Chapter 12On the first day after the magazine came out, Michael had three bookings: one in the morning and two in the afternoon. He felt the morning one would be fine, but he had to make sure his two afternoon sessions allowed him time to recover and be ready.
His first booking arrived: a young guy of about nineteen years old. It was clear to Michael this was likely to be nothing more than a s****l massage.
The young man arrived looking healthy and athletic and said his football coach had suggested he have a massage to relieve the muscles in his back.
Michael smiled at the story the young man gave him, as he had taken part in sport so knew sports teams carried their own physios to deal with these complaints, but he thought he would just humor the young man.
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