Chloe

The Jordaan is her neighbourhood, all narrow canals and small shops, and newcomers from the airport usually discover it only on their second day. She speaks French and English easily, and neither is ever hurried. Nuru and four-hand sessions are what she offers readily, the latter arranged with a second therapist. Twenty-four, and firm about her limits, which she names at the very start. A hotel on the canal ring is within forty to sixty minutes of her. The airport cluster is by arrangement, with the travel time agreed first.

Chloe 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.