The young black stud's eyes looked so serious as he stepped inside the small workout center. His stern glare of dominance caused my eyes to fall to the blue matted floor at his bare feet. I was instantly humbled by him. Seconds later, I then felt my beautiful wife's sudden and quiet presence as she followed in behind the black man and stepped inside.
"Hey, boy. Ya' ready?" the black man asked.
"Y-Yeah. I-I-I guess s-so." I quivered.
I stood there noticeably shaking and afraid to look back up into the black man's eyes. Even at my noticeably taller height I felt weak and cowardly standing before the young black stud. He simply stood there in that arrogant flimsy little tiger-print nylon bikini putting on a pair of fingerless leather speed gloves to begin his workout. Suddenly, my wife began to speak.
"Honey, guess what?" Julie began, ignoring my timid appearance.
I merely glanced in my wife's direction but felt compelled to keep my eyes towards the ground as she continued speaking.
"Trey finally picked out a building for the workout center." she said.
"Trey says it's going to be an exclusive woman's workout center." she continued.
"Trey says it's going to be so much better and different than anything else around here." she added.
"Trey said I am his number one assistant now, too." my wife said, excitedly.
"Trey also says I will learn so much helping him with his new business." Julie said.
"Oh, and Trey says all the other wives are going to be able to be assistants and gold members at the same time." she continued.
"Trey can't wait to get his new center started as soon as possible." she added.
The look on the young black stud's face was demoralizing for me as my pretty blonde wife continued fawning all over him. Her words of enthusiasm over his plans wewre defeating. He stood there with an almost sheepish grin upon his stern and chiseled face as Julie went on and on.
"Yeah. Trey talked to all of us today." she informed.
"Trey spoke to the other husbands earlier today, too." she continued.
"Trey says all the other wives told him their husbands are gonna chip in and invest too!" Julie announced.
"Isn't that right, Trey?" Julie asked him.
The bold and dominant black man's face was firm, yet pleased.
"Yea, that's right!" he replied.
"Trey said that it's really important to make it and even better place right from the start." Julie continued.
"Trey says he wants it to be the best place yet." she added.
"Trey says that first impressions are lasting impressions." she said.
"So, Trey says that today is really officially my first day as his assistant." Julie advised.
"Trey wants to meet later to go over the layout. That's what Trey says." she informed.
"Trey says we have so much to do now with the design layouts of all the rooms." she added.
"Trey's new business is going to be so exciting." Julie said.
"Trey also said he's meeting with the other husbands again tonight about the investment." my wife gleemed.
"Right after his workout. Trey said that too." she mentioned.
I almost couldn't believe my ears. Demoralized, I brought my timid eyes back up to the young black stud's stern face. He was sneering even more and delighted by the excitement in my wife's voice. Her gloating and verbal fawning over the young stud was absolutely defeating to hear. It would be for any white husband.
Tra'mon patted his fists together in those leather speed gloves with such cockiness.
I was already shocked by the manner my beautiful blonde wife seemed to be falling all over the black man. She was now telling me that she was his number one assistant and he had seemingly convinced all the other white wives to assist in getting his center ready as well.
Furthermore, somehow he had convinced all the other husbands to invest in his new business venture.
I wondered if the other white husbands even knew that their pretty wives would be actually working with this young black stud now, and that they had become gold members before the workout center even opened.
At the time, I was curious as to why I had not seen any of the other husbands yet. I wondered where they could have been during this so-called meeting by the pool. That is when Tra'mon answered my silent question.
"Yeah. Dem' white boys are taking care of getting dat' investment ready now. We're gonna meet again in a little while to settle things up." He said.
His overwhelming confidence and arrogance were rocketing through the stratosphere as I stood there meekly. Confused, I began to think about how he had gotten to the other 12 white husbands who didn't seem so interested in any new investments at all. I pondered the thought that they were just as intimidated of him as I was, which I knew they were. But, I questioned if this was the main reason for their compliance.
I felt even more humbled as my wife, Julie, began to speak to Tra'mon.
"Can I get anything else for you before I go, Trey?" she asked him.
"Well, maybe a nice fruit plate if dat' ain't no trouble girl." the black stud answered, sarcastically.
"Oh my god, no! No trouble at all, Trey! None whatsoever, Trey." Julie suddenly gasped.
"What kind of fruit do you like, Trey?" she asked.
The young black stud put his powerful fingers to his chin, slowly contemplating his thoughts as I stood there watching in amazement. It was almost as if he was stalling on purpose.
"Well, I usually likes me some papaya, lotsa different melons, strawberries and blueberries too." he said.
Unbelievably, Julie began writing this down on the back of her pamphlet like some sort of secretary or waitress. She didn't even think about asking her own white husband, either.
"Oh-Okay, Trey. I'll get this for you right away, Trey. I'll just change quickly and run out to the market for these things, okay Trey?." she said in a rushed tone of voice.