Johnny followed the old man through the house to a large
living room area that in the evening looked like it glistened in gold. Large
golden hued tapestries hung on the walls dripping of money. Johnny hoped he
would stop and sit as he wanted to feel the golden touch of the soft heavily
feathered couches before him but the old man walked past. The rest of the items in this room
looked like a museum of riches and Johnny felt his heart race from excitement.
Slowly the old man walked up towards a dark wooden bar that china bar glasses
sparkled around. Johnny’s mind
would not stop racing thinking about diverting from the plan and somehow
getting the old man to take him in and take care of his every need. The old man pulled a chair out for
Johnny and asked him to sit down. Once the man was sitting he poured them both
a drink into his sparkling glasses and began talking about his lonely
life. Johnny became quickly bored
at the conversation with the old man telling him that he had realized that
money was only one small aspect of life and not something that should have had
as much importance to him as he had given it. He told him that he had lost
precious moments with his children who didn’t even know him now since they were
raised by nannies and barely knew he was alive now that they were all adults
living their own life as he did; without him really in it. Hours passed as the old man went on and
never made a move on Johnny. Johnny’s own attempts to make a move to be sexual
were ignored by the old man.
After a few hours the old man asked Johnny if he had
somewhere that he wanted his driver to take him as it was getting late and he
wanted to retire to bed. Johnny told the old man he had nowhere to go and asked
to spend the night. The old man agreed after first looking Johnny in the eyes
sternly for a moment as if he was trying to see what was deep inside of
Johnny. Johnny met his gaze and
tried to lean in to kiss the old man. The old man stepped back putting his head
down so Johnny could not kiss him and pointed to a door down a hallway and told
Johnny he could stay in the guest bedroom for the night. The old man then
turned away and proceeded up the large staircase with steps that were slow and
labored. As Johnny watched him leave up the stairs he worried briefly that the
old man might die tonight which would ruin their plan entirely. But as he
looked around the room again he decided if the old man died he would at least
take some of the golden treasures that were here and would not walk off empty
handed in any case.
Johnny slept soundly until a knock on the door awakened him.
He looked at himself and realized he had a 5 o’clock shadow that appeared on
his face and that he could not avoid the old man now realizing that he was a
man. Johnny considered briefly that he might already know he was actually a man
but then realized that at this point it did not matter. He opened the door and old man gasped
when he saw Johnny stumbling slightly as he began stepping backward only
stopped by the hallway wall. “Oh my God you are a man! “ he said his mouth ending the short sentence gaping
open. For a moment thereafter the
old man began to ramble in a way that Johnny could not understand what he was
saying but he knew at that point he had successfully convinced the man he was a
woman all night long and he was pleased with himself chuckling at the old man’s
shock and surprise. Johnny then
told the old man that he needed to call his driver to take Johnny where he
wanted to go commanding him in a tone that the old man knew that trouble was
definitely coming his way. The old
man began to cry feeling deep sadness for his life that was lonely and empty.
His thoughts that Johnny was a lonely woman that he could spend some more time
with and maybe even develop a deep relationship with were over and he could
already feel the pain that was ahead of him from this fraud of a man. Not wanting this man to see him in this
state the old man walked off quickly disappearing from Johnny’s view. Johnny
gathered his clothes putting them all back on and walked out the front door.
The driver of the old man was waiting with the car in front of the house and
opened the door for Johnny without saying a word to him only staring at him as
if willing him into the car. Johnny jumped in the car and as they began driving
the driver kept looking back in the rearview glaring at Johnny and Johnny
smiled back at him. Johnny had the
driver take him to the hotel next to the one he was actually staying in and got
out of the car. He was barely out of the car as the driver sped off almost
rolling Johnny from the velocity.
As Johnny walked towards his hotel after the driver was out
of sight he noticed that people all around were starting at him. His business
suit and heels looked different on him now that he had a beard growing in and
no makeup. Johnny ignored them and walked along with his head up, as he knew a
god would do. Before he reached
the hotel Rooskie and the woman appeared in the van driving up next to him and
the woman told him to get in quickly.
“You spent the night with Mark wonderful! But you look a mess and you
can’t go into our hotel looking like this so I brought you some clothes to
change into so you can walk into our hotel as a man,” the woman told him with
excitement as she spoke each word. Rooskie looked back at Johnny and smirked. She
went on to tell Johnny that they would drop him off as she and Rooskie had some
appointments to attend to and she was going to have a late lunch with
Mark.
She handed Johnny a small white paper with a phone number on
it and told Johnny to call Mark at 1PM sharp and tell him he needs to fix the
problem he created. “Tell him he
raped you or maybe even better yet that he gave you a blow job that would
probably work great with Mark since he has those religious ties. Don’t ask him
outright for money just make sure to tell him that he has to do something to
fix the problem” as the woman spoke Johnny knew her plan was very well thought
out and he felt instant admiration for her again and began dreaming about how
much money he would be able to get from the old man. The woman interrupted Johnny’s dreaming about obtaining
riches telling him she would meet with Mark at 2PM and see how it was working
on him. She told Johnny she would be looking to see if Mark was stressed which
is what she hoped for and would try to get him to talk about it with her so she
could advise him on what to do about the Johnny problem. The woman seemed to be in a hurry and
Johnny wondered what she and Rooskie had been doing all night and what they
were up to today besides the lunch plan with the old man. But he was tired and hungry
and wanted to rest and when the van stopped Johnny jumped out of the van now
dressed as a man again in jeans and a shirt with the white paper with Mark’s
number tucked securely in his jean pocket. The van drove off and Johnny looked
at his watch and realized he had some time before his phone call to Mark and
decided to order a room service banquet since the last time he never had a
chance to eat it and his hunger pangs were now audible.
Walking into the lavish hotel again Johnny was relaxed and
loved feeling like he was in his old life again. He knew he was definitely
headed back to the top and what he was doing to get there was definitely not
the toiling work that his father had expected him to do. Johnny had not thought
about his father for years now and it caught him off guard for a moment. He
didn’t miss his father but instead felt the need for revenge against him for
leaving him to fend for himself when he was so very rich. Johnny knew the woman would have a plan
for this too but for now the focus was the old man and he knew that shortly the
old man would be handing over thousands of dollars to him and Johnny was
pleased again.
