The prostitute episode 1

The prostitute 1

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He knocked on the door two times and waited for an answer, but none came. He was about knocking again when the door opened. Nora sluggishly opened the door from the inside. She was still clothed in her revealing nighties and her eyes were still sleepy. It was almost mid day, an odd time for an able bodied adult to be in bed. When she saw who her visitor was, she gave out a long hiss and moved back inside, leaving the door open. Paul followed her into the apartment. Once inside the one room self-contained apartment, Nora sat on the mattress on the floor with an angry face while Paul sat in a plastic armchair by the side of the mattress.

"I've told you that whatever you are playing at, I'm not interested. Take your whatever and leave me alone to do my business. If you need someone to talk to, there are many counsellors lazying around in government hospitals looking for whom would talk to them. Leave me alone, Mr man", Nora said, almost shouting but with courtesy. Paul sat calmly with a broad smile across his face as he watched Nora rant. He seemed to be amused looking at her. When Nora was done with her angry speech, Paul spoke. "Good morning pretty Nora, how was your night?", Paul asked calmly with traces smiles still on his face. With that response, Nora had mixed feelings. She was angered that all Paul could say after her outburst was asking how her night was. She was also surprised at how someone would remain so calm even when being yelled at by someone way below his league. Ultimately, she was briefly carried away by the bliss oozing out from Paul's lovely smile. While she was still deciding how to proceed, Paul said why he'd come.
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Nora was a young, intelligent, smart and pretty girl in her mid twenties. She was a student in one of the tertiary institutions in the state. She was studying applied chemistry. In school, she kept a very small circle of acquaintances. She led a very private life even though she was one of the brightest students in her department. But aside being a student, Nora was a prostitute who operated in the night and on demand. Her area of operation was towards the part of the town where rich people lived. This was because unlike the poor, the rich paid more handsomely and didn't have the mentality of sapping off all the juice in the sex hawker in a bid to get maximum value for their money.

From the proceeds Nora made from her prostitution business, she took care of her schooling and paid other bills. She also made it a point of duty to regularly donate part of this money to orphanages and the less privileged people's homes. She experienced the ugly effects of orphanhood firsthand.

During one of her night outs, Nora stood by the roadside and waited for potential clients when an exotic SUV pulled up in front of her. The front side window of the vehicle rolled down and the driver who was the single occupant of the car spoke to her. He looked late thirties. He looked angry and seemed to know the drill already. When he asked Nora how much it would cost to have her company for the night, she told him an exorbitant amount hoping for a bargain to ensue. But none came. The client accepted the amount without a bargain to Nora's surprise. She was surprised and frightened as well. Reluctantly, she entered the vehicle and they drove off.

They arrived at the man's house which was a fine duplex with a well furnished interior. Inside the house, Nora couldn't relax. She was convinced in her mind that she'd come to the end of the road. She concluded that the kind of affluence showing all around the house was of illegitimate wealth, probably got through blood rituals. Subconsciously, she was waiting for when her host would order his boys to seize her and take her to the slaughter house. But that didn't happen. Instead, her host urged her to feel free. She tried her best to do so but couldn't. The environment alone was overwhelming for her.

Later in the night, when they had bathed, had dinner offered by her host and had retired to bed, her host left what they'd come to do for another thing. "I'm Paul, a business man in the city. I'm sorry to have wasted your time but I'll pay you the agreed amount. I was very angered by a colleague and I thought having sex would calm me. But now that I have bathed and eaten, I don't think sex is still necessary", Paul said in a calm tone. Nora was surprised to see a man of his class according so much respect to a prostitute. She reciprocated the introduction and they started discussing. To Paul's surprise, the whore he picked on the road had plenty intelligence stored in her brain. He was marvelled. They discussed for a long time before Paul slept off. Early the next morning, Paul paid her the agreed amount and she left. Before she left, he got her number.

After that day, Paul started inviting Nora to his house at intervals. Whenever he needed to pick someone's brain on something, he'd invite her. She'd come, they'd discuss and Paul would pay her without touching her. When he needed to attend functions, he'd invite her along and would pay her while dropping her off. Sometimes, he'd gift her some expensive items along with the payment. Gradually this became a practice and Nora was not okay with it. She confronted Paul about and threatened severally to stop honoring his invitations if he'd not take what he was paying for. She had always warned Paul that she was not interested in whatever he was playing at and that she was strictly out for business, and not seeking for sympathy or free money. If not that the pay was good, she'd have carried on with her threats sooner. But she didn't.

Time went on and Paul insisted on this practice. To maintain her sanity over whatever Paul's 'stupidity' was effecting in her mind, Nora severed her association with Paul. She started with not honoring his invitations and later proceeded to not taking his calls. He would call many times, text as well, but Nora will ignore all of them. She was bent on maintaining her code of business; money for sex and nothing more. When Paul couldn't reach her for a long time, he decided to look for her in the lodge where he always dropped her. With some directions from her neighbors, he located her room.
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"I have fallen in love with you, Nora. I don't care who you are or how we met, but the woman I see in you is exactly who my heart yearns for. I've come here to tell you that and I hope you will accept me as your man", Paul said to Nora's surprise.

Should we end it here or continue the story?

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