A Well Lived Life Book 6 Kara IChapter 51 Sorting Things Out Part I
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January 2, 1992, Chicago, Illinois
“Dad! Dad! Dad!” Jesse shouted as I walked in the front door.
He was, literally, bouncing off the walls.
“Nicholas is moving here! Nicholas is moving here!”
I couldn’t help but laugh, “I know, Jesse. Aunt Bethany told me.”
“Can they live with us? Can they? Please? Can they?”
“Jesse, I only found out an hour ago. You knew before I did! Can we wait, please?”
“Can Nicholas go to the hockey game with us tonight?”
That would put us a ticket short, but if I bought one at the stadium, and one of the adults kept him on their lap, we could probably get away with it.
“I think so, but you need to ask Aunt Bethany when she gets home.”
“Yay!” he said, running out of the foyer.
“Wow!” Kara laughed.
“He is a bit excited. Let’s go change. I want to go back to the office for a few hours. Pick me up in the minivan, and we can get Jess. Bring Jesse and Nicholas with you. Well, assuming Bethany says it’s OK.”
I went upstairs and quickly changed. Kara and I exchanged a quick kiss, and I headed back to the office.
“Steve, a reporter from Crain’s Chicago Business called for you and asked that you please call him back today.”
“And so it begins,” I sighed. “Keri, effective immediately, no calls should be put through from anyone I don’t know, or who isn’t a customer. If someone calls to inquire about potential business, put them through to either Kayla or Charlie, depending on whether they’re looking for software or consulting.”
“What happened?”
“I think you’ll get to read about it in the papers, but Jess made a donation to the new crisis counseling center at the hospital that my best friend is going to run. And I’m donating funds to cover materials. Anyway, for reporters, take their information and I’ll call them back. The one exception is Stan Jakes, from the Tribune; I already gave him an interview. Him you can put through.”
“Got it. I wrote that down. I’ll make sure Kimmy knows.”
“Thanks,” I said.
I took the pink phone message slip from Keri and walked to Elyse’s office. I explained what had happened.
“Wow! Bethany?”
“So they didn’t tell you?”
“No!” Elyse replied. “I think they might have been concerned that I’d have told you. And I probably would have. Jess made a bad decision.”
“Al Barton agrees with you.”
“I need to call the phone company.”
“Why?”
“To change our home phone numbers and make them unlisted,” she said.
“Shit,” I swore. “Yes, do that, please. Figure out how to get the new numbers into everyone’s hands.”
“Your private line, the one you, Jess, and Kara use, should have VERY limited distribution. Just the closest people. Everyone else can have the main number.”
“I let you manage those things,” I said. “Make it happen. I’m going to call this reporter.”
“Why?”
“Jeri’s advice. Think about what the Trib reporter might have uncovered about Kara if I’d refused to speak to him and he decided to dig on his own. I know it will eventually come out, but as Jeri said, why not control the message as best we can?”
“Let me know if you need anything.”
“I already gave Keri new instructions about calls. It kind of sucks, but I guess we don’t have a choice.”
“No, we don’t. I’ll talk to her.”
I went to my office, gave Penny a quick rundown, then dialed the number on the slip. Jim Crenshaw answered.
“I got a tip from Stan Jakes,” Mr. Crenshaw said. “I’d like to do a story on your company. Would you have some time to talk in detail with me?”
“How much time do you need, Mr. Crenshaw?”
“Say two hours, with the possibility of some follow up later. I’d want to bring a photographer as well.”
“When?”
“How would Tuesday morning of next week work for you?”
“9:00am? In our offices on Hyde Park Boulevard?”
“See you then,” he said.
I hung up, and tried to focus on work, but wasn’t having much luck. I decided I’d call Dante to discuss his proposal. We spoke for about fifteen minutes, and then came to the staffing issue.
“This woman, Sam? She’s as good as Greg?”
“I think so,” I said. “A different skill set, and a different personality, but an excellent engineer. Penny and I will be working on this project as well.”
“That makes me more comfortable. Your legal problems? Are they going to interfere?”
“No. I’m sure you’ve run into this situation before where a competitor decides to use the courts to gain an advantage.”
“And ended up with a half-dozen lawyers all charging me by the hour!”
I laughed, “I said the exact same thing! We’re in the wrong racket, Dante. Their hourly rates make ours look like chicken feed!”
“Tell me about it,” Dante sighed. “I have to keep two on retainer at all times.”
“Same here, basically. But, in this instance, I think it will work out OK.”
“Counter-suit?”
“Among other things,” I said. “You know I can’t really discuss the details.”
“No, you can’t. Are we going to do this deal?”
“Same basic terms as the test equipment?”
“Yes, you son of a bitch!” he spat, but he was laughing.
“Good. Our usual meeting place?”
“Shaw’s. How’s Wednesday look?”
“See you there at 7:00pm,” I said.
I entered the dinner into my calendar, wrote out my notes from the conversation, made some adjustments to the schedule, and then let Dave know that we had the deal. That meant he’d have to hire a programmer, and he promised to have the paperwork to Elyse by the end of the day Friday. Kara arrived a few minutes after I finished with Dave, and we headed to the hospital to get Jessica.
“Well?” I asked as she climbed into the passenger seat next to Kara who was driving.
“He reamed me. Both for my medical judgment, or lack thereof, and keeping secrets from you.”
“I have mixed emotions about the whole thing,” I said. “But in the end, the only thing that really annoys me is that I have to give interviews to reporters.”
“Why? Just tell them ‘no’ and move on.”
“Jeri strongly advised me against that. Her take is that a reporter can be a friend or foe, and if you treat them as a foe, they’ll act like one. If you treat them as a friend, you have at least a fighting chance to control the message. The reporter had a question about who Kara was; I think that will turn out OK because of how I answered. If I’d refused to talk and he started snooping, you know what the lede would be!”
“Your sexual prowess?” Jessica giggled.
“Something like that,” I laughed. “With the interview I have set for next week, I can probably get away with saying that I want to protect my family’s privacy. It’s with the business paper, Crain’s, and I think my answer is reasonable. Where the problem will come is the ‘society’ stuff. Some reporter is going to figure it out, and write an article about the ‘Swinging Doctor’. And not to mention all the fundraising calls we’ll get as soon as the articles are published. But forget that for now. What happened?”
“An informal reprimand with nothing in my file. And a very pissed off Doctor Barton.”
“I’ll have lunch with Al next week,” I said.
“Let it drop, Tiger. He feels this is medical.”
“Not the secrets part. I get it, but I’m not sure I can explain it to him. And I do believe the three of us have some talking to do without the extra ears.”
“Me?” Jesse asked.
“You!” I grinned, and tousled his hair.
We managed the ticket situation as I’d planned, and watched the Hawks lose their third straight game, as the Rangers beat them 4-3.
January 4, 1992, Chicago, Illinois
“Finally, some time to talk,” I said on Saturday afternoon when we finished lunch.
Bethany had gone home on Friday morning, and I’d been out with Gina Swanson on Friday night. I hadn’t had time to talk to Bethany, but we’d have time because she wasn’t due to open the clinic until June 1st. She, the hospital, and the Foundation had a lot of work to do before then. Jason had left on Friday afternoon, much to Abbie’s dismay. She was clearly smitten, but the distance made a relationship impossible.
“Let’s take some tea into the ‘Indian’ room,” Kara suggested.
I made a pot and we took it with us to the ‘Indian’ room where we lounged on the large floor pillows.
“Jesse was already sizing up the playroom for Bethany!” Kara laughed. “And said he wants a second bed in his room to share with Nicholas!”
“I’m sure he has this all mapped out in his mind, but it’s WAY more complicated than that,” I said. “And I need to share a complication he’s not aware of, and that you two don’t know.”
“Secrets, Tiger?” Jessica asked.
“A confidence. I received permission to share it last night, because I knew it had to factor into this conversation.”
“Is this the broad conversation we talked about, or just about Bethany?” Kara asked.
“I don’t see how it could be ‘just about Bethany’,” I said.
“Before we get to that, you got in late last night,” Jessica said. “How is Gina?”
“I sat at the Woodlawn Tap for about six hours listening to her tale of woe. Her most recent ‘Mr. Wonderful’ turned out to be a scumbag. What I’d call, if he were a woman, a ‘gold-digger’.”
“You know men can do that, too!”
“Obviously!”
“No urge for a ‘pity fuck’?” Kara giggled.
“No. And please don’t ask about that again. I know you’re teasing, but this has to be purely platonic. She did ask for a candid assessment about 1:00am.”
“And?” Jessica asked.
“I gave her one. I’m not sure how she took it, but I told her what I saw, at least from the time I’ve talked to her, the good and the bad. Personally, I think she’s looking for love in all the wrong places.”
“Lookin’ for love in too many faces?” Jessica smirked, completing the next line of the song.
“That was in Texas,” I chuckled. “So you would know! Anyway, she’s sort of alternated between doctors and lawyers and ne’er-do-well bad boys. I don’t think a college professor is her speed, either. I’d say skilled trade. Somebody like Jacqui’s dad, who’s a bricklayer, or a carpenter, or electrician. Her hours aren’t nearly so crazy now, and as she gets seniority, she’ll have fewer night and weekend shifts.”
“Me, too!” Jessica said, then sighed, “In ten fucking years!”
“You chose the path, Babe. Stay on it. Anyway, I didn’t tell her that yet, but we’re seeing each other next week, and I’ll kind of gauge how she’ll respond. She’s a VERY nice person.”
“It’s interesting to hear you talk about a woman in those terms,” Kara said. “It hasn’t happened much in your life.”
“No, it hasn’t, for the reasons Doctor Mercer spelled out before Christmas.”
“I’m glad it’s working out for you both,” Jessica said. “Along those lines, what about Crystal?”
“That one is tougher. We already crossed that line, so to speak, according to Doctor Mercer, and there really isn’t any way to erase what happened. No matter what we do at this point, there will always be that niggling thought in the back of both of our minds. If you want my candid analysis, she wants to, but the whole sharing thing has her completely flustered. Maybe I’m wrong, but she doesn’t seem like the one-night-stand type. But I could be horribly misreading her. I am taking her to dinner again later this month. As James Bond.”
Kara laughed softly, “At her request? Then we KNOW she wants to fuck. It’s just a question of whether or not she can handle your terms.”
“We’ll see what happens there,” I said. “But the over-under says ‘no’.”
“And your ex-Navy friend?”
I chuckled, “She’s a wild one. Whereas I use sex for closeness and companionship, she engages in raw, pure, unadulterated fucking. The last thing she said was, basically, ‘same time next year’.”
“So you didn’t measure up?”
“Top-10, but I kind of pale compared to her getting double-teamed, or her first time with a six-six, 275 pound, muscular petty officer who was, and I’m quoting here, ‘hung like a horse’. That was apparently a two-day sex marathon where she lost all her cherries and learned to deep throat a monster dick!”
Both girls laughed.
“That tiny little girl?” Kara said, shaking her head. “Wow!”
“And that friend of Jeri’s?” Jessica asked.
“I’m on the fence. Jeri wanted to talk to me about her, but I put her off until next week, given all the stuff that had gone down on Wednesday. And from that, plus a few other things, we have a slew of issues to deal with. Perhaps we can take one that is complex, but in many ways, one of the easier issues. Fawn’s request.”
“There’s an easier one, Tiger. Jill.”
“I suppose that is a simple decision,” I said. “She was fun. I don’t think there’s a schoolgirl crush, or anything even remotely resembling that. She thought it was sexy to be the naughty babysitter seducing the dad. Her request, at least to me, seemed like she wanted a bit more fun, and then she’d be done. The thing is, as noted, there are other possibilities. And some FAR more important ones. Like Fawn’s request.”
“You said you were clear with Fawn that it was a one-time thing,” Jessica said. “Just those four days in New York.”
“I was. And she acknowledged that. But Kara and I were planning a torrid short-term affair and look what happened! Abbie was supposed to be a one-night stand with a possible single repeat. You get the point.”
“You’re worried about how she feels.”
“Aren’t you? Fawn is in love with me.”
“And you with her, but I’d almost call it ‘puppy love’ on your part. Something similar to what you had with Penny. It’s not real in the same way you love us, or Abbie, or Bethany.”
“That doesn’t make it any less dangerous,” I countered. “What happens when I go to New York and she decides I should make regular trips there? And she puts her plan to steal me away from you two into action.”
“Seriously?” Jessica asked.
“You’ve talked to her more than I have over the past six years. You’re the one who told me she would have accepted an offer to have sex down in Indy when she was barely thirteen.”
“It’s interesting to hear you argue against being with a girl with whom you had, and I’m quoting you, ‘one of the most erotic experiences of your life’.”
“Isn’t that alone a good reason to say ‘no’? It’s possible to get drunk on great sex.”
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July 22, 2000, Chicago, Illinois “Albert, do you have everything packed?” Mom asked. “Yes, Mom!” I replied, rolling my eyes because she’d asked before I went to bed. “He’ll be fine, Babe,” Dad said. “Let’s walk to the hospital.” I usually didn’t get up early, but Dad had suggested it would help Mom if I walked to the hospital with her because I was leaving to see Jane for three weeks. Mom, Dad, Aunt Kara and I left the house and headed down the sidewalk towards the hospital where Mom and...
May 14, 1997, Chicago, Illinois “Start talking!” Melanie demanded when I sat down in her office about an hour later. “There isn’t much to say. Katya found the information for me when I asked her to look into several things about Brandon Littleton, Kevin Lomax, and John Milton.” “Do you know more about him?” “A LOT more. I don’t think you want to know.” “Probably not, but I’m your criminal defense attorney, and even though San Antonio doesn’t have you involved in this, you know the CPD...
“So, how should we do these Stone’s songs?” Phil asked at our rehearsal session. “I think we all know the music, we just need to come up with a pretty awesome arrangement; we don’t want to sound like yet another cheap cover band.” “I had some ideas, if it’s okay for me to make some suggestions,” Allison said. “Of course it is,” Phil said. “Everyone can have a say, there’s no rule that says you can’t participate in the discussion.” “Thanks, Phil, I guess being the newest here, I’m a bit...
May 11, 1992, Chicago, Illinois Monday was turning out to be a LONG day. After my run and talk with Gina, and my talk with Elyse, I had a full day at the office scheduled. First was our leadership meeting in the morning, and then I had status meetings with each team. At lunch I’d gone to see Siobhán and explained that I was going to break off the sexual relationship, but that I wanted to remain friends. She was disappointed, but admitted that Thursday would have been the last time, since she...
Doc's Complex 06 - Alice & Keela by Lee Most Copyright 2012 by Lee Most ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6 - Alice & Keela Alice stared at Keela for a few seconds while he considered what he was going to ask her. He had received so many shocks, experienced so many new things during the last hour, and even his own body had changed so much his own mother would not know him. And then there was Keela. She was a beautiful woman, with...
Doc's Complex 27 - The Man With 1,000 Brains by Lee Most Copyright 2012 by Lee Most -------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: Chapter 27 of the FMNaNoWriMo challenge novel "Doc's Complex," in which Lilyan tells Berrry more of Doc's story is told while he dresses up as a nurse for her. She uses a shrink ray on him, traps him in his own clothing, and then plays with him in bed, but it's not what you (or he) thinks that means. Categories and key words...
Done. The guy placed the forms neatly folded in front of Athena. She noticed that his eyes drifted down to her boobs. Thanks, she said. I will go through them and then let you know how you?ve scored, it won?t take longer than 20min. He sat down on the couch with his self-assured smile, continued to stare at her while she read through his IQ test. Is there anything else you want to tell me? she asked. Well actually, I?m not sure I should mention it, but I have some sort of sleeping disorder. Ok...
January 19, 1989, En-Route from LAX to ORD When the engines of the plane started, Jeri reached over and took my hand. She held it while we pushed away from the gate, and taxied for takeoff. Her grip tightened a bit as we hurtled down the runway, but nothing like the death grip she’d had on my arm for the flight out. The plane roared its way into the air and once we leveled out, Jeri’s grip loosened but she didn’t let go of my hand. “How are you doing?” I asked with a touch of...
October 1981, Chicago, Illinois I went to my room, closed the door and dialed my old number in Milford and Stephanie answered. “Hi, Stephanie!” “Hey, Big Bro! How’s Chicago?” “Pretty good. A lot of stuff is happening. But I have a favor to ask. Well, really, it’s a favor from Ed. I’m coming home this weekend and I was wondering if I could borrow the keys to the apartment.” “You and Kara? On Saturday? I’m sure the answer is yes. Where are you staying?” “I was going to call Mrs. Spencer...
Dick van Dyke 1: If They Had Made a Movie Based on the Book "Turnabout" By Ron Dow75 ([email protected]) "Rob, do you *have* to watch this movie?!" Laura said, upset. She was sitting up in her twin bed, trying to ignore what was on the bedroom TV behind her book. "What's wrong with this movie? It's a comedy!" Robert Petrie said from his bed. "It's going to give you nightmares! I just know it." "What?? This silly thing?!" "I know how suggestible you are, Rob. You...
October 1982, Chicago, Illinois The drive back to Chicago was as uneventful as usual, and I arrived at the apartment just before 6:00pm. When I arrived, Elyse and Stephie were sitting on the couch and Jackie was sitting on the loveseat. Stephie hopped up as I opened the door and greeted me with a hug and a kiss. “Hi, Peaches!” I said. “Glad you’re home, Yankee!” “Hi, Steve,” Elyse and Jackie both said. “Hey,” I replied. “How was the weekend?” “Well, it was just Kurt with me, Stephie,...
June 11, 1989, Chicago, Illinois It was just after 3:00am when I kissed Trish goodbye. She’d been an enthusiastic, energetic, and adventurous lover. We’d done just about anything either of us could think of, though her breasts weren’t large enough for a tit-fuck. The last time had been in the shower where we’d ostensibly gone to clean up afterwards, but instead I ended up taking her from behind as she leaned against the wall of the shower. “I think I’ll have you again, Steve Adams,” she...
May 1978 The first couple of weeks in May were busy with school, work, and friends. Except for Becky, I didn’t even have any dates. But I was OK with that. Well, almost OK. I wanted to see Anna, but it likely wasn’t going to happen until school was out. I had tutoring sessions with Melanie, but she still wouldn’t talk to me about anything other than Spanish. Barely a hello. I was grateful for the tutoring, but it was maddening seeing my friend this way. I hoped someday she could understand...
March, 1982, Milford, Ohio As I drove along I-65, I thought about what Stephanie had asked for and what Bethany had said without even knowing about the request. Of course, because Bethany and I were so in tune, she might have actually had an idea that I was struggling with getting involved with my sister again. I kept turning it over and over in my mind and I kept coming to the same conclusion — that I shouldn’t do it. I was torn between doing what Stephanie wanted and doing what Kara and...
Doc's Complex 03 - Introductions by Lee Most Copyright 2012 by Lee Most -------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3 - Introductions Doc stood in front of a group of white-coated women, a long wooden pointer in his hand to gesture at the screen on the stage. "Fellow scientists, I present to you my latest experiment. We discovered these seventeen intruders in the old mine near Level 8 yesterday evening, after learning of their presence from two men who...
Doc's Complex 09 - Escape by Lee Most Copyright 2012 by Lee Most -------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: Chapter 9 of the FMNaNoWriMo challenge novel "Doc's Complex." Doc wants everyone to be a buxom, beautiful, intelligent, sexy woman, so what do you think he did to a mindless idiot who raped and killed one of his Girls? This chapter can be read as a stand-alone short story. Categories and key words describe only this chapter. I'm concentrating on...
Doc's Complex 10 - Who's Who by Lee Most Copyright 2012 by Lee Most -------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: Chapter 10 of the FMNaNoWriMo challenge novel "Doc's Complex," in which our group of now-buxom explorers figure out each other's names and how to tell each other apart now that they all are or look like buxom women and most have shoulder-length blond hair. Categories and key words describe only this chapter. I'm concentrating on writing now, so...
Doc's Complex 26 - The Suite Explored by Lee Most Copyright 2012 by Lee Most -------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: Chapter 25 of the FMNaNoWriMo challenge novel "Doc's Complex," in which Aliceputs on his first nightgown, we get to see more of the sci-fi home life of the Girls, and Pixxie tries to [Oh no! I broke a nail!] Categories and key words describe only this chapter. I'm concentrating on writing now, so I won't edit mistakes or respond to any...
HumorSeptember 7, 1992, Chicago, Illinois “That went reasonably well,” Michelle said when her parents drove off. “There were a few times I thought my expression would give away something I shouldn’t. You were messing with me, weren’t you?” She grabbed both my hands and smiled, “I was telling the truth, in my own way. Thank you!” She leaned forward and kissed my cheek. “So, what’s left?” I asked. “To visit UofC tomorrow and formally withdraw from classes. To spend some time with you and your...
January 23, 1996, Chicago, Illinois “Father, bless!” I said, greeting Father Basil with upturned palms. “Bless you, Stephen,” he said as I kissed his hand. The waiter showed us to a quiet table along the wall of Roditys in Greektown. He took our drink orders and was back quickly. We placed our food orders right away and he left to put them in with the kitchen. “I’m not quite sure how to address this, so I’m just going to ask you bluntly. Are you the father of Michelle’s baby?” I shook my...
June 29, 1995, Chicago, Illinois On Thursday, I finally had lunch with Melissa again, something I hadn’t been looking forward to. Much like with Cèlia, Melissa and I had passed an inflection point and I was left with sub-optimal paths forward. I’d been struggling with the possible solutions, and all of them had pitfalls. When I walked into Takumi, I had something of a plan. Whether it was good or not would only be known once everything played out. “I spoke to my wives,” I said after we’d...
December 5, 2000, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota “I had a good time last night,” I said. “I was surprised you invited a friend!” Mary laughed as we walked into the exam room, “Naomi had a good time as well. You know what a Resident’s life is like.” I nodded, “No social life.” “Exactly. You guys seemed to hit it off pretty well.” “Yes, but I’m not here for that!” “You’re everywhere for that, and you know it!” I couldn’t help but laugh. “Let’s just say that you hit the sweet spot -...
March 1980, Hovås/Göteborg, Sweden I woke early as usual, but just enjoyed being in bed with Katt. When she woke, she hopped out of bed and pulled a robe out of her closet and handed it to me. “There’s a spare toothbrush in the bathroom. Go have your shower, then we’ll have breakfast after I have my shower.” I quickly showered and brushed my teeth, and went back to Katt’s room. She went to shower and came back a few minutes later. She dressed, and I got a very good look at her sexy body...
April 5, 1997, Chicago, Illinois “You missed cuddles this morning!” Birgit said accusingly when I walked into the house about 9:30am. “I know, Pumpkin, but I had a work emergency and had to go see Aunt Joyce and Grandpa A.” “And now we have to get ready for karate!” “I know. We’ll have some family time this afternoon. I don’t have any plans.” “Good!” I hugged her and the rest of the kids, then went to find Kara. We hugged and kissed, and went straight upstairs to get ready for...