file the information away for future reference.” “Thanks. It’s good to know. Now what do you think about his private performances? Does he write them also?” Jennifer shrugged again. “Why wouldn’t he scri pt his performances? It would allow him to play on his strengths and ignore his weaknesses.” “What are his weaknesses?” Kara’s curiosity roused. “I really don’t know that he has any. I’ve never seen him exhibit any or heard anyone mention anything. And it’s rumored that he’s performed over three hundred times in the last four years.” “At ten thousand dollars a performance!” Kara still found it hard to believe that any person would pay such an exorbitant amount of money to see any two people have sex. No matter who the people were. “In the beginning he only received five thousand a performance and he had to split it with the girl. So I think he’s probably only rich instead of wealthy .” “He doesn’t act rich.” Kara said this because it was the truth. “To loo k at him you’d think he was doing well in life, some sort of business professional most certainly, but you wouldn’t think he’s rich.” Jennifer closed her eyes again. “I believe it’s because he simply doesn’t feel the need to put on airs to qualify himself to his peers, if he has any peers in the business? I don’t think he really has any. And now that we’ve learned he writes scripts, he’s got to be getting a nice sum for each of those also.” “I think he owns a nightclub as well,” Kara said. “Remember me telling you how the manager of that club wilted down under his wrath. The only logical explanation is that he owns the club.” “So, on second thought, he’s probably wealthy if the real truth were to be known. Not counting the club, just think of the percent age of the take coming back to him for writing the movies. Most people don’t know it but feature pornography releases generate more money than Hollywood box office releases. Always have. There’s no telling how much he’s worth, especially if he’s a cunning investor. And we both know he isn’t stupid because he connected himself to all the right people in the best possible ways to profit from his talents.” This last comment made Kara curious about something else. “Tell me more about them. The people Evan and I will be performing for. You said once before that they would only quietly watch.” “What do you want to know?” Jennifer opened glazed eyes. “Who are they? What ages are they? Tell me everything you know about them.” “That might take a while.” Jennifer mumb led, her eyelids falling shut again. “Well, I’m not getting out of this bath anytime soon,” Kara said. “It’s too wonderful feeling.” “I know what you mean. Those margaritas combined with this soothing warm water have kicked my ass. I’m so sleepy I can hard ly keep my eyes open,” Jennifer mumbled back, then began speaking in a low, robotic monotone. “The patrons you will be performing for are very wealthy and they like to slum in their voyeuristic delights…” Kara goaded her on a little more, and after a few seconds Jennifer carried on, “The first time I performed with Evan and that Tiffany girl I remember being very conscious of how rundown the hotel lobby appeared where we had sex. It was awful, and definitely not in a safe part of the city. In all truthfuln ess, it wouldn’t have surprised me if a gang of thugs had walked in on us brandishing weapons and demanding money. “But I got past my initial nervousness and performed exemplary. “Afterward, they asked Evan to invite me back. Only this time our performanc e took place in a railroad boxcar. We both wore clothes that made us look like we were homeless. Evan even added smudges of grease to our faces and bodies to make us look like authentic hobos. And the clothes appeared to be from the 1930s depression era an d really ratty-looking. If Evan hadn’t