Del
took Marge out to their favorite place to eat. He was tired, worn
out from the week, but had news to celebrate, was bursting to tell
Marge but had wanted to wait until dessert. Dessert was ordered; Marge
was smiling at him.
Stranberger's
was a family restaurant, run by the same family for close to fifty
years. Good food, chatty waitresses, coffee almost as good as Cookie
or Marge made. Glorious junk on the walls. 1950s toy guns and their
holsters in one room. Blues posters in another, racing paraphernalia
on the walls of the small bar a sundae and milkshake kind
of bar.
"You
remember me talking about Spot?"
"The
Colonel's dog? Yes, though I don't think I've ever met her."
"That's
the one. Someone wanted to buy Spot; the Colonel let me make an
offer. I'm buying her for forty-one thousand tomorrow."
She
sat back, made room for her apple pie alamode. "That's a lot
of money, Del."
He
got the same, picked up his fork. "I know. It will put us behind
maybe two years."
Marge
nodded, swallowed. "It's your decision, Del. It's your plan
and if you want to sidetrack it . . . Are you sure?"
Del
pushed his pie aside and leaned toward her. "I can wait two
years more. It won't be easy. Easier with Spot around. But I know
it won't be easy."
Marge
smiled at him. "What if I don't like her?"
Del
pulled his plate back, cut a piece of pie and dipped it into the
soft ice cream.
"Well?"
Del
took his time chewing, swallowed. "Marge. I know this might
be a way for the Colonel to keep me working with him."
"Well?"
"And
I was thinking, maybe we should travel some. We've been saving up
for years and maybe we should take a little of that money and enjoy
ourselves."
"What
if I don't like her?"
"I'll
build a nice tall fence around the backyard. Her doghouse will be
out there, she doesn't need to be inside at all."
"Except
if the weather is cold. If she gets sick. Or if you are in the mood
for puppy love."
"Spot
won't get under foot."
"I'm
not said much about what you do, Del."
"I
appreciate that, Marge. It hasn't been easy for you."
"Do
you realize that you have no idea how easy, or not, it has been?"
He
finished his pie. "Want to go for a walk soon?"
She
shook her head. "Let's go home."
Del
drank his coffee, pushed the plate away, moved the cup and saucer
before him. "I know it won't be easy having Spot around."
"How
old is she?"
He
shrugged. "Twenty-two? Her papers may tell. She doesn't talk."
"Just
growl and woof."
He
was going to add and wiggle her tail but thought maybe now wasn't
the best time to mention tails. "Yip and whimper. She's not
a loud dog."
"Paper
trained?"
He
exhaled. "I don't know that either. She . . ."
"She'll
be inside our house and you're not sure she's paper trained?"
"I
know, I . . ."
"Just
what does she do, Del?"
Fuck
and suck. He probably shouldn't bring that up right now either.
"She's companionable. I'll take her to work with me. She's
fun to go on walks with. She's fun to just sit around with."
"How
big of a doghouse were you planning to build? Big enough for the
two of you?" Marge smiled at the waitress. "That was wonderful,
dear."
He
took out his wallet and left a tip, picked up the check and stood.
"Sure you don't want to go for a walk?"
She
joined him. "Well?"
He
paid the check, took a couple of mints with his change. He held
the truck door open for Marge, went around the truck and sat in
the driver's seat. He started up the flathead six, gave the dashboard
a pat, backed out of the space. "There are things about this
I haven't thought out, Marge. I didn't know about it until this
afternoon."
"What
do we do when we have guests over?"
"I
could leave her at the ranch."
"Where
do we board her if we go on one of your little trips?"
"I've
no idea, Marge. What do you think we should do?"
She
was quiet for several minutes. She shifted in her seat, looked to
her right out the window. "I know you screw them when you're
at the ranch. I don't have to see that. I don't want to have to
watch you screw this dog."
"I
know that, Marge. If Spot doesn't work out, I'll sell her. Find
a good home for her. I don't think the money will be wasted."
"Do
you love her?"
He
turned off the truck in the drive. "I love being with her.
I never . . ."
Marge
left the truck.
He
followed her into the house. "Want a beer?"
"Please."
He
went into the living room with two beers, gave Marge one. He sat
next to her on the couch. "Look, Marge. I sprung this on you
and I'm sorry but it was sprung on me. I don't know the answer to
many of the things you've asked me. Yes, I fuck my charges at work.
There is usually not a lot of feeling involved in it. Sometimes
there is but I don't wallow in it. I like Spot, enjoy being with
her, think she's special. I never thought I would own her. I think
maybe the Colonel is doing what he can so I'll stay with him longer.
I don't plan on staying forever but I do enjoy what I do even if
I don't like my job."
He
touched her knee. "The Colonel wanted to know if you were going
to bring your potato salad to the picnic."
Marge
kicked off her shoes, drew her legs under her on the couch. She
set her beer on the knee of her slacks. "The picnic is Wednesday?
I'll give you a list tomorrow of things to get."
Del
took a drink of beer.
"Del,
do you ever think of what you are doing to those girls?"
He
set the empty beer on the floor. "Tell me when you want another.
Think of it how? Do I realize what I'm doing? Or do I worry about
how others might look at what I'm doing?"
"You
know what I mean, Del." She gave him a tight-lipped smile.
"Okay,
Marge. We've had this discussion before. Am I evil? I don't think
so. Am I sure? I'm not, so I spend some time, not a lot, but some
time thinking about the problem of good and evil and me in the whole
wide world."
"Well?"
"Not
particularly evil. That doesn't mean I think I'm good. I try to
be but I'm not most of the time."
"And?"
"Are
we gong to get back to Spot soon?"
"Eventually."
Marge placed the beer bottle back on her knee.
"I
do the best I can. What can I say? I know I'm making mistakes. I
know that the world is not black and white and I know what I'm doing
probably comes into the darker area of gray."
She
winked at him, set her beer on the floor. "I'm ready."
"Back
in a minute." He walked into the kitchen, left his boots by
the back door and got two beers out of the refrigerator. He put
several warm beers in to chill. "Want a snack or anything?"
"No,
I'm all right."
He
carried the beers to the couch, handed her one. "I do the best
I can. Try to do better the next day."
"Anything
you should tell me about work?"
"Sharon,
the Colonel's girlfriend, has become a . . . I don't know
what to call it. She's not sure what she is."
"Lover?"
"Not
on my part. She's not sure if she's a dog or a pony. That's one
way to think of it. She may just be a way for the Colonel to divert
me. Like Spot."
"Pretty?"
"One
of the most beautiful women I've seen."
She
turned away from him. "You realize you hurt me sometimes."
"Do
you want me to tell the Colonel no, I don't want Spot after all?"
She
shook her head, turned to him. "I can't control you, don't
want to."
"I
appreciate that."
"Appreciate
this. How many of the ranch hands have wives? How many will be at
the picnic?"
"One.
You know that."
"Does
that tell you something?"
"Should
it?"
"It
should. So she's beautiful?"
"Yes."
He leaned on the couch arm, watched her.
"Does
the Colonel know?"
"We
pissed on her together." He watched her face him, get off the
couch and leave the room. "Well, that's that," he mumbled.
He sat on the couch, shut his eyes and tried to remember how it
had been in the Army. Too much like right now. He needed to take
a piss. He stood, finished the beer, picked up the empties and carried
them into the kitchen.
He
turned out the light, left on the living room light and went into
the bathroom. The mirror made him look more tired than he was. He
pissed sitting down since he needed his hands to prop up his chin.
The
bedroom light was off when he went in. Marge was under the covers.
He turned off the hall light and joined her in bed. She didn't move.
"Look,
Marge. I never know how much you want to know about what I do at
work. We pissed on her. I wiped her off afterwards using her clothes,
expensive stuff. Ralph Lauren. There's more you probably don't want
to know. That's the day me. When I'm here, I don't do that stuff."
He paused. "Somehow when I talk about it I sound like a gangster
or something. I'm sorry."
"When
you bring Spot here," Marge said facing away from him, "you'll
be bringing your day stuff here."
"I
hadn't thought about it that way."
"I
know. I know you like Spot, want to keep her. If she's here I'll
be watching you two . . . Understand?"
"I'm
sorry, Marge. I never meant to hurt you."
"I
know that too." She was quiet for a couple of minutes, said,
"Turn on the light."
He
sat up, turned on the light.
Marge
sat up. "Okay, let's talk about Spot. Forty-one thousand dollars
plus the fence plus the doghouse."
"Plus
I'll need a carrier I can strap or bolt to the bed of the truck."
"There'll
be more. Food."
"Dog
food, canned and dry. I don't think she's too particular."
"That's
it?" Marge gave a look at him. "Just dog food?"
"She
likes people food but she shouldn't have too much as some people
food upsets her stomach."
"People
food."
He
nodded.
"Do
you realize what you're saying?"
"Do
you know what it is like to have someone like Sharon?"
"The
beautiful one."
"Hell,
most of them are beautiful. Do you know what it is like to have
someone like her want me to do certain things you don't really want
me to talk too much about to her or to treat her in certain ways,
again ditto? Can you imagine?"
"Del,
back to Spot."
"She's
a dog in every way but one. She doesn't want to be a dog all she
needs to do is get off her four paws, walk on two, and leave. That
simple."
"So
she's not forced . . ."
"We'll
have to decide if we want to chain her up or put her in a pen. I'd
leave her free but they are your flowers and she is a dog."
"What
about her . . . excrement?"
"I
can bury it or I can flush it. She doesn't roll in it, if that's
what you mean."
Marge
played with the sheet for a minute. "She doesn't talk?"
"I've
never heard her say a word."
"What
does she do all day?"
"Lie
around, sniff things, drink from her water bowl, lie in the sun
or shade, nap, masturbate. She gets pretty bored at the Colonel's."
"Until
you come along."
"Most
of the time she's just there for a ride, she trots behind the buggy
with a huge grin on her face."
But
some of the times you are . . ."
"We
are." He put his hand on hers. "Outside of you she's the
best of anyone I've ever . . ."
"And
you love her."
"I
can never sit and talk with her like I'm doing now."
"But
you love her?"
"I
guess you could say so. Not like I love you. I mean it. If I have
to choose between the two of you I'd choose you over her."
"I
don't believe you." She squeezed his hand. "Get Spot.
If there is a problem I'll let you know."
"You'll
like her."
She
smiled at him. "I know I will. I'll see her, half my age, beautiful,
the other woman my husband loves, lying out in the backyard naked.
She'll be naked, won't she?"
"Naked."
"Of
course I'll like her."
"Give
it a chance. Who knows? Maybe you will."
"I
don't want to watch you screw her."
"You
won't have to see that."
"But
you will?"
"I'd
be lying if I said I wouldn't."
She
let out a breath.
"I'll,
we'll own her. She'd be upset if I didn't use her. We didn't use
her."
"I
could use her?"
He
gave a nod.
"That
wouldn't upset you?"
"Why
should it?"
"I
don't know. I find it hard to imagine myself carrying on an affair
with my husband's dog."
"Our
dog."
"That
sounds better?"
"Just
try to shift your perspective just a bit."
"If
I didn't love you."
"I'm
sorry it's not easier for you."
"It's
not been all bad."
"You
have time to write. How is the story going?"
"I'm
at a spot where I need to spend some time working things through."
"Are
you serious?"
"What
do you mean?"
"I'm
at a spot . . ."
She
grinned. "I finished the first draft yesterday. I'm doing my
checks then I'll print it out and drop it into a drawer to hide
away for six months or so."
"What
did the agent say about the other one?"
"She
thinks she can sell it. It's going to take time finding the right
house."
"Two
more years."
"I'm
trying to do my part," she said.
"And
if Spot doesn't work out, we'll find another home for her."
He kissed her. "Should I turn out the light?"
"Turn
out the light." She went under the covers.
He
turned out the light and joined her. She snuggled up against him,
placed her hand on his chest.
The
windows in the bedroom, there were three, let light shine on the
bed and their faces. Most of the light was from the moon and stars.
A small portion of the light came from the all night light on a
telephone pole by the neighbor's garage.
He
watched her face, kissed her and touched her cheek.
She
smiled at him. There was a sparkle of light on her eye.
They
made love slowly for them, took their time this once. Usually they
were more efficient, practiced old lovers in their likes and dislikes.
He
wanted to show her how different this was, she was, from the others
earlier today. She still gave him a thrill no other had ever given
him. She thought because she was older and the others were younger
they had her beat. Because of the way they looked and how their
bodies looked and felt. He wanted to show her she was wrong.
He
thrust slowly, felt her body rub his body as he moved. He lifted
up from a kiss and enjoyed the feel of her breasts on his chest.
He wanted to take her hands and hold them against the headboard
but knew he couldn't. He tried to show her in a different way. He
thrust slowly.
He
wanted to do things to her to show her that her body was special
because it was his. He wanted to make her cry out. He thrust slowly.
He
kissed her, came in her feeling each pump and spurt and her body
around him. Sometimes, when she didn't come like just now, he remained
in her until he was hard again. Tonight he rolled off, used his
fingers to bring her off, let her know he wanted to do this for
her.
He
remembered the cunts his fingers had been in today, Penny's, Star's
and Sharon's, as individual as their faces. He wondered if some
day Marge might not shave hers for him.
She
came.
He
held her for a moment then climbed on. This time he'd be faster,
harder. Just on the edge of what she would tolerate, maybe push
a little further than that.
They
rolled against each other until he came a second time. He was sure
she'd come twice more. Not as strongly as the first time. She never
did.
They
lay together, fell asleep in each other's arms.
Del
woke, he always woke in the middle of the night now, and went off
to the bathroom. He sat and thought for a bit before retiring to
the bed. He'd never thought he would ever be an owner. He'd brutally
squashed any fantasies about that. He couldn't afford the misdirection
such thoughts created. He had his job to do.
He
rejoined Marge in bed, turned onto his side away from her. She already
faced away from him. Their two backs touched.
The
covers felt nice against his chin. Not like Penny and Star in the
stall who only had a blanket to sleep on and each other. But not
that different.
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