This chapter of Spy Games coincides with chapters four through ten of Real Estate Games and chapter one of Realter Revenge. If you haven't read those two books, or haven't read them recently, I suggest you read the afore mentioned chapters either before or after reading the text below. Some of the sex scenes that I only mention in this chapter of Spy Games are covered in much greater detail in the previous books. You might also enjoy experiencing the same scenes from Janis' and Raven's viewpoints.
Spy Games Chapter 13
I bought two houses that day. It should have been three, but the lady who owned the house on Sundress Street had second thoughts and wanted to re-negotiate. Which she did. She negotiated herself out of her clothes and onto her kitchen table. Once all was said and done, she got the same price for her house that I'd previously offered plus a rousing orgasm out of the deal. In my mind she won. Miss Moorehead disagreed. She took exception to my bargaining technique and, instead of having dinner with me that night and possibly looking at yet another property, she forced me to go home early.
I stopped at the local Piggly-Wiggly grocery store on the way to pick up some fried chicken, wine and beer. I wanted to avoid eating Sixty-nine's cooking even if I couldn't avoid the conversation that needed to occur between us.
Sixty-nine, Flanagan and I each had our own vehicle. I drove a rental car, which I changed out every few days. Sixty-nine had a small compact and Flanagan made do with an old pickup truck which fit in well with the locals. He also had use of a city issued police cruiser but kept it parked at the station. A cop car parked in front of our hideout would draw undue attention.
Flanagan's truck was gone when I pulled up, but Sixty-nine's Mini Cooper was parked in the gravel driveway.
"I only sold two today," I told Sixty-nine when I plopped the sales contracts on the dining room table she used as her workspace.
"Agent Foxtrot is on a call," she told me. "The burglar alarm at the house you bought last night went off and he went to investigate. He thinks Miss Moorehead may have accidently set it off. He told me to tell you that 'if he's lucky, he won't be home for dinner'."
"Not a problem. Either way I've got enough chicken for all of us. And quit calling him Foxtrot. Always use our cover names when on assignment. Even if it's just the three of us."
"Yes sir. I'm sorry." She gave me a shy smile and then picked up the contracts.
I ignored her apology and returned to the kitchen.
"Beer or wine?" I asked from the other room.
"Wine please, if it isn't any trouble."
"All I could find was a mediocre red and what might be a palatable white. What's your choice?"
"Whatever you're having."
"I'm drinking beer."
"Then I'll just have a glass of water."
"Damn it Sixty-nine, if you want a glass of wine, drink a glass of wine. Don't settle for water just because I'm drinking beer. We've got a half billion-dollar budget. This stuff is fifteen bucks a bottle. It won't break the bank."
'Yes sir. I'm sorry sir. I'll take the white."
That was two "I'm sorrys" in less than five minutes ... after I specifically forbade her from using the term in my presence less than twenty-four hours ago. Is she purposely trying to piss me off or can she not help herself?
I poured her a glass of wine, popped a beer for myself and went back into the dining room.
"Take a sip of this," I said, placing the wine in front of her. "If you don't like it, we can always try the red."
"Oh no sir, I'm sure this will be fine."
"Well taste it anyway. There's no sense in drinking something you don't like."
She took a small sip. "It's wonderful. Thank you, sir."
It could be pure vinegar and she'd most likely say the same thing
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"Listen Sixty-nine. We need to talk about what happened last night." I sat down across from her, placing the heavy wooden table between us for her safety and mine.
"I'd rather not sir."
"That would be my choice as well, but it happened and if we want to avoid a similar occurrence, we need to discuss it. Tell me, what do you think happened? And don't say you're sorry."
"You and Agent ... You and Flanagan were gone. I didn't have anything to do, so I decided to clean your pistol. But I spilled some of the gun oil on the kitchen floor and must have put too much cleaner in the bucket when I tried to clean the mess because it was really slippery. Flanagan said that you wouldn't be home until the next morning, and I didn't know what to do about the floor, so I just left it and then you came back, and I didn't know it was you and I was scared, so I grabbed your gun --"
"And all hell broke loose," I said. "I know the rest ... I was there. But what I really wanted to discuss is what happened next. After you tried to kill me."
"When you punished me?"
"Exactly. That shouldn't have happened. I had no right to hit you and I'm sorry."
"I'm not." She said it in a meek whisper, but she said it.
"You're not sorry I spanked you? You wanted to be punished?"
"Not at first. But after you did ..."
She looked away.
"What? What happened after I spanked you."
"I think ... I'm not sure ... I've never had one before ... But maybe I had an orgasm."