Chapter 23: New Year’s Eve

Ross hosted a New Year’s Eve Party, that started in the afternoon the last day of the year, and went through the magic of midnight, and pretty much ended the next afternoon.

Dax and the four of us drove to the large home in the afternoon, and we started in on the celebration of the arrival of a new time in all our adventurous lives. By the cocktail hour, most of our friends as well as others that we didn’t know were there milling about and drinking. There were over a hundred people there, and by my reckoning I only knew about half of them.

I thought of the changes going on for so many of us.

Lois was in the process of getting a divorce. Her controlling and abusive husband had been served and also presented with a restraining order that he had to keep 250-feet away from her or their house unless there was a sheriff’s deputy escorting him and he had a valid reason.

Margo expected to file for divorce when she went home after the New Year’s celebration. The ploy to gain her husband’s romantic attentions had failed in multiple ways, plus he had another woman in his life that he seemed to prefer.

Allison had just discovered that she was about six weeks pregnant. She and Bill were happy about the impending event that her OB/GYN had pegged as early August. I wondered which one of us from the lunch group would be next. I was starting to feel some mothering urges myself.

I was determined to meet some new people at the party. There were a lot of them, and from appearances there were slightly more men than women, a change from some of Ross’ other parties.

My first ‘newbie’ turned out to be Mark Volpetti, Crystal’s contact in L.A. that handled the purchase and sales of the adult videos that she churned out. He definitely rated the tall, dark, and handsome moniker. He was also comfortably laid back and not full of himself.

Mark introduced me to his wingman, Deke Bonner. He was also handsome, but carried the air of a surfer dude. He turned out to be exactly that – a surfer, and also one of the men that did adult videos for one of the larger websites that did some of their own productions.

Just as we started to talk, a sultry California blonde sidled up to Deke and introduced herself – Heather Korsis. I recognized her from having watched a lot of porn with Dax. I couldn’t remember her stage name, but when she saw my brow wrinkle in thought, she responded – “Sindy Sinner”. I should have known, but laughed.

Mark then re-introduced me to her as Kit Foxxx – with three Xs. We were instantly bonded. I shared that I had another job as a book editor and proof-reader, and she told me about her job as the sales rep for a roofing contractor in L.A. I guess that explained the gorgeous tan; she could be out in the sun for her ‘regular’ job.

Mark also informed the two of us simultaneously that he knew that we were both escorts but had taken the night off. I wondered just how much he knew about my life, Dax, and the others in our group – probably from Crystal. He had a mischievous smile, so I guessed that Crystal had told him a lot about each of us.

After chatting, I milled around and met a few other people. At one point, I was introduced by Trish to Bob and Haley Deaton, a young couple visiting from Ohio, and who were ‘libertine’ thinkers, I was told. I took the last comment to mean that they were swingers or close to it

Bob was handsome and ripped, probably worked out in a gym after his office job. His biceps threated to tear the sleeves of the t-shirt he was wearing. Haley was a dish, and very booby and shapely. She had a darling face, with twinkling eyes full of mischief. She also could have been in the adult industry in some way.