On Friday, exactly six weeks after the threesome with Troy and Julia, Belinda received a job offer from Inter-Pacific Media, a rival to Robson. They were offering a better salary and more benefits than she had been on. The clouds had truly begun to lift on her life and she felt more positive about herself than she had in a month. A gushing phone call to Julia was met with excited enthusiasm and an agreement to meet for dinner, and a warning that it would be a big night because Troy was out of town for the weekend.
They started the evening in a Greek restaurant on Swan street, discussing her new job and developments at Robson's. Tony was enjoying his promotion and letting people know about it.
'Wouldn't you love to get revenge?' Julia asked over a dessert of honey cakes.
'Yeah, but shooting him in the cock might get me in trouble.' They burst out laughing and the commotion attracted the attention of the restaurant's other patrons. Paying their bill they walked the short distance to the Union Jack hotel. Over several drinks they discussed various methods that would give Belinda revenge, without further jeopardising her new career. By 11.00 they had agreed on a plan, downed their drinks and then caught a cab to Club Odeon at Crown Casino, arriving just as the club was firing up. Belinda and Julia flirted with every man who glanced their way as well as with each other until they finally staggered into the cool early morning air at just after 3 am.
Giggling like the drunken girls they were, they collapsed into the back of a cab, and Belinda gave the driver her address.
'You want to crash at my place and we can grab breakfast together tomorrow?' Julia nodded, then raised her eyebrows with a faint nod towards the driver. He was young, perhaps early twenties with shoulder length dark hair that framed a handsome face in the style of Pierce Brosnin.
'Oh, you are cute,' Belinda cooed, leaning forward in her seat for a better look. Alcohol had long ago driven away her inhibitions. 'Why is a spunky young thing like you driving a cab?'
'I'm a uni student, helps pay my way,' he grinned at her in the mirror. 'Would you mind putting on your seatbelt please?'
'Ooh, certainly,' Belinda slurred, fumbling to do up the clasp. 'I'd better do what he says Jules, or he might give me a spanking.'
'Perhaps you should leave the belt off then,' Jules giggled and Belle laughed far too hard at the lame humour.
'I'm guessing you wouldn't mind a spanking yourself tonight,' Belinda said to Julia, who grinned back at her. 'Too bad he's out of town.'
'Too bad for me, or for you?' Julia grinned good-naturedly as she asked the question, but even through her drunken haze Belinda recognised that Julia wanted to know whether the threesome had left her with a taste for Troy.
'He's cute, and big!' She glanced up to see the driver's eyes widen at her words, 'but to be honest I was way more taken by you.' The air in the cab was suddenly charged with sexual energy.
'Driver, would you mind if I removed my seatbelt so I can kiss my friend and fondle her rather nice breasts?' Belinda met the driver's eyes in the mirror and pouted as she asked the question.
'Aah, um, I, I guess so.'
Belinda was at Julia's side in an instant and their mouth's met in a warm kiss, tongues urgently seeking out each other and caressing. Belinda kept her word and ran the palm of her hand across the swell of Julia's breast through the straining white material of her shirt.
'Don't crash driver,' Julia panted as in turn she caressed Belinda's buttock through the sheer material of her knee length dress. All too soon the cab had pulled up outside Belinda's apartment.
'Why don't you come in with us for a tip?' The words were out of Belinda's mouth before she realised that she was speaking.
'I can't do this without talking to Troy,' Julia interrupted.
'What with me...?'
'With him.'
'I, I can just watch,' the driver offered helpfully.
'Like hell,' Belinda growled. 'Jules, why don't you watch, then once I've finished with him, we can cuddle up...'
'Okay,' Julia shot back eagerly. Her nipples were showing through her shirt and she was apparently as eager as Belinda was for some action. The cabbie didn't complain about the prospect of being ejected when "finished with," as they tumbled from the cab.
They had barely staggered into the studio apartment when Belinda started pulling the cabbie's shirt off over his head. His body was lean and hard and Belinda ran her hands over his chest and stomach. She tilted her head up and kissed him, tasting mint of his breath as his tongue invaded her mouth. She felt the spaghetti straps on her dress being tugged over her shoulders then she was standing in only her panties and high heels.
Belinda recognised Julia's hands stroking her back and turned and pressed her back against the cabbie, pushing him against the wall. His chest was warm against her back and his hands went at once to her sides. Belinda pulled Julia close and their chests pressed together as did their mouths.
'Thought you couldn't?' Belinda sounded breathless, partly from being sandwiched between her two partners, and partly because the cabbie was grinding his erection through his jeans against her bottom.
'I'm not...' Julia's response was cut off as the cabbie's hands pushed up between the two women's bodies, cupping Belinda's naked breasts but in doing so brushing the back of his hands against Julia's shirt.