Cheryl's Secret (Two Stories Series) by Eva Marie Paulliere Page B

Tanya shouted.
    Amber walked in , dressed in her waitress outfit, and said to Tanya “Don’t kill him until I get my turn, Blondie!”
    Amber disrobed, walking toward Mark while she flung her bright red hair back.
    Then Cheryl’s cleaning crew showed up, and started taking pictures.
    “ I’M NOT A CHEATER, GOD DAMN IT!” Mark shouted as he woke from his erotic nightmare.
    I’m calling in sick. There is no way I work today, not like this.
    I still feel “her” on me, and it’s not going away. I think I’ll sleep it off if that’s even possible.
    Around noon, Mark found it in himself to wake up. He was still horny, a good enough reason to wake up as any.
    When he took his shower, more as an excuse to masturbate than anything, he was confused as to whom he should fantasize about this time. So he got out of the shower, and although he dripped all over them, he grabbed some porno pictures that he printed off the Internet. But all the dark-haired women reminded him of Cheryl, and all the blonds Tanya. Mark ended up using one of a redhaired woman with a black man. He didn’t want the man to be white, so it wouldn’t even be him .
    Despite this irony, he still finished taking care of himself, and continued his shower. After that, Mark got dressed, walked outside, and took the bus to the mall.
    After visiting the mall and failing to clear his head, he walked to the nearby Shore Hotel. It had a nice restaurant inside, with a bar that he took a seat at. The barmaid approached him and asked what he wanted. The name tag read “Amber”, and when he looked up to see her face, he saw that it was the same red-haired woman who waited tables at the café.
    “You work both places?” he asked.
    “Well, yeah. After all, if you can see two women, I can certainly have two jobs,” she said and laughed a little to herself.
    “ With things the way they are, I don’t know if I’m going to be dating anyone,” Mark said sadly.
    “Well then, have a drink !” Amber replied.
    Mark spent a few hours there. He told her all about the dreamgirl, the friend, the wacky sister, and his “training”.
    “ So, those women I saw you with at the café, you ended up sleeping with both of them? ” Amber said in disbelief. “I know men like to brag about their sexual conquests, but I’d be careful whom you told this one to.”
    Mark nodded in agreement, taking another sip of his drink.
    “So, which one of them do you want?”
    “I wanted Tanya, but I have to tell her what happened, so it’s over. As far as Cheryl’s concerned, I’d give it another shot, except she’s pursuing Richard. Yet, she goes ahead with me, and makes me cheat on Tanya. I don’t know if I can believe anything she says anymore. She makes no sense, so it’s over with her too.”
    “I t’s well known that Tanya has an extensive history of dating men that she has, how shall I say, disappointed. Therefore, it’s a pretty safe assumption, in most cases that she’d either dump you by now or string you along for months! Don’t be too hard on Cheryl. She was wrong, but she did what she did because she really likes you.
    Be very glad that you didn’t sleep with Akiko. She’s the exact opposite of Tanya, but she’ll drive you just as mental, actually ten times as much, trust me.”
    “So Akiko isn’t an option either. Great.”
    “ Yeah, I guess you’re fucked,” said Amber.
    “I think it ’s going to be a long time before I get ‘fucked’ again.”
    “Hey, that’s a clever way to put it. Which way do you mean that?” Amber was impressed and intrigued.
    “Both ways ,” Answered Mark, looking down, losing focus.
    Mark cashed out and thanked Amber for listening to him. For once he was glad that he didn’t have a car. He wasn’t in any shape to drive home.
    As Mark walked halfway out, Amber r an up to him.
    She whisper ed to him “When all this blows over, remember one thing.”
    “What’s that?” he asked.
    Amber’s voice got softer, and she