's Vince," the voice on the other end said. It didn't sound like Vince, but the guy sure sounded sick.
"Vince... everything ok?"
"No. I caught some stupid bug the other day," he said, before starting to cough. "I'm going to have to take a few days off to get over this crap. Can you call and reschedule my appointments?"
Vanessa scanned the appointment book. "I think we can handle most of them with the other masseuse's. I should only have to reschedule a few of them."
"I'd prefer just rescheduling all of them, if you would."
Vanessa felt that something was... off. He seemed a bit too insistent that none of the other therapists take his clients while he was out sick. Was he trying to hide something?
"Well, I understand, but I'd rather see what else I can do," she said. "Don't worry, we'll take care of it. You just get better, ok?"
There was a momentary pause that made Vanessa nervous. "Yeah... ok... I'll let you know what's happening and should be back in a day or two."
"Ok, just let me know," she said and she hung up the phone. She looked at the schedule for today and found that his next appointment was at 11:00am. She was free for that timeslot so she figured she could take it and see what she could learn.
*****
Vanessa was a little nervous when Kristen, Vince's 11:00am appointment walked in the door. "Hi! Are you Kristen?"
"Good morning! Yes I am," Kristen said. "I'm here for my appointment with Vince." Kristen was wearing a loose blouse and skirt, as if she had just come from work.
"Good morning!" Vanessa replied. "Sorry, Vince is out sick today. I'm Vanessa, the owner, and I'll be giving you the massage today."
"Oh," Kristen said, sounding a little disappointed. Then she smiled. "Ok. Great. I love women's hands, too."
"Follow me," Vanessa said, leading her into the back where the client rooms were. She led her into her room and closed the door behind them. "Ok, so what brings you in here today?"
"Oh, I've just been working a lot, with heels on all day," Kristen said, kicking her shoes off. "I just need a little me time."
"How long has it been since your last massage?"
"Only a few weeks I think," Kristen said. "Not long, but feels like forever."
"Hmmm," Vanessa said. She wondered why someone would feel a need to have a massage so often... unless there was something else to it. "Have you had any accidents or anything happen while working out?" Vanessa asked. "Any pain or anywhere in particular you want me to focus?"
Kristen giggled suddenly. "Sorry. No, just really... tight. You know? I just need a general massage, something to totally... relax... me. I'm in a little bit of a hurry. I have some meetings I need to get to."
"Oh, ok," Vanessa said, turning her back to grab one of the towels. When she turned back, Kristen had taken her blouse off and was just removing her bra. Her breasts bounced a little, her nipples becoming hard. Vanessa felt embarrassed watching this woman she didn't know get undressed so quickly. It was so different than she was used to.
"Oh, um.... Here's a towel," she said, handing it to her. "There's a screen over there. You can get undressed to what ever you're... um... comfortable with. Then lay down on the table with the towel draped over you. Just call for me when you're ready, ok?"
"Oh, you don't have to leave," Kristen said, pushing her skirt down, then hooking her fingers into her panties. "I'll be ready in just a second." She tossed her panties aside and moved to the table, crawling onto it. "This way... or..."
"Just... on your stomach," Vanessa said, looking at her very beautiful and very naked client. As she turned over, her breasts swayed below her, making Vanessa blush. It wasn't the first time she'd ever had a naked woman on her massage table, but she'd never had a woman so forward before. Kristen seemed to enjoy showing off her body.
"I like starting on my stomach."
Vanessa moved beside the table, spread some oil onto her hands and then touched her for the first time. "I'm just going to start on your... upper back and shoulders." She started manipulating Kristen's muscles, starting her standard massage.
"Mmhmm, that's a good start," Kristen said softly. "Do you have any of Vince's special oil he uses? It adds such wonderful... tingling... to the massage."
"No," Vanessa said, wondering what kind of special massage oil Vince would be using. "I'm sorry. I don't."
"Oh," Kristen said, sounding a little disappointed again. "I guess we'll just have to do without."
Kristen moaned softly as Vanessa worked the muscles on her neck, shoulders, and upper back. Vanessa blushed a little again. She was used to clients expressing a little pleasure from their massage, but Kristen's moaning was more... sensual.
"My, uh, lower back has been really killing me at work lately," Kristen said putting one hand behind her to show Vanessa where she wanted massaged.
"Let me grab some more oil for you." Vanessa put more oil on her hands and started working down her back, moving to her lower back to where Kristen had indicated.
"Mmhmm!" Kristen moaned. "So... how long have you been doing this?"