The loud ringing of her phone woke her up. It was 4 am. She looked around; she realized she had been sleeping in her bedroom, all naked. He must have left after she fell asleep. She answered the call. It was her younger sister. She was surprised to receive a call from home at such odd hours.
"Palak, is everything ok?" Pankhudi asked.
"I am afraid its not Pankh" Palak spoke in a worried tone.
"Why what happened?" Pankhudi asked.
"Mom has not been keeping well. She has been ill for a few days now, and a while ago, her condition suddenly deteriorated and we had to take her to the hospital." Palak said.
"Is she alright now?" Pankh asked.
"No she isn't. She is in the ICU now. We need you Pankh, and we also need some money"
Pankhudi could sense great helplessness in Palak's voice as she spoke.
"I'll come over as soon as I can, please take care of mom till then. And how much money do we need?" Pankhudi asked.
"Around 25K INR for now." Palak said.
"Fine, I'll get the money and come as soon as I can." Pankhudi assured her.
Soon after she hung up the call her mind began to race thinking about how she is going to arrange for the money and leave. She hardly had any savings. She wished she had got health insurance cover for her mother, but she never had enough financial stability. With her salary she could barely make both ends meet. 10 days were left for the month to end, she was hoping she could talk to her boss about getting her salary in advance.
She went to her office at the usual time and requested a meeting with her boss, Mr. Vishal Tyagi. When she was called in, she explained her problem to him and requested her salary in advance and a leave for a few days. To her disappointment, he denied both.
"Please Sir" she begged, "I've worked here for about a year now. I really need the money, please try to understand"
"I am sorry to know about your problems Pankhudi, but as per company's policy we cannot give any employee their salary in advance. And I can grant you 2 days leave at the most."
"Just 2 days? It will take 2 days just to reach my hometown! I need to be there for my sick mother...please Sir..." she said.
"As per company's policy, I can't I am sorry...but maybe I could help you on a personal level if you are willing to do what it takes..." he said with a nasty smile.
"What do you mean?" Pankhudi asked suspiciously.
"Come on Pankhudi. You are not a kid, and you very well know what I mean." He then got up from his chair and walked up to her. He rubbed her shoulders made a firm eye contact and said, "I need you to do me some 'personal favours'."
Pankhudi pushed him away and said, "I respect you so much Sir, please don't treat me like this."
"Respect doesn't pay the bills Pankh" he said coldly, "If you want my help, I'd say loud and clear, I want you to sleep with me. And if a dumb village cunt like you doesn't understand that, let me be clearer, I want to fuck you."
Pankhudi started crying hearing that, "I am not a whore" she said in a firm voice.
"Not yet" he said with a wicked smile, "But you might want to consider becoming one. Situation is such, poor you. Here's my card, call me if you are willing to sell me your cunt. I'll pay you a good price. And regarding the leave, you stay away for more than 2 days and you risk losing the job." Then he boldly groped her breasts and said looking into her eyes, "Of course I will reconsider that if you please me."
Pankhudi was very angry. He was a charming middle aged man but all she felt was disgust for him. She wanted to slap that man, spit on his face and quit the job. But she just picked up the card and walked out of his cabin.
'All men are the same' she thought 'sick sadistic bastards! All they really care about is fucking.'
In the evening she came home rather disappointed. She opened her safe and took out the two golden bangles she treasured a lot. No matter how much the financial crisis, she always held on to those bangles because they were her mother's gift to her. Her mom wanted her to wear those on her wedding day. If she sold those, maybe she could raise money and she wouldn't have to sleep with her boss. But then she needed the leave as well. She couldn't risk losing her job.
She took out the card and dialled his number.
"I knew you would call" he said.
"How much will you pay me?" she asked with her eyes tightly shut. She had never imagined that she would ever have sex for money.
"Depends on how well you fuck" he said, "Btw, I am just curious, how many men have fucked you before me?"
"That is none of your business" Pankhudi said firmly.
"Of course it is. I need to know how tight or loose your cunt is, and whether I am going to enjoy fucking you."
Pankhudi was finding this conversation very embarrassing. She knew he was deliberately asking her such obscene questions.
"None" she said, "I am a virgin"
"Is it? Oh then your pussy must be really aching for cock. How big are your tits Pankh?"
"Just shut up!" she shouted.
"You are in no position to talk to me like that bitch." He growled, "And within a few hours you are going to be naked before me with your legs spread open and you are going to beg me to fuck you for money. This is just a conversation. So please answer my questions."