I lean back to lay on this motel bed, throwing my arms out to spread out. This is your standard motel chain. The same sort of room, the same pictures, everything. This motel even has that motel smell, the sort of smell that you always smell when you stay in one. The smell is a tad different this time, probably because this is the first time I'm staying alone. Normally I've stayed in one with family or a girlfriend but Not this time. Also, it's the first time that I've ever stayed in one for my job.
I'm attending a nation-wide conference on behalf of my job. Since I don't like to fly, I got permission to drive. As it is across the country, its going to take a few days. So, I'm excited to report that this is night one of the long journey, a journey I've been very much looking forward to.
With a large sigh, I think about how strange it is for me to stay in a motel alone. I'm a 25 year old single guy, and even if I wasn't single, I don't think many girlfriends would want to make this long drive, which would mean taking time off from work too. It would most likely be boring for them as I would be going to work or driving each day.
Knocking
. Knocking at my motel door. My head pops up to look at the door, extremely surprised. Why would someone be knocking on my door? The only reason I can think of is something happened to my car...or it's someone bad looking to do something bad to me.
Standing up, I move as quietly as I can to the door and look out the peephole. My confusion strengthens as I was expecting to see the person that checked me into the motel, or maybe a brute that escaped prison in an orange jumper. But it's a woman. A 30 something normal looking white woman. Not even a meth head or crack addict. She looks the type that she is staying at this motel as well.
She's dressed in a very classy black dress, the sort that costs a bit. It hints at her body type, which is very curvy, but doesn't reveal any skin. She also is wearing make up but it's done very well, but not overly so. It accents her facial features and makes her eyes and her lips stand out. Not to be rude, but so many women plaster themselves with tons of makeup and it makes them look so horrible.
I take a moment to look at her hands to make sure she has no knife or gun or anything. She doesn't. Moving to the side I pull the curtain back to make sure she is alone. Sure enough, she is. No other person is with her ready to burst in once I open the door.
Knowing quite a bit of time has past since she knocked, I undo the lock and open the door. When I do, I'm prepared for anything, such as someone trying to burst into the room to which I keep my foot in front of the door. But nothing happens. The girl stands there and smiles a wide smile.
"Hey, can I help you?" I inquire as I stand in the open-door frame. At my words, she smiles even more, as if this pleases her. No, it's more like she finds this funny in a secret joke sort of manner that only she knows about.
"Hi there. I'm Angela," she tells me, putting her hands behind her in a very innocent sort of manner. Something about the way she does it makes it look, I dunno, rehearsed.
"Who are you?" she asks politely. "Paul," I answer, trying to echo the friendly tone of her voice. I'm taken back at how she is acting, as by know she should have asked what she wanted.
"It's nice to meet you Paul, but, that isn't your name," she tells me. Then she just stands there, looking at me with that smile. She then lets out a soft giggle as if embarrassed. I'm a bit confused by what she just said as it is my real name. Does she think I'm lying to her?
"That is my name," I tell her but I'm not sure why. I know it is my name, so why do I care if she doesn't believe me. When I say this, she slowly shakes her head no.
"Your name...is little bitch," she tells me seriously. "So Paul, this is what is going to happen," she tells me immediately in a very confident yet sweet manner. Her eyes look right into mine, and I swear they seem to be daring me to talk back to her.
"You are going to back up into your room slowly, and I am going to come in. You are going to sit, very slowly on the bed...and put your hands on your head like a good little bitch," she informs me in that sweet but confident tone. Her tone is so out of place with her words that I believe I don't hear them correctly.
"I....I'm sorry, what?" I ask, very confused. To this she laughs an honest laugh. It's a loud laugh too, the sort that surely other people that are staying here can hear.
"Oh Paul, you heard me. You don't get it, do you? You are being
robbed
. Now, be a good little bitch and do as you are told," she replies. When she says this, there's no anger or increase in volume. She says it like a person that is very much in control of themselves and the situation.
"Yeah, I'm not doing that. You can go and fuck off now," I tell her. A part of me is very scared for some reason saying this. It's stupid to feel that way, but I do. I mean, I stand at 6 feet tall, and around 200 pounds and she is maybe 5 feet. Maybe 5 foot 1 and 110 pounds at most. I bet a single well placed punch from me would knock her out. At the very least, I can push her on her ass.
"I think you will do it. You see little bitch, all I have to do is
scream
. Someone hears my scream, then they call the police. Maybe more than one person hears and calls the police. And when the police get here, I tell them that you crudely offered me money for sex. And then I'll say that I refused but you got violent and threatened to kill me. I'll make it very convincing too. You see, the cameras aren't aimed this way, so it's not like there will be anyone of any video to prove otherwise," she explains very calmly and very slowly to make sure I hear each word. It's clear she's done this exact thing before.
I stand there looking at her, my mouth open. I think a clown from outer space appearing outside my door wouldn't surprise me as much as what I just heard. And to top it off, she's smiling. She's enjoying herself. She's enjoying the shocked look on my face.
My heart starts to pound and cold fear runs over me. She said she was robbing me. She's robbing me. I'm being robbed. In broad daylight too. I've never even heard of anything like this.
Then I consider the situation. I don't really have a choice. I mean, if she screams and the cops are called, are they really going to believe that a traveling business man at a cheaper type motel over her? I mean, you hear all the time about men that go to motels like this just to hook up with hookers and escorts. That'll be the first thing the cops will think about me. At best, it'll be my word against hers and they would believe her. And if the cops come, I'll probably be arrested. That means having to miss the conference, which means I would lose my job. Then when I apply for any other job, they could google my name to figure I was accused of trying to buy sex at the very least.
"You bitch," I say, knowing my eyes flash with anger. But then I do something that fills me with a huge deal of humiliation and shame. I back up into my room, slowly. I move slowly as I go back, until I see the bed out of the corner of my eye. At that, I sit down on the bed.
"Remember what I said little bitch, hands on your head," she scolds playfully as she walks into the room as if she owns it. I call her another crude name but like she wanted, I put my hands on top of my head. She laughs as she closes the motel room, giving us privacy for whatever she wants.
Her eyes look around the room but they focus on the table where my bag is. At this discovery, I see her eyes light up. But she is very patient and doesn't go for it just yet. Instead she keeps looking around the room as if trying to spot everything she can take.
There's another knock on the door and my heart leaps into my throat. Could this be someone that saw or heard what happened? Someone that's come to check on me? Someone to save me?
My brief moment of hope fades as Angela steps backward and opens the door without looking for who it is. The door opens and in steps a black female that looks to be the same age and body type as Angela. She even wears the same sort of dress, only hers is red instead of black.
"Little bitch, meet Ginny," Angela says as if we are all friends here and nothing strange is going on. "Ginny, this is little bitch, and he knows if he tries anything, we will both scream and say how he tricked us into coming to his room where he exposed himself. Come to think of it, that's exactly what the cops will see when they show up, too" Angela explains to her friend in that calm and slow tone.
I know things are going from bad to worse as now there are two of them, yet what she says also confuses me. She said that she'll tell the cops I exposed myself and that's what they will see. But I'm fully clothed. If they showed up, that's what they will find, as I sure wouldn't take my clothes off.