The Healer Madame Vo cures Sarah's problems just in time for Halloween
Warnings:
This story includes a mini orgy, group sex, and bisexuality
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PART ONE: Halloween Blues
"Are you going to the party?" Louise asked me. She felt she already knew my answer.
"After what happened the last three times, no, I think not," I said. "I'll just stay home and feel sad and lonely. But you should go and have a good time!"
"I have an idea. There's this woman you should see. People say she has the gift," Louise said.
"What gift might that be?" I asked.
"She has the power to make you a slut for one night. You're still in control, but you can enjoy the attention of any man -- or men -- that you like," Louise said.
"Slut for a Night? Is that like Queen for a Day? Are you nuts?" I mocked.
"Hey, what have you got to lose? Nothing else is working for you. Give it a try. You're still on the pill, right?" I nodded, consumed with sadness. The eternal optimist, that's me, no matter how pointless it seemed. "Here's her card; I picked up an extra for you," Louise said, and she handed me a business card. It said,
Madame Vo: Psychic Powers to Heal your Problems
"So, she's a general crank? Not just romance?"
Louise looked annoyed. Suddenly it dawned on me that Louise had her card, even an 'extra card' for me!
"Wait a minute, Lou! Have you gone to Madame Vo??" I asked, as I realized that she had.
Louise just smiled. "Give it a shot," she said.
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Louise had it all. She was stunningly pretty, and she could go after any man she wanted, and she'd have a reasonable chance of success. She didn't even have to sleep with him on the first date. The guy would keep coming back, always hoping for a chance at more of her luscious body, until she surrendered and gave him the ultimate prize.
Of course, sometimes the guy would get his chance, and when Louise surrendered and shut off all the brakes, he'd get whatever he wanted, and he'd get it in spades, but only once Louise was sure he'd keep coming back. Louise was my idea of perfection. If I hadn't been such a chronic depressive, I'd have been jealous as hell. If I had been a lesbian, I'd have been all over her in a heartbeat.
I went to Madame Vo, finally, but I brought Rick with me, for a courage boost. Rick was my best friend since we were both eight years old. We were now both twenty-five, and Rick had come out in high school, after dating Stephanie for a year. Stephanie had given Rick her virginity, and she was not happy to learn that Rick was gay.
Rick was still, even today at age 25, my best friend, my ballast, my primary hope for the world. Rick was my shining light in a sea of darkness. Best of all, he knew me. He knew my secrets. He even knew about the rape that had paralyzed my love life, and that had sunk me into an inescapable depression.
I had never told Rick who the rapist was. I didn't want Rick doing something stupid that would land him in jail. And no, I had never told the police. And no, I never got counseling. I just suffered, and blamed myself. Rick had long ago stopped trying to talk me into taking positive actions.
Rick, though, was thrilled I was going to see Madame Vo. Even if she was a crank, and we both agreed that she surely was one, at least for once I was doing something! I hadn't let a man get near me for the last four years, for Pete's sake. I had to do something to get on with my life. If it was a crank like Madame Vo that got me finally to act, so be it.
Rick and I were both surprised when we went to see Madame Vo. Her office was not some hovel on St. Mark's place, surrounded by tattoo parlors and seedy Second Avenue Bars. It was not some tacky place close to Times Square, with tarot cards and crystal balls. It was simply not what we thought.
Madame Vo Was around fifty years old. She was Asian, pretty with a nice body, and she looked like she could have been a friend of my mother. She reminded me of someone my mother could have played bridge with. Her office was in a gleaming skyscraper on Lexington Avenue. It was a small office, but still, it was not what we expected.
"Welcome Sarah and Rick," she said. "Please sit down and relax."
Okay that was weird from the beginning. I hadn't told her our names. I mean she knew my last name was Collins, but I had not given her my given name. I made the appointment as Ms. Collins, although I did give my telephone number and my email on the online form. Rick's presence should have been a complete surprise to her. Yet it was as if she had been expecting both of us to come for a long time.
"I took the liberty of doing a digital workup on you, Sarah. I've hacked your PC, looked deeply into your Facebook pages, read your emails, texts, and posts, and let me say from the beginning about how sorry I am that you went through that horrid rape. The man Mike who raped you is now in jail, by the way. He's going away for rape. He raped three more women after you, and one of them went to the police."
"Was it Mike Renegarde who raped Sarah?" Rick asked.
"Yes, of course. Surely you had that figured out. You must have suspected, Rick. Isn't that why you stopped having anything to do with him?" Madame Vo replied.