I am Sally. Where do I begin? This is an account of 6 months of my life which I can never tell the truth about. It happened 18 months ago and started with me reading an advert in a national newspaper looking for English teachers to work in Bahrain. Having been a teacher in the UK for 20 years I had got stalled off with the job and desperately wanted to do something totally different, but my husband Sam was and is managing director of his own business, so relocating was not an option. Of course we had talked about my frustrations, but although he was sympathetic, Sam couldn't do much to help.
The night I'd seen the advert I mentioned it to him and said it was just the sort of thing I'd like to do if I wasn't stuck where I was and surprisingly he said,
"Why don't you take a look at the website address just to see what it's all about. You'll probably find that it's all some sort of con anyway."
So later that evening I logged on and typed in the web address and was taken aback when, instead of seeing some job website, started to read 'Welcome to the official web page of Prince Ramul Hussein of Bahrain. Please choose from the list below the nature of your enquiry,' as I pressed the button 'Employment enquiry', Sam came up behind and started to read over my shoulder. In short, the Prince's household had a policy of offering short term 6 month contracts for a variety of occupations. The more I read the more I repeated to Sam how I wished we could both jump off the merry-go-round we were on and change our lives with something like this.
He was quiet for some time, but eventually Sam said,
"Look, you know I can't do this, but if you really want to, I'm sure our marriage is strong enough to cope with it."
My immediate reaction was to tell him that I couldn't be that selfish but he insisted,
"Sally, this is something you've wanted to do all our married lives. I think you ought to do it and get it out of your system once and for all."
The following day Sam asked if I'd thought any more about it and I told him that although I would really like to do it but I didn't want to leave him for 6 months. His reply was that if I didn't apply, he would do it for me. What option did I have? That night I went back on the website and pressed 'Apply for Employment' As you would expect it asked for a standard CV and gave an e mail address to send it to. I pulled my CV off the computer, updated it a little, and pressed the send button.
Two days later the phone rang and an obviously foreign voice asked for me.
"Is that Sally Williams?"
"Yes" I replied, "Who's calling?"
"This is Abdul Rahman. I am an aide to Prince Ramul Hussein. I am calling about your application to work for his highness. As you would expect, an interview is essential before we offer work to anyone in the Royal household, but your CV impressed us and we would like to see you."
Having arranged a time to meet I came off the phone in high excitement and rushed through to see Sam who was as supportive as ever and said that I'd better go and get a new suit for the interview. God, I felt like a high school girl again.
Anyway, in short, 2 days after the interview I got a call from Rahman offering me a 6 month contract starting in 10 weeks to undertake English teaching and other duties. The time flew by and before I knew it I was on the plane to Bahrain.
I was met at the airport by 2 very large men and escorted to a long black limousine which took nearly an hour to reach the Palace. We drove in through 2 enormous wooden electric gates which closed behind as the car pulled up in a large courtyard by the doors to what I can only describe as the most impressive building I have ever seen. Gold was everywhere, statues, ornate sculpture and art work - it was unbelievable. I was met at the door by a smiling Rahman and 2 servant girls.
"Welcome to the Royal Palace. I hope you stay with us will be fruitful. I am sure you will want to shower after your journey. The girls here will take you to the bathroom and explain some of the customs and rules which you must abide by at all times while you live here."
With that he turned and left and I followed the girls through a magnificent reception hall and along a corridor before going into a marble and gold bathroom.
"Whilst you are here, you will not be allowed to wear your own clothes so please take them off now and you may bathe. You will wear the uniform kindly given by his highness at all times."
The bath was huge and sunken and sprinkled with rose petals. As I took my clothes off the girl said again,
"Madam. This is a bit delicate, but women are allowed no body hair at all in this Palace. I see you shave your underarms, but they must also go in your lower area. It is very important that this is so."
I was tired and didn't see any problem in complying with the customs. In fact, I had shaved my hairs off several times before when we had been on holiday. The girls put foam on and gently shaved away every last vestige of hair.
"When you have bathed Madam, your must dry yourself in here before going through that door over there where your uniform will be waiting." With that they left the room.
After what seemed like an hour I climbed out of the bath and dried myself off and catching sight of my body in a mirror was surprised at how sexy I thought my cunt looked totally bald.
I dropped the towel and walked through the door the servants had indicated. As I walked into the room the lights came on and the door shut behind me. The only item in the room, which was white marble, was a small table in the middle, but where was the uniform?. I turned to go back to the bathroom to retrieve my towel and found there was no handle on the door. "Oh God" I said to myself. What was I to do. I was naked and there was no uniform. No, wait a minute, there was something on the table. I picked up what I thought was a scrap of cloth to find it was in fact a very small G string.
Out of nowhere a voice said
"Put on the uniform Sally."
"There is no uniform." I shouted
"You are holding it. Put it on or be naked and leave through the door at the end of the room."
I had no choice but to do so as I couldn't leave to sort this out without anything to cover my modesty. There wasn't much to the string but it did at least go over my newly bald cunt, so I put it on and walked out of the only door in the room.
My hopes that I would not be seen were immediately shattered as I walked into room of people. My first reaction was to try and cover myself up but looking at the others I soon noticed that not only were they all looking as bewildered as I was, they were also similarly dressed, or should I say undressed!
Taking a bit more time to assess the situation, I saw that there were 8 men aged between 25 and 35 and one other woman who looked about my age. She also had a string on and the men had thongs with only just enough cloth to cover their private parts.
Before we could think further about what was going on Rahman entered the room. His demeanour had changed. We all started to shout at him at once.