Part Three
The Revenge of Cody
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Thomas Edward Scott, former Olympian, current head coach of the Ronald Reagan High School swim team (Reagan's Razors), knifed through the water with the ease of a shark.
I still got it.
His body parted the water as if it were air.
Coach Scott took great pride in his body. A lot of it . . . too much actually. His former Olympic teammates hated him, among other reasons, for that but he didn't care. Talent and good looks were what mattered and he put great effort into both. His toil brought the fruits of two gold, three silver, and one bronze. Subsequent athletic endorsements paid for his house, yard, and Olympic-sized swimming pool; the best in a neighborhood full of them.
Coach Scott's high standards were ingrained by a staunch Presbyterian upbringing. His powerful elitist beliefs made him a terror to anyone who didn't measure up. T.E. Scott was the best and he demanded the best.
Only one person in Coach Scott's world could do no wrong. One person who came to and surpassed his standards. The one pure and perfect person who truly measured up; his daughter Jill.
Jill was perfect, unlike her mother. If rumors about her bullying came to his ears, so what? The world was tough, cruel, canis canem edit, and he raised his daughter to be the alpha bitch. Let the wimps complain; his daughter was a winner, raised by a winner.
So what if his ex-wife didn't agree? She'd left him for a mid-level tech exec; the kind of geek he despised and preyed upon back in high school. She didn't even want shared custody; accusing him of emotional abuse and turning her daughter into a monster. Coach Scott snorted derisively. His ex didn't understand; Scotts were winners. She wasn't a Scott. She didn't measure up.
Ah well, fuck her. She didn't want my money either. A good, clean break. Best divorce ever.
Coach Scott soaked in the shallow end, pondering his summer plans. The year had been good. The swim team won the state championship. Some good prospects were coming into the school this fall.
It seemed strange a man like Tom Scott would take on a relatively altruistic task, like coaching a local swim team. His athletic endorsements made him good coin. His reasons were selfish, however. He had plans. Acts like coaching at school looked good on a political resume, with bonus points for a successful team.
Appearances at social functions, slapping palms with other elites, charity work in front of reporters for publicity, plus more endorsements to build a war chest continued the march. He had it mapped out: city council, mayor, after that, governor or senator, maybe even the big prize.
Splash!
Wazzat!
It came from the deep end. Coach Scott saw the tell-tale ripples.
Some fucker's in my pool?!
He could tell. It was getting towards evening but the day was bright, still.
The sun's reflection off the water helped conceal the person under it. Coach Scott, strong Olympic class swimmer and millionaire, wasn't about to let some fuck face, neighbor or not, pollute his precious Olympic size swimming pool. Swimming was reserved for himself, his daughter, or invitees. He wasn't like his wussy neighbors, calling 911 if so much as a stray dog got in their back yards. He was going to kick the fuck head out himself. "Mother fucker!" he cursed and knifed towards the ripples.
When he got to the deep end, he found no one. "Huh? What the fuck?" He tread water, searching, ducking under to look . . . nothing.
"Shit!" he cursed.
Must've imagined it.
But wait! Another splash behind him. He turned, nothing. A strange smell hung in the air, faint, perfumy, standing out from the mild chlorine acridness of the pool.
What the fuck is it?!
"It smells like . . . 'sniff' . . . like peaches!"
"Fuuuu . . . cking . . . cooool," someone whispered in his ear.
"Fucking shit!" Coach Scott yelled, half panicked, half outraged. He turned and lashed out, no one. Coach Scott, for the first time in his adult life, experienced something other than supreme self-confidence. Annoyance, yes but fear, while not new, was something he'd left in childhood. There was someone in his pool, someone very fast, and that someone was scaring the shit out of Coach Scott.
Coach Scott did not like this feeling. No one put the fear in Thomas Edward Scott, Olympic champion.
Time to get out of the pool, Tom . . . and call the police. This is not good.
Coach Scott stroked when he felt it; hands at his waist, tugging at his hundred dollar speedos, custom designed. It happened so fast he barely had time to shout a variation on the word "Fuck!" One second Coach wore designer speedos, the next he was a non-consenting skinny dipper.
His hands went to his bare ass, formerly wearing a suit, as well to grab the little shit who divested him of it. Once again, nothing.
How can someone be that fast?
Coach Scott had few problems with nudity. He did like to show his cut body after all, but every display had a time and a place, and this wasn't it.
New anger replaced the brief fear he'd felt. "No good shit-sucking mother fucker!"
Coach splashed about, ducking under the water frequently, scouring for the trunk-stealing prick.
Where the fuck is he?!
He knew the intruder was a he. That "fucking cool" whisper sounded male and young . . . and also familiar. Coach couldn't quite place it. Besides, he was too pissed to think.