The Night Lovers by Ausin Mitchell - HTML preview

Chapter Five

Greg was at home that evening when Sue called him.

“I didn’t know that Merryll owns you.”

He burst out laughing.

“Who told you anything like that? She can’t tell me what to do.”

“She said that even if you were married and she wanted you, you’d have to leave your wife and come to her.”

“She was just running up her mouth. You shouldn’t have listened to her. When next she’s out here, I’m going to put her in her place.”

“It doesn’t sound as if you can do anything like that. She sounds like

she has all the talk. She just has to snap her fingers and you’ll run to her. I asked her what she had giving you that no other woman can give you. She said she has it all. So, what is it that she has that each of Harlene or Reta couldn’t give you?”

“I don’t know what she’s talking about.”

“I’m glad that I left you. Imagine having to be fighting, Deanne, Harlene, Reta and Merryll for you. And especially Merryll who you

can’t resist. She told me about the sexy weekends she and you spent between the Hillview and the River Road hotels.”

“How are you sure that your fiancé won’t find other women out here? Will you be attending any parties on the weekend? Lots of them are kept up here.”

“I won’t attend any of them without Phil.”

“I’ll warn those girls to leave you alone,” he said and ended the call.

***

That Friday night, a party was being kept in Keswick. Greg attended with Deanne. They had made up.

***

The next night, he was at a party in Norris with Reta. Later that night, Harlene called him.

“Yes, Greg, so you’re sleeping with me, Reta and Deanne now?”

“They begged me to take them partying. I was calling and all I was getting was your voice mail.”

“You could have come down to my house to check me. You’re just trying to play smart. You told me that you and Deanne were not speaking and yet you’re going out with her. I think you went to

sleep with her last night. Is Reta at your house now?”

“I took her home after the party and I did the same thing with Deanne. It’s just you I’m along with as far as I know.”

“I’m going to leave you if I find out that you’re sleeping with either of them. You think I don’t remember what you did to me with Merryll. As for her, you’d better warn her about me and you,” she said and ended the call.

***

Sunday afternoon, Greg called Sue.

“There’s a party being kept in Norris tonight, will you be attending?”

“As I told you before, I only attend parties with my fiancé. If he’s not going, I don’t go. I know if I go to any of these functions, I’ll attract unwanted attention and I don’t want that.”

“You hardly find any single guys at these events.”

“Is that so? I don’t know about that. So now that Merryll isn’t here who’s your girlfriend?”

When he hesitated, she said.

“I’ll understand if you can’t make up your mind which one of them it is.”

“Reta is my woman. She’s okay and not temperamental like Harlene or Deanne.”            

“Since I’ve been back and even when I was abroad, I’ve heard so many things about you and various women. These stories are too numerous to talk about. You were having sexy weekends with all sorts of women.”

“A lot of those stories are nothing more than rumors. I’m not saying

I never behaved very bad, but it’s nothing like what’s being

alleged.”

“I’ll see you around,” she said and ended the call.      

***

Monday afternoon, Deanne was at work when Merryll called her.

“Deanne, I heard that you went partying with Greg. I even heard that you went to sleep with him afterwards. I thought you said that you had your man and you were only looking money for your child.”

“I’m free to go out with him. Even if you were out here you couldn’t stop that. Merryll, you aren’t easy. Imagine, you’re in Cayman and

***

Monday afternoon, Deanne was at work when Merryll called her.

“Deanne, I heard that you went partying with Greg. I even heard that you went to sleep with him afterwards. I thought you said that you had your man and you were only looking money for your child.”

“I’m free to go out with him. Even if you were out here you couldn’t stop that. Merryll, you aren’t easy. Imagine, you’re in Cayman and

want to stay there and plan his life for him. Why don’t you stick to

your husband?”

“Leave my husband out of this. I’m not the first married woman to have a lover. You behave as if it’s something strange I’m doing. I heard that Reta went partying with him too, but I will deal with her.”

Deanne burst out laughing.

“The man has needs, how are you going to stay where you are and help him?”

“I gave him enough sex to last him until I can arrange for us to meet again.”

“You aren’t easy that’s all I can say,” Deanne said and ended the call.

***

After she finished talking to Merryll, Deanne called Reta.

“Reta, why did you go partying with Greg the other night? I’m warning you to leave him alone. We had broken up, but now we are

back together again.”

“Ask him who’s his woman these days and he’ll tell you that I fit that bill.”

“We’ll see about that. I know that he wants me. He has already given me a child. As far as I’m concerned, he’s just using you.”

“That’s what you believe. Just you wait and see, Deanne. He tells me and everybody that I’m the one he loves.”

“He’s only fooling you up Reta,” Deanne said and ended the call.

***

Friday night, there was a party being kept in Norris. Deanne came there alone and saw Harlene in his arms, dancing. When the song finished playing, she confronted her.

“Harlene, why don’t you leave him alone, girl? You boasted about the number of romantic weekends you spent with him. Yet when Merryll came out here, you couldn’t do anything. He simply abandoned you for her.”

“If he wanted to sleep with her, I can’t stop him. Any woman he wants to sleep with, I’m not going to stop him. All I do is make sure that I don’t have unprotected sex with him.”

“I’m now sleeping with him again. I think he’s paying you to sleep with him. You say that you’re a nursing assistant and look what you’re doing to supplement your income.”

“I give my body freely to him. He’s not paying me to sleep with him.

I know that you accept money from him for your son and yourself.”

Greg returned and stopped the quarrel.

***

Harlene was at her house the next morning. She had just eaten her breakfast and began tidying up her room when Reta called her. Outside, light rain was falling.

“Harlene, what a way you get brave. Now that Merryll is away, you can do anything you want. Girl, Greg is mine. He’s just using you, that’s why he’s paying you to sleep with him.”

“Reta, I’m not selling my body to him. I have never slept with him and he has to pay me,” she said and cut off the call.