Please do not read if under 18 years of age or offended by sexually explicit stories and situations.
(c) 2002 Couture
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Mark was very happy driving along in his blue 99' Buick Regal. He was so happy that he was attempting to sing along with Eminem, and not just the chorus either. He was doing a wonderful job of butchering the song, but he didn't care. It was a few days until his one-year anniversary as a Kirby salesman and he only needed one more sale to make a hundred and the large bonus it entailed. One more sale - he could do that in his sleep.
"I know that you got a job Ms. Shady, but your husblah- blah-bla-blah-bla-blah," Mark sang, finally giving up on the verse and resorted to making up his own song.
"I'm gonna sell you a vacuum Ms. Shady. Cuz I na-na-na- need the money. So let me see one hundred vacuums equals a bonus. And I really really needz a bonus." Mark laughed, but then something caught his eye. He stopped the car, looked back in the rear view mirror to make sure no cars were coming, then backed up to the intersection.
"Desmonda drive." He looked on the map and noticed there wasn't a Desmonda drive listed. Jackpot. This was Mark's style. As a traveling salesman, he learned early on, it paid to take the less traveled path. Let the other salesmen compete with one another on Main Street, while he went to homes that had never seen a traveling salesman, much less learned how to slam the door in one's face.
The only thing was Desmonda drive looked like a miss, instead of a hit. There didn't appear to be any houses on this lone street. He drove to the end of the street to turn around, and spotted a small white house to the right of the cul de sac. It was a well kept house with burgundy shutters; the yard could have used a good mowing.