(Thank you Brittany for the read through)
Sitting at the bar, I watched as Dona scoped her "next" victim.
Okay, I was biased. She's just a woman who likes to tease, catch and release guys like wounded animals. She'd display interest, tempting her prey into her net, use them and then conveniently dump them in punitive ways.
Am I being too critical? You be the judge. Hell, Dona was not a loving, caring specimen. No, she was a vindictive, using lady to enjoyed using her ways to entice the humiliate guys.
On this night, she worked hours to secure her next conquest.
I was once in a similar position.
Learning to hate her wasn't really an option, it was a way of life as the woman caused more heartache than any three other relationships I'd had in my life.
We were both in our mid-20s, and worked together at a think take outside Philadelphia along the Blue Route. One of those three story buildings with a cafeteria and lounge. We were not in the same department, but we somehow got to know each other by happenstance.
Dona was a 5-7 redhead who loved shopping, as evidence by her array of clothing that made her look, well, not only attractive but smart. Not a librarian in that sense, maybe a post-college smarty pants who know enough about everything to get involved in conversations from sports to politics. But through that not a know it all by any means. Someone who could carry a conversation or pitch in where appropriate.
At one point we began dating, and admittedly it was enjoyable.
We went to movies, traveled down the shore, and on several occasions had sexual relations that, well, curled my toes. She always seemed to move in just the right ways, said the right things, and we always brought each other satisfaction. Or so she said.
She was dating other guys, I knew it, and was okay with it. Our relationship was working, it seemed, until it wasn't. She pulled apart, starting spending more time with another guy, and before I knew it our relationship was shitcanned.
Hey, it happens. Not all relationships were meant to be.
All was okay and we'd still have lunch once in a while, al least until I heard from a close friend that Dona was bad-mouthing me in the locker-room of our gym. She apparently told several co-workers that I was a dud in bed, that I smelled and was a total loser. Nothing of which she ever told me to my face.
It was humiliating.
At that point I broke any ties with her, changing my lunch hour, making sure I wasn't around her. That worked until she got a promotion after delivering a smart new business proposal that was loved by the higher ups.
Here's the kicker, it was stole directly from a report I was in the process of finalizing. She actually stole my report, repackaged it, and delivered it to management who fawned over it and her. I made the mistake of mentioning it to my boss, who saw it as sour grapes and all of a sudden found ways to criticize my work and ultimately showed me the door.
It took weeks before I could find another job. Throughout, I hated the bitch Dona more and more.
Now, to be sure, I'm not stupid. I wasn't going to do anything illegal to get back at her. But not a day went by that I didn't think about getting back at her.
Hence, the night in the bar. She hadn't noticed me sitting in a dark corner. But I was there. And Billy, my accomplice, was the subject of her affection that night.