The Shoeshine Girl's Shoeshine Boy
The Shoeshine Girl’s Shoeshine Boy She is known as ‘Dalia the Shoeshine Girl’ to her customers – or just plain ‘Dalia’ to her friends. On the rare occasions that I am permitted to speak I must address her as ‘mistress Dalia’ – for I am her slave. Mistress Dalia is of Bangladeshi origins, 25 years old, petite, slim and very beautiful, with big, brown eyes, long, straight, dark hair and a happy, intelligent, smiling face. Everybody loves her, including me, even though she despises me – for I am just her white, ugly, middle-aged, male footslave, forever cringing at her pretty, feminine feet. How could such a beautiful, young woman not despise me? Originally an economic migrant, mistress Dalia is now a successful young businesswoman. She runs a mobile shoeshine-business. She is the manager, and I am the only employee. She earns her living through her managerial supervision of my humble labour – shining shoes. And not just anyone’s shoes: women’s shoes. This is my mistress Dalia’s unique m...