Olivia

Olivia treats an airport hotel room as a place to be off duty for an hour, even when the open briefcase on the desk insists on something else.

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Olivia, massage therapist, photographed indoors

Rooms built for a single night tend to look alike, and Olivia has stopped minding that; what she pays attention to is the person in them. She is twenty-six, lives in Oud-Zuid and works in English only. The night before a pitch or a board meeting is a common reason to call, and she keeps the hour free of any talk about it unless the guest raises it. She would rather the phone went face down on the bedside table and stayed there. Her trip out to Schiphol-Oost or the terminal hotels is arranged ahead, travel time included.

Olivia 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.