My life as of late has been one of ease and leisure. I am married to a business man who keeps me in comfort. I have no idea how much money he has, I just know it is more than I had ever dreamed of. At times he calls me his "trophy wife," at others his "mail order bride." I just know I have it good.
I was born in Russia. Life was difficult. I worked from a young age to afford gas to heat our apartment. I also worked to keep bread on the table for my brothers and sisters. Someone had to, Mom was too fat and lazy and Dad was never sober. Yes, I had to provide.
I had little time for boys, they were not interested in me anyways. They only had eyes for the flashy dressed Russian Mob Princesses at the disco. Not for the poor girl with soot on her clothes walking from the steel mill to her second job.
Even the taxi driver did not see me, almost running me over. Slush from his tires splattered me, causing me to slip and fall in the snow. The American climbing out of the back cursed the driver and held out his hand to me. I did not take it, standing on my own, only to slip and fall again.
The American lifted me up helping me into the taxi, ignoring the driver's objections. I had little concern that the mud and water would stain his seat, it was his fault to begin with. He did not take me home as I expected, but to his hotel. Many girls had made more money in American's hotel rooms than I could make at my job. If he wanted sex, he would have to pay.
He had me write my clothes sizes on a piece of paper, directing me to the shower. I have never been in such a nice bath. The shower was warm, even hot if I wanted. As the American had had not returned, I ran a bath while brushing my hair. Climbing into the bath full of bubbles, I slept.
I awoke to the American looking at me. His eyes looked hungry. He called me beautiful. He watched me climb out of the tub, he watched as I dried off. He led me back into the bedroom passed a pile of clothes on the table to the bed. The clothes were enough.
As he undressed, and climbed on top of me, I thought of the clothes. It helped me to not think of the small pain as he took my virginity, it helped me to not look at his big belly and ignore his bad breath. My thoughts wandered to if he we would eat afterwards. I did not have to think long as he was already done.
We did indeed eat, and I slept in the warm room in the comfortable bed. We were married the next day as he told me about the house in California that he would take me to. It was more than I imagined. A tv, a pool, a car, ... as much as the mafia princesses have. All I had to do was let him mount me for five minutes every Sunday night. He was gone most of the week and was playing golf every Saturday. I did what I wanted receiving an allowance every month.
At times, being alone can be scary. Last night I went to sleep with a fierce thunderstorm. I hid under the covers until it passed and I fell asleep. This morning the tv would not work, or the microwave, or the light in the refrigerator. When I called the American, who I now call John, he said it was because of the storm and that he would call a maintenance man. He had left on a business trip just the day before and could be gone for three weeks.
I put on my swimming suit and went out to lay in the sun by the pool. California is so warm and sunny. Even the Mafia Princesses who go to the Baltic do not get this weather. As I began to sleep, the doorbell was already ringing. Service calls in Russia always take over a week and sometimes a month.
It was indeed the maintenance man that I was answering the door for. I could tell by the company name on his shirt. The sewed on patch said his name was Sam. Sam stepped back from the door, his eyes traveling from my eyes down the length of my body. "Lady, you are very beautiful, but union rules do not allow me to step into the house until you put your top on." It did not matter to Sam that I planned on returning to the sun by the pool. It also did not matter to him that sunning topless was normal on the Baltic beaches.
With my bikini top now on, I showed Sam how things quit working. He flipped one switch called a breaker. We started through the house making sure everything worked. The microwave clock was blinking, Sam fixed it. Opening the refrigerator door, the milk that I had just put away spill down Sam's shirt, but the light was working at least. The one switch fixed most things, but we found the clothes dryer was not working. As Sam pulled it away from the wall, I noticed the muscles in his arms.
I watched him work. His body was very different from John's and his breath did not smell bad. I still thought about things like clothes and my car while John undressed. With the repairman I was picturing him undressed while he worked on things. Starting the washer, I asked for his shirt. He again quoted union rules. I pulled his milk stained shirt off, ignoring his objections. As he returned to work, I watched the muscles ripple across his back, his arms were so hot. His chest was bronze and gorgeous, his pecks moving with his arms.