Double Crossed

[BLACK BART]

OOC: We have the characters of "May" and the unnamed male below filled, still need the female character of Helen...

PM myself or wild and we'll fill you in, then continue the fun...for now a beginning and a teaser...

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Helen Sinclair Devereaux, street wise and talented she used her natural beauty and god given assets to the fullest, when that wasn’t enough she quickly proved the brain that hid behind the beauty was a cold, calculating one.

And I was the proof of it.



I sat helpless on the heavy metal chair, screaming angrily into the ball and gag tied tightly between my bruised lips and cursing the receding form of the scantily dressed blond who had placed me in this position.

It had begun as harmless flirtation at a company picnic, I was a rising associate in the firm, Helen a sweet dispositional, yet goddess like resident who had recently graced our company. It grew into frequent, intense liaisons at unscheduled locations with the firms massive buildings, hot sweating and physical that left us both gasping on the floor and giggling like school girls.

Then it progressed, her darker and more dominant nature showing itself, her daring to me to follow along a well thought out smoke screen for what was to come. I found myself in dark, odd scented clubs at night, the kind that was by invitation only and wondered at the ease in which she moved about in them and how well she was known. I should have known, yet still lust blinded me and I allowed her to bind me in heavy leather straps and wooden creations, then titillate me with the ever abundant source of toys she brought with, the welts always carefully laid and gone the next morning.

It was new…it was stimulating, mind blasting, and quite erotic. and for a short time I was quite content, even proud of the heavy welts and hidden bruises my body began to carry… and how it pleased the pair of us.

No, I hadn’t accepted any kind of role like you might think, only the stimulation she gave me and the pleasure I derived from it, even if was quite startling sometimes how I reacted to it. Eventually it lost it’s luster, the newness passed and I felt the urge to move on to different things, suggesting over a late night and quite romantic fire lit dinner that we might reverse the roles and see her reactions…then to grin like the idiot I was when she readily agreed we would after one more nights “play”.

It was arranged for Sunday night, late one October, a celebration of a client I had landed, and anticipation of moving onto other, bigger “fish in the sea”, for we had become a pair in the firm as well, the dynamic dual they had begun to call us, an unstoppable, energetic team of salespeople that never failed to “win”.

I should have known when she used that phrase. “Fish” she had joked, and us the “sharks”, only it was apparent now who was just another small fish and who was the bigger predator.

Heavy bondage…Leaving me naked and completely helpless, then a severe whipping, not with the usual paddle and wide leather straps, but an array of smaller, thronged whips that bit and tore at my skin, leaving a red trail for all to see.

And see they did. It turned out the room she took me to blindfolded was none other then the largest of the three the firm possessed, the one majority stockholders and the current C.E.O. used for the monthly meeting, and the one we all occupied that morning.

It was ridiculous, I knew it as I sat there and was untied, as well as knowing my fate when they recognized my face when the leather mask came off. I was ushered out with nearly nothing but the borrowed jacket I wore, no pride, no career, no excuses and no future.

I didn’t leave town as the rumors among the clientele and partners had reported, little to my credit I hung my head and quietly found a string of jobs washing cars, then repairing and selling cheaply purchased wrecks. It was a life, a life of subsistence, moving from day to night in an endless, dull string of quite forgettable months. That is until I met May. Weeping in the rear of an all night grocery, and as I tried to stem the seemingly endless flow of tears and comfort her, I found I had a great deal in common with her.

 

[wildandnasty]

May

I couldn’t believe it. First a tryst with my boss. She wouldn’t take no for an answer. Her finding out my well guarded habits quickly became an endless nightmare. Her seeing and laughing at my reactions was only the cream on the top of the pudding. I was positive she was only pressing me further and further into her sinister plans and once she had used me would dispose of me. That hurt. Really hurt. I had begun to give myself to her. To accept her absolute control and power over me and to even in a small, perverse way, enjoy it.

Despair set in and I found myself bawling helplessly. My face so well made up running in multiple shades of lavender and honeysuckle. My new white blouse ruined. And a man coming to comfort me. Well toned and smelling of Ivory soap. His eyes marvelous to look into as I spilled my world into his lap. His gentle smile nearly consuming me as his words gave me hope.









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~thank you again Black for being my dark hero~

 

[Destiny]

Helen Devereaux

Well built and well school, Helen was the picture of all a woman would want to be. Her long dark honey blond hair fell to her shoulders in lustered glory. Her skin was perfect and her eyes the color of the green rain forest. Helen had grown up in privilege and money and wore it all well. She could have been genetically engineered, she was that perfect.

She had started a liaison with one of the newer members of the firm, they had become the team the firm wanted needed to make it a success. But what he didn't know was she was and had always been a well connected member of the elite group that was the upper echelon of the firm. Her father had her cutting her teeth on servicing every member of the board by the time she was 18. She was now a well respected member of that group. She had shown her ruthless nature and her take anything at what ever cost.

He had been a bright star on the horizon, her final task and duty. Crush him and make him a laughingstock in the world of crime and punishment. She had led him a merry chase, he was so happy to do her every bidding, He was so happy to be pleasured by her, for her. Then it came the time, she had to set all her personal feelings aside and take him out. She left him bound and gagged naked in the director's chair. Bruised and welted for days to come. He was covered in his own sperm and some blood, she was standing in the door way completely dressed and looking just as shocked and appalled as the rest of the board members when he was dragged out of the office wearing only his jacket.

The look he had tossed her had said more then anything he could ever have spoken. She had an enemy for life. He walked out and hadn't been seen since. She how ever was now a full partner with her own corner office. She had a secretary and a personal assistant. She was on the rise.

 

[BLACK BART]

Stephen

Part of me bled for the woman I sat with and offered a second cup of hot cocoa, bled for the pain and grief she was going thru and knowing she hadn't asked for it.

And another part wanted to dance on the roof tops and sing aloud.

Out loud at the top of my lungs that there was indeed a god and he now had given me a chance for what I hungered for.

Revenge, cold or hot, carefully planned, diabolically carried out...

Revenge.

But I didn't sing or even hum. Instead I brushed the brown hair from her face and spoke in gentle tones, offering her reassurance that she was in control of her destiny, and that I held the key to unlock it.

She looked at me like I was crazy, full blown, escaped from the luny bin, pronounced incurable...insanely...

Crazy.

But I convinced her otherwise. Talking gently and insistently, sharing with her my own embarressment at the hands of our common enemy, slowly gaining her trust with patient reassurance.

Finally she pulled her hands off her face and I was able to wipe the tears away, smearing the makeup into a hideous mask that made me grimace and her question my reaction.

She pulled a tiny, round silver case from her oversized purse, then popped it open and laughed at the reflection in it, her infectious giggling qucikly forcing me to join her until my sides hurt.

We were partners at that point, she would continue to allow Helen to manipulate her, then return to me for support and to plan.

Plan to destroy the woman we both loved...and detested.

 

[wildandnasty]

May

Fall deep into those eyes and swim in the blue, blue promise of hope they held for me. He was kind. He was tender. And he knew what I was feeling and proved it by telling me what had happened to him and just how far down it brought him.

I left the tiny coffee Shoppe that night with the feeling I now had a purpose. My life was renewed. I was strong and couldn't be broken. Beaten to the verge of orgasmic bliss perhaps. But never ever again broken.

I woke early and brushed my thick brown hair to a bright sheen. Chose a dress that accented my figure rather than the normal drab potato sack. Then walked into the office with a smile and her usual cup of spicy fruit drink and fruit selection and the mornings report on the accounts she watched over.

That and the mornings gossip from the office pool. Tiny hints at what each department head thought and let slip. Strategy that each man or woman hoped to use and "one up" the other in the eternal climb of the ambition ladder.

And then the grand finale. The frosting on the cake that I slid in so demurely.


"I met a man last nite that claimed to have known you. I called him a liar when he stated he was once your boss and you his protégé. He said his name was Stephen?"

I laid the files on the desk corner with her itinerary. Gathered the past days garbage and notes to be filed along with the plate she pushed away before reaching for her cup.

"Can I do anything else for you before returning to my desk?"

 

[Destiny]

Her hand never missed a beat in sipping her coffee, but inwardly she was shaking. Helen thought she would never hear that name again. She swallowed and sighed softly. Laughig gently,"indeed little girl, how is Stephen doing these ays? Is he still a short order cook at the local cafe?" Her eyes sparkled softly.

Like a cobra she licked her lips letting her tongue snake out slowly,"Yes he used to work here, he is a quite brilliant man. Now ou have to wonder if he was fired what exactly I did to him if he was so smart?" Leaning forward a bit at the table she clasped her hands and let her elbows rest against the top of the desk. "Now May I think you are a little overdressed, reove our stockings and panties and leave them in the bathroom of my office. Oh and May if you talk to him anymore, your son's private school you are sending him to, will suddenly decide he doesn't belong there."

 

[wildandnasty]

May

The threat wasn't lost on me. My son had no chance in the ravaged public school systems. No chance other than to join a gang and push the ever prevalent drugs to stay alive. And if he survived longer than his sixteenth birthday he would become an animal. Just like all the rest of them. Something I did not, could not want to happen.

So with a gentle smile I watched her face as I slid one stocking down. Then the other all the time keeping eye contact with her. Eye contact that was forbidden in the type of releationship we had and sure to be punished for. I turned. Then bent over at the waist before hiking my dress and hooking my thumbs in the thin black thread that held the panty up.

A look over my shoulder and I saw that Helen was interested. Very interested as she kept her hands clasped and elbows on her desk. And her eyes on what was being revealed.

"Like this Mistress?" I asked coyly. Making sure she was approving of what I was doing. Sliding the black lace down inch by inch as I wiggled my hips. I drew it out for an entire minute. Seeing Helens tongue flick out and lick her lips again in anticipation.

I lifted the fallen clothing from the floor and sashayed to her bathroom. Tucking the articles into a drawer neatly for later use. Then turned and moved to the same place in front of her desk where she waited.

"Is that all, Mistress?"

 

[Destiny]

Helen laughed throatily as May came back from the bathroom,"I think perhaps that you should entertain the board members today May. They so loved using you last week at the party." She pushed a button and contacted Lillian,"Inform Gerald Monroe, that May will be available for their afternoon board meeting." The voice came across the phone that it would be arranged.

Helen looked up at May and noted the glare as she smirked and leaned on the table,"Next time don't stare at me when you are preforming a task. You don't have that right." Her eyes sparkled a bit as she lifted her papers and tapped them against the desk. "oh and I meant what I said about Stephen, one word or meeting with him...." she left the threat unspoken and walked out of the office leaving May there to do as she pleased.

 

[wildandnasty]

May

"oh and I meant what I said about Stephen, one word or meeting with him...."

I watched her sway from the room triumphantly and the door swing shut behind her, then followed her directions to the letter.

"No meeting or words, Mistress" I repeated and dialed the preprogrammed number on my cell phone, letting it ring three times before hanging up.

Then I moved into the hall deleting the number before putting the phone in my purse and heading to the board room. I knew what was to come, and in an odd way looked forward to it, knowing it would make me more determined to see her fall from her throne.

"I'm here to be of service" I explained to the men sitting at the table and wasn't surprised to hear the door close behind me, or the lock slide smoothly in place. "Where do you want me to start?"

"On your knees sweetheart and under the table, we wouldn't want to interrupt the meeting, would we?"

Sighing I slid off my pumps and let them get a good look of my bare ass as I crawled under the table, feeling one grope me as I passed by him and moving under the table.

"Gives a whole new meaning to HEAD of the board, doesn't it?"

I knew the question was directed at me, heard the men laugh in unison at his sarcasm, but couldn't answer. My mouth was already full.

 

[BLACK BART]

Stephen

"Why didn't ya grab the damn phone? Ya were standing right beside it?" The grey and worn old man asked me, his faded shirt telling me he was the "lineboss"

"I knew it was going to quit ringing" I replied honestly enough and continued to dry the car.

"One more screw up like that and I'll dock yer pay, kid" He retorted trying to swell his tiny chest as he glared at me.

"Don't bother, I quit" I replied and literally throwing the towel in...I walked out of the stinking concrete tunnel and stripped out of the coveralls, hopping into my old truck.

I had work to do, a trip to the bank to make, and several phone calls on a ground line as well.

The ball was in motion and it was time to enter the game.

 

[BLACK BART]

*double posted *

 

[Destiny]

Helen arrived at her apartment in a short time after she left the office. She had never forgotten what she had done to Stephen. But in her world it was eat or be eaten.

She had been trained from birth to please men and it had stood her in good stead with most of the men she worked along side. She had been where she had sent May, she had had to service quite a few men. But where she was different was, she was the boss now and she had her father's money to back her up.

She moved through the apartment now slowly stripping off her clothing as she went and sighed softly, "damn it why now?"

 

[wildandnasty]

May

Knees raw and lips swollen I had crawled out from under the huge table, lips, face and hair sticky with the rewards of my attentions to every stinking mans cock while under the table.

And as I had attempted to stand I found a hand reaching for me and began to smile in thanks. The smile quickly left. I found myself bent over the cold, polished surface of the table while the man roughly fondled my sex from behind for breif seconds then rammed his hardness into me.

I knew what he wanted. Knew and gave it to him in the form of loud moans of supposed pleasure, followed by whimpers of being dominated by his maleness and and how he used it. Ass moving back and forth, my elbows holding me off the table so the others could leer at my bobbing breasts I closed my eyes to go to a far away place. A place where no man could touch me, a sleepy hollow where I felt safe. Warm. Content. And loved.

Not slowly being screwed to death as I found myself in their imaginations.

And then for a second, pathetic time he came, slapping my ass and yelling in triumph as his cum moved into me then slid down my thigh as his worm preceded the weak man seed.

The routine repeated itself. Each a mild variant of the one before. One slapping my ass as if riding a wild horse and me being the mare. Another growling as if her had become a wild animal and demanding I moan in terror while I tried hard not to gag in revulsion. A pathetic attempt to take me anally, thwarted when I claimed quietly to his ears only to suffer from dystenary, and had to fight laughter when I felt his erection quickly wither.

And a final blessing as the final man came before entering me, his colleauges berating him with crude taunts and laughter as I wobbled from the room.

I tugged the skirt down and headed for the ladies washroom, quickly cleaning myself and staring at the picture of the "perfect woman" posted to the wall as stated by some magazine obviously written by a man.

It was done. All that remained was to report to "HER" and to appear properly tamed. It wouldn't be difficult. I still wobbled and hoped I had brought a set of lower heels. And that I was allowed to wear my panties.

I was sore all over and needed all the comfort I could find.

 

[BLACK BART]

Stephen

From car wash boy to financeer. It was a stretch for the average person. I did it in an hour and 45 minutes. But then I had planned for it every waking moment of my life for nearly a year and dreamed of it as well.

A visit to a local barber shop, a shower and a change into a suit that cost more than I had made in three months of working at the carwash.

For the first time I drove the car I used to swear I couldn't live without a daily "speed fix", the old feel somehow diminished as I pulled into traffic and feathered the accelerator, then jammed it to the floor.

A phone call to my investment officer and the funds were ready, able to be used before I disconnected.

A second call and I had an appointment with my old firms advertising division, and the exhilirating news there were no old faces left save one that would recognize me.

And she was unavailable, according to her persoanl secretary...

Perfect. I made the appointment on time, made my demands for their most competent associate would be available to me night and day, or the promised and extremely succulent account would vanish.

And they bit on it, hook, line and sinker.

Grinning I left, not needing the name or number of the promised associate but taking the information anyways, then making my way quickly back to my apartment and the sound system I had set up the day before.

I was on my way to fast becoming "Mz" Devereaux's fattest account and her biggest pain in the neck as well.

 

[Destiny]

Helen

She stood in her living room rubbing her hair dry as she talks into the phone,"I don't care I have a full boat load already..." She fell silent as she listened to the person on the other end speaking to her,"he has how much? Verified?"

She stopped rubbing her hair as she spoke and let the towel trail on the ground beside her feet,"alright set up and appointment through May. Have her make lunch arrangements to be sent in and tell her to use Marco's. I want a complete file on my desk in the morning and tell may I want it done before she leaves for the day."

She hangs up the phone and moves to the stereo system flipping a switch she sends the room into a well of dark gothica music that is at once ethereal and religious. Standing in front of the wall of glass that made up one side of her apartment she hugged her arms over her terry clothed robe and watch the rain pelt down along the window. Stephen came unbidden to her mind, and rested there. It had to be a coincident that he had met her personal assistant. Perhaps it was time to fire May and get a new girl.

 

[wildandnasty]

May

"She insisted it be on her desk before you went home"

The message was delivered with a leer, the knowledge of where I had come from and just done quite public by now.

"I'll see to it" I assured the man and dragged myself into the offices.

Inside I stripped off the clothes I had worn and into a more comfotable pair of jeans and Tshirt. Then moved to the drawer I kept locked. I drew a file out that was prepared in advance, the contents inside describing a very well off client, with money to spend and the shrewdness behind it. One sure to entice the hungriest of executives, to guarntee they'd do thier best to "land" the account and the fat commision sure to come with it.

And then the final detail. A note written on the finest of paper, an expensive mans cologne on it and the cloying message inside as well, straight from Helen's newest account.

"Looking forward to meeting you and discovering what games you enjoy playing" It read, words sure to hook the biggest shark.

 

[BLACK BART]

Stephen

The phone rang and it was May's voice, I could nearly see her smile as she cooed and told me Helen was on the prowl and I was the prey...

"Good Job, May" I congratulated, then warned. "Be ready for her reaction when I let it slip you've been telling me of her...exploits and preferences"

Smiling myself I hung up then redialed another number, gathering myself enough to sound convincing as I spoke through a heavy cloth.

“Hello Helen!” I spoke with exuberance to the recorder “So glad to have you and your assistant working on my account! May has told me so much about you! You sound like quite a Mistress…err, Lady! I can’t wait to meet you face to face, called to let you know next week won’t work for lunch as I have a previous commitment…But I was hoping Thursday night at my rented house might? I’ll wait for May’s reply regarding this and your ideas for the first presentation!”

I hung up and grinned. I needed to keep Helen at arms distance, to make her hungrier…and eager, so eager she let her guard down, I needed her angry…angry at her assistant and greedy…I’d up the pot to make sure of that, then I’d cook her in it.

 

[Destiny]

Helen

She hadn't heard the phone ring and had actually been preparing a small dinner for herself when she noticed the flashing light. Moving to the recorder she pushed the listen button and his voice came across the answering machine telling her he couldn't do lunch.

Gritting her teeth slightly, she hatred arrogant men and this one seemed like all the rest. Telling her what he could do instead of just going with the flow. Well she would just have May call him back and make other arrangements, she didn't like first meetings to be alone in a strange place.

Shutting off the ringer to her phone and moving to the stereo system she turned the volume up a bit more and then strolled to the darker living room and curled up on a couch with the salad she had made and flipped on a light. Why was Stephen haunting her mind so much? She had been young and stupid, but it had been him or her. Would Stephen have done that to he though? She immediately shook her head and growled,"There is no going back and you need to stop dwelling on it."

Placing her half eaten salad on the counter she moved to her room and prepared for bed. Tomorrow was going to be a long day. Stripping off her robe she crawled naked between the sheets and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Running.... the hands were everywhere. She could get away from the hands clawing at her body and holding her down. Her screams were muffled and there he was bigger then the rest leering, laughing at her. Stephen stood over her in his hands something dark and red and long in his hand. His eyes held no remorse for what he was about to do. The first strike never hit as Helen bolted upright in bed.

Sweat glistened across her brow and chest and she was shaking visibly as she crawled from bed and headed to the shower. Barely 5 AM and she wasn't going to be going back to bed anytime soon. Dressing and heading out of her apartment Helen was heading to the office.

 

[wildandnasty]

May

"Good Morning Ma'am" I greeted my foul faced boss as she pushed throught the doors. "Can I get you a cup of coffee and share my donuts with you?"

It had taken more time then I had planned. I had actually fell asleep and just barely used the restrooms to change and clean up before Helen came in.

"I have the reports you wanted ready" I called out to her as she moved to her office. "And a telegram from that new account?"

 

[Destiny]

Helen

She had had a horrible night sleep and now she was faced with the sarcasm that is May and she gritted her teeth as she headed to her office.

"No May get the stuff onto my desk." Helen retorted and then headed down the hall to her office as she nodded to a few people.

She had been at the office since 6 AM and then gone back out to the gym, she was still not feeling any better. she had that feeling you get when you know something just isn't right in the world but you can't put your finger on it.

Moving to her desk she dropped onto the chair behind her desk and lifted her feet to the top of it when in walked Jack,"Good morning Helen dear. Just dropped by to let you know the board REALLY enjoyed May's attention to detail in the meeting and that if possible we have a meeting next week with the VP and his son from Canadian oil. We thought it might be nice to let her entertain them at their hotel , unless you have an objection."

Helen smiled and looked up at Jack,"Not at all Jack, in fact I am thinking of hiring a new girl here soon and perhaps letting May go. I know how you men get tired of the same old thing and she has been getting slightly obstinate."

Jack nods his head and smiles, he knows what ever Helen does she likes to please the men around her and he remembers the days when she used to be like May and her father ran the firm. "what ever you would like Helen, I know you will always please us." He walked out of her office just as May was walking in and Helen moved to look out the window her hands resting on the arms of her chair and her legs crossed now with her back to the office.

 

[BLACK BART]

Stephen

"She's dodging you Stephen" The concerned voice of May came to me over the payphone line. "She's too untrusting to not suspect something is up"

"Did you give her the telegram I sent about the other firm making an offer to mine?" I questioned and smiled as May replied she had.

"She didn't blink an eye, just dialed a number on the phone and shooed me out of the offices."

"I'll make a call of my own" I promised, an idea coming to my head and making me grin. "Hustle back to your desk so you can forward it to her and I'll do the rest"

"OK, Steve"

"Stephen...it's Stephen" I corrected and found the line dead, May already moving...

I gave her ten minutes for a five minute trip, then dialed the number on the business card I had received with the firms first packet.

"Is she in?"

Seconds later I heard the line click, then the familiar and still thrilling voice I knew too well...

"This is Greg Danner's and I'd like to know why your assistant is coming on to me and promising me she will "service" me if I make her my account executive and not you?" I demanded and scribbled on a piece of paper as I spoke.

"That's right. She set a date up to meet me at the swanky "Hotel Rouge" and told me in great detail what she often did for you in the line of business. But my question is why am I dealing with a low form of life like her and not the one my company needs and is willing to pay for?"

She was cool, I gave her that, promising to take care of the situation and the words making me shiver as I imagined how she would do just that...Then apologizing and asking if there were anyway to salvage the account...to start over again once the "assistant" was properly reprimanded?

"Let's kill two birds with one stone" I offered and grinned. "Let May keep the date, follow her and join us, then you can have the pleasure of firing her while I enjoy her services"

The phone went quiet...Had I over done it? Then I remembered who I was talking to...

"Or is that something you wouldn't be able to handle...or dare to?" I challenged

 

[Destiny]

Helen

Her grip on the phone was tight and the look in her eyes could have melted steel she was that angry. Pushing a button she called out,"May get your ass in here now."

Once May arrives Helen remains behind her desk,"How dare you come on to a client and tell him you will be his account executive. Who the hell do you think you are? I hope you son enjoyed the school he is in... i will be putting a call in to the dean of students and the board I am sure they will be thrilled to get rid of a potential bad apple because ya know how those schools would frown on a whore mother and you are SINGLE after all." Helen was fuming as she looked at the frightened woman before her. "You will contact the gentlemen back and you WILL apologize. You will as tell him that you have changed the reservations to the Hotel La Vois. then I want you to call and make the accommodations. You know what rooms I want and May if you fuck up one more time we will be adding one more kid to that company ward program."

Helen finished with May and left the office for the evening having made arrangements to go to the salon and have her hair and body taken care of, this was a potential client and she was going to look her best. The reservations were set for that evening at 8 PM and she still needed to go shopping for something nice and slinky but not overtly sexual the clothing underneath would be just what she needed to seduce a man into compliance.

 

[wildandnasty]

May

"Yes ma'am...yes Ma'am....YES MA"AM!" I replied, eyes lowered and face bright red as Helen hammered out the orders and threats. My fingers jotting notes as fast as I could and the tears coming to my eyes.

It was a reief when she left. No, a miracle. And as I dialed the numbers needed and made the reservations I knew I had just about outlived my usefullness at the office.

But I was determined and the only fear I had wasn't for myself but for my son.

"Mr. Danner? My supervisor has asked me to apologize to you for my behavior and to ask if it is too late to change the location of your meeting to a more elegant surroundings?"

I had to concentrate to keep my mind on business...and not let anything slip on the phone lines I knew were tapped and recorded.

"Hotel La Vois, 8 O'Clock, In Mz Devereaux's USUAL suites...The 23rd floor, directly beneath the penthouse"

Phone call made I dialed the last and least desirable one...cringing as Helen barked at me. At least you did one thing right in your life!"

Her words were in my mind as she hung up and I knew there was one more phone call to make. To the school where my boy was. To arrange a train ticket to get him home where he belonged. Before Helen did something to him as she had threatened.

 

[BLACK BART]

Stephen

I cringed at the tone of Mays words and knew she had been ripped into pretty hard. She hung the phone up and I did as well feeling guilty for using her to get to Helen.

May and I had discussed it, agreed that the results outweighed the dangers, and had a plan set up for the care of her child as well. Money was transferred and set aside in a trust account for him, more than enough to take him thru the elementary grades and into most colleges he would choose later.

It was the right thing to do, May had put herself on the line for me and I would do the same for her...

I showered and dressed carefully, using a large set of shaded glasses and a dapper hat to help mask my features, knowing it would only gain me a few minutes before Helen recognized me under it, but hoping it would be enough...

I made two phone calls, one to request a cab be sent to an adress a few blocks from where I stayed, then a second to the "Hotel La Vois", booking the penthouse suites for myself for an indefinite time...

I met the cab and after giving the address rode in silence, gathering my thoughts and steeling myself for what was about to come...returning to the real world as the car jolted to a stop and I swung out and paid the driver.

The game had narrowed itself down to Helen and I now, I reflected as I knocked on her door, and when it was over there would be only one winner.

 

[Destiny]

Helen

After having spent the day shopping and getting her hair cut, Helen had gone home and taken another shower. Mentally preparing herself for the evening to come.

Moving through the apartment naked she was comfortable in her own environment, she rarely had any company here not since Stephen. Why couldn't she stop thinking about him. Grabbing up the phone she stabbed in May's number,"May Your services are no longer required. Nor will you be required this evening." Hanging up the phone Helen felt a little bit better and she moved back to her room.

She began to dress slowly first the thigh high stocking and then the garter belt, straps tipped with ebony hands clasped the edges of the thigh highs she smoothed out her hands along her skin, even at 30 years old she was still a remarkable looking woman with skin a 18 year old would be envious of. She pulled on a matching silk bra of black and red lace that barely covered her nipples and pushed her breasts up as if offering them for any man's delight.

Helen then walked into the bathroom and applied her makeup casually and with a practiced eye to detail. Not too much and only the barest amount. Then spraying herself lightly with her favorite perfume she moved back to her room and stepped into a pair of black pumps with 4 inch red heels that looked toothpick slim. the Final piece was a black swirled Chinese silk dress that clung to her body in all the Right places. The dress was full length with slits along both legs that went all the way to the hip. The high neck showed off her shoulders and neck to perfection as she turned to examine herself in the mirror. Smiling at her reflection she grabbed up a black mink and walked out of the apartment and down to the waiting limousine.

She arrived at the La Vois at 7:30 and ordered champagne and strawberries. She also placed an order for a intimate dinner for two to be served as well. She was assured it would be there by 7:50PM as it had already been ordered. She went to her room and right on time everything was prepared. Pouring herself a small glass of champagne Helen calmed her nerves and prepared for the night ahead.