INTIMACY CLINIC - The Conversations we AVOID

Forced Membership

"What the fuck did you get me into?" Aanchal said, closing the door as soon as Veena entered her cabin.

"What did I do?" Veena asked, confused.

"You sent me to that pervert," Aanchal said, going towards her chair.

Veena pulled a chair, "Which pervert?"

"The one who brainwashed you - and I don't know how many more - into doing the stupidity of joining that sex clinic." She said, giving Veena a stern look.

Veena's jaw dropped, "You visited the clinic?"

"Yeah, I did. Met that jerk as well and realized how stupid you are."

"Fuck. Fuck. Fuck! Why the hell would you do that?" Veena said. Her eyes almost welled up.

It confused Aanchal. She was scolding Veena for attending the sessions of such a guy, but instead of feeling guilty, she was scolding her back.

"You asked me to visit him." She said in a cold tone.

"Yeah. I did. But you were not supposed to visit the clinic without knowing about all the rules." Veena said. She banged her hand on the table, "Fuck yar." Then she realized something, looked at Aanchal, and asked, "You brought the coin back, right?"

Looking at Veena's reaction, Aanchal couldn't dare tell her that she threw the coin at Charlie's face.

She shook her head. Silently.

Veena fell back on the chair. Her head rested on the back of the chair. She closed her eyes.

Aanchal's anger vanished, looking at her like that. She had a lot on her mind. But she kept her lips sealed.

There was silence.

Aanchal could see the look of guilt on Veena's face. The shame of referring Aanchal to that clinic.

***

"How could I agree to join that clinic after finding out about the live sex thing?" Aanchal broke the silence in a soft voice.

Veena opened her eyes. Leaned forward to look into Aanchal's eyes. Aanchal saw a hint of tears in them. "And that is why you needed to let me explain the rules. That way, if you had said you didn't want to go there, I still have had my coin?"

"Why are you so fixated with that coin? I will make you one. Just like that."

Veena put her elbows on the table, let her head fall in her palms, and said, "What the fuck did I do? I shouldn't have trusted you, Aanchal."

"What did you say?" Aanchal said, leaning forward with a cold face.

Veena looked up at her, "You don't understand, Aanchal. He will cancel my membership. You don't understand how much I value Charlie and his clinic."

Aanchal saw sadness in her eyes. She was taken aback by Veena's expressions for a moment. But she recollected her thoughts soon and said, "Do you know he asks the members to have sex and asks the rest of the members to watch it."

"Of course, I know. I was a member of the club until I lost it because of you." Veena's eyes blurred.

"You support that shameless act?" Aanchal widened her eyes.

"You asked me why did I go to Charlie. Right?" Veena said.

"Yeah."

Veena sighed, "I had sex for the first time when I was 18. It happened at the fresher's party with one of the seniors I had a crush on."