Sam wiped her mouth with a napkin and said that she needed to us the ladies room Sam wiped her mouth with a napkin and said that she needed to use the ladies room. As soon as she was out of sight I felt a tap on my shoulder and a familiar voice said:
"How have you been stranger?"
I turned and saw Linda standing there.
"I don't want to intrude, but I do want to talk to you." She hand me a slip of paper. "My cell phone number. Call me, okay?"
"Tomorrow morning good?"
"Anytime after nine."
She walked away just as Samantha came back.
"Who is the foxy lady?"
"A friend of my mother's. She saw me here and came over to say hi."
"I was afraid she wanted to take you away from me tonight."
"Take me away from you?"
"I told you I wanted to use you in some of my other films. Can't take fresh talent and put it to work without seeing how they perform. I took the liberty of getting us a room here for the night. How about it Herm? You ready for your audition?"
The woman flat wore me out. If it could be done we did it and more that once. I thought Linda had taught me well, but Samantha taught me things that were probably against the law in most states. She would not quit until she couldn't get me up any more. Talk about being rode hard and put up wet. That was me.
As we dressed Samantha said, "I definitely want to use you in some of my other films. Of course that assumes that you are interested."
"I'll have to think on it some. I'm not sure that I want to be a porn star. What I have done so far isn't going to make me to noticeable. I'm more like background than anything else. But I do have to say that I could stand a steady diet of you and what we just experienced."
"You weren't so bad yourself. Think on it. I really would like to use you in some of my other projects."
She dropped me at my house and I set the clock for eight and hit the sack.
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I was up at eight, showered and dressed and on my way to my shift at the cafeteria at eight forty-five. My meals were a fringe of the job so I ate breakfast and then looked at my watch and saw that it was ten after nine. I got up, cleared the table and then went in the back to use the phone to call Linda.
"Where have you been baby? I've called and called and I've never been able to get in touch with Sarah. I miss seeing you on my visits to your fair city. I'm here till Monday. Can I see you tonight?"
I saw my boss giving me an impatient look so I said, "I'm at work and my boss is giving me nasty looks so I've got to hang up and get back to work. Tonight? Same time and place?"
"I'll be the woman with the big smile on her face. See you then."
I was at the Hilton at seven and when I walked into the restaurant I saw her and she did indeed have a big smile on her face. When I got to the table I bent and kissed her on the cheek and then took the chair opposite her. She said:
"I thought that I would never see you again. I called and called and could never reach Sarah. Why wouldn't she ever return my calls?"
Mom was gone so I figured that it wouldn't hurt to let Linda know the truth. "Mom was killed and everything I did was set up through her. She didn't keep a client list so I had no way to get in touch with the ladies she set me up with."
"Your mom? Sarah was your mother? Oh wow! I'll bet there is one hell of a story behind that."
The waiter showed up at that point and we ordered and after he was gone I told Linda the story that had eventually led me to her.
"Wow! Your mom. I'd never would have guessed it. So what do you do with yourself now that you don't have all of us old ladies to play with?"
I told her about school and my job at the cafeteria. I didn't tell her about my gig with Samantha. Then she asked me what my major was and I told her it was Business Management.
"How long have you got to go?"
"I'm just finishing my sophomore year."
"What are your plans for when you graduate?"
"Find a job and get on with life."
Our order came and we made small talk as we ate. She asked me if I had a girlfriend and I told her no. She asked why not and I told her I couldn't afford one on what I made at the cafeteria. At the end of the meal and over Bailey's Irish Cream Linda said:
"I once offered to set you up in an apartment, but you said no."
"I didn't want to move to Chicago."
"What if I set you up in one here?"
"I don't need an apartment here. I'm still living in our house until I can sell it."
"How much are you asking for it?"