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Chapter 9

Jamie was tired as hell, but he grinned all the way back to the base. Stix had really surprised him. She was damn good. No one had ever made him scream with joy like that. He was a marine, disciplined and in absolute control. He had always been able to control his emotions. Stix had gotten the best of him. And she had a very nice place. She wasn’t rich like he wanted, but she could fill in the gap while he kept looking for the woman of his dreams. Between Stix and Bambi, his airline stewardess girlfriend in New York, he could be quite content until he found “the one.” He couldn’t wait to tell Cat.

Juan Catalina was Jamie’s best friend. He had known him since childhood. They had enlisted together. Jamie confided in Cat about everything. Cat looked at Jamie’s face and said, “Dude, you going to make it today? Looks like you had quite a night.” Cat knew that if Jamie spent time with a woman, he must be sleeping with her.

“I have no other choice,” Jamie said. “I’ve got to get going at 4:00 a.m. It’s already 2:00 a.m.” Jamie decided he better take another shower to try to stay awake. He had taken a shower at Stix’s house, but she had started to kiss him again. That led to another round of passionate sex. Damn, she’s hot! Jamie thought.

Cat laughed and said, “Going back for more tonight?”

Jamie thought about that and replied, “No, I can’t afford to get too hung up on her. You know what I’m looking for. She ain’t it. I’ll tap that ass periodically, but I can’t get too involved.”

Cat just rolled his eyes. He couldn’t understand why Jamie was still dreaming about a rich white woman. He had been burned so badly before. Cat was referring to the white woman Jamie had an affair with a couple of years ago. Cat would never forget her. Her name was Amy. She was tall and looked like a model. She looked and acted like a rich woman. She had been separated from her husband. He was one of those big executives making seven figures. She had left him because he was having an affair with a younger woman.

Jamie had stroked her bruised ego. He had lavished her with compliments, gifts, and lots of affection. She was destined to collect millions after her divorce, Jamie thought. She kept telling him the divorce would be final soon. They had been together almost a year. Jamie had started to fall in love with her or at least in love with the idea of spending her money. He had finally hit the jackpot! With her millions, he could get everything that he wanted and deserved. The first thing that he would buy would be a yacht. He always wanted a yacht. He had managed to buy a small boat. He knew that was his temporary transportation until he found the right woman. One day, he would have his yacht.

Jamie loved the water. He could see himself entertaining Cat and his friends on his yacht. He especially wanted to invite his old buddy Aaron. Aaron and Jamie had made this bet a long time ago. The first one to get a house with a yacht docked in the back of his house would win the bet. Aaron was black and had married a white woman. She was a professor at a university. She was a homely woman, but she made a decent salary. Together, they were doing quite well. Aaron had told Jamie that they were building a home. They lived in Florida. They had just had a baby. Jamie was getting very nervous. That was why he was so anxious to marry Amy. He had to win that bet.

One day, Jamie and Amy were supposed to go away for the weekend. Although her divorce wasn’t final, Jamie had sacrificed and bought her a 3-carat diamond ring. He was going to propose and give it to her that weekend. He waited and waited. He called and got no answer. He got really worried that something bad had happened to her. He called one of her friends that he knew was close to her. He asked her friend whether she had heard from Amy.

“You haven’t spoken to her lately, have you?” her friend said. “I’m sorry to tell you this, but I think she went back to her husband.”

“That’s impossible!” Jamie yelled. “Her divorce should have been final. I was going to ask her to marry me.”

Her friend was silent for a moment. “I wasn’t aware of Amy ever filing for a divorce. She always hoped that her husband would come to his senses and come back to her.”

Jamie said angrily, “You’re crazy. You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. We love each other.”

Amy’s friend never liked Jamie, so she said, “She always said you were a big dumb fart and she only spent time with you because you were good in the sack.”

With that Jamie slammed the phone down, jumped in his car, and headed toward Amy’s house.

Amy and her husband lived in a mansion. Jamie drove up to the front door. He needed to confront her husband. He needed to tell him that he and Amy were to be married. Jamie rang the doorbell. A distinguished-looking gentleman answered the door.

“Can I help you?” he said.

Jamie squared his shoulders and asked, “Is Amy here?”

The man replied, “Yes, she is. Whom shall I say is calling?”

“Lieutenant Jamie Wingo, her fiancée,” said Jamie.

The man’s eyes widened with amusement. “So you are the one my wife has been seeing,” the man said.

Jamie heard Amy in the background. “Who is it, dear?” she said.

The man chuckled and said, “It’s your fiancée.”

Puzzled, Amy said, “What?” Amy spotted Jamie, and for a moment, she was petrified. Then she said, “I told my husband about you. It’s over between us, Jamie. I’m staying with my beloved husband. Please leave my home, and please leave me alone!”

Jamie could not believe his ears. Before he knew it, he became enraged and pushed past the man. He had his hands around Amy’s throat. It took all the servants to pull him off her.

Jamie could have been court-marshalled for that incident, but because her husband was planning on running for a political office, Jamie wasn’t charged. It wouldn’t look good for a candidate to be embroiled in an incident with a US marine. Amy and her husband continued on with their life. Jamie, however, had a major setback. He had to be hospitalized. He was so angry and so hurt that he had a breakdown. He was under psychiatric care for months. The only thing that brought him back was his best friend, Cat, and his twin brother, Johnny. They wouldn’t give up on him. They visited him every day. Eventually, Jamie came out of it, but something had changed. He was bitter. He kept his heart guarded. Women would be for his use. They would never use him again.