Chapter 32
NOAH AND TOM got out of the calidarium, retrieved their robes, and stepped into their shower sandals. When they arrived at the two doors indicating masseurs, Noah opened the left-hand door and Tom took the other one. When he stepped into the room, he saw that a massage table occupied its center. A good-looking man wearing a terrycloth robe similar to the one Noah wore was sitting in one corner of the room.
The man stood and said, “You are here for a massage, yes?”
“Yes,” Noah said.
“Very good. I am Andreas, and I will take care of you.”
Andreas walked to the door Noah had just come through and shot the bolt. Then he walked to the opposite end of the little room and said, “While I step outside, please disrobe and lie facedown on my table.”
He disappeared through the door an
