I opened the envelope and the words hit me like a punch. Pakistan, border region. Report on local reactions to drone attacks conducted by NATO forces, moderate cover story." I looked up at the editor. "Really?" I said. he nodded.
"You know Russian, and lots of Afghanis do as well. You are best we got." he said, shrugging. I glared at him for a long time. I kept glaring until he turned away. Pakistan. I made an immediate inventory of my belongings and none of them, at all, helped with my cover. I was to pretend to be an assistant with "Doctors without Borders". Great. That meant I was a pale skinned, redhaired ransom magnet.
I walked back outside. The cabbie was still waiting. Since my day couldn't get any worse, I slid back into the back seat. "Take me to my hotel." I said.
"I don't think so. You can't pay." he said, eyeing me. His cum was still drying on the steering wheel.
"I can pay when we get there." I said, frantically looking up info on my cellphone. He tore away from the curb, and we were barrelling through the city. Pakistan. What a shithole region I was going to. They treated women like dirt, hated Russians, and I had about a much of a chance getting anything useful out of the locals as getting water from stone.
"So you like the taste of my cum? That is good." the cabbie said. I looked up at his eyes in the rear view mirror.
"Not really, no." I said, turning my attention back to my cellphone.
"Then why did you get back in?"
I looked up, and sighed. "Because chances are I'll be beaten, fucked by many men against my will, and killed within a week, and as fucked up as it is, you are the only person who has shown me a tiny bit of kindness by not raping me earlier and tossing me to the curb, so keep driving, shut up, and maybe I'll invite you up to my hotel room for the most pathetic fuck of my life." I said. He was silent for the rest of the ride until we pulled up to the hotel.
I stepped out, my breath short. I had meant it as an insult, but what I had said was true. I was in a lot of danger, and was wondering whether to invite him up or not...
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