It’s best to start by touching them. They’ve spent all night at a strip club, where the women can’t go too far. Hey, sweetie, what’s your name? Where are you from? They answer: Oh, I’m just visiting . . . This is my vacation . . . I just came here on business. They’re almost always from out of town. Really? Yeah? Would you like a nice massage—a nice back massage? Hot towels? Lotion? Sometimes they’re interested. Sometimes they’re disgusted. Sometimes they smile. Some guys play along smugly: “Oh, but why do I have to pay when I can give you the best night of your life?” Melissa and Kritzia would look at them and be like, Oh, please, fuck you. But some guys get excited. That’s when you say you’ll give them a blow job. Then you touch them again. Then you make the deal. Kritzia Lugo was small and round, with lush lips and big eyes and a gift for gab. In Times Square, she was known as Mariah, a salute to her idol, Mariah Carey. Melissa Barthelemy was known as Chloe.
