Going Down (28 page)

“What did you used to do?”

“I was in sales.”

“Well, good luck finding a job in this economy,” Maritza said.

“Thank you. Luck is always a good thing to have on your side,” I added. “What about you, Maritza, what do you do?”

“I’m a therapist.”

“So you get into people’s heads?” I laughed.

 
“Getting into people’s heads is what I’m best at, honey,” Maritza said, and she and Tyhedra both laughed.

“That’s good to know,” Tyhedra said, and touched Maritza’s hand.

The chitchat continued in that manor while we ate, and then it took a turn that I didn’t expect. Somehow a jalapeño pepper led us to a discussion about sex. Since I had been thinking about it the whole time, I finally decided to ask. “So when are we gonna get together, Tyhedra?” I asked.

“Yeah, when are we gonna get together, Tyhedra?” Maritza surprised me by saying.

“I did say that I was relatively free today,” Tyhedra said and laughed.

We all laughed, but I got real serious, real quick. “Well, there’s a Days Inn on North Marietta Parkway, we can go there. My treat.”

“I’m sure it will be,” Tyhedra said, and Maritza laughed.

Maritza looked at me. “Well, I’m relatively free today, too,” she said and smiled.

“Check, please,” I said, and they followed me to the Days Inn.

On the way to the hotel, there was still something in me that didn’t really believe that it was actually going to happen. Even when we were in the room, I still couldn’t believe it. But it wasn’t too long before Maritza accepted
Tyhedra’s
invitation to join me and her on the bed.

Maritza began to run her hand across my left leg. She took my face into her hands and kissed me. Maritza pulled her top over her head and dropped it on the floor. I ran my right hand along
Tyhedra’s
thighs and put the other arm behind Maritza’s back. I immediately unhooked Maritza’s bra. As soon as her twins were free, I did what I’d been thinking about since Maritza walked in La
Parrilla
. I eased away from Tyhedra and took one of Maritza nipples into my mouth. Maritza lay across the bed, held my head in place with one hand, and squeezed her breast with the other.

Tyhedra stood up and got undressed. She knelt in front of the bed quickly pulled off my pants and began to stroke me until I got hard. Once my dick was firm, Tyhedra took me into her mouth.

Maritza stood up, unzipped her skirt, and let it drop to the floor to reveal that she had nothing on under it. She got down on her knees and ran her hands over
Tyhedra’s
body. She started from her ankles, along her legs, and then joined Tyhedra between my legs.

This was a fantasy come true. Two beautiful women running their tongues along the sides of my dick. I took a deep breath and tried to relax so I could enjoy every second of it.

Maritza stood up and laid down on the bed next to me. I immediately attacked her nipples. Tyhedra got up and crawled between Maritza’s legs. Tyhedra reached between her thighs and fingered her clit with one hand while squeezing her breast with the other. Tyhedra very deliberately spread Maritza’s lips with her thumb and forefinger, while making small circles around her clit with the tip of her right forefinger.

Maritza stroked my dick until I moved up and put it in her mouth. I watched as Tyhedra slid her tongue inside Maritza and sucked her moist lips gently. I felt Maritza’s body quiver as Tyhedra licked her clit with the tip of her tongue. Tyhedra rubbed her clit until her thighs pressed together.

I looked down at
Tyhedra’s
ass up in the air and knew I had to fuck her. I fell in behind her, held onto her hips, and entered her slowly. While I slid in and out of Tyhedra, I watched Maritza squeezing her nipples and loving what Tyhedra was making her feel. I pulled out of Tyhedra, stroked my dick a few times, and then slowly entered her again. I smacked her ass. Not hard, but firm.

After a while, I laid down and Maritza lay next to me, gliding her hand up and down my erection. Tyhedra got up on the bed and lowered herself onto my face. I reached up and ran my hands across her breasts. I ran my tongue along her lips and proceeded to lick her clit.

Maritza kept running her hands up and down my dick. She got on top of me and eased herself down on it. She moaned her pleasure while continuing to slide up and down my shaft. Maritza rested her breasts gently on
Tyhedra’s
back. She cupped her hands under
Tyhedra’s
breasts and squeezed her nipples, while she kissed her neck and shoulders.

Tyhedra repositioned herself on my face, so she was facing Maritza. While I licked and sucked
Tyhedra’s
dipping wet pussy, she and Maritza explored each other’s bodies with their hands. I pushed myself as deep as I could inside Maritza. It was truly a dream come true. When it was over, the three of us were exhausted. We passed out on the bed, holding one another, with Tyhedra in the middle. I woke up and looked at the clock. “Shit!” I jumped up and got in the shower. When I got out, Maritza’s head was buried deep in between
Tyhedra’s
thighs. I stood there for a long while watching them and stroking my dick. I fought off the urge to join them and got dressed. I don’t even think that they knew or cared that I was gone. I got in my car and drove to pick up Angelique. I was twenty minutes late getting there.

“What took you so long?” Angelique asked when she got in the car.

“Something came up and I had to handle it,” I said.

“I hope it was worth it.”

It was worth it every minute. At least it was for me.

Things couldn’t get any better than they are now. I have finally got Ivan
DeVito
and
TMG
moving in the direction I need them to. As she and I discussed, Tyhedra popped the tittie out of Ivan’s mouth. I could tell the day she did it, because he immediately started calling me. I simply told him that I was out of town and that he should address any concerns that he had with Kim. He whined for a while, as I expected, so I let him do so for a while, then I told him that Kim was capable of handling any situation that might arise. “However, in the unlikely event that she cannot handle it, CJ is on call and available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.”

The next day Kim walked into Ivan’s office, not knowing how she’d be received. “You know he tried to give me some shit at first. You know, talking that CJ shit, but I shut that down quick.”

“How’d you do it?”

“I said, ‘Fine. But before I call CJ, I need to know what the issues are so she’ll be prepared when she gets here.’”

“What he
say
to that?”

“His ass turned beet red, trying to intimidate me like he do Tina. Then I stated the facts again. I said, ‘I understand all that; however, before I call CJ I still need to know what the issues are so she’ll be prepared when she gets here.’”

“I know he didn’t like that.”

“Nope, not all. But he went on and ran down his beef of the day. I said, ‘Well, if that’s all it is, I’m not going to call CJ.’ Then I spent the next thirty minutes breaking it down for him. Since then, we ain’t had no more problems.”

“That’s good. I’m glad you handled it.”

“Anyway, Chris, what are you doing tonight?” Kim asked.

“Nothing really. Why?”

“I talked to Tyhedra yesterday and she invited us to a reception at the Fox Theater. She said she was gonna go, but she has some other things I need to deal with. She said to tell you that some guy named Ted asked her to invite you. She said she thinks he’s ready to talk to you about doing some work for his other companies.”

“His name is Ted Keys and his number is in my rolodex. Why don’t you just arrange lunch or something?”

“I could do that, but come anyway?”

“I don’t know, Kim. I might come through there.”

“Come on, Chris. Tyhedra said this is a really big client.”

“I’ll meet you outside the Fox at five thirty,” I said, and hung up the phone. I was happy for the opportunity to bring in some new business, but the problem with that was Tyhedra. Since we had sex that night, she’s been avoiding me like I had the plague. All of my calls to her go unanswered, and when she’d call back, I seemed to always miss her call. Now she’s resorted to using Kim as a go between. I know we agreed that it was a mistake and it would never happen again—and it did—but I didn’t know it meant that I would never see or hear from her again.

At five fifteen, I drove around the Fox Theater looking for a place to park. I hate paying to park. After driving around for a while, I decided to take my chances and parked behind an office building a few blocks up from the theater. As I approached, I saw Kim standing outside awaiting my arrival. “Right on time,” she said.

“How you doing, Kim? You haven’t seen Tyhedra, have you?” I asked immediately.

“No, I haven’t seen her. But I just happened to run into Ted Keys. I introduced myself and told him that I was an associate of you and Tyhedra. He said he has some very exciting things to talk over with you.”

Once we were
insid,e
Kim led me straight toward Ted.
I extended my hand and turned on my deal-with-the-white-man posture. “How have you been, Ted?”

“Good, Chris, very good in fact. Things are moving fast. Much faster than we anticipated. Let’s find a quiet place to talk.” Ted led me up the stairs to the balcony. “Anybody up here?” Ted said, looking around. “Good, have a seat, Chris. Let’s talk business.”

“Thank you,” I said, taking a seat at the end of the aisle. Ted sat on the arm of a chair across from me. “So, tell me Ted, what can I do for you?”

“Well, Tyhedra tells me that you have quite a bit of experience with Tivoli Business Systems Manager?”

“I sure do,” I said confidently. “It’s my specialty.”

“Excellent. Here’s what we’re trying to do,.” Ted said.

For the next forty-five minutes, Ted talked about his business. Then he described in detail what he needed from me; I listened intently, making a few notes on the back of the program on how he wanted to proceed.

“That’s a pretty aggressive plan. What type of timeframe are you talking about?” I asked, trying not to let my excitement over being involved in a project of that magnitude show. This was the type of opportunity that I was looking for. And it couldn’t have happened at a better time. A project like that would require a lot of time. Depending on how deep their pockets were, I could bring CJ on full time and begin working on it.

“Frankly, Chris, phase one is complete. We should be ready to begin moving on phase two within the next couple of weeks.” Ted glanced at his watch. “Look at the time, they’re getting ready to start the program,” he said as he stood up and extended his hand. “I got to get downstairs so I can smile politely through the boring speeches. Then we’ll all try to eat and drink as much as we can before we have to sit through the commercials.”

“The commercials?”

“Oh, that’s the best part,” Ted said sarcastically. “All the spots we produced back to back—one thrilling commercial after another. I don’t know if my heart can stand all that excitement. But you give it some thought, and if it’s something that you think you might be interested in, give me a call.”

I stood up and shook Ted’s hand. We started back down the steps. “I can give my answer now. First of all, let me say that I am honored that you would consider me.”

“You come highly recommended. To be honest with you, I was shopping around, looking for free advice actually. I ran across some companies that you’ve done work for. Everyone I spoke with had nothing but great things to say about you and the work you had done for them. We never considered asking anybody else.” Ted stopped at the door. “So what’s your answer?”