MRS. MURRAY'S MAID
by Vivianne 
A TRUE STORY

Chapter Three

The CONTEMPLATION:

ABRUPTLY, she Told me Too!------"GET UP!---and,--------GET OUT!"------- I was
STAGGERED and DIZZY From Having Been Not Only DOWN ON My KNEES before My
Neighbor but CONFUSED and DISORIENTED Suddenly! So, What else could I Do at
that Moment but Keep from speaking, rise Up and Leave As Quickly as Possible!
----I Walked Back to the House Feeling DISALUSIONED and Somewhat SHATTERED
From the Experience! The First Thing That I Did Once Inside, Was to Look up at
the Clock! I could hardly believe that it was already 7:00 PM! How Long had I
been At Her Feet On My Knees anyway! Everything was Spinning out of control
now as I tried to understand what was happening to me. She Had somehow Dropped
me Down and Had Been Able to Get some kind of a Spell on me I was thinking.
But NO! She was Certainly not that Weird I Thought! But She Never Seemed to be
more than A Mild and Determined Widow who was Dedicated to her Daughters! WHAT
The Hell Was This Attitude I Contemplated! And How Could Everything Have Been
Turned UPSIDE DOWN So FAST for Me!""Surely there was a way out of this I
Decided!---So Like an IDIOT!--- And That Was how I Was Acting I thought, I
Picked up the Phone and Called Up Mrs. Murray!-----But She Didn't answer! No
The receiver Was Picked Up Alright, and It Wasn't The Voice Of Mrs.
Murray!----IT Was a Different Voice and The One Voice That I was Hoping From
which I would Not Hear!---It Was ELAINE!-------"OKAY ASSHOLE!-------- I'll
Tell You what You will be Doing tomorrow!""First thing You will call into Work
And say that You are Ill!""Is That CLEAR?---Then You will Report to The House
First Thing! -And Then You will Get a chance to Speak with My Mother!---Be
Hear at 9:00 on the DOT!" ------The Phone Clicked off and I Felt A DEPRESSION
That Made My Head POUND and My Heart SINK!

After canceling another planned evening of fun the thing that I did that was
in hoes of cheering myself up and getting away from this problem to hopefully
work out a solution was to get in the car and head for a bar that I knew where
no one would recognize me and that bar was in a seedy area several towns away
off of a major highway!-------------As I neared the location I had to laugh as
I passed what seemed to be a popular Adult Shop! So many cars were parked
there and I laughed to myself ironically because it made me wonder it the
people in there were apt to find themselves in a similar situation like the
one I had fallen into. But No that probably wasn't possible! Only a Dumb Ass
Like me could be taken in by a Seemingly Nice Older Neighbor woman and End Up
Falling down Like an ASSHOLE And Trying To APOLOGIZE To Her BLACK
FLATS!---WOW!---What A JERK I am I was starting to think again, as I parked
and walked into the dingy bar. Time to Think this situation out was what I had
in mind and I wanted to get far away from where I lived for a while! Once
inside though I thought that maybe this was not going to be the right place to
think! The Bar was crowded for a Sunday Night and I could see that some of the
patrons were a rough crowd and many were from poor backgrounds! And Many
seemed Vocal and inebriated! I Joined them at the Bar and before long had
consumed enough to allow me to join in a conversation with an older Couple at
the bar who were of color. The woman asked why a good looking man like myself
seemed so distraught and the man also seemed to be interested in hearing my
story as I began to confess that I had run into some problems with a neighbor
and had come out to try and think things out in my mind!-----Although I didn't
Really Reveal what had Caused her to Come Down on me like she did, I did try
and tell them she was angry at me because of the Magazines and A Box of Nylons
that I had purchased for a friend! I Think the older Black Man With Her
Believed Me and Seemed Sympathetic, but She was skeptical and Laughed about
the Stockings! She Even Teased Me about them and it made Her Husband, at least
I thought that was who he was, Laugh Out Loud!------Soon the two of them
departed but not before The woman who called herself Sandra Told me to call
them anytime if I needed someone to talk too! I took their number happily,
feeling better that I had at least gotten some of what was bothering me off of
my chest. It seemed to make me feel better that here were tow people who
wanted to try and help me if I ever needed to talk this out with someone!

I stayed on for at least an hour and was able to devise a way in which I could
get Mrs. Murray to let me start from the beginning and explain why I had acted
so foolishly Saturday Night! Somehow I had Bull Shitted Myself into thinking
that there would be another chance for me to talk this Out!--- -HOW WRONG I
WAS!-----------------------

I Don't remember What time I arrived Home but I do Remember A note on my back
door! THE NOTE HAD A LIST ATTATCHED Too It!----------And There were other
instructions along with the List as Well!----I was To Arrive in Shorts and an
Old T-Shirt and wear a Pair of Old Moccasins or Sneakers!----- ----------Lying
in Be and Woozy from the amount of alcohol that I consumed once again I
started to try and remember the name of Sandra's Husband! He Seemed Like a
much more Rugged and Rough sort of guy this Black woman would have been
involved with. She had mentioned that she was involved in Education and She
Seemed so interested in trying to understand me and what I was sort of
confessing to her and her husband. He although at first understanding, began
to act as if I was a nuisance and seemed to look at me in a Mocking manner.
They seemed to be complete opposites and although she was fairly well dressed
he looked disheveled and untidy. But he was really big and Really Strong
Looking. Not someone that you would mess with. Sandra had stated at one point
that He!----Motioning to him!---Would not let any woman or man get the best of
him like that!---She seemed to be acting Submissive to him at the time and he
seemed to be getting more and more uninterested in our conversation. I had
their phone number but all I remembered was her name and didn't even know
their last names. Eventually just before I dozed off I decided that there was
no reason to contact the two of them since they were only trying to be nice to
me at first.

Before I dozed off to sleep I began to realize that I was really a lot like
Sandra's husband, or boy friend, whoever he was! No Girl or woman ever got the
best of me like what had just happened with Mr. Murray!---Driving Home I then
began to wonder why I almost decided to stop in that Adult Shop along the
highway since there were still so many cars still there! Then I Went off into
dreamland!

That night I dreamed about, of all things the bar I had visited! In the dream
Mrs. Murray was Yelling at Who ever the husband of Sandra and Scolding him
while I sat with Sandra and Kept Telling Her that He was going to Get in
trouble if she didn't take him away from her. But then she kept laughing at me
and I woke up!---At around 6:00AM With another wicked Headache I wandered into
the shower and tried to recollect the night before. It made me feel better and
gave me some confidence when I thought of what Sandra Told me!---"You have Two
choices and That is ALL!" She Emphasized!---"First You can Admit what you have
Done, to everyone involved! Then why then if she continues to harass you, why
then you could report her! Secondly, You Could Play along with her and more
than likely She will tire of her Treatment of you and you can eventually
escape her Control over you that She NOW REALLY HAS!" I Remembered How I Felt
a weakness in my Gut as she SNICKERED When she Pointed Out the Second Choice
to me!-------"Which Way should I Go?" I nervously Questioned!---Sandra Then
Looked Over at Cal, (Funny. but now I Remembered his name to Be Cal!) and
asked him what He would Do!---"AH'D WHUP Dat Bitch!" He Laughed! Sandra knew
he was acting wise and called him insensitive as he got up from the bar stool
and walked away. I Knew he was Thinking That I was a Loser and it didn't make
me feel any better! I certainly didn't want to appear like that in front of a
man like that!---Sandra could see how uneasy I was and then she softly
suggested that I should comply with Mrs. Murray's demands and Spare myself the
embarrassment and Risk involved!----"Listen! Vic!---This Woman May Take A
liking to you once more and who Knows!---You May LEARN QUITE a Few Things From
Her!" She then Laughed!---when I went To Ask Her Why she Said that she turned
and Got Up to Walk over to where cal Was and Then turned Back and
Said!---"Call us if You Are Still Confused!""We Will LISTEN!"

So Much For a Chance To Figure Things Out!---I Was at The Side Door promptly
at 9:00AM, and Just when I was about to ring the door bell, it swung open and
both Diane and Linda emerged on their way out for the day!--- Both Ignored me
and Diane Gave me a Sour look pushing me aside in order to get me out of the
way. I Lost My Balance and Fell off to the side and landing on my left leg and
twisting my ankle! Neither of them bothered to see if I was okay and as I
stumble and tried to get up I could then see Cory standing in the doorway
looking down at me.---"Just Stay There And I will Be Out to Show You What Has
To Be Done Today!"--------This Was something I wasn't expecting. As it would
turn out Cory was going to give me instructions that her mother had determined
yesterday. A complete project of yard work was planned and I was to satisfy
each and every detail no matter how long it took. At completion one of the
girls would inspect my work and then report to Mrs. Murray. She would then
determine if the work was satisfactory and decide what my next project would
be.

This was not going to be the most pleasant Day, It was much cooler now and
looked as if it would rain. With the list in my hand I nearly choked as I
realized that she hadn't left a stone unturned and from experience I knew it
was a job that required more than one person. Hedges, Grass, Bushes,
Flowerbeds, Gutters, etc. etc. By noon time I was nearly exhausted! Rain was
Pouring down for over an Hour and I wasn't Even a Quarter of the way done. At
one point I did notice that her car was out in front of the house and that she
must have returned home!---Still I continued to work and Hoped that she would
allow me to do the rest tomorrow!---I almost stopped and quit at around mid
afternoon, but the rain stopped and I decided that it was best not to test her
and even shoe her what kind of dedication I could show when I was under
pressure. I began to rationalize this as part of a job that I had taken on and
in some weird way pretended it was part of my real job. If I completed
everything and she approved why then I'd get back to my regular job tomorrow
and hopefully this could all be behind me!---somehow I really believed that
She was an upstanding woman who was not a mean and vindictive person in any
way. The Black Couple I had met last night were probably right!---This
certainly would play out soon!