CHAPTER 1
Ma Reilly was pushing sixty and although wealthy still worked the early morning shift at Ma Reilly's Diner simply because she'd always worked the morning shift for the past thirty-nine years, including the last twenty-three years as owner of the business.
She'd married three of her regulars over her time at the diner and each one got around ten years out of Mae. She'd begun marketing herself as Ma Reilly when her last husband, Stan Horn, wooed her successfully. They had a happy nine and a half years together but tragically thirty-two days after his big lottery win Stan died after the last of many seizures suffered throughout his life. Ma inherited most of that $872,000 windfall.
Oliver Webb watched Ma carrying over his lightly done steak with two fried eggs and a scoop of fries.
"No salad?"
"No ma'am."
"Your mother will be displeased."
"May I request salad please ma'am."
"Ruby, a complimentary salad over here," Ma yelled. "Where are you heading son? I don't recognized you from around here."
"To New York ma'am. I'm joining my Uncle Roy who makes safety harnesses for dogs traveling in vehicles. He markets them by mail order but is employing me for several months to set up credit card sales via the Internet and to lead product marketing."
"My daughter from my first marriage wants to go to New York. Can she ride with you?"
"If she's ready to leave within the hour and pays her way and half the gas."
Ma pulled out a roll of money from her apron pocket, licked a finger and counted off ten $100 bills. "Will that cover her dues?"
"That's too much ma'am. With two night's accommodation, meals for two days and half the cost of gas I reckon $450 should do it."
"Well you're a few hundred ahead on the deal. But remember put her into harm's way and I'll come after you with a meat cleaver."
"That's very generous of you ma'am and I hear the warning. But why pick on me?"
"You are clean-cut and ordered salad out of respect for you mother's wishes. That suggests you are okay. How old are you son?"
"Thirty-three."
"Nice age. Leah who will be traveling with you is thirty-six. Refuse to have sex with her while you are driving because that could bring harm to you both. I call and get her over here pronto."
Fifteen minutes later conversations stopped. Oliver looked at the main entrance. A fabulous looking cream complexion redhead in a very short lace dress and cute ankle boots stood at the doorway.
Ma yelled Table 7 and Miss Universe began walking to Oliver's table.
He swallowed and shook.
"Hi," she smiled, as Oliver scrambled to his feet. "Mon says you'll drive me east."
"Yes and my name is Oliver Webb."
"Oliver, a pretty name. Mine is Leah, spelt L-e-a-h and the surname is Rainsford. Are you ready?"
"Yes."
"Then let's say goodbye to Ma and go."
Oliver said in surprise, "You call you mother Ma?"
"Yes, it's shorter than mom."
Oliver nodded.
* * *
After nine hours on the road including stops for gas, the restroom and lunch Oliver said, "Shall we stop off at this next city?"
"Sounds good to me. Watching the road and jawing has made me tired."
"Right we'll get a couple of nice rooms at a place with a heated pool, um if you like swimming."
"Yes I'd love to soak away road tiredness. Let's get one room and upgrade."
"Are you sure?"
"What are you shy or don't you sleep with women?"
"I told you I was married."
She smiled and said, "So?"
"I don't know what to say."
"Omigod. You're shy."
Oliver shifted on his seat. "Your mom warned me not to bring harm to you."
"Oliver that's just her way of saying don't go to sleep at the wheel or drive into something. I'm a big girl and she couldn't care a fuck who I have sex with provided it's not with my asshole of a husband."
"You're married?"
Leah said patiently, "If Asshole is my husband it follows I must be married. Did you finish elementary school?"
"I think I did and went on to earn a masters in computer science."
"Oh my apologies. I guess I mistook your nervousness for dumbness."
"It's all right. Besides you look if you'd be really good at it."
"Dear Oliver. Just because a women offers to sleep with you it doesn't follow that you have to have sex."
"Oh."
Leah slapped a hand on to his thigh. "But after a few drinks, a swim and something to eat I'd like to finish off with you coming inside me."
The car lurched.
Stroking Oliver under the ear Leah said huskily, "Do I excite you Oliver?"
"Yes," he croaked. "I need a drink.
Oliver went to the pool swaggering, knowing he would soon be having sex with the best looking and smartest babe with the best body he'd ever met. He could count the females he'd had sex with on one hand. There had been Diana, Freda, Roxie and Shannon before marriage and then eight years ago he'd married Shannon's older sister Nevada, latching on to her after Shannon had dropped him for Michael, his best buddy. In recent times Nevada had him rationed to sex once a week unless once a week didn't suit her. In contrast Michael was losing weight and complaining Shannon wanted sex night and day.
Complaining! Yes and the poor guy now wondered if he was meant to be gay. It was impossible to believe Nevada and Shannon were sisters with sex drives so substantially different.
"Hi Oliver."
Christ Leah was in the pool floating on her back without a stitch on. Her boobs were out of the water and her legs were wide open and anyone could see she shaved. Oliver looked round wildly for baton-waving policemen charging towards them but apart from Leah and him the basement pool area was deserted.
"Come over and suck pussy darling," she cooed "I find it a great way to relax.
"I'd rather swim thank you."
"Okay please yourself darling."
Darling? The bitch was attempting to seduce him psychologically after finding a frontal pussy showing had failed.
He removed his swimming shorts, not wishing to be called a party pooper.
"Omigod a man of steel," Leah called. "It's not even stiff despite having sighted pussy."
"It knows it's not feeding time," Oliver sniggered and dove in, hearing her bellow in laughter.
She wanted to race of course. Oliver thought she looked in superb physical condition so thought she might clean him out over two laps so he challenged a five-lap race, knowing by then his endurance training in cycling would have come to the fore.
He should have known. When he offered her a five second start advantage she smiled and asked was he nuts. She completed the fifth lap as he turned at the end of his fourth.
Jesus. No way would he have sex with her; she'd kill him, draining his balls dry.
They stood drying and he eyed her. Pulling aside her towel she flaunted her body.
"So you like my body?"
"It's about as close to perfection a mortal woman can get."
She appeared surprised.
"What?"
She toweled her hair and said, "After me winning the swim I expected you to be resentful and say oh it's all right."
"I'm not a poor loser."
"No and I see that now. You don't have to fuck me so relax."