Lucy

Same-day afternoons are most of what she does, and she keeps her diary loose on purpose so that they can be. Twenty-four, out of the centre, English only. There is a rule for a returning guest who wants one or two hours that same afternoon somewhere in the city: nothing goes ahead of her and the full figure is settled on arrival. A first booking is a different case and asks for half ahead, whatever hour it lands on. The two on her file that ask least of a room are erotic oil and body to body.

Lucy decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.