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much appearing the connoisseur
before finally nodding to the waiter and letting him fill both our
glasses. I've never been a huge drinker, but this wine is certainly
agreeable to my palate.
    For a little while we talk pleasantries, and Randall
inquires politely about my mother, who he met a few weeks ago, and my
father, who he hasn't met and never will.
    He asks me if I've told them what I'm doing, and I say
no.
    “ Good thing too,” he says. “Parents are protective
to the point of being overbearing and constrictive. I hope you're not
feeling ashamed of what you did the other night?”
    I shake my head.
    “ Not really. I suppose I feel a bit strange, but
that's natural, right?”
    “ Completely natural. It would be odd if you didn't.”
    We order our food, and continue to the small talk until
our main dishes arrive and Randall has seemingly exhausted his
ability to engage in such pointless chit chat.
    “ Right, Ashley, so let's speak about your
performance.”
    I find my body reacting to his words, my throat going a
little dryer, my heart beating a little faster. I take a sip of wine
and set my eyes on his, which are smiling.
    “ I've had some feedback, and the general impression is
that you did very well. You are, as most people have said, a
natural.”
    “ Well, that's good...”
    “ It is good, because it puts more money in your pocket
and mine.”
    He pulls out his phone, and taps on the touchscreen a
few times. Somehow the sight of his old fashioned suit and high tech,
modern cell phone makes me giggle inside.
    “ Right, with your base rate and tips combined, your
overall rate for the night came to a little over fifty thousand
dollars.”
    I drop my fork to my plate, still stuck with a juicy
piece of chicken.
    “ You're joking...”
    “ No joke my dear. One client in particular offered a
fantastic tip, although I won't divulge the amount. Suffice to say,
it's the highest opening for a new performer we've ever had.”
    “ Wow.”
    “ Wow indeed.”
    Fifty thousand dollars! That's way more than I was
earning per year at my junior editors job!
    “ But why?” I ask. “Why so much money. I'm not a
celebrity or a porn star or anything.”
    “ It's not about that, Ashley. The money seems like a
lot to you, but to these men it's nothing. Many of them are
billionaires who earn millions of dollars every single day. They
could have fifty thousand fall out of their back pocket and will have
earned it back by the time they bend down to pick it up.”
    He has a long sip of wine, before clipping his fingers
at the nearest waiter and gesturing for him to bring another bottle.
    “ Ashley, my dear, soon your own perception of money
will change. Some of our performers are now millionaires themselves
off the back of these shows. There's no reason why you won't be able
to do the same.”
    Millionaire? Me? Just for having sex? It doesn't seem
feasible, possible. How can that be? Why would my pussy be worth so
much money?
    “ I don't think I'll ever understand it,” I say,
finishing my inner dialogue out loud.
    “ Well, believe me, you'll get used to it. This dinner,
for example, will cost me almost a thousand dollars. To you that
sounds exorbitant, yes?”
    I nod.
    “ Well, to me it's a drop in the ocean. It's the
equivalent of someone going to McDonald's or Burger King ,
perish the thought. If you continue the way you're going, it will be
the same for you soon.”
    I agree with him vocally, although inside I'm still
trying to figure out whether I'll ever think of a thousand dollars as
spare change.
    “ Anyway, back to business. The money will be wired to
your account next week. Have you any idea what you're going to tell
your parents?”
    “ Truthfully, no. But they're unlikely to even find out
and I'll be looking for a new apartment immediately as soon as I have
the money.”
    “ I see. Good plan. Your mother did seem utterly
delightful. I question whether she'd understand if you told her the
truth.”
    “ She