'Does anyone know if she goes by another name?'
'Where can I find her other videos?'
We scanned the comments together. Lindsey Cruz, real name Maria Rodriguez, appeared to have quite the following already, just weeks after her video had gone live. Over 150,000 views on the free porn website where the video was hosted, and a 4.4 rating out of 5.
As we sat on her couch on this Wednesday night and watched the video yet again, Maria continued to critique her performance. "I should have looked at the camera....here," she muttered to herself, looking away. I broke my gaze as well as Evan continued to fuck her ass, and sat back on the couch next to her as the laptop ran.
Our relationship had continued to evolve over the past few weeks since "Lindsey" filmed her video. We had become official. I hadn't met her children yet, but they did know that "mommy" had a boyfriend. Her ex-husband knew as well, and was supportive. He did, after all, have a girlfriend of his own. He had the kids tonight, and as with every other night for the past week and a half, I was spending the night at Maria's place.
The clock ticked towards 8 PM, and she appeared nervous. I knew why – we had a Skype conference with a director tonight. Nick had put us in touch with him, and though he worked in Nevada and we were in Massachusetts, he still wanted to chat with us, get to know us. What could it hurt? Worst comes to worst, he's a creep and we end the phone call early.
Truth be told, I was unsure how I felt of this whole potential foray into porn. This was not what I'd signed up for, and she was nervous as well, what with a job to lose and kids of her own. She wanted to set a good example, be a good mother, and she was. But there was no denying how much we had enjoyed our previous encounters and the video we had made, and if there was money to be made from it, why not? She had an obligation to take care of her kids and give them the best life possible, after all.
The Skype ringer began to go off. 8:01 PM our time, 5:01 his time. Just as promised. She adjusted her pretty light-brown hair slightly and answered the call....only to see a woman on the other end of the webcam. She identified herself as Alicia, and said that she was John Wilson's assistant and that he would be there shortly, before putting us on hold.
Maria looked good, yet modest. She always looked pretty with her simple look. Today she wore cute jeans, tight on her curvy hips, and a white t-shirt with her cleavage spilling out slightly. She was wearing makeup, but not too much that it'd be overpowering.
Within minutes, a man appeared at the other end of the webcam. He identified himself as John Wilson, the man with whom we had been communicating. He was a bit older than I was expecting, but appeared to fit the "porn director stereotype. Skinny, older, maybe late 40s, moustache. He smiled as he greeted us – "Maria! Ryan! Good to meet you both," he said with a smile.
We both replied hello, awkwardly both trying to lean into the camera shot. We made small talk – how's the weather? How's work? – things like that, to feel him out. He seemed oddly normal, despite the fact that Maria was effectively on a pornographic job interview.
A door opened and closed, and John turned the camera to a second man, slightly younger, who identified himself as Andrew. John called him the VP of the organization, Extreme Productions. Extreme was a decent sized player in the porn game, as far as I knew - I was far from a porn expert but had heard of the company. Andrew smiled and put his papers down to greet us before getting down to business. The interview became very heated, very quickly.
"Ryan – you're her manager? Agent?" Andrew said, looking into the camera.
"Uhh....both?" I replied, unsure.
"Both?" Andrew replied. "Are you not sure?"
"He's my boyfriend and manager," Maria said firmly, her hand on my leg off-camera.
"Ah," Andrew said, sitting back. "Got it." I couldn't tell what that meant, but I also had no idea what it meant to be Maria's manager.
"So, Maria," John butted in, turning the camera to himself. "I hear you've been talking to some other companies, am I right?" It was true – she had been talking to two other companies, similar to Extreme.
"I, I guess," she stuttered. "How did you know that?"
John laughed and smiled. "Well, we wouldn't be good businesspeople if we didn't know what our competitors were up to, right?" I nodded to myself and smirked at her naïveté.
Andrew pulled the camera back to himself. "So, we've seen your video. Very impressive. Why did you choose to work with Nick Johnson?"
Maria shrugged. "He was a friend of a friend," she replied. Somewhat honest, I suppose. "Offered to shoot us for free."
"Us," Andrew laughed a bit. "Shoot 'us'. Honey, you were the star of the video. You could put any guys in that video and it'd still be shooting you. In case you haven't realized, the girls are the stars of the videos – that's why we're negotiating with you."
'Negotiating' – that struck a chord here. Were they actually going to be offering something?
"So, tell us a bit about you," John cut in. "Age, descent, children, height/weight. Disease free? Go."
"39," she replied shyly. "Puerto Rican-American. 2 sons. 5'4", 135. 36D. 38 hips. And yes." The men scribbled notes on their legal pads, nodding and shrugging to one another.
"Good, good," Andrew replied. "Latina MILF. You could do well with us," he laughed. "You know we have the largest stable of the top MILF actresses of any firm in the industry?"
"Um, no," she responded. I shook my head as well. This had become an odd job interview.
"That we do," John added. "And our Latina division consistently ranks as one of the highest-rated. Those other companies you're talking to – they certainly won't get you the exposure that we could." Maria bit her lip a bit, trying to be calm. John could tell, as he watched her. "Nervous?" he asked.
"Well, kinda, I guess. I mean, I've never done this before," she replied.
"Nervous about your kids and friends seeing you online, right? He replied without hesitation.
Maria nodded. "Yes, that's part of it."
