The Dark Lady Ch. 07

Karen and Susan were lying back, screaming, "Stop, stop, you are too much!"

When quiet was restored, they took a few bites of dinner and said, "Theo, it's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. The teachers will be out of their minds with excitement."

Susan whispered, "I've always wanted to play a real organ. Did you mean that?"

"Only if you are willing to scout around and find a good used one for us."

She collapsed into my lap and said, "Can I have a little kiss?"

I was kissing her when Phyllis said, "I used to play the organ in church when I was a kid."

Karen shouted, "Noontime concerts! Organ concerts in the great hall at Parsons Gallery!"

We had an audience. Almost everyone was attracted by the commotion. Laura and Sarah passed around brownies and coffee.

Clemmie wormed in next to me. "Do we get to know what that was all about?"

Karen giggled and said, "Team Theo already has challenges. First we have to build a cheerleading team... " I interjected, "With custom uniforms."

"He says that if he makes the team..." She paused to stare at me. "If he makes the team, he thinks he can convince some of his teammates to come down on Saturday mornings in the fall to make appearances that promote the new music and art programs. On the tag end of that, he said we need a pipe organ to go in the back of the atrium at the gallery for show music and helping the kids have fun."

Susan added, "And if we have little noontime concerts, it will do a lot for gallery traffic."

Kim started the clapping, which got louder and louder. I blushed.

Selma broke in, "I have a funny to tell you about the weekend. Theo asked my husband Eduardo if he could help with our security needs at the mine. After they talked about it for a few minutes, my husband laughed and said, "So you want me to put my business on hold, recruit men, and come chase bandits in the U.S. on your mine property!"

Someone said, "It's like Pancho Villa."

Another voice asked, "What did he say?"

Selma answered, "What do we ever say to his crazy ideas? He said yes."

We all lay in the sunlight, soaking up good vibes and thinking about organ concerts in the gallery.

Erica toed me, "You coming home with me or not?" In front of the whole group, I got up, took her hand and walked off to catcalls.

At the elevator, Clemmie appeared at our side and said, "What about my report? And my responsibility as your PA for your offhours conduct?"

Erica looked at me, I nodded and she pulled Clemmie in the elevator with us, whispering, "You may regret this, you delectable thing you."

I took Clemmie in my arms and said, "Don't worry, honey, mother is just taking you home with us to keep you safe."

I drove, with Erica and Clemmie in the back. Both were losing clothes fast. Fortunately, Erica had a garage with an opener. When the door closed, I could hear furious making out in the dark.

I opened the rear door and extracted a naked wiggling Clemmie. She relaxed in my arms, mumbling, "This is better than that dumb old lesbian." We laughed and Erica said, "You will suffer for that, little one."

After a quick shower, I went in search of a soda. Coming back to the bedroom, I found two naked women rolling around and kissing.

After I inserted myself in the middle, Erica said, "Damn, I thought I was coming home to get laid, but now all I can do is hug and kiss and go to sleep."

Clemmie's eyes were closing and so were mine.

It was another dark morning with warm female bodies on either side. I lay there, relaxed and thinking about the busy day ahead. Clemmie's lips found mine and we exchanged messages with our lips and tongues. Why were my nights with the women turning so soft and loving, I asked myself. Before I could explore that, Erica turned into us and said, "I'm horny, do me."

Clemmie disappeared toward the kitchen and I gave my attention to Erica. I was hard and she was wet. And vocal. "God, you feel nice in there. Harder. Yes. More. Ohhh."

It was the fastest orgasm she had ever had with me. The shuddering was still going on when I turned her on her knees and drove hard back into her dripping cunt. Finally, I was energized myself. She was ready for rough sex. "Harder, useless fucker. Don't you know what a woman needs?"

I started slapping her ass as I drove into her and both of us reached a shouting climax at the same time.

Clemmie was clapping when we opened our eyes. "Theo, I want some of that treatment, but not right now. You and I are going in early to get a head start. I have to be out at the mine this afternoon."

I was still adjusting to the new Clemmie when she hustled me into the car, promising to bring it back later. Erica said she would get a ride with Clara.

"You finally get a chance to fill me in. Talk."

"DR has some exciting ideas I need to tell you about."

"Did he hit on you?"

"Both of us. He is a devil, but not as discriminating as you are. He just wants pussy, the more the better. He didn't get any from us. Kim told him he was sexy as all get out, but we were promised to someone else. The old guy actually behaved after that."

"What about the mineral geology we are paying him for?" I gave a little laugh.

"He's been in the literature about pipes. There is lots about standard diamond pipes, which are scattered all over the globe, for your information. Has something to do with magma bodies that approach the mantle and crust. But there is almost nothing about any gold associated with pipes. He did find one reference by a guy who found some gold near a minor diamond pipe in Canada."

"So we are on our own, geologywise?"

"He asked me if you were making progress on a magnetometer flight."

"I need to bring that to the front burner. Problem is how to do it without the real purpose getting loose. What do you know about reading magnetometer maps?"

She was driving and glanced over at me with open eyes. "I beg your pardon?"

"In addition to your other duties, you and Selma are now in charge of learning how to read seismic maps, including magnetometer scans. Start by calling DR and by doing a Google search."

Her eyes were accusing, "When do we have to know how to do this?"

"Yesterday. Forget your office stuff and be a student for a few days. You've got to get back in the groove by fall anyway."

"Oh boy, are you ever going to suffer..."

I reached over and tousled her hair. She was only half mad and sucked my finger into her mouth.

"Clemmie, there's something about getting rough with you that really turns me on. I'm waiting to see you learn that front flip onto my shoulders."

Another tough look and then, "Oh fuck, Theo, you are so much fun to work for, I can't stay mad..."

Kim was in her office. "Come in, we need to catch up. It seems as though every single thing around here is up in the air..."

I kissed her. "That was awful nice, what you said last night. How did you see it coming?"

She pushed me down on her sofa and climbed into my arms. "I'm totally in love, but you deserve a woman your own age for a life partner." Her kiss was very warm. The twins came in and said "Aww."

I eased Kim to my side and pulled them into my lap, roughing them up. "Kim and I are talking about getting things more under control around here. I realize I am a major part of the problem, but you two are the real organizers. Those dinners are responsible for an incredible amount of keeping us all on track and pulling together."

I looked at Kim, "Are we paying them enough?"

She reached over and pulled some hair herself. "No. I'll ask Erica to give them a raise."

Their heads popped up, "Really? We can buy new frocks?"

I said, "Well, I like you best bare and golden and doing somersaults showing your charms..."

They beat on me. "Theo! You are making our panties wet, and it isn't even nine o'clock..."

I had a terrible impulse to strip down and go at it, but office decorum prevailed. The four of us looked at the week ahead and got some things straight. I kidded around about my visits to the campus being nonessential because my women had already decided for me. I was told to do them anyway, and be sure to make friends for me and for Parsons. As usual, they had the better idea.

I called Selma. "We need to go to the math faculty meeting together, and present them with a project proposal that we think they can get funded. We also want to become a math department industrial sponsor, with you as the lead for Parsons. Would you please call the secretary to the chair and make an appointment for later this week. Clemmie is coming to see you about my latest impossible demand, and you can get a window in my calendar from her."

I was trying to be businesslike, and so was she. "But you said on the way back I should chase Patrick Green."

"Do that too. And keep reminding me when I give you conflicting directions. By the way, you sure were warm and loving in the car. I think we need to get you to Nogales more often. Why don't you offer to help with the management of the security operation? Then you even get paid to go to Nogales."

Her voice was soft. "Theo, you are sooo nice to me. I may have to stop beating on you."

I said, "Never. That would get you in big trouble."

I went to see the Art and Music Department. Proofs of some great posters were laid out. How I fell into that much talent, I'll never know, but they were doing incredible work. Clara was there and said, "You completely screwed up our work with those ideas last night. Susan is over there on the computer looking for organs. Karen is making notes on how art and music and football go together. What about my gold and diamonds?" She hugged me and I pressed her against the wall. I whispered in her ear, "When I'm feeling down, I close my eyes and see you crashing into the house in that black raincoat..."

She bit my ear and said, "You are very disruptive. We get a whiff of your maleness, and you say something sexy, and all we want to do is drop our pants and climb on. Laura was already by to tell me what you did to them earlier."

I counseled myself about decorum and stepped back. "Yes, tell me about gold and diamonds. We have a conflict between wanting to launch the program, and not knowing whether DR can find a big enough supply to satisfy demand. How much inventory do we need before we launch?"

She led me over to a poster that was a collage of the first necklace and vistas of the desert and neighboring mountains. It would sell a lot of gold. "Phyllis did this. She is a lot more talent than just a Spanish teacher." We had our arms around each other. "So, more inventory rather than less?"

"Theo, the pieces that DR does for us are going to have fancy prices. They still will go fast. What about having a "budget" line that more folks can afford? A $900 necklace instead of $9000?"

"I get it. You and the others are angling for an all expenses trip to New York to go on a shopping binge for gold and diamonds for our second line! This is right out of 'Girls Gone Wild.' "

All four of them had me up against the wall. "Damn right! I suppose you are going to come along as chaperone?"

A few kisses later, I said, "Great idea. Try it out on Kim and if she buys it, I'm on board. We should launch before the end of school and the tourist crush. I'm going to tell Clemmie to tell DR we want at least a hundred high class pieces by Memorial Day."

I called Lyle. "You hear anything more about our lunch?"

"Yeah, Larry called and asked if I thought you were going to accept."

"What did you tell him?"

"I told him you had a lot of talent and a lot of choices and he would probably hear from you soon."

"Perfect, I'm just about to give him a call. I have a favor to ask."

"Shoot."

"Maybe you have heard of Carlos Gutierrez, the quarterback over at Central?"

"Yes, but I've never seen him play."

"He is the son of a man who is starting a special project for Parsons, and I tossed some balls with him at his dad's house in Nogales this weekend. His arm is terrific and his play sense is great. He asked if I could practice with him over the summer so he could try out as a walkon in the fall."

"Interesting. So you're going to ask me to let you use the field, and loan you some players."

"Yes, and coach us too, so you will get a lot of glory when I catch touchdowns for the U."

"Pretty sneaky, aren't you?"

"I've had good coaching."

"Smartass. You've got a deal. I want to see that arm of Carlos."

"When do I call Larry? I did say I was going to talk to his people."

"Call him tomorrow and ask if you can work out with the team. See if they give you a fair shake."

"Thanks. If this works, it will be due to you."

I went to my office and Clemmie followed me in, standing behind my chair and ruffling my hair.

"You can't ask me to do anything. I'm fully booked with all that other stuff you gave me."

"Lock that door and come back here."

She walked backwards to the door, locked it, then did a front flip and landed on me.

"No sex in the office."

"You're irresistible. I can't follow my own rules."

"If I take my clothes off, will you actually have sex with me?"

I held her tight and buried my head in her shoulder. We rested silently for a minute or two.

"Is this some new kind of makeout? Am I supposed to be doing anything?"

"Of all the women in my life, you have the most unrealized talent. We need to build your resume. I want you to set your sights high. Nothing less than President."

"President of what?"

"Something important."

"I thought we were getting naked and having sex."

"We are both wound up tighter than a drum. I'm going to hold you for a few minutes more and not say anything."

"I think you are losing it, but that sounds nice."

Have you ever held a very desirable woman in your arms for five minutes trying to stay absolutely still? Concentrating on some sort of celestial convergence? Trying to merge your breathing and heart beat with hers?

In five minutes, I stood and set her down. Her lips were on mine, soft and wet. "You know," she said, "you'll never get rid of me if you keep acting like that."

"I have to go home to change and meet DR at the mine. Do you want me to take you to Selma? She has some choices already on the magnetometer stuff, and she can take you to Keeler after."

Clemmie came in with me at Selma's to see what seismic map reading was all about.

Her dining table was filled with taped together map printouts. She was glancing at some text in her hand and poring over the map. She said excitedly, "Theo, I'm actually figuring this out. Clemmie and I can have fun. A new sideline for Parsons?"

I butt fisted her and said, "Fits in with your new Analytics business."

She showed me another printout of companies offering magnetometer services. "How do we get a read on any of these?"

"Good question. What about asking at the Geophysics department at the U? I have an idea about what to tell them. Parsons is negotiating to sell the mine property, and the potential buyer wants a magnetometer scan before they buy. That sounds pretty neutral, doesn't it?"

She hugged me. "Clemmie! He's done it again. Terrific idea."

As Clemmie disappeared, I said, "I'm going to Keeler and change for a run. Want to go along? We can scrape up some others."

She pulled me into the bedroom as she took off her clothes. The hot body pressed into me. "Theo, can I be married to two guys at once? I don't want to give you up."

I pinched her tight behind and said, "You are a flirty Mexican tart. I am going to report you to Eduardo."

"Too late for that. He knew what he wanted when he married me. The last year of high school, my mom caught us having sex one afternoon, chased him out, and told me I was getting married right away."

"Why no kids?"

"I can't. Something wrong inside. I cried and cried when the doctor told me, and went home to offer Eduardo a divorce."

"He didn't accept, did he?"

"No. He took me to bed and made mad love and told me we had lots of nieces and nephews in the family that I could mother."

I put my hands up in boxing form and said, "You're pretty tough, woman, in addition to all that sex appeal."

We danced around, my naked lady and I, laughing and beating on each other.

On the way to Keeler, I called Kim. "Hey, want to go for a noontime run? Selma and I are headed there so I can change."

There were six runners by the time we headed out, and I pushed everyone to make the best use of an hour. We finished with an interval at seven minute pace. Heaving chests and dripping bodies looked at me fiercely. "What's with the killer pace? Are we trying out for the Parson's running team?"

"Hey, you've got to show those coeds who are going to be after me this fall what you are made of!"

That earned me a flurry of blows as we walked inside to the shower. "Shit, we not only have to work for him, we have to be his very own cheering section."

"Yes, and you better get to work on your game clothes. I want sexy custom outfits that promote Parsons."

"God, he wants sex objects at his games. This is worse than North Dallas Forty!"

We munched sandwiches on the patio. The girls were slathered with sunscreen and had only bikini briefs on. My cell rang, it was Clemmie. She could barely contain the excitement in her voice, "I think you should come to us. There have been some fresh discoveries."

"You sound like this is important for me to see?"

"Yes. I think you will be impressed."

"I'll be on the road in just a few minutes."

Six faces were looking at me. "Clemmie sounds like she and DR have found something really important. She was barely in control of her voice. I'm headed there right now. Selma, grab your seismic maps and come along."

Kim walked inside with me. "I'd come, but there are important clients at the gallery this afternoon."

I kissed her and said we would be back as soon as possible but would not make any phone reports.

It was agony getting across town in heavy traffic, but we made good time after that. Selma called Clemmie for some close in directions but got no answer. My fears were damped when her car appeared at the turnoff. She was pointed toward the mine and drove off in front of us. Most of the way out, she slowed and turned carefully off the track into a path barely wide enough for a car. We bumped along in low gear, hanging on. After a quarter mile, she stopped and got out.

We got a terrific hug and a serious look. "This is a very big deal. DR thinks he's found evidence of a pipe and it's on our property, we think, but just barely. Look." She held out her open hand with at least a dozen of the pretty rocks. Selma and I yelled, "Clemmie!" All three of us danced around until we heard a shout in the distance. It was DR waving us in.

He gave me a bear hug and said, "You better give that little girl a raise. She found it." Clemmie shrieked and jumped into my arms. I got a big wet kiss and she said, "I'm not a little girl anymore, am I?"

I put her down and swatted her bottom. DR said, "Look around you. This is alluvial overflow from that channel over there. Out here in the open, it's probably been like this for a few thousand years. Clemmie and I were walking around, looking for more boulders or rocks, when she saw this brownish, yellowish dirt and kicked at it. A couple inches down, there was something shiny. You can see, where we have shoveled off the gravel, it's all discolored. She picked those out of the top few inches. But look here, see this boundary? On one side alluvial stuff, and on the other the yellow dirt. And notice how the boundary curves? It's too dangerous to do any more digging until we have protection, but this is probably one side of a pipe. They come in different sizes, but that curve might be a sixty or seventy foot circle."

He stopped to catch his breath and smile. I smiled back, "DR, I think you are not going to have to live on that pension." I turned to Selma, "You'd better go down to Nogales tomorrow and get things into high gear. Unless DR has a better idea, let's say that the new company has won a contract for crushed gravel and is setting up operations south of town. Doesn't need to be more specific than that. And we are going to move a hell of a lot of gravel out here. Carefully, very carefully."