"Ice room?" I asked, having heard of everything else.
"It's kind of the opposite of the sauna. After you're heated up, you do a quick shower to rinse off all of the toxins you sweated out and then you chill yourself to lower your body temperature. I like to do a couple of rounds to end my day of pampering. You'll sleep like a log."
"Sounds kind of weird," I said. "But I will give it a try."
"Your massage is scheduled for 4pm, so you should head over there now," Danny instructed.
"Well thank you," I told her. "I could get used to a two and a half hour work day including lunch and a spa day." I hoped she saw the humor in that.
"Don't think every day will be this easy. I really was just expecting you to start tomorrow and by Wednesday we'll start working you hard."
"I look forward to it, boss," I told her before heading back out to my car.
The Spa was right downtown. Like everything it looked upscale and probably not the kind of place I could afford. But when paid for by someone else, I was all for enjoying their services. Inside it looked amazing. There was a small registration desk and what looked like a small restaurant. I walked over to the registration desk and gave the clerk my name. She looked me up and confirmed I was booked for one night with the full spa package.
"The spa closes at 7 and the restaurant at 8. Of course there are many fine local restaurants if you get hungry after that."
It seemed like the hotel side of the spa was a small boutique hotel. Looking at the map the clerk showed me revealed only about 15 rooms on the second floor. The main floor, apart from this small lobby and restaurant, was dedicated to the expansive spa. The clerk then waved to somebody behind me. I turned and an older woman approached me.
"You must be Maddy" she said. "Welcome. I am Lolla, the owner.."
"Yes I am," I responded. "Thank you."
"Danny is a good friend," she continued. "It's always nice to meet her new employees. Let me show you to your room."
"I was surprised you had an available room for me," I replied. "It looks like this is a very small hotel."
"You are very correct," she agreed. "We are focused around the spa obviously, but we do offer overnight lodging for a few special, discriminating guests."
I took that to mean people with lots of money who didn't want to stay at a more traditional hotel.
"As a matter of fact, we are booked up, which is unusual on a Monday," Lolla added. "But I can't say no to Dawn. I maintain a small apartment here for nights when I don't feel up to driving home. You can stay there tonight."
"Oh," I answered. "I hate to put you out."
"Not at all," she said. "Any employee of Danny's is a friend."
Lolla's apartment was not on the second floor like the hotel rooms. It was actually down a secure hallway that seemed to be on the backside of the spa. It had a number of doors hiding the laundry, storage, towels and alike. There were also offices labeled for Lolla, the spa manager Cheryle and the hotel manager. I didn't catch her name as we were walking quickly. At the end of the hall was an unlabeled door. Lolla swiped a card in the reader and it unlocked. She ushered me inside.
In a traditional hotel I would have called this space a suite. There was a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchenette, a small dining table and a living area with a plush looking couch (not the standard hotel type) and a big flat screen on the wall. I'm not sure I had ever seen a bigger TV except maybe in a store. My dirty mind flashed a thought wondering how an adult movie would look on it. It would almost be life size.
After we put my bag in the bedroom, Lolla led me to the spa. We entered through an employee entrance off the secret hallway instead of walking back to the lobby. We went past the women's locker room, showers and through another short hallway to the spa lobby where Lola introduced me to Cheryle
"This is Maddy, the new marketing director for Danny. She's comped to the full package, so treat her right."
Cheryle responded, "Come on Lolla. We always treat our guests right." Then she looked at me. "So Maddy do you know what you want?"
Both Lolla and Cheryle were quite attractive and part of me wanted to say, "I want you to DP me with strap-ons," but instead I went with, "What do you offer?"
Cheryle handed me a menu of their services. "I can get you in for a massage in about an hour," she said. "We could start now with some aroma therapy to get you loosened up and then an aroma infused skin exfoliation that will make you feel great, until your massage time. We can book your facial and Mani/Pedi after the massage at about 5. Of course the sauna is always available as is the hot tub, but those are better suited at the end of your experience when you can finish with a good sweat."
Lolla then chimed in, "She is staying in my apartment since we are booked solid. If she runs long, she could do the sauna and ice room after we close. I can arrange for the restaurant to deliver food to my place right at 8."
Cheryle agreed. Neither woman seemed concerned with asking my opinion. Lolla handed me her key card. "Just return it to the registration desk in the morning."
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