Courtney’s aunt’s costume jewelry really did look real. Some of the pieces were too gaudy for Joanna, but the majority of them were her style. She had put on a fake diamond necklace, bracelet, and clip on earrings. It went perfectly with her blue cocktail dress. Courtney had pulled Joanna’s hair back in a costume diamond crusted butterfly clip. Then she had curled Joanna’s hair at the ends.
The cab stopped in front of The Rainbow Room. Joanna got out of the cab after paying the driver. She walked inside. There was no sign of Trevor in the waiting area. Seconds before she decided to sit down, Trevor came through the door.
Joanna greeted him with a big smile. He looked so handsome in his gray silk suit and black and white patterned tie.
Joanna had put on a yellow sundress she has owned for a year. She had only worn it once. She had packed a beach bag with a two piece bathing suit she had only worn once a year and a half ago, sunblock, a make-up case, sunglasses, and a large beach towel. Joanna had a large straw floppy hat she had bought at a discount store in Queens a long time ago. She wasn’t going to put it on until she got to the marina. She was waiting on Courtney to call her to let her know that Trevor had left the estate. The last thing Joanna wanted was for him to accidently see ‘Clarice’ getting into a cab outside of the gates. There was a tapping at her door. Then, it opened. It was Courtney. She was holding the newspaper.
A month and a half later . . . Joanna’s fears of chasing Trevor away because she wouldn’t sleep with him on the yacht six weeks ago were unfounded. If anything, he was more attentive to her. He called her at least three times a week and they went out twice a week. It would have been more if it wasn’t for her working full-time and going to school part-time. The past six weeks with him had been the happiest of her life. For their fourth date, they had gone back to Floyd Bennett Field Raceway for some fun. Trevor raced two rich cocky teenagers and won. He got a thousand dollars each from them. Their fifth and sixth date they had lunch at the Four Seasons. After the sixth date, she had stopped counting. But, during the last few weeks t
Trevor had a harder time finding a Friday night fuck than what he had first thought. Sharon’s, Sherry’s, and Mandy’s numbers were disconnected. Abigail, Debbie, Linda, and Katie didn’t return his texts. He was on the eighth girl. “Hello?” she answered sweetly. “Bebe, it’s your favorite man, baby,” he said happily. “Paul?” she said with excitement. “No!” he yelled with disgust. “It’s Trevor.”&n
Trevor had woken up at five-thirty in the morning and he couldn’t get back to sleep. It had been hard for him to fall asleep to begin with because Clarice was on his mind. Then when he had been asleep Clarice and her dainty feet were tip toeing through his dreams. He had given up getting some rest and got dressed. After putting on a pair of gray shorts and a blue tank top, he went downstairs. The kitchen staff wasn’t up yet so he fried himself two eggs and four slices of bacon. He also made himself toast. Trevor only ate half of it. For some reason, he had lost his appetite when his mind went to Clarice again. A longing struck his heart. He missed her, which was ridiculous to him since he had just spoken to her Thursday. Today was Saturday. It had only been th
Joanna was in Selena’s penthouse in the city. Selena had given Joanna a key to her in the city home last month. Selena had said if there was an emergency or if she got there before Selena did for their meet-ups, Joanna wouldn’t have to wait in the lobby. She was in the bathroom pulling her hair into a ponytail when she heard the door open. “Whew, it is scorching out there,” Beverly commented. “I know. That’s one of the reasons why I left little Chris at home with the nanny,” Selena said. “How are the men of Hudson, anyway?” Beverly asked.&nbs
Yesterday was the first time Trevor had gone to bed with a hangover. But, being the half glass full kind of guy he was, he saw it as a good thing. At least he got the hangover out of the way. When he had woken up, he only had a slight headache. Trevor had rung William to bring him an icepack, aspirin, and his hangover juice. William had been making his special hangover juice since Trevor was a teenager. He had made it for Trevor’s father when he woke up from a hangover after a night of playing poker with his friends. Trevor didn’t know what was in it and he didn’t want to know. But, whatever was in it did the trick within an hour when using aspirin and an ice pack with it. When he finally felt like he could walk without hurting his head, he took a shower
The past five days with Trevor had been wonderful. Joanna was on cloud nine. So much so, even Selena had noticed her happy demeanor. Joanna was in Selena’s bedroom at the estate watching her put on make-up to go out with Christopher for dinner. “I have to say you seem very happy for someone who had a horrible fallen out with a friend a week ago,” Selena said as she applied eye shadow on her lids. “I am, but it’s for the best. Surely, you understand why I cut Beverly off,” Joanna said. “I understand completely. If it was Christopher and I was in your shoes, I would have gotten mad as he
The weekend started off with a mess. Trevor was juggling business and a budding romance and it was becoming difficult to juggle it all. He was heading a five hundred million dollar project for Hudson. The clients were three partners who wanted to build a chain of hotels along the east coast. Bruce couldn’t take it on because he was waist deep in a project with the Chinese and Christopher had broken ground on the Bethel project in Vermont. Bethel was the company’s future. The deal with the Chinese could lead to other international projects in the future if everything went well. Trevor had been so busy he had to cancel his date with Clarice yesterday. Today was July fourth, he had thought he’d be busy all day and most of the evening, but he was able to bid goodnight to the TD Corporation partners at six o’clock.&nb