He was disclosing how he planned to avoid 'involvement' with somebody very attractive he had just met. And who also scared the hell out of him.
He started by misquoting Machiavelli: 'A man who mistrusts his emotions is more than half saved...'
But...here was the plan...
Look, he knew a very beautiful hooker. Call girl, in fact. He would call this exclusive call girl... (How 'exclusive' is a call girl?) Ask her to call on him tomorrow.
She was very expensive—as expensive as she was exclusive—but cost effective at the price. (Is 'exclusivity' price-related?)
Anycase, an envelope discreetly placed in her Chanel bag was all that was called for. She did not lock her Chanel bag, she was that discreet.
No jealousies either—except about other call girls. And this was just business jealousy. Also, no insecurities about him. No politics, no serious manipulation of him.
Apparently they never fought, she brought all her own toys, had seemingly easy orgasms by the ton in multiples of three. Good for her, he said. Implying, If she did I'm glad...but I'm not that naive.
She even had a kind of orgasm giving him head. As he said this, his face screwed in disbelief.
Heck, they even talked, the two of them, he said.
Sometimes she'd crack a couple of eggs for the two of them, fry bacon. He had to remind himself, sometimes, she was a hooker. A beautiful hooker, strictly on business, frying bacon and eggs.
So that was the plan, and what did I think?
I tried to sound hopeful. But obviously not hopeful enough because he began all over again.
Ins and Outs on the Ups and Downs that include some Notes on the Cut, Thrust and Parry that is part of the Great Game--Sexual Politics. And encompassing too Single Men and Women and the Pleasures of Youth.
