Chapter 3: Patient Care
"Do you have some place you need to be?" Rita asked, as Terry glanced at his Rolex.
"No. I'm meeting my wife for dinner in an hour, but she's persuaded me to take the night off."
"Then please take your watch off, too. You can leave it where you see it, if that helps."
He obeyed, though with obvious reluctance, and looked around the room, grimacing at the poster that read 'Happiness is a journey, not a destination'. "Does it block my chakras, or something like that? I'm not into tree-hugging hippy stuff."
Rita smiled, and lit a stick of incense. "Me neither. I'm a qualified nurse practitioner; I can change into my uniform, if you prefer. It's probably a little tight on me, now, but I can still squeeze into it."
"No, that's okay."
"Good. This is just a relaxation massage, and it'll be easier for you to relax if you're not always checking the time. I've set a timer, and the music will stop at the end of the hour. That's why we asked you to set your phone to silent, too."
"Huh."
"You've never had a massage before?"
"Been too busy. My wife organized this. Anniversary present."
Rita nodded as she poured oil onto Terry's back. "Yes, I know. I've seen her here a few times; she's one of Alexis's regulars. She obviously thinks you need to relax - and to judge by these muscles, she's absolutely right."
"I'm fine. I just have a high-pressure job."
"What about when you get home? Do you slow down at all, or is it all go-go-go there, too?"
"I don't just work nine to five, if that's what you mean. Sometimes I have to take it home with me."
"What about in bed?"
"I sleep okay."
"I didn't just mean sleep."
Terry felt that he should take offense at the implied question, but couldn't. Maybe it was the feel of Rita's hands on his back, or her lovely English accent, or the relaxing music, or the strange incense. "You mean sex? I'm not having any problems."
Rita didn't reply.
"We have sex every weekend. Well, almost every weekend. When I'm home."
"Do you turn the phone off?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but no." He was silent for a moment. "Has my wife said something?"
"I can't discuss what another client has said," Rita purred.
"I thought that was only doctors and lawyers. And priests, I guess."
"We have a strict code of ethics here. Client confidentiality is part of it. And we also borrowed 'First do no harm' from the Hippocratic oath. We're also sex-positive, and our priority is making people feel good, especially about their bodies. So even if your wife had said something, I couldn't repeat it."
"You think once a week isn't enough?"
"Does it matter to you what I think?"
Terry blinked, and realized that it did matter. His cock was hard enough that it was poking out of his underpants, and he wondered how good it would feel to slide it into this yummy little blonde. He cleared his throat. "I'm a faithful husband," he said. "I don't fool around. Angela has no reason to complain about that."
"I believe you," Rita crooned. "Your muscles would tell me if you were lying."
"I mean, she's the one who has girlfriends."
"Girlfriends?"
"I don't mean... they're not lesbians... okay, a few of them are, or bisexual anyway... They're women, who've been Angela's friends since they were at school together... some of them baby-sit for us..."
"Do they stay over on nights when you're not home?"
"Sometimes. Why?"
"I can't discuss anything Angela has said to me, of course," said Rita, "but we do couples counselling here and... you do know she's bi, don't you?"
"Well, she was, before we were married..."
"Do you think she's sleeping with any of these women?"
"I've wondered, but I don't..."
"Getting her pussy eaten?"
"I..."
"It's okay," Rita said soothingly. "I'm a nurse, remember? I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Does the idea of your wife getting her pussy eaten turn you on?"
Terry was surprised to find that his cock was even harder than he realized. "I..."
"Good: I thought so. How often do you eat her pussy? As often as she'd like?"
"Well..."
"Okay, then, as WELL as she'd like?"
"I don't know."
"Your wife's a gorgeous woman. A woman that hot deserves to have her pussy eaten more than once a week, right?"
Terry hesitated. It certainly sounded perfectly reasonable when Rita said it. "I suppose... yes?" He felt his cock twitch as he said it.
"Of course she does. And she deserves to have it eaten well, and that takes practice. Right?"
"Yes, I..."
"Good. Of course, what's fair is fair. If a woman has done a good job of eating her pussy, it's only fair that Angela return the favour. Maybe at the same time. How often does she suck your cock? Every time you fuck?"
"No... not quite... once a month, maybe?"
"Do you come in her mouth?"
"Yes. Sometimes."
"Which means you can't fuck her straight away?"
"No." Terry felt unable to lie.
"Not even that same night?"
"Sometimes. Not always."
"Uh-huh. Does she come when you eat her pussy?"
"Sometimes. Not often."