The Last Hurrah - Part 9

Part 9 - The Stolen Camera

After the Caribbean trip I thought that would be the final chapter on Laine. But noooo... there would be a little more to it and why wasn't I surprised.

After I discovered that she stole my disposable camera I was pretty upset. But I decided not to do anything about it at the time and see what would happen. A week after our trip she sent me an email asking me to send her the pics, as if I still had the camera. I wrote back saying that she must be joking because she is the one that should send pics to me. We exchanged a few more emails and she finally admitted that she did steal the camera and offered to get the pictures developed then send the photo CD and negatives to me by mail.

I told her I'll be in town for business and we can meet for dinner and she can give it to me in person. She wasn't sure if she wanted to meet but finally agreed. Then we talked on the phone for the first time since the trip and we talked for almost two hours. As usual I don't know if I can believe everything she says. She said she is done with escorting on the side and will "retire". She has used the money she made to buy a new house and that's her investment. I reminded her that she still has the brokerage account I opened for her but she hasn't used it yet. She told me to go ahead and move some money from her bank account to the brokerage account to get a better return and I did that for her. It was an interesting conversation and it showed that we were still "connected" at some level and there was still some trust.

When I arrived to see her she came to pick me up at the airport like she has always done before.  But I noticed that she was wearing a brand new outfit with a red Bebe top, designer jeans rolled up at the ankle, and a pair of red stiletto pumps to match her top. I guess all this must be from the shopping spree at Bebe that she mentioned her new SD took her to last time. In the car we talked some more and continued our conversation. She made no mention of any of the new guys and told me that she will be moving to start a new job next month. Whatever. It's just her normal randomness and for all I know she could be making it all up.

Then we talked about her outfit and she said facetiously that she wanted to look unattractive for me, and I said she is doing a very good job. I actually meant it, because even though her top looked sexy, her jeans and the rolled up look was not flattering on her.  And the shoes… it's the first time I've seen her wearing four inch heels and she looked uncomfortable walking in them. Of course I didn't tell her all that, but she didn't like my reply and retorted by telling me that she has a hot date with her ex after we have dinner and she wanted to spend as little time with me as possible. What a nice way to rub it in my face! And on top of that she said she forgot to bring the photo CD which made me wonder what kind of games she is playing now.

Coming up... The Train Wreck