Larry is in Vegas, which is far
from his home in Naples, Florida.
Although it seems that being in the desert would be good because it
appears the recent pandemic Wuhan Virus doesn’t do as well in warm
temperatures, Naples also serves that purpose.
Few people understand that there is a certain mystique to Vegas. Casual observers realize that the flight to
Vegas sees people happy and anticipating a few nights of debauchery and dreams
of hitting it big. The mood on the
flight back, however, is much more reserved and depressed. Larry often wonders if people confuse
exhaustion for disappointment or depression. To him, Vegas was a great
equalizer. When you’re on the strip and
you run your hand on the felts of any table whether it be poker, blackjack, or
craps, it’s as if the world doesn’t exist.
Your senses are consumed by many noises.
It truly is a place of no memory where, more than anywhere he’s been,
people truly lived in the moment. It was
as if there were no consequences. He
reasoned that’s where the expression, ‘what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’
originated but frequent Vegas visitors, like Larry, knew that wasn’t true. Your body will revolt against you and
although in the moment the oxygen pumping through the casinos to keep you awake
and the constant sensory stimulation will make you think you’re there to
unwind, there will be a massive crash.
It is that crash that Larry sees in the return flight. Many vacations are a place to recharge but
Vegas is not one of those places. For
Vegas is a place to let go and be carefree and forget the problems of the
world; even if it’s only for 2-4 days, which is the amount of time someone
should spend in Vegas at one time.
With the constant hysteria over
the Wuhan Virus, Larry knew that Vegas was the one place to be where the whole
world wouldn’t believe that everyone is a germaphobe. He would be able to walk into a store and use
a pen to sign the receipt and not be asked if he wanted them to disinfect
first. The minute he walked into a
casino and heard the familiar sounds of the slot machines, his shoulders
slumped. The TV was on and they were
preparing for President Donald Trump to give a speech. Larry put his name down at a limit poker
table for he wanted to watch the speech but felt odd paying for drinks when the
casino will give it to you for free if you merely sit down at a table. Even when you’re a billionaire like Larry,
spending money on something that would be given to you for free seems odd. Poker is the best place to be if you want to
be distracted by a TV. During poker,
people try to pick up on tells and one of the most telling signs that someone
has a good hand is when they’re not paying attention to the next card being
flipped. If he’s watching TV, he’s
giving that impression, which will help against his opponents. As he sits at a table with his trey of chips,
President Trump walks to the podium and begins his speech. He has Larry’s full attention as he casually
focuses on the table only to determine if it’s his turn to act. The topic is the Wuhan Virus and the markets
have been panicking about this topic for a week now. It’s only a matter of time if the president’s
speech will exacerbate or aid in the problem.
Either way, Larry is in the best place for good news or bad news for it
will be forgotten in Vegas, which is always in the present.
When the president announces
he’s going to cancel all travel from Europe except the United Kingdom, Larry
protrudes his lip and nods. It is a bold
move and to mimic it, he raises in the hand he’s in despite not having a very
good hand. Just as a pile of chips is
being shoved over to Larry, as his opponents folded, a rarity in limit poker,
the president is announcing that insurance companies will waive all co-pays on
the Wuhan Virus and he urges congress to help small businesses with
low-interest loans. He doesn’t know this
yet but, in the end, congress will pass more general paid sick leave and family
leave instead.
The speech ends and Larry focuses his
attention back on the table. He is
surprised to find that his chip stack is higher as he wasn’t really paying
attention. Apparently his plan worked,
people always thought his hand was good because he showed no interest in the
cards being flipped over. Larry believed
it to be a good speech and apparently the market agreed because it surged upon
the announcement. It would end up down
almost 10% for the day so not enough to write home about but it did have a
positive effect. Right after the speech,
the inevitable mainstream media spoke of their reaction and Larry knew what was
coming. No matter what, they would
attack the president and call the speech a complete failure in the hope to keep
the market down. There was no cost or
means that was too high if the result was hurting President Trump. Since they were on CNN, it was Jim Acosta
commenting. After everything the
president said about steps he wants to take to combat the virus, all Acosta can
talk about is that he referred to it as a ‘foreign virus’ so attacked the
president with the ‘xenophobic’ label.
Larry shook his head but said nothing.
Although he frequently found himself defending the president, sometimes
he just wasn’t in the mood for the fight.
Luckily for him, a woman who looked Hispanic with long straight black
hair and extremely petite features wearing a hoodie despite the desert
temperatures burst out, “That’s all you have to say? 4,000 people are dying and all you can talk about
is what people are calling it?”
Larry smiles and responds, “I’m
glad that there are still some sane people left in this republic.”
An older grisly looking man who
looked like he had worked a blue collar job his whole life and had an unshaven
look to him uttered, “Yea, I guess he finally figured out it wasn’t a hoax.”
“That’s not what he said!” Larry
yelled a little too loud for his liking.
It looks like he’d have to go back into defense of the president mode,
“He called the hysteria and the way the media blames him for the outbreak a hoax.”
“Joy Reid said it yesterday.”
“Joy Reid is a notorious
conspiracy blogger. We have Youtube now;
look at the speech itself. He says that
first it was the Russian collusion hoax, then the impeachment hoax and now they
have Coronavirus. Trust me, he knows he
was impeached but he used the same word for it.”
The woman at the table smiled
and offered, “If you use the same word to describe two different things, it may
get a little confusing. Just calm down,
we’re all here to just play some cards.”
This disarmed the tension in a
way that only women can do to men. It,
however, didn’t distract Larry from his point.
His tone, however, was much more accommodating as he stated, “I judge
actions not words. President Trump has
sidelined everything to focus on the Coronavirus. He called a travel ban from Iran and China a
month ago and the same people attacking him now for not doing enough, said he
overreacted then. If you want to talk
about not being clear, look at that 180.
Looking at his actions, I just think you have to be a retard not to
think that he’s taking it seriously.”
The scruffy man seemed
uninterested in debating further but the woman had an intrigued look on her
face. She had tanned skin that Larry
thought was either olive skinned or Hispanic though that was namely because he
couldn’t really tell the difference between those two shades of skin
color. He asked the woman, “What’s your
name?”
“Katie”
“Hi Katie, I’m Larry.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m thinking about what you just said. Do you have anything specific backing it up?”
Even poker tables had conceded
to the need for people to be on their phones and allowed texting at the table
but still there were no phone calls.
That is why Larry knew he was allowed to take out his cell phone and pull
up articles. He shows Katie one from
Politico about how President Trump mismanaged the Coronavirus response and then
flips to another by the same author entitled, ‘White House dramatically scaled
up US response to Coronavirus in an unprecedented manner. Larry explains, “They are both written by Dan
Diamond and both written a month apart for the same company.”
“How do you explain that?”
“He wrote the first article a
month ago honestly then, Politico being a propaganda arm for the Democratic Party,
scolded him for writing something that was pro-Trump so he had to write another
article attacking him.”
“Or, he liked the original
response but not the subsequent actions.”
“Then he would’ve mentioned
that. At least, he is supposed to. Otherwise, it sends a mixed message to his
readers. Joy Reid may accuse the
president of sending mixed messages but this is much more blatant.”
“I have to admit, I didn’t think
you’d have such a quick response to my question. I almost think you prepared for this.”
“Well, we are playing poker so I
need to be prepared for perfect strangers to call my bluff.” Larry rejoined
with a charming grin.
Just to go with the point, he
raised the next time he had a chance on a bluff to see if anyone would call
his. It was called and he lost the
hand. He announces, “I’m hungry. I’m going to get some food. Would you like to join me Katie?”
“That depends where we’re
eating.”
“Chef Ramsey’s burger place.”
“I do like burgers.”
“Is that a yes?”
“Yes, it is.”
They sit down at the restaurant
and despite her small stature; Katie proved she was not bashful about
eating. Katie poses, “It’s pretty crazy
with this Coronavirus thing.”
“I think the threat is
exaggerated. If you’re under 60, it’s
very mild and it’s only deadly if you’re over 70; I’m neither.”
“Neither am I.”
“Then we’re good.”
“Well, China and Italy probably
wouldn’t agree with you.”
“China is much more densely
populated, 66% of their men smoke and their air quality makes any city in
America seem like an untapped mountain spring.”
“I’m from New York so that’s a
bold statement.”
“I lived in New York for 17
years so I’m not speaking with forked tongue.”
“What about Italy?”
“The average age of death is 81
so that still holds. As far as
everything else, I don’t really know. I
can’t explain that.”
“Maybe because in Italy they’re
always kissing each other.”
“Well, you’re from New York; you
know they do that there too. It is true
in Italy and Greece they do it twice but Greece isn’t hit as bad. In France, they do it four times. Oddly, in Poland they do it three.”
“Why is that odd?”
“I expect that in a romance
language country or one on the Mediterranean but a former Russian block Eastern
European county surprises me.”
“You seem to know a lot about
different countries’ customs.”
“I travel a lot.”
“That’s awesome.”
“Yea, I actually studied abroad
in Italy so it’s very surreal to see the pictures of how places I know are
always crowded are just abandoned.”
“Do you think they’re
exaggerating the threat?”
“I think we are.”
“I didn’t ask that.”
Larry took a deep breath. He replied, “Not really, no. They have stopped treating the elderly. At first, I was horrified by this but they
just don’t have the resources to treat everyone on a first come first serve
basis. It’s like a war zone; you treat
the person that has the best probability of surviving. I don’t envy the hard decisions the medical
people in Italy have to make, forget daily, hourly.”
“They really have no choice.”
“It’s why socialized medicine
doesn’t work. A doctor’s time is
valuable and limited and there’s only two ways to distribute scarce resources,
price it or ration it. If it’s free for everyone, you can no longer price it so
you have to resort to what you see in Italy now.”
“Do they have socialized
medicine?”
“Not completely but this is a
crisis that highlights what happens in a non-crisis with universal
healthcare. Everyone goes to the
hospital for a small thing and it takes time away from serious cases.”
“Then you don’t think what’s
happening in Italy is because they have socialized medicine?”
“No, but the results happen in
the same way. In Italy, it’s a health
crisis that they weren’t prepared for but I’m pretty sure no country really
was.”
“Tom Hanks got it.”
“I know. I think he’s the most famous contractor of
it.”
“Him or Rudy Gobbert.”
“I love the NBA but Rudy Gobbert
is not as famous as Tom Hanks”
“Oh, I agree. I’m also an NBA fan but I’m more a Spurs
fan.”
“I like the Cavs”
“Not too good this year.”
“No, but I grew up in Cleveland
and I can’t help to love them no matter how bad they are.”
“That’s the mark of a true
fan. I never lived in Texas; I just
really like Parker, Ginobli and Duncan.”
“All of them have retired.”
“I know that but I’m still a
Spurs fan.”
“Then it seems you’re also a
true fan.”
“The New York Times says that
Australia rolled out the testing in a snap so it was good Hanks got the virus
in Australia.”
“I can’t defend the CDC and
their roll out of the test but I still think we have the best healthcare in the
world. As bad as it sounds, I’m kind of
glad that Tom Hanks got it.”
“Why? I don’t think he’s very controversial of a
figure. Even if he was, that’s an awful
thing to say about someone.”
“It puts a face to the
disease. Part of the reason people are
freaking out is because they don’t know anything about it. People fear what they don’t know. There is so much mixed messaging and
contradictory information on the internet, nobody knows what to believe. By having a celebrity and a face to it, people
can track the progression through him.
Here’s a guy in the high risk group since he’s over 60 and he’s telling
the world that he thought it was a cold.
Now, people know that even if you’re over 60, you’re symptoms can be
minor. It looks like he’s going to make
a quick easy recovery, which may put people at ease because they know someone
that got better.”
“It would have the opposite
effect if he dies.”
“It doesn’t look like that’ll be
the case.”
“You said earlier that you can’t
defend the CDC in rolling out the test kits.
I don’t know about this.”
“It’s another indication that
the government can’t do anything right.
They were so afraid of false positives that they overcompensated and
people deemed healthy were not. Personally,
I think it’s better to err on the side of preventing false negatives than false
positives but with the amount of hysteria increasing exponentially for each new
case, I sort of understand it but it was still a bad call. They have since fixed the error but it’s a
pretty big fuck up.”
“What’s your solution?”
“Exactly what the president
did. He cut FDA regulations that
prohibited labs and schools from developing their own tests. It’s all hands on deck; private and public
sector competing for the same goal. I’m
rooting for the private sector but, in reality, there needs to be a
winner. I mean, imagine if that Obama
law wasn’t cut, then the CDC would be our only hope and they just fucked it
up.”
Katie laughed. “I can see you’re pretty conservative.”
“Yes, I am.”
“A little odd for a New Yorker.”
“I don’t know what I am. Three years in North Carolina, 15 in
Cleveland, 16 in New York and now one in Florida.”
“22 years in New York, 13 years
in Florida for me.”
“What part?”
“Fort Myers”
Larry laughed, “Wow, we’re
neighbors. I live in Naples.”
“So we both lived in New York
and moved to the Fort Myers area but we met in Vegas.”
“That’s just the way it goes
sometimes.”
As they finish dinner, Larry
stares at Katie. She still has the
hoodie on and is wearing jeans and this fascinates Larry because she is showing
the least amount of skin possible. It’s
almost as if she doesn’t want guys to hit on her. This innocent look is irresistible to Larry
as he wants to see what’s under all that baggy clothing knowing that this girl
probably doesn’t let too many people see it.
He sighs even though he’s given this offer many times. He has a feeling
this time he’ll get more resistance. “I
have an inappropriate question for you.”
“Okay, but keep in mind, I hate
chauvinists. “
“That is up to you to decide if
it’s a chauvinistic comment.”
“My bar is pretty low.”
“Unlike many girls here that
wear short shorts and halter tops with spaghetti straps, you make it a point
for people not to be able to see your figure based on your clothing. It makes me wonder if there is any big ticket
item that you couldn’t justify spending that I could take care of in exchange
for one night to get you out of all that long sleeved baggy clothes in the
desert and see what’s underneath.”
“You want me to strip for you?”
“Oh no, given the offer of a
very expensive thing that seems unattainable for you, I want to feel myself
inside you too.”
“Even if my bar was normal, that
would misogynistic.”
“You didn’t answer the question.”
“You couldn’t afford it”
“Try me.”
“Well, if you’re that rich, you
probably got fleeced by the stock market this week so I’d want to pour on to
the problem.”
“You have a lot of threats but
you are still at the table. Tell you
what, sleep on it. Let me have your
number and I’ll call you tomorrow night to see if you’ve made a decision.”
“I already know the answer.”
“Would you care to reveal it to
me?”
“No, you gotta call me. 516-555-8218”
“So you’re from Long Island”
“I grew up there but then we
moved to Greenpoint.”
“Brooklyn, I lived in Bay Ridge
for a time.”
“Not sure where that is.”
“The other side of Brooklyn,
near the Verrazano Bridge.”
“Oh, alright”
“Well, I’ll talk to you
tomorrow.”
“Till tomorrow”
Instinctively, Larry went in for
a hug forgetting that there was a pandemic going on. Though, he had seen people felt shaking hands
was more unsanitary than a hug so he had no idea what people were actually
afraid of. Still, given that Katie
seemed to imply she was offended, this was a risk. He was surprised when she returned it. He didn’t want to read too much into it, but
he believed that meant the answer would be ‘yes.’ Katie declared, “Thank you for dinner.”
“My pleasure.”
After dinner, Larry went to the
high stakes room to play craps. There
were a couple Asians playing as well and Larry thought nothing of it. As the dice made its way around the table,
Larry watches his chips expand and contract as the swings in craps are probably
larger than any other game, which is why it’s usually the loudest and most
fun. A man next to him who looked to be
Middle Eastern asks, “Are you nervous playing with all these Asians.”
“Not in the slightest.”
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m not racist or anything. I get pissed every time someone calls the
Coronavirus, the ‘Wuhan Virus’”
“Why should that upset you? That’s just Chinese Pravda-like
disinformation propaganda. Of course the
‘Wuhan Virus’ is an appropriate name. We
name diseases after their locations all the time from Zika to Ebola to West
Nile. Why should ‘Wuhan Virus’ be any
different?”
The man looks uncomfortably
around the table at the Asians who are more focused on what the dice says than
what they are talking about. He cautioned, “You may want to keep your voice
down.”
“Why? Chinese people know what their government
does and how their politicians are not to be trusted. Non-Chinese Asians aren’t very defensive over
Chinese people. Most of which actually hate them. They hate more that everyone assumes all
Asians are Chinese. The only people that
really have a problem with ‘Wuhan Virus’ are white liberals.”
“That’s a lot of generalizing in
one speech.”
“There’s a reason for
stereotypes and generalizations. It is
also how our mind processes information; it’s called ‘schemas.’”
“I’m not talking about what some
Chinese government official or newspaper said, I’m talking about the New York
Times. I read it in there.”
“Where do you think they got it
from? The New York Times hates President
Trump. China isn’t too fond of the
president because he’s the only one that has stood up to them in quite some
time. The enemy of my enemy is my friend
so the New York Times will do and print whatever China wants them to say.”
“I can’t even begin to respond
to how ridiculous that statement is.”
“It’s not hard to figure
out. Look at the reports a couple weeks
ago when the virus was first being reported internationally. Look specifically when it spread to the
Philippines.”
The Middle Eastern man looked it
up and frowned seeing a headline, “The Wuhan Virus makes its way to the
Philippines.” He concedes, “You don’t
seem as crazy anymore. How did you know
that?”
“I track fake news and love
exposing the libelous, scandalous, treacherous liberals for their hypocrisy.”
“You criticize but do you have
any answers? Our economy is in
shambles.”
“I think there needs to be a
long term Middle Class tax cut as well as a corporate tax cuts. People need to not feel the burden of
government in order to avoid laying people off for the dip in the economy,
which I believe will reverse itself when the crisis is over.”
“When will that be?”
“We don’t know but that’s why
the cut needs to be long term and not temporary. You can’t add to people’s fear that their
newfound money is going to be taken away from them soon. Some say till the end of the year but I’d
make it a full year.”
“It’s March, that’s only a three
month difference.”
“Ah, but it sounds better. When it comes to the mob, image is
everything.”
“I do believe that private
citizen consumption drives the economy more than anything. The government, though, shouldn’t be idle.”
“I disagree. For all intents and purposes it should be
idle. We need to cut all unnecessary
government spending and focus all our resources on the virus. This is the threat. This is what we need to come together to take
out.”
“I see your point about the tax
cuts but I just think it’s too indirect.”
“You challenged me to make
alternatives to my criticisms now I urge you to do the same.”
“Waive the Capital Gains tax.”
Larry’s body tensed as the
implications rushed through his head. He
spoke slowly as he was still processing, “It would encourage people to sell
because they won’t be punished for it through taxes but…”
“People who are hesitant to sell
their land at a loss or at all will jump at the chance because it will minimize
their losses or maximize their profit not having to give some of it back.”
“That’s exactly what I was
thinking. Then it’s bought by people who
think they can actually do something with it and that will aid the
economy. In the early days of the
Republic, the founders funded the government not through income tax but selling
land. They ran surpluses because of it. Even Thomas Jefferson who spent an obscene
amount of money on the Louisiana Purchase only had that money to spend because
of the massive selling of land. Even
Jefferson had a surplus. I know back
then we weren’t even close to the best economy in the world like we are now but
if we were making profits without taking an income tax, I don’t see what that
can’t work now.”
“Capital Gains also affect the
stock market more than land sales.”
“Like you said, it most directly
affects the problem.”’
“You know, I think you’re
right.”
“Not bad for a traitor right?”
“With analysis like that,
something tells me you’re a fiscal conservative and a social Democrat.”
“That would be accurate. I call it ‘libertarian.’
“That label has so many
definitions. It’s true that that’s the
typical one but most of the libertarians I know are just pot-smoking
conservatives.”
“You mean legalizing drugs is
their only liberal view.”
“Yes”
“Well, I do want drugs to be
legal.”
“But you also get involved in
language police and identity politics.”
“Clearly”
During this conversation,
Larry’s chips had dwindled considerably.
Now that the conversation was no longer contentious, he noticed the
table pick up again. By the time he
left, he was still down but he had made a comeback from the end of the
conversation. He went back to his room
and went to sleep.
The next day was spent at the
pool at Caesars where he was staying and playing blackjack, poker and Pai
Gow. When evening came, he called Katie
who picked up hesitantly, “Hello” she answered timidly.”
“Hey Katie, it’s Larry, we met
last night.”
“Trust me, I remember. You’re the asshole rich guy that thinks he
can buy women.”
“It’s not too expensive to buy a
woman. There are trucks and people on
the strip passing out invitations to do that all night long. If it was so exclusive, they wouldn’t be out
there.”
“Then why don’t you take them up
on that?”
“I don’t want to. I’ve sat and had a conversation with you. I
enjoyed it. I don’t want to play games
so I got right to the point. I’m a very
blunt person. I did leave one thing
out.”
“Ah, there’s always a catch.”
“You have to be tested for STD’s
first”
“I would want the same report.”
“Obviously”
“Are you paying for the test?”
“Naturally”
“Alright, that’s not a big deal. I know I’m clean.”
“As do I.”
“I always wanted to be in the
VIP section of a Vegas club. That way
you don’t have to wait in line with the other skanks”
“Ah, so you also like
exclusivity”
“I think most people do.”
“I would agree but few admit it. Which club do you want to go to?”
“In honor of the struggle Italy
is having, I think we should go to Omnia”
“Perfect, I’m staying at
Caesar’s so that’s easiest for me.”
Despite its convenience, Omnia
was currently rated the best night club in Vegas. Katie was surprised at how quickly he
agreed. She stammered, “Ummm, okay, so
umm, like what happens first? Do I come
through or do you?”
“I’m not a trusting man so I
think you should come through first.”
“Well, why would I trust someone
that doesn’t trust anybody?”
“You shouldn’t. How about this; you get ready in my hotel
room so I can see what you look like naked.
Then, we’ll go to the club and I’ll fuck you afterwards?”
“How do I know once you have me
in your hotel room, you’re not just going to rape me?”
“The same way you would with any
other guy. It’s a risk you have to
take. Maybe you can tell someone about
me so they know who to look for if I’m not being completely honest here.”
“You’re saying it’s a risk I
have to take?”
“It’s the same risk I’m taking
that you won’t consensually have sex with me, feel dirty tomorrow and then
accuse me of rape.”
“Way to turn that around.”
“I’m just saying everything in
life is a risk/reward decision.”
“I have a counter-proposal”
“Shoot”
“I’m not like this. I didn’t tease you at all as I covered myself
up and you still came after me. Since
I’m not a slut, you have to pay more.”
“I agree, which is why bottle
service at the Omnia costs more than if I went over to the Playboy ranch and
took care of my urge there.”
“I’m not comparing myself to
prostitutes. I’m above normal girls too
who, like you said, show a lot more skin for free.”
“This back and forth is
exhausting. What do you want?”
“I meet you at Omnia. We get a table, have a couple bottles. I’ll invite some people to help since I don’t
want you to have whiskey dick and I can’t handle a full bottle. After a couple hours, we leave and go back to
your room and I’ll fulfill my end of the bargain. Then, we go to Tao to complete our homage to
both Italian style casinos in Vegas.”
“Are you finished?”
“Yes”
“So long as you don’t punish me
for snap calling, we have a deal. I’m
going to text you the name of a doctor and the address to see him.”
“How did you know I’d say ‘yes’”
“I didn’t but I prepared for
it.”
“Alright Alright”
Katie hung up the phone and
called the doctor. She got checked out and
the tests came back negative. She was
also handed a report for Larry’s that were also negative. After the update, Larry texted Katie to meet
him at Omnia at midnight.
Midnight came and Larry told the
bouncer he wanted a table and was allowed to skip the line. Katie did what she said and lured people into
the VIP section. Larry wasn’t too happy that
she was bringing guys, so he followed suit and brought women. It was almost like they had an understanding
that they could dance with other people but there was no hooking up. When someone grabbed Jenn’s ass she pushed
them away and kicked them out of the VIP section and Larry never grabbed any
girl’s ass or let them kiss him or move his hands to his ass. He told the girls he was with Katie and Katie
did the same. It was almost as if they
were testing each other. It is unknown
if failing the test was a deal breaker but when the bottles were empty, Katie
and Larry left and went back to his room.
Larry thought that if she called it off after he already bought the
table, it would have been much more culpable than if he did as she hadn’t
fulfilled any part of her end. Katie
took off her heels and sat on the couch in the room, “Damn, my feet hurt. It feels so good to take your heels off.”
Larry unbuttoned his shirt and
pulled it off him and removed the rest of his clothes so he was naked and stood
facing Katie. Katie resisted the urge to
laugh as it had nothing to do with what he looked like but it was the speed in
which things were progressing that made her want to give out a nervous
laugh. She posed, “Can we at least talk
first? It was too loud in the club.”
Larry sat on the bed, “What do
you want to talk about.”
“First, cover yourself up.”
Larry shrugged his shoulders and
pulled the covers over his lap.
“Better?”
“Yes, what do you think about
the border issue and the wall?”
“We need the wall and I’m glad
that the Supreme Court stayed the lower court ruling that will force asylum
seekers to stay in Mexico.”
“In case you can’t tell from
looking at me, I’m Puerto Rican.”
“Puerto Rico covers the entire
color spectrum. I admit I’m more familiar
with Dominicans. I know they’re your
arch-enemies but it’s the same concept.
There’s Dominicans as light as I am and then you have David Ortiz who is
darker than most black people. You also
have everything in between. “
“Puerto Ricans are the same
way. All three of my siblings are as
light as you.”
“Then how could I tell by
looking at you?”
“I look Hispanic.”
“Could pass for Southern
Italian. It would make sense since you
wanted to have an Italian themed night for your dream night.”
“Fucking you is not a dream
night.”
“Fucking me is your payment for
the dream night. You chose these clubs
not me. I gave you anything that you
couldn’t justify affording. You chose
this.”
“I guess I never considered it a
dream night but I’m okay with that. Anyway,
I don’t actually have a problem with the cases being in Mexico. I mean, people weren’t showing up to their
court cases and using it to break into the country anyway.”
“Exactly. Given the Wuhan Virus crisis, I think it’s
more important than ever to have strong borders.”
“Has Mexico and Central America
been hit badly with Coronavirus?”
“No, but it still is important
to regulate who comes in with a worldwide pandemic.”
“In spirit I agree, but you’re
not specifically talking about Mexicans?”
“No, I mean everyone.”
“I can handle that. Well, I am a woman of my word so let’s do
this.”
-Katie stripped herself of her clothes and
jumped into Larry’s arms wrapping her legs around his legs resting her feet on
his hamstrings. They passionately made
out then dropped back to her feet. Katie
bent over putting her hands on the ground and kicking her legs over her
shoulders resting them onto Larry’s.
While she balanced upside down against Larry, he put a condom on and
positioned Katie so he was penetrating her.
He caressed her legs as he slowly pushed his penis into her vagina. Larry was supporting most of Katie’s weight
so her arms tired slower than she would have in a normal handstand. Despite how excited Larry was, he realized
this wasn’t going to do the trick. Larry
pulled Katie’s legs in front of him and bent down putting her feet on his
chest. He rolled Katie onto her back and
pinned her knees against her shoulders as he drove himself into her. Katie grabbed Larry’s thighs and pulled with
him to intensify the pressure. Larry
humped her as they both moaned.
After a while, Larry grabbed her
legs and turned her onto her stomach. He
lifted her up onto all fours and drilled himself from behind reaching around
feeling her breasts. Larry collapsed her
arms in front of her and grabbed the side of her hips as he continued his
forward thrusts. He collapsed her legs
so she lay flat and straddled her right leg.
He reached up and grabbed the bottle of tequila pouring a shot for
himself. He then licked her right butt
cheek and sprinkled salt on it. He put
the shot glass in her anus and scooped up the salt with his tongue before
snapping his jaws on the shot glass and leaning his head back to down the
contents. He repeated the same sequence
with the left butt cheek all the while maintaining his erection by rubbing his
penis against Katie’s legs.
After
he was done, he lifted Katie’s legs and wrapped them around his waist again
inserting himself vaginally from behind.
He hoisted Katie’s petite frame up as Katie wrapped her arms around his
head. Larry used his right hand to
massage her breasts while the left hand fingered her. Katie turned her head and they lightly made
out. After a while, Larry switched hands
and repeated it. Katie cried out
indicating orgasm after a little bit and Larry dropped her onto the bed. He grabbed the lubrication and stared down at
Katie’s butt and liberally applied the lubrication to her anus. He hovered over her and snapped his penis
down into her rectum repeatedly. Without
pulling out, he slid Katie back and stood at the bed pulling Katie’s legs off
as well and placing them on the floor.
He jerked his pelvis back and forth as Katie bent over helplessly. Larry reached around and played with her
breasts as he was doing this. After a
little, he scooped up Katie’s legs and wrapped them around his waist. He then hoisted Katie up and she
instinctively grabbed the back of his head to support herself. Larry fingered her with one hand and played
with her breasts with the other as he kissed her neck. Katie turned her head and Larry eased his
tongue into her mouth against hers. This
completed the triple penetration as his finger penetrated her vagina, his
tongue entered her mouth and his penis was lodged in her rectum. After bouncing Katie with his knee, Larry
panted hard as semen hurried out of his penis to be rejected by the
condom. He let her down and both
collapsed on the bed simultaneously. Katie
sighed as she felt dirty for what she just did as it was very out of character.
They breathed heavily as they
lay on their backs. Larry was the first
to speak, “You know, for a feminist, you really allowed yourself to be
manhandled.”
“The way I am outside the
bedroom and inside the bedroom is like night and day. I’d say I’m worth the effort though.”
“I would wholeheartedly agree.”
“We keep talking about
Coronavirus. Let’s talk about Russian
collusion. I see reports that the
Russians are going to do it again in 2020.”
“After three years of intense
investigations, there was no evidence of it in 2016 and there’s not going to be
this time around. One difference this
time is that the 17 agencies that Hillary and Obama kept talking about are now
disputing the media’s report about their 2020 interference meeting.”
“Yea, that’s what I read.”
“Well, the Director of National
Intelligence released a statement that he had found no evidence of Russian
involvement in the 2020 election to help Trump or any other candidate.”
“Oh, so now Trump can’t turn it
around and say that Biden colluded with Russia like he did last time.”
“It’s well documented that
Christopher Steele colluded with Russia for his dossier and Hillary was heavily
involved in Skolkovo, which was a Russian project. Bill Clinton was paid $500,000 to give a
speech in Russia. They actually had hard
real evidence for Hillary.”
“Alright, well now they’re
saying Biden doesn’t”
“The clause about ‘any other
candidate’ wasn’t for Biden it was for Bernie Sanders because the media accused
him of it too in order to take him down so that Biden would win the
nomination.”
“Well, that’s more believable
because he’s a communist.”
“There is no hard evidence of it
though. This is what the Democrat
establishment does, they attack people with the Russian collusion label any
time they challenge an establishment pick for the presidency. It’s shocking that people believe it every
fucking time.”
“It’s worth looking into thought
right? You have to investigate the
rumors.”
“No, they get false threats all
the time but Steele did trick a lot of people into telling the FBI so I think
they had to look into it. The point is,
though, the FBI’s collusion accusation fell apart in the first month that
President Trump was president. This is
all according to recent memos.”
“I don’t know about this.”
“On January 7, 2017 the FBI
interviewed Steels’ sub-sources and according to the summary of the interviews,
the sources told the FBI that Steele was lying and all the information was
fake. Yet, they still got a warrant to
spy on Trump and a FISA on Carter Page.”
“Yea, Donald Trump really pissed
off a lot of people and made them do some shady things they wouldn’t normally
do.”
“Oh no, this was their modus
operandi. President Trump is just the
first person to beat it. They did this
to John McCain, Bernie Sanders and, as far back as 2014, Mike Flynn because he
dared question Obama’s Iran deal.”
“Isn’t that case still going
on?”
“Yes, but it shouldn’t be
because on January 30, 2017, after the FBI interviewed Flynn on January 24, the
FBI advised that Flynn was not acting as an agent of Russia in a letter they
sent to the Department of Justice.
Mueller is the one that wrote the letter, yet he still indicted Flynn.”
“All this because he was against
the Iran deal?”
“They were about to get
exposed. The same month as all this
shit, January 2017, US officials got multiple warnings that Steele’s dossier’s
main target had made exculpatory statements denying collusion and undercover
sources and that Flynn didn’t collude with the Russians.”
“Of course they’re going to say
that. Most people don’t confess when
accused of a crime.”
“Yet, the first thing you do is
get it on the record that they are pleading not guilty. The FBI left everything that didn’t support
the case out. That’s highly
unethical. If a normal lawyer did that,
they would be disbarred no questions asked.”
“You said it was all internal
FBI memos and DOJ stuff. If it was
classified then we couldn’t have known about it so the media made a decision
based on the information they had.”
“I didn’t mention the media.”
“By now, I can tell you hate the
media.”
“That is true. Your premise is wrong anyway. The media knew all about this because NBC
wrote an article that admitted the FBI found nothing amiss in Flynn-Russian
eavesdropping.”
“When is the date of the
article?’
“In January 2017. They knew then and they continued to gaslight
the narrative.”
“If they’re fake news, then why
would they write the article?”
“You have to remember that the
story constantly changes so they are forced to contradict themselves all the
time.”
“Yea, but this is going on at
the same time these interviews and memos are being written and kept from the
public.”
“Suppressed by the media.”
“Fine, we’ll go with that but
why?”
“Because the FBI knows that the
CIA lied to them. Rather than admit that
they got tricked by the CIA and suffer that embarrassment, they ignore it and
do everything they can to show they had some justifiable reason to do what they
did.”
“You think pride got in the
way?”
“Yes. Listen to Comey speak, he thinks he’s God’s
gift to the world. If there’s anyone
that is guilty of pride, it’s Comey. A
month after all this, he goes to Trump tower to meet with Trump. He knows nothing is suspicious about the
meeting because everything is a hoax anyway but he wants to set up President
Trump so that something seems wrong. He
knows that he attacked his presidency over nothing so now he has to try to
force the president not to fire him by threatening to slap him with an
obstruction of justice charge if he does.”
“Which happens”
“Yes, and since Comey told
President Trump that he wasn’t under investigation, Trump didn’t know that an
investigation was open when he fired Comey.”
“Why did he fire Comey.”
“Rod Rosenstein wrote a memo
recommending it. Remember, Comey was
attacked on both sides. The Republicans
for the Russian collusion hoax and the Democrats for looking into Hillary’s
e-mail scandal. He closed the Hillary
case before the election to try to minimize the damage but Democrats were still
pissed. Rosenstein wanted to look like
the hero so recommended Comey’s firing even though, since Comey was
investigating Trump, he was now the liberals’ friend. After that firestorm, Rosenstein flip flopped
again and started talking about the president being mentally unfit to lead so
they should invoke the 25th Amendment, which is meant for if he’s in
a coma.”
“Then, Rosenstein can throw
Trump under the bus since he was the decision maker and get out of the fact
that he recommended it. To make amends,
he can help Comey with his obstruction charge.”
“Which he does when Rosenstein
appoints Mueller to head a special council.”
“Holy shit”
“Yea, regardless what you think
of the president, it’s fucked up what they did to him.”
“You ready for Tao”
“Thank God I don’t dance because
you wore me out.”
Katie smiled. They put their clothes back on and headed to
the Venetian. Before going inside, Katie
asked, “One last question before we go in.”
“Okay”
“You talked earlier about
rationing and why universal healthcare doesn’t work. Bernie Sanders keeps bringing up
Scandinavia. You travel a lot. Do you know anything about that?”
“None of the Scandinavian
countries are socialist or communist number one. Number two, the prime minister of Denmark
keeps writing op-eds attacking Sanders for slurring them with the socialist
label. That’s why he’s transitioned to Finland. The funny thing about Finland is that the
government resigned after their healthcare system failed and it collapsed their
economy. The fact that Bernie Sanders
thinks this admirable and should be repeated is laughable.”
“I wonder if he knows that.”
“The problem is I think he
does. He did visit these places. That means he’s not stupid, he’s just power
hungry and evil and wants to be a dictator.”
“Good thing the Democrat
establishment took him out” Katie replied with a wry smile.
“Oh no, I’m not like the
liberals. I don’t think the ends
justifies the means. Yes, Bernie Sanders needed to be stopped from being
president but not by lying about him that he colluded with Russians. Tell the truth. It should be good enough or else this country
is really is lost.”
“You don’t have to lie about him
but don’t cover for him either.”
“Yes, basically act like a real
journalist.”
“That’s fair.”
They go to Tao and again Larry
buys a table. It’s around 3:00AM so he
didn’t know if one was available but there was.
Once again, Larry and Katie shared two bottles and, this time, had fewer
people pulled into their section. It
appeared that Omnia really was a test or Katie was too tired to be
dancing. They people watched and talked
as much as they could and left at 6:00AM highly inebriated. When they were outside the club, Larry
inquired, “Just out of curiosity, what would have happened if I hooked up with
those girls at Omnia?”
“I would have still gone to your
room because I made a deal but you would have found me not very responsive and
not moving or grinding anything unless you moved me.”
“Basically you’d act like a sex
doll.”
“Yes, that’s a good comparison.”
“Good thing I didn’t then.”
“Yea, I told you I’m worth
it. What if I hooked up with the guys?”
“I would have called it
off. At that point, you hadn’t done
anything with the contract so I did fulfill half of what I said.”
“I think the agreement was to
split it up just in case one of us was lying so I don’t actually think you
would have been going back on your word.”
“That’s the way I saw it too.”
“I’m glad we’re both honest
people.”
“Me too.”
“Just so you know, no offense,
but I’m going back to my hotel. No
matter how much we tried to cover it up, this was still grimy and I don’t want
a relationship. This was just a crazy
night in Vegas with no ramifications.”
“I couldn’t agree more. I will delete your number.”
“I will do the same.”
“Take care of yourself.”
“You too”
They hugged and Katie pulled her
head away but still held on with her arms.
Larry leaned in and kissed her and she kissed back. They made out for a little and then Katie
really pulled away. “That was on the
house.”
“Thanks”
Katie got into an Uber and went
to her hotel while Larry walked back to his.
Despite living in the same city, they never spoke again.
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