Maxines Divorce episode 15
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101 A Pain In The Ass
I rented the unit to Cheryl under her own name. I was assured that the payments would be coming from an account she controlled. Johnathan Hunter also assured me that he would not be staying in the unit more than 72 hours at any one time, ever. If that did come to pass, he would allow me to add his name to the lease. He also understood that if I was ever questioned by the police, I would explain the circumstances of the rental. I was still up in the air about the daughter being with him to help pick out a place for his mistress, if that was indeed her part in the little play.
I fell asleep Sunday night trying to juggle all the new people in my life. A teenage girl, one woman a few years older than me, another woman a few years younger, and her boyfriend Gunny’s age more or less. Toss into that mix the younger Kate and Martin, then my life was filled with more people than I might ever be able to keep straight.
Monday morning when I woke at 8AM, I had a definite place to be at 10AM. Sleeping until 8AM was a little unusual for me. It was 9:30 by the time I found Helen and her breakfast wagon. I bought my bag, then climbed into the front seat to eat it.
‘Helen, have you and Jack ever thought about opening a restaurant?’ I asked while chewing her breakfast bagel sandwich.
‘We have talked about it, but the overhead would kill us. At least until we got it going,’ she suggested.
‘What if it was just an extension of the food truck?’ I asked.
‘You mean, the food truck at a fixed location?’ Helen suggested.
‘Let’s say a place where you could drop off the same items you now have inside the bags. A place where they could be reheated in a microwave, and then served. A place where nothing needed to be cooked. You could avoid most of the start up cost that way, as well as the health department hassles,’ I suggested.
‘What got you thinking about this?’ she asked.
‘Drive over to the Hardee’s any morning and take a look at their dining room. It’s a social club as much as a restaurant. I think your concept would work even better.’ I suggested.
‘If I ever find another Mosby, I want to add stops like the senior towers to the list.’ She paused then looked at me and said, ‘I’m sorry Max I forgot.’
It isn’t your fault Mosby was a ringer. I was Marty’s fault. He knows better than to come within a hundred miles of me.’ I laughed.
‘I hope he knows how much damage I can do with a boning knife,’ Helen said with a chuckle.
‘It would probably be a good idea, if he kept his business empire in New York City. He is still up there I think.’ I suggested.
‘That’s what Jen said,’ Helen agreed. ‘She also said that he would be pitching another bunch of Computer spots to you.’
‘Oh, I hadn’t heard that,’ I admitted.
‘Well then, you didn’t hear it from me.’ Helen said it with a motherly smile. She paused a long minute then added, ‘Keep an eye out for a place like you mentioned. Jack and I need to grow a little, but without putting too much of our money into it.’
‘Fair enough,’ I replied. ‘Have you heard anything from Julie?’
‘Jen has her transfer worked out, I think. All Julie has to do is keep out of trouble for a few more weeks.’
‘She can do that I’m sure,’ I replied. ‘Well I have to go to police headquarters, after a stop at the court house.’
‘You are going to freeze to death on that bicycle.’ She seemed to be genuinely worried.
‘Actually, if I get cold, I just lift the motor and pedal a bit. That makes me toasty warm,’ I informed her. Since I had promised myself to be at the courthouse at 10AM, I left the breakfast wagon and headed to court.
‘Good Morning, I’m Maxine Stone. I need to pick up an evidence release form or something like that. Its to have a pistol returned that was seized by the police as evidence, but not needed for court after all.’ I said it smiling. ‘I called last week.’
‘Yes, you spoke to me. It is going to take about fifteen minutes.’ she informed me.
‘That’s fine, is there somewhere I can get us a cup of coffee?’ I asked as I smiled.
‘There are some machines down the hall, but the coffee is awful. Is Helen’s breakfast wagon outside this morning?’ she asked.
‘No, I left her a few minutes ago at the Aster Furniture Plant #2,’ I informed the clerk.
‘Then you really should just hold off on the coffee. I don’t need anymore to be honest.’
‘Okay, I guess I’ll just wander around.’ I said. I took a seat outside her office instead. I spent about fifteen minutes day dreaming. I also racked my brain for a suitable spot for Helen. One where she could open an old guy breakfast and lunch house.
‘Here you go,’ the clerk said after almost fifteen minutes exactly.
‘So, I just take this to the police property room?’ I asked.
‘Yes, it is just down the street.’ she informed me.
‘It’s not in the station. It’s across the street isn’t it?’ I asked to be more precise.
‘Yes it’s locked up tight. They will make you wait in a little room. Then bring the item to you.’ The item was my .38 concealed hammer wheel gun.
‘Got it, thanks.’ I replied.
‘You are quite welcome.Ms Stone. And do be careful, you are getting quite a reputation around these parts.’
‘It’s all a myth,’ I said.
‘Sure it is. I read all the police reports for the indictment filings hon. Don’t try to lie to me.’ She gave me a bright smile.
‘Well all the rest is BS. It was made up for that stupid computer show,’ I admitted.
‘Ah you mean the walk on water parts, yeah we know that.’ She smiled again.
Fifteen minute later a policeman nearing retirement handed me a brown paper envelope with my pistol inside. ‘It ain’t loaded,’ he said.
‘Trust me, it was when I gave it to the officers.’ I said.
‘Then they will be loose in the envelop. If they ain’t, you can put in a claim.’ he suggested.
‘Don’t worry, I brought some extra ones.’ I said that with a smile.
I left the police parking lot with the fully loaded .38 concealed in a flounder style holster in the small of my back. No matter what kind of holster I wore it in, inside that nylon parka, it was more or less useless, if it was needed it in a hurry. Still I felt better with it than either of my other pistols. I just never trusted a semi automatic pistols as much as I did the old fashioned wheel gun.
When I got back at the apartment building, it was in time to watch men enter Lois’s apartment with full boxes and then leave with the empty ones. It lasted only a short time. Possibly because the apartment was so small. The furniture itself took even less time than the boxes. The movers were completely finished with Lois’s place in no more than two hours.
She came knocking on my door shortly after the move was complete. ‘Maxine, the cable man can come this afternoon to hook up my computer and cable services. He won’t give me an exact time, and I need to go to the house to empty my refrigerator. I will probably run by the store as well. Could I just tell him to call you?’
‘At the moment I plan to be here, but I can’t guarantee something won’t come up.’ I said.
‘Okay, if you have to leave, they can just come back when I will be home. I’m going to tell them to come on over.’ Lois said.
‘Sounds good,’ I replied.
‘Hey Maxine, I want to make spaghetti tonight. There is no way I can make just a little, how about you come to dinner?’ she asked.
‘How about we invite Sarah Beth as well. She might be working but if not, it would be a nice gesture for us all to know each other at least a little.’ I suggested.
‘What a great idea. How about the people in the other apartments?’ she asked.
‘I have two still empty and I have no idea when they are going to move into the other one.’ I admitted.
‘Well we can do it again, when everyone has moved in. Maybe a cook out,
even if it is winter?’ Lois suggested.
She was standing at my door, when the sound of Mag 7 rang out. ‘Got a call,’ I said and turned away from the door. ‘Hello,’ I said into the phone.
‘Maxine, it’s Kate, guess who called me this morning?’ she asked.
‘We really only have one person in common, so my guess is Irish Martin,’ I said.
‘He is the one. He said he wanted to take me to dinner after he has a talk with you. Are you going to sleep with him again?’ she asked.
‘You need to ask him that, I am not going to ask him. That is all I can promise.’ I replied.
‘Then how about I am there for your meeting?’ she asked.
‘That is up to Irish Martin, I have no objections.’ I said it smiling into the cell phone, because I knew what his response would be. Irish Martin was going to try to recruit me again. This time he had a proposal I was sure. One which would not include operating a safe house for Swamp Thing.
‘He will be calling you tonight, I am going to get back with him before he does. I am going to ask about the three of us meeting for coffee before dinner.’ she informed me.
‘Kate, considering our history, I would make sure he understood that it was coffee, nothing kinky,’ I suggested with a laugh.
Kate did not find it amusing, She was absolutely somber when she said simply, ‘Right.’ Then without warning at all, she changed the subject. ‘How is the apartment renting going?’
‘I have two left to rent, but I expect them to go soon. I have shown them a few times, so who knows.’
‘My EMT friend asked me to check. He and his wife are getting a divorce and he needs a place. The ex and his kids will get the house he is sure.’
‘If he wants to come look it’s fine. You know the price and the deal with the heat, so the contract shouldn’t be any surprise to him.’
‘I will have him call to set up an appointment. You won’t screw him as well, will you?’ Kate asked.
‘If you ask me not to, then I won’t. I don’t see why you would though. I mean, if you are going to screw Martin after dinner, what’s the big deal?’ I commented.
‘Never mind, just don’t screw Eddie,’ she demanded.
‘Don’t screw Eddie the EMT, Jesus you can really pick them,’ I commented. ‘He is married on top of everything else.’
‘He is getting a divorce,’ Kate snapped.
‘Okay, but we will see. Honey they are all going to get a divorce until the time comes, then about 10% of them really do it.’ I suggested.
‘I know you that don’t want me to date him or Martin. You want them all for yourself,’ she said.
‘Sweetie, I don’t care who you date. Just be honest with yourself. Odds are this is just a fling for Eddie the EMT. Enjoy it for what it is, but don’t build castles in the clouds.’
‘So you will rent him the apartment?’ she asked.
‘If he checks out, and puts up the deposit money, sure why not?’ I asked.
‘Good I will have him call as soon as I talk to him again.,’ she insisted. It was obvious that she was trying to prove me wrong. I suppose that I hoped she was right. That is, if she really wanted to be miserable one day. Eddie the EMT was going to be like my ER intern. He just wanted me to do what he wanted. The intern just didn’t have to promise to marry me to get his prick up my ass.
EMT Eddie called a half hour later. He listened to the story, then said he needed to think about it some more. I was glad that he didn’t waste my time. It was less than an hour later when the Cable guy called.
‘I am supposed to install cable to one of your apartments, and the lady doesn’t answer her phone,’ The cable guy explained.
‘I know come on in. I’ll get you started.’ I tripped the electric lock, but only after I checked him out with my on line camera. Since there was just one of him, I pushed the button.
When he made it to the long row of apartments I got my first really good look at him. He was somewhere over 20 and under 30. It was as close a guess as I could make for his age. The fact that looked pretty clean cut, and the .38 under my sweat shirt made me feel fairly comfortable to be around him.
‘She is in apartment number four?’ He asked.
‘That’s right, but you want to go around to the alley behind the building first. I will meet you back there and you can make the connection to her block there. Then you can come back around and check her reception. I have the pass key. You might want to call the office? I have two more new rentals ready. I’m sure that they have orders, or will be ordering cable soon.’
‘When they place their order, someone will come back. We don’t install without an order in hand.’ he said.
‘And I’m just trying to help,’ I said.
‘If you just let me into her apartment that will be help enough,’ he said shortly.
‘Okay, show me your Identification and then give me the phone number of your supervisor,. After that we can work something out maybe.’
‘I don’t need this shit,’ he said and turned to leave.
‘Before you go, I want to see that ID card,’ I said quietly. He turned angrily back to me to make some comment or maybe get physcial. Instead he found himself looking down the barrel of my ugly .38.
‘What the fuck?’ he said.
‘I asked you very nicely to show me your ID and give me the phone number of your boss. You copped an attitude that concerns me a lot. This is a high security apartment building, you knew that when you buzzed my gate, now you are going to stand right there until a patrol car shows up.’ I punched 911 on my cell phone.
‘I’m just a cable guy, you are crazy,’ he demanded tensing for fight or flight.
‘All the more reason for you to shut the fuck up and wait. If you do anything foolish, you will not be the first person I have shot this year.’ While we waited, I rehashed it in my mind. I could not believe that things had gone south so quickly.
The officer who came was a female. First she took my pistol, then she forced the cable guy to do what I had asked earlier. Turns out the cable guy didn’t have an ID, which is why he wanted to scramble away. The only thing out of sink was simply that he was working off the books. Not for the cable company but their installation sub contractor’s company. There was a scam going on to divert funds under some kind of subcontractor fraud thing. It was not all that unusual a scam, and since the victim was the cable company not me, I didn’t give a fuck.
The jerk should have just gone along, rather than get on his high horse with the middle aged bitch of an apartment manager. I was sure that is how the installation manager would describe me later.
‘So now what?’ I asked the patrolman.
‘That’s up to you,’ she said. ‘We can do a trespass thing, if you want to spend the time in court.’
I looked at his face and was about to say. ‘Sure I got nothing better to do.’ Then he spoke to me again. ‘Ma’am, I’m sorry I acted like a jerk. I know I’m going to lose this job, but I can’t spend time in court.’
‘Can you make a call to the cable company manager or president whatever it is?’ I asked the cop.
‘Count on it,’ she said. ‘Matter of fact watch.’ She made the call standing in my living room. She explained the situation to the owner of the local franchise who got me on the phone and apologized. He assured me that one of his people from the service department would be in immediately to do the installation.
‘Then I’m going to leave this to you to clean up. But let me tell you something, I have been contacted by Direct TV to put a dish on the apartment for everyone to share. Don’t give me a reason to go that way. I do not fuck around with people.’ I hung up the cop’s phone as if it were my own.
‘I’m sorry,’ I said handing it to her. ‘Where you finished?’
‘I think you ended it better than I could have,’ she said smiling. After she cut the installer loose, she gave me my pistol back.
‘Would you like some coffee?’ I asked
.
‘Sure,’ she said. ‘You don’t recognize me do you. I guess you wouldn’t I have only met you once.’
‘I’m sorry I have old lady memory cells,’ I replied pouring her coffee. I didn’t even ask if she wanted cream or sugar.
‘I interviewed you at the hospital after you were stabbed in that parking lot thing.’ she reminded me.
‘Ah okay, sorry all beautiful cops look alike to me,’ I said smiling.
‘You were flirting with me even then,’ she said smiling. ‘I am married with two kids though.’
‘Do we have to invite them?’ I asked with a smile.
‘Yes,’ she laughed.
‘All the good ones are married,’ I said.
She finished her coffee and left, so I was alone again when the real cable man came. He showed me his ID and called back to find the other orders. He also wired all the boxes, so that they could be turned on with a phone call.
‘Ms Stone, the boss wanted you to call when I had finished.’ He gave me the number.
‘Hello this is Maxine Stone,’ I said to the man who answered the phone.
‘Ms Stone I want you to know that we are investigating the subcontractor who does our installations. If we find any other problems he is history.’
‘Sir, that is none of my business. My business is the security of my tenants. If you ever send me another installer, or repairman who has no ID and has not be vetted, I will make a formal complaint to the utility commission. You don’t know me, but if you did, you would know I do not make idle threats.’
‘Actually Ms Stone I know off you, and you are 100% correct to be upset. This will never happen again I assure you.’
‘It will never happen more than once more, I assure you.’ I said angrily.
‘Yes Ma’am. even once more is one too many. I’m sorry for the problems,’ he said. We didn’t part buddies, but he did know exactly where he stood.
Lois came home during the last service man’s visit, so I had to fill her in. When the final call ended she said, ‘This really is a secure apartment. Most places with this kind of security are thousands of dollars a month rent and are in big cities.’
‘Well, if it gets to be too much, I will understand,’ I said.
‘Are you kidding, I love it.’ she said, then added. ‘I am going to go start the Spaghetti. I spoke to Sarah Beth, she will be home at six so dinner is at seven no excuses.’ Lois said as she left.
I nodded. I needed to get inside and calm down. First I went to the rear of the building to check the wiring. I am no genius, but I hope I could find anything obviously out of place. Nothing seemed to be. I sat down with a cup of coffee to relax for the two hours before dinner.
I knew he was going to call since Kate made an issue of it, but I wasn’t ready for his call anyway. ‘Hello,’ I said into the phone to stop the trumpets.
‘Well hello there Max, it’s me Martin.’
‘Yes Irish Martin, What can I do for you Red?’
‘You can open the gate for me. We need to talk.’
‘Your timing sucks, the cops left not half an hour ago. I’m not in the mood for playful chat or sex.’ I suggested.
‘Ah do you have a headache,’ he said with a laugh. ‘This time it’s strictly business.’
‘Well hell, that’s no fun.’ I pushed the buzzer anyway.
‘Hello again,’ he said when I opened my front door to him.
‘Hello Red, so what’s the pitch?’ I asked.
‘My you are all business. Can’t we at least catch up first?’
‘What’s there to catch up about. You came to screw Kate, and I plan to say no to any rental offers from Swamp Thing. Is there any other business on the table?’
‘I expected you to decide not to rent to us. You aren’t the employee of the year type.’ He said.
‘Got that right,’ I replied.
‘As for Kate, I didn’t realize she was the kiss and tell type. That changes things a bit I think.’
‘That’s none of my business,’ I said smiling.
‘Okay, so why were the cops here?’ he asked.
‘That’s none of your business,’ I suggested.
‘You know I can find out with a few phone calls,’ he suggested.
‘Then do it. It is not my job to make your life easier,’ I suggested.
‘What do you think about surveillance?’ he asked.
‘Do you mean the high tech shit, or the bad coffee and food shit?’ I asked.
‘A mixture of both actually,’ he added.
‘Necessary, but boring as hell.’ I admitted.
‘And industrial UC jobs?’
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"I tried to get in touch with you. You were traveling around Eruope with your new friends." Jen said. 'Ah, don't be jealous. It was a hide out trip that you negotiated with the feds remember?" I asked. "Yes I remember but now you are back and you have two weeks to clear out of the apartment and sign the papers." Jen informed me. "I guess I better get hustling around looking for a new place to live." I suggested. "That would seem to be a good idea," Jen agreed. "So, I have two...
"So where do we start?" Mike asked. "I guess we start with the person who knows her best," Gwen replied, "That would be Jennifer the lawyer?" Mike asked. "Jennifer is her oldest and dearest friend or so she says, so I guess we start with her." "Can we finish this soon? So we can get out of this crappy motel?" Mike asked. "You are just filled with questions aren't you?" "Now you are doing it, asking questions that is," Mike replied. "Okay, I'll set up the appointment,...
MAXINE I smiled as I left Chris at her dad's door. Of course I was not about to let her stop me from seeing Gus. I drove directly from the Evergreens Tower to the hospital five blocks away. At the receptionist desk, I asked, "Could you give me the room number of Gus Gallion please?" "He has been moved from ICU to the cardiac care unit. His room is 5012, he is on restricted visitor list though. It's family only." "I know, I'm his daughter. I was told the visiting hours were...
The flight from Germany passed in a drug haze. I am one of those people who can deal with pain, as long as my mind is on other things. When it is just me and the pain, then I feel it much more intensely. So I was popping the Vicodin like M&M candies. But once I got to New York. there were enough going on to take my mind off the pain. At least enough so that it was manageable. Gwen and I got a cab to a pizza parlor in the Village area. It was fun to watch the kids walking the streets....
I try to think out every move to minimize my risk of injury. I know it sounds like I go into things hell bent and stupid, but I actually do consider all my options almost every time. I never considered the big ugly boyfriend option, so I held ice on my cheek and eye. Those were going to be ugly, but the cuts inside my mouth were the most painful. I was pissed at my own stupidity, to mention my lack of planning to allow that jacket to bag over the stun gun holder. I tried to drink coffee by...
For the next three days the world revolved around Cheryl and her family. I worked on Smiley some, but since I hadn't planned to start the introduction for two more weeks, nothing had to be changed. On that third day, Cheryl's father had another stroke and it was fatal. I had been expecting it and I am sure Cheryl and her step mother were as well. I rushed to the hospital the moment I heard. I did it to show my love for Cheryl, but also to be sure nobody tried to bully her. I had no idea...
"It's a small school in a small town, how much damage could you do?" Eve asked. "I could do a lot, if it gets picked up by some news service. We want all this town's secrets to stay secret. Besides which even without the organized thugs, there are the 'thugs are us' types out there. I know for a fact that there is a bounty on my ass." I said. "Some of these 'would be gunslingers' are too disconnected to know, that they can collect only grief if they hit me here." "Still let's...
After the first night I realized we needed an employee. Not necessarily a manager just someone to pick up dirty glasses and bring more ice to a table. One of the customers overheard me talking to Jennifer about it. "Maxine, I have a niece who is looking for work. She came here with just a high school education and not so good English. She is enrolled in your community college. She would love to work here and I promise you will have no trouble at all from her." "Have her come by tomorrow...
"Reggie, if you are wondering what to do next, you should probably kiss me." I said it even though we were standing in the kitchen. The hallway from the back door empties into the kitchen. That's where a lot of my conversations take place, just because of the geography of my Downtown House. Reggie might not have a lot of original thoughts, but he did follow orders well. He move close and kissed me. Even though he had to be ordered, there was a great deal of passion in that kiss. It was...
On Friday night, instead of getting laid, I decided to do the maintenance thing on my body. I cleaned the chutes and ladders as I liked to call the 'I fooled you by drinking coffee and eating donuts system'. That was simply a matter of drinking a glass of baking soda, with a drop of vinegar, mixture. Fortunately it passed over my taste receptor quickly. When I followed it with a large glass of pure water, I would be able to forget all about the taste for at least a month. I let that...
Sylvia loaded a dress bag and a small black half duffel bag like mine into the trunk. We were on the main road out of town, headed north, by 8pm. I engaged Sylvia in conversation as I drove the big clumsy car in a northerly direction. We spoke about nothing just to fill the air with noise. People often do that it seems. At the first stop for gas Sylvia raided the prepared food cooler which was located inside the convenience store part of the building. When I hit the road again she was...
I got to tell you, Lydia looked a hell of a lot better in the grunge style, than I do. Sean/Jack was at a place where he could take a break. That being the case, I forced her to dress in the clothes I bought for her. She looked almost gorgeous even in the baggy jeans and baggy football jersey. They did hide her glamorous side, but she still had that natural beauty coming through. I couldn't disguise that. Even so, she was going to be hard to recognize without some serious concentration....
"Give me your belt and lay across the bed. You know what is going to happen. You have have been a bad boy and need a spanking don't you?" I asked. "Yes Mommy," he said as he handed me the belt. Then he calmly lay across the bed for me. I began by striking him one stiff blow, then I eased off. After the initial pain it was for the illusion more than anything. "Now are you going to be a good boy?" I asked. It was time to set the hook. "Yes Mommy please, I promise I will be a good...
From 'The Autobiography of Miss Louisa Harper' ~ "Beauty comes from pain, Louisa. A proper young woman does not present herself unless she is properly coiffed, properly made-up, properly attired and wearing the proper accoutrements. That, Louisa, is what 'proper' means." Of course, I tried to argue. That is, after all, what an adolescent is supposed to do, but my mother would just purse her lips, shake her head in disgust and repeat that one sentence that she spoke most frequently...
From 'The Autobiography of Miss Louisa Harper of New York and Newport' ~ "The day of Miranda's wedding was cloudy and overcast, so perhaps Aunt Ada had been correct. Perhaps God would not waste a beautiful day on a wedding that would lead to a loveless marriage. Instead of using the vast tents that had been erected on the lawns at Golden Bluffs, everything was moved into our grand ballroom, which was large, but could not accommodate everyone who'd been invited. So, tables were also...
Friday was lost in a battle between the morphine drip and the blinding pain when I moved. The morphine kept me asleep most of the day. First thing Saturday morning things changed. "Maxine, how are you doing," the nurse asked. "Honey, I have slept enough. Cut back on the drugs please," I said it seriously. "Are you sure?" she asked. "I am positive. I need to get more with it, and I need to start now." I informed her. "Let me make a call and see what I can do," she said. "Do it...
From 'The Autobiography of Miss Louisa Harper' ~ "The week prior to Miranda's wedding was a hectic and crowded one at Golden Bluffs. All of our relations came to Newport for the event and many of them stayed with us. Unfortunately, we also had many friends and business associates staying as well, which did lead to some difficult choices. Father was a self-made man who had family he wanted in attendance, but they were from a lower rung of society. So, since the rooms were assigned to...
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Hookup SitesNobody spoke in the car on the drive back to the Diplomat Lodge. When we arrived, I went directly into the bedroom. I left the two of them to decide their sleeping positions. Then I plugged myself in and waited for any updates. Maxine the party was a huge success, the controller informed me. We are confident that the invitations will begin to roll in. We will sort through them for you, under the guise of the agent assigned to you by the network. You are entitled to an agent, now that you are...
"What do you say to a naked man?" I asked Billy. "Sounds like a country song title to me," he admitted. At the time of that exchange we were sitting on the stainless steel and leather chairs of my dinning set, while we finished the warm up coffee. "You know for a woman your age, your boobs are holding up well," Billy said. "Is that like? You don't sweat much for a fat girl?" I asked. 'I didn't mean it that way at all. I was just marveling at what the doctors can do now. You...
I lay down with my plug sticking in the wall for the first hour, then I switched to free electrons for the rest of the night. By doing that I had free fun of the Downtown House. I walked around looking out the window and trying to think how I could give the kids at the community college even more help. Over the years I had hired them whenever I could. I just didn't have anything for the to do at the moment. I really had the resources to find something for them to do, but not everyone would...
"So you brought Christmas dinner for the whole area," Helen suggested. "The Preacher got this done, I just went along to grease the wheels. You know make sure everything came off smooth." I said smiling. "If you went along, it might have gone smooth, but it wouldn't have, if you weren't there. That's why we all call you when we are in trouble. You always know what to do and even more important, you will actually do it." Helen said. "Easy Helen, it's just me good ole Maxine," I...
Her name was Sergeant Carrie Thomason. She asked me to call her Carrie, so I thought of her as Carrie. "So Maxine, You don't mind if I call you Maxine?" she asked. "Not at all Carrie, so do you want to know why I had Blevins arrange this meeting on Christmas Eve? Or would you rather not take on anything new?" I knew that it was Christmas and in the back of my mind I thought I might need to just handle this alone. "Sure, I want to know what got Blevins to call me. He is about to...
We had given Jerome three days to think it over, and make a plan. Jerrod finished out the week just to keep an eye on Jerome. I continued to stand by outside the project, just because it was no inconvenience. I could crank up the truck and run it an hour to charge my power pack. Other wise sitting in one place was no different than sitting another. Presumably during the days Jerrod slept while I banged around my housing development. In those three days two of the remodels were finished. Our...
The Fibbies set up shop in the card salon, which pretty much ended any thoughts of fun I might have had during the wait for my turn in the barrel. Oh well at least I was confident in Jerrod's ability to keep a secret. Hell, he had made it all his life being gay without anyone knowing. We also had a good cover story set up. Jerrod had agreed to tell a cover story that I fabricated which was close to the truth. More importantly he agreed to stick to it and then ask for counsel immediately if...
I tried to force myself out of bed on Friday. It was raining as if God was trying to douse the fires of hell. I half expected to find leaks in the roof of the cabin. I heard the drumbeat of the heavy rain on the metal roof instead. I had been told that most roofs leaked around thing like chimneys and dormers. Well, the cabin had none of those. The vent for the oil stove was through the wall. The metal pipe made a 90 degree turn up and past the roof. It was strapped to...
I hated to wait for other people. I shut the phone's cover, then went back into the dinning room. Shock of shocks there at the table sat not just Jerrod but Jack and Michael as well. "Well hello my pretty. pretty boys," I said mimicking the sound of the song Hotel California. Again from my dad's old collection of music. "Hello Maxine, we really should be upset with you for stealing our Simon Jerrod, but who can stay angry with you. You are so much bigger than life." Jack said to me....
Even though I did not have sex Saturday night and absolutely did not have a threesome, I still wanted pancakes. Harvey was up and moving even before me. He was back in the shower and in there a long time, while I pretended to be asleep. When I was sure that he was dressed and down checking his email or writing on his blog, I went into the bathroom. I did my morning things, I empty and sterilized the holding tank, then stood under the hot shower for a long time. I probably didn't need it as...
Thursday started with me headed off on the bike. I rode my bike to the Sit Down even though I had the ugly red Chevy in the parking space behind my Downtown House. I didn't need exercise, and I wasn't green conscious, I just enjoyed the slower pace of the bike as I carried me through downtown. Pedaling it along was not a problem, not even in the thirty degree temperature. Since Sylvia had arranged a meeting at the bank for me at nine, I ate slowly. Sylvia and Peter Gordon were both in...
The directions, which the Senator's staff provided, led us to a rough paved drive way entrance with a post and beam gate. I knew I was in the right place because there were armed guards, who looked like state police men at the gate. Fortunately there were no magnetometers for us to walk through. It would have been impossible of course, since the car I drove was metal. So was the 410 gauge stainless steel derringer inside my purse. Unfortunately, I would have to leave the pistol inside the...
It was a little odd to see someone else passing out bags at the Sit Down, but it had been that way for a couple of days, so I shouldn't have felt let down. I did feel it, whenever I looked up and the washed out blood woman wasn't there. I rode the bike that morning, even though it was still a little chilly. the stretching and pull of the muscle while going up some of those nasty hills was my rehab for the day. I didn't ride the bike far and I did stop it now and then at the top of the...
After I said my goodbyes, I tried to hide out till the call came from the company's travel agent. I might have managed it, had Jen not called, "Are you really going to sell the apartments?" she demanded. "Yes I am. I didn't have nearly as much fun here as I expected." I replied. "Honey, I know Cheryl broke your heart, but trust me you will find someone, someday," Jen said reassuringly. "Yeah, but if I do, you will probably sleep with him," I said it with a laugh. "True, so you...