REMISSION

ANNIE

The alarm went off and Richard sat on his bed abruptly. He had been looking forward to this day for the last two years or so and he couldn't afford to keep his parents waiting as they didn't take lateness very politely. He jumped off the bed and walked halfway to the bathroom ready to shower but her voice stopped him. He had totally forgotten all about her. "Oh my goodness Elsa you scared me half to death," he said while holding on to his pounding chest. "It's Annie but whatever I wanted to leave as soon as my job here was over but you told me you were going to need me in the morning..." she went on for sometime but it was clear to her that he didn't remember a damn thing from the previous night and how could he remember when he was super wasted? The look of shame in his face told a story, the kind that Annie had seen one too many times before. She would have been bothered by it but her cold personality stopped her from feeling a thing, after all, it was her job to prey on the drunk innocent bastards. That was how she paid her bills and kept herself pretty. She knew just how to make Richard feel less ashamed. She smiled, got out of the bed, dressed up and headed for the door. "Hey, what about the money?" Richard asked while reaching for his trouser which was carelessly lying on the floor near the door. "Ooh, you really don't remember s**t do you? I take the money upfront unless you want to pay twice," she was joking for the last part but he took it seriously. He took all the money in his wallet and gave it all to her. She counted it twice as she couldn't believe that someone would be willing to pay four times the fee and add a tip on top. She had seen many pay more out of guilt but none of them was like Richard. It was too much but she had no intention to show him that or give him his money back.

"What the hell did I do?" Richard asked himself as he walked into the shower. His head was heavy and he felt like throwing up. His breath was worse than his stinky armpits. Immediately the cold water hit him, the events from the previous night came flooding back in his mind and he just stood there replaying them in his mind.

He remembered that he and his two friends were out celebrating the fact that he was going to be a CEO of his own multimillion company in about thirteen hours. He knew the company was just a baby as compared to his parents company but at least it was his. He had worked for it and built it from scratch and finally it was time for him to be his own boss. However, before he could officially take over, he had to meet up with his parents. Even though he owned and earned the company, it was still a part of the Richard's and Lily's group of companies. The only difference was the slightly different names and the fact that he was the one financing it. Getting the approval from his parents was guaranteed but he knew it wasn't going to come easy. He told Oliver and Sally that and Oliver had just the idea to get Richard to have the best night before next days lecture and demands. "I know, I know, why don't we get you silly drunk, get you one of those gorgeous brainless asses down there and you do whatever you so please with her your highness," it was supposed to be a joke but sooner rather than later, it became a dare. Richard drunk himself half conscious before heading down to the clubs parking where all the girls banned from going in waited for the drunk masters to come down. He bid his friends goodbye as they had agreed it was better for them not to see who he picked for possible deniability.

Girls called him sweet names left and right to get his attention some even went as far as showing their breasts and touching themselves in a way that made him uncomfortable. He was faced with a hard choice. Between the big boobs, asses and the petite figures. They all looked yummy and ready to feast on and that gave him a hard time until he saw her. She was leaning on the clubs wall. She didn't even seem to care that he was there. Her eyes glued to her nails which she seemed to be seeing for the first time. One look at her and he knew she was the one. He took his time to stare and profile her. Now, Annie was a girl with both confidence and beauty. She was about 5feet and 6inches tall, her chocolate colored skin made her stand out as it shone under the moonlight giving her a sweet glow. Even with soo little light, Richard could see her beautiful features and those drew him to her like a moth to the frame. However, it wasn't her beauty alone that caught his attention, it was her uniqueness, while everyone was busy scrambling for every man or woman that showed, she was just standing there, daring the men to go to her. "I only do rich and hardy..and you mr look like a softie," she told him without even attempting to lift her face. "But at least I am filthy rich. Look, I don't know how this works and I am willing to follow your lead," he said with a stammer and staggered for a moment before finally gaining his balance. "Well, in that case, my pay is upfront and it is also double what the others charge," she said still without eye contact. "I will take ten thousand shillings and protection is on you. However, you need to know that some services are on a special menu and to access them you will have to cough extra," she was so confident that for a moment, Richard wondered why she was there doing that kind of work.

After paying her, he held her hand as if she was his girlfriend and showed her to his car where his driver had been waiting for him for the last four or so hours. "Mike, take me home," he said and Mike knew to obey without questions. Mike was Richards right hand guy, one could even say they were friends as he kept all the secrets to whatever Richard did to himself. He was a driver, a bodyguard, a cook and even a cleaner whenever needed, he was the only person Richard trusted with all his tiny deeds that could ruin his families name or put him on the wrong side of his parents table. The drive was quiet as Richard and Annie kissed at the back the whole time. Mike had his earplugs on so he heard nothing as it was his agreement with Richard, again, for possible deniability. All he had to do was get the two lovebirds home and that was exactly what he did and after he made sure that Richard was home safe and comfortable, he left him to his enjoyment.

Richard was so turned on that he couldn't even wait to get to the bedroom. He started undressing her downstairs and his last piece of cloth was off by the time they got to the bed. Annie was ready for everything and Richard didn't even have to ask as she knew exactly what to do and when to do it. The two dropped on the bed with Annie on top kissing him passionately. Her tender skin rubbing against his warm body making hi go wild. She was touching him in places he had never been touched before, places he never even knew would make him feel so good. His world was spinning soo first, the good kind of spinning. His manhood was already screaming long before she could get to it and the anticipation made the s*x even more sweet. Before he could process it all, she was already grinding on him with slow soft strokes that made him bite his lip. He forgot all about his parents and the meeting as his mind was fully captivated by the girls expertise. He was at her mercy but it didn't matter as he was having the best feeling ever. At a certain point, he could not hold his raw, wild desire anymore, he turned her around with one mighty sweep and he was then the one ridding her full force. He enjoyed her soft moans that were not forced. The c****x quickly hit and he felt like he had failed her as she never seemed to have gone all the way. That was when the awkward conversation started.

"By the way, we jumped all the way to the fifth date stuff and I don't even know your name," he said as he reached for half a glass of whisky he had left on the side table earlier as he was heading to the club to meet up withh his friends. "Well, in my line of work, we don't tell names unless you ask and even then we don't give our real names..." she started but Richard cut her short. "Please tell me there is a but coming and you think I am one of those special customers," he flashed a couple of thousands to her and she grabbed it without hesitation. "Well, it was not in the special services menu but I can't say no to money. Annie, you can call me Annie...After all, I know you will forget soon enough," She seemed so confident about that. "Annie doesn't sound like a hooo....aaah...I mean you don't look like an Annie," he tried to defend what was on his mind as he figured she wouldn't have liked to be called a hooker. "Well, it may or may not be my real name...also, my work here is done...I don't want you saying I stole from you while you were asleep so I prefer to leave while you are still awake," from the look on her face, Richard could tell that she had had a bad experience before. "But we are not done here, I thought I payed for a night you know ten thousand and all," she laughed coldly and Richard knew he had just been played but he couldn't blame her as he never asked for the terms. "Okay, I will pay you more just stay," he knew she could never say no to more cash and she didn't. Soon after, Richard was complaining about his parents to her, telling her things he shouldn't have told her until he finally fell asleep an hour later. Annie thought the extra pay was for her to listen to a rich mama's boy complain about how his parents were forcing money and a good life on him. "Stupid spoiled brat," she said in disgust. If only she had just a little of what he was calling forced living, if only her parents were alive to tell her what was right or wrong. Her thoughts raced in her head as she slowly drifted to sleep. Her hate for the man sleeping besides her also slowly rised and she even dreamt of him complaining. There were only a few hours to morning and Richard had barely had time to get rid of the alcohol in his system but he woke up sober enough to feel bad about having spent the night with a p********e and now that he remembered telling her things about his family, the shame and guilt he was feeling suddenly turned into fear and range. How could he? What if she decided to sell the information to someone? His family name would be ruined and his parents would kill him dead. "What the hell did I do?" he asked out loud as he banged his head on the wall. He could no longer feel the cold water still hitting hard on his back. He was shaking but he couldn't feel that either.

If it were up to him, he would have spent the whole day banging himself on the wall as the pain made him feel less guilty. However, his phone rang for the seventh time and he had a clue that it was Mike reminding him about the meeting with his parents. He quickly reached for his tooth brush and five minutes later he was all dressed up ready to go. He stood before the mirror long enough to see the bruise and bump on his head. " Oooh damn! this day keeps getting worse by the minute," his thoughts turned to how he was going to explain the bump to his parents. He picked up his phone and to his surprise, the missed calls were from his mother. At that point, his heart started racing and his thoughts were all over the place. A cold sweat broke lose on his forehead. He knew what was coming. He had been in the shower for a whole two hours which meant he was about half an hour late to the meeting. "They will never let me lead the company now," with trembling hands, she dialed his mother ready for the lecture of a lifetime.

"Ethan Richard Junior! you decided to make your parents wait for your lazy self to get here? We know what yo have been doing and if you think you will escape this by showing up late, I am so sorry it won't work this time. Just so you know, your father and I cleared our schedule just to make sure this conversation happens. Remember when we told you what would happen if you mess with this family's reputation? And yet you went out of your way to mess it up...I expect you here in an hour or I will drive down there and drag you by the years," she didn't even bother to say hello or good morning and that didn't even seem to bother Richard that much. "What did she mean by messing with the family reputation? Wait, does she know about the hooker already? What else would have made her so certain that I was doing something wrong? Did those two bastards rant me out? Was last night a set up? Or maybe the hooker herself told everyone.But she didn't seem to know who I am...Unless...unless she was just pretending...Or maybe she was working with them...Oh my goodness I am going crazy...," Richard went on and on for a while and were it not for the aggressive honking from outside, he would have kept at it for a little while. He grabbed his coat and went downstairs while still cursing at Annie and his two friends as he was almost certain those two were

behind whatever had gone wrong. After all, they were the only ones who knew about the previous night.