"Angel"

On Friday after work I went home, picked up the car and drove out to Parra to meet Bush, Kylie and their colleague Liz for dinner. When I got to the restaurant they were already seated and had started on the entree.

Apparently we were celebrating not only me passing the exams, but also Bush on getting a temporary assistant manager's role and Liz getting a level 3 role.

We talked about my exams and a bit about my work before Liz mentioned that she was joining Group 6. I was a bit taken aback because I thought Bush should've mentioned it to me before I blabbered my mouth off about my work. Group 6 works closely with my office. I sat there for a few moments trying to think of whether I had said anything bad about my work before she mentioned this. I don't think so.

The food was pretty good, and there was belly dancing. I was afraid they'd ask me to dance and they did, but I just resisted. There was a really hot girl at a table who got up and danced, I reckon she was a professional. She was pretty damn good.

We bumped into Charlie there too. At the end we decided to play a prank by sending him our bill lol. He came over and had a bit of a chat with us.

After dinner I offered Kylie and Liz a ride but Liz refused and Kylie had to catch the train with her. Bush was undecided on whether she should pick up her car from the garage, and I felt like having a chat with her so persuaded her to come in my car.

She did, and we had a bit of a heart to heart chat as I told her about Victoria. She agreed with me that it seemed like a date if I picked her up, paid for the meal and drove her home. She seemed to sympathise with me a bit and told me to wait 1-2 weeks but also said I was a good guy and there were plenty of single girls out there blah blah.

We talked for a while outside her home before she left. I felt lonely again, and the proceeds from my shares had come in so was feeling the itch. I knew I should never go to the casino on Friday nights, but I couldn't resist.

I withdrew $1800 and went. As expected, the atmosphere was mostly drunk and hazy. I was too tired from the night to focus, and lost $1200 rather easily. Unlike usual, I decided to leave without gambling the rest of my money. I decided to go have a punt. I went to Naby's old shop, my favourite haunt, and...it was closed. I saw some mail there which looked like it hadn't been picked up. I wonder what happened to it?

I decided to go to Jin's old shop, the one where I met her in the first place. Crazy, I know huh? I obviously wasn't thinking straight. It's been a long time, but I didn't know if they'd know what had happened between us. I figured they'd at least know I dated her. But how would the shop react to a customer who tries to date their girls? Would I get beat up?

As I walked to their entrance, I pictured myself getting kicked and punched in the alley leading to their door. I buzzed and an old, fat man came to open the door for me. There wasn't anyone waiting, and I was shown five girls. Had this joint gone down the drain or something? On a Friday night I would've expected this place to be busy.

I watched intently as the five girls introduced themselves one by one. I was trying to identify anyone I might recognise. Suri? Jin Ju? Hongy?

None.

All five kinda looked similar with so much make up on. I ended up picking the last girl, Angel.

She came to get me and led me to the room which is halfway up the stairs. I remembered being in here with Jin. *sigh*

"Angel" and I kinda hit it off. She asked me where I was from and I said "hangul" and she said I wasn't and called me a liar in Korean lol. We showered, and found out she had been here for a year but didn't know where Tosung was, and I laid on the bed face up. She did her thing, kissing my chest then going down on me. I noticed while she was doing this, she liked to look up at me and then later held my hand.

When she got on top of me, she kept looking into my eyes and then brought me up to sit with her before asking me to get on top. She was so bloody hot as I went at it from top, but it was funny, because even though she was so hot, I didn't really feel any "sexual" excitement. I guess I was still thinking about Victoria.

She asked to go doggy style and so we did, but after a short time I went soft and told her I was tired. We started talking and I told her I had been to Korea last December and showed her the photos. We talked as I showed her the photos, and one of them had my name on the love lock and I said "my Chinese name" and she's like "you're Chinese!" as I had inadvertently told her after refusing to tell her lol. She told me she was from Busan and I said I knew where that was.

When I showed her the photo of the plastic surgery advertisements, she asked me why I didn't do it. I said I did, and pointed to my groin which made her laugh. She asked me why I kept my head shaved and I said it was for basketball as it made me run faster and she laughed. She said she likes basketball too, and I said I'd play her one day, and she said she just likes to watch.

After that we flipped onto our stomachs to talk. I asked her how old she was and she said it was a secret. I asked her how to say secret in Korean and it was like "pi-mil". She asked me and I asked her to guess. She first guessed 28, then 32. If I had to guess, I reckon she'd be really close to 30, or early 30's. Her voice just seemed a little more mature.

I asked if she had a boyfriend and she said she couldn't have a boyfriend if she was in this job. She said if she got a normal job then she could have a boyfriend. I told her to get a normal job and she said she needed the money for rent in Korea. I asked if she'd go back and she said she misses Korea but didn't have money for the flight.

I asked where she'd been in Australia, and she said Wollongong and the Opera House. I asked what she did in Wollongong and she couldn't really answer, so I suspect she went there for work. I asked if she'd been to the zoo and she said no but would like to. I said I'd take her there and she said she didn't know me. I said I didn't say when, and it could be in two years, and she playfully hit me.

She asked me what I did and I said it was a secret. She used her hair clip to clip my ear and asked again. I asked her to guess and she guessed stuff like builder, and each time she got it wrong I kissed her on the shoulder. Eventually I told her, and she was smart enough to ask which area of law, and I told her crime. I did preface it with me having no money and she asked if it was because I was lazy. I gestured that I would sleep in the office.

Found out that she worked from 9pm to 3am that night, and that she studies English during the day so she gets tired. She said she doesn't drink soju, but drinks everything else. She said she smokes but is trying to cut down, and only does it because of stress. She said she gets stressed because of work and not knowing the language. I thought her English was pretty ok. She mentioned that she didn't have any friends here and felt lonely.

I studied her face and said she looks better with long hair (as she previously had it tied up). She said all guys prefer long hair, and told me that she was wearing extensions. I told her I was wearing them too and she laughed.

She started holding my hand, and I pretended to read her palm. I said she'd meet a handsome lawyer tonight, and she kept saying "handsome??" haha. She read mine and said I'd meet a perfect girl lol. I asked her to show me her teeth, and they weren't the best, but I said yeah she is perfect.

Later on she asked if I wanted a drink, and I was like "you make it?" and she said yes. I asked for water made by her and she laughed lol. She came back with water for me and a cup of coffee for her. I joked that the water she made was really good. I had a sip of her coffee. After that we sat up and she started tickling me. I tried to hold her hands but she kept wriggling free. I tried to tickle her but she wasn't ticklish. She said she was stronger than me, but I was just trying to be gentle.

I don't know, we just seemed to hit it off and had lots of laughs. There was some intense eye contact at times as we held hands. I think she is looking for a boyfriend of some sort. If this was a few years ago, I'd suspect that she was faking all this, but from what I've learnt, even though they are prostitutes, a lot of them can't fake emotions and camaraderie. You can't fake that "click" you have with someone.

As her buzzer went, I felt a bit sad that I had to go. And I got the feeling she may have felt the same way. We showered and as we got dressed she picked up my cardigan and I asked her to put it on. She looked sexy as hell, even better than naked, and I used my hands to form a camera and pretended to take a photo of her.

Despite all the fun we had, I did get the feeling that she was open to talking about "serious" things, and she may have even been a little depressed. I remember her using that word but can't remember what we were talking about.

I playfully asked her what my name was to test her memory, knowing that I had never told her. However, she remembered my Chinese name and tried to pronounce it. I told her my English name and said that was my Australian name. She asked if I was a citizen and I said yes. So she probably sees citizenship as a benefit. I don't really care anymore, just don't ask me for money.

As I grabbed my wallet and phone, I ended up standing up close to her face to face. She covered my mouth with her hand, and I playfully leaned forward to try to kiss her, bumping the back of her hand into her lips each time. Finally, she leaned forward and kissed my left cheek.

I woke up this morning wondering if that was all a dream?