Page 49 of The Secret Club
“I phoned Sophie before going to the netball game, she wanted me to call. After telling her that I survived and even enjoyed the overnight Pet Play job she told me about the Annual Playmate Charity Job Board. It’s a one-off job board that lists jobs for one date. All the Clarendon Club members can list a job for that date, and it can be for any level—so Green, Amber and Red. Apparently, it’s the first year that Red is allowed to be listed. All jobs that are listed are open to all playmates.” James nods his head, he’s listening.
“The job fee is doubled, half going to charity, the other half goes to the playmate and she or he donates 20% of their payment too.”
“That sounds like a pretty cool thing to do. The club members must have some serious cash if they can afford to offer a double fee.”
“Yeah I know, right? The charity is split with Beyond Blue and LifeLine this year.”
“So what is it that has got you in a pickle?” James asks, he knows me so well, too well.
“Ok, well, I had a peek before going to netball, it launched today at 10am. It’s open for a week. There was this one job thatjumped out to me and now I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s a lot of money. But it’s also a lot of time.”
“What exactly is the job and how much money are they willing to spend?” James asks, he’s curious but he knows judging by the way I haven’t come straight out with it, it’s a lot.
“It’s $250k before being doubled. For 7 days.” My voice trails off and I watch James’ face as he goes through the motions of absorbing what I’ve just said. His eyebrows come together, then his eyes narrow before blowing out a long breath.
“Who are these people who can spend $500k for one week of kinky fuckery?”
“I don’t know,” I reply. “I will probably never know even if I get the job.”
“If, and I mean if, you take this job, you’d walk away with $200k? That is some serious money. I’m not sure what gets me the most, that people can actually afford to do it or whether they think they can pay someone that amount to live out their sick pleasures.”
“I can’t help thinking we might never get this opportunity again. To make such a massive dent in our mortgage, I mean.”
“Yeah but what the heck would you have to do for it?”
I know James would love to pay off more money on our mortgage just like me. It was only seven months ago we were facing having to sell our home and move somewhere more affordable.
“The job is a group of 8 men pooling their money together. They have a range of kinks, some I’ve heard of and others I’ve never heard of.”
“What kind of kinks?”
“Impact play, Anal, Voyeurism, Shaving, Feeding, Doctor, Breeding,” I say counting them off on my fingers.
“Breeding?” James interrupts my list.
“Yeah, like I say—there are some I’ve not ever heard off.”
“I think we need to search them up before we even consider them, don’t you?”
I cringe at his words. I actually would prefer to not look and enjoy the element of surprise. At least then I wouldn’t worry so much. Knowing is much worse in my mind. Knowing means I might not apply.
“Yeah I guess.”
“You’re saying you’d rather not know?”
“To be honest, yes. I don’t want a reason to talk myself out of it.”
“You’re saying you don’t want to be prepared or that you’d rather suffer at their hands because you like the element of surprise.”
“No, that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying I think it will all be ok, I can handle most things that are thrown at me. I want to do it for the money. If I overthink it, I may not be able to go ahead with it and when else will we ever be able to earn a lump sum of $200k?”
“I know what you mean and where you are coming from, but by not being prepared and seeing what you might be in for, you are setting yourself up for some huge and possibly scary surprises. I mean, shaving? That’s weird right? And we don’t need $200k, we never thought we were ever going to earn that amount, so it’s no loss not getting it. And Christ, Rosie, you earnt $19k just this week. We are practically flying right now. You don’t need to do this. Think of your body, of your mental health.”
“I have been thinking of them both, I can understand why you’re worried. If the boot was on the other foot I would be too. I get it. Who knows what these men will do to me and how I’ll react. But I’m strong, I have done some fairly eye-opening things recently, I don’t feel like any of them have fazed me at all.”
“I know you’re strong Rosie, I’m not questioning that. I justdon’t want you to bite off more than you can chew. And a week could be filled with all sorts of crazy uncomfortable things.”
“I know. And in some perverted way, I’m ok with it. I want to experience it and see what these kinks even are. None really frighten me, they pique my curiosity more than anything. It’s just the being away from home and the kids for a week which will be the hardest. Being away from you.”
