A string of broken relationships, falling in love with the wrong guys, years of physical and emotional abuse had begun to take its toll. Morning after morning Jane had woken up, either alone or in a damp musty motel apartment with a few dollar bills left on a bedside table as payment for 'her services'. More often than not her head was still spinning from the cocktail of drugs and alcohol she had consumed the night before. She had lost count of the times she had taken a shower to wash away the remains of the congealed sperm from her body or which seeped out of her orifices from the guy or guys she had let take advantage of her in a number of debasing activities.
Almost a year ago she had hit rock bottom, an evening which had nearly cost her life, but instead had transformed her in to the seductress she was now.
She had woken up that morning with the usual toxic hangover, her body in pain from the abuse it had taken the night before. She reached for a cigarette, took a swig from the hipflask she always carried on her and made her way to the shower. Just as she got to the bathroom, the stench of detritus filled her nostrils and she gagged instinctively. She backed away, stifling the vomit which had gathered in her throat. She quickly dressed, putting the torn stockings and soaked knickers in her bag and looked on the bedside table for any money.
"Cheap bastards," she swore flicking through the small wad of notes and then stumbled towards the door.
The heat of the mid-morning sun hit her instantly, she felt light headed and put a hand onto the door frame to steady herself, her other hand brushed her long hair back behind her neck as she bent over and vomited in the doorway.
"Keep walking darling," she faintly heard.
Jane looked to her left, wiping the side of her mouth with the back of her hand and saw a couple taking a wide berth as they ushered their young daughter past her. The child turned back to catch another glimpse of her. The mixed look of horror, disgrace and pity in the child's eyes felt as though Jane had been stabbed with a knife, cutting out any remaining dignity she had once had.
She made her way to the corner of the street feeling degraded and ashamed. She managed to hail a taxi, told the driver her address and sat gazing aimlessly out of the window. The grime on the window added to her soiled mood, she closed her eyes, felt the gentle touch of the air-conditioning on her brow, the light fragrance of the taxi driver's aftershave and slowly the blurry images of the dirty outside world dissipated.
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Quickly rinsing off the soap Jane stepped out of the shower, her skin tightened as the sudden drop in temperature was emphasised by the warmth of her glistening wet body. She grabbed a towel and quickly dried herself before putting on her bathrobe. She sat on the bed, pulled her gown back over her thighs to keep warm, wrapped her hair up with another towel and began to pour herself a drink. She opened the laptop and logged on to the site she used for her 'evening activities'. She read the messages which were waiting, more hopeful admirers looking to meet (saved), a couple of badly spelt one-liners asking her to get on cam so they could wank over her (deleted) and a few commenting on the pictures on her profile.
"Should have seen me this morning," she laughed as she sent a quick thank you reply.
She unwrapped her hair and began drying it just as she was pinged with a private chat message.
'Sorry I underpaid you this morning.'
She instantly stopped drying her hair and starred at the screen.
'and for leaving you in that hovel of a motel,' read the second message.
She hit the close button, feeling uncomfortable and slightly angry as this morning's events came flooding back to her.
A few seconds later she was pinged again.
'I doubt you want to chat, but give me a chance to make it up to you. If you close the chat again I will take it as a no and leave you alone.'
'I promise,' he added quickly.
Jane downed her drink, poured herself another and stared at the screen. Her initial response was to close the message again, but the amount of money he had left, or lack of it, had only just paid for the cab fare home.
"Cheap bastard!" she muttered and downed the second glass.
A few minutes later the next message arrived.
'Thank you for not closing the chat.'
'You said you wanted to make up for it, what do you have in mind?' she began typing, pausing for a few seconds before hitting the send button.
'I would like to meet up again,' came the reply.
'Get to the point,' she typed, 'I am not exactly in a patient mood tonight.'
There was quite a long pause before the next reply came. She read his message, a carefully written set of invitations, stating how he would like to spend the evening with her and compensate her very generously.