Life in Parallel

Professor Arif Ahmed steps warily into a seedy massage parlour in suburban Melbourne, uncertain what he will find beyond the beaded curtain. This is unknown territory for the inquisitive academic. A personal voyage of discovery with few preconceived notions. Reluctantly he succumbs to the urgings of Amelia, the baffled young woman assigned to service him. He accepts a gentle shoulder massage but nothing more. A conversation develops. He discovers Amelia is far more than her massage parlour job s