The Zenya Bernard Story by Ausin Mitchell - HTML preview

Chapter Three

Zenya had just finished speaking with Dean when Wendel called

her.

“What’s going on? I have a party in Kingston to invite you to. It’s at Delroy’s house in Jacks’ Hill. You know he always makes good parties. You used to enjoy them.”

“What about your wife, Audrey? I don’t think she would be all that pleased to know that I went out with you. I just don’t want to be in any confrontations with her.”

“Don’t worry about her. She can’t do you anything.”

“I’m sorry, but I’m going to a party with Karl.”

“How about us going clubbing on Sunday? We could go to Ruddy’s or Eason’s night club.”

“I’m going to ask you about Audrey again. Why don’t you go clubbing with her?”

“Believe me, she’s no fun to be with. She hardly wants to go out with me. I have to threaten to leave her sometimes.”

“I don’t believe you. She doesn’t look like that type of person. So why don’t you find a different woman?”

“The only woman, I can think about is you. I want you to leave Karl and return to me. He has a lot of women. I don’t know how you manage him and his baby mother drama. What is really keeping you in that relationship?”

“He’s been very good to me. He was there for me when you left me for Audrey.”

“I left you for Audrey, that’s news to me. It was you who left me for Karl. Now there is a big rumor that you’re now along with Dean. Your refusal to dance with him at the party the other night doesn’t mean anything.”

She burst out laughing.

“You really don’t know anything about me. Why would I be along with him when I know what he’s done? He got a friend of mine, Delaine, pregnant and refused to own up to his responsibilities. Another man had to step forward and claim the child.”

“How could that have happened?”

“The man was a friend of his and obviously wanted a child.”

“I can’t believe any man could be so stupid.”

“As I said before, the man desperately wanted a child,” she said and ended the conversation.

      ***

Ashley was at her house that Saturday when Tena called her.

“Tena, what’s the meaning of this call?” Ashley asked, acting as if she was surprised that she had called her.

“You’re just a cheap girl, but I will deal with you, you hear girl. You sold your body to Dean for cheap sex.”

Ashley burst out laughing. She drank some more of the melon beer she was drinking.

“I think you’re just blasted jealous. He invited me to go out with him and I did. I think you just want to find out what happened between us, but you won’t hear anything from me.”

“I don’t have to hear anything from you, to know what happened between you and him last night. It’s all over the place that you were seen naked in his car having sex with him. You’re just a shameless slut.”

“I won’t tell you about anything that we did last night. But I’d like to ask when was having sex a shame?”

“My friends called me from both out here and abroad. Are you an exhibitionist?”

“Go get lost, Tena. You’re just making up the whole thing. He complained to me about you. He said that you were no good in bed and that was why he was leaving you.”

Tena laughed. She drank some more of her drink.

“You’re the one making up stories. What you want to say is that you’re better in bed than me. He has never found any fault with me.”

“So why did he seek me out?”

“Go to hell, Ashley. He sought you out because you’re a cheap slut,” Tena told her and ended the call.”

***

Margot was at her house when Tena called her. She wondered at the

reason for her calling her and was in two minds whether to answer the call or not. She decided to take the call as she would only call back.

“I wonder what’s the meaning of this call? I know it has something to do with Dean.”

“You’re right. It’s about him sure enough. I didn’t know that you’re a prostitute. You’re selling your body to him for money. I thought you were a decent girl.”

“Of course, I’m that kind of a girl. If you must know, I went out with him because he asked me to. And as to whether there was anything else between us, that’s between me and him. I know that’s why you called.”

“I know about everything that happened between you and him. It’s no secret that he had you on the backroad last night.”

Margot burst out laughing.

“You know everything, so why did you call me?”

“I didn’t know you were so cheap.”

“I don’t think you consider yourself also cheap as you’ve slept with him many times.”

“He and I are in a relationship, which you’re not as far as I know.”

“Well, if you must know, he and I are also in a relationship.”

“When did it start?”

“What does it matter? I’m now one of his women.”

“He’s just using you. I bet he’s paying you to sleep with him. That’s what he does with girls like you.”

“I just told you that I’m along with him, so why should he pay me to sleep with him?”

“You’re lying if you say that’s not what happened. You’re just a prostitute. He said he paid you to have sex with him last night.”

“Listen girl and listen good nobody is going to tell me who to go out with. He asked me to go out with him and I did. I don’t see why you’re having a problem, seeing that he’s not your man.”

Tena drank some more of the fruit punch she was having.

“I told you that I was along with him. But with cheap girls like you around, who can’t seem to keep your legs closed, I don’t know what I’m going to do with him.”

“You’re very fresh and out of order to call me cheap. You don’t own him. You’re not married or engaged to him, so why should you have a problem with me? All I can tell you is that you had better be prepared to share him.”

Tena burst out laughing.

“Imagine, I have to be sharing a man with two sluts like you and Ashley. Both of you used to work on the back roads. I know about your reputation.”

“Tena, you’re behaving like an angel when you know that you’re not.”

“You know nothing about me. Tell him all that you know about me, girl,” Tena told her and ended the call.