Chapter 6
I'm so grateful for the mostly positive response I've received though I still can't quite believe it. I'm getting towards the end of my story. I'll carry on telling it more or less as I remember. These last couple of chapters are a bit shorter, so don't worry, we are nearly there.
I'm on a stage... I am naked... A spotlight is on me... nothing is hidden... I'm dancing.... I'm in a brothel... it's hot...humid... I'm sweating... it is in Cambodia... I don't know where... Pnom Penh?... Siem Riep?... How long have I been here?... I used to be married... I used to be a doctor... I used to be British... that was my old life... now I'm a Cambodian girl... now I'm just a whore... is it months?... years?... I can't remember... its a simple life... strangely, I'm not unhappy here... I am dancing... I can hear thunder in the distance... across the Mekong River... the noise is getting louder... thunder rumbling... a low rumbling sound... like snoring!... Snoring?... What?...
I'm dreaming! I'm in bed in the Marriott Hotel. A guy is spooning my naked body, his arm is draped across me. I can feel his now limp cock against my ass cheek. I can feel his muscles against my softness. The bed is soft, comfortable. I could almost imagine myself in my own home, the body next to me, my husbands. Except he is much more muscular than my husband and he snores more. It is so different to the small hard bed I have been occupying for the last few nights. He is spluttering. That is what woke me. Oh! I remember... it is Mr Sin. Yes, I remember him, I wouldn't like to cross a man like this, I know he could hurt me. I can sense he is similar to Mr Somchai. He brought me back here. Oh fuck, I hadn't meant to sleep. I look around me without moving, breathing quietly. I can see a clock... it is 4.30am. I need to pee.
Quietly, carefully I slide out from under Mr Sin's arm. He doesn't stir. As I move my legs, I feel stickiness between my thighs, between my ass cheeks: his cum. I go in to the bathroom and sit in the near-darkness of a night-light. I sit there thinking, remembering. Mr Sin wants me to go back with him to Cambodia. I feel more clear-headed now: I really do not want to go. Actually it is only a suspicion that I might have been sold to him... could it just be my mind playing tricks? My paranoia?
Could he really force me to leave the hotel with him? I don't know... with so many people about. But would he even have to use force? I'm worried about my own resolve, my own power to resist his wishes. Over the last few days I have slipped into a submissive mindset... is it a kind of Stockholm syndrome? Oh God, I am afraid of him... I don't want to put myself to the test.
At least now I'm in my own hotel. My own room and salvation are only two floors above, but how to get there? I am naked and I don't have a key. I sit quietly, thinking, so near to safety but still so far. Looking around myself, I can make out a white towelling robe hanging in the bathroom. I drape it cosily around myself and go back into the room.
Mr Sin is still snoring. I notice my red dress on the floor and my clutch. I pick them up, together with my heels. I am hardly breathing, but will my pounding heart wake him? I can hear rushing in my ears... try and keep calm. Quietly I move to the door... unlock. Oh! The click of the lock... too loud! I freeze. I can hear spluttering. He does not wake. I open the door and step through. Gently, I close the door behind me.
OMG! For the first time since Mamasan first took hold of me, I am not in their immediate power. I look up and down the carpetted corridor. I make my way to the lifts, looking behind me fearfully, half expecting to see Mr Sin coming after me. My heart is still beating hard, my pulse racing as I wait for the lift. Please hurry. At last... I enter. The door closes.
I go up to my floor, and another deserted corridor awaits me. I make my way to my door and try the handle. Of course it is locked. I push against the door, hammer at it quietly, ineffectually, then rest my head against it. I sink down, sitting and resting my back against the door, the towelling robe has opened to my waist, my bare legs, my nudity uncovered as I sit. I should probably cover myself, but I just sit staring at the soft carpet, listening to the aircon. Inside is freedom. I look up and down the corridor and I notice a telephone on a desk at the far end of the corridor. Almost tiptoeing, I hurry to the desk and take a seat. Hesitantly I reach for the phone and call down to reception.
'Hello... hello? This is Dr Ying from room 1210. I just got locked out of my room. I just came out with a friend and the door closed. My key is inside. I'm stuck here. Can you let me back in please?' I guessed the receptionist would assume I had visited a guest in another room. Probably assuming a sexual liason, well in a sense she was right. Anyway, I was way past caring.
'You come down to reception?'
'I'm sorry, I'm just wearing a bathrobe, I can't come down.'
'Oh, you have ID?'
'No, it's all in my room I'm just in bathrobe. I just came out and the door closed behind me. Oh, I can give you my passport number. It's 5660651516. You can check.' I crossed my fingers. There was a pause. Pleeease!
'OK. I send someone.'
Fantastic. I went back to my door, waiting. Within a few minutes, I heard the lift pinging and a security man came along the corridor towards. Thankfully it wasn't one of the guys from the front entrance! He handed me a key card, giving me a strange look. It flashed through my mind that he might have seen my business card from the brothel. I could imagine the doormen sharing the card which had a clear picture of me in my bikini. I didn't wait for conversation, simply thanking him and entering my room... Oh joy! Freedom. I closed the door behind me.
I stood, leaning against the closed door for a moment. Then I walked into the room putting my clutch and the slutty dress on the bed. It wasn't quite 5am. Mr Sin would probably wake up in a few hours. I remembered he had said that he needed to return to Cambodia today and had planned to take me with him. He should have left the hotel by the time I went down. I sat on the bed in a quandary, what to do now.
Then I remembered although my home phone was in my bag back at the club, I had left my older Huawei phone which I mostly used as a work phone in my suitcase. My family and friends have both numbers and sometimes message me on this one if they can't get through on the other. I quickly rummaged through the case and found it. I checked the phone and saw several messages from my husband and some friends. Could I face speaking to Robert now? But I didn't want him worrying anymore...or getting suspicious for that matter. It was several days since we had spoken. Probably best to have a quick conversation. I decided to call without thinking further.
'Robert? Hi Darling, it's me!'
'Ying! I was beginning to get worried Baby. Are you OK? It must be 5am there!' There was a genuine note of concern in his voice.
'Yes I'm fine, I woke up early... wasn't sleeping well. I'm really sorry to be so long in getting back to you. It's been quite hectic here.'