Special thanks to GeekAngel for her kind support
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Next Monday, early morning I went to the cafeteria, where we ate our breakfast most mornings together. I was afraid, that I wouldn't be able to find her, but she was there. The table was ready and she was waiting for me. This sight relieved me. Our friendship was not over. We chatted about daily things. Then I asked,
"Are you gonna stay this evening at the campus after lessons?"
"No, I have a customer tonight." she said.
This sentence was expressing the only thing that changed after that night. Her "job" wasn't a taboo discussion topic anymore. She no longer would say that she's busy, now she always mentioned her "customers".
Most of her customers were businessmen. Sometimes, she was going on business trips with them, where she could earn extra money. She had some steady customers, as well as one time jobs. She never went to their homes or accepted low class hotel rooms. On the pill but never fucking without condom, she was in fact a first class whore.
She told me about Ian, too. He was running an escort service and was working with 5-6 different girls. He had his "connections".
"He might seem rude but he's a good person inside." she said.
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Time passed and cold winter days came. On this particular day, I didn't see her at school. I wasn't worried though, because sometimes she was out for a customer. However that afternoon, she called me.
"Oh, hi Rebecca."
"Hi, Ethan"
"Your sound is a little strange. Are you sick?"
"Yes" she paused, "I got terrible flu. I feel miserable and I can't reach that damn Ian. I need someone here. Can you...can you please come over to help me?"
That day was the first time I'd been to her place. It was a small but a very high luxury apartment. Rebecca was a real mess. I insisted she call a doctor but she refused. So I cooked her some soup, helped her to eat it and bought some medications. When she fell asleep, I called my friends to tell them I would't be able to stay at the dorm that night. I stayed there that night instead, and slept very little on the couch till morning.
Next morning I prepared a breakfast for her and woke her up.
"You're still here?" she asked.
"How could I leave you like this?"
"I can't thank you enough, Ethan. You are an unbelievable man. You make me feel so safe."
I didn't go to school that day, and stayed there to help her.
"I really want to love you Ethan...but I must not." she said.
"Why?" I asked.
"You know why... You know my life... You know that I can't change my life...It's just the way that I am."
"Rebecca... I love you the way you are. I don't want you to change your life. The only thing matters for me is being with you."
This was the conversation about us. At that time, I was not aware that the last thing I said to her was going to drag me into an extraordinary life.
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Next day at the school, we were walking hand in hand.
Next week, we were flirting and kissing each other at the secret places around the campus. She didn't want anyone to know about our relationship just yet. Anyway, during that time, I felt that she was falling deep in love with me, as I was with her. I was living a dream.
"I have fear for our future." she said. "I fear that someday your love will end, you'll walk away."
"I'll never quit loving you.", I said and hugged her, I could feel her fear. "I'll never leave you... No matter what happens!"
At the end of that week, on Friday night, she invited me to her apartment. With a bouquet of red roses in hand, I rang the door bell. She opened the door with a red, super sexy mini dress. My jaw dropped. I had never seen her looking so beautiful.
"Welcome." she said.
"Rebecca...You look like an angel!" I complimented.
She smiled, "Thanks."