In all the time I'd been with Artists Unlimited, there were still instances when I'd be surprised by some revelation about the company. There were the little ones, like how they still did advertising photos at times or their investment in a workout club called Malibu Fitness.
And then there was Gary Mackas.
I met Gary accidentally in Jeff Murphy's office one morning. To me, he seemed a little obnoxious, but harmless. Then Jeff explained how Gary was a link to the agency's beginnings and how the skin trade had been part of that. Gary ran VCX Productions which did a lot of adult programming online and on cable. It was a part of the agency Jeff kept quiet about. It seemed the arrangement was so quiet, the only time it was acknowledged was once a year when Gary came in to renew his contract with us. I didn't even know who their contact was within the agency, it might've been Jeff for all I knew. But it was through Gary that I met the lovely and mysterious Laura Austin. And the more I learned about her business, the more I agreed with Jeff that a code of silence was in our best interests.
So it was quite a surprise when my cellphone buzzed.
"Heyyyyy...Hollywood Jim!"
"Yes?" I replied to the unfamiliar voice
"Gary Mackas, you remember me."
"Oh, yes...right."
"Got an offer for you that's once in a lifetime, well, once a year actually."
"Uh-huh."
"It's the company's anniversary party and you, my friend, are invited."
I didn't know weather to accept or not.
"Uh, right...well, uh..." I stumbled for a response. On the one hand it was potentially a good time, but I'd never been to one of Gary's parties and my opinion of Gary to begin with was, let's say, sketchy at best.
"You gotta come, man! All the girls will be here, I think you know one of them."
"I do?"
"Yeah, uh, Laura, Laura Austin! She was with me the day we met. Remember?"
"I remember."
"Awesome! See you Saturday, then!"
"Wait a minute! I..."
Too late, his phone clicked off.
I tried calling the number I had for Laura, but that just went to voicemail. So much for that idea.
Time to move on to option 2.
"Option 2" was rather easy, I'd make an appearance at the party, stick around awhile, then make a (hopefully) graceful exit.
I still needed the address, though.
"Where does Gary Mackas live?" I asked Jeff on my way out.
"You're kidding?"
"What?"
"He called you?"
"Yes."
"His Anniversary party?"
I nodded.
"You're going?"
A sense of dread now came over me.
"Uh-huh."
Cautiously, he scribbled down an address.
"Be careful what you say or do." he said
That night, my phone rang.
"Gary invited you, huh?"
It was Laura Austin.
"Yes, and I'm starting to wonder if I should've declined the invitation." I said
"Well...Gary's largely harmless." she said "I think it'll be good for you to be there. We can look out for each other, how 'bout that?"
"What should I expect? Or is that a dumb question?"
"It'll be OK, babe." she said reassuringly before adding "Look, if I thought otherwise I'd tell you."
"OK, see you there."
The next day, I drove to the address Jeff had given me. It turned out to be the parking lot of a coffee shop where a white GMC Denali was waiting for me, along with a 1970's era Corvette convertible. Casually leaning against the back, was Laura Austin, wearing a tight blue designer dress.
"Hiya, Hollywood." she said with a smile as she opened the passenger door of the Denali "I think you know my friends."
I looked inside and found her occasional "conspirators" Vicki the leggy blonde and Rita, the sexy redhead.
"Hi, Hollywood!" they said in unison.
I could only smile.
"You get to be our driver." she said as she tossed the keys to me "You did such a good job last time."
"You're not afraid to leave the 'Vette here?"
"Nah, the owners here know me, they'll look after it."
It turned out only Laura knew the true location of Gary's house. Once we got past the gates, we pulled up to a ordinary looking ranch house that seemed to have been built in the late 50's.
"This is Gary's place?"
"Yeah, the skin trade did well for him, huh?" Rita said to me as she got out.
The front doors opened and we were lead out to the pool area. A DJ was at work spinning tunes, a slip and slide was on the lawn, and water polo going on in the pool.
The only thing different was that every girl there was either topless or nude. Gary was seated in a big throne chair overseeing everything, drink in hand, cigar close by, topless beauties at his beck and call feeding him grapes like he was some kind of emperor. Which in a sense, he was.
"Heyyyyy! Hollywood Jim! You made it!" he yelled out, making more than a few turn their heads in my direction "...and you brought some friends too!"
"What do you think?" Rita said to Laura.
"We're good, I got the security code." she replied.
"Security code?" I asked.
"Something we hopefully won't need. We're cool. I gotta get ready." she said as she walked off with Rita. Before I could say anything Gary showed up.
"Let's get a drink, Jimmy." Gary said as he put his big arm around Vicki and led us to his topless bartender.
"Wet their whistles, uh...uh..." he said trying to remember her name.
"Donna." she replied, sounding a little annoyed "What'll it be?"
"Whatever they want!" Gary said boisterously "Enjoy yourself, Jimmy boy! Feel free to...feel the girls freely!" he laughed as he slapped our backs and staggered back to his throne.
Vicki and I looked at each other.
"See this a lot?" I asked.
"More than you think, let's find someplace a little quieter."
Vicki led me to a spot not far from the pool.
"So, the last time I saw you was at a hotel somewhere, right?" she said
"Right, it was the first time I met Laura. Well, I'd met her earlier that day."
"How'd that happen?"
"Uh, our host here brought her into the office as his new starlet du jour."
Vicki laughed.
"He did that to me too!" she laughed
"Really? How?"
"Oh, sugar, that's a long story!" she said as she got closer to me "But now, I wanna ask you something."
I could sense what she had in mind.
"You wanna fuck?" she whispered in my ear.
"W-w-where's Laura? She'd want to be part of this."
Vicki smiled.
"She's the special gift for Gary."
"Special gift?"
"Uh-huh...and I think it's coming this way."
I looked over and saw a giant cake being brought in by girls dressed in Egyptian garb. Just then, huge, dramatic music blasted on the sound system. The cake was placed in front of "Emperor Gary" and with an explosion of confetti, the top of the cake popped open to reveal Laura dressed as some sort of Cleopatra.
"Brilliant understatement." I said to Vicki.
"Oh, I can tell she's loving this!" she laughed.
We were both laughing as she did a bump and grind routine to "Walk Like an Egyptian" slowly stripping off her costume until she was nude, shoving her tits into Gary's face. He was loving every minute of it.
"Like I said, brilliant understatement."
Vicki laughed.
"Let the feast begin!" Gary yelled out once he stopped laughing .
Gary had a feast spread out before us that had everyone scrambling. My trick here was to wait until the "rush hour" ended. The pickings might not be as good but it was an easy way to not over-stuff myself.
In the meantime, I'll get another drink. I was about to offer the same to Vicki, but she'd disappeared suddenly. And Rita was nowhere to be found either.
Why I didn't go back to the same bartender I don't know but another bar was setup closer to the house and I went to that one. As the bartender got my drink, I glanced inside the house and could see the double front doors were open enough to see the driveway. At that moment, a huge Mercedes limo that had to be of 1960's vintage pulled up, it's passenger door opened and out stepped...Scott Jackson.
"What the hell's he doing here?" I thought.
I had to make a snap decision, leave or stay? I had to stay since I'd driven Laura and the girls here, maybe if I stay outside and out of sight, he won't see me.
An hour or two later, the sun was setting and I was slowly coming down from the meal. Laura came over and joined me. She was wearing a simple black bikini and carrying a small backpack-like bag.
"So, like my cake routine?" she asked
"Babe, it was truly scrumptious." I replied before a loud belch came out.
Laura practically fell over laughing.
"Where you been anyway? You did your little routine and disappeared."
"Fulfilling my obligations here."
"In other words, don't ask?"
"Exactly." she said as she took a sip of wine "So, Mr. Hollywood...still have some energy left?"
"For what?"
"For a swim with me?"
I looked around at the nearly deserted pool area. Anyone left had gone inside for a movie screening.
"Are you sure?" I asked hesitantly.
"Sure" she said softly "Come on..."
Laura began to untie her bikini and softly slid her beautifully naked body into the shallow end of the pool. I looked around again and took my clothes off quickly, joining her just as silently. She wrapped her arms around my neck and held me close.
"I'm not a good swimmer so we'll have to stay here." she said.
"That's fine...sit on my lap."
"Ooh, thought you'd never ask." she smiled.
As we kissed, our hands felt each other, mine went for her gorgeous tits. She immediately smiled and threw her head back. My dick was getting harder by the second, and she knew it. I remembered how we'd fucked in that huge shower at the Beverly Hills Hotel, how incredible that was, I wanted to relive it.
"I wanna fuck you." I whispered in her ear.