7 Chapter
George is a master of finding adventures on his ass. He is a banker, the creator of several brokerage firms. He has been threatened and told to stop his activities, but he is a fearless man. Among his victims, in particular, were female clients of his banks, as well as young and silly secretaries; he specifically asked his hiring manager to pick them up. Sometimes they switched their girlfriends, leaking their numbers to each other, and of course held general meetings and acquaintances, which always ended in only one thing. It was as if lust and vice were their middle names. But that, absolutely, did not apply to Ethan. He was, on the contrary, an angel among them, who had been defeated in competition, leading to his injury. With girls he was more loyal and choosy with his connections. His last girlfriend was over two years ago. Her name was Veronica. He loved her, they wanted to get married, but it wasn’t meant to be. She was an aspiring actress, and she was flying to the Dominican Republic for another shoot, but there was a terrorist attack and their plane was blown up. For a long time Ethan couldn’t believe what had happened, that his beloved person was gone. He took it hard, but he moved on. He was no longer in a serious relationship, and he was quite happy with everything. But now, he didn’t know what to do. Agree with his friends and take part in their game to help Chloe avoid further bullying by Kevin, George, and Michael.
“I’m in,” Ethan thought some more and agreed.
“Now, that’s just great,” George said to everyone.
” I propose we drink to that,” Kevin interjected.
“Yes,” they all said in one voice, and stood up from their seats as they filled their glasses.
“This is going to be fun. Let’s toast to the everlasting fun that accompanies us all our lives”.
“Great toast, George.”
“That’s right,” Michael and Ethan joined in. They all raised their glasses and took a few sips of wine.
“So, Ethan? Shall we go to the club?” Michael asked him, putting his glass on the table.
“Yes, I guess so,” he answered, and they all got up from their seats and took a bill from their wallets and threw it on the table.
“For a tip for our crumbs, I think that would be enough?” Kevin asked.
“Quite,” Michael backed him up. Their aggression toward each other was beginning to fade, now that they all had a common goal.
“Tomorrow we all start,” George said.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
“Sure. Too bad we’re not going to see our new baby again today.”
“Be patient until tomorrow. We’ll find ourselves at the club tonight,” Kevin told him, and as they walked through the main hall of the restaurant, they went outside.
“Whose car are we driving? “Kevin asked when he saw four cars parked in front of him.
George’s silver Lamborghini Veneno, Michael’s red La Ferrari, Ethan’s dark blue Bugatti Veyron, and Kevin’s black McLaren F1.
“I don’t think there’s much of a difference, all the girls are attracted to expensive cars,” Michael said.
“That’s for sure,” Kevin confirmed.
“And remember what Claudia did to the three of us in George’s car?”
“Wow, we could talk about that for the rest of our lives. I mean, the girl we got was a total badass and uninhibited. We didn’t even ask her age, we didn’t care,” Kevin recalled.
“Anyway, we got into Ethan’s car, we had never been in his car before.”
“Ethan, do you mind?” George and Kevin asked him.
“No,” he said, and he clearly wasn’t happy about it.
“Then it’s settled, we’ll take Ethan’s car,” and Ethan opened his car and they all piled into it.
Sat in the driver’s seat, Michael next to him in the front seat, George and Kevin in the back seat.
” Ugh, I’m excited,” George shouted and Ethan drove off.
“How do your wives put up with you?” Turned to Michael and Kevin Ethan.
“Ethan, we support them, it’s the only thing they need from us,” Michael added.
“Yes, we give them everything they want. They sit at home and do nothing else. There’s only one condition – they don’t make scandals with us and tolerate our cheating. Of course we don’t talk to them about it. I love my daughter, if my wife tries to divorce me and take Anabelle away, she knows it won’t work out, so she puts up with it.”
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“You’re back early,” Nicky remarked as Pen entered the apartment and closed the doors behind her.
“They let me out early today.”
“Did they take you to work?”
“Yes, I have to come back at the same time tomorrow,” Pen said as she sat down on the chair and took off her ballet shoes.
“How did it go? Did they show you around?” Nicky began to ask her.
“Yes, everything. And you were absolutely right when you said I should dress more frankly. It’s okay, they gave me a mini dress with an apron, I looked like a prostitute.”
” I warned you,” Nicki told her.
“I don’t understand how people can behave like that. I used to live my life in pleasure, too, and I didn’t need anything, but I never humiliated people, and today, I was humiliated and groped by four men.”
“Wow,” Nicki wondered.
“Yeah. And I got kissed by one of them, too, can you believe it?”
“You seemed to like that kiss.”
“What are you talking about, Nicky! ” Pen began to answer indignantly, already taking off her dress and trying to get dressed in her home clothes.
” Are they even pretty?”
“You know, I’ve realized one thing. They’re beautiful on the outside, but so rotten on the inside. I think more than one girl has suffered from their jokes and bullying. Even my partner, Beth, they dragged me into their bed, you know? And they talked about it so shamelessly and unceremoniously, it was horrible.”
” I see, do you have to go to practice tomorrow?”
” Of course, I’ve missed a lot of practice, and Sam’s really worried about it.
“You’re capable, Pen, and you’ll learn quickly.”
“Nicki, I’m just now starting to understand what Kelly said. She was right. Dancing isn’t a job. It’s a hobby.”
“Pen, can you hear yourself? Stop it right now. Many dancers have only become famous because they believed in their dreams, fighting for a place in the sun. They also, like you, fought with their loved ones who tried to discourage them and advised them to find a job that would help them make a fortune. And how many famous dancers have been injured? And still got up and fought on.”
“I understand that, Nicky.”
“Tomorrow you go to the gym, practice with David, and you’ll be fine.”
“I guess you’re right,” Pen agreed.
“So how about we watch a movie together?”
” I’m tired and tired from what happened today, and I don’t know what I’m thinking.”
“We’ll watch Dirty Dancing with you,” said Niki, putting Pen in front of her.
“Okay, I agree with your choice,” Pen replied. They both lay down on the couch holding the laptop Nicky began to search for the movie. The movie is old, from 1987. It tells the story of 17-year-old Frances nicknamed Baby, an innocent spoiled girl from a well-to-do family, spending the vacations with her parents in a resort hotel. She meets Johnny, a handsome professional dancer sophisticated in matters of life and love. As if bewitched by the sexy rhythms and uninhibited movements of “dirty dancing” in the rhythm and blues style, Baby becomes Johnny’s apprentice partner – both in dancing and in love. A good romantic melodrama for the evening,” the two friends thought, and watched the movie.