Naughty Stopover: One Wild Night with the Radio Lawyer

Jet-lagged but buzzing, I dump my suitcase in the airport hotel room. Keycard beeps green. View of runways twinkling below. Perfect anonymous pitstop before tomorrow’s flight. That meeting at the local radio dragged, but Nicolas made it worth it. Tall, broad-shouldered lawyer in a sharp suit, dark skin, piercing black eyes. We collided in corridors […]
Naughty Stopover: Seduced at La Paillote, Pointe-Noire

It’s barely cool this noon on Pointe-Noire’s Wild Coast. Dry season’s ending, air thickening with humidity. Locals warned me: soon sun, heat, storms. I’m grabbing a ‘resto break’ at La Paillote, famous beach shack restaurant. Fresh in post a month, working as ‘the White guy’ for IMF on Congolese banks. Few friends among expats or […]