Do You Wanna Dance?
A Double Life
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Zach did not speak about his business much; he was very private about the details. He mentioned that a Black guy had purchased it on contract. He was relieved to have gotten rid of it. It would be one less thing to worry about. Shortly after the sale of the dry cleaners, Zach called and said that the bookstore Ike owned had caught on fire and that the damage had been extensive. The bookstore was located in the strip mall that Ike also owned.
When Zach came by to get a haircut, Desiree asked what had happened. Zach said, “I don’t know, they are investigating. I feel sorry for Ike; everything seems to be going wrong. He is going through a nasty divorce and now this.” As he was relaying the story, Desiree was cutting his hair while looking at him in the mirror. He had, what appeared to be red lipstick, on his mouth. Desiree was trying to listen to him, but his voice was fading in and out; she was fixated on his mouth. It was smeared vertically across his bottom lip and chin. It cannot be lipstick, she kept telling herself. Finally, he looked at her, “What’s wrong?”
“You have lipstick on your mouth and chin.”
Without skipping a beat,
“I stopped by the trucking company, and Kaitlyn kissed me good-bye.”
Kaitlyn was Keith’s sister and they had known each other their entire lives. Desiree breathed a sigh of relief and reminded herself not to jump to conclusions. Zach wiped his mouth, and then he kissed her, and left. It was not long before he came walking back, wearing that million-dollar smile, and holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Her mother said she would learn everything the hard way.
The choices she made would always lead her back to the emotionally unstable existence she had come from. Life experience begged her to take another road. With every bad choice, the road became tougher to travel.
After falling in love with a contractor whom she came to realize was leading a double life, she was facing the edge of sanity. She could allow him to send her over, or she could face her fears. She discovered that ‘what lives in the dark, grows in the dark.’
After warning her to stay out of his business and to stop investigating him, he confessed, “This is what I do; I become a regular in many bars. I shmoo people, I buy drinks, dinner, whatever it takes and before you know it; someone has a job for me.” She did not know however, they were all women. He used their emotions against them.
It is not certain how far back Zach realized his powers. He grew up in an affluent town. He began to observe his friends, attempting to absorb just what made them rich. With his looks, charm and the affluent mannerisms he had acquired, he discovered he could scam his way through life. He would set his trap, becoming indispensable, vanish, and wait. His prey was wealthy female developers. He had the patience of a saint. While waiting to snare one, he would do the same with another. They began to chase him. He was now in control, and the games began.
Sometimes it did not work, while other times; it worked too well. Then he would juggle.
He always had Desiree to come home to.
They were all a part of his game and yes, he was dancing. She could not stop him and she could not fix him.
She found out on her own, the hard way.
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Deborah M. Porter was born in