Have you ever found yourself in a situation that seems too good to be true? It's the sort of situation that makes you just a little nervous. I mean, if you grab at the opportunity and it's a trap you feel like a fool, and it's probably cost you something. On the other hand if it was a legitimate chance and you turned it down then you feel like a fool all over again, and you've missing out on what you might have had.
I guess a lot of the times your acceptance depends on how well you know and trust the other party in the deal. If you don't know the person then you're probably better off backing off and not letting greed get in your way. Greed is what makes most cons successful.
"Hey, Pal, you get the money and it's quite legit. Well almost, but the sucker who loses can't afford to complain because he'd have to admit that he was trying to cheat."
If you know the person, how well do you know and trust them? Hey, I know my father well but I wouldn't trust him with a wooden nickel. He's a true example of the smiling assassin, willing to extract the gold fillings from your teeth while convincing you that you want him to have them.
I ran into one of those situations recently where money wasn't on the table but a little bit of nookie was, if you get my drift. I'm a reasonably successful businessman, even if I am only in my early twenties. I started off playing around with computers from the moment I hit my teens and managed to build my knowhow with some inventiveness to come up with a couple of patentable gadgets that got picked up by a couple of the big corporations.
In case you didn't know it, it is often cheaper for the big corporations to let the small chaps like me do the R&D work and then buy the finished product. I get a nice lump sum and ongoing royalties. They get tax breaks by claiming my work as part of their R&D and everyone is happy. The corporations are also willing to give me hints in which way their products are heading so I can focus my attentions on things that they might want.
Mind you, one corporation pirated a game I came up with. They changed some graphics, changed the title, and started selling. I sued and they laughed and quite happily went to court. In court they produced documentation that proved that they'd written the game and as far as they were concerned that was that. I requested that the Judge load a version of the game that the defendants supplied and then instructed the Judge to enter a specific series of key strokes.
I love Easter Eggs in code. The one that the Judge uncovered revealed dates and information about how I created the game, and stated that any game containing this Easter Egg was a pirated copy.
The corporation had no come-back as the game was one they supplied, downloaded from their site. I was awarded heavy damages and ongoing royalties. On top of that the corporation found themselves trying to explain to the Judge as to why they provided false evidence. A fun time was had by all.
The point of this preamble is that I'm fully aware of how cheats work and I do take steps to obviate their mechanisms.
Speaking about myself, while I wouldn't call myself a lady's man I do like the girls. I'd had a couple of semi-serious girlfriends in the past but was currently without one, but looking. Being a friendly, outgoing, type I didn't think I'd have to go all that long without meeting someone with whom I could get better acquainted.
This brings me to Michelle and Robert. Michelle was a long, cool, blonde, with an excellent figure. Playboy material without a doubt. I'd invited her out a couple of times and been turned down, not in a 'never in your lifetime' manner, but in more of a 'keep trying' way. Robert looked enough like her to be her twin, but my understanding was that they were a year apart, her nineteen to his twenty.
Robert was a friendly soul. Very friendly. He never met a person he didn't instantly like and he managed to make people like him as well. The only reason he wasn't a politician was that he was too agreeable. Whatever your political philosophy he would back you up. Apparently disagreeing with someone, even over politics, was an unfriendly act, and he was all about friendship.
Michelle finally accepted a date and I arranged for dinner and a show. I enjoyed myself and it seemed to me that Michelle did, too. It was only dinner and a show and take her home, but I had hopes for an advancement on our relationship.
This set the tone for the next few weeks. Michelle was friendly, liked a little bit of kissing, but that was it, although she did seem to be hinting that she wanted more. Robert finally enlightened me.
"Michelle's not a virgin," he told me.
"None of my business if she is or isn't," I pointed out, wondering at the same time that if that was the case why was she steadily resisting me?
"Yeah, yeah," Robert said, agreeable as always, "but if you expect to have sex with her you're going to have to force her."
"Excuse me?" I said, a noticeable chill in my voice.
"Now don't take me up like that," complained Robert. "It's not me. It's Michelle. She likes sex but just feels that the man should be dominant and force her, over-riding any complaints that she might make."
"They call that rape and there's a substantial prison term associated with that sort of thing."
"Only if she complains and she won't because that's what she wants. It's not rape if that's how she wants to have sex with you."
That's the sort of situation every man has wondered about. What would it be like to force this girl to have sex with you, ignoring her protests and struggles? Invariably we're held back by our own conscience or the fear of the law, but if that's what she really wanted? That's a different ball-game.
Here's where how well do I know Robert comes into play. What did he have to gain by telling me this? Did I trust him? The answer to that question was not one little bit. Anyone who liked everyone was a little bit sus where I was concerned.
Add to that, how well did I know and trust Michelle? Again, the question stuck in my mind.
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked. "You'd think that you wanted your sister to be raped."
"Hey, it's not me," he protested. "I'm only telling you because she hinted that I should. She likes you but for some reason she has this fetish where her first time with a man is concerned. Once you've established your authority she'll be putty in your hands for future dates."
Next time I was out with Michelle I carefully broached the subject with her.
"What's with Robert, Michelle? He tells me that I should be dragging you behind some bushes and fucking you like crazy because that what you like."
"What? No way he said something like that," she protested, indignant on behalf of her brother.
"Well, maybe he wasn't that crude but he did say that I should force you into bed or the equivalent thereof, because you like to be forced the first time you're with a man. Not every time, but certainly the first. Care to explain what is going on."
