Natalie

In the margin

Spring brings weather worth going out in and a great many more people to share it with. Her part of De Pijp is busy from March onward and a journey across town takes what it takes, which is the only honest reason Natalie gives for wanting an hour agreed in the morning instead of at eight. Ukrainian, Russian or English, with the talking deciding which. Twenty-six, and she never dresses a full evening up as scarcity. Warm weather makes for a lighter session and she adjusts the oil and the towels for it without being asked to.

Natalie 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.