Jacks House
Derrick
Oh God. I just thought of another one. Lol Derrick. Oh man. How could I ever forget him? Lol
Derrick was a black man, my age only single. I was married at the time for just a short time. Again this was the era when Amtrak doubled us up at the hotels. We were going to Seattle. I was in the sleeping car and Derrick was in the coaches.
Derrick was what they would call a “player” now days. Lol He was always talking with the women, setting things up for his layover. One trip he's talking with these cute girls who live in Seattle. All the way from Chicago he's talking with them. We get into Seattle and head for the cab to take us to the hotel and who's in the cab but these two girls. Derrick just looks at me and smiles. I'm not liken the look of that smile one bit. Lol Seems Derrick made plans with these two women that included me. Only thing he forgot to do was tell me. lol I get in the cab along with Derrick and the two girls. All 4 of us in the back seat. They were pretty much sitting on our laps. Lol I just want to get to the hotel call home, shower and get something to eat.
Well we get to the hotel and the girls wait outside. Derrick and I decide to “split” a room. Meaning we buy a second room and split the cost so we can have our own room. I was thinking this was a great idea. It looked like Derrick was going to be up late tonight.
The second room wasn't quite ready so we took our bags up to the one room to wait. We no more walk in the door and the front desk is calling us to tell us the other room is ready. I pick up the phone and call home while Derrick is moving his stuff to the other room. As I'm talking to my wife of less than a year Derrick comes back into the room. I didn't really think much of this. I thought he must of forgot something. He proceeds to walk over to the window, open it and yell down to the girls 3 floors below. “Hey sugar!!!! You ready to party??? We got us a room!!! Come on up. Room 328. Me and my buddy Bill, we gonna parrrrrttttyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The phone in my hand goes dead silent. My chin is resting on my chest. I can't believe he just did that. lol My wife finally asks…”What's going on there?” OMG… what do I say?? Hahaha… I told her I have not a clue. She wants to know who that was yelling and to whom he was yelling to. Oh God… this is going from bad to worse fast. Lol So not really thinking of what I was saying I told her it appears Derrick has us some dates for the night. That he was yelling out the window to some girls he met on the train. She asked me if I intended on going out on this “date”. Lol I told her no. It's news to me as well as her. I told her I'd call her back as soon as I got this straightened out. What could I do?? Lol We said good bye and I started in on Derrick. Calling him an idiot I believe but laughing all the time. Lol I told him I was not going to party with him and his girls and thanks to him my wife now thinks I have women in the room. Lol He tells me I can't leave him stranded. He said he told the other girl I'd be with them. Man. I told him good luck. Ya should of talked this over with me before you made plans. He shrugged his shoulders and went to the other room.
He called me twice wanting me to come over but I declined. Lol I guess I'm not a player huh? Hahaha. I called my wife back. It took over an hour before she believed me….at least I think she believed me. lol