Sandra Todd lay back, stretched out on the canvass deck chair,
enjoying the feel of the sun on her skin. She had only been in Mexico
for a day now, and her skin, which had been left pale by the mid-western
winter, was only just beginning to tan. By the time Scott returned, she
wanted to be all "golden" for him. That was his pet name for
her: "golden". She wanted to surprise him when he got back;
making the name a reality.
The sun beat down...
The thought of her fiance's absence cast a cloud over her feeling of
well-being. Sandra and Scott had become engaged just over two months
ago, and planned on getting married as soon as he got his business up
and running. She wanted to make it sooner, but he was so busy these
days, getting things set up. He had such big plans... Well, it was
difficult, but if everything worked out for him in Mexico City over the
next four or five days, his business would be off to a flying start.
'You deserve the best,' he always told her, 'and I'm going to make sure
you have it.' Sandra sighed. He was always so worried about money.
Still, if things worked out as he planned, they'd be very wealthy.
Extremely wealthy. Sandra, whose family had died when she was only six
and who had been raised, poor, in an orphanage, couldn't help but look
forward to that. All her life, she had envied people with money. The
style... the confidence... She had always wished that she could be like
them one day. And now, with Scott, that dream was coming true.
"If you don't turn over, you'll burn on the front."
Startled from her thoughts, Sandra shielded her eyes from the sun and
looked upwards from where she lay. The speaker was a woman. She appeared
to be somewhere in her mid-twenties - about the same age as Sandra;
slender and long-legged, with small, firm breasts. Sandra sat up in
order to get a better look at the woman. Without the sun in her eyes,
Sandra saw that the other woman had an attractive, if not beautiful
face, with a large, generous mouth and wide, blue eyes. Her face was
nicely set off with short, blonde hair, swept over her forehead in a
boyish wave. She looked vaguely familiar, but Sandra couldn't place her.
"I'm sorry." The woman smiled. "I didn't mean to
embarrass you. You seemed to be falling asleep in the sun. Getting
burned to a crisp is a bad way to start a vacation."
"Uhmm... it's OK. I, uh..." Sandra immediately felt tongue-
tied and shy. From the expensive cut of her swimsuit and the confident
tone of her voice, the woman was obviously one of those rich, beautiful
types Sandra had just been thinking about. She always felt like such a
bumpkin around such people.
The woman just laughed, though, ignoring Sandra's stutter, and held
out her hand. "My name is Theresa," she offered. "'Terry'
to my friends."
Sandra blushed. She pushed herself to her feet and took the hand.
"Sandra," she offered, shyly.
The two women shook hands.
"Why don't you join me in the bar," Terry suggested,
smiling. "You look like you've had enough sun for a while."
Sandra couldn't help but return the smile; her face *was* beginning
to feel a bit sore. She wanted to be brown for Scott; not red.
"Sure," she answered. "That sounds great."
Terry nodded at this acceptance. "Shall we invite your fiance to
join us?"
Sandra was startled for a moment. "How did you..."
Terry laughed and pointed to Sandra's hand.
Of course.
The ring.
Sandra blushed again. "No," she said, smiling ruefully.
"Scott's in Mexico City for the next few days. Business."
Terry shook her head as she put her hand on her new friend's shoulder
to guide her back into the hotel.
"Men," she chuckled.
*****
Men.
The bar was packed.
Men... mostly, with only the occasional woman, someone's lover,
mistress, tourist women out for a wild time; pretty much what one would
expect in a place like this. Despite the fact that the bar was on the
grounds of a fairly popular beach resort in Mexico, it was a smoky,
poorly lit place. Except for the catwalk, of course, where the dancers
bumped and ground their way through a seemingly endless sequence of
cheap strip teases and explicit sexual acts. All to the drunken jeers of
the men.
The strippers/waitresses were white girls.
Mostly were fairly young.
All beautiful.
And, what their acts seemed to lack in polish, they made up for with
the half-hidden sense of panic and fear in their eyes. The men sensed
it, and it drove them wild. Even as the bar sluts shook their tits and
wiggled their asses under the hot lights, bright red lips pursed in
more-or-less successful simulations of lust, their eyes would stray over
to the corner of the room where *he* stood. Even as they filtered
through the room in whatever skimpy costume assigned to them that night,
gathering drink orders and crude propositions, their eyes would stray to
that corner of the room. And often, after a brief conversation with a
customer, a conversation during which the girl would smile and do her
best to act seductive and eager, the man would stand and the girl would
lead him over to where the man - Pedro - stood.
And, after a certain amount of money had changed hands, the girl
would take the man through a curtained doorway into a back room...
*****
First one drink.
Then two; then three...
Over the course of the afternoon and then into the evening, Sandra
and Terry chatted happily with each other. Sandra eventually got over
her shyness, and, with the aid of a few drinks, was soon telling her new
friend her life story. Sandra was flattered that the other woman was so
interested. In fact, Terry seemed to be hanging on every word, listening
intently and always ready with a question or prompt whenever Sandra
began to run down. In a way, it was this interest that drew Sandra out.
The fact that a woman as obviously experienced - perhaps
"worldly" was a better word - as Terry was so interested in
her life gave Sandra the courage to talk freely.
And so, Terry listened patiently while Sandra recounted her
upbringing in the small American town of Easton, Illinois. About how her
parents had been killed in a car accident when she was only six; about
how she had no family and had been raised in an orphanage; about how she
had worked her way through college; and, finally, about how she had met
Scott.
Scott.
Her fiance.
About how Scott was now in Mexico City, trying to take advantage of
NAFTA and put together a business deal which, if it closed, would make
him a very rich man. Sandra had wanted to get married before the trip -
*she* didn't care about the money (well, not much anyway) - but Scott
was kind of old fashioned. He wanted to *know* that he would be able to
support a family.
If Sandra hadn't been drinking, or if she hadn't been so flattered by
all the attention, she might have noticed that her new friend was as
reticent about her own background as she was forthcoming about her's.
She might have noticed that the few bits of information the other girl
did give out - that she was born in raised in Bakerville, California;
that she had come down to Mexico on vacation and met a handsome, young
Mexican with whom she was "unofficially" engaged - were
relatively vague and uninformative. No details; just hints and shadows.
She didn't notice, though, and the two girls laughed and talked into
the night.
*****
The girl hustled along as best she could in the high-heeled cowboy
boots, her firm, round ass wiggling invitingly beneath the tight,
fake-buckskin mini-skirt. A tiny cowboy hat sat on top of her thick,
shoulder length brown hair, and a pair of pasties shaped like big stars
- with the word "Sheriff" on them - stuck on her nipples
completed her costume. Other than the pasties, her firm breasts hung
free, bobbing and swinging as she walked. A wide, inviting smile creased
her pretty face as she took orders, all the time joking and flirting
with the customers. It was extremely busy in the bar, and, having
finished her nightly stint on the catwalk, she was fully occupied taking
orders and serving drinks, all the while trying to avoid the slaps and
pinches that threatened to turn her tits and ass black and blue.
And all the time smiling... joking... flirting...
Twisting away from a particularly vicious grab at her bouncing tits -
careful, as always, to keep a smile on her face; didn't want any
complaints reaching Pedro's ears - she backed into a table. There were
three men and two women sitting there: two couples and a friend. One of
the men, the one who was not part of a couple, snaked a hairy arm around
her waist and pulled her close, while his other hand stroked her ass
through the mini- skirt. She tried to ignore him as she took orders, but
he jerked her right up against him, slipped his hand down the front of
her mini-skirt and pushed a finger into her pussy. It was still wet with
the juices of the man she had fucked only fifteen minutes earlier. The
guy commented on this as he fingered her. The rest of the table,
including the two women, watched with amusement as she squirmed in his
grip, still keeping the smile plastered on her face, trying to look like
she was flirting, rather than trying to escape.
Wouldn't do to let any complaints reach...
"Hey..." The man slurred his words. He was obviously drunk,
and playing up to his friends. "Ya know wha' these slu's
like?" The man forced a second rough finger up her sopping pussy.
"What?" giggled one of the girls.
"Yeah," the other girl laughed, putting her arm around her
boyfriend. "Show us."
The cowgirl swallowed uneasily, still smiling as the man; she
strained to pull away, but didn't actively fight.
It wasn't allowed.
"OK." The man leaned forward. "Wash..."
Even drunk, he was much stronger than the cowgirl. Using the two
fingers in her pussy as a handle, he forced the girl to her knees and
then pulled her under the table. Once she was completely under, he
slipped his fingers out from inside her and used them to undo his pants
while the other hand kept a firm grip in her hair.
"C'mon, honey," he slurred. "Give it a li'l
suck."
"I... I can't," the girl whined, the smile gone from her
pretty face. "N-not here. Pedro will..."
"Sure y'can," the man told her. "I'll pay."
He gripped his cock and rubbed it against her face and lips. She was
completely under the table now, and the other people had shifted their
position so that she was surrounded. She couldn't be seen from the bar,
so no one came to her aid when the man forced her mouth onto his cock.
Helplessly, she began to suck it, bobbing her lips down on his dripping
cock.
"Jimmy," came a female voice from above, "are you sure
we won't get into..."
"Don' worry," the man. "Th' sluts lov't."
The girl felt a foot on her ass. "This *is* kind of fun,"
came another female voice from above. The foot ran along her ass and
then, twisting sideways, slid in between her legs. If her mouth hadn't
been full of cock, the cowgirl would have screamed as she felt the toes
sliding underneath her mini-skirt and into her pussy.
She wasn't wearing panties.
Anxious to finish before things got worse, the girl sucked as hard
and as skilfully as she could, slurping and licking at the man's prick
while fondling his balls with her fingers as he kept his hand tightly
bunched in her hair. The toes penetrated deeper and deeper, until it
felt as though the woman had inserted half her foot into the girl's
pussy before the man finally came, spurting jets of hot, sticky cum down
her throat. Only after she had swallowed it all down and then licked his
cock clean did the man release his grip on her hair and allow her to
crawl out from under the table. The bar was so crowded and dark, no one
even noticed as she straightened her little cowboy hat, wiped the cum
from her lips, and hurried off to fill the drink orders.
Still smiling...
*****
Sandra and Terry quickly became inseparable. They spent their days
lounging around the pool together, or wandering along the beach into the
resort town. Terry's skin had at first been much darker than her new
friend's, but Sandra tanned quickly and the two girls were soon equally
brown. In fact, Terry had made a contest of it: who could tan the
fastest.
Sandra won.
Early evenings were spent in expensive restaurants. Sandra had, at
first, balked at the prices, but Terry had just laughed, telling her
friend to "get used to it". She seemed confident that Scott
would succeed. On the first night, Sandra tried to pay for half the
meal, but the other girl quickly pulled out some sort of Gold Card and
sent the suddenly-even-more-obsequious waiter scurrying away with it to
total the bill.
"I can't let you do that," Sandra protested, impressed.
"Oh, don't worry about it," Terry told her. "Once that
deal comes through for Scott, you can take me out."
Sandra smiled. "Deal."
After dinner, Terry usually insisted on going out to some fancy
nightclub for dancing. She seemed to know them all and, more than that,
be known at them all. Once again, Sandra had tried to protest - too
expensive; nothing to wear; don't know anyone - but the other girl
brushed off all attempts at refusal. She just pulled out the Gold Card,
and, when clothing became an issue, she loaned Sandra whatever she
needed.
Sandra, overwhelmed by the attention, capitulated, and let the other
girl take the lead. And so, each night was spent at a different resort
'hot spot'. For Sandra, the nights became a blur of loud music, flashing
lights and too much alcohol. Usually, by the time they got to the clubs,
the two girls had shared a bottle of wine, a cocktail or two and a
special coffee. Sandra was unused to alcohol, and was usually pleasantly
buzzed by the time dinner was over. Hence, she offered little protest
when her friend dressed her up in expensive clothing and pulled her
along to whatever club struck her fancy.
And, of course, there was the dancing.
Terry seemed determined that Sandra was to have a good time at the
clubs. She would make certain that her friend had a new drink in her
hand whenever the old one was finished. As well, she was constantly
finding partners for her friend to dance with. At first, Sandra felt a
little guilty; Scott was away working hard in Mexico City while she was
at the resort dancing with strange men. But, after a while, she began to
enjoy it. Even the flirting that inevitably accompanied the activity on
the dance floor.
Nothing ever came of it, though.
Just a lot of fun.
If she had been watching, Sandra might have noticed that Terry never
joined in the dancing.
At the end of each evening, usually the small hours of the morning,
Terry would take her friend back to her hotel. Sandra, exhausted and
more than a little drunk, would collapse giggling into bed and quickly
fall asleep.
This pattern continued for the four days that Scott was in Mexico
City.
*****
"Hey babe," the man cried, laughing, "have a
seat." He grabbed her shoulder and pulled so that she fell back
onto his lap, her cowboy hat sliding off her head and hanging by the
chin strap. A look of panic crossed the girl's pretty face, but only for
a moment. Letting out a loud, high-pitched giggle, she turned to him
and, careful first to shake her star-covered tits in his face, she
brought her lips down to his for a long, passionate kiss. When it
finally broke, their tongues were intimately acquainted, and the man was
breathing heavily.
"Hey," he whispered, looking up at her as she sat on his
lap, "what's your name?"
"Sindy," she purred, shaking her thick, brown hair back on
her shoulder, "with a capital 'S'." Keeping one arm wrapped
around his shoulders, she slipped her hand down under his pants and gave
his cock a quick squeeze, careful to slide her long, slender fingers
along the moist tip of his cock. Smiling a pouty little smile, she
brought the hand up to her lips and gave it a long, slow lick.
"Mmmmm..." she moaned, running her tongue along the outside of
her finger. "Tastes yummy."
The man swallowed. "Uhm... is there anywhere we can... can
go?" he stuttered.
"Yes," she told him, still running her tongue along her
lips, "but you have to talk to him first." The girl, Sindy,
pointed towards the man standing in the corner: Pedro. Without another
word, the man pushed her off his lap and began pulling her across the
room.
Towards Pedro.
The look of lust on Sindy's face was immediately replaced with a look
of relief. If she earned less than her quota...
*****
Finally, the call came.
It was Scott. The trip was a success. The deal was signed and would
close within the month. He'd be on the next flight back from Mexico
City, arriving at 5:00 p.m. that same day.
Sandra was beside herself. Despite the fact that it was only 10:00 in
the morning (the two girls had been out at a club until nearly 4:00 a.m.
the night before), she immediately called Terry. The other girl answered
the phone, still groggy with sleep. She quickly woke up and seemed
equally excited when she heard the news, and suggested that Sandra do
something special to welcome her fiance back. She suggested that Sandra
get a full makeover before going to the airport. Sandra balked,
thinking, as always, of the cost, but Terry said that it would be her
treat. Sandra quickly agreed, thinking about how she would like to greet
her fiance looking her best.
About an hour later, Terry picked her up and drove her to a nearby
salon. Terry seemed to know the receptionist, and, to the glares of a
number of other waiting clients, the two girls were immediately ushered
into a private room at the back. Once again, Sandra was impressed by
this treatment.
Amazing what money could do.
Under Terry's instructions, they gave Sandra the full treatment:
makeup, hairstyling and colouring (Sandra had protested, but Terry
insisted); nails... the works. It seemed to take hours.
Finally, they were done.
Sandra looked at herself in the mirror and gasped. She looked almost
exactly like...
"It's amazing, isn't it?" Sandra whirled around to see her
friend grinning at her. She was holding what looked to be some sort of
a... a wig? "I didn't really notice it until they cut your hair.
That's why I suggested the colour."
Sandra was torn between being anger and laughter. She did not really
like the way the other girl had imposed on her, but... well, she *had*
always admired the other girl's sophisticated look; she just hadn't
realized how much she actually resembled her friend. They could be
sisters.
Or twins.
"And look at this," Terry grinned. "I found it next
door." She pulled the brown-haired wig onto her head and adjusted
it over her short, blonde hair.
"Oh my god." Once again, Sandra was stunned. The wig looked
almost exactly like her own hair before it was cut. With the wig on,
Terry now resembled Sandra, just as Sandra now looked like Terry. The
two girls stared at their reflections for a few moments and then burst
into a fit of giggles as they tried to imitate each other's expressions
and mannerisms.
It was Terry who suggested that she accompany Sandra to the airport
in the wig and in Sandra's clothes while Sandra was to dress like Terry.
Sandra agreed, laughing. It would be a great joke to play on Scott. The
thought of her fiance arriving at the airport to be confronted with the
two identical women dressed as each other was impossible to resist.
Besides, she was curious to see if Scott would recognize her.
Terry arranged to pick Sandra up from her hotel later that afternoon
and drive her out to the airport.
*****
Ted Trumble sighed happily, looking around the crowded bar. It was
always good to take some time off, particulary after a long circuit
through mid-west. The way things were with farms these days, a guy
couldn't sell a shovel, much less the John Deere tractors and other
machinery that were Trumble's stock in trade. Still, the sales trip
hadn't been a complete failure, and Trumble had decided to reward
himself with a quick vacation at Pedro's.
Now, which slut did he...
His eye landed almost immediately upon the girl dressed as a cowgirl.
She was hustling across the room with a 'client', shaking her tight ass
in the sexy, exaggerated manner common to all of Pedro's girls. He had
seen her on stage earlier in the evening, and had felt a strong
attraction. It was not that she was more beautiful than the other girls
- quite the contrary; there were a number of available girls who were
much better looking than she was. It was just the sense of... well,
newness.
And fear.
Almost innocence.
She was clearly new to Pedro's establishment.
And Trumble wanted her.
He watched as she said goodbye to the other man with a long kiss,
and, when she turned in his direction, he waved her over. He watched
cynically as she arranged her face in a welcoming smile and then walked
over, hips swinging and breasts bobbing.
"Hi there," she purred. "What can I do for you?"
Trumble smirked. Almost convincing... but he didn't have time for the
foreplay. He didn't want to talk to these girls; he wanted to fuck them.
"Well," he drawled, "for starters, you can take my fat
cock up your slut ass. How does that sound?"
The girl's smile slipped for a second, but was quickly replaced by a
look of lust. Not bad, Trumble admitted; she was learning fast. He hoped
he wasn't too late.
"That sounds gooood," she purred, "but first we have
to..."
"I know all about Pedro, slut. Let's go."
He turned and walked across the room towards the corner where Pedro
sat waiting. Trumble didn't turn around. He knew the girl would
follow...
*****
Terry's Mercedes sped across the long, level stretch of open land
that separated the airport from the resort, powerful and silent. As they
had planned, Terry was wearing Sandra's clothing - a pair of jeans and a
tee-shirt - while Sandra had chosen some items from Terry's closet - an
elegant, knee length skirt and white blouse. Sandra grinned happily as
they drove; she couldn't wait to see Scott's reaction.
They approached and then passed a car stopped at the side of the
road. The hood was open and two men were peering inside. One of them
looked up and waved as the Mercedes approached. Terry immediately
applied the brakes.
Sandra looked around, worried. "I don't think this is a good
idea." There were no other cars in sight.
"Oh, it's OK," Terry answered, dismissing her fears.
"I know them." She pulled her Mercedes onto the shoulder just
behind the other car. "Let's just see if they need a ride, or
something."
Reassured, Sandra got out of the car and followed her friend. She
came around behind the other vehicle and was just about to speak when
she felt an arm encircle her neck from behind. Trembling, she opened her
mouth to call for Terry, but a thick wad of cloth was placed over her
face. It smelled funny. She tried to hold her breath, but it was no use;
she felt herself getting weaker and weaker.
As her senses faded, she heard:
"...and do it right." It was Terry.
"Are you certain... real damage... might..."
"I know what..."
Everything went black.
*****
Trumble wasn't subtle.
As soon as the cowgirl entered his hotel room, he grabbed her arm and
spun her around, sending her tumbling onto the bed. She fell heavily,
knocking his jacket and overnight bag onto the floor.
"Slut," he sneered, "You like it up the ass, don't
you?"
He watched as the girl fought to maintain her smile. This was what he
loved; taking the new ones and fucking their hot little asses off.
And watching them pretend to like it.
"Oh yes," she breathed, voice trembling slightly.
"Please fuck me in the ass."
"Whore." He grabbed a fistful of hair, knocking her
ridiculous cowboy hat to the floor, and jammed her face up against his
crotch. "You've got about thirty seconds to get it wet before I
shove it up your shithole."
Moaning, the girl reached up and fumbled with his zipper. Thirty
seconds; she was new, but she knew what it felt like to be dry-fucked up
the ass. After a few moments of frantic effort, she got his zipper down
and slid his cock free of his pants. It was already hard. Panting with
fear or lust, she slipped her lips over his cock and began sucking at
it, trying desperately to get it as wet as possible. Trumble smiled as
he looked down at her face, almost entirely covered with a curtain of
thick, brown hair. Even now, even in her near panic, she was moaning as
she sucked, trying to make it sound like she was horny - like she was
enjoying herself.
Poor bitch.
"That's enough." He shoved her back onto the bed. Her lips
made a soft popping sound as they slid free of his now glistening cock.
"Roll over." The girl, turned over onto her stomach. "Up
you go," he ordered, deliberately phrasing his orders to sound as
though he was addressing a dog. "C'mon... on all fours. That's
right... wiggle your ass... good girl..."
He climbed on the bed behind her where she was crouched on all fours,
legs splayed and asshole completely exposed. Just at the perfect height
for him to... shove... his... cock... into...
"Ahhhh...."
Despite her training - despite her dire fear of Pedro - the girl
couldn't help but let out a cry of absolute horror and pain as Trumble
buried his cock deep in her tight ass with one brutal shove. Completely
encased in her tight, quivering shithole, the salesman leaned forward
and held his position, giving her time adjust. Not much fun if she
fainted...
After a few moments, her breathing steadied. He leaned back and
slapped her on the side of her ass. "Slut," he growled.
"You love it, don't you?"
"Yesssss," she panted, trying to sound sexy, "I love
it."
"Just an ass slut, aren't you?"
"Yes," she groaned. "I'm an ass slut. Please fuck
me."
Trumble grinned.
Whatever the little lady wanted.
With another slap on her thigh, he began plowing his big cock in and
out of her ass. Trying to lessen the pain, the girl widened her legs,
and was soon pressing back against him. Her breath came in short bursts
as she grunted in time with his thrusts.
Simulated passion: "Uh... Uh... Uh..."
"Fuckin' bitch," he groaned, picking up the pace,
"gonna ream you out. Gonna fuck you so bad..." He thrust
harder and harder, slapping his thighs against her upturned rear,
lurching back and forth as he sawed his cock in and out of her stretched
asshole. The girl groaned and panted for breath, still trying to sound
excited as the salesman steadily increased the tempo. Gradually, her
grunts became higher and higher, eventually resembling the squealing of
a pig more than groans of lust: "Eee... Eeee... Eeeeee...".
Finally...
"Take it, bitch!" He stiffened, leaning forward and
clutching hard at her tits, as he came, groaning in pleasure as he shot
rope after rope of jism up her abused asshole. In response, the girl
wiggled her ass and gave out a loud wail: faking an orgasm as best she
could under the conditions. Eventually, he eased up, sighing. Giving her
ass a final slap, he slipped his rapidly deflating cock from her
shithole. A thin trail of sperm joined his cock to the hole in which it
had recently been buried, but fell away down her thigh as he got up off
the bed. Spent, he had no more use for the bitch.
"I'm goin' to the can," he told her as she panted and
groaned on the bed. "When I come out, I want you gone. Got that,
cumbag?"
"Yes sir." No longer even trying to be sexy, her voice
sounded small and frightened.
Defeated.
Grinning to himself, Trumble ambled into the washroom and closed the
door...
*****
When she awoke, her hands were bound tightly behind her back with
rope and her mouth was stuffed with a foul smelling rag. Coughing,
Sandra tried to spit it out, but it seemed to be tied in place. She
twisted her wrists, trying to pull them free, but they were held fast. A
sob of fear racked her body as she struggled to sit up. She was lying on
a hard pallet in some sort of wood hut. The room was dark, but she could
just make out the shape of a cheap wooden table and a heavy chest set
back against the wall.
Groaning behind the gag, she tried to swing her legs off the pallet.
Maybe she could...
The door banged open.
Sandra gasped and cringed back. Squinting against the light, she
watched as a small man walked slowly into the room. He appeared to be
Mexican, with dark hair and skin, but she didn't recognize him. It was
hard to make out the details in the darkened room. The man walked up to
the pallet and stared down in silence, a dark, menacing shape in the
shadowed room. Then, without warning, he bent down and struck her hard
across the face.
Sandra squealed, more in shock than in pain, and tried to roll away.
"Bitch," the man spat, straightening. He spoke with a
heavily accented english. This confused Sandra even further; she didn't
know any Mexican men. "You think you can leave me just like
that?" The man turned and began to pace angrily in the small room.
"I told you; I warned you... yet you disobeyed me; laughed in my
face. I come back from business to find that you've been whoring
yourself at half the meatmarkets in town while I've been away. And
putting it on my card!" He tore a piece of paper from a pocket.
"And then this! Do you think you can say goodbye like this? Tell me
that I'm a..." He glanced at the paper for a moment and then looked
up. "...a 'lousy lover.'" The last two words were spat out
like poison. The man tore the piece of paper in two and tossed it away.
He fell silent for a moment while Sandra quietly sobbed on the pallet.
She didn't understand what was going on here; all she knew was that she
was frightened and wanted to go home. Where was Scott? Why didn't he...
"OK." The man spoke again. His voice was calmer, but he was
tightly wound. "Alright. You don't want me. Fine. You say you want
to see other men. That's fine too. That can be arranged." The man
strode over to the side of the pallet, gripped Sandra's face in his hand
and shook it. "I'll see you get all the men you can handle,"
he whispered.
Abruptly, he let go and straightened up. With a sigh, he walked back
to the door. He stood for a moment, framed in the opening, and then
turned back. "I... I..." He muttered something in Spanish and
then turned away. "Theresa," he whispered, closing the door.
"Theresa."
Theresa!
"Mmmmm." Sandra sat up on the bed, trying desperately to
say something, to protest, but it was too late. The door closed, leaving
her in darkness...
*****
Ahhh...
That was better.
Trumble eased himself off the toilet and flushed.
All in all, it had been a great evening. Almost enough to make up for
the last few weeks spent driving across the mid-west trying to sell...
The big man froze as he walked out of the washroom.
The girl was still there! She was lying, half-dressed on the bed,
staring at the front page of some sort of newspaper.
"What the fuck are you..."
The girl looked up. Tears streamed down her face and the newspaper
trembled in her hand. She seemed to be trying to say something, but
nothing came out.
Caught off guard, Trumble almost felt sorry for her.
Almost.
"I told you to get the fuck out of here, bitch," he yelled,
striding forward and grabbing the paper from her trembling hand.
"Now get!" He grabbed her by the hair, dragged her to the
door, and shoved her, still half dressed, out into the hallway.
"I'll be talking to Pedro in the morning," he promised her,
and slammed the door.
Shaking with anger, the salesman walked over the bed and sat down
heavily. What the fuck was the little cum sack reading about anyway?
Curious, he picked up the paper she had been holding. It was some
two-bit weekly rag from one of the numerous hick towns he had been
hitting the last few weeks: place by the name of Easton.
He looked at the front page and grunted.
Nothing much there.
Just some hokey story about a local wedding; about how a hometown boy
- a self-made millionaire from the story - was marrying a girl he'd met
at college: Sandra something-or-other. There was a short bit about their
recent vacation in Mexico that Trumble thought might point to some
connection - something about the girl being mugged and suffering
temporary amnesia; and about how the guy had stood by her - but that was
it.
Trumble shrugged his shoulders and tossed the paper into the bin. It
was a mystery to him.
Stupid bitch.
Ah well... not that it mattered. He'd talk to Pedro in the morning.
Pedro was always extremely concerned with the comfort of his guests.
Extremely concerned.
Pedro would remind her who she was...
THE END