Goodbyes

By R. Richard

It’s leaving day. Linda sleeps late. Her roommates have left for work. Linda doesn’t have a job anymore. She gets up and goes through the usual morning routine, taking her time.
Linda then uses the washer dryer, one last time, does a bit of ironing and then packs her suitcases.
Linda then lugs the suitcases over to the front door. She goes back into the kitchen and finds a note, taped to the refrigerator.
“Linda, you owe last month’s rent, plus the utilities. Pay up or out you go. Leave the food in the refrigerator alone, it’s not yours. Clemmie.”
Linda laughs and opens the refrigerator. She makes herself a big breakfast, off of her roommate’s food. It may be a long time until her next meal. She eats, taking her time. She leaves the dirty dishes in the sink. Linda then goes back and uses the plumbing. She then walks back to the front door. Linda then flips the bird to the empty apartment, turns, grabs her luggage and walks out, for the last time.
Since Linda is almost flat broke, she carries her luggage, down to the Scientific Concepts office building. She walks up to the Receptionist and asks to speak to Jason, “Tell him that it’s Linda.”
Jason comes out, into the lobby. He asks, “What brings you here, Linda?”
(I pose for Jason, I flash my eyes at him.) “Jason, this is really embarrassing, I sold my car and I need to beg for a ride down to General Products.” (I was way behind on payments and they repossessed the car, but Jason doesn’t need to know that.)
Jason laughs, “A ride over to General Products, to meet Billy.”
“I feel like a total fool, but I have to follow my heart. Billy’s in a meeting.”
(I have dealt with Linda, for some time. When I have to deal with Linda, I have my bullshit filter set on high. Alright, Linda doesn’t want to take the bus, what with suitcases and all. A taxi is a bit expensive but not all that expensive. She should be able to get a ride to General Products. Obviously she can’t. Something is wrong. I read that Linda is in a financial crisis. Interesting.) “Sure, I can give you a ride over to General Products.” I tell the Receptionist, “Back in 15 minutes.” I then grab Linda’s suitcases and lead her out to my car.
Linda says, “I really appreciate the help.”
I lecture, “A girl, who looks like you, comes to Scientific Concepts. The Receptionist sees you, a few more ladies see you. The rumor mill starts up. ‘Jason got a hottie.’ If I need a date, I must be a worthwhile date, because Jason got a hottie. I help you, indirectly, you help me.”
Linda asks me, “You don’t mind that I’m going with Billy?”
I sigh, “I mind that you’re going with a piece of crap, like Billy. However, you have to follow your heart.”
Linda says, “Jason, I dated you and I liked you. Then I met Billy. Billy was handsomer than you, taller than you and better dressed than you.”
I lecture the girl, “I buy my slacks and my shirts custom fitted and of the very best material. My clothes aren’t as flashy as what Billy wears, but Billy better dressed, no. I work very hard to keep up with the latest ideas in my field. Billy doesn’t do what he needs to do to support his customers. A couple of my customers won’t buy from Billy, even General Products, because of that.”
Linda says, “Well, Billy has a new job, in another city and I’m going with him.”
I again lecture the girl, “From what some of my customers say, it isn’t so much a matter of Billy leaving General Products, as it is General Products leaving Billy. Something that you might keep in mind.”
Linda smirks, “Jason, are you trying to scare me?”

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Jul 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370735327

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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Goodbyes

By R. Richard 2017

Goodbyes is a work of fiction. All of the characters are fictional constructs and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Chapter 1: Billy

Billy sits in a chair outside the Sales Manager’s office. (He thinks, This wait is not a good sign. I only need to say goodbye and get my final check. What else could be so important that I have to wait? Oh well.)

Hey, Tanisha, it’s a busy day. (She doesn’t give me the usual ‘Hiya Big Boy’ smile. It’s, again, not a good sign.)

Tanisha smirks, Well, Billy, you’ll just have to wait your turn. There are other things that the Sales Manager needs to deal with. (Ego boy, you think that every girl that you meet will just automatically fall for you, aint gonna happen here.)

(A hot looking little file clerk wiggles up to Tanisha’s desk and delivers some papers. One of the papers needs to be signed. The little file clerk hottie totally ignores me. I guess that when you leave a company, you’re just gone.)

(I look over the clerks working in the Sales Department. I was one of the sales guys who kept the work coming in. Now, I’m about to be just another guy who used to work for the company and now is on the way to somewhere else. I think about Linda waiting to go with me. Linda that I took from pathetic little Jason. As Linda and I live it up in my new city, little Jason can pine for lovely, blonde Linda. I’m the tall handsome man that a girl like Linda needs. If my leaving with Linda breaks Jason’s heart, well that’s just the way that things have to be. Some of us are winners, some of us are just losers.)

The Sales Manager finally comes out of his office, with a new sales guy. The Sales Manager and the new guy talk for a bit, as