Celia. What a woman. Long slender legs, pure skin, and womanly figure. Ripe for the plucking. Twenty-seven and sure of herself, she walks with the grace of a ballerina, long auburn hair cascading over her delicate shoulders, almost reaching the soft rise of her perfect arse. God, I wish I was like her. She stole my lover, and I hate her. But how can I be so angry at such a beauty?
Simple. I want revenge.
We were lying in bed, my body pressed against Kali's back. I was trying to encourage a response along the lines of the coital, blowing in her ear, whispering my fingertips on her skin, but never expected, "Oh Lee-lee... Mmm... Don't stop..."
Being christened Tay, I felt a little lost for words. Unabated, my fingers stuttered their way from her hips, over her stomach to gently cup her breast. She sighed (as she is want to do) and moaned, "Oh Lee-lee".
Again, I was rather taken aback. Who did she think was touching her? Who the hell is this 'Lee-lee'? Growing suspicious and angry, I pinched her nipple hard. I expected a slap in the face, not, "Harder!"
Shocked and astounded, I rolled her over and saw the dreamy, sexy face she gets when she has wet dreams. I tweaked her hardening nipple harder and she gasped. I can only imagine how wet she was, as she grabbed the back of my head and pulled me into what would be our last kiss.
Passionate, tongues fighting and mashing against one another... I had never had this before.
It must have been my lack of enthusiasm that told her I wasn't who she thought I was. She thrust me away, eyes wide and scared that she was found out.
"Tay?" Her innocent schoolgirl voice, always so convincing, would not work this time. Sitting at the foot of my bed, I just shook my head. "Get out." I sighed to the bedspread.
I heard her get up, dressed and out the door.
I even heard her start her shitbox of a car and drive off into the night.
"Fuck." I started crying.
A couple of days later, mutual friends collected her belongings from the lawn and surrounding gardens. I think my crowning glory was the butt plug in the Padrรจ's water feature. Apparently, all he said was, "A woman scorned..."
So, when I went out to point out things they missed (her leopard print g-string hanging on the rose bush, for example), I saw my best friend Stan come visit with a basket of chocolate and a head full with gossip. I left Kali's underlings to their scrabbling and made coffee, listening to the underworld of the 'burbs bubbling from Stanley's mouth. There were the usual hetero-homo tensions, the unfaithful husbands and wives, new babies, new neighbours etc, but he kept skirting the issue. When he began repeating, I sighed "Enough already! Just tell me?"
"Okay." He took a deep breath, "Lee-lee is the pet name for Celia Deline Rowena Capiella. She is also known as CC, princess of darkness, spawn of evil, and other more flattering aliases. She is a serial adulteress. She devours taken women. She appears to be searching for someone in particular, but no one's ever close enough for long enough to find out whom. She scares me. I want to be her."
Great. My best friend wants to be her. Okay, so he also wants to be Cher, so he's not so good an example. I wonder if this Lee-lee is with Kali. What makes her so special? What did they do? In imagining them together, this stranger and Kali, I began to feel aroused. Their bodies entwined, soft skin touching soft, feminine skin...
"Tay, snap out of it!"
"I need to see her."
"What?"
"I need to see her" I repeated.
So here I am, sitting naked on the edge of a mahogany desk in the lions den. Celia is lying on the marble before me, trying to persuade me to fuck again. I don't know how I got to this.
Yes I do. I became obsessed with getting back at her. I found out as much as I could, took as many photos as inconspicuously as I could. Celia Rowena Capiella, born 18th September, 1977, lives in a lavish mansion in the fashionable district. No children, no husband, money supplied by a successful boutique ceramics business. Her only constant companion, apart from the money, is George the butler.
She loves jewellery, hates computers. Loves plants but hates the colour green. Loves seducing attached women but will not stand for chaos in her house, thus George the butler. No one knows where he came from, or even his last name. He is the one who cleans, presses and folds her life when she's off doing something more fun. He's the only one the girls see in the morning.
I heard she had a financial attachment to Eve, one of the more prominent gay clubs in the area, and decided to take a more animated interest in my community. Four hours and an entire wardrobe later, I was on my way. I must admit, I was looking a bit of alright. The red tartan skirt and black fuck-me boots showed off my firm legs and butt perfectly, and the black vinyl keyhole top with zip and padlock detail left little to the imagination.
My armour on, ready for battle, I danced with every hot young thing I could find, took everything on offer, kissed and groped anything within grasp.
Mid-song, I felt a finger trail down the back of my neck. Gentle, sensual. I stopped dead, turned and saw her. The photos didn't do her justice. Her liquid brown eyes, her crimson pout, the way her hair falls... I held my breath, waiting for her to speak. She smiled, shocking the life out of me. "Would you like a drink, Tay?"