The Marge Vincent Stor by Ausin Mitchell - HTML preview

Chapter Two

The next day, Dickie was at his house when Aileen called him. Rain was simply pouring down.

“Dickie, who did you take to that party last night?”

“Since you didn’t come, I won’t tell you. And you didn’t offer a good excuse.”

“You took Camille and was dancing with her, but you took her home. You came back and was dancing with Jody. Then you took her down to the Hill View hotel to sleep with you.”

“You had somebody spying on me?”

“I won’t attend any more parties with you. You can go back to her and leave me alone.”

“You’re to blame, when I want you with me, you’re always somewhere else.”

“Don’t blame me for you sleeping around. By the way it’s all over the place that you and Marge are lovers. I understand that Dillon has heard and is ready to burst a vein in his head.”

“I’ve heard the rumor, but it’s just not true,” he said and ended the call.

***

An hour later, his cell phone rang. Marge was on the line. He wondered what she wanted. Maybe she was leaving Dillon and wanted him to tell her what to do. The rain was still falling.

“Ever since you came up here, there has been this rumor that you’re sleeping with me. Are you the one who started it? I know you wouldn’t mind if it was true. You haven’t done anything to stop it.”

“I’m not the one who started it, nor spreading it. My girlfriend even asked me about it and I told her that it wasn’t true.”

“If Dillon hears about it, he’ll be very angry.”

“Why should he be when he knows that they’re nothing more than rumors?”

“He says that you have a bad reputation with women. Is that true?”

“Of course not, I don’t know where he got that from. Will you be coming to the part tonight?”

“Sure, he and I will be coming.”

“Can I dance with you?”

“He won’t allow it.”

“Why not, we would just be dancing. I don’t see why he would object.”

“You will be coming, so why not bring your girlfriend and dance with her? What’s so special about dancing with me?”

“Because you’re a special kind of woman.”

“Are you trying to flirt with me?”

“No, just telling you the truth.”

She laughed.

“If your girlfriend comes to the party with you, she won’t want you to dance with any other woman,” she said and ended the call.

***

After being rebuffed by Marge, he decided to call Jean. Jean

was on her veranda when her cell phone rang. Dickie was on the line.

“Will you be at the party tonight?”

“Sure, I’ll be there, but with Reece, my boyfriend.”

“Can I dance with you?”

“You’ll have Aileen there with you. Why would you want to dance with me?”

“Just as a matter of courtesy. When people go to parties, they don’t necessarily spend the whole night dancing with one person.”

“Reece doesn’t want me to dance with anybody else, but him.”

“Aileen is quite liberal. She wouldn’t object to me dancing with you.”

“The answer is still no. Maybe you can try Marge. There’s a big rumor out there about you and her.”

“That’s all it is, a baseless rumor.”

“Tell that to Dillon. I heard that he’s fit to be tied,” she said and ended the call.

***

Dickie was about to enter the party when Dillon came over to him. He was surprised at how dry the dancing area was as it was drizzling earlier in the evening.

“Dickie, I heard that you’re calling Marge’s name, saying that you have her eating out of your hands.”

“I don’t know where those rumors came from. I didn’t start them.”

“You have to wish that you were sleeping with her in your dreams,” he told him and went into the party to look for her.

Dickie and Camille went inside the party and started dancing together. He saw Jody, but she was dancing by herself. She was dressed in a tank top, a blue shorts and slippers. Camille was dressed in jeans, a polo shirt and slippers. He had on a sports shirt, jeans and sneakers. Jody behaved as if she didn’t see him. He and Camille were still dancing together an hour later when Aileen barged into the party.

“Hey, girl, Jody, what did you go down to the Hill View hotel to sleep with Dickie for?”

“Because he asked me and I wanted to.”

“He gave you money to go with him, didn’t he?”

“What business of yours is that?”

She turned to Camille.

“Camille, I thought you had a man. So why are you here with Dickie?”

“I’m here because he invited me to this party.”

“You and Jody, he was planning to sleep with both of you tonight.”

Dickie decided to intervene.

“Aileen, go home and cool off. You’re just talking a lot of foolishness.”

“I’m not going home and you can’t make me.”

He saw Camille going through the gate. He was just in time to see her get into a taxi. He shouted at her, but the taxi drove away. He returned inside. Aileen was still dancing by herself as was Jody. He returned outside and sat in his car. Half an hour later, Aileen came outside. She paid him no mind when he called to her. She simply jumped into a taxi which sped away. He returned inside the party. Dillon was still there dancing with Marge and Jean with Reece. At first, he didn’t see Jody, but after a while he saw her in a corner sitting on a small bench. He went over to her. She didn’t turn around when he touched her.

“Jody, are you all right?”

She turned around.

“Are you all right, Dickie? Where are Aileen and Camille?”

“They’ve gone home. I don’t know why.”

“Is it true that you planned to sleep with me and Camille tonight?”

“Of course not, she was just speculating. Do you want anything to eat or drink?”

She told him what she wanted. He went and bought food and drinks for both of them. He brought them back and they sat and had it.

“I like you a lot, but I don’t want Aileen to accuse me of taking away her man.”

“She and I had this arrangement that we’d spend alternative weekends at each other’s house. She’s not doing that, so what does she expect me to do? I’m at the point of leaving her.”

“Is it because you’re looking Marge or is it Jean?”

“Neither of them and I are friends.”