Reza’s Coming by KT Morrison

Author:KT Morrison [Morrison, KT]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“That’s a lot of expense,” Jonny said, “for such a short date.”

Charlie said, “Short date?”

Reza stood up, put his hands in his pockets and turned to regard Jonny.

Jonny continued, “Short date.” He lay his hand on the kitchen table and drummed his fingers. He said, “It’s 11:20 right now. Forty minutes from now will be the second of the month.”

Reza said, “So?”

Jonny said, “So? Our deal was for the first of the month.”

Charlie said, “Jonny ...”

Reza said, “It is the first of the month.”

“Right now it is,” Jonny said. “Do what you need to do but once it’s midnight, your deal is invalid.”

Reza acted unconcerned. He said, “No, it’s valid. I’m here on the first and what I’m going to do with her begins now.”

“Oh, really?” Jonny said. “So if you came on the first of the month you could stay in our bed for thirty days? Spend every day with us because it still counts because you got here on the first?”

Charlie sighed again, she looked nervously at Reza. He looked to her and gestured impatiently to Jonny without saying anything.

Charlie carefully walked to him in her new high heels. Clicking across their familiar linoleum floors with a new and frightening sound. When she was next to him she squatted down, and he looked at how much of her bare thighs were revealed in Reza’s dress.

She whispered to him, “Jonny ... don’t do this. Please, don’t do this. I don’t know what you think you’re doing ... no, I do. I get it. You don’t have to defend me. We know what the deal is. This isn’t a court of law. What he’s asking is fair.”

“Fair?” he scoffed. “Fair?”

“You know the agreement. There is no letter of the law here. There’s nothing to argue ...”

He said quietly, “Well, your honor, I’d like to argue that I think you fucking want to go out with him tonight.”

She recoiled, her face startled as though he struck her.

“Jonny ... how could you say that?”

“I don’t know,” he admitted, looking away from both of them.

She stood now, and he looked up at her and saw her disappointed gaze. He felt humbled again. His petulant outburst as impotent as everything else he did these days.

“Fine,” he said. “Go. Go have fucking fun.”

Reza chuckled, adjusted his suit jacket, tugging at his lapels. “We will, Jonny. We will have fucking fun.” Now he held out his arm, gesturing for Charlie to come and take it, acting like he was some sort of gentleman. Fucking gorilla in a $5000 suit, thinks he knows his manners.

Charlie walked to him, again carefully learning how to walk in such high heels. She put out an arm hooked in an L and he took it, pulled her elbow so that she was close to him. Jonny stood up and came behind them before they left. He said, “When will you be home?”

Charlie threw a look over her shoulder, her brow troubled, she whispered, “I don’t know—”

Reza said, “Don’t worry, Jonny.

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