Chapter 36 - Lee Goes on a Date
After taking a shower and dressing in jeans and a comfortable shirt, Lee drove to the address that Suzi had given to him. Suzi had been waiting by the window for him and immediately came outside as soon as she saw him pull up. Lee got out and helped her into the car. He then drove to one of his favorite Restaurants that was near his favorite Night Club. As they sat down in the Restaurant, the waitress brought the menus over and rubbed her hands over Lee's shoulders. "Hi Handsome, I haven't seen you in here for a few weeks. Where have you been hiding?"
"Just been really busy Wanda." Lee said as he removed her hands from his shoulder. "Wanda, this is my date, Suzi. Suzi, this is Wanda. I think Wanda has been working here as long as the place has been open."
Wanda chuckled and said "I'm not old darling. I sure do know how to flip a mean burger though. Someday I'll have to show you privately."
"Yeah" Lee said nervously as he looked at Suzi. She seemed to be amused with Wanda's antics so he was relieved she wasn't upset.
"Wanda, please bring me your best bottle of wine. You know what I like." Lee said.
As Wanda left, Suzi started chuckling. "She has it bad for you Lee. Perhaps I should leave you two alone?"
Lee started to protest and then realized he was being teased. "Well if this date doesn't go as planned, I at least won't go home alone then, will I?" he teased back.
For the next hour they sat getting to know each other. They soon ran out of things to talk about though so Lee suggested they go dancing. He paid the tab at the Restaurant and they drove the short distance to the Nightclub. At first the music had a nice beat and Lee found himself dancing like a mad man with Suzi. Then about an hour later, some of the music became slower and they began dancing closer together. As the night progressed, Lee discovered that Suzi was using the opportunity to grind her body against him until he could barely stand it. "Do you want to go back to my place?" He asked her.
"If you insist." She responded.
They quickly rushed out of the Nightclub and Lee drove just under the speed limit to his apartment.
Floyd the doorman could barely contain his contempt for Lee's lifestyle when he saw another woman being led up to Lee's apartment. They had obviously been drinking as they were giggling and both had their hands all over each other. They stumbled into Lee's apartment and he promptly pressed his lips to hers while she pushed her body against his. She then smiled and said that she needed to go freshen up. As she headed into the bathroom, Lee noticed that the light on his answering machine was flashing. He worried that Billy had tried to get in touch with him so he pressed the play button.
"Lee? Lee are you there? I think someone is outside my back door. I thought it was you at first but when you didn't answer me, I knew it couldn't be you. Lee, I'm scared. I don't have a way to alert those agents outside. I think someone might be trying to break into my house. Maybe I should call Billy, he would know what to do. Lee, I wish you would pick up the OH MY GOSH, someone just smashed the window out of the backdoor. LEE!" The sound of breaking glass was quickly followed by a lot of noise, a scream and then the phone went dead. Lee's heart stopped. Why wasn't he there? He had selfishly left her to go on a date. A date that could have waited until after this whole thing was over. "My God" he thought. "Amanda, please hang on. I'm coming." He could only hope she was okay. As he was running toward the front door of his apartment building, he remembered Suzi and stopped to ask Floyd to go up and explain that he had an emergency and would see her at the gym in a few days. Floyd shook his head as he watched Lee race outside. He was sure that Mr. Stetson's emergency probably involved yet another woman.
TBC