SCREAMIN' in Pain

by Cynthia Pegram

  “Thank you very much, Angelo. I thought Giovanni was going to have a car waiting for me.”

  I feel like I am being ungrateful, but I am so ready to get on my own. I want to check things out.

  “Yes ma’am, it is at your house.”

  He takes my luggage from me putting it in the limo. Coming around to me, he holds the back door of the car open. I get in as my phone rings.

  “Hey, Giovanni.”

  “Hey, my love. Did Angelo get you yet?”

  I wish so much that Giovanni were the one to get me. This is what I want though. To live life on my own!

  “Yes, thank you so much, Giovanni.”

  “Angelo will be hanging out with you today. For that matter any time, you need him. I know it is a new city to you. Angelo has been there for years. He will be able to show you around.”

  “Thanks, Giovanni.”

  I know I need to be settled in except, I do not know this man. I am not sure how much help he will be.

  “Kristy, he is there to help you so let him.”

  We say our goodbyes hanging up. I sit in the back seat checking out the scenery. The streets have palm trees lined down them. It is so clean here. The sky is blue with the ocean in the distant. I give a big smile already liking my decision to leave Washington.

  We pull up to a big building. Angelo gets out opening my door. Two bellhops come out to the car. They put my luggage on a cart, wheeling it inside. I check everything out around me as I head to the front door.

  “Good afternoon, Ms. Price. I am Barry, the doorman.” I shake his hand.

  “Nice to meet you, Barry.” Angelo leads me to the front desk.

  “Good afternoon, ma’am. It is so good to meet you.” The woman behind the counter seems very pleasant. She hands me some papers, “I just need you to sign this lease. When you finish that I can take you up to show you your new home.”

  I sign the papers, and give her some more money. I decided on a year. I already like California. I am feeling very excited.

  “Ma’am, shall we go take a look at your new home now?”

  I shake my head yes feeling very excited. I follow her to the elevator. The bellhops, Angelo, the woman and myself get in. When we get out on the fifth floor, we turn right. Only having to walk a short distant. My condominium is the only one at the end of the hall.

  I look at them nervously. I unlock the door seeing it is so much nicer than it is online. I am completely in love with it. My things that we sent already sat in the living room. Angelo gives the bellhops a tip then they leave.

  My living room is huge. It has tile floors with a big area rug. A flat screen TV, fireplace, a beautiful couch with matching loveseat. Finishing it off with two end tables, two lamps, and a ceiling fan. Off the side of that is a big, open kitchen. It holds stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, tile floor. It also has a big pantry and laundry room. From the kitchen is a hallway that leads to a guest room with a bathroom. The spare bedroom is big with a queen size bed, TV, dresser, night tables, and a big walk in closet. Going back into the living room is a sliding glass door. It has a big patio. There are table’s chairs, a palm tree with an amazing view. The other direction of the living room is my room. Again, tile with an area rug. King size bed, two dressers, mirrors hanging on the wall. The bathroom is huge with double sinks. Many drawers for storage. A Huge walk in closet. In addition, a great view of the ocean from the bay window. I know I will be sitting in that window enjoying the view.

  “How do you like it, hon?” The woman ask me with a smile.

  I turn to her smiling from ear to ear, “I love it. It’s so awesome!” I turn to look out the window.

  “You enjoy your stay here. Please fix it up as you like.” She turns walking away.

  Angelo goes to the living room bringing me my luggage. When he reenters into my bedroom, I am standing in the middle of the room smiling.

  “You look pleased, ma’am.”

  I look to Angelo, continuing to smile, “I am very pleased.”

  There is a knock at the front door Angelo walks over to answer it. I slowly walk behind him looking at everything. One of the bellhops is at the door. He gives Angelo a big rose arrangement. He also gives him a fruit basket from management.

  I smile taking the card out of the roses, “These are a housewarming present. Beautiful roses for a beautiful woman. I miss you already see you soon. I love you, my love, Giovanni.”

  I take the fruit basket to the kitchen, taking out the card it reads, “Welcome, from the entire staff.”

  I look inside of the refrigerator it holds everything I need. Checking out the pantry, I see that has everything I need also. I look in the liquor cabinet. Yes, that is full as well. I figure it must have been Giovanni, who had Angelo do that.

  I turn my attention to Angelo, “thanks for the ride, except I won’t need anything else today.” He hands me a business card. It has his number on it, “if you need anything ma’am, please call me.” I shake his hand after that he leaves.

  I wander back to my bedroom to put my clothes away. Thank goodness, the closet is big. I have more clothes than I thought.

  I take out a picture of Giovanni and myself putting it on the nightstand. Our arms are around each other waists. We are smiling at each other so big! There is nothing phony about those smiles. Heather had taken that at her house. I smile kissing the picture.

  I get everything put away. I find the perfect spot on the living room wall to hang a picture I brought with me. It is a picture of a beautiful Hawaiian beach. I always did love that picture. Hugh, of course, hated it.

  I sit down outside loving the view when Giovanni calls me. “Hey, my love. How is the move going?” I love his voice. I can listen to it all day.

  “I am finished with everything. I absolutely love it here.”

  “You sound beat, Kristy. Are you okay?”

  “Yeah, I’m good. I am thinking about a hot bath with an early bedtime. I’m tired.” All of a sudden, I feel drained. The bed looks comfortable and I just want to climb in it.

  “Okay, my love. Angelo will be there in the morning to set you up with Brody. Have a good night try to relax. I will talk to you tomorrow.”

  I hang up making a drink then head inside the bathroom. I soak in a hot tub of water. As I am getting out my phone rings. I see its Giovanni. I am dripping water so I will call him back. I dry off putting on a short, red, silk robe.

  I walk into the kitchen making another drink. Man, I am so tired. I return Giovanni’s call, “Hey baby, what’s up?” I ask him as I take a sip off my drink.

  “Kristy, I have a massage therapist on her way up. I just want to help you relax. It works for me so give it a try.”

  “Thanks, baby.”

  I take two shots of tequila back to back. If the massage does not help me sleep, then I am hoping the booze will. I am nervous about sleeping in a new place. Someone is a knocking at the door. I look through the peephole and there stands a blonde, blue-eyed, tall, slender woman. I open the door.

  “Can I help you?” I ask her.

  “Kristy, my name is, Candice. Giovanni sent me to give you a massage.”

  I move aside so she can enter. Once inside she turns to me, “where would you me to set up my table?”

  I look around the living room, “you can set it up here, Candice.”

  She starts setting her things up. I walk to the kitchen taking another shot. When I get back into the living room, she is ready.

  “Kristy, take your robe off and get on the table. Giovanni told me to give you the full treatment.”

  I take my robe off then get on the table.

  “You have a great body.” She tells me when she comes over to me.

  I feel uncomfortable, the only women that has seen me in the buff is, Heather. Oh and that cunt, Samantha. Heather is like my sister so it does not bother me. This chick, however, is giving me the creeps.

  “How do you know, Giovanni?” I question her as she works on my
back.

  “I am his daughter’s best friend. We have been friends for a long time. I have known him forever.”

  She turns around putting on some soft music. I feel her hands go to my back again. I notice she has soft hands. She is really working out the knots. It does feel good. She goes from my back to my arms, legs, feet. It feels good and I am starting to relax.

  “Now, turn over.” I do as she says.

  She starts working the front of my arms next my legs. I am almost asleep when I hear her open a bottle. As she gets closer to me, I can smell a scented oil.

  “Kristy, open up your eyes.” She is leaning down whispering.

  I open my eyes wide as she starts to rub my left breasts. Teasing my nipple with her fingertip. She keeps doing it until it is hard. Once it is hard, she grabs the right one doing the same thing.

  I stare at her feeling ashamed myself. I guess this is what Giovanni meant by the full treatment.

  She sweeps both of my legs off the table. I am wide open for her. Yikes!

  “Relax, enjoy. This is what Giovanni wants.”

  I could shoot Giovanni for embarrassing me like this. For him having me manhandled by a chick.

  I close my eyes too ashamed to look at her. She slides a finger in me working it round and round. Than two, three, four, her thumb then fist. My eyes shoot open I stare at her. What the fuck I think. She pulls her hand out punching it back inside of me. She looks up at me seeing the expression on my face.

  “You have never been fisted before have you? I can tell by your reaction.”

  I wildly shake my head no. I feel like I am going to cry. It does not hurt too bad it actually feels good. If only it was not by her. I close my eyes.

  She turns me so I am lying on my side. She holds up my leg putting it on her shoulder. She leans in and keeps ramming that fist into me. It starts to feel good. I do not want her doing this. I want Giovanni doing this.

  I decided to think that the person doing this to me is Giovanni. I start to moan it really did feel good. She rolls me over on my back again. She takes her fist out, then starts to play using her fingers. She runs her thumb over my clit. Do not cum I tell myself. Yes, I did cum without a sound. I open my eyes glad it is finished. She is smiling at me licking my juices off her fingers.

  “One day I will be licking you like this,” Candice says with a smile.

  I walk to my room. I hear her gather her things then leaves. I get up locking the door going back to my room. I keep thinking what the fuck! I do not have any idea why I did not tell her no. I know Giovanni is being nice but, really. I could have up went to my room. I could have told her no.

  “What the fuck is wrong with me, really?” I scream aloud. So pissed off at myself.

  My phone starts to ring. It is, Giovanni. At first, I do not want to answer it. I have no idea what to say to him. I pick it up anyway, prepared to let him know how unhappy I am.

  “Hi,” my voice is bland when I pick up the telephone.

  “Hey, my love. How was the massage?”

  “Interesting.” I really do not know how else to explain it.

  “Did it relax you?”

  He thinks that relax me, really. I am so uptight I will go to bed having nightmares. I should have just kept drinking. I tell myself its okay.

  “Yes, I am feeling relaxed. I am going to get ready for bed.” He wants to talk all I want to do is hide in a corner and never come out.

  “Would you have another massage, my love?”

  “I would from you, but other than that no.”

  “Did something happen, Kristy?” He keeps questioning me.

  I think to myself again seriously. You bet your ass something happened. He acting as if nothing happened?

  “No, nothing. I am feeling exhausted and ready for bed.”

  “Okay, Kristy. I will not keep you. I am hoping to arrive there on Friday. I love you, Kristy.”

  I am seriously trying to get excited about that however, after what happened I do not know if I am ready to see him.

  It takes me a minute or two for his words to register in my head. I Love you. He has also written that on the card. To hear the words come out of his mouth scare the shit out of me. It is so different to read them, but to hear them. I think I want a relationship with him but I am afraid!

  “I really don’t want you to say anything back, Kristy. It is just so important for me to tell you the truth. That is honestly, how I feel. I love you.”

  I cannot say it back! I want to although my mouth would not let me. So instead, I tell him, “goodnight.” Then I hang up.

  CHAPTER 19

  I feel so bad that I did not tell him. Did I really love him or was the sex just that awesome that I think I love him? Do I think I love him because Hugh did not love me? If I do not tell him I love him, maybe he will leave me. Maybe I should sleep with someone else to see how I feel about him after that. Why does everything in my life appear so hard? Why, am I making all of this so hard? It should not be this difficult!

  I go to bed that night not sleeping well. I have too much shit on my mind! I have too many questions running wild in my head. I want my mind to shut down except it will not.

  The next morning I get up and run on the beach. I am trying hard to clear my head. It is so beautiful out. I run and run but I am unable to clear my head. When I run up to the door, Barry opens it for me. I slow my pace walking inside. A man from the front desk walks up to me.

  “Hello, Ms. Price. I am, Jon Samberg. I am the manager. I am to take good care of you. I am here to help you in any way I can.”

  Jon is tall with light brown hair, blue eyes, muscular. He has a gorgeous smile with a deep dimple. Very good looking.

  “Thanks, Jon.”

  I look at him closely. He is probably thirty-five I would guess, maybe a little more. I smile at him going to the elevator.

  When I get home, I get ready to leave. Today I am meeting with, Brody. I want to look nice when I go down there. I want to impress him. I carefully do my hair and makeup. I leave my hair hanging loose. I put on a short black dress that has no sleeves in it. It sits just above my breasts. I cover the dress with a short purple jacket.

  Going into the kitchen, I have coffee and yogurt. After I load up the dishwasher, I pick up the phone to call Giovanni.

  “Good morning, Giovanni,” I say to him as he answers the phone.

  “Hey, baby. I was just going to call you. Are you going to meet with Brody, today?” He sounds busy. I can hear noise in the background.

  “Yes, I am. I am waiting for Angelo to get here.”

  I can hear him talking with someone in the background. There is so much noise on his end of the line. It is hard to talk to him. It is so hard to hear him.

  “Kristy baby, don’t be nervous. This is my company. Brody has instructions on what I would like you to do.”

  There is more noise coming from behind him, “Giovanni, you sound busy. I am going to let you go. I will call you tonight.”

  I am incredibly nervous like a little kid on the first day of school. I never had to work so I had no idea what it would be like. Looking at the clock, I have time before Angelo shows up so I dial, Heather.

  “Kris, hi, oh my goodness! I thought you forgot about me.” She is laughing; nevertheless, you could tell she is happy I called.

  “It has been what two days,” I tell her being very sarcastic.

  “Kris, you sound really happy. Finally! I haven’t heard you sound like that in a long time.”

  “Heather, I am very happy. I love it here. It is so beautiful. I love my condominium! Today I am going to talk to Giovanni’s partner about a job. Life feels like it’s getting better - normal.”

  I will not mention the massage thing to her. She will shit her pants if I bring that up.

  “Kris, you know you have that job in the bag. Giovanni will give you whatever you want! I am so glad you called me. However, I have to run. Call me later okay. I miss you.”

  “I miss you
back, Heather.”

  When we hang up, I realize I really do miss her. It is so weird not seeing her all the time. My phone rings again. I look at the number not knowing who it is.

  “Yes,” I give that response when I do not know who is calling. Rude? I rather think so, but that is what I do. I always have.

  “Good morning, Ms. Price its, Jon. Angelo is here to pick you up. Are you ready or would you like him to come up and wait?”

  “Thanks, Jon. I will be right down.”

  As I get into the elevator, I program his number in my phone. Next time I will not be rude to him. When I get outside Angelo is holding the car door open.

  “Good morning, Angelo.” I climb into the backseat.

  “Good morning, ma’am. You look lovely today.” I give him a big smile finally feeling good about myself.

  I sit in the car thinking if Hugh can see me now. Wearing a dress this short. Getting ready to start a job. Living my life the way I want to. He would probably snap and kill me.

  I am imaging in my head how I want work to be. I want to apply myself as a good hard worker. I want to do a great job. I want to get along with everyone. I really want all of them to like me. I am not sure why that is so important to me. It just is! It is something I want to make happen!

  When we pull up to the building, I see it is big. It has six floors. I look to Angelo, “what is all in there?”

  “Recording studios, offices, a few video rooms, a movie room where some TV shows get recorded. There is a stage and a big party room. Do not worry ma’am you will be fine. Now go in and I will see you at five o’clock.”

  When I walk in the first floor is huge. I walk up to the desk, “hi, I am here to see, Brody.” The woman looks up smiling at me, “your name, please.” I look behind her; two security guards are staring at me. Security hum, I think that is somewhat creepy.

  “My name is, Kristy Price.” She points to some seats in the waiting room then she picks up her phone.

  I go into the waiting room but stand there. I am so nervous. A man walks up to me giving me a hug. I look at him smiling.

  “Kristy, I am Brody. I have heard so much about you. I feel like I have known you forever.”