Chapter 13: A New Employer

Barbara found me in Elsa Worthington’s arms and enjoying the warmth of having my stiff member in her body. She broke up laughing as she saw the two of us.

“What’s so funny?” We were on one of the pool chaises, still locked together in the coitus we’d finished only a moment or so earlier.

Barbara said, “Your girlfriend and Elsa’s husband are in exactly the same position after their sexy union about thirty feet in that direction.” She pointed through the dim light on the patio. In between, were about four or five other couples, some still humping away.

Elsa giggled, “I wish them all the happiness in the world. I love this man. You can’t have him back for a little while longer.”

Barb chuckled, “I was just passing through, looking for available manhood that might like to spend an hour with a hot cougar. Eventually, there’s somebody who I want to introduce you to, Chris. Allie, too. When you’re free; and I’m not rushing you.”

I stayed with Elsa for another thirty minutes that included a short fuck, and then before I could leave, Alice Grace joined us and took over from Elsa, so I was delayed another hour before I left to find Barbara.

I did find Allie at one of the self-service bars drinking down a bottle of water. She smiled at me. “This is the best party. We’ve really met some great people.”

I gave her a kiss and teased, “And at such a young age.”

We stood and hydrated and savored the environment closer to the pool where many couples were now cuddling and few were still actively engaged in some serious, and occasionally energetic, lovemaking. We whispered and subtly gestured to one or two of them: people we were with, an unusual sexual position, or someone we knew and would like to be with.

Barbara found us and gave us both hugs and kisses. “Come with me. I saw you here, and the person I want you to meet is meeting us in Mark’s library.”

We strolled into the house from the patio behind Barb. Suddenly, she knew the layout of the house and where we were going. We were all naked. She led the way across the living room and into a majestic but modern room of books of all sizes, shapes, and ages. A dozen books were on display behind glass because of their rarity. A huge wood desk with inlaid leather also sat in the reading room.

A pretty woman about Barb’s age sat with a towel wrapped around her body. As we approached naked, she let the towel fall aside. She was around forty and obviously worked out to keep her shape and health. I’d seen her at one previous party but our paths hadn’t crossed.

Barbara said, “Chris and Allie, this is Connie Winslow.”

We both shook hands with her and I waited for Barb to give out the bridge line as to why we should be meeting Connie in such a unique and seemingly important manner. She smiled at us, and sized us up.

Connie said, “When Barbara mentioned you, in particular your recent run-in with the police, I did a little research – Adam Nice and Amy Cox. You’re also both good students, dean’s list and have a bright future. I know you were both dirt poor when you started college, and that now your student loans are paid off, you have nice cars and a nice apartment, and are managing your affairs well.”

I looked surprised, and so did Allie. She knew a lot about us, but I thought Barb might have told her, or perhaps Hal and Nora, our landlords. They were also at the party.

Connie said, “What I have for you is a bit of a business offer designed to take some risk out of what you do in your spare time – you and possibly your fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. I hoping that you like what I have to say and sway them into the same business deal with me.”

I nodded for her to go on. This woman seemed very well informed.

Connie said, “I also know Jake Henderson and have often helped him find talent before he got so well connected with models from Phi Theta Rho and Kappa Delta Alpha. He’s done well by your two organizations, at least for those brothers or sisters that are willing to be on film ... such as yourselves.

“Your presence in videos represents a bit of a high-risk situation for you and the others. The university administration frowns on its students appearing in such blatant films despite their popularity amongst your classmates and even the faculty.

“Further, the school really discourages the escort profession among students, despite the way in which it generates cash flow that the university can’t provide – the way it has for you two and most of your similarly inclined friends.

“I also know that you, Chris, just had a near brush with the law over events at a bachelor party that went south very quickly.

“What I offer is a solution or rather a reduction in risk to those myriad problems.”

I checked in with Allie and she was looking interested. The two of us joined Barb and Connie in being seated. I gestured for Connie to continue and smiled to show my interest.

Connie smiled, “I run an escort business in the city. It’s significant. I am proposing to takeover and represent each of you, to manage your business, set and collect your base fees – you keep the tips. We also provide other assistance. I extend my geography and you get some benefits.”

“How would this work?” I asked.

“For one, you respond to a request now and you usually have no idea who that person is, law enforcement or a legitimate client, or whether that person might be a threat of some kind in a ‘date’ situation. I know, for instance, that your friend Cathy had a bad experience and got choked until she passed out by somebody that she was with that liked rough sex. We knew that client and could have warned her or not even referred them to her. We vet every client.”

Allie and I both knew what had happened with Cathy, but none of us in the escort business really talked about it. It was just an isolated one-on-one bad experience.

Connie went on, “We also don’t staff parties like the bachelor party that resulted in you shooting a drunk and armed asshole. Leave that to the cruder women – the two-dollar whores, if you’ll pardon the expression. At most, we might send two of you on a ‘date’ in special conditions.”

I said, “Men and women?”

“Both. We have all sorts of clientele – men, women, old, young, gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, trans, couples, you name it. We also manage so that we usually have something to offer for everyone willing to pay the price.”

“And this costs us, what?” I asked.

“We take quarter of your base fee. Any tips are yours. We don’t even want to know about them. Based on what you’re making now, you won’t see much of a reduction in your earnings. You’ll probably have more business, charge more – of which we take our cut, and have a better class of customer ... Barbara being a rare exception.” Connie winked at Barb.

The two older women laughed.

Barbara said to Connie in a half-teasing half-serious tone, “I expect to be grandmothered in on this deal.”

Connie just waved her off dismissively and laughed. The message was, ‘Of course!’

Allie stated, “And for our giving up some funds, you screen our client ahead of time and do some of the accounting?”

“Oh, there’s more,” Connie said. “For one, you will never have a problem with the university administration. Many of them have been clients of ours at one time or another. We’ve even had a faculty member or spouse in our employ from time to time. Should a situation arise, we’d just remind them of that fact and the attendant implications should a scandal arise. We’ve never had a problem, and you won’t either, and that goes for doing your porn with Jake or your escort services.”

Connie went on about how she and her associate vetted potential clients and how they rewarded repeat business. They kept records on every ‘transaction’, including an evaluation from the escort about the ‘date’ and any special elements that a future escort should know.

“We also play the role of matchmaker. When a client wants a girl or guy, we do our utmost, with our available resources, to match up personalities and likes and preferences. Right now, I bet you accept a ‘date’ and hope for the best. We try to give both you and the client a best match.

“We also portray your best attributes on a discrete website. We want to show what fun-loving people you are, how handsome and gorgeous, and allude to how versatile you are. Anything further requires more significant contact with us. We believe our websites get more traffic than yours do. I did look at both of your websites.

“Of course, as I said, you’ll have more business than you currently do. We have a ninety percent repeat business rate with our clients. Overall, I’d guess that you’d have more frequent ‘dates’ with more clients, who are paying more for your attention.

“We are instantly ready to provide legal aid at no cost to you. We don’t want any scandals or legal problems with any of our ‘staff’, I’m sure you understand.” She’d used two fingers to emphasize the word ‘staff’.

“We also make sure that you have valid tax documents for your income stream and we legitimize that income. Officially, you’re consultants and workers in our interior design and decorating business.

“I should add that we deny knowing any element about the sex going on, should we be asked. All we’re doing is matching up eager adult friends interested in the design business. Our company is named Connie’s Designs.