“Oh hi, I was thinking about treating myself,” the young woman said in a nervous tone of voice.
“Well, sh . . .” Taryn started to explain that Karen was in the back but quickly bit her tongue as an idea hit her. “You certainly have come to the right place to treat yourself,” Taryn said with a bright smile and in a warm and welcoming manner.
“I was thinking of just a facial,” the young woman said tentatively, in a slightly timid manner. “But I’ve never had one before, what’s involved?” she asked curiously.
“Oh there’s a number of things we can do for your face,” Taryn said in a cheery manner before she started to explain all the things that Karen had just done to her face.
Since Taryn had a good memory and had just been treated to the works, she could easily explain what the spa had to offer. It didn’t take that long for Karen to get the old woman settled in the first station of the spa. Karen got a mild shock to see Taryn standing behind the counter talking to the young woman, looking as if she belonged there.
“Hello,” Karen said with a queer look on her face and a slightly raised eyebrow as she glanced between the young woman and Taryn.
“Hello, Sue here has decided to treat herself to a facial, but I convinced her to go for the works with regards to her face.” Taryn said with a charming smile as she gestured to the young woman with one hand.
“A good choice, you need to take care of your face, after all, it is what you show the world,” Karen said with a smile, trying to hide her shock. “Come with me and we’ll get started,” she said as she gestured toward the back of the building.
That started a steady stream of customers and after the first few Taryn got the hang of how to talk to them. She seemed to be able to sense what each woman wanted, beyond what they came in for. As well she began to get an eye for what each woman needed to have done and even started to make suggestions. Time flew by as Taryn was enjoying herself, “playing hostess” as she called it. Later that afternoon a young woman walked into the front door like she owned the place, giving Taryn a strange look.
“Hello dear, what can we do for you today?” Taryn greeted the woman warmly, like she had greeted all the customers that day.
“Excuse me?” the pretty, young, Italian teenager asked Taryn with a strange look on her face.
The young woman looked to be in her late teens, somewhere around Rosina’s age. Her olive skin, brown eyes and black hair that fell to her waist, made obvious her Italian heritage. She stood just a little taller than Taryn and was quite curvy and well shaped. Though, like Taryn she had a little extra weight on her, but carried that weight well. Instead of being collected at her middle or on her rump, it was evenly disbursed around her body. With the slightly larger figure of this woman came larger than average breasts. It seemed that this woman wasn’t self-conscious of her body one bit as she wore form-fitting jeans and a tight t-shirt. Every last curve on this young woman was clearly evident and Taryn couldn’t help but trace them with her eyes, admiring her body. A small backpack was slung over one shoulder as she continued to saunter toward Taryn.
“What did you come in for, just a facial perhaps?” Taryn asked as the teen walked toward Taryn with the same strange look on her face.
“I live here. Where’s mom?” the teen asked as she eyed up Taryn with a dubious expression on her face. “Who are you?” she asked as she walked behind the counter and stood next to Taryn, dropping her backpack on a nearby chair.
“Veronica! My you’ve grown! It’s been years since I’ve seen you but my you have grown into quite a beautiful young lady!” Taryn said warmly as Veronica rested an arm on the counter.
“That was creepy. Who are you, and what are you doing here?” Veronica asked in an ever so slightly annoyed manner.
“I’m Taryn, a friend of your mother’s. My husband works at the same law firm that your father does. I came in to treat myself, and ended up helping out,” Taryn said with a bright tone of voice, ignoring Veronica’s attitude.
“A friend of dad’s, great,” Veronica huffed and rolled her eyes.
“No! I am a friend of your mother’s. My husband happens to work with your father,” Taryn repeated firmly and gave Veronica a gruff look.
“A friend of my mother’s, eh? How come I haven’t seen you in years?” Veronica asked daringly as she leaned in toward Taryn, waiting for an answer.
“After the divorce, we just, sort-of, lost touch I guess,” Taryn admitted with a slightly weakened manner, looking saddened by that point. “I’m glad that I found her again though,” she said and smiled warmly at Veronica.
Before Veronica could respond in anyway, the noise from the back made plain that Karen was coming up with a customer. Both Taryn and Veronica kept quiet as Karen finished up with the customer and watched the woman leave before anyone said anything.
“You’re here sweetheart. How was school?” Karen asked as she and Veronica exchanged kisses on the cheek.
“Fine,” Veronica said as she smiled at her mother before glancing at Taryn. “I met your friend here,” she said with a, barely pleasant, tone of voice.
“Yeah, she came in for the works and ended up working the front. I didn’t even ask her!” Karen said with astonishment before turning to face Taryn, “Thanks again, I don’t know what I would have done without you today!” she said as she hugged Taryn tightly for a moment before breaking the embrace, “You really were a life-saver.”
“I loved it! It was much more fun than hanging around the house all day!” Taryn chuckled and then reached for her purse that had been stowed under the counter. “I guess I should pay and leave. My brood will be home soon and they can be grumpy if I don’t feed them quickly.” she chuckled as she pulled out her bank card.
“Absolutely not! After all you’ve done today I can’t think of charging you!” Karen said as firmly as she shook her head defiantly.
“I am a customer and I demand that you take my money!” Taryn said with equal determination as she thrust her bank card at Karen.
“No! You’ve eared it!” Karen said with a slight scowl on her face as she pushed Taryn’s bank cared back at Taryn.
“I want to pay,” Taryn said sincerely, with a serious look in her eye.
“Okay, but I can’t possibly charge you more than full price.” Karen said as she started to tap away at the keys of the computer.
“We agreed on double price!” Taryn said sternly as she poked Karen’s shoulder.
“HEY LADY, we don’t need your charity!” Veronica snapped at Taryn with a dirty scowl on her face.
“It’s not cha . . .” Taryn started to defend but Karen spoke up quickly.
“She’s right, full price and not a penny more!” Karen said with a stern and serious look in her eye.
“Alright,” Taryn said, throwing her hands up in surrender, and paid quickly.
“It is good to see you, Taryn,” Karen said as she gave Taryn one last hug before Tarn walked toward the door.
“See you tomorrow,” Taryn said with a sparkle in her eye and winked at Karen.
“Tomorrow?” Karen asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Yeah, I had so much fun today, I’ve decided to give you a hand during the days, if you’ll have me that is,” Taryn said with a friendly tone of voice as she stood tall.
“I can’t pay you much,” Karen said sheepishly, with a slightly embarrassed look on her face.
“You don’t have to pay me anything. You remember why you started this place, don’t you? You needed a reason to get out of the house more than you needed the money. I’m the same way, my kids are grown and don’t need me to mother them anymore. I am bored silly, hanging around the house these days, it’ll do me good.” Taryn said with a sincere tone of voice and a warm smile.
“Fine, but I’m not charging you for any more services you use!” Karen said sternly, with her hands firmly on her hips before she broke into laughter. “Bless you Taryn Thompson!” Karen said with a gratified look on her face and a tear in her eye.
“I love you too, Karen, see you tomorrow.” Taryn said and left the spa before Karen could respond.
With that Taryn walked home with a spring in her step. She felt confident, happy and pleased with herself. It had been a very long time since she had any sort of job and was looking forward to the challenge. The work didn’t seem like work and she was ever so truthful when she said she needed something to fill her days with other than dust-bunnies.
When she arrived home, it was the sight of Owen’s bedroom that reminded her of her Master. She smiled to herself as she thought that she would have an ever so exciting story to tell him. She was pleased with herself for all she had accomplished that day. The fact that she had had sex with Karen didn’t bother her at all. In fact the incident was a strange source of pride; she had done so on the orders of her Master. He would be pleased with her for doing so, she knew it. After changing into fresh clothes she headed down to the kitchen to start dinner for Owen and Rosina. She didn’t expect Richard home until late, she never expected him home at dinnertime, but once in a while he did surprise her. She looked at the clock and knew that time was short, her kids would be home soon.
Evening would be interesting and she wondered what Master had planned. He told her that he would inspect her to see if she had complied with his orders. Taryn hoped that the inspection would lead to sex, as she needed to be with him again. She already felt herself getting wet just anticipating his arrival, he was a drug that she needed. Sex would be interesting with Rosina around and Taryn wondered how they would do anything without raising Rosina’s suspicions. That little matter Taryn would leave to Master to figure out, she trusted him completely and would do anything he asked. She only hoped that she could live with what he would make her do, the fact that she would comply was a forgone conclusion.
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