[Β©2010 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 WITH IDENTITIES DISGUISED; FOR AGES 21 OR ABOVE]
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I will admit it. I married Martha for her money, pure and simple. My name is James; I had played football in high school. After graduation, I wasn't offered a scholarship by any college nor recruited by any company. I had to take a job as a truck driver, running freight locally from rail to consumer. It wasn't much, but it did pay...lousy.
As I considered my fate, I visited my divorced mother. As usual, she was working in a 'theme' restaurant, one of those sports/bar places that were for men afraid to visit a strip club. Some of the women were pretty hot (my mom included), so it wasn't a complete waste. I was seated with a great view of the TV's. With exciting replays of women's field hockey and English league rugby, I was wondering: What, no lacrosse??
I had to wave off, with a friendly smile, Clarissa, winking that I wanted my mom to serve me. Sure enough, 5 minutes later, my dear mother came up. My loving mother was a petite (5'2") former sexpot. Her figure was good, not great, but those imitation bunny outfits...mom was already 35 or 36 up top, but that absurd outfit made her look like Pamela Anderson, BEFORE her breast reduction. Call me gay, but I prefer my women a bit more realistic looking. On this particular night, mom mentioned that Clarissa had lost her boyfriend and that she could use my patronage. She gave me a knowing wink, so that meant more than the usual tip.
Clarissa was a leggy brunette, 5'8", lacking my mom's cleavage but having the legs of a model. She was delighted when mom 'handed me off' to her. It was near to closing, so I asked her if she wanted a ride home (normally my mother gave her a lift.) She thanked me but said no. I persisted and she agreed. We got to her rundown place. I didn't want to press the issue but when she invited me to stay for coffee, well, I wasn't born yesterday. Coffee it would be; if only I drank coffee.
As expected, throughout our 'coffee', she had her head down as she reprised every single thing she had done with her boyfriend, including the unsatisfactory sex. In spite of that, she still missed him. Her dreams of a home and a family dashed. I saw my opening and gave her an obligatory hug. Soon we were making out. This was purely 'on the rebound' intimacy; I hoped that she knew that too. Well before I could discuss that philosophically, we were in bed together.
With good reason I assumed, she kept her bra on at all times. On the plus side, she had a butt that could bend a pin, small and rock solid. Her legs were the best I had ever seen and soon were wrapped around me. Our bodies slapped together with that wonderful rhythmic cadence that only lovers know. As I approached the moment of reckoning, I SHOULD have asked what protection she was using. SHOULD have asked, but didn't. With a manly grunt, I jetted about a dozen quick spurts of my potent seed. Thinking purely of procreation and not of her, I selfishly held her tightly, my big ten inch cock pumping frantically, trying to fill her up before she had any second thoughts. After a few minutes of utter bliss, the ache from my swollen testes was gone, the huge ocean of seed having been transferred into her unprotected (as it turned out) and very fertile womb. I guess I should have asked about the pill. Frankly, after enjoying the mutual orgasm that we shared, I wouldn't have cared if she was spawning for the devil.
Waitresses in those places come and go, and fortunately she left three weeks later. Two weeks after that, she used a home pregnancy tester out of curiosity. To her surprise, I had gotten her pregnant. When she called me, I said I would marry her gladly, but I had barely any money. Oddly, she hung up, never to call again. For some reason, I took down the phone number into my little black book.
I always felt bad that my mother had been abandoned by her no-good husband after he learned she was pregnant with me. Now, while I still had no decent job, she had to be on her feet till 1:00 or 2:00 am. I had to somehow breakout of my rut, save myself AND her. I went there the next night too, and Mom returned with my 'drink' (ok, laugh, but I never drink), normally a Shirley Temple or a rum and Coke, hold the rum. Other male patrons, seeing that I left a modest tip but somehow got a kiss on the forehead or cheek from this atomic hot waitress, wanted to know what he (i.e. me) had that they didn't.
I was about to leave when deliverance was brought to me. ESPN SportsCenter topped off their coverage with a preview of that great baseball brawl, where that Cy Young award winner had beaned the league-leading homerun hitter. I couldn't miss that! Well, as I waited for four commercials and five network plugs to finish, I overheard the next table. They mentioned the wealthiest family in town and their only child, Martha. She had been a deb (debutante), was nasty, judgmental, a real bitch. On the other hand, there was that money. Talk was, she was seeking any man, but preferably one who could be treated as a 'trophy husband', more handsome than brainy. Listening to this, I thought that this was 'right down my alley'.
The next day I scoured the web for any information on that wealthy family and particularly their daughter Martha. She was 27 to my 19. She loved horses, which was THE opening I needed. She had a horse at the stables attached to our city's largest municipal park. I took a big gamble, taking leave from my truck driver job to become, well, a stable boy.
The stables manager desperately needed someone to work; not many people, whether native citizens or immigrants, wanted a job which included mucking out the horse stalls. Well, I was desperate enough to do it. When we toured the grounds and I showed my affinity for the equine, I was hired right then and there.
Through inquiries and snooping on our database, I now learned precisely when Martha arrived, left, and rode during her time on the paths. I made certain to be there with her mount when she arrived. She was dressed out expensively in the finest English riding tack, deep red with brown leather straps. She actually looked rather smart. As I held her mount, she got on the gelding with complete ease, saying not a word to me. She sallied forth at a canter, horse and rider as one unit. She expressed no word of thanks to me then, or ever. Though she rode with confidence and aplomb, her mount came to like me more than her. Few horses, even mares or geldings, allow you to hug them, but he did. Like all quadruped mammals, he appreciated a head butt and attention to places he couldn't reach.
One day, I was hugging her mount when Martha arrived early.
Martha: "What's going on here?"
Me: "Oh, you startled me. It's just me and Max (her gelding) doing some male bonding."
Martha: "I can see that. Your name is?"
Me: "James...you're not going to report me...I mean, I didn't mean any harm."
Martha: [Snickering to herself.] "No, actually, as I look you over stable boy, you have everything I want in a man; strong, good looks, love of horses, and a resume without 'Princeton' or 'Dartmouth' included."
Well, that was the kickoff. She took me to her club, which had a place in Miami, overlooking the entire city. After 9-11, I was a bit leery of skyscrapers, but being on the 50th floor was awesome. We actually could see the Caribbean from where we had dinner. Well, one thing led to another and we wed. She never knew that I was just an adventurer, a gold-digger if you will.
Our wedding night was a bit strained. I guess I should have mentioned this before, but she was, umm, homely. I don't mean to be cruel, but she had enough androgynous looks to qualify as man or woman. It was like the old SNL skit with 'Pat', only I had to be married to it. Well, I endured that first night and the honeymoon in Belize. Remember when I said I never drank; well, for the purposes of the marriage, I was absolutely loaded to endure that duty.
We settled down in our brand new home provided by her family. She didn't care how humble my job, my education, and my heritage were...in fact, the more humble the better. She had me quit the stables and work for her father, the last of her family except for her. He actually liked me, to Martha's anger, and promoted me to manager. Upon hearing that, Martha went ballistic. She wanted me all right, but only in a subordinate position. She called her friend.
Martha: "So here my father just promotes my low class husband into management, putting him into the middle class. I was furious; I didn't want an intellectual or professional equal; I wanted a toyboy who was totally dependent upon me. Now I will have to see the gentrification of him and his poor white trashy mother."
Beatrice: [Her BFF.] "Wait, if you want to humiliate him, humiliate his mom! You told me before she works as a cocktail waitress. Well, my company is doing the promotion for the Mrs. Nude North America contest. Just think of it; her son forced to watch his mother humiliate herself in front of an audience and the TV market (taped for later play). She's what, 40 or 45. Remember your mother at 45? We're talking droop city; your husband will run out of that place crying like a six month old baby girl!"
Neither Beatrice nor anyone else saw the devilish smile on Martha's face. She rubbed her hands, and went to work. She first floated the idea to me:
Martha: "Jim, you told me that your mother always wanted to be in show business, didn't you?"
Me: "Well, yes, but now that she's over 40; she kind of gave that up."
Martha: "What if I told you that there was still a chance; it's a wild idea, but there's a contest that will show off the best looking women in this area; it will even be televised so that Hollywood types will see it. And as you know, the most famous real estate magnate in the world, the one with the comb-over, will be one of the judges. On top of all that, the winner gets $100,000 and a guaranteed role in a film; even the third runner-up gets $10,000. If you both were interested, we could start 'training her' immediately; to save money, we could skip the personal trainer [She was so cheap.] and have you assist. I mean, you did have to have a strict regimen as a football player, did you not? Here's the website to read up on it if you want to."