BOOK IV - ALL STAR WRESTLING
Chapter 1
George didn't awaken on Wednesday morning until 9:15 AM and when he did he felt refreshed; memories of the previous evening filled his thoughts. He called room service to order a cinnamon roll, juice and coffee. While he waited for his continental breakfast to be delivered he showered, shaved and dressed. He had just finished putting on his shoes when his room service arrived. He scanned the paper as he ate and turned his thoughts to activities for today.
He hunted for the Dayton phone book and discovered it in a dresser drawer under a blanket. Scanning for Henry Beldon's home phone number he discovered it and dialed it. A female voice answered, "Beldon residence, Charlene speaking."
"Is Mrs. Beldon home?"
"May I tell her who is calling, please?"
"George -- George Thomas."
George heard the phone being laid down and he waited for someone to come back on the line. The wait grew long and he grew impatient. At last, he heard Jackie Beldon's quiet voice, "Hello George."
"Good morning. How are you?"
"I -- I'm ok, just a little headache."
George came directly to the point, "I'd like you to have lunch with me today."
"I don't think that would be a very good idea."
"I'm very sorry for what happened last evening. I acted like a jackass. I'd like to make it up to you, a little bit anyway."
"Henry was fit to be tied. I haven't seen him so angry in a long time."
"Well then, the evening wasn't a total disaster was it?"
George heard her chuckle softly. "No, I suppose it wasn't from that standpoint."
"Can I pick you up at noon?"
"I'd have to be home by three, Henry said he would be here at four."
"That's fine with me, I have a meeting at four myself. Let's make it eleven thirty. Can you be ready by then?"
"I guess so."
"Good! I'm looking forward to seeing you very much. Bye."
George pressed the switch to disconnect Jackie and dialed the hotel restaurant. He told the reservation person that she would get a nice tip if she gave him the best table for two in the place.
George had a sudden wild idea pop into his thought pattern and left his room to see if it were possible. He took an elevator to its lowest level in the building, third level of an underground-parking ramp. He switched the elevator off, expecting to here a loud alarm. There was silence. He sat down in the disabled elevator and waited. After ten minutes he turned the elevator back on and returned to his room.
He found the blanket that he had encountered earlier when looking for the phone directory. He returned to the elevators, (there were six of them), and he tossed the blanket into the corner of the first one that came.
George stood outside the Beldon's front door at precisely eleven thirty and rang the bell. A young girl in a maid's dress opened the door and invited him in. Jackie appeared immediately and dismissed the girl, (Charlene).
"You're surely prompt; I'm not used to that from Henry."
"I told you I was looking forward to seeing you very much. You look fantastic by the way."
Jackie was wearing a jade green cocktail dress with a scoop neckline and hemline just above the knee. Matching green pumps, a string of jade beads around her neck and a gold bracelet accented the dress perfectly. She was dressed for a night at the opera rather than a brief luncheon date.
"Thank you, I really didn't know if I'd be ready in time."
"It's just lunch, not a big deal."
"I haven't been out on a date in quite some time. It's a big deal to me. Anyhow I had to take a bath, have Char do my hair and then pick out the right clothes to wear. Do you like this dress?"
"It's absolutely gorgeous; I think that color is you."
"I had a hard time picking out what to wear with it."
"I like the gold bracelet. It makes such a nice contrast with the dark green."
Jackie laughed. "I didn't mean the jewelry, I meant underneath."
"Oh."
"If you liked my panties last night, you would really go for what I'm wearing right now," she teased.
George gave her a leering look, "Tell me about it."
"There's not much to tell, I mean there's not much at all," she shook her head slowly with a big smile on her lips.
"What color?"
"Beige."
George licked his lips. "It sounds fantastic, I can hardly wait to see them, feel them."
Jackie laughed again, "This is just a simple lunch, remember, no big deal."
At the top floor restaurant they were seated at a window table overlooking what there was of a skyline in Dayton. They ordered seafood, George scallops and Jackie shrimp, and shared a bottle of Chenin Blanc. They chatted mostly about Jackie; her days as an actress and dancer before she met Henry Beldon and opted for the financial security that he offered her.
Their knees touched under the small table and occasionally George explored Jackie's adjacent leg with his hand. He squeezed her lovely thigh in a familiar manner that told her that he wanted more than just this little teaser.
It was nearly one thirty, after dessert and coffee when they left the restaurant. They stood in front of the elevators and Jackie didn't understand when George kept her from entering the first one that arrived. When he also rejected the second one, she asked what was going on.
"Superstition," was all George would answer.
By the time the third elevator arrived, there was another couple waiting as well. George took Jackie's arm and directed her into the cabled lift and they descended to the main floor, where the other passengers departed. As the car began it's descent to the parking garage level, George located the blanket still in the corner where he had left it and he spread it on the floor. Jackie looked at him incredulously. "What in the sam hell are you doing?"
"I've never fucked a beautiful woman in an elevator before."
Jackie laughed nervously, "You've got to be kidding. We can't do that here."
The elevator reached the end of it's decent and before the doors began to open, George hit the off switch, disabling the car. "Why can't we? Nobody will miss this thing for a long time."
Jackie's voice was shaking as she realized that George was indeed serious. "I really think that this is not a good idea. In the first place, I haven't even made love with my husband without being half plastered for a long time. I don't think that I can do it."
"Jackie, I treated you terribly last night. I want to make it up to you. I want to show you what sex should be like. It should be exciting and memorable for both partners. They should share a little caring for one another, not just the lust we - I displayed last night."
"I - I'd like to. I'm just not sure I can do it. I'm scared, George."
"Jackie, you are one of the most desirable women I have met in my life. I know I can make love to you in a way that we will both enjoy immensely. All you have to do is relax and let it happen." George put his hands on her shoulders and indicated he wanted her to lie down on the blanket.
She lowered herself to a sitting position on the floor and then started to get up again. "I – can't we go to your room, maybe on a bed, - I can't do anything here."
George motioned her to keep still and he pushed her gently into a prone position on her back. She looked up into his eyes; her lovely face was etched with indecision.
"Just let it happen," George soothed. "I guarantee you will be glad you did."