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Chapter 07

The next day was Tuesday and in order to get through the day, Maura spent it shopping and getting her nails and hair down. She then head to the spa and got a nice massage.

She just needed to be away from anyone, especially her family. However, while she was resting on her folding arms, Stephen found her and walked right in without a second guess. He asked her where she had been last night after the party...that Jeri had been looking for her. She told him that she had been tired and had gone to her room. She left out the part about Jane.

Stephen was the only one in the family that knew that Maura was a lesbian but he had promised his little sister not to tell anyone about that.

"What's going on with you lately?" He then asked and sat down on a chair, while his sister was getting a massage.

"You act so differently. Jeri is a good guy, you know that. Why are you being so unhappy?" He asked her and folded his hands in his lap.

"How can you even ask that question? I don't want to marry him...but it's my family duty," she said in sarcasm. She rolled her eyes and rested her chin on her arms as the masseuse worked on her lower back and then legs.

"I am unhappy. And you would be too," she grumbled lightly and then looked off for a moment, sighing heavily. "I don't want to ever get married...It's just not me..."

"Then what do you wanna do about it Maura? You've gone so far already and said yes as Jeri proposed to you..." Stephen pointed out and glanced over at his sister.

"And I know why you are unhappy...I have just hoped that you got...used to being with a guy." He said. "I mean you have to stop thinking about women in such a way."

Maura screwed up her face as she glared at him. "Get used to a man...ugg. How can you even think about me getting used to one, let alone sex with one," she grumbled and turned her head, resting her cheek on her folded arms.

She sighed, "It's what dad wants...if he only knows how much it is breaking me to do this. Jeri's nice, yes...but he is just not for me and he never will be."

The massage was done and Maura just laid there for a moment before getting up, pulling the sheet around her small figure. She didn't look at him again. In her mind, she still felt Jane's body against hers...pulling her further into the world that she craved to belong to.

Stephen sighed and looked at his sister in silence. „C'mon let's go out for lunch, I'll pay." He said to her and got up from the chair.

„I really liked the restaurant that was catering your engagement party. So delicious!" He said and moved towards the door. „Get dressed, I'll wait outside." He said to his sister and then left the room, closing the door behind him.

Maura came out several minutes later in a brown pair of pants, dark pink top and a khaki short jacket with brown heels. She dressed far different than her younger days. To her brother, she had grown into a mature young woman...but still had taste in women.

She smiled at him and hooked her arm around his elbow. "I didn't eat much that night," she said and sighed, shaking her head. In the back of her mind, she wondered what Jane did on a Tuesday.

Stephen parked his red Aston Martin in front of the restaurant and pushed his sunglasses up in his short hair. "You will love the food, I am sure." He said and walked with his sister into the restaurant.

They were led to a nice table outside on the terrace. The sun was shining and it was a nice warm day. A waiter came to their table. "Good day. What may I bring you to drink?" He asked politely.

Jane would be working that day too, just Maura wasn't sitting in her area. The pretty brunette but passed her by, so close that she could almost touch Maura. Though her eyes were fixed on the little computer she had in her hand, typing something in while she made her way to the table of an older couple.

Maura had been looking the other way as Jane passed her and once seated, she ordered her drink and then excused herself from the table to use the restroom and that is when it happened.

She put her cell back into her purse after checking in with Jeri and looked up to run right into Jane. She knocked all of the receipt books from the woman's hands. Her lips parted and her eyes widened. All she could do was just look at her.

Jane gasped and was glad for a moment that she didn't had plates or glasses in her hands. Then she looked at Maura, surprised to see her here.

"Maura." She said matter of factly and kneeled down, picking up the receipt books and her pen from the ground. "What are you doing here?" The brunette asked her.

"Oh, I am sorry," she said and watched Jane picking up her books. She smiled a bit at the beautiful woman before her.

"Eating," she said, giving Jane a strange look. "Like just about everybody else is that is here." She didn't move when she was done. "So Tuesdays...this is what you do?" She asked her with a curious look. The establishment was nicer than most.

The brunette knew herself that the Question had been stupid. "Among other things, yeah. But only until 3pm." Jane answered the blonde and looked at her watch. She had one more hour to kill until 3.

"Jane, Table 24." A guy told her as he passed her by. The brunette nodded. "Got it." She replied to him. "Well the food here is really good but you already know this or else you wouldn't have hired us to cater your...engagement party."

"Right," Maura said, watching Jane. "What are you doing after three," she asked her, following her a little bit while she was heading toward the restroom. Jane's table was in the same direction. As Jane stopped at her table Maura stopped and waited for Jane to take the customer's order before she spoke again. She just smiled at them and then Jane.

The brunette took the orders from the family on the table and wrote it down. She noticed Maura was waiting on her and as she was done taking the orders, Jane moved with her to the bar. She handed the piece of paper through a little window in the kitchen and then started to pour the drinks for the family.

"Then I go to my second job." Jane answered her, not looking at Maura, since she was concentrating, getting the order right. "Yes, some people actually have to work..." Jane said a bit sassy to the pretty blonde.

Maura leaned against the bar and watched Jane. Her lips drew into a soft smile at the woman. She simply wanted to kiss her right now, but understood the boundaries.

"I do understand that," she said, looking into the woman's pretty brown eyes. Jane was simply gorgeous. "Where is it," she asked after another moment, still smiling at the brunette. She turned to the bartender and ordered a drink, while she stood there.

The brunette put the glasses on a tray now. Behind her a cook rang the small bell. "Jane. Order for Table 29 is done." He told her.

"Okay." Jane said and picked up the tray. "Why do you wanna know? Are you gonna stalk me now?" Jane asked her and raised a brow, holding a short eye contact with the blonde, before she moved away and back to the table with the family.

She put the drinks on their tables and then returned to the bar. She walked to the little window and took the two plates of food up that the cook had put there for table 29.

Maura got her drink and took a long sip. She made a face at Jane and wrinkled her nose.

"No," she said and her eyes followed the woman as she worked. Maura sighed as she watched Jane. It didn't matter what she was doing...she was so beautiful. All Maura could think of was how good her body felt against hers...hot, wet, and trembling. "I just want to know..."

Jane only flashed a small smile at the blonde and then walked away with the plates in her hands, not answering the question.

The bartender looked at the pretty blonde. "Janie's a working horse." He said matter of factly. He had heard their conversation of course since he stood right there. He poured a shot and put it next to Maura's drink. "On me." He said with a small smile.

"You wanna know what Janie does Tuesday after she stops working here? Ha, you'd be surprised, but then again, maybe not. What do you think a beautiful woman her age does to earn some extra cash?" He asked Maura, looking at her.

Maura looked at him over her shoulder and smiled. She took the shot and downed it like she was supposed to. She shook her head and smiled at him again. She turned back to watch Jane for a moment before the bartender got her attention once again.

Maura blinked, "What...what does she do?" She looked back to Jane before she took another sip of the other drink that she had in her other hand.

The bartender looked in Jane's direction, making sure she wasn't on her way back yet.

"Escort service." He told her studied her face. "Janie doesn't know that I know. So you didn't get that info from me. But yeah I heard her on the phone. So yeah, apparently Jane's escorting rich guys to business dinners or other events, pretending to be the girlfriend." He rolled his eyes.

"Some people just have too much money and don't know how to spend it." He said with a chuckle. "The agency is called Aphrodite or something of that like. Don't ask me for Jane's alias name, I have no idea." He said quietly.

Maura's eyes widened at his words and she looked over at Jane again before turning back to him. She narrowed her eyes.

"Escort service," she repeated to herself and squared her jaw at the thought. Jane belonged to her...not any escort service. "What makes you think I want the number to her other job," she said with her eyes narrowing again. She finished her drink. Maura was clearly jealous...it was written all over her face. It was easy for the bartender to see that there was something there. Maura pressed her lips together tightly.

The bartender studied her face some more. "Just a feeling." He told her and poured her another shot. She seemed to need it.

"Take another shot, I can see it really affects you." The guy said and Jane returned back to the bar. Jane unbarred a drawer with the key that was on a key chain on her belt and took out a wallet.

Maura was still at the bar. "Haven't you been helped yet or why aren't you at your table?" Jane asked the blonde.

Maura took the shot and downed it just as Jane came back to the bar. She looked at her and swallowed, shivering from the affects of the drink down her throat. Maura cleared her throat before speaking.

"No, I was going to use the restroom, but bumping into you...I never made it," she said with a cute smile. Maura finally moved away from the bar and stumbled after she took one step. She was never good with drinks and two shots and a whole mixed drink, she was just a tiny bit tipsy.

Jane sighed and looked after. She shoved the big wallet in her apron and walked after Maura. "Careful." Jane said. "Are you good on your own?" Jane asked her politely, while she heard her name being called yet again.

She turned around and looked at the direction of her co-worker. He yelled her a table number and Jane only nodded. "I have to continue. You'll be fine, I am sure." Jane said and patted her arm gently before she rushed over to the next table.

Maura did not get a chance to answer Jane before the woman was gone. Maura finally made it back to her table after using the restroom and sat down heavily. It was obvious that the restroom was not her only stop to Stephen.

She reached for her drink that was in front of her and took a long sip of it. Maura didn't look guilty or anything so it was strange to see her in the strange state that she was in.

Stephen studied his sister. "What took you so long? Are you alright?" Her brother asked concerned and reached over, placing a hand on her sisters knee. She had been gone for almost 10 minutes by now and that wasn't really her.

Maura shook her head and then regretted that she had done that. "I am just fine," she said with a small smile to him as she took another drink of her mixed drink and practically finished it within that gulp. She swallowed hard and licked her lip. "Just saw an old girlfriend...had a few shots and a mixed drink. I might be a little tipsy."

"Oh was she one of your big loves?" He asked her teasing and pushed her by the shoulder gently, wanting to make her smile.

He had always mocked Maura with that, since as teen she had been in love every weekend. "And its okay that you are tipsy, I'm the driver anyways."

"No and thank you," she said and waved her hand for the waiter to bring her another drink.

"Although now I just feel like getting drunk," she muttered more to herself than to her brother. She picked at her salad once it had arrived and her thoughts were still on Jane...her Jane who was selling her body to someone other than herself.

"Oh Maura c'mon it can't be that bad." Stephen said and took a bite of his steak. "Don't you wanna tell me what you two talked about? I can see how much it upsets you." Stephen said matter of factly.

Jane was passing by Maura again to serve the food for the elderly couple behind her and her brother.

Maura looked up as Jane passed and flinched slightly, while shrugging her shoulder. She then looked over at her brother. She shook her head.

"I don't really want to talk about it," she said as the drink was brought to her. She took it right away, thanking the waiter and taking a long drink of it. "It's nothing...don't worry about it," she finally said.

"Okay." Stephen said with a nod. He didn't notice Jane, nor did he pay any attention to the waiters or waitresses here. He ate his steak in silence and watched his sister. As it was 3pm, Jane took off her apron and left her work.

Suddenly, Maura looked at the time on her cell phone. "I am ready to go. Are you ready to go," she said to Stephen, looking at him and standing. She went to take a step and stumbled back into a waiter, who caught her and helped her stand back upright.

Maura looked toward the door that Jane and just left from and then went barreling toward it. "Wait! Wait! Jane! Wait," she called after her, running and stumbling at the same time.

"Jane!" Stephen asked in confusion as he followed his sister. Jane stopped as Maura had called her name and turned around. She looked at her watch. "What is it, Maura? I told you I have to get to my second job." The brunette said matter of factly and looked at the drunk blonde.

"No, I don't want you to go to your second job. I give you enough. I will not share you," Maura said rather loudly. She looked at the woman intently and narrowed her eyes. Maura did not know that her brother had started to follow her out. She moved closer to Jane. "I know what you are doing. I don't want you doing that. You made a deal with me..."

Jane gave her a look and grabbed Maura by the arm and pulled her aside. "Will you shut up? Nobody knows about ...my deal with you. And I don't need anyone to know." The brunette said and looked around before she looked at Maura again.

"And you have no idea what I am doing. Now please, mind your own business." Jane said.

Stephen had caught up and looked from Maura to Jane. Of course he hadn't forgotten her either. "What's going on!"

Maura looked back at Stephen and then back to Jane who still held her upper arm and made her whisper. Maura swallowed and blinked. She then cleared her throat and blinked again.

"Okay then tell me. Tell me you aren't going to the escort services. I don't want you to do that. I will not let you do that," she said, trying to keep her voice down. She leaned closer to Jane.

Jane looked in Maura's eyes, and as Maura mentioned her second job, the brunette looked at her in shock. How could she know that? Jane let go of Maura's arm only to push her.

"So you are stalking me." The brunette said, anger now written over her pretty face. "You have no right to do that or to tell me what to do. I don't know what you think I am doing - I am only escorting, that's it. I'm not a prostitute." Jane said quietly and kept the eye contact.

Maura stared at Jane, her chest rose and fell deeply. She swallowed and shook her head and then regretted it.

"I know what it is that you do. I am not stupid and you know I pay you far more than they ever will. You don't have to do this job," she whispered and reached up to lightly touch Jane's face. She could not help herself. She just needed to touch the other woman. "Please don't do this..."

"You are paying her? For sex?" Stephen asked confused, not getting entirely what was going on.

"Maura, I am not sleeping with them." Jane said determined and looked in her eyes as she said that. "I never would. Not everyone who works for an escort service sleeps with the clients." Jane said and a car stopped in front of the restaurant.

A man with glasses, probably end of 30's, start of 40's, in a suit was honking is horn as he saw Jane. "I gotta go now Maura. I have no time to discuss this with you."

Maura watched Jane go and glared. Then she chased after her, grabbed her and pulled her toward her by the face. Stephen watched his sister kiss the brunette with such a rich passionate that it did something to him. She had meant all those years ago, when she had said she was in love with her. It was one of the reasons why she had let Jane beat her. She let her go after a moment and stood there, watching her leave in the car with the man.

In the car Jane wiped over her lips with the sleeve of her cardigan and stared out of the window. She had to think about Maura now and wondered why she did what she did. Was it a control thing? Was she acting like that because she couldn't have Jane Tuesdays? Or did she act like that because she really cared for her? Jane couldn't tell. She didn't know Maura good enough for that.

Maura got into Stephen's car in silence and strapped herself in. She folded her arms across her chest and looked straight ahead. She wasn't angry as much as she was worried and concerned. She wanted Jane for herself...but it wasn't the jealous way that it use to be...or perhaps it had never been that way at all. She simply just wanted her. Maura sighed loudly as her brother drove off.

TBC

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