The women buzzed around me like tiny worker bees and immediately dragged me to the bathroom where there was a large tub filled with water that smelled like lemongrass and water lilies.
"Don't be shy," one of the women said and then giggled.
Perfect. Thankfully I was used to locker rooms, so I quickly undressed. I stepped into the water gingerly, and the heat hit me immediately. It was inferno hot. Were they trying to burn the skin right off me? I slowly settled into the bath and waited as my skin adapted to the heat.
Two maids started rinsing and shampooing my hair, and it took everything inside me not to start screaming. I was convinced I was dreaming. This was not real life. There was just no way.
Once I was washed to their preference, I was lifted out of the tub. They couldn't e
