'Money'

chapter one - going to Houston/the reunion part one

June 2000

The phone rings in the distance, she wakes up and looks around, disoriented. The hangover is a fact, fuck, I shouldn't have had that last beer.

Superintendent Jackie Smith looks irritated around the room and searches with foggy eyes after the noice that woke her.

"What the fuck does that noise come from?" she thinks and looks around the big dark empty bedroom.

When she registers that the sound is the phone, ringing loudly, she grabs it and answers with a stern "yes".

- Ms Jackie Smith? the voice on the other end of the phone asks.

- This is superintendent Jackie Smith, she says, only slightly calmer than before.

- Good morning, miss, and sorry to have woken the superintendent at such an ungodly hour, didn't think of the time difference, sorry for that, this is Erica Evans at the Houston crime unit, says the woman on the other end.

"Houston" Jackie thinks, "what does the crime unit in Houston, Texas want with an ordinary rookie cop in Hammondsport, New York?

- So, what's this about? Jackie asks.

- We've found Harlon...

The line goes silent for what feels like hours before it sinks in what she's just heard.

- Harlon? That Harlon?

"Fuck, 'Money', what the fuck have you gotten yourself into this time?"

- Jacob 'Money' Harlon..that name ring any bells?

- Should it? I mean, I know who he is.

- Good, cause I need you...you're gonna interrogate that piece of shit, I want you here with the next flight.

- Why me?

- You know him, don't you, I've heard you two used to be...quite close...

- That was a long time ago.

- I've heard othervise, there were hidden cameras in his cell last time you met with him, still is, so maybe we'll find out about how "not close" you two are these days..

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Jesus Jackie! The guards saw you with him...

- We used to date, okey, I admit it...I've dated him, we dated for a while when we were teenagers...and yes, I had missed that cock, so would you if you'd ridden it. By the way, if I'm to go to Houston, I better hang up now.

- I got you a ticket, it will be there with you in about five minutes, flight leaves at noon.

- Thanks, bye, see you when I get there.

"Noon, ah, fuck, Houston...fuck...'Money'...FUCK...oh well, better get my hungover ass out of bed and try having a shower then, so I can go see that fucking ex lover of mine"

While in the shower, thoughts of him...Jacob 'Money' Harlon, her brother's best friend from childhood, Jacob "Money" Harlon, the bad boy, the sexiest man she's ever met, comes to Jackie's mind and she gets wet by the very thought of him, his hands on her body, his lips on hers, on her neck, down there...his hard, thick rod throbbing, ready and waiting.

- Ah, 'Money'! she cries out, coming, hard, like she's only ever done for him.

She opens her eyes, gets out of the showers, goes to dry off and get ready to leave, just as she's done dressing, there's a knock at the door, she goes to open.

- Hi miss, I'm here with your plane ticket, the young man at the door says, holding out the plane ticket to her.

- Thanks, Jackie says distractedly and takes the ticket, her mind still on 'Money'.