Grey

Leo was here bright and early to get me. He asked where I was the day before and I forgot that he was far more into my schedule than I was. We had worked together for a long time and I had always told him what it was that I did. I even gave him talking points on the women I was with, but now it was different. I wasn’t going to tell him about Cameron. She was the one girl that I was going to hold close to me. But it didn’t take long to know that Leo knew more than he was supposed to. It was becoming a problem that too many people knew my business.

“So did you have a good trip to the dentist?”

He had a smile on his face that I could see through the rearview mirror and it pained me to know that he was talking about Cameron. How did he know?

“Yeah, I had to get a cleaning done. It had been too long since I had gone and gotten that taken care of.”

“Doesn’t look like they are any cleaner. You may want to say something about how they did. I don’t think they did a very good job of it.”

“Cut the shit Leo, what are you getting at?”

“Well I know that you went to see Cameron and I was just wondering how it went. Inquiring minds want to know and all.”

“How did you know that I went to see her?”

“Just a guess because she works there and I can tell that you are smitten with the woman, even if you don’t want me to know about it. You aren’t as hard to read as you would like to think you are counselor.”

I wasn’t going to ask him how he knew that. Leo just knew things. He had a lot of connections and I had used them all more than once to get the information that I needed. It was hard not to think that he was a little clairvoyant, but right now I was trying to push him off of the trail. I wasn’t sure if I should just go with it and admit that he was right or what I should do. What I did know was that I was going to have to push him from the idea of it though. I don’t know why, but I wanted to keep what happened between us, between us. She was the only woman that I wanted to shield from the comments and the assumptions that Leo was bound to make.

“Well I didn’t even know that she worked there.”

He gave me a look that told me that he didn’t believe what I said. I knew that I was going to have to say something eventually, especially if it went any further. This is what I wanted anyways. I wanted him to drop it, but the look on his face told me that he wasn’t going to.

“You are not a very good liar Grey.”

“And you have never been good at minding your own business Leo.”

He grinned. “True enough. Give me a few details and I will leave it be.”

I groaned out loud and he grinned wider. I had a feeling that he knew that I was going to give in. I always did. “Fine, but only a few details and then no more about it. She is not like the rest of the women I meet. You were right about that.”

***

Work was long and tiring. I had a couple of court dates that I had to keep and instead of getting away with a settlement that I had hoped for, one case was going to end up taking more time than I was willing to give because it was going to be going in front of a jury. I should have been happy that I had a lot of billable hours coming my way, but I wanted more free time, more than I needed more money. It was one of those days and when I got off work, I went home instead of staying in and working like I was supposed to. I just needed a break from the law and everything that came with it. In reality, I wanted to spend my time thinking about Cameron and what had occurred between us.

My mind was constantly on Cameron much of the day. She was all I could think about and even though I knew that it was too early to call her, I wanted to, desperately. I didn’t want her to know how badly I wanted to see her. It was against my rules, but so help me it was hard not to give her a call and see what she was doing.

I had many rules that I lived by. It helped keep things straight in my mind and I told myself that it was something that I did to avoid all of the complications that could come with women. I didn’t want to fall for her, but I had a feeling that what was on my mind was nothing short of that. It was dangerous to feel this way about anyone, even her.

Scott called me and I was starting to think that he was going to be in town longer than he and I had anticipated. He wanted to go out again and again I almost declined, but he was good for a few minutes of not thinking about her. That is what I needed more than anything else right now, so again I agreed.

“Do you want to meet at the strip club, or is there somewhere else that we can go?”

He shrugged. “It’s up to you. I just want to see some titties and have a few beers. Do you know of a better place?”

I did and I gave him an address. It was another strip bar like the one we had went to before, but it was closer and a little classier. There was no way to buy a girl there and I didn’t want the urge to come over me. It would have been a waste of time after having Cameron. No woman was going to compare to her.

When I got there, Scott was already inside and it looked like he had already kicked a couple back by the time I got there. I asked him what he was still doing and he finally confessed that he and his girlfriend had broken up. She had kept the apartment and he was looking for a new place to live. “It started as business, but now I am here for good I think.”

I wanted to ask more, but Scott got sidetracked with a pair of tits that were above par and I had a moment where I couldn’t think as well. I don’t know what it was about boobs, but they were hypnotizing in some mystical way that no man was able to avoid.

“I thought you guys were doing well?”

He shrugged. “I thought so too, but you know how broads are. They don’t know what they want and even when they tell you and you give it to them, it still isn’t enough. It was always like that with her and it is no different now. But I am not worried about it. I am going to enjoy my freedom now that I got a little bit of it.”

Why didn’t I believe him? He didn’t sound or look to sure of his own words, but I didn’t want to kick him while he was down.

“So what about you? What about that hot little slice that you were telling me about? The chick with the crazy name?”

He was talking about Kaika and I told him that I hadn’t seen her since that night. I knew I wouldn’t see her again. I didn’t want to see her and she didn’t want to see me. I wasn’t even thinking about her or her magic mouth anymore. I should have thought about her more. We were together for some time, but the realization that I didn’t, just told me that it wasn’t meant to be. If it was, wouldn’t I think about her like I was thinking about Cameron?

“That girl is old news Scott. I told you after I left you the other night that we were through. She smelled another woman on me, that stripper that smelled like cotton candy and that was that. I doubt I will see her again. Besides, I was about done with her anyway.”

He shook his head and told me that I was cold. Was he right? Was I wrong for not feeling more about her then I did? I should have missed her, right? I should have felt something, but I didn’t.

“I guess. I don’t know. They come and go, right?”

Scott agreed and put his attention back to the woman in front of us that was getting naked. She was down to her skivvies and I have to say that I felt nothing. I should have. I know that, but I didn’t and I don’t know why. All I could see was the long legs of Cameron and the petite body that she had. Did it make her more special because I knew that I was the only one seeing her? I liked the idea that I didn’t have to share her and now it was becoming clear that this wasn’t helping.

I told Scott I would be back in a little while, I had to hit the head, but really I just wanted to talk to Cameron and see what she was doing. I called the number that she had given me, but there was no answer. I called twice, refusing to leave a voicemail and then I realized that it was almost midnight. I doubted that she was even still up, but I still tried for a third time. I wanted to be inside of her again, but it didn’t look like it was going to happen. All of my rules be damned, if I would have thought that calling her again would have gotten through to her, I would have done so. I wanted to see her again and all of the rules that I used to live by went right out the window. It was time for her to see that it wasn’t just a fling going on with us. It was something more and I was eager to see where it all ended up.

I got back out of the bathroom and Scott was getting a lap dance. He seemed rather pleased with himself and I wasn’t going to stick around any longer. I motioned that I was leaving and he tried to stop me, but it really was a waste of time. Nothing I did was going to get the blonde out of my mind. I was just going to have to find another way and all I could think about was seeing her. That would fix it all and it was what I needed to do. I needed to see the woman that had captivated my mind, if only she would answer her damn phone.