"You are eighteen, right?"
"Yes."
"My mother wants to know if you would be interested in a part-time job."
"What kind of job?" Russ asked.
"Working here, giving massages."
"I don't know anything about giving a massage, and there's no way I would do the extra thing you did."
Lan laughed. "We'll teach you about the massages. Hao told my mother he's going back to Vietnam for the summer. About a third of our clients are women who prefer male hands to those of a female. Many of them come here for the special services we offer. Unless you choose otherwise, you wouldn't be expected to work on male clients," Lan assured him.
"But I would be providing it to the females?"
"If that's what they desire and are willing to pay for it."
"Who teaches me that part?" Russ asked.
"My mother, me, and
