by AnDerecco
MONIQUE
NO! (she said quickly). I mean he can help us. We can never have too much help.
JEREMY
Are you sure?
MONIQUE
Yes. So dinner at my house at seven. OK?
JEREMY
We will be there.
MONIQUE
I love you. Remember that.
JEREMY
I love you too.
Jeremy and Monique ended their call.
ERIC (turning from the TV)
Who was that?
JEREMY
That was Monique. She invited us to dinner tonight.
ERIC
But I thought that we were leaving.
JEREMY
You can if you want to. But I am staying to help look for Jacob.
Eric’s mind began to race. What is this bitch plotting? Eric walked over to Jeremy and began to play in his head. Jeremy took his hand and told him that now was not the time. That didn’t go well with Eric’s feelings. He walked into the bathroom and closed the door. Immediately the sound of the shower came through the wall.
Eric took out his phone and sat on the toilet.
MATT
Why are you calling me?
ERIC
Where is my package?
Matt ended the call. Eric was stunned by that. He called him again.
MATT
What the hell do you want?
ERIC
My money or I am playing Tweety.
MATT
I don’t take to kindly to threats. Meet me at Glover Park in an hour.
ERIC
I will.
MATT
After this I don’t want to hear from you again.
ERIC (smirking)
You won’t. I don’t want a check. Divide it up between large bills and small ones.
Matt pressed end on the phone. He decided that he was going to have to get a handle on Eric.
XXXIX
Matt sat back in his chair at his office. He was contemplating on how to handle Eric. He made up in his mind that he was going to meet Eric with the money. He didn’t want anything to come out before he had a chance to talk to Monique.
Matt sat up in his chair and took another cell phone out of his pocket. He pressed the numbers 8-6-6-9. There was an answer on the other end.
TONY
Sup?
MATT
I need you to handle two things for me. Where are you?
TONY
New Orleans. What you got?
MATT
I need you to wire me $30,000 right now and then fly out here to handle this kid for me.
TONY
$30,000?! For what?
MATT
I have a kid that is trying to spoil my plan. I need you to take care of him for me.
TONY
Spoil your plan? What’s going on?
MATT
I used him to get Jacob to my house. Now he is threatening to tell everything if I don’t pay him $30,000 today. So get the money from Aretha’s account and wire it to me. I will give him the money and when you get here to take care of him you can get it back.
TONY
I don’t know if I can now man. Aretha moved some monies around. I don’t have access to it like I use to.
MATT
Negro if you don’t get me $30,000 by three o’clock your black ass will be in hot water.
TONY
You know I am about tired of you. I have helped you in too many ways already. If my fingerprints or name show up on anything I am taking you down with me. I told you that when we planted that explosion to get rid of Dennis.
MATT
That was an epic fail. It killed my son-in-law.
TONY
Matthew look - they are not your family anymore. Their life has moved on without you. You need to accept that.
MATT
They will always be mine. Plus you can’t take me down. I know too much about you. You would not dare lose your investments.
TONY
Try me. I am willing to lose it all.
Matt was not paying any attention to Tony’s threats. He was focused on getting the money and getting rid of Eric. Matt let it be known that he wanted the money by any means necessary.
XL
That evening Jeremy and Eric arrived promptly at seven o’clock. Jeremy rang the doorbell and waited patiently. Ian opened the door with a smile on his face. He invited them in and offered a glass of wine.
Deacon walked into the living room dressed in navy slacks and a light pink shirt. Ian quickly ran over to him and gave him a kiss. Jeremy noticed all of this and the frustration showed on his face. Ian took a pause and introduced everyone. Deacon and Jeremy exchanged handshakes. When their hands gripped there was a show of dominance. They stared in each other eyes.
Eric came and lodged his arm into Jeremy’s.
Monique strutted up the hall with shear femininity. She went around the room greeting and hugging. She suggested that they all sit down, have a glass of wine and talk.
Eric was sitting so close under Jeremy that he was breathing his air.
Monique excused herself to the kitchen to check on her food.
IAN
Jeremy how have you been?
Eric eyed Ian’s mouthed as if he could see the words physically.
JEREMY
Doing good, just wanting to get back to some normalcy.
IAN
How about you Eric?
ERIC
Great, wonderful. I have everything that I have always wanted. Money in my pockets. Someone that cares for me. Life couldn’t be better.
IAN
Glad to hear that. (under his breathe he muttered – bitch)
ERIC
I heard you. But I will say that this bitch got your man.
JEREMY
We are not going to start this. I am my own man. You don’t have me.
Eric snapped his neck towards Jeremy with anger in his eyes. Eric looked at his watch and asked if he could use the bathroom. Monique told him it was down the hall and the second door on the right.
Ian walked down the hall behind him and went into his bedroom. He gave Eric about two minutes in the bathroom and burst in on him.
Eric was shocked by Ian coming in on him that he dropped what was in his hand. A pill bounced off the counter onto the floor. Ian walked over and picked it up. He looked at it.
IAN
What is this for your bitchness or lying?
ERIC
Can I have my pill back please?
IAN
Not until you tell me what you are taking.
ERIC
None of your damn business.
Ian walked up closer to Eric and demanded he tell what the pill was for. Eric took a bottle out of his pocket and got another pill. Ian quickly snatched it from him. He read the label and looked at Eric in shock.
IAN
You are HIV positive.
ERIC
I am. So what?
IAN
You are positive.
ERIC
And if you tell Jeremy I will mutilate you.
IAN
Jeremy doesn’t know?
ERIC
That's a funny topic within itself. It's on a need-to-know basis. You can't just disclose right then and there. I have to feel people out. That's what I do. I feel people out. I get to a point where I'll be like, "You know what? It's time to disclose" -- as far as for my sake. Not for them, but for me, so I can know how to handle all situations, because I like to be prepared.
Ian did not accept that answer too well. But he didn’t let it show. He wanted to gain Eric’s trust. He embraced Eric with a hug. Eric didn’t know how to respond. He just kept his arms to his side until Ian let him go.
IAN
How long have you known?
ERIC
For a while now.
IAN
Does your family know?
ERIC
My
relationships with my family and friends - some have greatly improved some have gotten worse since I was diagnosed. When I was forced to have a dialogue about my HIV status, everything else became, like, nothing. Sexuality, whatever, you know. I have really seen that I do have people in my life who love me unconditionally, and I think that has been the thing that has kept me alive. But when my parents threw me out, that really hurt.
IAN
When did you disclose to them that you are positive?
ERIC
I told my parents and six friends right away -- in high school, there were six of us, three guys and three girls who hung together like glue. I told my mom first, and then invited all of them over and passed around the letter I got from Lifesource saying I was HIV positive. But the thing was, I was like, "I'm giving you this information about me, but I don't want to talk about it and I don't want it to be brought up again." I didn't talk about it again for years.
IAN
How did they respond to you?
ERIC
My mom and dad really took it hard, really hard. I was put out of the house. No concern, no warmth, nothing. I felt that in some way my mom felt she was responsible somehow. My friends were all very supportive -- and very scared. One said, "You know, I really thought we would grow old together. I can't believe this is happening to you!" They were supportive, but very afraid, and rightfully so.
I didn't talk with my boyfriend at that time. What I did was just broke it off with no excuse or reason. And just recently, he was able to get closure on that -- because we're still close. He has two children now; I see him all the time. Recently I was able to disclose to him and talk about why I had to break it off at the time.
IAN
How do you want people to treat you?
ERIC
I think they treat me exactly the way I want to be treated: I don't want any special attention, but I do want support -- support going through this graduate program, working the hours that I work. I just need support, period, and I get that.
IAN
How do you decide whether to disclose your HIV status to someone?
ERIC
Lately, I don't. There are moments I don't want to talk about it and I don't want to disclose it. It's when I'm meeting someone new, especially if we are meeting to date. It's kind of like "OK, here we go ..." I usually start by asking them if they know their HIV status, and then we go from there.
Now, if someone tells me that they don't know their status, I'm very unlikely to be intimate with him, because in this day and age if you don't know your status, you're not the person for me: You're not cognizant of the fact that you are a man who has sex with men, and we're the highest-risk population, so if you don't understand that, then our worlds are not going to gel at all: You don't understand re-infection, resistant virus, any of that. So we will be friends. But as far as intimacy, we're not even going there.
IAN
What is the best response you have ever gotten when telling someone?
ERIC
There was a girl in a class at the Chicago Vocational Career Academy when I was doing a presentation, and she was just overjoyed at the fact that I had the courage to stand in front of this class and say that. And there was so much love and so much appreciation in her words, and she wished me so much strength and well-being that I was almost overtaken. I hardly ever break down in presentations, but I almost did because of her reaction.
IAN
What is the worst response?
ERIC
The worst was from my brother that said I deserved what I got for engaging in intimate relations with other men.
Eric took the bottle from Ian. Ian stood there in complete shock. He wondered if Eric and Jeremy had slept together and if so, did they use protection.
IAN
Have you slept with my husband?
ERIC
He is not your husband anymore.
Ian slapped Eric with the back of his hand. Eric came back with a punch to Ian’s stomach. They started to fight roughly in the bathroom. Monique, Jeremy and Deacon heard the commotion and rushed to the bathroom.
XLI
Jacob lay in the bed on top of his covers. There was a click of the locks unlocking. Ellis walked into the room and asked Jacob how he was feeling. Jacob told him that he was ok and that he had been thinking all day.
ELLIS
About what?
JACOB
I was just thinking about when we were together. How fun things were.
ELLIS
You don’t have fun with Dennis?
JACOB
Yeah we have fun.
ELLIS
I want to ask you something…who is better in bed?
JACOB
That is none of your business.
ELLIS
Let me make love to you.
Jacob was surprise by the request. Ellis grabbed Jacob, pulling him to him, his lips instantly on his neck, making his arms tingle as they wrapped around him. Ellis touch felt so commonplace.
Jacob closed his eyes as Ellis nibbled on my neck, softly at first, and then more intense, as if he wanted to break the skin and draw blood. Jacob moaned loudly and relentlessly as they moved together to the bed, collapsing on it as one. Ellis settling on top of him as he kept his lips, teeth and tongue on that spot on his neck he knew drove Jacob crazy.
Jacob did not want to give into the pleasure, but his body betrayed him.
JACOB (faintly murmured, weakly trying to push him off)
Ellis, wait.
Ellis broke off from his exploration of Jacob’s neck and looked at him.
ELLIS (he growled)
Shut up.
Going back to his neck with renewed passion.
JACOB
Bu-but…
There was enough time to tell him later on, Jacob thought to himself, his reason giving way to lust. Ellis was just too good a master at his craft. He looked down at Jacob, the horny written all over his face.
ELLIS (he demanded)
You hurry up and get them damn clothes off!
Jacob’s hesitation caused Ellis to begin pulling his clothes away from his body, the buttons popping on his shirt, and with a growl he dove into his chest, his tongue flicking on his nipples as he undid Jacob’s belt and slid his slacks off.
Ellis warm mouth ran all over his chest, making him moan aloud again. Jacob suddenly felt the warmth of Ellis’ body on him, and Jacob opened his eyes again to see both of them completely naked. His large thick, manhood throbbing as it rested against Jacob’s own pipe, which was brick hard.
Ellis pulled him closer, his masculine scent of musk and berry-smelling cologne filling Jacob’s senses. He leaned over and kissed him, his tongue and Jacob’s writhing and caressing each other with force. He broke the kiss and roughly turned Jacob over.
ELLIS
I want you from the back.
Jacob moaned again as Ellis began to slide his tongue, all the way down his back and started stroking his hairy ass with his entire mouth.
JACOB
AHHHHH!
Jacob was giving in to the temptation and wanted Ellis. Jacob also wanted to be free and he knew he would have to mind-fuck him to get it. Just before Ellis slid his swollen manhood into him, Jacob turned over.
JACOB (whispering, kissing Ellis’ ear, his stubble chin grazing Ellis’ cheek.)
Baby, let me try something new first.
ELLIS
Hell yeah baby, we can drag this out.
JACOB
Then lay down.
Jacob smiled. He slid out from under Ellis. Ellis settled down on his back. Jacob lay between his legs and began licking and caressing his shaved, heavy, low-hanging balls with his tongue.
Ellis stretched his legs wider, his toes turned up from the pleasure. Jacob slowly showed attention to that area under his balls, just above his ass crack. He moaned and bucked up and down when he slid his tongue into that space right on the opening of his asshole, tickling
it the way he used to.
ELLIS (he moaned)
Baby…
Ellis moaned, his thick, well muscled legs stretching wider to give him more room. In between licks he whispered,
JACOB
You like that, baby?
ELLIS (he moaned)
Yeah, nigga!
JACOB
You love me, nigga.
ELLIS
You know I do.
JACOB
You remember how I was back then, nigga? Back when you first saw it?
ELLIS
Yeah. I wanted that ass so bad baby.
JACOB
So you love my ass.
ELLIS
Yeah, oh yeah.
Ellis suddenly jumped up, grabbed his legs and stabbed his manhood into him before he had a chance to stop him. It slid into his hole halfway to the hilt before he could react fast enough to clench up. “YEEEOOOOOWWWW,” he yelped as Ellis began to wear his ass out. It was so warm, so tight, it made Jacob’s manhood bone straight as Ellis fucked him fast, non-stop.
JACOB
No, baby, stop, WAIT!
Jacob tried to claw away.
ELLIS
Naw, Jacob.
He yelled at him.
ELLIS
You love me, don’t you?
JACOB
Yes!
ELLIS
Give it up. (Slapping Jacob on the ass)
JACOB
Nooo, ahhhh no baby, I-I-
ELLIS
Shut up and throw this ass on me. Remember how good my manhood feels. This is how you can have it every day.
Ellis cried out in lust as it suddenly opened up and his manhood banged to the bottom of Jacob’s ass like it was meant to be there. His manhood was stiff as a walking stick. He bucked wildly, jumping all about the bed.
Without Jacob touching himself, large ropes of semen flew - hitting him in the eyes, the face, and his shoulders as he lost control. That did it for Ellis. His manhood stiffen to another level inside of Jacob and then he was suddenly shouting, “YEEEAAHHH, BBBBABBBBYYY AWWW” as he let loose filling up his guts. Ellis manhood let loose over and over, that rush running through him again and again.
