Lovely Summer Smoke Deluged by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Chapter 16

Posie lifted a floor board, retrieving Kale’s handwritten notebook. She said; “I’m going to read to you from your book.”

Kale reached for it and Posie pulled it away. He said; “I’m not entirely comfortable with this.”

“You’ve read to me from mine. Turnabout is fair play, isn’t it?”

Kale sighed and said; “Yeah.”

“Good man. I hope I find a really nasty one.” She inserted one finger into the center, opened it and read.

AT LIBERTY LANE, POSIE WAS DECIDING IF SHE WANTED TO WEAR A DRESS OR NOT, AS SHE SAT ON THE SOFA COMFORTABLY LETTING KALE DO

HIS THING. SHE CONSIDERED IT EXCITING TO DRIVE AND ARRIVE

WEARING VERY INFORMAL ATTIRE. THIS EVENING SHE WOULD BE MEETING

THREE MEN SHE DIDN’T KNOW. THEY WERE ASSOCIATES OF BENITO’S WHO

KNEW HER ONLY AS “HIS SLAVE,” AND HE WOULD NOT BE PRESENT. SHE

DECIDED THAT A SIMPLE DRESS WAS IN ORDER, STARTED BREATHING

HEAVILY AND FAKED. KALE COULD TELL, BUT POSIE REACHED DOWN WITH

HER LEFT HAND AND SAID; “LET ME TAKE CARE OF YOU, BABY.” THEY

REVERSED POSITIONS AND KALE WAS SOON PLEASED. POSIE GOT UP AND

SAID; “GOT TO GO, NOW.”

“WHAT ARE YOU UP TO TONIGHT?”

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“THREE STRANGERS.” SHE SLIPPED A SIMPLE RED AND WHITE

SUMMER DRESS OVER HER HEAD, TOOK HER BAG AND LEFT.

ARRIVING AT THE “THUNDERBIRD MOTEL”, SHE SAW THREE GUYS

STANDING IN FRONT OF OPEN DOOR NUMBER 111 AND PARKED IN FRONT OF

THEM. SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AT THE THREE

NOW QUIET GENTLEMEN. THEY REALLY RESEMBLED EACH OTHER IN THAT

THEY WERE ALL MIDDLE-AGED BUSINESS TYPES, WEARING SUITS AND

DISPLAYING DEEP WRINKLES AROUND THE MOUTH, FROM A LIFETIME OF

FORCED SMILES AND LAUGHS. ONE SAID; “POSIE?”

SHE GROWLED; “YEAH.”

“SLAVE POSIE?”

“DOUBLE YEAH.” SHE SCOOTED PAST THEM AND WENT INTO THE

BATHROOM, SAYING; “ONE MINUTE.” SHE PULLED THE DRESS OVER HER

HEAD, WENT INTO HER POCKETBOOK, RETRIEVED SOME TOYS AND PUT THEM

IN THEIR MOST USEFUL PLACES. SHE EXITED TO FIND THE DOOR SHUT, BLINDS OPEN AND THREE GUYS SITTING ON CHAIRS VERY RED. SHE

SLITHERED AND DANCED OVER TO ONE WITH HER EYES ON THE PRIZE.

SHE DID THAT A SHORT TIME AND THEN ENGAGED THE OTHER TWO, NOT

WANTING THEM TO FEEL IGNORED. SHE PROCEEDED TO SPEND THE NEXT

HOUR PLEASANTLY, TO PERIODIC CALLS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND

QUESTIONS ABOUT HER DEGREE OF ENJOYMENT, FINALLY BEING REWARDED

WITH A SIX PACK. SHE THOUGHT; “THE SACRED MEETS THE PROFANE.”

WHEN THE MEN LEFT, ONE TOOK HER DRESS WITH HIM, SAYING;

“BENITO TOLD ME THAT YOU REALLY LOVE BEING NATURAL.” THE TRIO

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SMILED AND LEFT. SHE WASN’T ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH THE BRIEF, PERFUNCTORY PERFORMANCE AND LOOKED AT HERSELF IN THE BATHROOM

MIRROR, THINKING OF ALL THE POSSIBILITIES, KNOWING THAT THE

THREE WERE HAVING THE SAME THOUGHTS, BUT WERE PROBABLY INCAPABLE

OF PUTTING THEM INTO ACTION. SHE WENT OUT THE DOOR, BUT FELT

THAT COOL NIGHT BREEZE UNDER THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS AND DECIDED

TO DRIVE, LETTING THE ROOM DOOR SHUT BEHIND HER.

SHE TURNED THE KEY, BUT THE DAMN THING ONLY REPLIED WITH

“UMMGH,” THEN SILENCE. SHE TRIED A FEW TIMES AND GOT THE SAME

RESPONSE WITH A SLIGHTLY SHORTER VERSION OF “UMMGH” EACH

ATTEMPT. SHE THOUGHT; “WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW?” AND SAT THERE A FEW MINUTES. AFTER EXPERIENCING A FEW GIGGLES FROM COUPLES

COMING AND GOING FROM OTHER ROOMS, SHE DECIDED TO WALK TO THE

OFFICE AND GET A “JUMP.” SHE WALKED SLOWLY AND CONFIDENTLY, IMAGINING HERSELF UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND ENTERED THE QUIET

OFFICE TO SEE A YOUNG BLACK MAN STANDING BEHIND THE DESK. HE

SMILED WHEN HE SAW HER GET PANTINGLY EXCITED AT THE NEW POSSIBLE

FLAVOR OF THE EVENING. PURE MERRIMENT ON BOTH PARTS. SHE

CLEARED HER THROAT, SWALLOWED AND TOLD HIM HER PREDICAMENT.

HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GETTING OFF DUTY SOON AND THAT HIS

FRIEND WAS COMING BY TO GIVE HIM A RIDE HOME AND THAT THEY COULD

JUMP HER BATTERY.

SHE THANKED HIM AND SHOWED HER APPRECIATION. IN A FEW

MINUTES A RED FOUR DOOR SOUPED-UP DODGE PARKED IN FRONT OF THE

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OFFICE. THE OCCUPANTS WERE SONNY, DORETTE AND CORRINE, WHO ALL

ENTERED THE OFFICE. WHEN SHE HEARD THE DOOR, POSIE LOOKED UP AS

SONNY SAID; “BEAUTIFUL, RUSS. I GUESS YOU’RE NOT QUITE READY TO

LEAVE.” HE TURNED BACK TOWARD THE DOOR AND POSIE SAID; “PLEASE

STAY. I NEED LOTS OF COMPANY TONIGHT.”

SONNY STOPPED AND SMILED. DORETTE SAID; “YOU INTO BIG

CHOCOLATE?”

POSIE SMILED AND DORETTE REMOVED HER SHOES, SAYING; “SHOW

ME, SLAVE.” THE GROUP HAD JUST STOPPED AT A FAST FOOD PLACE AND

POSIE ENJOYED COUNTLESS FLAVOR NUANCES FROM THEIR PACKAGE. SHE

THOUGHT; “THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE ARE THE SAME THING.”

RUSS SAW HIS REPLACEMENT PARK NEAR THE OFFICE AND SAID;

“NUMBER 111 IS PAID FOR ALL NIGHT. LET’S ALL GO OVER THERE.”

POSIE STOOD UP AND TWO MEN TOOK HER BY THE HAND, SLOWLY OUT THE

DOOR AND THE FIVE MOSIED OVER THERE, IN VIEW OF A NUMBER OF

CURIOUS EYES. WHEN THEY ENTERED, SONNY SAID; “YOU GIRLS HAVE

SOME FUN FIRST. RUSS AND I ARE GOING TO JUMP HER CAR. SONNY

AND RUSS WATCHED THROUGH THE WINDOW AS THEY TOOK CARE OF POSIE’S

PROBLEM.

THEY RE-ENTERED, SONNY RESUMING HIS FRONT DOOR

PREDILECTION. POSIE KEPT GETTING ORDERS FROM EACH OF THE FOUR

AND HAPPILY DID HER BEST TO DO WHAT WAS DEMANDED OF HER, AS IT

WAS THEIR PACKAGE SHE WAS ENJOYING. SHE WISHED KALE WAS AT THE

WINDOW LEERING.

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AFTER EVERYONE WAS TIRED, SONNY, RUSS, DORETTE AND CORRINE

LEFT. RUSS GRABBED HIS DRUMSTICK AND SAID; “WHENEVER YOU WANT

ANY MORE, YOU KNOW WHERE I AM.” POSIE PLAYED SOLITAIRE ON THE

FLOOR. AFTER TEN MINUTES, SHE WENT TO THE CAR AND DROVE HOME, VERY, VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE KALE.

HE WAS WEARING A ROBE AND WAS FAMISHED, WAITING IN THE

KITCHEN. SHE COYLY SAID; “DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE HUNGRY. YOU’RE

NOT EVEN PROPERLY DRESSED FOR DINNER.” AS HE GOT OUT OF THE

PROPER ATTIRE, SHE HEATED UP SOME EGGS AND BACON. WHEN READY, SHE PULLED HIM UPSTAIRS AS HE SNIFFED AT THE AROMATIC MEAL. SHE

SAT IN A PLUSHY CHAIR WHILE HE SLOWLY SAVORED THE FULL PLATE, LISTENING TO HER RECENT ADVENTURES.

Posie closed Kale’s book and said; “Oooh, what a wicked baby. Would you like to see me with other men and women?”

“Only in my head.”

“Best sex organ ever created. Feed your head, baby.” Posie leaned back and sat comfortably. He proceeded to use his crown for that which it was made. Much later church bells rang, the gong swaying without a breeze.

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