Chapter 8

It was almost three weeks before Karen again received a phone call informing her of an engagement. Quite the contrary to her date with Ron, Fred Biggs was overweight, rather belligerent and wanted nothing of wining and dining. He made arrangements to meet her at a hotel and had hardly exchanged pleasantries until he was pawing at her clothes. Karen still had on her bra, stockings and heels when he pushed her onto the bed and seconds later was into her. His climax was quick and he was off of her, dressed, and out the door before Karen could even begin to try some of the techniques Todd had shown her. In sharp contrast to her encounter with Ron, she felt cheap, used and the only thing between her and prostitution was the exchange of money. It took her several days to shake the feeling she was only one step above that of streetwalker.

Two weeks after that Karen had her first date with a woman (excluding her “training session with Rosaline Mansfield). The woman was a bit older than Karen but attractive and personable. Sharon Truesdell was an accountant who had found a massive error in the accounting department, potentially saving the corporation millions. She chose Karen as her bonus after meeting her at a charity fund raiser. Both were a bit awkward at first as Sharon was also married and this was her first encounter with a woman (her husband was unaware). As they talked it became evident Sharon had never been with a woman before and was looking for something different in a marriage gone stale. So Karen made some subtle moves which were reciprocated and before long the two were abed. After shedding her initial shyness and uncertainty, Sharon became an enthusiastic, if inexperienced, lover. Karen eased her “date” into position after position, both of them reaching climax after climax until, exhausted, they fell into each others’ arms and slept until they awakened to another early morning round of exploration and intense climaxes.

Sharon obviously longed to stay and experience yet more, but knew her story of staying up with a sick friend would not hold up forever. So, reluctantly she kissed Karen deeply and asked if they could see each other again. Karen let her down easily explaining that she had “other commitments” and simply could not become involved in any kind of affair.

Disappointed, Sharon nevertheless understood and left with a kidding remark that maybe she could find another accounting mistake.

The take away for Karen from this encounter was that she was beginning to enjoy sex with women almost as much as with men.

And so the weeks went by with occasional encounters with other “dates”: a potential Chief Legal Council with Astron who Karen wooed for the better part of two days, most of it in bed. He was gentlemanly, a good conversationalist and a moderately good lover, but she found herself thinking back to Ron and what they had experienced together. Of course she made sure the prospective Aston executive was totally satisfied with his signing bonus and they parted with warm, if not romantic, feelings.

As time went by there were others, some enjoyable, others not, but Karen endured, doing what she had now learned to do so well. But enjoyable or not, she was learning to sense and then provide what her “dates” wanted/needed. Some she climaxed with, some she feigned orgasm, but with all she provided a sexual encounter they would not soon forget.

Her feelings toward herself did not improve however. Her self esteem continued to decline and she often wondered why she had ever agreed to this arrangement. Roger, on the other hand, continued to be enthusiastic. He had already moved into a VP office and everyone seemed pleased with his work. He continued to ask about her “dates” and seemed to relish her descriptions of her sexual encounters. He hardly seemed to notice the drop-off in their own sex life which was slowly becoming less and less in both frequency and intensity. As time passed Karen could not seem to generate the enthusiasm for Roger which at one time had been so natural and which now she had to make an effort, often feigning arousal with him as she did with clients she cared little about.