I was deep within the arms of Morpheus when some kind of persistent ringing jarred me awake. At first, I thought it was the alarm clock, but repeated blows to its' head did nothing to silence the ringing. Then it dawned upon me that it was the front door buzzer that had interrupted my rest. This was one thing I really liked about my apartment building. You either had to have a key to unlock the front door or a resident had to buzz you in. Groggily, I maneuvered myself over to the intercom and asked,
"Who's there?"
"This is Bill Kincaid. Ava's husband."
"I know who you are. What do you want?"
"I was hoping to get your rundown upon what happened last night at La Minette. I can't get a straight answer from Ava and Kayla insists that she has no idea what went on. So, here I am. Can I come up and talk to you for a few minutes?"
My answer took the form of buzzing him in. It was just a few seconds until he was knocking on my door. It was then that I had a second thought. I had never met nor seen Bill Kincaid so maybe I was being impulsive by buzzing in some one who I wasn't absolutely sure just who they were. I said to myself,
"Oh well, it is too late now."
The man who stood outside my door was a very good looking male. He was easily six feet tall and had the shoulders of a linebacker. I also liked it that he didn't immediately push inside my door.
"Well, come on in. There isn't any need for standing in the hall. Forgive my disarray. Your ringing of the door buzzer woke me. If you don't mind, I'll fix myself a cup of coffee, you?"
"No thanks. I had my breakfast some hours ago. Can I talk with you while you make your breakfast?"
"Sure. What is it that you are trying to find out?"
"Ava came home last night earlier than usual and in the poorest state that I have ever seen. She went straight into the bathroom and threw-up. I know you will think that is really strange, but, for Ava, it isn't as strange as it might seem. I know, from past occurrences of this kind, what usually causes this."
"So far as I am concerned, there weren't any strange events last night. What has Kayla told you? Did she mention the sex show that we all watched?"
"Yes, she did mention that and that brings me to my first question. After that show was over, did Ava look sick?"
"She did look pale and I asked her if anything was wrong, but she insisted that everything was okay. So, we all went down to the dinning area where I was approached by another one of the guests and asked to dance. I suppose that Kayla has already told you this since she was sitting at the table when this all transpired. After that, I didn't know that Ava had gone home until Yvette – you have heard of her?" He nodded. "She told me that Ava had left earlier, coffee?" Bill shook his head.
"Then you didn't know that Ava was sick before she left La Minette? So sick, in fact, that Yvette refused to let her drive home and called a cab for her?"
"No. That is news to me. What do you think caused it? Was it something she ate? Although I am almost certain that we all had pretty much the same meal!"
"It wasn't anything to do with the food. This is one of Ava's strangest quirks. Did you know that she reads porno novels and watches porno DVD's?"
"Yeah, Kayla told me that."
"For some reason, Ava can watch filmed sex or read sex stories, but, when she sees real people actually engaged in sex, she gets sicker than a dog. We have seen any number of doctors to no avail. It doesn't happen often, but, when it does, she has to go to bed almost immediately."
"Why are you here?"
"Ava really let off steam after she got to bed. She called you all kinds of names and said you were a traitor."
"What exactly did she say?" He hesitated and I urged him to go on.
"She was screaming and yelling that you were a, 'dirty, filthy, nasty, slut' who had betrayed her! I tried to get her to tell me why she felt that way, but she wouldn't."
I just stood there and stared at him. I wondered if, through something Yvette may have said, Kayla may have reached a conclusion regarding what I had planned for Ava. Bill didn't accuse me in any way. Instead, he went right on,
"I told her she was running a huge risk of this happening when she first brought up the idea of using you girls as whores for the lesbians, but, ultimately, the attraction of the added money won out."
I stared at him with surprise written all over my face.
"You didn't know?" I shook my head. "Ava contacted Yvette and proposed to her that she get you girls to act as – well – hostesses for the lesbians. Yvette agreed and a deal was struck. Ava has been receiving a very substantial amount of money from the after-dinner activities of the four of you and I'll have to admit that I have enjoyed some of that cash myself. I was sure that you must know for Kayla, Rosa and Sierra all knew."
I felt the anger rising in my throat and I was tempted to throw his ass out of my apartment. Then, of course, I realized that this was not of his doing so I forced myself to cool down and regain my reason. To myself, I said, "Ava and I are through!"