The Pussy Pounders Volume 1 ( A Novella ) Page 8

“ Yes please,some ice water.”

  DeSean climbed out of bed and walked towards the door.

  “ DeSean! Aren't you going to cover up?”

  “ What for? You already saw everything Carmen..more than once.” he said laughing as he walked to the kitchen.

  Carmen laid there stretching, God my body feels like I haven't worked out in a year! I know damn well I go to the gym at least three times a week.

  DeSean came hurrying into the room holding his phone and grabbing clothes out of his closet.

  “ DeSean what's wrong?” she asked raising up.

  “ I've been missing calls from Cortez. He needs me I have to go over there.”

  Carmen sat there looking at him suspiciously. I guess this is the big blow off...get the fuck out now that he's gotten the pussy. I'm so stupid I should have known! I guess it's my fault jumping head first into grown folks shit with a man I don't even fucking know. I shouldn't have expected anything else.

  Carmen made her way to the edge of the bed and started to stand up.

  “ What are you doing?” DeSean asked

  “ If you want me to leave DeSean you don't have to make up stories about your friend having an emergency just to get me to leave. Grow some balls and just tell me to get out. I'll gladly get out of your way DeSean.” she said flipping the sheets on the bed to find her bra and panties....shit! I didn't have any extras in my gym bag! She remembered I just had on my t-shirt and shorts from my bag she thought scrambling around the bed to find something to cover her naked body so she could get the hell out of there before she burst into tears.

  “ Carmen I said I need to run out for a few minutes to see about my friend. I didn't say shit about wanting you to leave I never even insinuated you had to leave while I was gone. So please stop with the dramatics and all the attitude. I don't need that shit right now. I'm not going to tell you too many times...I say exactly what I need to say when I need to say it.”

  DeSean could feel himself on the verge of losing his temper with her but he understood how it may have looked. He walked over to her snatched the shorts she'd managed to find and wrapped his arms around her naked body tightly.

  “ Please don't leave. I asked you not to leave me and I wouldn't have said it if it wasn't what I wanted. If you have a reason you need to go I have no choice but to accept that but I don't want you to. I shouldn't be gone too long and I'd like you to still be here when I get back. Please Carmen.”

  Carmen wiped the tears that had slowly rolled down her cheeks, “ I'll stay.”

  “Thank you. Carmen another thing...you now know first hand, I don't need to grow any balls.” he said kissing her both of her cheeks and then her lips. Then moving her hand down to stroke his dick and balls. “ Let me get out of here so I can get back I see he sent all of us a message and we never 911 unless it's important. I promise not to take long OK? Make yourself at home. I'll call you on my way back in case you need anything on my way back.”

  “ Hurry back. I hope your friends OK.” Carmen said climbing back into his bed.

  A few minutes later DeSean was out the door. Carmen though she'd lay back down but instead decided to have a nice hot shower. Damn some good loving will damn sure work your ass over! She thought grabbing some of DeSean's cocoa-butter lotion off his dresser and slathering it over her skin. Carmen then took another pair of shorts out of her bag and a tank top. This bag really came in handy,Carmen thought. She could never make up her mind on an outfit, even with her gym clothes so she always ended up putting three or four outfits in her bag so when she got to the gym she'd have a choice!

  Carmen walked back into the living room to grab her purse and phone. Elegant Events didn't have any bookings that she personally needed to oversea tonight but there had been a huge baby shower her assistant had done. She saw Erica had already sent her a text confirming everything had been flawless at the shower and the new mom to be had been elated with the turn-out and presentation.

  What in the hell is Lisa blowing my damn phone up about? Carmen said seeing she'd missed six calls from Lisa in the last two hours. Let me call this fool back and see what's up.

  The phone had barely rang and Lisa was practically screaming hello into the phone.

  “ My God! It's about time you called me back! I was about to go crazy getting in touch with you! I'm on my way over I need to talk to you about something important!”

  “Damn girl slow down. Tell me now because I'm not home yet.”Carmen said laughing.

  “ Are you still at that damn mans house? Bitch I already know you gave him some pussy....but enough about your pussy on to mine!”

  “ What! Girl you're a trip.” I said laughing, her ass better be lucky DeSean had me in a damn good mood or I would not have let that little comment fly. Regardless of what had went on with DeSean and I today, I did not have a habit of bed hopping with strangers....or paying for dick like she was fond of doing.

  “ Anyway Lisa what's the big emergency?”

  “ Well Carmalitaaaaa!”

  “ Oh hell no! I know it must be something bad, you know damn well I don't want to do it if you're using my birth name....which you know I can't stand!” I said laughing.

  “ Carmalitaaaaa....,”

  “What is it heffa?” I asked impatiently.

  “ I really,really need your help with this. Just keep an open mind and know that I would never have involved you in this if I had another choice! You're my best friend and I tell you everything so I figured this was the best way to do it.”

  My face turned into an automatic frown, “ Lisa I hope you're not going to ask me to borrow any money. I was dead ass serious the other night when I told you due to your recent activities....I would not be loaning you any money.”

  “ Girl no! I have plenty.”

  “Umph. That's the damn problem!”

  “ Anyways. Back to the issue at hand. As I told you Sean wont see my anymore. I called to set up an appointment with him and sure enough he told the girl that does the appointments not to schedule him with me. So I was in a bind....,”

  “ You know what? I'm glad he's cut your ass off because at least he's sounding like he has more sense than you do right now Lisa. This is good news! You can start trying to get over him now. Shit,build ya damn savings account back up!” I said smiling.

  “ No Carmen! I need to speak with him. I just need to speak to him at length about the situation. I know he'll give me a chance,once he gets to know me on a more personal level. So what I did was this, since they only take on clients by referral, I referred you ! I scheduled you an appointment with Sean! I already sent over the two thousand dollar payment. Your session with him will be this Monday because I really need to see him since I haven't been able to spend any time with him all weekend. All you need to do is call and confirm the appointment but it's basically all set up. I just need you to show up at the Hilton get him in the room and I'll be there no less than fifteen minutes. I couldn't get the hotel scheduled at the exact time I wanted and I'll just be leaving a meeting so I really only need you to hold him there until I get there then you can leave.” Lisa said breathlessly.

  “ Lisa....have you completely lost your mind? No! N.O. NO! How dare you involve me in your bullshit! How dare you!”

  “ Carmen please! You don't even have to do anything but swing by the hotel! Am I really asking that much of you? Really? The one thing I ask you to do for me...which is just show up? All of a sudden it's too much to ask? What kind of friend are you Carmen? You know I didn't address your little money comments Carmen but when I got home I thought about what you said and you really hurt me.

  When your sister needed a kidney transplant and was going through all those treatments, I didn't hesitate to go down there and get myself tested to see if I could help you and your family! I didn't end up being a match but I also didn't hesitate to do a fundraiser at my job to help your family pay that mountain of medical bills. I did it because you're my friend and I love you. I would never think to see you in
pain for any reason and know I could do something to help and not do it. So for you to turn you back on me when all I've asked you for is fifteen minutes of your time, really hurts.”

  I sat there stunned that she would bring up my sister especially when the two situations were nothing alike? They didn't even come close. My sister did end up finding a suitable donor but for her to throw my families painful time in my face and compare my sisters life threatening situation to a prostitute...was crossing the line in my book.

  “ Text me the number so I can call and confirm and the rest of the information I need Lisa I'll do it for you.” I said crisply. Anything I said past that point was oblivious to Lisa. All I could hear were her screams of joy over being able to con her way into seeing this prostitute, she couldn't even tell she'd just ended our ten year friendship over what she'd said to me.

  “ Thank you so much Carmen! I knew I could depend on you. I love you. I'll send you all the details. Oh and have fun with this new man you've been laid up with all damn weekend! I'll talk to you later.” Lisa said hanging up the phone.

  ***

  The Crew

  By the time Sean arrived at Cortez's home Antoinette and Adam were there and they were all sitting around the table.

  “ I'm sorry it took me so long I was caught up and my phone was in the other room I got here as soon as I saw the messages. What the fuck is going on?”

  Cortez stood up “ Man thanks for coming,they'll fill you in because this shit has seriously got my head hurting.” Cortez said walking out of the kitchen and going to his bedroom.

  Sean looked at Adam for answers.

  “ You know he got those two letters from some dude saying he was Cortez's brother. He didn't want anything thing to do with him so he tore that shit up. Now this dude...Gabriel showed up on Cortez's door step.”

  “ What? That shit was bad enough getting letters now this muthafucka is just showing up? That shit ain’t cool. You can get your ass fucked up just showing up on somebodies doorstep like that.” Sean said.

  “ This is what I wanna know...what the fuck does he want? Shit that's his older brother, he could have been came and found Cortez, shit that was two years in foster care Cortez didn't even need to be a ward of the state. So what the fuck does he want? Cortez said he showed up looking homeless and shit...down and out. Then you bring your ass over here, see Cortez got a nice crib, two rides in the garage, I don't like this shit at all. He better not be still creeping fuckin' ass around here. Imma whup his goddamn ass!” Adam said hotly walking into the living room to look out of the window.

  “ I'm going to check on Cortez.” Antoinette said walking back to his bedroom.

  Cortez was laying on the bed with his back turned to the door. Antoinette climbed in behind him rubbing his back. Not saying a word just holding him.

  Cortez hadn't felt like crying in a long time. A very long time but right now he felt like breaking down. It wasn't like he didn't know Gabriel was his brother, he was. They both had their mothers eyes. That bitch.

  Cortez would never forget the day his whole life changed. One day he was a happy nine year old...despite being dirt poor, with a mother, father and an older brother and the next day he was alone. Completely alone. He'd never forget hearing his parents fighting in rapid Spanish and his mother crying “ Get rid of him!” his father yelled.

  “ I can barely stand to look at you anymore Ana, you want to know why I drink?Puta! It's it's because I have to look at your bastard every day! I have to be reminded every day that the love of my life betrayed me with another man! Every day Ana! Every day I have to look at your bastard child Cortez and I wont do it one more day!Even if I beat him every day it would never be enough. You choose! It's me and Gabriel or your bastard!” Choose!”

  “ Manuel please! Please ! He's innocent! He's innocent” Ana said dropping to her knees and grabbing him around his legs as she pleaded and begged her husband for mercy.

  Manuel pushed her off of him

  “ Choose! Send him away or we'll never have peace. I don't care where he goes but I wont grow old being the village idiot and raising a boy the whole town knows is not mine. You created these lies Ana!” Manuel said storming out towards the door.

  “ Get rid of him I wont have him under my roof another night. If you can't get rid of him you can leave too Ana but Gabriel is my son, my blood and I'll kill you before I let you have my son.”

  “ This is all your fault!” eleven year old Gabriel said kicking him so hard under the covers Cortez screamed out in pain. Gabriel began kicking Cortez several more times until Cortez was lying on the floor battered and bruised.

  “ You're the reason Papi is so mad all the time! It's all your fault!”

  Cortez tried to scream out for him mother but Gabriel placed his hand around his mouth so tightly he could barely breath. “ Papi doesn't take care of us because you're here and you ruined Madre! I hate you! You are not my brother! You're a bastard! This is all your fault and I'll be happy your gone so we can be happy!”

  Ana came in the boys room and saw Cortez on the floor crying. Looking back and forth between her two sons she knew for sure Gabriel had been listening. That was the type of child he'd always been sneaky and believing his father walked on water.

  “ Cortez come with me.” Ana said grabbing some of Cortez's clothing and stuffing it into a bag dragging Cortez with her. She went into the kitchen and threw together some pork and tortillas so wrap up and grabbed the two drinks that were left in the barely working refrigerator.

  “ Let's go Cortez!” Ana said grabbing his hand.

  It was pitch dark outside and they walked under the twinkling stars of an otherwise black Mexican sky.

  “ Where are we going Madre? Gabriel was so mean,he was kicking me and said I wasn't his brother. He said I wasn't Papi's son that I was a bastard. What is a bastard Madre? I heard the word from the kids at school but what does it mean?”

  Ana's heart was breaking but what can I do? I can't live without Manuel. Maybe he could be a better man, a good father to Gabriel without Cortez as a reminder of what I did? She thought trying to hold in her sobs.

  “ You are not a bastard!” she said leaning down to hug Cortez and grabbing his face.

  “ Your name is and will always be Cortez Luna. Do you hear me? If anyone ask you tell them your name is Cortez Luna! Do you hear me?”

  “ Yes Madre.” Cortez answered quietly his large brown eyes wide with fear. He was so confused. All his life his name had been Cortez De La Cruz?

  Ana spotted a group of men. She already knew they would attempting to cross the border. Del Rio,Texas after all was a border town and Mexicans crossed all the time.

  “ Cortez follow those men. Just follow them and go where they go. You're going to go to the United States and have a better life. I'll join you as soon as I can but you have to go now. You'll be safe in America. Go now.” Ana said hurriedly.

  Cortez was rooted in one spot unable to move.

  “ No Madre!”

  “ Yes! Go! Now Cortez go!” Ana said pushing him.

  “ No! No!” Cortez screamed over and over.

  “ You go... now hijo! Get out of here! We don't want you any more!” Ana said pushing him.

  Cortez slowly began walking taking a few steps at a time but stopping and crying the entire time when Ana began throwing rocks at his back screaming at him to leave. Yelling she didn't love him and wished he'd never been born. After walking in complete darkness a few miles not knowing where he was going, two kind men who had witnessed his mother throwing him away let him walk with them as they illegally crossed the border into Texas. He repeated his new name Cortez Luna the entire walk. He was then abandoned, wandering the streets homeless and hungry before the Texas authorities picked him up. Cortez after relaying the events that lead to him crossing the border became a ward of the state of Texas.

  “We love you Cortez. We're going to get to the bottom of what he wants because this man has sent letters and has now s
hown up to your house. What I would ask you to do though Cortez is think about if you really want to face this so you can put it behind you as best you can. I'm not asking you to think about speaking with him because some of us will never have the opportunity to do something like this, but because I want you to be able to get over this. Check it off your list of the what ifs. Do you understand what I'm saying.”

  “ I understand what you're saying” Cortez said softly.

  “ We're your family and we love you. We're not going anywhere because God brought all four of us together to be a family. So regardless of what happens should you decide to speak to him, good or bad. Your family is still going to be here. I dare you to try and take your ass away from us. You can't even leave state without us Cortez!” Antoinette said loudly.

  Cortez started laughing, “ I know Toni and by the way don't you still owe me money for tagging along with me when I tried to go to Miami....alone? That ticket was eight hundred dollars! Do you want me to tell you exactly what I had to for that eight hundred dollars?” Cortez said slowly turning around.

  “ No Cortez stop!” Antoinette yelled laughing and cupping her hands over her ears and jumping out of the bed and running out of the rooming. A few seconds later she came back and leaned through the doorway, “ I know your ass is hungry, do you want me to cook you something or order in?” she asked.

  “ Cook! You're getting real lazy Toni! You know that?” Cortez said fussing and almost back to his usual, funny,cranky,spoiled demeanor!

  After about an hour DeSean excuse himself to go home. They were shocked to find out he let a woman in his house and that she was still there...without him!

  Antoinette was grumbling the loudest. “ I don't know who this is you guys but we need to make sure we meet her and fast. You know DeSean doesn't have girlfriends! I don't want him getting mixed up with the wrong one.” she said warily.

  “ Put your claws back in Lioness.” Adam said laughing, “ Cortez said she was cool, he met her.”

  Antoinette rolled her eyes at Adam “ Cortez,does this girl have a big big ass and titties?”