Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:13:58 -0400
From: numlfl <numlfl@musfiber.com>
Subject: Alicia's Comeuppance - Part Four
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Alicia's Comeuppance
Part Four
By Chris
"Smile now slut as you won't be smiling in a minute." Kellie Jo
warned her. Then she reached down and Alicia felt Kellie Jo's fingers
roughly playing with her pussy.
"Oh god you are a slut, your pussy is already soaking wet from just
thinking about me spanking you." Kellie Jo said to her.
"Yes bitch, I'm your slut, now and forever." Alicia said as she
arched her back sticking her little ass out even more.
"Oh my slut can't wait for her spanking. I guess I had better get at
it." Kellie Jo said as she moved back a little and her hand was now
caressing Alicia's ass and that felt wonderful.
"You know I already owe you a couple of spankings so I guess this
will be two or three for one." Kellie Jo warned her.
"Your slut knows she has been very bad and deserves a long hard
spanking." Alicia said not believing the words coming out of her mouth but
knowing she meant each and every one of them.
As the last word came out of her mouth, she felt Kellie Jo's hand
hit her ass hard landing with a loud smack that echoed around the room.
"Oh fuck!" Alicia cried out as the sting hurt her yet she felt her
pussy getting wetter. But then she felt Kellie Jo backing off and she knew
her reaction had scared Kellie Jo into thinking that it was too hard a
smack but while it hurt, she liked it. So she knew she had to reassure her
so she wouldn't stop.
"Your slut needs a bunch more like that to make her behave... until
she decides to be really bad again." Alicia said hoping that Kellie Jo
would get the message.
"Oh slut I haven't even started yet and you better not think about
being bad like this again or you'll get more of the same." Kellie Jo told
her stepping back beside of her.
Alicia waited for the next hard spank however she got surprised when
she felt Kellie Jo kissing first her right ass cheek then her left
one. Alicia let out a soft moan feeling those sweet lips on her ass
cheeks. Kellie Jo kept kissing her and Alicia pushed her ass out more as
she loved the feel of those kisses on her ass. However the kisses soon
stopped and Alicia waited for the next spank and it came soon
thereafter. It wasn't as hard as the first one but it still stung, then
next one came immediately thereafter stinging her ass again. Kellie Jo was
going from one cheek to the other just giving her spanks in rapid
succession. Tears formed in her eyes as Kellie Jo's hand just kept raining
down on her ass. Alicia began to wiggle her ass around trying to relieve
the pain and get away from Kellie Jo's stinging hand but it always found
its mark.
"Fuck bitch, spank me, spank your slut good." Alicia called out to
Kellie Jo.
"Cunt you ass is going to be sore for a week!" Kellie Jo told her as
she sped up the spanks as well as how hard she was spanking her.
"Ohhhh..." Alicia cried out as she felt a small orgasm go rip
through her body just from the spanking. The tears began to fall from her
eyes and her knees were shaking from the intensity of the spanking and the
way that Kellie Jo was giving it to her. Then Alicia felt Kellie Jo
increase the hardness of the spanks one more time sending sharp stings
throughout her body.
Then she spanks stopped and she felt Kellie Jo's lips on her red hot
sore ass. They were tender kisses that felt so good. Alicia pushed her ass
out more as she felt the sharp stinging coming from her ass in contrast to
the gentle kisses. Kellie Jo's lips made their way slowly to her pussy that
was dripping wet with her juices. Kellie Jo began to lick at her lips
causing Alicia to moan from the pleasure she was giving her. Kellie Jo
licked up and down her slit getting those juices. Alicia didn't think she
could take much more of this, she needed to cum so badly and she felt her
pussy almost spasm from the licking that Kellie Jo was giving her. Then as
she was about to cum, Kellie Jo's lips left her pussy and she felt Kellie
Jo's hands on her sore ass spreading her cheeks out more. This hurt so bad
but then Kellie Jo's tongue licking across her asshole felt so great. That
tongue went back and forth across her asshole before stopping at the
center. Alicia relaxed her asshole as she felt Kellie Jo's tongue pressing
against it. The tongue entered her ass and Alicia cried out.
"Fuck my ass bitch!"
Alicia cried out as she felt that tongue go deep into her ass. And
then to make it better, two fingers were pushed into her pussy and they
began to fuck her.
"Yes bitch, fuck me hard!" Alicia called out to Kellie Jo as she
pushed her ass back out. Kellie Jo's fingers and tongue that were sending
her through the roof and she felt her pussy clamp down on those fingers
just seconds before she pussy sent out her girlcum. She squirted hard as
she came splashing her juices against Kellie Jo's chest. Kellie Jo fucked
both her holes through her orgasm before she pulled her fingers and tongue
out so she could lick up her girlcum.
Alicia laid across the sink until she felt Kellie Jo pull her up
holding her up so that she could kiss her. It was a slow tender kiss that
Kellie Jo kept going until Alicia was able to stand on her own again.
"That wasn't too much was it?" Kellie Jo asked as she looked into
her eyes.
"Hey every slut needs a good spanking every once in a while to keep
her straight." Alicia said as she smiled.
"That didn't answer my question." Kellie Jo told her and Alicia
realized that Kellie Jo wanted a straight answer.
"I loved it babe and rest assured that I'll let you know if I'm not
in the mood for a spanking or if you are going too hard." Alicia said as
she gave her a kiss then she added, "Besides you saw how hard I came." She
said as she took her fingers and running them up her pussy then she put
them to Kellie Jo's chest and smearing in the juices that were on her
chest.
"Yes I did but I had to be sure." Kellie Jo said.
"Well when I'm telling you to spank me then rest assured that is
what I want." Alicia said smiling at her and giving her another kiss as
she pulled Kellie Jo in tight.
Then when the kiss ended, she pulled back taking off her blouse and
bra so that they could shower together. Kellie Jo got her under the spray
first getting her wet before moving her away from the water so that she
could wash her. She took her time as she hands caressed every part of her
body. To Alicia it seemed like she was trying to memorize her body so it
would forever be in her mind. If Alicia had been thinking clearly she would
have realized that was exactly what she was doing. When Kellie Jo got to
her sore ass, Kellie Jo was extra tender in her washing making Alicia let
out a moan. Kellie Jo was taking her time and by the time she was finished
rinsing Alicia, the warm water had run out.
Alicia fussed at her and told her to wait until the water warmed up
but Kellie Jo, being the stubborn bitch that she was, went ahead and took
her shower though rather quickly. When they stepped out of the shower,
Alicia aggressively dried Kellie Jo off, getting the cold water off and
warming up her skin. She took her to the bed where she cuddled up close to
her. She kissed her lips and face as she hands caressed Kellie Jo cold body
warming her up with the heat from her own body. And once they were both
warm and comfortable, they held on tightly as they feel asleep.
When the alarm went off, Alicia felt like she had only been asleep
for a couple of hours then she looked at the clock and saw that it was
three AM. She looked over at Kellie Jo who was already getting out of the
bed.
"What you doing, the plane doesn't leave until eight." Alicia
complained.
"It's an hour drive to the airport plus we have to go through
security. I just don't want us to miss our flight." Kellie Jo said as she
went into the bathroom leaving Alicia lying in the bed cursing her friend
and wondering why in the hell she cared for the obsessive bitch so much.
"Now get your ass out of bed and put some coffee on." Kellie Jo
ordered.
"Yes Mistress Bitch!" Alicia said.
"I heard that, you cunt." Kellie Jo called back from the bathroom.
"I meant for you to bitch." Alicia said as she got out of the bed
going to the kitchen to start the coffee.
"The bathroom is all yours." Kellie Jo said a few minutes later as
she came to Alicia, giving her a hug and kiss before sending her on to the
bathroom.
Alicia went into the bathroom going first to the toilet then she
washed her face and brushed her teeth before brushing out her hair and
putting it into a ponytail as she always wore it.
"Leave your hair down when you go for your interview, it shows off
your face so much better that way." Kellie Jo said as she entered the
bathroom carrying a cup of coffee for both of them.
"But if I get the job, their always going to see it in a
ponytail. You're the only one that ever sees when it's not in a ponytail."
Alicia told her as she put some lipstick on her lips.
"All the same, leave it down when you go see them." Kellie Jo told
her again as she slipped in beside of her as she put a little lip gloss on
her lips.
"Yes mother..." Alicia said teasing Kellie Jo a bit.
"Watch that mouth of yours or I'll have to..." Kellie Jo was saying
before Alicia butted in.
"Or you'll bust my butt again." Alicia said with a giggle as she
turned around and wiggled her ass at Kellie Jo hoping that she wouldn't pop
it as it was still just a tad sore from last night.
"You got that right." Kellie Jo said as she gave each cheek a gentle
pat.
"So we eating here or getting something on the road?" Alicia asked
as she turned back to the mirror putting the finishing touches on her eyes.
"What you want to do?" She asked her.
"Let's grab something on the road, maybe stop and get a biscuit."
Alicia replied.
"You already getting tired of my cooking?" Kellie Jo said acting a
bit hurt.
"Oh no... you know I love your cooking, I was just thinking about
you wanting to get there early." Alicia said trying to quickly backtrack.
"I know you do dear, I was just messing with you and yes I was
thinking about stopping along the way too." Kellie Jo said as she left the
bathroom to get dressed.
That didn't turn out to be a great idea as they left too early and
none of the fast food places that they stopped at were open yet. They were
still cooking the biscuits that Alicia was hoping to get as it seemed like
years since she had been able to stop and get one. But then that wasn't
such a bad thing as when they got to the airport and had paid for their
tickets and gone through security, they still had a couple of hours to kill
before they could get on the plane. So they found one of the restaurants
open and they ate there. Alicia hated that they had to spend so much for
breakfast but it was nice to sit down to eat at a nice place.
As the time neared to board the plane, Alicia saw that Kellie Jo was
starting to bite her nails, something that she had never see her do
before. Alicia took Kellie Jo's right hand in hers giving it a squeeze
hoping to reassure her but that made her bite her other nails harder.
"You've never flown before have you?" She asked as the time got
close.
"I've never been out of Georgia before." Kellie Jo admitted.
"It's no big deal and besides you got me to take care of you."
Alicia said.
"That's not very reassuring; you can't even take care of yourself."
Kellie Jo said seriously then she let out a smile.
"Funny," Alicia said as she gave Kellie Jo's hand a squeeze. The she
decided to get Kellie Jo back. "You did wear a bright red pair of panties
didn't you?" she asked very solemnly.
"No why?" Kellie Jo asked.
"Well in case the plane crashed, they can identify you easier."
Alicia said with a straight face then she had to burst out laughing as she
looked at Kellie Jo shocked face.
"If we make it to North Dakota alive, I am so going to bust that ass
of yours." Kellie Jo told her, then she too had to laugh and Alicia saw
that she had eased some of Kellie Jo's nervousness.
However Alicia could see that Kellie Jo's nervousness returned as
soon as they started to board the plane so she squeezed the hand that she
was holding as she gave her the most reassuring smile that she could.
"This is a good safe plane isn't it?" Kellie Jo asked Alicia just
before they entered the plane.
"This is the safest plane that there is." Jessie, the flight
attendant said as she gave Alicia a wink which saved Alicia from trying to
come up with something to say. Instead she mouthed the "Thank you." to
Jessie.
Alicia took Kellie Jo back to their seats on the rear of the plane
and she watched as Kellie Jo immediately buckle her seat belt then she
gripped the hand rest so hard that her knuckles were turning white.
"Relax honey; everything is going to be alright." Alicia said as she
pried Kellie Jo's hands from the arm rests.
"I've never flown before." Kellie Jo told her.
"Yea, I figured that out." Alicia said as she smiled at her and
Kellie Jo had to smile back.
"I know I'm acting a fool but I can't help it." Kellie Jo confessed.
"It's cool, but I talked to the flight attendant and she said that
not only is this the safest plane that there is but we also have the best
pilot there is flying the plane." Alicia told her.
"Good," Kellie Jo said then she thought a minute before saying,
"When did you talk to her, you've been with me since we got on the plane."
Alicia knew she was caught but before she could say anything Jessie
appeared from nowhere to save her ass again.
"She's not lying to you, Kris is the best there is around and I know
because she is the only one that I will fly with. You're lucky in that this
isn't our normal route but we had to fill in for another crew, so relax and
enjoy the flight and I promise that we'll get you there safely." Jessie
told Kellie Jo.
Alicia again had to mouth "Thank you." To Jessie as she went on up
the aisle. Then she turned to Kellie Jo to say, "See I told you that we'll
be alright now unclench those ass cheeks and relax."
"Okay, but no promises once the plane starts to move." Kellie Jo
said letting out a little laugh as she did try to relax.
Alicia changed the subject to the interview hoping to get Kellie Jo
back to telling her what to say and not to say again and it worked until
the plane was pushed back and they started for toward the runway. Kellie Jo
started to grab of the arm rests but Alicia grabbed both her hands first
gripping them in her hands. Kellie Jo gave her a smile as Alicia leaned
over and began to talk to her about any and everything. They got out to the
runway stopping for just a moment before starting down the runway. Kellie
Jo had Alicia's hands in a vice grip as the plane began to lift off the
runway and into the air. Alicia thought to herself that Jessie wasn't lying
as she had been on many planes and that was the smoothest takeoff that she
had ever been a part of. When they leveled off she felt Kellie Jo loosen
the grip on her hands.
"See I told you that it would be alright." Alicia whispered into her
ear.
"Yea you did, I feel foolish acting a baby." Kellie Jo admitted.
"Well I always knew that you were all talk and inside you were just
a blubbing baby." Alicia told her smiling at her.
"Watch it cunt, I said that I was acting like one, not that I was
one." Kellie Jo whispered back and that caused Alicia to laugh.
"My bitch is back." Alicia told her as she leaned against her.
"And don't you forget it either cunt." Kellie Jo told her then she
gave her hand a gentle squeeze.
Soon Kellie Jo was looking out the window and pointing out
everything that she was seeing. To Alicia it was funny as one minute Kellie
Jo was scared to death and the next she was having the time of her life as
she enjoyed her first plane ride. While Kellie Jo could never be accused of
being a motor mouth, but today she was playing the part to
perfection. Alicia was barely getting a word out as Kellie Jo was talking
so much and so fast that Alicia wondered how she was breathing. Even when
Jessie came back to see how they were doing, she had a hard time getting
away from Kellie Jo as she was wearing her ear out. Alicia could see that
Jessie was enjoying listening to Kellie Jo talk up a storm however soon she
had to leave to check on everyone else and it was Alicia's ear that got
worn out.
Since they were going to North Dakota and not someplace like Chicago
or New York, there wasn't a direct flight so they ended up changing planes
in Dallas which did have a direct flight to Minot, North Dakota. From there
they had to take a small plane to Waterville which was a town of about
fifty thousand. They didn't get in to Waterville until about six that
evening and they were both worn out. They got their bags and headed for the
cab stand. The plant turned to be a few miles outside of town and the
cabbie had to get directions from them to get there. So Alicia was glad
that Mr. Washington had given her good directions as she was clueless as to
where they were going.
The apartment building was a five story affair and when they knocked
on the manager's door, they were relieved that he was expecting them. He
was real nice and a bit of a talker as he helped them get their bags to
their apartment. This was much nicer that Kellie Jo's efficiency apartment
as it had a real bedroom and a bigger kitchen. The furniture was nice but
nothing great but at that point neither of them cared. They just wanted to
take a shower and hit the bed. And that was pretty much what they did,
showering and then slidding under the covers. Alicia moved in close to
Kellie Jo giving her a kiss and before the kiss had ended they were both
asleep.
"Get up girl; this is the first day of the rest of your life."
Kellie Jo told her as she shook her awake.
"What time is it?" Alicia asked as she rolled onto her back and
rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"Time to get up and get ready, you don't want to be late." Kellie Jo
told her as she shook her again.
Alicia was about half afraid to look at the clock figuring that
Kellie Jo would have her up at five AM for a nine AM appointment that was
just across the road. However she was pleasantly surprised to find that it
was actually seven. She then looked up at Kellie Jo who was leaning over
her and she wasn't surprised to find her already dressed. She reached up
pulling Kellie Jo down to her so that she could give her a kiss then she
let Kellie Jo pull her from the bed.
After going to the bathroom, she came into the kitchen where she saw
breakfast already fixed. "Did you go shopping this morning?" she asked.
"No, there was food in the pantry and in the fridge. I think they're
going all out for you. I bet they even offer you the job today." Kellie Jo
said being overly optimistic Alicia thought.
"I doubt that, they probably have the apartment stocked for whoever
they may have visiting." Alicia told her.
"Well they let you use the apartment so that means something and I
don't want to hear any argument from you about that. Now sit down and eat
before you doll yourself up for your interview." Kellie Jo told her and
Alicia smiled as she held up her hands to indicate that she was giving into
her argument.
Alicia talked about the trip coming up and the plane ride as she
didn't want to think about the interview that was about to come as she was
finally becoming just a little nervous about it. She knew that is the first
chance and maybe the only chance that she would get for a long while to get
back into the engineering field. Kellie Jo seemed to sense this and she
went along with it and there was no mention about what they would do if the
job was to be offered to her.
When she went back to the bathroom to get ready, Kellie Jo followed
her in giving her a hand but no advice. And when Alicia put her hair into a
ponytail, she saw Kellie Jo frown but she kept quiet about it. Alicia knew
that Kellie Jo had to bite her tongue but she did it. Alicia just felt like
that was how she always wore her hair and to do something different would
make her feel different and not her normal self. So on they went getting
ready with Alicia getting more nervous as the minutes grew closer to the
interview.
The time finally came and Alicia grabbed her case that held her
laptop, why she was taking it she wasn't sure but it was another thing that
helped her to feel like this was just a normal workday for her and nothing
more important than that. When she got to the door, Kellie Jo took her into
her arms and said, "Good luck cunt, I'll be here waiting for you when you
get done."
"Thanks bitch, I appreciate that." Alicia said as she couldn't help
but to smile at their exchanged of encouragement with insults included.
Kellie Jo then kissed her lightly on the lips and Alicia sank into
her arms letting Kellie Jo hold her and give her comfort. It felt so good
and it gave her some renewed confidence for what lay ahead of her. She
wanted to just let Kellie Jo hold her forever; however the time came that
she knew she had to leave if she was going to make it to the plant on time
since she was walking. About that time, there was a knock on the door that
scared the shit out of both of them.
"Who is that?" Kellie Jo asked.
"How in the hell should I know." Alicia replied as she looked
through the peep hole. "It's some gray haired man." She then told her.
"Well open the door and see what he wants." Kellie Jo told her.
Alicia did so, "May I help you?" She asked.
"I'm Josh Washington, are you Alicia Hanes?" he asked as he looked
first at her then to Kellie Jo.
"I'm Alicia; this is my friend Kellie Jo Manning. Please come on
inside." She told him.
"Thank you, I figured that I would come by and pick you up, I wasn't
sure if you had driven or flown up here." He told her.
"We flew in yesterday and I appreciate that, I was going to walk
over but you saved me the walk." Alicia said.
"Well I'm glad that I decided to take a chance and come over to get
you then. Shall we be on our way; there are a lot of people who want to
talk to you today." He told her.
"Then let's not disappoint them by being late." Alicia told her
confidently as she felt Kellie Jo's hand on her lower back giving her
gentle caresses.
Alicia hated that she wasn't able to give Kellie Jo another kiss but
with Mr. Washington there she didn't think that it was appropriate. That
day would come soon but it wouldn't be today. They said their goodbyes and
Alicia walked down to his car with him. She knew that the interview process
had just started so she acted accordingly.
As they talked on the way over to the plant, Alicia would throw in
bits and pieces of what she knew of the company as Mr. Washington told her
about it. He would smile at her each time she did this and Alicia knew that
she was showing him that she had done her homework. When they got to the
plant, Mr. Washington or rather Josh as he now insisted Alicia call him,
took her on a tour of the plant. Alicia was impressed on how clean and
modern it looked thought the plant was several years old. It was also a
huge building, much larger than she would have thought from seeing it from
the front. It took them over an hour and half to see the plant and there
were still parts that Josh hadn't taken her as he was now running late.
They went back to his office where he served her coffee and coffee
cakes as they settled down to the main part of the interview. Alicia knew
she had to get Josh's approval before she could go any further. Social
skills was never one of her strong points but after being with Kellie Jo
and having to fuss, argue, and then finally just talk with her, she had
picked up some skills that she hoped would serve her now. He first asked
her about what she had been doing since she had lost her job and that made
Alicia very nervous, afraid that he would not think kindly of her working
in a dollar store as a stocking clerk but he seemed okay with that. From
there he quickly turned the conversation to what she did at her old job and
that gave Alicia a chance to show what she was capable of doing.
The interview went until noon when he brought in Harold Singleton,
who was the Director of the Engineering Department. Josh introduced him and
then handed her over. Alicia knew that she had passed her first test and
now she was going on to the second one. Harold took her to the engineering
department and introduced her to the other engineers. There was a total of
five ranging for what Alicia estimated was their forties to late
sixties. Martin was the one in his late sixties and was the one whom she
would be replacing. He made sure that as they sat down at the conference
table to eat lunch, he was sitting was beside of her.
He was as friendly as he could be and she began to feel better about
being trying to replace him. He told her about all the things that his wife
had planned after he retired. With a wiry smile, he told her about how his
wife had laid down the law and told him that he was going to retire. She
had waited long enough and she wasn't going to wait any longer. He made it
seem funny and everyone laughed as he told it but she could see that his
wife had put her foot down and wasn't leaving him any option but to retire
from what he loved to do. But he did admit that he had been putting her off
for a while and he owed it to her to take her on the trips she had always
dreamed about. She got a good feeling about them as a group. She thought
that she could work with them and this time around she would work with them
and not around them as she did on her last job. She only hoped that they
thought that she was someone that they as a group could work with.
When they were alone again, Harold began his interview
process. Again she had to go over all the things that she had done
previously at her old job. As they went along, Alicia got the feeling that
Harold seemed to be very familiar with the projects that she was talking
about. This stuck in her mind and she wanted to ask him about it but she
had to wait for the right time. After talking about what she had done, he
started to talk about some of the things that they were working on now,
nothing specific as she wasn't employed there yet, but in more general
terms. Again a couple of the future projects sounded that sounded vaguely
familiar however she couldn't put her finger on what was familiar about
them.
However soon she was able to figure it all out and that was when
Harold took her through the engineering department and their lab like area
where they could try different things to see if they would work. Martin was
talking to two of the other engineers about one of the projects that they
were trying to get to work. It was a physical therapy machine that was to
be used for patients that had knee replacement done. As they came up to the
machine, which was obviously not working properly, Alicia saw that it was
something that she had spent the weekend working on before the plant was
shut down. She had been able to solve the problem, she thought, but never
got the chance to try it out. The plant had been closed and the solution
stayed on her computer not touched since then.
"That won't work." Alicia said to Martin before she could stop
herself.
"Why not?" he asked and Alicia saw that everyone was now staring at
her. She knew she had no choice but to tell them why.
"Because of the way you have the wiring done. You got it too close
to the power source, plus it will cause you lots of problems when you put
it into production and the assembly lines gets to it. You know they are
going to find the easiest way to get it through the line and they will fuss
that you are making it too hard and time consuming. You need to move it
before it gets to production unless you like doing recalls and have the FDA
down on your backs." She said then she turned to Harold and said with a
little bit of anger, "What's going on here? I thought you seemed to know as
much about what I had done as I did. Was it your company that shut us
down?"
"Yes and no. I didn't know anything about how the change occurred
until after Josh had showed me your resume and I knew who you were. I then
went to our owner, Ben Davis to get his approval to interview you as he was
thinking of not hiring a replacement. And to get to know more about your
old company, I asked him about the how he came to buy the company and that
was when I heard about how the owner had closed the doors on you all. It
was up to him as to how he did it but he could have told you all long
before he did and he could have given everyone some type of severance pay
and Mr. Davis did include that in the selling price. I guess he thought
that it was a severance pay for him. I am sorry about how it all went down
but it wasn't all of Mr. Davis's fault. He saw a company that would be a
great addition to our products." He told her.
"Okay I accept that, our owner was a bastard and was more than
capable of doing that. But do you want me because what I know about some of
the things that we were working on when you bought us out." Alicia asked.
"Again yes and no," He said and Alicia waited for him to finish.
"We want your knowledge of the projects that were in the works but
that was the lesser of the two reasons we wanted you." He told her and he
had this funny smile on his face.
"And the other being..." Alicia asked.
"Well that would be because we have been telling him in no uncertain
term that he needed to hire this Alicia Hanes lady, wherever she was and
whatever she was doing." Dennis, one of the other engineers said.
"Every time that we looked in the design books that we received from
your company, your name seemed to be in it, even when you weren't the lead
engineer." Martin added.
"It took me a while to start to listen to them and when I did I was
impressed by the detail that you put into those books. I had and have no
doubt that there isn't a FDA or ISO Inspector that wouldn't be as impressed
as we were and would be hard pressed to find an I or T that wasn't dotted
or crossed." Harold told her.
"Thank you, I worked hard to get those design books as they should
be and also make the projects workable for both the patient and Doctor that
used them but I also worked to make them easy to manufacture by the people
who have to do that." Alicia told them.
"I just needed to meet you and see what you were made of and if you
were as smart as you seemed on paper." Harold told her.
"And...?" Alicia asked putting him on the spot in front of his other
employees.
"I believe that we all like you and I believe that you would be a
good fit but I can't offer you the job yet. That must come from the owner,
Mr. Davis. He will be the one who will make the offer and the one you can
discuss your salary with. I have no doubt that you will impress him as much
as you have impressed us. Unfortunately he had to go out of town Friday and
won't be back until tomorrow afternoon. Can you stay over until Wednesday
morning and meet with him?" he asked her.
"I would love to but I'm scheduled to fly back home tomorrow
afternoon and to tell you the truth, I don't have the money to change the
date of departure." Alicia hated to admit but she had to.
Alicia noticed that all the other engineers were looking at Harold
and she liked that they were putting him on the spot for her benefit. She
too turned her eyes to him and she waited to see just how much he wanted
her to work there.
"I think we can take care of that when we get back to the
office. I'll get the travel department to move the tickets back a couple of
days." He said and she saw that was met with approval from everyone there
including herself. It was only then that he was able to go on with the tour
of the department.
"I had a friend come with me and I know I can't ask you to pay for
the change for her too but if you could, we'll be more than happy to
reimburse you once we get back home." Alicia told him once they were away
from the others.
"No that'll be fine; this was something that we didn't tell you
about beforehand. Normally we don't pay for nonemployee's travel but this
is the exception to the rule." He told her.
"I do appreciate that. It helps us out a bunch." Alicia told him.
"Hey it's no problem." He said as they went on with the tour.
When they got back to his office, he had Alicia call Kellie Jo at
the apartment to get the ticket numbers. Kellie Jo was asking all these
questions and Alicia just kept saying, "Have you found the tickets yet? or
You might look in my bag." until Kellie Jo finally got the message that she
wasn't able to talk right then and she gave her the numbers that Alicia
needed. Harold then made his call and told the travel department to change
the tickets to Thursday.
"I figure that would give you time to think about things and decide
if you would like to join us here." He told her.
"I appreciate that, when would you like me to start if you did make
an offer?" Alicia asked as they were down to nitty gritty now.
"If it was up to Martin's wife, yesterday." Harold said with a laugh
and Alicia had to join in.
"I would have to think it over. I do want the job but it is a big
move for me and I have other people to consider." Alicia told him.
"I understand, but we would like for you to start as soon as
possible. We do need you up here." He let slip out. "How about the place
that you are working now, how much of a notice would you have to give?"
"Since it is my boss that I came up here with, I don't think that
she will have a problem, with me leaving as soon as I need to." Alicia
admitted to him.
"Well that does make it easier to leave; it's not like she doesn't
know what you're doing." He said with a little laugh. "Though, I hope that
you don't expect me to go with you when you interview for another job if
you decide to leave here." He added laughing a little harder.
"No, I think this is a onetime thing." Alicia said laughing with
him.
"Good, glad we got that resolved." He said as she smiled at her.
"Can I ask you a direct question?" Alicia asked getting back to the
matters at hand.
"Sure, I like to be up front with everything that I can be." He told
her.
"When I meet with Mr. Davis on Wednesday morning, will he be
offering me the job?" Alicia asked him as she looked directly into his
eyes.
He leaned back in his chair and appeared to be thinking over his
response. Alicia could feel his eyes studying her carefully as she held his
gaze then after a couple of long minutes, he said, "If he likes you and I'm
sure that he will, there'll be a offer presented to you."
"Thank you for letting me know now, that gives me a day to think
things over." She told him and then to herself she said, "And work on
Kellie Jo"
"Not to sway you too much but we have a good group here and I think
that you'll enjoy it. Its hard work but we try to have fun with it too." He
told her with a big smile.
"I believe you and I like what I have seen. I think I could find a
home here but I do have another question." She told him.
"Shoot," He said.
"Just how cold does it get here and how much snow do you get?"
Alicia asked.
"Don't believe all that crap they say on the Weather Channel, it
really doesn't get cold here; the weather is just like what you would see
in Hawaii." He said with a straight face causing Alicia to burst out
laughing.
"Yea right," She said as she laughed with him now that he had
started to laugh at his own bad joke.
"It does get cold and we get snow but after the first winter then
you'll be like a native." He told her.
"How do you ship when you start getting the snow?" she asked him.
He then went on to explain about how they did keep the roads clear
there and when they did get snowed in, then they would fly out things that
their customers needed in a hurry. Plus that they had several distribution
centers around the US that they kept stocked so the weather really wasn't a
problem.
They talked for a few more minutes before Josh, came by to take her
back to the apartment complex. He was friendly as always and asked her how
it went and whether she liked what she saw. She knew that he was feeling
her out to see which way she was leaning. She knew that they brought her up
her to hire her unless she turned out to be a real wacko which they
obviously didn't think she was, since they were still feeling her out on
whether she wanted to work there.
"So what did they say? How did the interview go? What was that phone
call about the tickets about? Whom all did you interview with?..." Kellie
Jo hit her with all these questions as she entered the door while not
letting her answer any of them until she came up to her giving her a kiss
and even then she kept trying to ask her questions but her kiss finally
shut her up and Kellie just kissed her back.
"If you'll let me pee first, I'll tell you all about it and answer
all your questions. Otherwise I will make a puddle in the floor of their
apartment and then I know they won't hire me." Alicia told her as she let
Kellie Jo go. She could see that Kellie Jo was dying to ask her more
questions but she allowed Alicia to go to the bathroom.
She did need to pee but she needed a moment to compose herself. She
knew she had to make a good argument to keep Kellie Jo here with
her. Otherwise she would have to turn down their offer and that wasn't
something she wanted to do. This job was made for her and she had to take
it as there would never be a job like this to come her way again. She sat
down to pee and she sort of formed a plan on how to tell Kellie Jo that
they were going to offer her the job.
"So start talking." Kellie Jo told her as soon as she came out of
the bathroom.
"God you are one impatient bitch aren't you." Alicia said but with a
smile.
"You weren't the one pacing the floor all day wondering what they
hell you were doing. I mean who gives a six hour interview?" Kellie Jo
stated.
"They obviously do." Alicia replied.
"Smarty pants!" Kellie Jo said as she stuck her tongue out at her
and then gave her the finger as an added measure.
"Come on and let's sit on the couch and talk." Alicia said as she
took Kellie Jo's hand to lead her to the couch where they sat down.
"Now don't leave out any details." Kellie Jo warned her.
"I won't I promise." Alicia said as she gave Kellie Jo's hand a
squeeze.
Alicia started with the ride to the plant with Josh and slowly
continued with the tour describing everything in the plant. Alicia had
first started to skip over that but Kellie Jo made her go back and tell her
about it too. Then to meeting Harold and the rest of the engineering
group. She also told her about how he seemed to know so much about her
previous projects but didn't tell her why until she got to the point that
she herself found out. Kellie Jo had a bunch of questions to ask at this
point and one of them being that they only wanted her until she had
finished the projects that she had started but was never allowed to
finish. Alicia said she was wondering the same thing at the time but they
were also impressed with how her design books looked and how complete they
were, so that might be something else that they wanted and needed. Then
she explained about the tickets and how she had to interview with the owner
on Wednesday morning and so they had to have their departure date moved
back. She told Kellie Jo everything that she could think of except for on
one thing and that she would save for later.
By the time she had finished, they were both ready for something to
eat, so they went to the kitchen and as Kellie Jo cooked them some dinner,
she asked the questions that were still nagging at her. Alicia was patient
in answering the questions as they gave her time to rethink about the whole
day and what was said and what wasn't said. Kellie Jo seemed excited about
the whole process but Alicia could also sense that there was some sadness
there too. They talked into the evening then when Alicia was out of words,
they sat close together and watched some TV until it was time for a shower
and bed.
This time they had a larger tub in which to shower and the hot water
lasted for much longer. They were able to caress as they washed each other
and do lots of kissing under the warm spray of the water. Alicia snuggled
in close to Kellie Jo as they let the water run down their bodies. They
stayed there until the hot water did begin to run out. So they turned it
off and after another kiss, they stepped from the shower to towel dry and
then blow dry their hair. Alicia waited until they were under the warm
covers and they had kissed for a few minutes before she told Kellie Jo the
only detail that she had left out.
"Mr. Davis is going to offer me the job on Wednesday when I
interview with him." Alicia told her in a low whisper.
"I figured that he was. They wouldn't have you talk to him unless
they wanted you bad." Kellie Jo said so sadly that Alicia could see that
Kellie Jo was about to cry. But then she forced a smile onto her face as
she said cheerfully, "This is the job that you've been waiting for; this is
your way back to the top." Then she gave Alicia a kiss but on the cheek
this time.
"This is the job that we've been waiting for," Alicia corrected her.
"Oh no you don't, don't you start that shit with me. This is for you
and not me. You're home is here now, mine will always be back in Georgia,
that's my home." Kellie Jo said as she sat up in the bed.
"If you don't stay then neither will I, I'll call Harold tomorrow
and have him cancel the interview." Alicia said
"That trick only works once girly and you've already used it. You're
going to take the job and make your life here and I'm going to go back to
Georgia on Wednesday. That's all there is to it." Kellie Jo said and
Alicia could see that Kellie Jo wasn't going to give in easily.
"I need you here with me; you know how I can't seem to manage my
money. I'll just buy some house and a car that I can't afford. You have to
be here with me." Alicia Jo pleaded with her.
"No, and this conversation is over. You stay here and I will go back
to where I belong." Kellie Jo said as she slid back down in the bed,
turning onto her side with her back to Alicia.
So Alicia lay down spooning up against Kellie Jo and she whispered
into her ear, "You belong with me bitch, I'm you're fucking cunt slut."
Then she kissed her on the cheek.
Alicia knew that Kellie Jo wasn't going to be easy to convince to
stay here with her and this only proved her right. However she loved the
stubborn bitch too much to give up this easy. She still had lots of fight
left in her.
The next morning when Alicia awoke, she saw that she was alone in
the bed. She started to call out to Kellie Jo fearing that she had left
sometime in the night going back to Georgia but something inside of her
told that she hadn't, so she didn't say anything. She got on up going out
of the bedroom and when she didn't see Kellie Jo in the living room, she
went on into the bathroom. Kellie Jo wasn't there either and she started
to leave but decided to go ahead and pee first and brush her teeth. Again
she did these things without quite knowing why. She left the bathroom going
toward the kitchen. The carpet soaked up the sound of her walking so she
made no sound.
She came around the corner and she saw Kellie Jo sitting at the
kitchen table with her coffee cup in front of her. Just as she was about to
say something, she saw Kellie Jo move her right hand to her face and she
wiped something from her cheeks. It took Alicia but a moment to realize
that Kellie Jo was silently weeping. Alicia stood there for a moment
watching Kellie Jo and soon she felt her own hot tears coming down her
cheeks. Seeing Kellie Jo crying made her realize just how hard this all had
been on her. Alicia thought about how she had just been thinking about
herself since she had gotten news of her interview. She had wanted Kellie
Jo to come with her and she played dirty to get her to come. And now she
wanted to take Kellie Jo from the only home that she had ever known and
bring her to a place that was so foreign to both of them. Alicia had no
problem moving around so where she lived wasn't that important but to
Kellie Jo, where she lived define her life. She watched Kellie Jo cry as
she herself cried, she began to reconsider her thought of doing whatever
she had to do to get Kellie Jo to pick up and move up here with her. She
had to try but she wasn't going to push and she wasn't going to do anymore
arm twisting.
She took a couple of steps back so she could no longer see Kellie
Jo. She took in a deep breath hoping that she was making the right decision
then she called out to Kellie Jo, "Hey bitch where are you?"
"I'm in the kitchen you stupid cunt!" Kellie Jo hollered back and
Alicia heard the kitchen chair moving and then water running.
Alicia waited for a moment giving Kellie Jo a chance to get herself
back together and also giving herself time to stop the waterworks. "I may
be a cunt but I'm not stupid." Alicia yelled back as she came into the
kitchen.
"That's debatable," Kellie Jo said as she turned from the sink to
face her. Alicia could see that Kellie Jo's eyes were still red and she
figured that she hadn't gotten much sleep.
"Just keep that up and you won't get a morning kiss." Alicia said as
she came up close but didn't hug her as she would normally do.
"If I wanted a kiss then I would just take one." Kellie Jo said
inching in closer to Alicia so they were as close as they could get to each
other without actually touching.
"And you think you're woman enough to take what you want." Alicia
said presenting Kellie Jo with a challenge that she hoped she would take
up.
"Damn right I am." Kellie Jo said wrapping her arms around Alicia to
give her a kiss.
Alicia tried to kiss her back but she got a case of the giggles as
Kellie Jo was trying to give her big fat wet kisses and soon Kellie Jo got
a case of giggles and they both ended up just hugging each other and
laughing. Alicia was glad that they could laugh together when just moments
they were both crying alone. As their laughing and giggling died down,
Alicia lean back in putting her hand behind Kellie Jo's head and she gave
her a real kiss.
"So what you want to do today." She asked as their lips parted.
"First I want something to eat. I'm getting very, very hungry."
Kellie Jo replied.
"Then fix me some breakfast woman, I'm hungry too." Alicia said as
she gave Kellie Jo a smile.
"Oh you are full of it today aren't you?" Kellie Jo stated as she
pecked Alicia on the cheek then she made her help find something to cook
up.
"Aren't I always?" Alicia replied.
"Yea, you are." Kellie Jo said smiling.
Then they set about making some pancakes and Kellie Jo made some
maple syrup just like her Grandmother had taught her to do. It was very
sweet but also very good. As they ate, they talked about the limited
options of things available for them to do. They didn't have a car to get
around and they were too far from Waterville to walk there. Kellie Jo had
been stuck inside all of the previous day and she was ready to get out of
the apartment, even if was just to walk around the apartment building all
day. Alicia wanted to be able to have them do more than that as she wanted
Kellie Jo to like this place even if she was never able to get her to live
here. They went to the bathroom and got ready to go out and were almost out
the door when the phone rang. They both looked at each and Alicia could see
Kellie Jo start to frown but then she turned it into a smile. Alicia hoped
that it wasn't from the company as she wanted to spend this day with Kellie
Jo, they needed this time together, she thought as she picked up the phone.
It turned out to be Martin's wife, Silvia, and she was offering to
show them the town since they were stuck here for another day. Alicia was
letting Kellie Jo listen in with her and she looked to Kellie Jo wanting
her to make the decision. She saw her thinking it over then she nodded her
approval. So she told Silvia that they would love to have her show them
around.
"I'm sorry about that; I wanted to spend the day with just you."
Alicia said as she hung up the phone.
"It's cool; I want to meet the people that you'll be working with."
Kellie Jo told her.
"Well if you remember, I'm replacing her husband Martin." Alicia
reminded her.
"Even better, she won't have any reason to keep any dark secrets
from you; her husband will no longer be working there." Kellie Jo said.
"Ah... but she is the one wanting him to retire so she has every
reason to keep any dark secrets just where they are. I'm the last one she
wants to scare away from working there." Alicia reminded her.
"True but she hasn't faced the charm that a bitch and a cunt are
about to give her." Kellie Jo said with a wink.
"Ah... I see, but do you think either one of us is capable of the
charm that you speak of. From what I had seen of you, charm is the last
thing oozing from your pores." Alicia replied.
"That's because I don't waste my charm on cunts, I only use it on
old women and children as they are the ones worth putting forth the
effort." Kellie Jo told her.
Alicia gave her the finger as she pouted but then Kellie Jo burst
out laughing as she grabbed Alicia up wrapping her in her warm arms. Alicia
tried to keep pouting but she couldn't in the face of such warmth and it
was even harder when Kellie Jo kissed her. That was when she gave into her
and she encircled her arms around Kellie Jo. Alicia let herself be swept
up in Kellie Jo's kisses and she wanted nothing more than to drag her over
to the bed and make love to her for the rest of the day. However, the fact
that Silvia was already on the way over meant that the lovemaking would
have to wait for another time. They continued to kiss as their fingers and
hands roamed across each other's body. They let their lips touch and come
apart and when they came back together, their tongues got into the kissing.
Neither wanted to stop and they didn't, that is, until they heard a knock
on the door. They quickly separated, straightening themselves up before
Kellie Jo went to the door and opened it.
"Alicia?" the rather large gray haired woman asked.
"No, I'm Kellie Jo, I'm Alicia's friend. This is Alicia." Kellie Jo
said as she opened the door revealing Alicia who was trying desperately to
stuff her blouse back into her jeans where Kellie Jo had pulled it out to
get to her bare back.
"Hi I'm Alicia, are you Silvia?" Alicia said as she came out the
door to shake her hand.
"Oh I'm so happy to see you." Silvia said wrapping Alicia into her
arms and giving her a big hug. "You are going to allow my Martin and I to
do things I have always wanted us to do before we are too old to do them."
"Well now I haven't been offered the job nor have I said that I will
take it." Alicia warned her as she extracted herself from the woman's
arms.
"But you will, I'm just sure of it and after I get through with you
then I know you will take the job. It is such a great place to work, it
really is." She said as she gave Alicia another big hug. Alicia looked over
at Kellie Jo who seemed amused by it all so Alicia threw her another bird
since that was about all that she could do at the moment.
"Actually we were hoping that you will tell us all the things that
they don't want us to know, you know what their secrets are and where the
bones are buried." Kellie Jo told her and Alicia could only look at her
with a shocked expression.
Silvia finally released Alicia then she went to Kellie Jo to give
her a hug too and Alicia gave Kellie Jo a big smile as she was getting the
same treatment as she got. Though the hug wasn't as long as the two that
Alicia got.
"Oh I plan on telling you those too. I want you to know everything
before you make your decision. Martin has been there for over thirty years,
and he never kept anything from me so what he knows I know. Plus I know
most of the women there either through their husbands or from company
picnics. I know it all and after today so will you." She told them and she
gave them a motherly wink.
"Then let's get going." Kellie Jo said.
Silvia started back toward her car and as Alicia turned to lock the
door. But first she leaned close to Kellie Jo and whispered, "What happened
to laying on the charm?"
"Okay so I'm better at the direct approach than oozing out the
charm, so sue me." Kellie Jo stated and Alicia had to let out a laugh.
They caught back up with Silvia who was already in her car waiting
for them. Kellie Jo got into the back seat allowing Alicia to sit up front
with Silvia. Alicia knew why she did that as Kellie Jo wanted her to get
close to Silvia as she would be her lifeline until she got used to the new
environment. Silvia first took them through the town showing them where the
small mall was and the grocery stores then on to where her favorite
restaurants were, and it was at one of those that they stopped for lunch.
There the conversation turned to Silvia getting to know about Alicia and
Kellie Jo. Alicia told her about how she had lost everything when she lost
her job and she went into detail about how she had met Kellie Jo. She kept
on talking through most of the lunch telling her most everything but
obviously leaving out how she and Kellie Jo had become lovers. She didn't
leave much time for Kellie Jo to tell much about herself and Kellie Jo
seemed to be grateful for that. Since Kellie Jo hadn't told even her much
about her life, she knew that she wouldn't want to tell Silvia much more
than that.
When they got back on the road, Silvia went back to talking about
the company and she didn't lie when she said that she would tell them both
the good and the bad about the company. The good was pretty good as Silvia
liked most of the people that worked there though there was a bad apple or
two. She then went onto the bad parts of the company but they weren't any
worse than what Alicia had seen at her last company. The pay was pretty
good but as Silvia said, you were never going to get rich working
there. Alicia didn't mind that as she had already given up on being rich
and famous. She had found something more important than that when Kellie Jo
took over her life. She just hoped that she wouldn't have to live without
what she had found and as she thought these thoughts, she looked back at
Kellie Jo making her heart ache. Kellie Jo looked at her giving her a
questioning look and all Alicia wanted to do was to jump into the back seat
and hug her and make her stay there with her but she couldn't do that so
she just gave her a big smile and turned her attention back to Silvia.
They got to Silvia's house about mid afternoon, where Silvia sat
them down in the living room as she got them something to drink. They
talked about North Dakota and what life was like there. Silvia described
the winters and how cold it did get but she did love living there. She had
come from New Mexico originally and she had some adjustment to the winters
but after the first couple of them, she began to love them and it made her
appreciate the summers even more. About four, her daughter dropped in with
her two boys, one age two and the other four. They were shy at first
clinging to Silvia and their mother but soon Kellie Jo had enticed them
over to her and before anyone knew it the three of them were in the middle
of the living room rough housing around. Alicia was worried that someone
would get hurt with the way that Kellie Jo was playing with them but the
little boys were eating it up. As she talked to Silvia and her daughter,
she began to understand Kellie Jo a little more. She had seen her with
children before but never up close like this. She saw how she was a natural
born mother. That gave her a clue as to what was keeping her in Georgia and
how it may never let her leave there.
A little after five, Martin showed up from work and their son-in-law
arrived shortly thereafter. Silvia, her daughter, and Alicia went to the
kitchen to make some tacos, the boy's favorite food in the entire
world. The boys of course stayed with Kellie Jo, Martin, and their father
whom they had convinced to join in on the games. When the tacos were ready,
they all crowded around the table to feast. After dinner, the adults talked
for a while as they boys began to slow down. So it wasn't long before they
were packed up and taken home for baths and bed. That left Martin, Silvia,
Kellie Jo and Alicia alone to talk. Alicia figured that it was now or never
so she asked Martin directly what he thought of the company he worked for
and the one that wanted Alicia to work there. He, like his wife, was honest
with her and told her everything she wanted to know. In the end, Alicia
came away with the idea that while it wasn't perfect there, it was a good
place to work and where they would allow her some freedom to do her
projects as she saw fit. That part she liked and she could see that Kellie
Jo was also approving of the company. They stayed there until about nine,
when Martin took them back to the apartment.
As Kellie Jo got out going on to the apartment, Martin kept Alicia
in the car, "So are you going to take the job?" Martin asked.
"I don't know, it depends on how tonight goes." Alicia said being
honest with him as he and his wife had been to her.
"That's what I figured." Martin said as she paused for a
moment. "May I give you a piece of grandfatherly advice?"
"Sure," Alicia said turning toward him.
"Don't push too hard, sometimes it is better to back off and see
what happens. She just might discover where she belongs on her own." He
told her.
"I think your right but it's so fucking hard not to just grab her
and make her stay." She told him as she felt the tears come to her eyes.
"You hold on too tight and she'll slip right through your fingers."
Martin said as he pulled her to him giving her a kiss on the forehead
before letting go of her.
"I know, thanks Martin, you're a good soul." She told him giving him
a kiss on the cheek before starting to get out of the car.
"Mind if I quote you on that the next time I piss Silvia off?" He
asked.
Alicia laughed, "Sure but I doubt that you would piss her off too
many times."
"Well I don't but when I do, I go for the gold." He said laughing
out loud then he gave Alicia a wave and he started to back out of the
parking space.
When she got back to the apartment Kellie Jo was waiting for her,
"What did Martin say to you?" She asked.
"Oh he was just making a last pitch to get me to take the job."
Alicia said walking past her hoping that Kellie Jo did press her about the
lie she just told and she was relieved that she didn't.
After their showers, they were lying in bed facing each other and
Alicia could feel the tension that was in the bed. There was so much that
Alicia wanted to say and she didn't know if she should say anything at
all. It appeared that Kellie Jo was having the same problem but she being
direct as always, she was the first to speak.
"I think you should take the job." She said simply.
"Will you stay here with me?" Alicia asked.
"I can't." Kellie Jo said before adding, "Please don't ask me to."
And that was said with more than a little desperation in her voice.
Alicia wanted to reach out to her but she didn't, they needed to
talk this out without too much emotion though emotion was all she was
feeling at the moment. "Can I ask you why you can't, what is there in
Georgia that you can't find here? I know it can't be the store, I mean it
is a good place to work but it just a place to work, just like the job I'm
interviewing for, in the end it is just a job."
"It's not the store, that's not it. There's something more to it
than that, it goes much deeper." Kellie Jo replied and Alicia could see
that they were getting closer to the truth.
"Is it because that is where your mother and grandmother were raised
and where they are buried? You can't leave them?" Alicia asked and she saw
that Kellie Jo reacted to this so she was even closer to the truth but she
hadn't gotten there yet. So before Kellie Jo could answer she went on with,
"Or is it because that is where Billy Joe is buried and you can never leave
him."
Kellie Jo jumped up out of the bed quickly and Alicia could see the
fire in her eyes, "Who told you about him. They had no business doing
that. That is personal and none of your god damn business!" She then walked
/ ran into the living room.
Alicia got up, following her into the living room where she saw
Kellie Jo crying with her hands covering her face. Alicia went to her,
putting her arms around her, holding her tightly as Kellie Jo tensed up
though she didn't move from her arms. Alicia held her for a few moments
before she said anything.
"You told me about him, no one else did."Alicia said not mentioning
Bella for now.
"I did not!" Kellie Jo said as she pulled back from Alicia daring
her to deny that fact.
"You remember that night when you hit me?" Alicia asked.
"Yea, you called me southern trash or something like that." Kellie
Jo said not apologizing.
"Well before you hit me you talked about women that had lost a child
had a right to feel sorry for themselves and someone that had lost their
best friend had a right to feel sorry for themselves but not someone like
me who had only lost material things." Alicia said and she saw Kellie Jo
start to put the picture together.
"So..." Kellie Jo said wanting more.
"Well later that night I began to think about what you said and more
importantly the look in your eyes when you said it. It was like you were
talking from experience, you were talking about yourself. So I had to find
out and I started to do some research which I'm very good at. I kept
looking until I finally found something about him. I eventually ended up
going to the hospital and I saw a picture of a young woman and the cutest
little boy sitting on her lap. That young woman was you and the little boy
was Billy Joe. A nice nurse came by at that moment and she told me about
the mother and son that were in the picture. As she told me a little about
the little boy and the more he reminded me of his mother. A little boy who
liked to be a little mischievous but also who was so full of life and
...love." Alicia told her.
"So did Bella told you about Wilson too?" She asked her and Alicia
sensed that Kellie Jo was more than a little pissed off at Bella.
"What makes you think that it was Bella that I talked to?" Alicia
asked.
"Because she loved Billie Joe as much as I did and she would be the
only one to describe him so clearly, and you didn't answer my question, did
she tell you about Wilson too?"
"No she didn't, she just talked about Billie Joe for a while, the
rest she said I would have to get from you." Alicia said, "And please don't
be mad at her, be mad at me but not her."
"Why didn't you ask me about him before now?" Kellie Jo asked.
"Because I wanted you to be the one to choose to tell me about him,
I was hoping that one day you would trust me enough to open up that place
in your heart that you held for only yourself." Alicia told her.
"Then why bring it up now, to use it against me?" Kellie Jo accused
her.
"No honey, only to know if that was what was holding you there, so I
will know if I have a right to ask you to come here and now I know that I
don't." Alicia said as she felt her heart sink.
"Alicia you deserve someone better than an old southern trash bitch
like me, you'll find someone sweeter and nicer than me here. This is where
you belong and I belong in Georgia." Kellie Jo said as she pulled Alicia to
her giving her a kiss on the forehead.
"I love the poor southern trash bitch that you are; you are the best
one for me." Alicia said as she began to cry as she was coming to the
realization that that come tomorrow that she might never have Kellie Jo as
her own.
"I know you do but it doesn't change anything." Kellie Jo told her
as she gave her a reassuring squeeze that didn't reassure her very much.
Alicia stayed against Kellie Jo for a few minutes before pulling
away, "I guess we are at the jumping off point, the only decision left is
whether I take the job or not." Alicia said not liking either of the
consequences from that decision.
"You have to take the job." Kellie Jo told her as a matter of fact.
"No I don't, I could go back with you and work at the store, I was
happy there." Alicia told her.
"No you weren't happy there, you were happy that I was there."
Kellie Jo said and Alicia started to tell her that was the point but Kellie
Jo didn't allow her to say anything.
"Alicia, I don't want you a year from now or two years from now
looking back and regretting not taking this job, and you will. You can deny
it all you want right now but you know as well as I do that you were born
to be an engineer and you won't be happy doing anything else. The way the
job market is now it may be two or three years before an opening as good as
this one opens back up and you will have been out of the business for so
long then that they may not want you. Now is the time to act and act you
must. Be honest with yourself and be honest with me, you want this job
don't you?" Kellie Jo asked her.
"Yes I do, I want it bad but I want you even worse." Alicia said.
"Then tomorrow when Mr. Davis offers you the job, you'll thank him
and accept it. Then tell him that you are willing to start on Thursday."
Kellie Jo told her firmly.
"I can't start on Thursday; I need the rest of my clothes and some
money until I get paid." Alicia said wanting to spend some more time with
Kellie Jo down in Georgia.
"My bag is filled mostly with your clothes and I took out extra
money for you to get started, so you see there is no need for you to return
to Georgia with me. Anything you need, I can send to you later." She said.
"You had this all planned didn't you. I didn't even notice that you
put my clothes into your bag." Alicia replied.
"Why do you think that I repacked our bags so many times? Each
packing more of my clothes came out and more of yours went in. Do you think
I'm that anal?" Kellie Jo said with a proud smile.
"Yea I do but still I don't like leaving..." Alicia said when Kellie
Jo put her fingers to her lips.
"I know and I don't like it either but we've come to a fork in the
road and our destinies are leading us down different roads. That's just the
way it is. Now let's get back to bed, you need to be rested for tomorrow's
interview." She said.
Alicia started to go with her then she stopped turning Kellie Jo
toward her. "Can I say one more thing and please don't think that this is
the low blow I am using to get you to stay but it is something I truly
believe and I think you need to hear it." She said looking into Kellie Jo's
eyes.
"Go ahead," Kellie Jo replied wearily.
"I know that everyone you loved is buried down in Georgia but that's
not where their living now. It's here and here..." Alicia said as she
pointed first to Kellie Jo head and then her heart, "...that is where they
now live. Billie Joe is alive and well, deep inside of your heart and no
matter where you are, he will be there too." She then kissed Kellie Jo
lightly on the lips. She took her hand leading her back to the bed. She
didn't want Kellie Jo to argue with her but she did want her to think about
it.
They got into bed and they moved in close to each other. Alicia
wanted to say lots more to her but yet she knew they had both said all that
they could say. Kellie Jo was determined for her to take the job and if she
didn't then she would be so mad at her, she would risk losing her. And if
she took the job, the distance between them would eventually take its toll
and she would lose her. So no matter what she did, she was going to lose
the best thing that ever happened to her. So tonight she just wanted to be
as close to her as she could. She didn't sleep any and she could tell by
Kellie Jo's breathing that she wasn't sleeping either. The night seemed to
go on forever yet before she knew it, morning had come.
They both tried to find things to talk about that morning but it was
difficult to find something that didn't bring them back to what was about
to happen. So they stuck to the weather and mundane things such as
that. Kellie Jo helped her to get dressed for her most important of
interviews. Alicia tried to appear excited about the interview but it was
so hard, so fucking hard.
"Now you be strong, you can do this." Kellie Jo told her as she
started to open the door to leave. Then she pulled her back kissing her
tenderly and it filled Alicia with love. "Now go and don't keep
Mr. Washington waiting." Kellie Jo said as the kiss ended and she pushed
Alicia out the door closing it behind of her.
Alicia wanted to turn around and bang on the door begging Kellie Jo
to let her back in but she saw Mr. Washington start to get out of his car
so she waved for him to stay there and she made her way down to him. As
she talked to him on the way to the plant, her thoughts were on Kellie Jo
as they would be for the rest of the day.
She had to wait for an hour to see Mr. Davis and she spent it with
talking to Mr. Washington. She was getting a bit more nervous as each
minute passed. But the time did pass and she was ushered into the owner's
office. It wasn't as fancy as she figured that it would be but more
simplistic in design and she saw that there wasn't a paper on his desk. He
did come from behind his desk to greet her then he led her over to a small
conference table that was in the office. First he just talked about his
company and how he had gotten it started. Then he went through the whole
history of the company and where he wanted the company to go in the
future. Alicia began to like this man as he was direct in how he talked and
in what he wanted. He didn't ask her much about what she had done but
rather asked more about how she liked to work and what things she felt she
could give to his company.
She thought of Kellie Jo and she knew not to start with her I am the
best engineer there is speech, but instead she talked about what she felt
her strong points were and how she liked to make things simple for the
manufacturing people to produce, making a complex item into a simple
one. She said she knew that manufacturing would always find way to speed up
the process and make it easier so she wanted to do that at the beginning of
the project thus helping them and the company to make money. He seemed to
like that philosophy and when she was done, he said the words that she so
wanted to hear and so hated to hear. He offered her the job and at a much
better salary than she was expecting. Like Martin had said, she wouldn't
get rich there but they did pay well. It was lots more than she was making
at her old company and Alicia thought about how this money would have help
her and Kellie Jo get started in their new life only it would be just her
now. When he asked when she could start, Alicia only paused for a second
before telling him what Kellie Jo had told her to say, she would start the
next day if he liked. He smiled, thanked her, and then sent her to see Mr.
Washington to get things started.
She filled out the paperwork then Josh took her for her drug test,
before dropping her off at the apartment on the way back from the
clinic. As she got out, he welcomed her to the company and that he would
see her bright and early the next morning.
She got home a little before three leaving her just enough time to
see Kellie Jo off and maybe try one last time to convince her to stay. She
rushed into the apartment calling out to Kellie Jo, however she got no
response. She ran into the bedroom then the bathroom but still there was no
Kellie Jo. Her heart was beating wildly and she felt like she was going to
pass out if she didn't find her. She ran into the kitchen last and no one
was there. Her eyes went around the room searching for something then she
saw a sheet of paper on the table. A gasp escaped from her lips and the
tears began to flow. She walked slowly to the table picking up the
paper. She was crying so hard that she couldn't make out the words. She
fell down into a chair holding onto the paper with shaking hands. She cried
for a few minutes then she got up on weak legs going to the kitchen sink to
splash cold water on her face. She dried her face off before going back to
the table and picking up the paper. She saw Kellie Jo clear neat writing
and she began to read.
My love,
I changed my flight to early morning so when you read this I will
already be on my way back home. I know I have hurt you by doing this but it
was something that I had to do. If I had let you come with me to the
airport then I know that you would have wanted to come back with me and I
don't know if I would have the strength to stop you. So this is the way it
had to be. You will be happy there and soon I will just be a warm spot in
your heart and that will have to be enough for both of us.
With all my love,
Kelly Jo...
End of Part Four.
To be continued...
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