It was a summer morning in August. As realtor and builder Deb Jones makes her way through the Delta Ridge subdivision. Changing out her signs. For sale, Sold or under contract. Deb always takes pride in putting up or moving around her signs. The summer months were always busy for the potential home buyers. And Deb always looked forward to helping them with there needs.
She drives through phase two and into phase three, where the newest construction was being done.
The sounds of hammering, nail guns and saws were music to her ears as she parks on the street of mud and changed out of her heels and into her work boots. With safety glasses, hard hat and blue prints in hand. She hopped out of her Toyota 4x4 and walked towards the framed up home.
“ Tighten up men!…The boss lady is on the scene! “
A bearded shirtless man yells out, standing in his overalls and work boots.
He then tossed away a half drunk can of beer on to a trash pile.
“ Morning Deb. What brings you out this morning? “
“ I just wanted to check things out. “ She said climbing up into the framed up house to inspect there craftsmanship. She walks around looking around and turns to Bubba, unrolling the blue prints.
“ You got changes Deb? “
“ Yep Just brick the front only. Stucco the rest. We got to get our cost down. “
“ Okay Deb we can do that. “ Bubba says with a sigh.
Deb looks up towards the roof.
“ Didn’t I tell you to spread those rafters out? “
“ Deb this is a $300,000 home your building!..Not some shack in the woods! It’s got to support the roof! “ Bubba argues against her cost cutting measures.
“ It will…Or at least until the warranty runs out. You gonna be ready for that cheap Chinese dry wall I’ve got on the way? “
“ It will be ready Deb. “
“ When it comes I want it up mudded, taped sanded and painted in one day! I want that shit covered up! By all means don’t get it wet! “
“ Okay Deb we’ll get it done! “
“ Is that marijuana I smell? “
“ No Deb that’s just some cheap Chinese cigarettes the guys have found. Damn Marlboro’s are at $6.00 a pack you know? “
“ Yeah I might have to get with you on that. Come on down here to the truck. I got some other stuff to show you, that we’re fixing to start using.
They walk back to Debs truck. Bubba looks over the packs of roofing shingles, siding and boxes of tiles. Along with a box of aluminum wiring.
Bubba shakes his head as he looks over the stuff. All of it made by ACME With a picture of none other than Wile E Coyote on it.
“ I’ve got a whole warehouse full of this shit. I got a hell of a deal on it. “
“ You got a Hell of a deal cause it’s illegal! This is all asbestos products! “
“ Shhhhhh!….Watch your mouth! God damn lawyers can hear that word from 100 miles away! “
“ This won’t pass inspection Deb! “
“ You let me worry about the inspector! You build the God damn house! “
“ Ain’t this the same brand of that stuff you almost killed me with. When we flipped that termite infested home a while back? “
“ Yep and those people won’t see no kind of bug or pest on that property for at least the next 50 years! “
“ And what about that Kudzu patch that my bulldozer wouldn’t even push into until you sprayed it with that shit? “
“ Yep ACME made that stuff to. They make good stuff Bubba. “
“ I know Deb. And the EPA man is gonna have a field day fucking your ass, when he catches you. “
“ I hope that’s not the only hole he fucks. “
“ You know what I mean Deb. This shit your doing is unethical and illegal. We gonna both be in deep shit if we get caught. “ Bubba try’s to explain to Deb.
“ Look Bubba The housing bubble is gonna bust! We got to get our costs down and our profits up, so we can weather that storm. “
Though Bubba didn’t like it. He knew Deb was speaking the truth. It was simple and basic economics.
“ Got to get going. Got people to meet and things to do. “ Deb said taking off her hard hat, and safety glasses. She climbed back into her truck and changed back into her high heels.
“ Good to see ya again Deb. “
“ Same here Bubba. “ She cranks the truck and makes her way back towards phase one. Where she spots a moving truck.
It was the James family moving into there new home. She spots a blonde woman standing in the front yard in white shorts and a tee shirt. Supervising all the things going on.
Deb parks and gets out to go over to meet her. Her sister in law had assisted them with there home purchase, so Deb had not yet had a chance to meet with them.
The woman sees Deb approaching her with a warm smile.
“ Good morning. I’m Deb Jones with Delta reality. “
Deb said extending her hand towards hers.
“ Oh Mrs. Jones it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. I’m Karen James. “
The two women shake hands.
“ I hope my top realtor made your home purchase a smooth and pleasant experience? “
“ Oh Cheryl was awesome! She showed us around and found us just what we were looking for. “
“ That’s wonderful! Where are you from? And what brings you to the Delta? “
“ We are from Nevada. My husbands work sent him here. He works for the casino over in Tunica. Are you a gambling person? “
“ On occasion I am. I like to play a little black jack and roulette a little. But I usually find my luck to be better in the back room of The Fuzzy Duck club. More that at the big casinos. “
“ The Fuzzy Duck club? I haven’t heard of that one? “
“ It’s just a little place outside of town. Trust me you’ll know it when you see it. “
Deb sees Karen looking into the back of the moving truck.
“ Kylee Don’t pick that up!…Cody you wait on your father to help you with that! “
She yells at the two teenagers as they start trying to move around a heavy curio cabinet.
She turns back to Deb.
“ Those are my two kids. Kylee is a freshman. Cody is a senior.
Deb watched from the yard defiantly liking what she saw in Cody. Being shirt less and blonde. With strong bulging biceps and broad shoulders.
Karen sees Deb looking Cody over hard.
“ Cody’s got a 4.0 GPA. He’s also a gymnast and runs track. “
“ Oh he’s perfect! “ Deb blurts out without thinking.
“ How’s that? “ Karen asks with interest. Seeing as Deb was almost undressing her Son with her eyes, right in front of her.
Deb thinks fast and opens her purse, taking out her billfold she shows a picture of her own daughters to Karen.
“ Oh you got twins?…There adorable! “
Karen said with excitement in her voice.
“ Yeah this ones Misty. She points to the chubby one. and this one is Crystal. She to has a 4.0 GPA. And she runs track. “
“ Cody come down and look at this. “
Karen yells up into the truck.
He quickly walks down the ramp to his mother.
Standing at 6’2 he towers over Deb.
She couldn’t keep her eyes off his muscular pectoral muscles and his six pack abs. Then there seemed to be an impressive bulge coming from his red jogging shorts. Though Deb try’s not to stair. Not wanting an awkward situation to come up between her and his mother.
“ This is Mrs. Jones. She’s got two daughters going to school where your going to be going in a few weeks.
“ Wow! There hot! “ Cody said with a smile.
Deb smiles with pride.
“ I see where they get there looks. “
Deb sees the teenage boys eyes giving her short curvy body, a slow look over from head to toe. She blushed noticing him looking straight at her thin white blouse. So thin that it cling to her hot sweaty body, almost see through. You could see her white bra through it.
“ Your a very beautiful woman Mrs. Jones.”
Cody says smiling down at her.
“ Oh stop! “ Deb said red faced and flattened.
Karen laughs.
“ Please excuse my Son. Like his father he thinks he’s a real ladies man. “
“ Oh…Okay “ Deb laughs and nods.
“ So what y’all think about Mississippi so far? “
Deb asks as Karen swats at the bugs flying right in her face.
“ This heat and humidity is awful!…It wasn’t like this in Nevada. “
“ Yeah it takes a little getting used to. “
“ Your from here Deb? “
“ Yeah I lived a few years in California with my husband. But I came back. “
“ So your married or divorced? “
“ I’m a widow. “
“ Oh I’m sorry. “
“ It’s okay. “
Karen spots Cody looking Deb over again.
“ Cody go help your sister with those boxes. “
“ Sure mom. Nice meeting you Mrs. Jones.”
“ Nice meeting you to Cody. “
Karen looks across the big spacious front yard.
“ This yard is so beautiful. We ain’t never had no grass like this before. We had kind of a desert landscape. It only rains during monsoon season. “
Thunder rumbling in the distance.
“ We have monsoon season almost every day here in the summer. “
More thunder rumbles.
“ Really? “
“ Yeah really. All that humidity gets sucked up from the river and swamps and just dumps it down on top of us…You’ll see what I mean in a little bit.
The wind starts to pick up and blow.
“ Karen looks Deb over for herself and gets closer to her.
“ Hey don’t take this the wrong way. But the reason I asked if your Married or not was cause me and my husband Kevin likes to swing a little. If you know what I mean? “
“ I do. I can play along with that. “
“ Yeah but we prefer to play with couples. “
“ Well you know Cheryl? Did you meet her husband Jack? “
“ No we didn’t. “
“ Well they like to swing to. And maybe I could hook y’all up? And possibly tag along? If that’s all right? “
“ Mmmm!…Maybe we could make exceptions in our rules? “
“ I better get going before the storm hits. I’ll talk to Cheryl and give you a call, when you get more settled in. “
“ That’ll be great! Thanks and it was a pleasure to meet you. “
Karen said extending her hand to Debs again. The two women shake, and Debs back in her truck and on the way to talk to Cheryl and Jack just as the bottom falls out.
She drives through phase two and into phase three, where the newest construction was being done.
The sounds of hammering, nail guns and saws were music to her ears as she parks on the street of mud and changed out of her heels and into her work boots. With safety glasses, hard hat and blue prints in hand. She hopped out of her Toyota 4x4 and walked towards the framed up home.
“ Tighten up men!…The boss lady is on the scene! “
A bearded shirtless man yells out, standing in his overalls and work boots.
He then tossed away a half drunk can of beer on to a trash pile.
“ Morning Deb. What brings you out this morning? “
“ I just wanted to check things out. “ She said climbing up into the framed up house to inspect there craftsmanship. She walks around looking around and turns to Bubba, unrolling the blue prints.
“ You got changes Deb? “
“ Yep Just brick the front only. Stucco the rest. We got to get our cost down. “
“ Okay Deb we can do that. “ Bubba says with a sigh.
Deb looks up towards the roof.
“ Didn’t I tell you to spread those rafters out? “
“ Deb this is a $300,000 home your building!..Not some shack in the woods! It’s got to support the roof! “ Bubba argues against her cost cutting measures.
“ It will…Or at least until the warranty runs out. You gonna be ready for that cheap Chinese dry wall I’ve got on the way? “
“ It will be ready Deb. “
“ When it comes I want it up mudded, taped sanded and painted in one day! I want that shit covered up! By all means don’t get it wet! “
“ Okay Deb we’ll get it done! “
“ Is that marijuana I smell? “
“ No Deb that’s just some cheap Chinese cigarettes the guys have found. Damn Marlboro’s are at $6.00 a pack you know? “
“ Yeah I might have to get with you on that. Come on down here to the truck. I got some other stuff to show you, that we’re fixing to start using.
They walk back to Debs truck. Bubba looks over the packs of roofing shingles, siding and boxes of tiles. Along with a box of aluminum wiring.
Bubba shakes his head as he looks over the stuff. All of it made by ACME With a picture of none other than Wile E Coyote on it.
“ I’ve got a whole warehouse full of this shit. I got a hell of a deal on it. “
“ You got a Hell of a deal cause it’s illegal! This is all asbestos products! “
“ Shhhhhh!….Watch your mouth! God damn lawyers can hear that word from 100 miles away! “
“ This won’t pass inspection Deb! “
“ You let me worry about the inspector! You build the God damn house! “
“ Ain’t this the same brand of that stuff you almost killed me with. When we flipped that termite infested home a while back? “
“ Yep and those people won’t see no kind of bug or pest on that property for at least the next 50 years! “
“ And what about that Kudzu patch that my bulldozer wouldn’t even push into until you sprayed it with that shit? “
“ Yep ACME made that stuff to. They make good stuff Bubba. “
“ I know Deb. And the EPA man is gonna have a field day fucking your ass, when he catches you. “
“ I hope that’s not the only hole he fucks. “
“ You know what I mean Deb. This shit your doing is unethical and illegal. We gonna both be in deep shit if we get caught. “ Bubba try’s to explain to Deb.
“ Look Bubba The housing bubble is gonna bust! We got to get our costs down and our profits up, so we can weather that storm. “
Though Bubba didn’t like it. He knew Deb was speaking the truth. It was simple and basic economics.
“ Got to get going. Got people to meet and things to do. “ Deb said taking off her hard hat, and safety glasses. She climbed back into her truck and changed back into her high heels.
“ Good to see ya again Deb. “
“ Same here Bubba. “ She cranks the truck and makes her way back towards phase one. Where she spots a moving truck.
It was the James family moving into there new home. She spots a blonde woman standing in the front yard in white shorts and a tee shirt. Supervising all the things going on.
Deb parks and gets out to go over to meet her. Her sister in law had assisted them with there home purchase, so Deb had not yet had a chance to meet with them.
The woman sees Deb approaching her with a warm smile.
“ Good morning. I’m Deb Jones with Delta reality. “
Deb said extending her hand towards hers.
“ Oh Mrs. Jones it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. I’m Karen James. “
The two women shake hands.
“ I hope my top realtor made your home purchase a smooth and pleasant experience? “
“ Oh Cheryl was awesome! She showed us around and found us just what we were looking for. “
“ That’s wonderful! Where are you from? And what brings you to the Delta? “
“ We are from Nevada. My husbands work sent him here. He works for the casino over in Tunica. Are you a gambling person? “
“ On occasion I am. I like to play a little black jack and roulette a little. But I usually find my luck to be better in the back room of The Fuzzy Duck club. More that at the big casinos. “
“ The Fuzzy Duck club? I haven’t heard of that one? “
“ It’s just a little place outside of town. Trust me you’ll know it when you see it. “
Deb sees Karen looking into the back of the moving truck.
“ Kylee Don’t pick that up!…Cody you wait on your father to help you with that! “
She yells at the two teenagers as they start trying to move around a heavy curio cabinet.
She turns back to Deb.
“ Those are my two kids. Kylee is a freshman. Cody is a senior.
Deb watched from the yard defiantly liking what she saw in Cody. Being shirt less and blonde. With strong bulging biceps and broad shoulders.
Karen sees Deb looking Cody over hard.
“ Cody’s got a 4.0 GPA. He’s also a gymnast and runs track. “
“ Oh he’s perfect! “ Deb blurts out without thinking.
“ How’s that? “ Karen asks with interest. Seeing as Deb was almost undressing her Son with her eyes, right in front of her.
Deb thinks fast and opens her purse, taking out her billfold she shows a picture of her own daughters to Karen.
“ Oh you got twins?…There adorable! “
Karen said with excitement in her voice.
“ Yeah this ones Misty. She points to the chubby one. and this one is Crystal. She to has a 4.0 GPA. And she runs track. “
“ Cody come down and look at this. “
Karen yells up into the truck.
He quickly walks down the ramp to his mother.
Standing at 6’2 he towers over Deb.
She couldn’t keep her eyes off his muscular pectoral muscles and his six pack abs. Then there seemed to be an impressive bulge coming from his red jogging shorts. Though Deb try’s not to stair. Not wanting an awkward situation to come up between her and his mother.
“ This is Mrs. Jones. She’s got two daughters going to school where your going to be going in a few weeks.
“ Wow! There hot! “ Cody said with a smile.
Deb smiles with pride.
“ I see where they get there looks. “
Deb sees the teenage boys eyes giving her short curvy body, a slow look over from head to toe. She blushed noticing him looking straight at her thin white blouse. So thin that it cling to her hot sweaty body, almost see through. You could see her white bra through it.
“ Your a very beautiful woman Mrs. Jones.”
Cody says smiling down at her.
“ Oh stop! “ Deb said red faced and flattened.
Karen laughs.
“ Please excuse my Son. Like his father he thinks he’s a real ladies man. “
“ Oh…Okay “ Deb laughs and nods.
“ So what y’all think about Mississippi so far? “
Deb asks as Karen swats at the bugs flying right in her face.
“ This heat and humidity is awful!…It wasn’t like this in Nevada. “
“ Yeah it takes a little getting used to. “
“ Your from here Deb? “
“ Yeah I lived a few years in California with my husband. But I came back. “
“ So your married or divorced? “
“ I’m a widow. “
“ Oh I’m sorry. “
“ It’s okay. “
Karen spots Cody looking Deb over again.
“ Cody go help your sister with those boxes. “
“ Sure mom. Nice meeting you Mrs. Jones.”
“ Nice meeting you to Cody. “
Karen looks across the big spacious front yard.
“ This yard is so beautiful. We ain’t never had no grass like this before. We had kind of a desert landscape. It only rains during monsoon season. “
Thunder rumbling in the distance.
“ We have monsoon season almost every day here in the summer. “
More thunder rumbles.
“ Really? “
“ Yeah really. All that humidity gets sucked up from the river and swamps and just dumps it down on top of us…You’ll see what I mean in a little bit.
The wind starts to pick up and blow.
“ Karen looks Deb over for herself and gets closer to her.
“ Hey don’t take this the wrong way. But the reason I asked if your Married or not was cause me and my husband Kevin likes to swing a little. If you know what I mean? “
“ I do. I can play along with that. “
“ Yeah but we prefer to play with couples. “
“ Well you know Cheryl? Did you meet her husband Jack? “
“ No we didn’t. “
“ Well they like to swing to. And maybe I could hook y’all up? And possibly tag along? If that’s all right? “
“ Mmmm!…Maybe we could make exceptions in our rules? “
“ I better get going before the storm hits. I’ll talk to Cheryl and give you a call, when you get more settled in. “
“ That’ll be great! Thanks and it was a pleasure to meet you. “
Karen said extending her hand to Debs again. The two women shake, and Debs back in her truck and on the way to talk to Cheryl and Jack just as the bottom falls out.