This is the fifth chapter in a story about a hooker from Miami Beach who met and married a very special guy. He thought she was just a college student. Her secret fear, a fear that sometimes ruled her life, was that her husband would discover the dirty little secret in her past.
April fifteenth! It was over! Finally it was over. All of us had been busting our butts doing eighteen hour days and more. If you've never worked at an accounting firm you have no idea what we go through during the first three and a half months of each year. It's not our fault. Clients are always missing something and they are always late with their receipts and W2s and 1099s and all the rest.
But it was over now and every one of us breathed a big sigh of relief - the partners, especially - I was just a peon. There was still work for us peons to do β they called us "associates" but we were peons. We'd still be working, but now we could take a little time off.
Every year at this time our senior partner, Walter, led a bunch of partners to Las Vegas for an "accountants seminar." Seminar my ass! They're going out there to gamble and fuck whores! Prostitution was legal out there. And if there was one thing Walter knew more about than accounting it was hookers (that's how I met him).
This trip he was taking Gordon, my very special guy, and Jack, another partner that my friend Gloria had gotten herself engaged to. The day they left, Walter's wife, Susan, joined Gloria and me in the evening for cocktails on the patio by the pool at our condo complex. We were drinking Macallan-12.
"He's gonna get laid,' Susan said. "He always gets laid on these trips and Vegas is full of hookers."
"Jack's gonna get laid too," said Gloria. "I could tell by the look on his face when he left for the airport."
Then Gloria looked at me. "What about Gordon? Has he ever fucked a hooker?"
She had that "oh so clever" look on her face. Susan was not aware that Gloria and I had retired with lots of cash after short, but successful careers in the world's oldest profession. I think she suspected something when we taught her a lot of sex techniques, which worked so well on Walter, but I don't think she knew for sure.
I chuckled. "I think he's probably fucked a hooker. Most guys have. And yes I think Walter will lead him down the primrose path. They have a big suite with three bedrooms. I think Walter is planning some big parties β parties with girls."
Susan looked at her watch. "The sun's under the yardarm in Vegas. I imagine the party is about to begin, unless they are winning at Blackjack."
We had a couple more drinks and then went to bed. The next morning, Saturday, my phone rang early as I was trying to get some extra sleep. It was Gordon.
"You're up awful early," I said. "I thought you guys would have a party and sleep late."
"We did have a party - a big one. But I couldn't sleep late. I was thinking about you."
"That's sweet!" I said, hoping he really meant it.
"Well, not really. Sweetness has nothing to do with it. I missed you in bed," Gordon said.
I laughed. "That's a very nice compliment, but I figured Walter would arrange something to keep you occupied in bed."
"He did. He hired three hookers to come up to our suite and we had a big party. I took one of them to bed in my room."
My mind flashed a picture of Gordon fucking a hooker and I felt not the slightest jealousy. That's weird, I thought, remembering the sick jealousy I had felt last year when I thought Gordon was fucking his old girlfriend Margie.
I chuckled. "So you got laid?"
"I got laid. But, somehow it just wasn't up to your standards. That's why I'm calling. Why don't you get on a plane and come out here. I miss you."
Gordon had said nice things to me a lot of times, but this was over the top. He was on vacation in Vegas, fucking anything he wanted. I think he knew he could get away with it. And he wanted me! Jesus! How many broads get that lucky? My head started making out a packing list.
"I'll get packed and on my way this morning, baby. You don't have to ask me twice. What about Jack? You think he might want Gloria to come out with me?"
"He and I talked about it. Jack said his gal was good but not spectacular. Those were his exact words, 'Good but not spectacular.' So when I told him I was calling you, he said for me to have you invite Gloria as well."
"Alert the front desk that you're gonna have company. We'll see you soon."
I called Gloria and told her that Gordon wanted me to join him because the hooker he screwed was disappointing in bed.
She almost shouted. "You're the luckiest damn broad I ever met Geri. I have never heard of a man who prefers his wife to a really skillful hooker, although I must admit that you are a really skillful hooker."
"Well, Gloria, your guy Jack told Gordon that the gal he fucked was good but not spectacular."
There was a long pause, and then, Gloria asked, "Were those his exact words?"
"His exact words, 'Good but not spectacular,' was what he said."
"Oh my God! Jack always tells me that I am spectacular in bed- that's the word he always uses. Do you think he might want me to come out there? "
"I don't think, honey. I know. Jack asked Gordon to have me invite you. Do you want to come?"
"I'm headed to the closet to get my suitcase even as we speak."
We were routed through O'Hare and arrived in Vegas in late afternoon. We had a surprise for Walter. We had invited Susan to join us. We were not at all sure that we had done the right thing. We had no idea if it would be a pleasant surprise since she had never joined him on one of his "business" trips, but we thought "What the hell!" And Susan was very eager to join us.
At the front desk the clerk looked at his computer screen, checked my ID, and smiled.
"Not many wives are joining their husbands, but you are certainly welcome."
We went up to the suite. It had been cleaned but remnants of a big party remained, including a pair of bikini panties hanging on the head of Walter's bed.
All of us had brought our sexiest dresses and miniskirts with spike heels and by the time we had cleaned up and dressed we looked a lot like hookers β high-class hookers, of course, but hookers all the same. We had done it on purpose.
When we went down to the casino we got a lot of friendly looks from guys. Gloria and I were comfortable with the attention. In fact, we were having fun.
"Like old times, isn't it?" Gloria whispered to me. "Kinda feels good to have guys look at you that way again, especially since I got my own guy waiting for me β a guy who thinks I'm 'spectacular' and is looking forward to seeing me."
"Yeah," I said. "I know what you mean, but we better keep a close eye on Susan. She's never been in this situation before."
We walked around the casino for a while, checking out the tables, and fending off several guys. Susan got one genuine proposition, which gave her a really big thrill, and Gloria and I fielded several propositions easily. The offers give us an idea of what the rates were in Vegas β a little lower than Miami, probably because there was more competition here.