The phone
was ringing when I arrived at his door. It was his home line and he let it go
to voicemail. It was actually one of those old school recordings where you get
to hear the message as it’s being left. I thought those only existed on TV. I
collected my fee and called into the agency. As Tina answers the phone a loud
screeching noise goes off to the left of me. It’s his ring tone. It screams
“Danger, danger, danger!” and I see the face of a woman on the display. Without
acknowledging me he takes the call outside but returns quickly.
He has
booked me for half an hour, which irritates the shit out of me because I have
to do equal work for half pay, so out of spite I give him 20 minutes. We go
upstairs and get to work. The phone continues to ring. Incessantly. It
alternates between his cell and his home phone and it doesn’t stop for the
duration that I’m there.
It’s a
shitty call. He can’t get hard, and he keeps pushing for more than what he’s
paid for. When my time is up I go to the washroom and I notice a hole in the
wall. Well really, it’s more a dint than a whole and it’s slightly above eye
level. It wasn’t caused by a fist; that’d be bigger, lower and tends to go
through drywall. I turn my back to the wall, stand on my toes and lean back.
The crown of my head fits perfectly in the dint. Time to go. I walk out, and
quickly start getting dressed. He tries to convince me to stay, but I’m not
having it. In the short amount of time it takes to get out the door his
pleading has turned to yelling.
By the time
I’m in the car, I have Tina on the phone and she has crazy dude in the black
book.
