Girl Networks

By R. Richard

Edna corners me, one Sunday afternoon. (Every town, of any size, has an Edna. Edna has no real life, just a sort of shadow existence in the reflected light of the lives of others. Despite her miserable existence, Edna has a lot of political power with the girls and even the ladies of the town. Edna needs to be handled with care.)
I get us a couple of glasses of wine and we sit down.
Edna starts her interrogation off by stating, “Jake Hall, you dated Jean, for awhile.”
I lecture, “I make my living as a computer programmer analyst. I have to live in a real world, since it’s a requirement of my job. However, I was, for a time, drawn into her insane world, by Jean. Jean sort of slunk into town, with no money and no job. She quickly got a job as a temp secretary. Then I met Jean, through a girl that I worked with. Jean had an actual film star face, a slightly too slim body and the ability to handle people. I fell for Jean. I fell for the film star face, her people handling ability and her very real intelligence. I managed to get a date with the film star looks girl. I took her to a nice place and treated her like a lady. I actually talked to Jean and not just about her film star face. I knew a little about where she had come from and some of the people that she had worked with. We had a real conversation and it was apparently a change from the boys that Jean had been involved with. Things went well.”
I got a second date with Jean and the alarm bells started to go off. She wanted me to pick her up, at work, because the apartment that she shared with another girl was undergoing a complete renovation. Why this would be a problem, wasn’t clear to me. However, it resulted in a situation where I would date her on Friday, not Saturday. But, hey, look at me! Plain ol’ Jake is dating a by damn film star looking lady. Hot damn!”
Edna jumps in,”So, that was what Jean was to you, a film star face?”
I laugh, “Much more than that. Jean wore school girl clothes, on our dates. However, she could conduct an adult level conversation and she could handle people, as few others could. We had a few more dates. Jean’s clothes really didn’t improve. I could understand that she was new in town and had little money. However, clothes are a girl’s best friend and I wondered why she didn’t upgrade her date clothes, at least a little. Then, something happened that was a key to my understanding Jean, although I didn’t see that, at the time. Jean had some sort of small cyst on her chest. It wasn’t on the girl parts, but not too far away. One night, Jean told me that she had saved enough money to get a small cyst removed from her chest. The operation was a complete success and she was almost completely healed. Like a fool, I assumed that the cyst money was why she had been unable to upgrade her date clothes. Then I found out that Jean had health insurance, through her temp agency, and that the little cost of her cyst surgery would have been almost completely covered by the insurance. I managed to talk to a couple of ladies and found that Jean’s cyst surgery was just above the level of popping a pimple. The healing would indeed be quick and leave no scar or, at worst, a tiny pin point scar.”
Edna asks, “Did you talk to Jean about the matter of the cyst surgery?”
“I thought about the matter, but confronting Jean seemed to be counter productive. I then got a key piece of information. One of the technicians at work told me that he had seen Jean with some guy, at a low class bar, on Saturday night. I then talked with Jean about us dating Saturday night, instead of Friday night. The repairs on her apartment must be finished by now.”
“Jean told me that she was going out with the girls, Saturday nights.”
“I realized that Jean was playing me for a fool.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Jul 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463337929

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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Girl Network

By R. Richard © 2021

I am sailing along, just living my life. However, my past then catches up to me.

Edna corners me, one Sunday afternoon. (Every town, of any size, has an Edna. Edna has no real life, just a sort of shadow existence in the reflected light of the lives of others. Despite her miserable existence, Edna has a lot of political power with the girls and even ladies of the town. Edna needs to be handled with care.)

I get us a couple of glasses of wine and we sit down.

Edna starts her interrogation off by stating, Jake Hall, you dated Jean, for awhile.

I lecture, "I make my living as a computer programmer analyst. I have to live in a real world, since it’s a requirement of my job. However, I was, for a time, drawn into her insane world, by Jean. Jean sort of slunk into town, with no money and no job. She quickly got a job as a temp secretary. Then I met Jean, through a girl that I worked with. Jean had an actual film star face, a slightly too slim body and the ability to handle people. I fell for Jean. I fell for the film star face, her people handling ability and her very real intelligence. I managed to get a date with the film star looks girl. I took her to a nice place and treated her like a lady. I actually talked to Jean and not just about her film star face. I