Chapter 7: Friends Will Play

Lisa ignored the calls from her phone has she drove back to her place. It’s Ricky I can’t go to Dinner with him, Stephen’s face when he saw him hurt my heart. Sorry Ricky, but Stephan is more important than my dreams of being with a rich man, I hope you understand. Well, time to get back to work. Lisa went to her computer. She pulled up Stephan’s account and read his emails. Most of it was from corporate, and she knew he would want a full, detailed information report on it. One email caught her eye it said Chrissy On it, it was strange no forwarding address or anything just Chrissy. She touched it. God, I hate that Stephan won’t let me get the new just thinking it computers. Lisa looked at her camera in her bedroom. “I hope you are watching this, Stephan. This sucks, it makes the job so long. When I could be done already.” She stuck her finger up at the camera and her phone rang. She picked up the receiver, and before she could say hello, she heard Stephan’s voice.

“That is unlady like Lisa besides. It is state funded, state equipment comes with state regulations and father will never allow it.”

 “When I found out I was pregnant with Derrick, you went to your fathers. When I wanted to get an abortion, you wanted to ask your fathers. Stephan, I swear you are the only grown man I know that still cares what your fathers    think.  By  the way,  it's weird that you have more than one, but whatever. Now, please tell me the truth.  What in the hell does your father have to do with it, Stephan?”

“Don’t play stupid little girl, you know very well what my fathers have to do with this.  All of them have a say in what  all my companies do, and none of my business are state funded. So just do your work and be happy you work for someone that allows you to work from home.”

“So that’s it, I’m just stuck with the old 2022 touch it computers?”

“Yes, now will there be anything else?”

“Yes, Stephan, it’s not fair. My friend Alice from my feminist group has the   v chip implanted in her, and she’s a walking talking computers that can basically do anything she wants. I told her   you won’t pay for it,   she said I should do it anyway, that they have payment plans to help individuals.”

“Lisa, I am beginning to lose my patience.  You are doing this on purpose being bratty, and I am with a client. Now, I don’t care what Alice from your woman group has to say about anything. Alice is not my pupil, you are. I said no, it means no. It's forbidden and there will be no more talk about it. Get back to work” (“Lisa, sto cominciando a perdere la pazienza. Lo stai facendo apposta per essere monello e io sono con un cliente. Ora, non mi interessa cosa ha da dire Alice del tuo gruppo di donne su qualsiasi cosa. Alice non è la mia allieva, tu lo sei. Ho detto no, significa no. È proibito e non se ne parlerà più. Torna al lavoro”) 

Lisa sighed and looked at her phone. “Alright, Stephan, there will be no more about it. Can we go to the club tonight please or King's Landing? I feel so cooped up. I want to go out and be with others like me.”

“I can’t tonight, Lisa, I’m too busy. Look, I have to go have your report in by 9pm. I want to have things finish before our ice cream night with the boys, Can you still   see derrick?”

“Stephan, I don’t feel comfortable   with him.”

“Lisa it’s nearly his birthday,   this is his one wish.”

“Alright I’ll think about it, I got to go, let me get back to work I’ll have an answer by the end of the day.”

“Bye Lisa, don’t forget inventory.”

“I won’t Stephan bye.” Lisa sat looking at the Chrissy email. What on earth this is written, not spoken. Who writes emails nowadays? Lisa read the email to herself. First, gen told me I will be looking forward to your visit tonight, Big boy. Hope you’re ready to have a great time. I know I am. Bring yourself, I will bring my friends and teddy. The slut couldn’t even bother to sign it. Stephan, how dare you refuse to make plans with me because you are going to bang some girls name Chrissy and Teddy.   Whoever the hell Teddy is. I know they are both girls though because if it was a boy, you would have used my account to hide from the GP. You want to play Stephan? Well, let’s play. Lisa picked up her phone and called Ricky Biscount. “Hey Ricky, looks like I don’t have plans after all, care to meet me for dinner. I know a great place. Ricky, wear a tux.”

“What’s up with finally picking up your phone not that I’m complaining but wait Um Lisa I don’t own a tux.”

“What? Why? What rich boy doesn’t own a tux?”

“Cut off, remember, I got rid of them when my family got rid of me. Figured when they take me back, I take them back”

Lisa laughed, “Well I love to shop, don’t worry about the price, just give me one second.” She put the phone down and knelt by Stephan’s favorite chair and pushed a button. A small compartment opened, and she removed the car keys, and then she took a credit card out. Lisa picked up the phone. “We’ll see how you like it, Stephan”

“What did you say?” Ricky said.

“Nothing, I will pick you up at your place, Ricky. The place we are going to isn’t thrilled with women drivers, so do you know how to drive an SUV?”

“Bring it over, and I will drive it.”

Lisa shut down her computer and walked to her bike.