| Straight: Serial Stories: Temptation.com Chapter 11 (1/7) |
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Royale was in the midst of writing his replies to the three women’s that he had already browsed when the phone rang in his apartment. It was nearly ten in the evening; he noticed on the caller identification the call came from same area code as Augusta, but from Evans. “Uh hi, Royale,” the female’s voice greeted him. The voice, which had an alto tone to it, seemed familiar but he could not place a name with it, so he offered no immediate response. “You don’t remember me?” “Not really –” he cautiously replied. “This is Shake. I know it’s been a long time since we last talked,” she said. Royale reacted with some shock, but then it gave way to recalling to the brief fling that they had while he courted Artresa. He cleared his throat before responding. “SHAKE! Whoa, it has definitely been a long time – “Aren’t you married or with some man?” “No I’m not, Royale,” she said in her slightly distinctive Southern drawl. “I’ve never been able to get you out of my mind after all these years.” “How did you find out where I was?” he asked. “Your aunt Phyllis – you forgot I was in your wedding?” she answered, not revealing that her office had recently processed a home equity loan for his relative. Sixteen years had passed since he last seen Tekurah. His last image of her was wearing an off-white gown with a red rose crying almost as much as Artresa. He knew it had been very difficult for her to watch him exchange vows with Artresa, but she only participated in the wedding because of her long-standing friendship with Artresa. “Did Artresa ever tell you that she came by my job, slapped me, cursed me out and threatened to kill me if she ever saw me with you, or heard that I had been with you?” Tekurah mentioned to Royale. “No she didn’t,” he said. “But I can tell you that I went through enough hell with her for twelve years. She fucked me over financially not once, but twice, all because I saw you at the same time I dated her before we married.” “Well, she did. At first I was mad at you for telling her, but I kinda figured eventually you would try and ease it to her,” Tekurah said. “I know you tried in your marriage. That’s what your aunt told me. But Artresa’s always been a hateful bitch. As long as I’ve known of her, she always looked for payback. “The truth is that if she could keep you from getting an inch ahead in anything, she would do it by any means possible. Her whole family has been like that.” “Yeah, I found out the only reason why she really wanted to date me was because she didn’t want you having a chance to come after me,” Royale related. “I probably should have been more of a man and just not go ahead with things with her. But I was caught up in her looks – she still looks good after all these years, you know.” “That might be |
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