- Belle's sister Jackie comes to stay, having left her husband, and Belle feels unable to tell her about her line of work. However, whilst Belle is out, Jackie is turned on by reading her book and gets very drunk, having sex with Ben who has come to call. Belle is not amused though, nor is Stephanie, who has now worked out that Belle is the author of the tell-all expose. Nor is Bambi, because black girls get paid less than white. However Bambi does hit it off with new client Byron, a mystery man whom she first encounters being chased down the street.—don @ minifie-1
- In a gauzy sequence, Belle-as-a-secretary walks into a 1950s businessman's office and starts kissing him. She talks about fantasies playing a role in her line of work. As she leaves she says the fantasy follows her home, helping to keep the secret of who she is.
She returns home to her flat, with her house guest sister who has just found Belle's very large stash of sex toys. Sis announces that they need to talk.
Cut to Belle (as Hannah) vamped up in fringe with pink hair at a fetish club. She has brought her sister Jackie and is trying to get her to loosen up some. But surrounded by toe lickers, S & M practitioners and people dressed entirely in latex, Jackie demands to go home. Belle tells the coat check queen her uptight sister is miserable because her husband cheated on her and Jackie and the coat check vamp bond talking about adultery.
Belle walks around and comes upon her former madam Stephanie, strung up and barely clothed, waiting to be attended to. She asks Belle how the writing business is going and takes exception with her characterization of her. Belle doesn't deny it.
Later, Bambi meets with Stephanie, demanding that she raise her rates. Stephanie explains that clients won't pay more for her because she's common, and then eventually says they won't pay more because she's black.
Bambi stands up in the bar and starts making a fuss, objecting to the racism. Stephanie claims its just how things are, but Bambi is hearing none of it.
Back at Hannah's, she's looking for something as her sister finds a copy of her book and thumbs through it. Ben calls and leaves a message starting to say he's read the book, but Hannah races to turn it off before Jackie can hear.
Then there's a buzz at her door. It's Bambi, wanting advice for how to deal with her first high class client. Belle steps outside but won't let her in because her sister's there. Bambi huffily asks if she can't meet Jackie because she's common, or, worse, because she's black. Belle sets her straight. No, it's because she's a whore.
Jackie muses about last night at the club, saying all the people seemed really unhappy and grabbing for attention. Hannah points out Jackie's own life isn't going so well. She says Jackie treats her husband like a pet, running him down in front of people. Jackie doesn't think Hannah is qualified to give relationship advice and piles on, telling her how disappointed their parents are in her.
"Well, what have you ever achieved?" Hannah demands. "Some dried up marriage with a boring man you can't even keep?"
Jackie slugs Hannah (not a girl slap, either, a real wallop). Hannah picks up her things and leaves. She changes in the back of the cab.
Back at Hannah's her sister reads her book and enjoys it. She puts it down, trying to cool off.
Hannah as Belle now is upset to see her shiner.
Jackie's just getting into the book when the door buzzes. It's Ben. She buzzes him up. He's come with things to celebrate.
Belle arrives at her next appointment, dressed in a fine evening coat. The man is a tailor and Belle explains to us that for this client everything has to be just so. She takes off her coat to reveal a bustier. She kisses him with her hair in her face, trying to prevent him from seeing her shiner. Eventually she can't keep him from seeing it.
He stops kissing her and says he has to know how it happened. He thinks it was a pimp but she says it was her sister. He tries again but eventually says it's not going to work, it's not sexy.
Bambi wanders down the street talking on her cell phone, trying to find her client. A hipster looking young rocker dude runs out and finds her. Not the aristocrat she expected. She curtsies and he busts her on it, then anxiously asks her to remove her shoes. Then it's time to run. He's angered some blokes, and they're in hot pursuit. They scarper to safety. Then makes out.
Back at Hannah's, Jackie and Ben are playing a game of drinking chess. They're both schnockered. And then, they're making out.
Hannah comes home and hears moaning, she sees Ben working on her sister. Drunken cunnilingus. She demands he get off her. They sheepishly get up and get dressed. Ben leaves and Hannah waits for Jackie to apologize. Instead, she reminds Hannah that she's the one who told her to loosen up. She's not apologizing for punching her and she's not staying. She's going to Ben's to finish what they started, even after Hannah tells her not to.
In the empty club Bambi frolicks with her rocker boy as Belle's voice over talks about fantasy and reality not being meant to meet. She deletes it and calls her editor, asking what to do about writer's block.
He tells her he'd like to hear whatever she has to say.
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