“Nonsense,” he said as he threw his hand up in quick protest. “You’ve been one of our best tenants for the last 10 years,” he said as he stood up as straight as he could. “Besides, it’s the only wedding gift I can afford to give you.”
“You’re too kind,” Karen quickly said before she leaned over and gave the old man a kiss on the cheek.
Quickly the old man looked around to see if the coast was clear. “I hope my wife didn’t see that,” he said as he brought his fingers up to caress his cheek where Karen had kissed him. “She’s terrible jealous.” We all gave a quick little laugh before he continued. “Well, if you can just give me your driver’s license little lady, I’ll go get the paperwork straightened out.”
“Sur thing,” Karen responded before she quickly spun around to retrieve the document from her purse.
“You’ve got a real winner there Dave,” he said as he watched Karen’s tight little ass disappear through the door. “I’m happy for you.”
“Thank you Mr. Marcus,” I responded as Karen returned with the card in her hand. “She’s great. I feel like I have known her all of my life.”
“Here you go,” Karen said cheerfully as she handed the card to the old man.
“Karen Elaine Hampton,” he said out loud as he read the name on the card. “That has a nice ring to it. I’ll get this back to you directly,” he said before he turned around and headed back toward the complex office.
We both just stood there and watched the old man leave. When he disappeared past the corner of the building I turned to face my sister. “My wife?” I said in more disbelief than anything.
“Yea,” Karen said as she stepped back into the back of the truck to get another box. “Mrs. Hampton. I like the sound of that.”
“Well it’s a done deal now,” I stated as I reached down to pick up the box I had just set down.
“Look at it this way,” Karen said as she led the way back into my apartment. “I don’t have to change any of my documents, and you just got a wife for free!”
The simplicity of the whole ordeal was absurd. With my sister now living with me, the balance I had been apparently missing settled in like putting my hand into a glove. Karen and I spent virtually every spare moment fucking like there was no tomorrow. I guess we were trying to make up for the last 40 years we had lived apart. One thing is for certain, the two weeks of Rebecca’s absence went by very quickly. Her return to the office was not only welcomed, but revealing as well.
The End Ch6