Caroline

Caroline is twenty-nine, lives in De Pijp, and moves between Spanish and English as easily as she moves a chair to make space in a small room. Airport hotels near Schiphol are rarely charming, and she does not pretend otherwise; she simply makes the hour inside one feel less like transit. Sealed windows and heavy curtains mean nothing carries in from the corridor, which guests only notice once she points it out. She is clear about what she offers and never pushes past it. The length of her ride to the airport is settled before a booking is.

Caroline 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.