Folk Around and Find Out by Reid Penny

Author:Reid, Penny [Reid, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Humour, Adult
ISBN: 9781942874812
Amazon: B0BJMC752Z
Goodreads: 63035380
Publisher: Cipher-Naught
Published: 2022-10-17T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

*HANK*

“I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself.”

FERNANDO PESSOA, THE BOOK OF DISQUIET

Back in the good old days, Beau and I would finish fishing sometime around mid-morning, then go back to my place to play video games and eat pizza all afternoon. Today we parted ways at the dock. Neither of us had much time for sitting around on couches these days, and I couldn’t remember the last time I ate pizza.

Driving into town, I reflected on the dearth of pizza in my life. Unlike a burger, pizzas were typically shared, and I supposed that explained it. Other than Beau, and Patty on an odd occasion, who would split a pizza with me?

Frowning as I parked, I thought about how much I liked pizza. I’d always liked pizza. So why had I been denying myself pizza? Because I didn’t have a pizza-eating partner? I couldn’t put my consumption of pizzas on hold while I waited for someone to magically appear and want to eat a pizza with me. What if that never happened?

Or, what if they wanted to eat pizza with me, but they’d given up cheese and bread and tomato sauce for life? What then? Was I supposed to waste my entire life wishing things were different and go pizza-less forever?

“I’m going to order a damn pizza tonight,” I grumbled to no one, slamming the door of my truck.

Dinner decided, I marched toward the main strip of shops, my destination the jewelry store on Walnut Street. The staff always assigned me the gift for going-away parties while they handled the event particulars. As was my habit whenever one of our longtime staff members or dancers left, and even though Charlotte hadn’t worked at The Pony for very long, the plan was to buy a random, ridiculously expensive piece of jewelry. Ideally, it would be returnable for store credit only, then the recipient would be forced to obtain something they really wanted, or a few things depending on how they spent the credit.

Charitable donations and ostentatious gifts for folks they would never approve of were the only occasions upon which I withdrew funds from the sizable inheritance left to me by my parents. Not much in life gave me as much pleasure as buying exotic dancers flashy diamond broaches, and then signing the card, 'From Dr. and Dr. Weller.'

My parents would’ve hated their snooty savings being spent as such. But I couldn’t think of anything better to spend their money on than causes, people, and things they abhorred. Actually, they might’ve approved of Charlotte.

I grimaced at the thought, shoving it aside, and pulled off my sunglasses as I crossed Walnut Street. Typically, like for the gold Rolex I’d bought Beau many years ago, I went to Knoxville for an expensive purchase such as this. But Ferdinand’s Fine Jewelry in our small downtown made more sense in Charlotte’s case. When she returned the item, I didn’t want her to have the hassle of driving all the way into Knoxville.

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