Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.
Prompt word:
TEAR
The tall, thin man has been described, by acquaintances, not actual friends, as ‘an ice cube, but not as touchy-feely’; having long established a fifteen second rule for being on hold, he scanned the Café once again but it remained as it was with the exception of the detective, leaning towards Lou Caesare’s ear, while holding his cellphone to his opposite side, as if to keep it as far away from the club owner as possible.
“Still there I trust, it’s been less than fifteen seconds,” the voice had the casually-precise enunciation of an accomplished career woman, yet when the sound of clicking of a keyboard in the distant background registered, an image of a praying mantis flared briefly across the Proprietor’s visual cortex; the voice continued:
“There we go, ok we’re all live on my personal favorite party line, 1-666-Talk-to-Anya,” her laughter was a startling synthesis of an adolescent girl at the local amusement park with just her friends for the first time intertwined with a sensuality that made the dire, albeit arms-length, cautionary tales by nuns during health class sound frivolously understated.
“Look, I don’t know who you think you are, but unless you start making sense, I’m hanging up,” the Manager was moving the receiver back to the cradle in the phone’s base when his cell phone rang;
“As much as I enjoy a little telephone foreplay, I need to get a message to the people at your little Café, can you help a sista out?”
“Look I’m just one of Five Proprietors, so tell me what you want and I’ll let the others know and get back to you…”
“Mr. Man, you don’t mind if I call you by your last name cause addressing you as ‘Tall’ is on the silly side; I know all your little co-Proprietors will listen to you… so save the too-precious self-effacement for the cops and the heiresses… no time, no interest, aightt?”
“As much as I would love to chat, I got a corporation to run and puppies to drown, so let’s get to the main event tonight, Exhibit A: the look on Mr. Caesare’s face as my bff, Ian Devereux, tells him that I’m on the line, this despite Lou’s explicit instructions to never ever get him involved with… wait I got it right here…. (a click followed by Lou Caesare’s voice with only the slightest of static to mark it as a recording), “I like you, Devereaux, I really do, but if you make my city a place of interest to that psycho-corporate bitch Anya Claireaux in Chicago, I’ll put you in the fuckin ground myself, you know what I’m saying?”
A whiplash shift in demeanor from Midwest businesswoman to a high school girl on an Adderall tear just before tryouts for cheerleader, ‘That’s my cue, now wish me luck!”
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Nice to spend time with Anya and the Tall thin man.
Thank you
“Mr. Man….” I can hear Anya now, lol
lol
ikr?
Chicago incoming?
Goood… play ball!
yes sir (wasn’t sure if’n you remembered our Miz Claireaux… she as fun to write as Lou)
Ooh, this is rather ominous… all of us (the Proprietors) are about to find something out – something recorded… it seems.
Not that everyone reads ever comment (or knows Anya Claireaux) but year, if she’s involved than nothing is reliable lol
Well, things are about to get real.
lol this is true
I like how she called the tall, thin man, “Mr. Man”.
yeah, I was enjoying playing with the name of the Proprietor known as ‘the tall, thin man’
She had me at, “and puppies to drown”!
Anya be like that
I like you, Devereau, but….. I think he knows what’s bein’ said!
yeah…be interesting how he (Devereaux) squares it with his (at the moment) client, Lou
“I got a corporation to run and puppies to drown…”
I have GOT to find a way to work this into a casual conversation.
love to be a fly on the wall when that happens
I’m very behind on this but it’s intriguing.
thanks… the people at the table (and now on the phone) along with the Proprietors will all be involved, eventually with Sister Aclima and the Order of Lilith