Free Magi Saga 1: Epic Calling by Andrew Dobell

Already there seemed to be a smattering of curb crawlers amongst the regular traffic.
    Amanda and Stuart walked down the street towards the knot of girls stood over on the other side of the road. These were Stuarts other girls and Amanda knew them in a casual way. Amanda had kept them at a distance somewhat since Georgina’s departure. They were sympathetic and basically friendly but they were also into things Amanda really didn’t want to get involved in, most were serious or casual users of drugs for a start.
    Stepping through the parked cars on their side of the road, she approached the group with a smile, Stuart just behind her.
    ‘Hiya girlfriend!’ shrieked Renée. The rest of the girls turned round and a chorus of greetings rang out from them. Amanda smiled, said she was ok and exchanged pleasantries. These four girls would be the ones Stuart would be pimping for when Amanda had gone; they were Naomi, Renée, Jenny and Jade. Renée, the youngest at sixteen years old would try anything once, while Jade held the title of eldest at twenty three. All but one of them had got into street walking fairly recently, only Jade had started before Amanda. Once pleasantries had been exchanged and now that Stuart had arrived, they could finally start work. Stuart didn’t like them to work without him there, he said he felt responsible for them and would feel terrible if anything happened to them while he was absent. Despite this, they all pulled the odd trick on their own.
    Within a couple of minutes two of the girls had taken clients and it wasn’t long before one of Amanda’s regulars pulled over, parked up and wandered over to her. Amanda saw him coming and smiled warmly at him as he approached.
    ‘Richard. How are ye doing? She asked.
    ‘Okay, okay,’ he answered nervously. Richard, fairly shy but friendly, had always been one of her more endearing Johns. He always seemed embarrassed about coming over and asking for sex, but Amanda knew what he liked to do now which made things easier for him.
    He smiled at her and asked in his usual halting manner, ‘I, erm. Could I…you know?’
    Amanda smiled at him and answered his question for him. ‘Would you like your usual Dicky?’
    Richard nodded and looked sheepish.
    Amanda gestured to Stuart who was already close having seen Amanda talking to someone.
    ‘Ok Richard, you know the drill,’ Stuart said after having walked over. He stepped closer to Richard and gave him a quick and discreet pat down to check for weapons. It was a precaution that perhaps didn’t need doing with Richard as both had known him for months, but it was one that Stuart wouldn’t stop doing no matter how regular a customer you were. Once he had been checked over Richard handed over the money to Stuart, and Amanda took Richard by the hand and led him to the nearby alleyway the girls used for most of their encounters.
    Amanda never really enjoyed this part of it, but when it was a regular who she knew and trusted she would make it a little more enjoyable for them than for any others. She would at least look as though she was having a good time for someone like Richard.
    It only lasted a few minutes, but Richard had a smile on his face as he pulled up his trousers. Amanda looked at him and thought about telling him she would be leaving soon. She and Stuart had chosen not to tell any of Amanda’s regulars about her plans, they were the only ones she might have told, but they had decided against it as some of them might not have handled it very well. Richard wouldn’t flip or do something rash, but looking at him there she knew it would break his heart to tell him.
    He had told Amanda so many secrets about his life, and she had listened patiently to them all, she had been a shoulder for him to cry on so many times that she nearly slipped, she nearly told him she was leaving, but she caught herself at the last moment. Eventually he would find someone else, another girl to befriend, he would be fine she