The Ushers by Lee Edward

Author:Lee, Edward [Lee, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: INDEPENDENT LEGIONS PUBLISHING
Published: 2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

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It was for his own good, anyway. Cruel, yes. Extreme, certainly.

But left to his own devices, Scott would cheat on any woman he became involved with. What kind of life is that? Joyce inquired. What would he become? All Scott had were his looks. Little education, and less drive. Without Joyce’s guidance, he’d be a drifter all his life. I’m saving him from himself. He’ll thank me someday.

Joyce idled the Porsche into the firm’s underground lot, then strode, Bali heels clicking, to the elevator. Of course, keeping a man locked in your bedroom presents some legal problems. But why worry? The windows were Lexan set into steel frames, the doors were all locked, and the great waterfront house stood so remote he could yell till his face turned blue and no one would hear him.

“Good morning, Ms. Lipnick,” Dee and Marianne greeted in unison when Joyce entered the front office.

“Good morning, girls.” She repressed the urge to frown at Dee, whose large breasts threatened to erupt from her blouse. If she ever has a child, Joyce postulated, it’ll overdose on milk. “Don’t forget those Delany ’rogs, Dee. I want them out today.”

“Yes, Ms. Lipnick.”

“And those JAX instructions—today.”

“Yes, Ms. Lipnick.”

Blond ditz. Thinks she can steal away any man with those big boobs. In her office, Joyce contemplated her own breasts in the mirror. They looked fine now—the $5,500 implant job had taken care of the sag. And as for her dreaded cellulite, good old Dr. Liposuction had made short work of it. Scott being so handsome, Joyce felt the maintenance of her own appearance was an obligation. You’re fifty-one now, Joyce, and you’re not getting any younger. Soon would be time for another lift, or a chemical peel. Thank God for plastic surgeons.

But the two fresh young girls outside inhibited her. She pressed her intercom. “Marianne, come into my office please.”

“Yes, Ms. Lipnick?” said the receptionist a moment later.

“Come in please, and close the door.” Joyce stood up, mildly befuddled. “This may sound silly, Marianne, but I’d like your opinion about something. Your honest opinion.”

“Sure.”

“Am I…” The question drifted. “Do you think…”

“What is it, Ms. Lipnick?”

“What I mean is, do you think I’m pretty?”

The young receptionist fidgeted at the question, “Well, of course, Ms. Lipnick. You’re a very attractive woman. In fact, I heard some of the associates talking the other day, and they were saying how they couldn’t understand why a woman so attractive wasn’t married.”

Joyce brimmed. “Ah, well. Thank you, Marianne. It’s very nice that you related that to me. But please don’t tell anyone I asked.”

“Of course not, Ms. Lipnick.”

Marianne left. Joyce reseated herself and thought, There, see? Nothing to be paranoid about… Nevertheless, she turned on the bug.

“Dee! You’ll never guess what the Ice-Bitch just asked.” Joyce’s jaw set. Oh, so it’s the Ice-Bitch is it? “She asked me if I thought she was pretty!”

Dee chirped laughter. “What did you say?”

“I’m not stupid, I told her she was very attractive.” Marianne chirped a bit of her own laughter.

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