[Β©2010 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 WITH IDENTITIES DISGUISED; FOR AGES 21 OR ABOVE]
[I just wanted to help young, nubile women, shunned by their boyfriends.]
'WOW' stood for Women's Oasis in Wizzling [Texas.] It was my brainchild all the way. It was a home for 'wayward' women; those who had 'wandered off the path', had sex, and gotten pregnant, all out of wedlock. It was listed as a charity and its only limitation was in capacity: only a dozen residents at a time.
I was married to Beulah, a wealthy scion of a well-to-do family that basically owned Wizzling, a little known tiny town outside of Houston. I had married her strictly for the money. She was as homely as the day is long. I won't describe her because you might be eating while you read this; suffice it to say sex with her was as infrequent as I could make it. In fact, after our honeymoon, sex was mostly a series of apologies and excuses. Now if you're wondering why I didn't skedaddle or fool around: 1-money 2-Wizzling's residents all knew each other. It would've been impossible to shake hands with anyone and not have it be known within minutes. As to travel elsewhere, Beulah turned down my 1st try at that with a dismissive scowl. I didn't want to try another and risk a divorce.
So, what to do? Well, Beulah was not a big fan of Uncle Sam (few Texans are) and always wanted a way around taxes. When I asked her about a charity, she liked the sound of that. I told her I would think on the idea.
It took three days, but I came up with 'WOW-Women's Oasis in Wizzling'. It would be a home for girls, 18 and above, who had gotten in trouble out of wedlock. We had a big new barn which would be perfect for it, with a little 'sprucing up'. The dozen women limitation was key. Not only was it a reasonable limit for that barn, but also it allowed me to pick and choose. It would be only coincidental that only the hottest babes would be chosen. With any luck, Beulah's money would be carting in women by the dozen, just for my review and acceptance. I imagined that some would be 'lonesome' for attention, being out here in the 'hinterland'. Others would be 'appreciative'. I couldn't wait to see how lonesome, and appreciative, they might be.
I directed the renovations to the barn, including a drop ceiling and full air conditioning. When it was through, the huge barn had a dozen small bedrooms, each with their separate door and outside window. Perfect.
Beulah was absolutely delighted with the changes and rubbed her chubby, chapped hands together in glee, mulling over the tax deductions. Depreciation, investment credit, and charitable deductions were the big ones. She thought I was a genius. She had no idea.
That next Monday I began the screening process. I had put an ad in the local paper (yes, it was one of those free ones full of classified ads and little else.) I also prevailed upon Beulah to put an ad in the distant city of Houston's much more impressive paper. THAT was what got us our recruits. The wonders of email: The prospective residents were directed to send us a brief rundown of their situation, either by e-mail or Facebook. Photos were not mandatory (actually, they were) but 'encouraged'. The brilliance of this was that I could pre-screen applicants and avoid the potential problems of personally turning down women because, frankly, they were ugly.
The tally was zero applicants from Wizzling, but 227 applicants from Houston and its metro area. It was fantastic, as 148 of them sent photos. If you can imagine a field of 148 women, a dozen of the nicest was bound to be just plain hot.
Well, within ten days, all of the accepted applicants arrived. Of the dozen, only one was a 'ringer'. She had used her girlfriend's picture, fearful that we would turn away a 'Rosie O'Donnell' look-alike. It was a real trap for me...what to do? I told her that we had overbooked; that one of the first twelve had asked if she could back out due to an emergency. Now the emergency was over. The no-neck 'Rosie O'Donnell' impersonator was not thrilled, having travelled 88 miles out to us. I paid her back for the gas, plus some extra. Receiving this smoothed the waters. Whew!
I quickly called the next best applicant in order to fill out our dozen. And so it was that our huge renovated barn was filled with gorgeous young women, ages 18 to 27. Nine of them already had had their baby, while three were about 'ready to pop' as they say. All twelve were young, gorgeous, and white or Latina. For reasons I didn't know nor care about, half of the babies were mixed race (Mulatto) and another quarter from Hispanic boyfriends.
Up until this project, I had been a house husband. Now I had a 'job' overseeing this charity. To Beulah, the women in the charity and the facility were an abstraction; it was a charity deduction and nothing more. She never once visited the facility to welcome the women after the renovation. She never once came to give a helping hand...I was delighted.
So, it was a typical day at the home. As I rang the buzzer, telling them of my visit, the ladies could buzz the door themselves when I could come in. At first, there was not one time I could come in immediately. Always someone would feel she needed to cover herself up. My first visit took 45 minutes until someone buzzed me in. However, as we got more and more comfortable with each other, things got better. They got MUCH better when they realized that I could provide them transport on day trips, as well as spending money.