Later her mother came and collected the money. Her mom would get inside the first room and collect the money and then talk to the girl for a minute in...local language. Before that, she would ask for some privacy. I would come out of the room and sit in the second room. She would talk to her girl and go away. On the fourth day, as she came in the evening to collect the money, I suddenly told the mother, I want to have sex with her. To my surprise, she agreed to that for another $300. There was. I was pleased that Alice seemed to be hitting it of with Dan, their conversation animated, with lots of laughing and, like Betty and I, touching of hands to arms and knees and shoulders. We had another round of drinks, the drinks being put on our separate tabs.After a while, Betty suggested to me "why continue paying these prices for drinks? Why not come back to our place and we can share a bottle or two with some coffee and whatever?"I wasn't certain what she meant by 'whatever' but she. She could tell my body was so loving the story, but she was still nervous which made me even harder if possible. I quickly nodded my head. “He said I was welcome to cut in front of him... for a price. I said I didn't have any cash. He laughed at that. No, that's not what he meant. He was really close to me because of all the people, he had a spot at the bar, but the bartender was still busy getting drinks for everyone else.” “Go on.” “Oh my god, I can't believe this happened. He bent over and. There was no reason for me to be so upset, and if it had been any other person who had hung up on me, I would have merely pronounced them to be an asshole and let it slide. And yet, my entire conscious mind was obsessing on this problem. I was soon distracted by my day, and before I knew it, it was 6:00 pm and the world outside was as dark as my mood. I sat at my computer, writing and re-writing a letter to Lindy, asking for forgiveness for whatever I had done or said, and eventually I came to.