Consequences Five
Part C - Party Preparations and Night Club Plans
Main Characters
David
: A successful Architect who wants to start a family, they start to play teasing games to spice up their life but it's getting out of hand.
Olivia
: David's wife and business partner, a successful designer working in tandem with her husband. Begins to find her inner demon taking over her sexual desires. Inadvertently gathers 'lost' women around her that David calls her 'harem'.
Jane
:
David's first girlfriend who hurt him badly. The first to join the home after her husband proved to be a slimeball.
Ana
: Olivia's former University roommate and sexual partner in their escapades when not studying. Finds herself becoming disenchanted with the city highlife and decides to look up her first love Olivia, almost destroying their marriage.
Bree
: Former Wife of a famous ex footballer,
Chase
. Ex-beauty queen type who is looking for a new life and fresh adventures after the disappointment of her husband becoming a worthless drunk. Came to a truth or dare party and never left.
Jo
:
A recluse who always received criticism by family and friends because she didn't achieve expectations. Pretty and vivacious underneath layers of shapeless clothes to hide herself, friends drag her along to Olivia's party and she never goes back to her dingy little room.
Michael
:
An Architect who studied with David through University. Moving to the area and possibly join their firm but has problems with his wife,
Sarah
, who is having an affair with
Wes Daniels
.
Aleesha
:
A private investigator specialising in family matters. A tough cookie having gone through her own marriage break-up.
Monica
, David, and Olivia's business supervisor and now a minor shareholder, totally reliable and a family friend, long term single mother but heading for a 'fling' with a handsome 'player' Mark, from the website company on the next floor up.
Joannie & Francine,
Real Estate Agents
Authors note. All geographic and other factual information is obtained from the internet and I have done my best to approximate as near as possible to the information available thereon. Therefore please note that no intention is meant to mislead or otherwise nor to express any opinion of those facts.
Party preparations continue
Their group, 9 strong, pretty much took over the shops they went in and it became a mock battle as to who got their hands on the most outrageous clothes first. Fortunately they were a range of sizes but even so they hit every shop they could think of and had to resort to a fair amount of improvisation. As is always the way, having scoured every shop in the city they came upon a small shop near home that had a good range of the type of things they were looking for and the day is labelled a success.
It is decided to have their own fashion show later to let David loose with his camera. Aleesha, Monica and Dee all came back with them and were invited to join them at the nightclub that evening.
David had spent part of the day at the Farm as much to keep out of the way of the shopping as any other reason but he did find it useful to really go over all areas of the land as well as delve into less accessible parts of the farm buildings to better assess their condition. He rang to arrange to collect the key but they insisted on meeting him there, admitting that both Joannie and Francine were now hooked on the scheme and were almost as excited by the possibilities as the 'family' were. Olivia and the others did not look too pleased when he told them about the arrangement.
Olivia called him during the day to ask his opinion about inviting people from her past and as she expected he is dead against any ex-boyfriends or lovers. She happened to mention that they were now nine ladies going to the club so he suggested that they might invite Joannie and Francine too; thinking diplomatically it might take away some of the undercurrent of opposition to him meeting with them alone. A "Why not," is the reply he received so he passed on the message and both ladies seemed to be delighted as they didn't go to clubs much these days. That done, he decided to let them sort out the arrangements, he isn't exactly sure he wanted to be responsible for 11 women on a night out.
When he got back the ladies were truly bustling, there were clothes to be tried on as well as people actively getting on with things like research and sending out invites. David is getting a good idea of what it might be like as they expanded but it all seemed to be working well. First of all Louise wanted a quiet word, so he led her to his office. They sat opposite one another, she leaning forward with hands between her knees speaking quietly, which drew David closer so that he could be sure to hear above the general hubbub of the house. David gave her a big smile and stroked her arm to encourage her.
"I am a bit worried about us, well, kissing yesterday." She finally let slip.
"Why on earth would that worry you?, it was a lovely kiss by the way."
She coloured "I thought so too, and I do like you, but I don't want to cause any trouble."
"First of all I'd like to kiss you again please!"
"Secondly, everyone kisses everyone else around here."