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20-02-2014, 10:43 PM
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Re: Fifteen
Dun leh, bro, like that most of us confirm will suffer cold turkey one.
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21-02-2014, 12:14 AM
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Re: Fifteen
16th March 2012
Friday I was mentally prepared for any awkward moments and situation when I arrived in front of Aaron’s place that morning with Beng soon From what I understood from Selene during a casual chat in the pantry couple days back, everything was still going according to plan despite them giving each other the cold shoulders. There were still some friction and trust issues that needed to be worked out. What I did not understand though was why Selene still kept her pregnancy underwraps. I was hanging around a few units away while waiting for Selene to call. Over a quick breakfast at a coffee shop in hougang, I briefly went through the quotation Beng soon gave. It was a reasonable price and it was a pretty small job. Less than 40k. Given the items and specifications Selene asked for, I would say it was a pretty good deal. 10.30am I got a call from Selene and Beng Soon and I approached the place. It was a old 2 storey house but looked pretty well maintained. It just needed a new coat of paint and some touchups to the roof. There was a decaying tree in the compound which needed to be removed as well. We waved to Aaron’s grandmother who was rocking away in her chair watching Korean drama. Aaron arrived a little after 10.45am and it was a uneasy meeting. We could all feel the tension in the air. 11.15am We sat down at the dining table and I could not help but notice that Selene was not really talking to Aaron. She was trying to talk to Beng soon about the workmanship she wanted. Since everything was already well documented on the drawings, Beng Soon said he gave a good price on account of our long working relationship. I got the ball rolling by asking Beng Soon if he could give a better price. He went one big round, citing labour cost, worker’s levy and the higher cost of business, and to conclude, he turned me down flatly. Selene and Aaron were keeping quiet and I felt I needed to urge them on. I did not want to engage Selene yet so I egged Aaron to bargain first. James : Hmmm… 38.5k … eh Aaron… what you think ? You all are paying you know… better bargain .. haha Beng Soon : Eh.. cannot la, really very good price, everything you asked for is top of the line. All good quality. Aaron gave a half hearted attempt to lower the price by $500 and I almost wanted to roll my eyes. I shot Selene a look and nodded in a cheeky manner towards Beng Soon. I’m not sure if Aaron caught that but Selene tried bargaining as well. Selene : Well.. I know the price is fair.. but Beng Soon, the office has given you quite a bit of jobs you know… That was the time I fucking want to give Beng soon an award. I could see his face suddenly lit up and his whole body language changed. He turned towards Selene with a huge grin and listened intently. Selene : So you know… you know what to do ? haha ? I would have expected him to agree to cut his price immediately but he took it a notch higher. He bit down his lips, thought about it for a couple of seconds before saying these exact words. Beng Soon : Ehhh.. ok lah… since you ask… I’ll adjust it again lor. I decided to fan the flames a little by joking out loud. James : Hello… what is this brother ? ??? I gestured to Aaron and me; James : We ask no discount , Selene ask you adjust…. A bit not right la. I tried hard to control my laughter as I stole a quick look at Aaron who was not looking too pleased. Beng Soon : Eh… cannot like that say la.. people pretty girl ma… I totally saw Beng Soon checking Selene out in front of Aaron and I was damm aroused when I saw Selene laughed and sub consciously brushing back her hair. James : Orhh… so you saying wear skirt special treatment is it ? I can also wear. Selene : Haha. Ok James.. stop it…. She turned to Beng Soon and she too was shocked when Beng Soon offered to take 10% off the price. I immediately stood up, partly because I agreed to cover the losses and partly I wanted to milk it for all it was worth. James : Wah lan eh… like that 3.8k discount. Selene…. Lend me a spare skirt…. I think we should double it or nothing.. By now Selene and Beng soon are just laughing and the only person with a straight face was Aaron. Selene was no doubt a little encouraged by the work of her charms and she pushed her luck a little and I swore Beng Soon almost blushed when she tried to cut the price a little more. If I had a blood pressure monitor strapped onto Aaron, It should be beeping away. We concluded the final cost to be at 32k. A 6.5k discount in total and all Selene had to do was smile and look pretty in front of Beng Soon. 11.45am We were all gathered in front of the gate and I dropped the bomb in front of Aaron. James : eh Selene… I bet if you asked right now, Beng Soon would even buy you lunch. … strike while iron is hot. Beng Soon : Eh…. Don’t kotok me la… I poor contractor… haha I did not know if Selene was just sporting that day or she just want to spite Aaron at every turn and she really asked Beng Soon. Naturally, like the big boss of a contractor, Beng Soon offered to buy all of us lunch. I pretended to suddenly reach in my pocket and speak into my phone, excusing myself for a moment. I came back to the group a minutes later adding that I got to rush off and I asked that they enjoy the lunch. I excused myself after saying goodbye and left the group. It was only 10 minutes later when Beng Soon called, adding that Aaron did not look too happy and he said that he’s heading back to work too. He was expecting Selene to reject the lunch treat but she did not. She went ahead anyway. Now there was a 50-50 chance of Selene agreeing to go for lunch with Beng soon, I had actually planned for Aaron and her to join Beng soon, and the plan was for Beng Soon to flirt and shower Selene with attention. Being in the same industry, I asked my friend to use as much construction jargons as possible if that were to happen. That would effectively cut Aaron out of the conversation. I did not expect Selene to agree to a one on one lunch with Beng Soon but I could see he was still pretty pleased with it. It’s not often Beng Soon gets to bring a nice pretty girl out for lunch. I text Beng Soon, and suggested they have a long lunch at a hotel buffet and to drag it as long as possible. James sms : Go to Corpthorne king. They got nice Penang buffet. Now I was armed with 2 very important piece of information. One, Aaron would not be with Selene and Beng Soon. Two, the long lunch at a hotel. When Beng Soon texted me at 1pm , saying they just got a seat, I tried to hold back my snigger as I thought about what I should say to Aaron. At 2.15pm I called Aaron. James : Hey Hello Aaron… James here… where are you guys are ? I just got to the hotel Aaron : What are you talking about ? James : you all having lunch right ? …. Beng Soon told me earlier you all eating here. Aaron : No.. I am not with them .. James : eh.. funny leh. … I tried calling but both their phone no reception so I called you. Thought you are with them… never mind. I’ll try them again. I hung up after that as I held on to my stomach as I laughed so hard I needed to bend over. Barely a minute later i got a phone call from Aaron. He told me Selene and Beng soon were at the restaurant right at the back. He must have immediately called and checked on Selene. That was when I knew I had him. James : Aaron, not possible, I walked every corner of the restaurant, they’re not here. I’m too hungry, I gave up looking. When Selene got back into the office around 3pm, she asked if I went and look for them. James : Yah, I walked the whole place, couldn’t find you guys and somehow I could not get through. I thought Aaron was there too so I called him. Selene : But we were right there… James : eh… I must have walked grand corpthorne like 5 times….. She raised up her hands in defeat; Selene : Oh you genius,…. We’re at Corpthorne King… not grand Corpthorne… James : Ohhh….. She walked off back into her room, no doubt Aaron must have threw another fit, accusing her of something she could not have done. Probably accusing her of sleeping with Beng Soon to get further discount but I don’t know. 8pm I proceeded to send Beng soon a series of 20 pictures and I asked him to load it into his ipad together with some of his past portfolio references . I edited the photos, changing the date to the day Beng Soon and Selene went for lunch, and the time to be around the period they were so call “uncontactable.” I even ‘time and date stamped’ every jpeg at the bottom left corner.
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21-02-2014, 12:27 AM
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Re: Fifteen
3 of Selene’s top and bra.
7 of her various belongings from bag to combs 9 of the messed up bed with her pants at the edge suggesting things did go too far 1 of her undies beside the wrapper of a used condom 24th March 2012 Saturday I had checked Selene’s Schedule and I knew she had to go Penang on the 22nd and will only be back on the 24th. She would be staying an additional day to attend a conference. I made the arrangement for Beng Soon to head over to Aaron’s place on the morning of the 24rd March after the paperwork was done. He was to discuss certain items with Aaron and his grandmother, especially on the toilet that they wanted to redo. It was important I made sure Selene would not be there that day. I had told Beng Soon specifically to put the pictures I sent him inside a separate folder in his tablet but to just point Aaron to the overall gallery for him to scroll through some of the past references. Inside the same folder , he was too add in some other private pictures, raunchy poses, other girls for all I cared but 80% of the jpeg had to be mine. That was to make sure Aaron chance upon enough to mess with his brain. Now this part is important. Critical in fact. There was no telling how Aaron would react but I tried to put myself in his shoes. I tried to imagine I was the one flipping through the ipad, looking at the pictures. Amongst the various references of Beng Soon’s past work, up pops the odd occasional private pictures. Now Beng soon would no doubt be facing Aaron, trying to gesture and talk about his stuff while leaving Aaron to scroll though the ipad. There were nothing specific to tie Selene to the scene in terms of hard concrete evidence, nothing, but when the picture of a familiar pair of pants, the familiar sight of a stray bra, the familiar pair of heels appearing, your mind would wander. Then perhaps the picture of a familiar pair of undies, perhaps one you had taken off before suddenly appear before you. A quick check on the date would bring back recent memories. Memories of an afternoon. An afternoon lunch which followed a steep discount. How would you feel ? Now I was very sure that Aaron would not throw the ipad on the ground and start throwing a fit. Why ? Because it would arrive initially as a shock. A shock like a slap to his face seeing a pair of heels that Selene owned appearing on a picture. Anyone could have bought the same pair. Anyone could have bought the same undies, chose the same bra, liked the same pants. He had no evidence, no proof, all he could think of was to look at the pictures again. It was enough to fuck with the brain. Aaron would have expected to see pictures of renovation works, instead he gets a shock with the first picture before it disappears with the flick of a finger. He would be curious, he would want to see more, and as such, his fingers would probably move faster. His mind no doubt already arriving at a conclusion. Beng Soon would be talking all this while, and he would not be leaving Aaron with the ipad for too long, probably long enough for him to chance upon enough pictures but not enough to linger on the details. Beng soon would continue talking normally, talking about the upcoming renovation, while Aaron would have only one thing on his mind. Selene. It was mainly pure deduction on my part but when I checked with Beng Soon after he left Aaron’s place, he said everything pretty much went accordingly to my plan. The only hiccup was that Aaron kept asking to have another look at the references and Beng Soon found it hard to say no. He said Aaron looked pretty stoned when he left him. I immediately told Beng Soon to replace the private pictures in his folder, throw in some porn pictures, leaked Taiwan scandals and stuff. He was to download pictures of heels, worn bras, stained panties from online forums. Build up a collection. 25th March 2012 Monday 6am Yes, at 6am in the morning, my phone rang. It was Selene and I could tell she was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she quarrelled the whole night with Aaron. James : What is the matter ? Selene : He…. He accused me of sleeping around…. With Beng Soon… In my half awake state, I felt the rush of blood to my manhood. James : What ? Is he mad ? Selene : Sob… he said…. He said he saw pictures…. On… sob… Beng Soon’s ipad. James : What kind of rubbish is this. Who would put this kind of things on their ipad ? I calmed her down and told her to wash up and get changed, I’ll drop by her place and pick her up in a cab. We’ll go find Beng soon and trash things out. 7.15am I arrived at Selene’s place and I saw her come out of her house with swollen eyes and she looked tired, I opened the door for her and we were on our way to Beng Soon’s office. We were silent during the cab ride to Jurong as Beng Soon’s office is located near IMM. Selene was just staring out the window and right when the cab slowed down to take the exit out Toh Guan, I decided to make my move. I slowly reached over and took Selene’s hand. She turned and looked at me. I gave her cold hand a gentle squeeze and reassured her that it’s just a misunderstanding and we’ll sort this out. We arrived at Beng Soon’s office at 8.30am due to the morning Jam and the staff told us he’s not in yet. We took a seat outside his office which happened to be a makeshift pantry. I called Beng Soon and told him we needed to talk and it’s urgent. James : Oei… Where are you ? I’m at your office ….. Faster la… need to clarify something. I gestured a 10 minutes signal to Selene, telling her he’s on his way. James : Eh… btw… where’s your portfolio reference ar ? We want to take a look. …. Okok.. we wait for you. The moment I hung up, I went over to Beng Soon’s office and peered through the window. I went to one of Beng Soon’s staff and asked if she could let us in. Staff : Oh… sorry ah. Only boss got the key. Selene looked listless and tired and we had no choice but to wait. I took the opportunity to hold her hand and squeezed it a second time and this time round I let it linger a while longer before letting go. 8.45am Beng Soon arrived in the office Selene immediately went and asked Beng Soon for his ipad but he pointed that it’s in his office. Selene : Can I see it ? Beng Soon : Err… ok… what’ wrong with you all ? Early morning come here see my past works… got lobang for me is it… ? Selene went on ahead and grabbed the ipad that was sitting on Beng Soon’s desk. Beng Soon : Password is 1688. I went over to Selene’s side and watch her slowly flick through the gallery. When the first image came up, it was time to use my acting skills again. James : Oh my god…. Eh… Beng Soon… private things can don’t keep here or not ? Just when I thought my acting skills was good, Beng soon easily topped them. Beng Soon : What do you mean ? He came over and saw the picture of a worn panty he downloaded. Beng Soon : Oh… shit… shit.. shit… sorry…. I donno why that folder was synced… He tried to take it but I put up a hand. James : Give us a moment. And it was that moment that Selene got angrier and angrier as she flipped through countless pictures of worn undies, stolen bras, hotel sex scandals and pictures of amateur porn. She finally settled down onto the chair with a loud plop before burying her face with her hands.
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#454
21-02-2014, 12:28 AM
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9.00am
We left Beng Soon's office shortly after we looked through the pictures. Selene looked good in her work wear that morning despite her puffy eyes. She had on a simple grey long sleeve blouse and a over the knees white skirt. Her heels happened to be the same pair she wore the last time we travelled. As we were waiting for a cab, I gave her shoulder a squeeze and asked if she needed to cool down. It was a hot and humid Monday morning. I could already feel the Monday blues of work creeping up on me but being with Selene made me feel so much better. 9.10am Selene gave a high sigh before saying something that took my Monday blues away. Selene : James…. Can you drop everything and accompany me for a day ? I need a break… I gave her a gentle smile and brushed back the stray fringe of her hair. Right at that moment, a cab arrived, timed to perfection. Selene got in first but she kept quiet. I got in and the cab driver looked at me through the rear view mirror. 5 Seconds of silence is really long inside a cab especially when you have not decided on a place to go. Selene was just staring out the side of the window and I took a deep breath and decided it was about time. James : Uncle, Sentosa.. Selene turned and gave me a bewildered look and I gestured for her bag for her to take out her phone. I showed her my screen and I turned it off. James : Today…. I drop everything… I looked at Selene as her finger hovered uncertainly over the off button. She must have a lot on her mind, the office, her staff, the business, deadlines, deliverables, and a paranoid husband to be… I reached for her hand the 3rd time that morning and I helped her hit the off button. I did not let go of my hands after that. Instead i gently clasped over her fingers, squeezing it gently. I want Selene to know i was there for her. I looked away and i could feel Selene's eyes on me. I could feel my heart beating, slamming against my chest, like the first time i ever held a girls' hand. I could feel some hesitation from her fingers, unsure of the proper reaction. I took the initiative and interlinked our fingers together and was over the moon when she did not push me away or try to break free. I repeated the same words i said earlier but this time round with a questioning tone. James : One Day ? Perhaps it was my sincere smile, or perhaps it was the series of events the past few weeks. I would always remember Selene's reply. A smile slowly broke on her lips but it was the smile in her eyes which i saw. Selene : ok.. One day.
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#455
21-02-2014, 12:54 AM
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#459
21-02-2014, 11:06 AM
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One day is more than enough?
waiting anxiously for update. 
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#460
21-02-2014, 12:38 PM
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#461
21-02-2014, 01:23 PM
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Should have make it one week instead!
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#462
21-02-2014, 02:31 PM
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Keep it up TS
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#463
21-02-2014, 03:29 PM
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bro ilock is a master story-teller. can't wait for him to finally be with selene....even if it was for just one day.
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#464
21-02-2014, 03:37 PM
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Wao.. Wao.. Ts, ur writing is damn good, it makes readers really venture the world of James. Really the best story here! Cant wait for the next update
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#465
21-02-2014, 08:26 PM
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Re: Fifteen
One day... ... no interruptions... no other people around... only James and Selene... At Sentosa... So many places to visit... So many spas to enjoy... SO MANY HOTELS to choose... Hahahahahaha!!! !!!
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