WHAT A DAY WITH FRESH

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woke up feeling drowsy, like i hadnt slept at all, like i slept for an hour which to some extent i had. had slept around ten in the evening and had been woken up by my poor bladder around 1 am, and because of my poor aiming had peed myself and the other half was either on the floor or on the sit. having to clean that mess really woke me up, by the time i was done cleaning was definitely wide awake. tried to find someone to talk to on my phone but non were interesting, non were susanna my future wife, damn i love that girl and just mentioning her name puts a smile on my face. i can not remember what time i actually then knocked out but i think around 3, which is not a good time since its now 6.30 am and fresh my german shepherd is scratching my door wanting to be released to go do his business outside. work starts around 9 and if i did not have my naughty dog definitely would have woken up at 8. i dont have a car and i dont see the need for one since work is 25 mins away because of traffic and the bus station is less than a three minute walk.

 i leave in a shitty apartment but it works just fine, its more of convenience than comfort i still live there. the landlord is good and understanding and the rent is extremely affordable sweet small yard for my dog to play around and when the boys come to town perfect for a drink up. i am hands on manager for a retail footwear shop. we sale mostly sneakers top brands so we get a lot of single moms and dads who want to start making their health their priority. thats when i met sussana she had just come out of a bad divorce, she has two boys and i have baby girl.though baby mama and i did not work out and she moved far away with my daughter i see them mostly twice a year during easter and Christmas, we dont have any grudges or friction towards each other we seem to be doing well with core parenting i skype with my daughter april twice a week, she is 5 now so we can really have an adult conversation, the other day she asked me for a favor and i made the big mistake of saying "for you anything my sweet angel" she says " convince mom to allow me to go to school with make up so that sam can notice me" couldnt believe she said that, she made me feel old.

its time for a walk with my dog, i normally take her around the hood it helps me too with my calories,i burn and regain by the time i reach lunch time. the are a lot of single moms in my neighbourhood honestly had not really thought about it till today. they smile not because i am cute but simply because they have seen how i treat my daughter and the mom when they come to town. so they know he can "TAKE CARE" not that take care of kill my baby daddy take care but that i can look after them if given the chance. they are mostly lazy so non of them actually run in their sexy sporty outfits, they mostly do power walks. have dated a few of them i am no saint so i do give in to temptation now then, though lately my sussana has got my dick and my mind at the moment, fully occupied with her. we not dating and i have not asked her out but we are flirting a lot so i know we are heading somewhere, if not a relationship then definitely few night stands.


:hey sexy, 

thats linda she stays a few blocks away. she is sexy as fuck but one drink up she got dirty with one of my boys. what a waste would have really turn her into my queen if that hadnt happen. but guy code, we dont touch each other's ex's and that includes anyone you have done anything with which is more than a hug or a handshake(respect it or die in prison for nothing) i get punished for that, cause i am really slow and some even say i am gentleman. doubt they would say that if they knew i masterbated twice a day, morning and evening.

:hey linda, you looking good. didnt see you all weekend,what were you upto?

linda:Oh yeah, it was my daughter's birthday so we had a little thing with baby daddy at his mom's house.

:you seem excited about it 

linda: yeah i am it had been a long time since we just hung out with out name calling(chuckles)

:oh nice,tell her i said happy birthday and if u ever happen to need shoes for little kylie will definitely give you manager's discount.

linda: you serious..

:serious

linda: you heard that fresh you my witness he will give me managers discount.(smiling and touching fresh's face)thanks frank let me finish my power walk and get ready for work.

frank: cool see ya..

who ever invented the guy code is definitely a greedy mother fucker.

frank:lets go fresh, leave mrs rose with her dog alone.

mrs rose: she is just playing(smiling) besides its that time of the season

frank: (chuckles)mrs rose come on, aint it the other way around. shouldn't the boys chase her .

mrs rose: the boys aint coming to play and she needs to get some..

frank: hahaha mrs rose you naughty.

mrs rose been divorced rumors have it 3 times but she now in her 50s but still looking fairly good she still dates a lot, cars normally park outside her yard, wish i could say it was just one type of car, if you know what i mean.


besides getting my monthly paycheck my side dish hussle is buying limited edition shoes. using the stuff discount. i am allowed a max of two pairs a month. and then i sit and wait for two things to happen, firstly for them to run out and secondly for a great music artist to come out wearing them on their music videos and ching ching money in the bank. one time i made a profit of 300 dollars on a pair of sneakers. if i had bought 5 pairs 2 on discount and 3 full house would have at least pocketed a grand not bad right, thats how it all started and never looked back ever since.

i normally leave fresh with my neighbour but this week his working over time, meaning to say his working both day and night shift so kinder forced to leave fresh all alone. his a good girl when she wants to be. she just hates getting bored. like all women. one of my ex once cheated and i got to find out about it and her lame excuse was, i was bored. i never see you and you always working and in my mind i thought to myself, you like to eat, you like to shop and you definitely like me paying for your phone bill, how am i suppose to do that if i quit my job. dumb ass.

food and water for fresh all set. tennis ball and rubber ball all set . tv on.( he likes sounds especially cartoons).

fresh i am out, as i shut the door for work.


:morning frank.

frank:morning.

the only thing good about my job besides my side dish hussle is finally coming into a shop that has been cleaned. i used to hate being the first to walk in and start cleaning the floor the windows and dusting off the shoes. worst time was the rainy season and its fully packed and the are beautiful girls and i have to pick up the damn mop .how are you going to spit your game aftet that. but now i live like a boss. its the same routine all the time get into the shop go into my little office have a conference call with the regional manager,discuss about yesterday's sale and today's objectives, same shit different day.

 made a stupid blander this week tied all money in the shoes. they are definitely going to sale they are already about to run out in all the four shops in my region. but how quick i will be able to sale them is the mystery. my daughter april is about to start real school and did not think about that, how could i have when the mom mentions things one minute before due date. rent thats not a big issue if i cant pay it on time will just tell him after all his undertanding....


frank, frank Frank(shouting)


frank: yes,

:what you thinking about

frank: sorry( chuckles) bills, what else could i be thinking about

: susanna(sarcastically)

frank: hahaha as much as it pleases me to think about her i assure i was not

: arnt you coming to "debrief" us before we open the doors

frank; yeah yeah definitely coming courtney give me a minute

courtney: yes boss


frank;All will be well...( assures himself)


goodmorning ladies and gentlemen...........as he starts to "debrief"


: you wont believe who i met over the weekend

courtney: your ex who cheated on you with your cousin

: hell no, he can not afford to meet me where i was yesteday (laughing)

frank: where did you go ,to church?

:very funny ment on Saturday,was fast asleep on sunday

courtney:spit it out where did you guys go and who did you meet?

:some guy could not resist my bootie and decided to take me to the ambassadors lounge

courtney: marry is lying again

frank: yeah, you should have gone to church to repent of your sins

marry: ask sussana she saw me or rather i saw her and if she recognises me she will vouch for me

frank: frank confused and disturbed by the news. since she had said she is busy with her kids and could not meet him both on Saturday and sunday for the game is shocked that she actually went out..

you lien she was home the whole night

marry: i swear to God i swear she was looking gorgeous she was looking like Cinderella all heads were turning towards her,i was so jealous of her, at that moment i wanted to twerk to have all the guys refocus their attention

courtney: (laughing )but at the same time looking at frank for she knows he is completely disappointed with this news. marry doesn't have an idea what great wound she has just opened in frank's heart. she says" it could have been someone who looks like her if frank says, she said she was home, then she was home could have been her twin.

frank: she doesnt have a twin(looking sad and the voice sounding disturbed) 

courtney: hey we dont know the whole story, it could have been business meeting and she did not want to get into detail so she lied. we lie sometimes just to avoid a discussion about nothing

marry: if its about nothing why would we lie

courtney: marry shut up

marry: i am just saying the only time i lie is when the discussion is serious and i dont want to get into it.

countney: just shut up

frank: who was she with

marry: i dont know but he definitely looked like a man of means. the food i ate there was expensive, thats not a place you bring a "friend" i almost gave the guy my damn cookie if his wife had not called

courtney: you went with stephen

marry: yeah was bored

courtney: thought you said i dont do married guys and that you deleted and blocked his number


frank: walks away to his office. tries to call sussana .who doesnt pick up who has not since Saturday evening. lives sussana with a message on her phone " why did you lie about what you were doing over the weekend"


fresh fresh(calling). thats weird, food and water is untouched. fresh....fresh.. he hears her scratching the door and crying. frank had locked in fresh in his room with out knowing it. runs to open the door and finds sheets pillows all torn and his shoe closet all his sneakers expensive brand new sneakers all ripped and bitten to pieces. knees weak and filled with rage frank just sits on his bed not entirely because he has just made a loss from his shoe business but because his fantasy with sussana was just going to remain as a fantasy. 


May 14, 2020 16:38

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