Author's Note: This story is completely fictional and did not happen. All characters and names are fictional and were made up.
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Los Angeles, California
Blinding rays of light cast from the sun high above, striking over the gold surface of a van sitting parked outside a fast food restaurant. The sound of flip flops beating up against the pavement were heard among traffic, as David made his way back to the driver's side of his Silver Screen Express taxi van. It was just twenty minutes past 11 AM and he had to make a quick stop for his lunch break. As the clock hit 11:22, he found himself behind the wheel and pulling out to head back into the streets. His break was short, as it was now time to head back out and wait for the usual calls to come in from potential passengers.
Today wasn't anything unusual for David. Tomorrow would be Friday and he could enjoy the weekend after cashing his check and spending some time back home. After all these years of driving cabs around L.A., he felt that he had seen it all sometimes. Occasionally, there was a surprise and for the past few months working for the Silver Screen Express business, his diary was accumulating a bulk of pages that documented his chance encounters with the rich and famous. Last week's events were still fresh on his mind, though so far in three days working the same hours, he had yet to pick up anyone as interesting as a special married couple had been.
Traffic was busy during the afternoon, but this was always expected when going down Hollywood Boulevard. David had been on this road countless times in the past twenty years since he had began driving cabs back in his younger days. Despite the familiarity with such a famed street, he had never explored it on foot to see what it truly had to offer. Most people would want to see the stars lined up on the infamous 'Walk of Fame' but he didn't have much interest in seeing it with his own two eyes. The radio dispatch was ringing with various call ins while he stopped a red light, looking into the back of a luxurious Bentley car. So far, he listened to three different calls requesting pick ups, but none of them were close by to his area at the moment. Once he turned the van to the a street going on the north side, the dispatch rang with a special request.
"Calling for David, are you out there?"
On the other end calling through the walkie-talkie device was the voice of an older woman. Lynn worked radio dispatch during the early shifts. David picked up the walkie-talkie while looking into traffic as he spoke back.
"I'm right here, Lynn. What's up?"
"There's a woman out in Hollywood Hills requesting a ride. She was very specific, asking for you. Can you get out there and pick her up?"
"Yes, that won't be a problem."
"Alright, hold on just a second. I'm going to give you the address so you can configure it in your GPS."
Lynn had spoke of the GPS before David had a chance to think about it. He continued driving through traffic while using his right hand to pull up the GPS, ready to punch in the destination on the keyboard.
"I'm ready Lynn, go ahead."
She proceeded to tell him the address while he frantically tapped his fingertips over the keyboard with the zip code to pull up the address in Hollywood Hills. The route would require going over the Mullholland Drive road, but this wouldn't be a problem. The estimated destination was just twenty minutes away.
"Thank you Lynn, I'll be right over."
"N problem David, see you."
After putting the walkie-talkie back down, he let out a sigh while driving the van through the roads. David couldn't help but wonder, just who could this woman be who had requested him specifically? His immediate thought was the married couple from last week, but he had remembered that neither of them lived in California and were simply enjoying their honeymoon in town. He knew that people of fame and status lived in Hollywood Hills, so he could only guess just who this was that knew of him that would call for a ride. He had time to think about it while driving, but all would be revealed by the time he arrived.
The homes in the hills could be quite breathtaking under the first impressions. There were various mansions where the roads led to, all for those with deep pockets to afford such luxury. Taking a left turn, David still found himself thinking about who this mystery passenger was to be. The front gates to the address were painted white and already open, clearly waiting the arrival of his gold van. He took a deep breath before driving forward and then shifting gears to back up past the gates in reverse. Letting out a sigh, the rays of sun were in the corner of the windshield as he backed up. The heat of the summer could wear one out, hence the reason David had been wearing a different white T-shirt every day to go with his casual wear of cargo shorts and flip flops.
With the van stopped in the drive way, he pushed his palm down over the horn for a second to alert his presence to the mystery passenger. After the beep, he sat there looking out the side door rear view mirror at the massive sized mansion from behind. It wasn't unlike any other mansion in the area, but was impressive to him since he would never have the money to afford such a beautiful place. After a few seconds, the doors opened and a lone woman stepped out wearing a light blue dress and with a purse in her right hand. David watched her from the mirror attached to the door. His first thought was that she didn't seem recognizable as a woman he had as a passenger before, so why would she call and request him? She went directly to the left side of the van and slid open the door. Her brunette hair was fixed up in a large ponytail hanging above. When she sat down in the seat, David greeted her while the door slid back shut.
"Hi there, you called for me huh?"
"You're David right?"
"Yeah, that's me. What's your name, Miss?"
"I'm Jennifer, it's a pleasure to meet you."
She sat in the backseat with a grin over her face. David knew right away from her answer that they did not have a past together. He still was bewildered as to how she knew of him, but there would be time for asking questions once the van was back on the road. For now, there was a more important question he had to get out of the way.
"So, where am I taking you?"
"Ummm, this is a special kinda request..."
Her voice was almost innocent, but came out sounding a bit mischievous. David couldn't help but smile as he looked back into the rear view mirror. Her dress revealed a bit of busty cleavage and had straps over her shoulders. Down below, he could see a tall set of silver stiletto high heels. Her face was familiar to his eye while her beautiful skin was tanned. This was a woman he definitely had seen somewhere, but he knew it wasn't in the back of his van.
"So where do you wanna go?"
"I just want you to drive me around out here and we can talk. I'll pay you good for this, how about two grand?"
"Two grand? That's quite generous, you know the initial rate for this ride will be for five hundred dollars, right?"
