H-530: Cap Isle, Victory Hotel, Private Room
Raina crosses to a cabinet beside the couch. Crouching slightly, she withdraws two double-walled glasses with a chilled inner wall and a bottle and pours.
She returns, places a glass before Lia, and one for herself.
“Small distillery from Memoria Niccolo.”
She seats herself, pours in a few drops of water from the small pitcher on the table and swirls the liquid in her glass.
She seems marginally more relaxed now.
Lia will sample the whiskey before adding a little more water than Raina.
“So.”
A beat. She takes another slow sip and savours the warm burn.
“You asked what the girlfriend/wife experience usually entails.”
Another beat.
“That particular experience is for clients who are interested in something that has less of a… transactional feel to our time together. They are usually looking for all of the perks of a relationship without the typical drawbacks or baggage that can be associated with something long-term. Part of that arrangement involves a more relaxed feeling in my interactions with them, allowing an illusion of established feelings and a shared history. We might simply share dinner and curl up on the couch together. Or I might be there waiting when they arrive home from work to ask them about their day and give them a back rub.”
She takes another slow sip.
“These often entail spending the night but not exclusively so. Such details are at the clients discretion.”