Larry the Billionaire Episode 37 Poker Buddy

                Larry is in Atlantic City playing poker at Bally’s.  Although it’s not where the high end poker players go, Larry liked the non-rich people better.  Although he enjoyed poker, he wasn’t that good of a player.  It was late in Atlantic City as he watched the US open in the sports book that had recently opened since sports betting became legal in New Jersey a couple years ago.  Larry ended up on top but didn’t want to go back to the hotel so he walked the short distance to the poker room.  As it was after midnight, he would have to wait till the following day to cash in his tickets as the counters close at midnight.  As he walks by, he realizes that there are not many people playing so he puts his name down and a seat opens quickly. 

                As Larry sits down, he starts studying the people at the table.  One girl catches his eye with long straight black hair, thick, luscious lips, big breasts and tanned skin that could pass as Hispanic or Southern Italian.  One thing Larry knew was that people play worse when they’re angry, and when you’re in New Jersey, mentioning President Trump in a positive light is a great way to upset people.  He asks, “Did anyone see the impeachment hearings?”

                There is silence at the table and then an elderly man responds, “Yea, I saw it.”

                “Kind of ridiculous how Adam Schiff interrupted the Republicans asking questions trying desperately to only get one side of the story.”

                “Doesn’t matter, Trump sucks”

                “That’s not the issue.  The issue is whether or not he threatened Ukraine in order to get dirt on Biden.”

                The girl replies, “Well, Ukraine received the aid and there was no investigation into Biden so the facts kind of speak for themselves.  I’m not saying that Trump is a good president but the facts seem to point to that the Democrats are wrong.”
                Larry offers, “Republican Elise Stephanek told the press the Democrats abjectly failed in the hearing.”

                That comment was met by silence.  A couple hands go by and Larry decides he needs to keep going.  He utters, “I just don’t understand how Schiff went from saying he really wanted to hear from the Whistleblower as soon as possible and then when Jim Jordan asked him when they would he denies knowing him, when we know he does.  He also says he’s going to protect his identity and refuses to let him testify.  Why the sudden change of heart?”

                The elderly gentlemen scolded, “I think we’re just here to have a relaxing game of poker.  Let’s keep politics out of this.”
                “It’s all you see on TV now.  I mean, I feel like I know Bill Taylor, I’ve heard so much about him.”

                Another player rebuts, “I’ve never heard of him.”

                “He was the Sarge D’Affair in Ukraine”

                “What’s that?”

                “2^nd highest ranking member in the embassy; right behind the ambassador.  In Ukraine’s case, the ambassador was recalled.  He was the Democrats star witness.”

                The woman blurted out, “Yea, but all he had to say was the he could only tell you what he heard from people.  Hearsay isn’t even admissible in court yet we’re supposed to impeach a president for it?”

                “What’s your name?”

                “Mallelin”

                “I’m Larry”

                “Nice to meet you.”

                “Nice to meet you too.”

                “You’re right though.  Jim Jordan asked him questions like, ‘Ambassador you weren’t on the call right? “You never talked to Mulvaney (Chief of Staff), “You never talked to the president” “you talked to Ukraine and they had no problem with the phone call.’  Taylor answered ‘correct’ to all of them.  This prompted Jordan to remark that he’s unsure how he’s the Democrats star witness.”

                “That’s what I’m saying.”

                “Can we just play cards?” fired out a player.

                “Certainly, Mallelin, I would really like to continue this conversation.  Do you want to have brunch tomorrow?”
                “Sure”

                “Let me have your number”

                Mallelin gave it to him and they continued to play poker.  It was 7:30AM when Larry finally left the table.  Mallelin followed closely after him.  The next day, Larry went down to Bally’s and cashed in his sports tickets that he won.  He texted Mallelin thinking that she was already gone as it was 11:00.  He sat at a Spanish 21 table and played wondering how long he was going to give Mallelin.  About an hour later, he got a response.  They decided to go to a burger place near outlets as Mallelin wanted to go shopping after lunch.  They sat down at a Kraft beer place that served burgers.  Mallelin started, “It sounded like you didn’t believe in the quid pro quo last night.”

                “Of course not.  Their story changed three times already.”

                “How do you figure?”

                “The first was that Trump withheld the security assistance money that Obama refused in exchange for information on Biden.  Then, it was that if he was going to let Zelensky come to the White House as a guest.  Finally, Trump wanted Zelensky to make a public statement that they were investigating Hunter Biden and Burisma.  None of those things happened yet Ukraine still got the military aid.  If he made a quid pro quo, he didn’t stick to it and it was the worst one ever.  Especially since Ukraine didn’t even know about it being withheld.”

                “I just thought it was weird that Taylor admitted that he heard from a guy named Morrison, who heard from an aid, who heard from Sondland who was on the call.  I mean, that’s quadruple hearsay.”

                “It’s especially weird because he did speak directly to Sondland over text messages.  The only problem is that Sondland told him he was incorrect about the President’s intentions.  Sondland says the president was very clear, there was no quid pro quo of any kind.”

                “Then that Democrat Quigley ridiculously said that ‘hearsay can be much better than direct’ I  mean how dumb does he think we are?”

                “Pretty dumb if anyone agrees with that statement.  I’m more with Jarrett that said hearsay is bad, double is just a rumor, triple is just ridiculous and quadruple shouldn’t even be addressed in polite conversation ”

                “I’m pretty sure that’s not a direct quote.”

                “No, but that’s pretty much what he said.”         

                “I don’t know, Taylor did say that he’s never heard of anyone threatening to withhold aid in exchange for something.  Maybe it is rare.”

                Larry pulled out his phone and showed her a video of Joe Biden on January 23, 2018 bragging about how he withheld a billion dollars from, then, Ukrainian president Porochenko unless he fired the Prosecutor General Shokin.  Although Biden never says why, it’s largely reported that Shokin was investigating Hunter Biden and Burisma, which hired him.”

                “He said it was just because he was corrupt”

                “Why was that so important to Biden and America?”

                “Yea, that’s a good question.”

                “It’s just like when Democrats asked Taylor a question, Taylor was an expert on what Trump is thinking but when the Republicans asked, he did a 180 and told them he couldn’t get into Trump’s head.”
                “Radcliffe brought it home when he asked Taylor and Kent if they thought the Ukrainian president was lying when he came out several times to say that he didn’t know about the aid being withheld and there was no quid pro quo.  There was even a pause as they seemed confused to respond then Taylor admits that he has no reason to think President Zelensky was lying.”

                “I liked that Nunes attacked Schiff in the opening statement.”

                “It’s clear which side you’re on”

                “Yes, but how can you be on Schiff’s side?”

                “Schiff I’ll give you but Democrats as a whole and Trump as a whole, the jury is still out.”

                “That’s fine.  I’m talking specifically about the Ukraine thing.”

                “Then yea, anyway, where are you from?”

                “I live in Naples, Florida”

                “Nice, I’m from New York.  How long have you been in town for?”

                “I’m actually staying in New York.  I was planning to leave today.”

                “Do you have a car?”

                “No, I took a car down here.”

                “I can give you a ride to New York if you like.  I’m pretty tired and I don’t really want to drive alone.”

                “That would be great; thank you.  I’ll buy you something from the outlets as a thank you.”

                “No need.  I can just use the company.”

                “At least let me chip in for gas.”

                “Just get me a coffee and we’ll call it a day.”

                “Are you sure?”

                “Yea, it’s not a big deal.”

                Mallelin went next door and bought a couple shirts and then they went to Mallelin’s car.  The night before, the 6’0” Larry hadn’t noticed that Mallelin was a full foot shorter than he was.   Although she was short, she wasn’t petite as there was amble butt but her body was proportioned.  As they got to her car, Larry saw the Dominican flag hanging from her rear view mirror.  “Ah, you’re Dominican.”

                “Yup”

                “I love DR”

                “Me too.” She said nonchalantly. 

                Mallelin drove fast and they were closing in on the skyline of New York in two hours when it normally takes about two and a half.  As Larry kept looking over, he thought it pointless to make the proposal he normally did as she drove an Audi SUV and refused to have someone pay for her shopping or gas.  He then figured that he had nothing to lose.  “Look, you’re very pretty…”
                “Thank you”

                “It looks like you’re doing very well so I’m not sure if this is going to work but I figure I’ll ask.  I don’t know what your marital status is but if you spent one night with me, I would be willing to cover a large expense in exchange.”

                “Yea, definitely not appropriate.  I’m not interested.”

                “Alright, forget I asked”

                As they went through the Lincoln Tunnel, Mallelin asked, “Where am I taking you?”

                “Waldorf Astoria.”

                “Nice”

                “Yea, I like it.”

                Mallellin dropped him off and he thanked her for the ride and Mallelin replied by thanking him for the company.  She didn’t mention the indecent proposal or seemed too bothered by it.

                A week later, Larry was back in Florida when he received a text.  He looked at it surprised that it was from Mallelin.  It merely read, “Can we talk?”

                Larry texted back, “Of course”

                The phone rang and Larry answered it, “Hello”

                “Hey, I was just wondering.  What’s the price range for this large ticket item?”

                “It’s pretty limitless.”

                “Well, I live in Valley Stream.  I don’t really like the beach as I don’t like parading around in a bikini.  I also don’t like getting sand everywhere.  I’m much more of a pool girl. I could get a pool but given that we met at a casino, I think it’s really cool how the pools in Vegas have waterfalls and shit.  I want a Vegas style pool.  You get that for me, and I’ll let you have me for one night.  The only condition is you can’t leave marks or beat me.  I’m not into that shit.  If I need medical attention, then it’s over.”

                “Well, I’m not into that either but I do like being honest.  At the point you call the deal off, I presumably would have already started the pool.”

                “Exactly.  They will break ground and do all the measurements, then I’m going to..you know….then if the deal is off, you can just stop construction.”

                “That’s actually very generous of you.  I accept.”

                “Really?”

                “Yes, really.”

                “Coolio”

                They arrange a day to do it and while waiting, Mallelin researched someone to put in the Vegas-like pool in her back yard.  Larry arrives in New York and checks into his hotel.  Mallelin has already sent him the number of the pool company and Larry calls them to tell them to bill him.  They then go to Mallelin’s house and make their estimate and design it.  They broke ground and Mallelin headed into the city to fulfill her end of the bargain.  She walked in and takes a huge breath as Larry was naked in the room.  She put out her hands, “Let’s have a conversation.  We got all night.  No need to rush.”

                “I’m fine with that.”

                “Can you like put on some clothes?”

                Larry grabbed the comforter and wrapped it around him.  Mallelin nods and states, “Well, looks like you were right.  Even the Democrats are saying that it was a disaster for them and it was too complicated that regular people just won’t make any sense of it.”

                “Don’t worry, the last time they had an epic failure like this, the next day they came up with the Whistleblower hoax.  I predict next week there will be a new story that they claim will be the end of Trump.”

                “That’s a bold prediction.”

                “Mueller’s testimony that ended the collusion hoax was on July 25.  President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine was July 26.  In one day they transitioned.  Why would this be different?”

                “The call happened then but they didn’t release it till a month later.”

                “Yea, they needed to plan”

                “Some plan!”

                Larry laughed, “I never said it was a good plan.”

                “Kind of sad that in a month, that’s the best they could come up with.”

                “They didn’t think President Trump would release the transcript so wanted to exploit the doubt and the unknown.  Make it an issue that President Trump didn’t want to release it.  It would be perfectly within his right but all the media would tell people is that he’s got something to hide and they would believe them.”

                “I forget that you really like Trump.  Let’s just get this over with.”

Larry dropped the comforter and Mallelin stripped herself and kissed Larry passionately.  Larry could taste the alcohol on her breath but didn’t mind.  She said, “You know I like it on the floor so we got to do it there.”

            Mallelin turned her back to Larry and lowered herself on all fours.  She kicked her legs back and Larry was erect just looking at her brown butt.  He placed a condom over his penis and then grabbed her legs by the ankles and lifted her up.  He bent her knees and tucked them under Mallelin so that her knees were below her breasts as he penetrated her vaginal walls from behind.  He humped her for a little bit until Mallelin said, “Let me down.”

            Larry did as he was told and Mallelin told him to sit down.  Larry sat cross legged and Mallelin straddled him and put the bottom of her feet together behind Larry as she sat on his lap and allowed his penis entry once again this time with her weight being the force initiator.  Larry and her made out as Larry dropped his lips to her neck and then back to her mouth.  Mallelin leaned back and said, “Fuck me”      

            Larry leaned forward and massaged her breasts as he humped her still kissing her neck and lips.  In between kisses, Mallelin repeatedly said “Te Quiero” and “Fuck me.”  Larry turned Mallelin over and straddled her right leg.  Mallelin kicked her leg and rubbed it against his groin and said, “No, no body shot.”

            She turned around and grabbed Larry’s penis in her hands and stroked it.  Larry almost immediately climaxed.  Mallelin smiled and said, “I knew you just do the body shots because you know you’re about to cum.”

            “Good call”

            “Since you’re obviously wealthy, I wanted to talk to you about taxes.”

            “Alright”

            “If the Democrats win, the top income brackets will go up to 47%.”

            “Yea, I know, which is why I’m a staunch Republican.”

            “But given how much you’re worth, why do you care?”

            “I know this is going to sound odd with the amount of money I spent for what amounted to a couple minutes with you, but I honestly can’t think of any other endeavor I get less back for my money than taxes.”

            “The military, roads, courts”

            “That’s pretty much it.  I think that’s worth maybe 25%.  Courts are relatively cheap and I’ve never been in federal court so no I’m not getting a return on investment for that.  The military is bad ass, so yea, that’s worth 25% and I think states could do a better job with interstates.  I do like cross-country driving though and I have done it.  It’s not worth half of what I make.”

            “Well it used to be 92% in the 1950s”

            “Not really.  There were so many loopholes that the majority of the rich paid an effective tax rate of 17%.  We pay more now.”

            “Yea, I know Reagan cut taxes from 70-28%.  He raised Capital Gains taxes but that had an interesting result.”

            “Most people get this wrong.”

            “No, I work for a financial firm.  I know that the government lost revenue in the Capital Gains tax increase but more than made up for it in the revenue generated by the income tax reduction.  The government revenues rose over 33% in his eight years in office.  Adjusted for inflation, it’s 19% but pretty impressive.”

            “Yea, Reagan predicted that.  He said the economy would dip in 1982 and then rebound to huge heights”

                “Well the revenue dipped in 1983 but yea he was pretty much right.”

                “There you go.”

                Mallelin got dressed and shrugged her shoulders, “Well see ya”

                “See ya, thank you.  Enjoy your pool”

                Mallelin gave him a hug and squeezed his spine right above his butt and Larry squeezed back.  With that, Mallelin left.  It didn’t take long for the pool to be finished.  The entire time it was being constructed, she expected the workers to tell her the funding was cut but it never was.  Now, for the first time in a while, she was really looking forward to summer but summer had just ended.  The pool she had, however, would be worth the wait.  She had over 30 cousins and loved hosting.  Her house would probably be a common stop for her family.  She, however, would never tell them how she got it.

                Larry returned to Florida and put Mallelin out of his mind.  He truly believed these indecent proposals were bringing joy to people.  It seemed that the girls thought they were ripping him off but Larry never regretted the exorbitant prices he paid for a non-prostitute to act like a prostitute.