Chapter 19

Monday I called Gary and he wanted me to look at a building with him. Gary didn’t ask for much. We were down in the area where Soho, Tribeca and Chinatown all came together. It was officially in Tribeca but was close to the other two. It was a tall office building that had been on the list. He wanted to buy it from the bank and rent out the office space and put a restaurant on the top floor. It had parking so the offices would rent the parking spots during the day and valet would use it for the restaurant at night. He would make enough off of parking alone to make it worth his while.

I liked the building and it had a three level basement. Gary was hoping that I’d front the money. He said, “I was hoping you would help me out. We can go fifty/fifty or you can loan me all of what I need and I can pay you back.”

“I’ll buy the building, You can pay back your half out of the profits. We can do zero interest for the first five years then prime after that on the remaining balance. You will take a salary for the management. Is that fair?”

“More than fair. Thank you.”

We stopped by the bank a few blocks away and made an official offer. They told us they would get back to us within a week and I put Gary’s name and number to call. I was a few blocks from Chinatown and called Wang. The guy that answered the phone asked who I was and what I wanted.

“I wanted to talk to Wang. This is Bull. If he isn’t around it’s no big deal, I was just in the neighborhood.”

“You’re in Chinatown?”

“Not literally, but I’m close by. Is he there?”

“Hold on.”

Ten seconds later I heard Wang say something in Chinese to the guy then said, “Hey Bull, what’s going on?”

“Not much, I’m nearby and thought I’d say hi.”

“Come by and we can have lunch.”

He gave me an address and I walked over to the dim sum restaurant and beat him there by five minutes. The lady didn’t speak English so I just sat and waited. She saw Wang walking towards the place and was ready to kick me out until he walked in and greeted me like a friend. He had a goon with him but the goon sat by the door and sipped some tea while Wang came back and ordered a bunch of stuff for us to share.

We started to talk about business. He was interested in what I did and how I made money, I was interested in him and his businesses as well. I told him about the restaurants and the buildings. “That is why I’m in this part of town today. A friend asked me to look at a building he is interested in buying.”

“So you are a loan shark or something?”

“No, I buy the buildings and he runs the restaurants. I’ll own half and he’ll own half. He’ll pay me for his half over time. I’ll have someone to manage the business.”

“Minus what you pay the man.”

“I didn’t say anything. He let it drop. Where is this building you are interested in buying?”

“It’s on Thomas street. There’ll be offices during the day and a restaurant and bar on the top floor for lunch and dinner. There are three basements but I’m not sure what I’m going to do with that. Maybe a sex club or something fun.” I said with a laugh.

“I could think of a few things. In that neighborhood, a high end poker game or a fight club.”

“Would you run it?”

“It isn’t in my territory but you could run it if you run it by your guy.”

“My guy?”

“It’s in Del Rocco land. Just like all your buildings. His guy that you work with.”

“I don’t have a guy. I don’t want to run it. I don’t have the time or energy. I can provide the space if you run it.”

“I don’t need any trouble with Del Rocco.”

“If I ran it, how much would he take?”

“Ten maybe fifteen percent.”

“Let me make a call.” I went to the payphone and called Tony. I asked him to meet me at the yacht club. He said he would be there at 4pm. I walked back to the table. “Wang, we have a meeting at 4pm. What do you want to do between now and then?”

“I have a few girls working or we could go to the spa.”

“The spa?”

“Get a massage.”

“Sounds interesting.”

Wang paid for the food and we left with the goon following us. We walked a block then up a flight of stairs. It was actually not too bad of a place. He spoke in Chinese and soon a young Chinese girl about 18 was leading me back to a room. She had me undress and used broken English and hand gestures to get me to lay naked on an air mattress. There was music flowing through the building and she had some candles in the room.

I had my eyes closed but felt and heard her moving around. Soon she was beside me and I could feel warm oil being poured onto my back and legs. She used her hands to spread it around and it felt good. Before long I could feel her settle her body on top of mine. She was naked and had oiled herself too. She was sliding her body on top of mine. She slid up and down using her muscles to glide across and massage my body as she slid back and forth up and down.

It felt different but very good. She had me roll over and I was looking up at a very pretty Chinese woman as she poured more oil on me and then applied more to her own body before laying down face to face. I guess I could have said, No to a happy ending but she had the tip of my cock at the entrance of her pussy when she asked and was already sliding down onto my shaft. She had my wrists in her hands and used the leverage to push and pull her body.

It was an amazing experience and one I wasn’t expecting. We went to a hot soaking tub later to wash off the oil and relax. I was told that Wang paid for the massage but I tipped the girl very well and she was happy with what she received. Later talking to Wang, I found out that it was called a nuru massage.

We were in a cab on the way to the club. Wang asked, “Who are we meeting with?”

“A guy that I do some work for sometimes. He can help us with the basement space.”

We walked in and Wang was looking at everything in the club. We walked past the bar to a small room sometimes used for card games or small parties. Tony was there having a drink. He recognized Wang when we walked in and he looked at me hard. He trusted me enough to listen to what I had asked him here to discuss. He shook my hand and then Wangs, nodding to some empty chairs.

“Tony, this is a friend of mine, Wang. We were having lunch today and I mentioned that I was buying a building near Chinatown. It’s in Tribeca. I told him about the restaurant and the office space. When I mentioned not knowing what to do with the three basements, he mentioned a high end poker room and a boxing or fighting ring. I asked if he could run it and he said that I would need to talk to your guys. I decided to come to the source. If Wang ran it and we gave you a cut, would that work?”

“What size cut are you talking about?”

“Wang said that 10-15% is customary. I was thinking that if you wanted in, that we could shoot for 35% and your guys could man the door and check weapons. We want our people safe.”

Wang looked at me and then Tony, Tony looked at me and then Wang. Wang said, “What about my people?”

“35% and you run the poker games and fights.”

Tony said, “You get 30% and do nothing.”

“I provide a building, parking and a valet service if they want to use it.”

Tony replied, “It’s close to Wall Street. Those fuckers take money from the working stiff all day long. They need a place to blow off some steam and give some of it back. We can charge a 10% rake on the fight betting and a normal rake on the poker.”

Wang was nodding. “We can do it. What do we need to do to make it happen?”

“I need to close on the building first then build out the basements. Do I need a boxing ring?”

Wang said, “Bull, we can use chalk or tape to mark the boundaries and the fighters stay in the ring.”

“Where do you get the fighters? I don’t want any rigged fights.” Tony and Wang exchanged glances but shrugged and agreed.

“Bull, I find fighters all over, if worse comes to worse we can pull them from the audience but there are a few fighting gyms that do martial arts in Chinatown. Gangs always like to show they’re tougher than the next one. We can even do a gang girl fight or two and watch the catfights.”

Tony said, “Bull, I’m happy to be a part of this but this isn’t normally the type of thing you do. What has brought about the change of heart?”

“I can always claim ignorance unless I get caught. I’m just renting a space to a company. I don’t know or care what they do as long as they pay their rent. Cash is fine with me.”

“We usually stay out of each other’s territories. But we don’t normally get as large of a cut either. This will be interesting.”

We closed on the building and I told Gary that I was going to take over the basements for some projects and he didn’t ask but I told him there may be food orders that come into the restaurant and drink orders to the bar. He nodded and said that he would try to stay out of the basements.

I needed a break and flew down to visit family and see my goddaughter. Katherine or Kat was a cute little girl. She was almost two months old and time was flying by. She was crying when I walked in and Casey was ready to cry herself. I took the little girl in my arms and held her and bounced her some as we walked into the living room and sat down. She stopped crying but was still making noise. We started to talk and Kat laid her head on my chest and fell asleep.

Casey just looked at me. “She’s never done that before. it’s always a struggle to get her to sleep.”

“I have a way with women. I bore them to sleep.”

“I don’t believe that for a minute.”

“How’s life going with a baby?”

“Darren works 10 or 12 hour days and golfs every weekend. Business is continuing to grow and we’ve been looking at houses in a nice part of town. I spend all day trying to take care of the house and the baby.”

“And me. You still take care of me.”

“And you Bull, I’ll always take care of you.”

We joked, talked and caught up on each other’s lives. When Kat woke up, Casey undid her top and unhooked a panel in her bra to expose her nipple and Kat went to work getting her next meal.

It was a little sexy but more beautiful the way she was built to take care of Kat. Only a mother has the ability to take care of providing milk. It was fascinating to watch. She watched me as she fed Kat. “Men, I feel like a cow and you are just looking for leftovers.”

“You will never just be a leftover to me. I’m so proud of you for taking care of her. Only you are able to do what you do and only your body can adapt to fulfill her needs. it’s pretty amazing if you think about it. Is there anything that you or she needs?”

“A hard cock. Darren is so busy at work, he sometimes neglects his responsibilities in bed.” She didn’t have to ask me twice. I took Kat and she started to fuss but smiled as I moved quickly through the condo to the bed. I laid her down in the middle after grabbing a towel and laying it under her. Kat was on her back. I told Casey to get on all fours over her and as her milk filled breasts hung down like udders. Kat started to eat and I got behind Casey and fed her my cock.

The event didn’t go off seamlessly as the nipple was dislodged a few times and Kat shit her diaper as we were about to reach our climax but we got it done and I looked down at the baby girl as her mom rolled off to clean herself up before coming back to take Kat in for a diaper change. I went to the bathroom and cleaned up. I was still there when Darren came home with Kat giggling at the noises I would make when she would reach out and touch my nose.

After congratulating him on a beautiful girl, he told me about his business and a few houses they were looking at. He wanted to make sure it was okay to buy a house while still owing me money since the bank didn’t have a record of any loans or liens he had. I told him that there was a handshake between us and the bank didn’t need to know. I looked down at Kat and then over at Casey smiling at her little girl and I said, “Darren, on second thought, consider half as a wedding gift and the other half a baby birthday gift. Take care of Casey and Kat for me with the funds. I want you all to have a great life.”

“We call her Katherine but if you are serious, thank you so much. We really appreciate everything you’ve done for us. Do you have a place to stay while you’re in town? I would like for you to stay here.”

“I normally crash over at the marina somewhere. I came here straight from the airport. I can stay here if you don’t mind. I can even babysit if I don’t have to feed her.”

Casey said, “It would be nice to go out to dinner one night.”

“I was going to meet a customer and his wife tomorrow night for dinner. If you could come with us that would be great.”

Everything worked out well. The only odd thing was that Darren never asked to hold his little girl. He may have been being polite to me but if she was mine, I’d want to hold her and say hello. I didn’t say anything but did notice it. It was soon feeding time and this time Casey pulled a light blanket over her body as she fed Kat and didn’t expose herself to me.

The next morning, I took the rental car over to the marina and saw my aunt and uncles. My parents were in town and I spent all day catching up with them. They were both so proud of all I was doing and how much I was helping the family. Near the end we talked about them, retirement and money.

Living and working on the boat had allowed them to live for free for many years while making decent money. They had routes and customers year round so they almost never spent their income. They wanted to live on the Mediterranean Sea somewhere. I said, “I’m glad you have the savings and investments to live off of in retirement. I happen to have a lot of spare cash. When you find a place that you would love to live at that stage in your life. Call me and I’ll buy it. You can live there and rent it from me for a dollar a year. Try to keep it under five million or I may have to come over and look at it before closing.”

Dad and Mom looked at each other. Dad said, “It will help at the time you inherit it. If you really have more money than god, like Ed and Ken say, we may let you do that.”

“Mom, Dad, it goes without saying that if you ever want or need anything just let me know. If it’s in my ability to provide it, I will.”

That led to a group hug and Mom was crying along with her smile. “We’re so proud of you, Bull. Everything we hear makes us more proud of you. It sounds like you own half the city up there.”

“Not even close. I’ve slowed down for now but if something comes up, I may buy more. I did buy a building or half a building last week. Most people borrow money from the bank so the rental income is needed to pay back the mortgage. I don’t have that stress. I just have to cover taxes, insurance and maintenance. I don’t have the pressure that most of these guys live under. It also means that my profits are bigger.

“My CPA wants me to buy more. He says that the rental income is on track to pay me back with interest over a ten year period. At that point, I’ll have all the buildings, all the income and all the cash back. I’m like you and don’t spend anywhere near what I make in income.”

Dad said, “Like your mother said, we’re both very proud of you and I’ll be looking at bigger and nicer houses now that I know it won’t hurt your lifestyle any.”

“I’ll come visit as often as I can, when you settle down.”

Kari rolled in as I was about to leave. She bounced out of the Jeep and ran over to give me a hug. “Do you want your car?”

“I got a rental this time. I didn’t want to make it too hard on you and I wasn’t planning on staying long.”

We chatted in the parking lot for fifteen minutes before I told her about my babysitting gig. She laughed. “What are you, six foot four and solid muscle? They pick you to take care of a little baby. No brothers or sisters or any experience at all. Do you need me to come over and help?”

“No, but if you want to come over, I would love to spend time with you and Kat.”

Casey was a little relieved when I told them my cousin was coming over to help me watch Kat. Darren again mentioned that they called her, ‘Katherine’ but Casey smacked his shoulder and shook her head. She didn’t want to get in an argument about a nickname when the girl didn’t even understand her name or nickname yet.

Just before leaving, Casey fed Kat and then they were off to dinner. When she made a mess in her diaper thirty minutes later, Kari thought she was going to have to change the diaper. I took her to the changing table and did it myself. I probably used too much of everything but she was changed, redressed and happy.

Kari said, “You do well with kids. Do you ever plan on having any?”

“I’m not even 21 yet. I honestly don’t see me settingling down and having kids but never say never.”

“Don’t you want a wife?”

“I like my quiet time to read, play guitar and live life on my schedule? Most wives have their own plans and their own plans for their husbands and kids. If I need to spend time with kids I can take care of Kat, or my nieces and nephews when their mom gets knocked up.”

“If you’re referring to me they would be your second cousins.”