Loved To Death (Part One) (1433 hits)
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Submitted by Joedaddy (View user info) at 2006-02-13 03:26:13 EST
Author's note
This has been extracted and compressed from the 4th chapter of; Panama Red© by joedaddy
This tale occurred sometime in the early 1970's
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After the fiasco at the airport, the next problem was trying to decide what hotel to stay in.
I wanted to stay 'under the radar' in any average hotel on the outskirts of the city, or in the CZ, but my wife didn't want anything to do with the military and insisted on staying in the best hotel Panama City had to offer.
This left the Panama Hotel and the El Continental as "our" choice.
I chose the El Continental since it didn't have a pool (I wanted to punish her) and besides, it had the best casino in the city.
I was able to sell her on the idea since it afforded the best view of the city, and the Pacific Ocean.
If she wanted to go swimming there was a big-ass pool, with sand, one block away.
Her counter move was to ask for a penthouse, but the only two the hotel had to offer were on the top floor.
While trying to obtain one for 'my queen' I was told that "El Hefe" had reserved both of them, along with the large "entertainment" room, which sat between the two units, for the entire week.
I should have asked who "El Hefe" was.
And I should have cut my losses right then and there, but it was a matter of principle.
I couldn't go back to the Panama Hotel.
When my wife discovered only 4 suites occupied the entire floor just below the penthouses, my losing streak continued and we were booked into one of them.
Only after I had completed the registration did I notice all the Guardia de National troops wandering around the first floor of the hotel. Several had positions on the promenade that led up the bank of elevators.
Fuck! Now I've made two mistakes....at least.
Not taking her with me on this trip had not been an option. She had insisted on going.
I had acquiesced, initially, because I thought we would be staying in the CZ. I then convinced myself that, with her, we would both look like a happily married couple, spending a romantic week of vacation, like two happy valentines, in an exotic country far away from home.
Bullshit, Febrero aspira pinga!
Now I'm in a fucking hotel that's swarming with the exact people I don't want to see, and don't want to be seen by.
I was now committed to hiding in plain sight, and it might have worked, except for fiasco #2.
We'll discuss that nightmare later.
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I was tasked to go into the Darian Gap. The Southern Command probably had at least 200, active men, that could have pulled the job off, but as I explained before, I was chosen due a bad decision I had made four years prior.
Before I left on my mission, I gave my wife a thousand dollars. It was all the cash money we had for the trip.
She didn't gamble, and she hated the fact that I did, so she was relieved and quite proud of me that I given her all of our cash.
We had a few Panamanian Balboas that I had exchanged dollar for dollar at the airport.
It was about $60 worth, but one was a giant 20-balboa piece.
Solid silver and about 4x's the size of a US silver dollar.
She just had to have one.
All hotel costs had to be paid for, in cash. I had one credit card, and since leaving via the airport was, now, out of the question, I was going to have to find some alternative transportation home.
It was going to be expensive.
I found a cruise ship with an arrival date 4 days away, and since it was going to be in port for one day, that gave me three full days to complete my mission and a 4th, if things went further south, so to speak.
I did the math, and the leisurely trip back up to the states was going to just fit under the maximum I could put on the card. Besides, I also figured I, We, should have about $400 left after the hotel bill, room service, and a few souvenirs that I knew she would purchase in my absence.
I went to the cruise line office in town and used the card to put a deposit down on the inside promenade deck, since it was the least expensive, for the trip back to the states.
The 'she-wolf' wouldn't like the inside accommodations, but we'd be moving so fast when, and if, I got back, that I didn't even give it a second thought. I wanted to have a few dollars left on the card so she could buy some crap at each stop on the cruise up the coast.
I was going to buy a case of JW Black, in the tax free zone before we left, and just sit in my fucking cabin on the ship and drink myself silly for the entire cruise home.
***
I told her I had booked a 7-day return cruise and that it had put "our" credit card just past the limit.
Since she hated flying, she was so overjoyed about our return travel plans, including multiple stops, that I got fucked on the bed, the tub, the mini-fridge, and on the outside veranda overlooking the Pacific Ocean the night I left.
***
As to what happened in the Darian, you'll have to look at the ninth line of James Taylor's 'Mexico'
Sometimes you hit the 10 ring,
Sometimes you don't.
***
I was moving fast coming back.
I was the only passenger in a Loach with a driver who didn't look over 15.
He didn't have the look of a 15yr old that would egg your house every Halloween night
No, it was more of a 15yr old that will burn your goddamn fucking house down any day of the year with you and your sorry-ass family in it...look.
We got along just fine.
This young warrior was able to cross me over the CZ and into Panama proper with a free-blade fall starting at no less than1000ft.
No one heard a goddamn thing until he powered that sleek black bitch back up, but it was too late. He was back across the line and I was in a taxi speeding to within 4 blocks of my hotel before anyone knew what the fuck had happened.
As I entered the lobby of my hotel, I still had 10 hours to spare till the cruise ship left.
But they were going to be 10 of the most stressful and dangerous hours any human being could possibly imagine.
That fucking bitch.
User Reviews
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-19 21:13:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
If the next part/cocncusion to this came out, I missed it. C'mon, Joe Daddy, you write well and have good stories to tell. Finish it up. Please?
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-04-16 02:36:57 EDT (#)
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The one phrase stanzas are great.
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-04-10 15:25:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-03-02 21:23:20 EST (#)
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I actually read this last night. Awesome. I use that word too much. I think I'm going to go buy some beer.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2007-01-01 15:51:09 EST (#)
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Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2007-01-01 03:39:04 (#)
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happy new year arnie
i lost your thingie
jd
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*shakes head* 'old' people. Always losing stuff.
Happy New Year yourself joe.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-12-18 12:55:03 EST (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-12-10 12:43:01 EST (#)
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Where the fuck is part two???
Submitted by Wazza (user info) at 2006-11-30 06:24:13 EST (#)
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yep i like, good to see your still at it mate.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-11-25 07:24:35 EST (#)
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uberc1ndy.at.gmail.com
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-10-11 12:31:00 EDT (#)
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hey would you please email me?
rockfishrock.at.gmail.com
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2006-10-03 01:33:02 EDT (#)
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Joedaddy I would like you to shoot Snark, call me.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-10-03 00:20:28 EDT (#)
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*peers at average rating*
*quakes in pretend boots*
Thank you, and good luck to you too. :D
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2006-09-23 23:12:06 EDT (#)
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Glad UM will give you a reason to post... it's been waaaay too long.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2006-09-23 09:38:29 EDT (#)
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wtf! im not reading all that!
Good luck to you, too. My entry is on its way, I promise. I'm betting I'm out the first round, but oh well.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:18:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-07-08 01:44:04 (#)
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i'd like to re-write all my stories, but it's like when you walk away from someone, after a conversation or an argument, and say to yourself; "dammit!, i should have said..."
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Dude, the object is not to re-write your OWN stories, but others that could have used some improvement.
Have you ever read a story, where the author had a great idea, but just couldn't follow through with it?
THAT is what I am talking about.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2006-07-02 11:49:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-07-02 03:13:50 (#)
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ok jeannee, i left my computer on by mistake...but why the fuck are you still here?
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I ask myself that frequently.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-06-07 14:33:50 EDT (#)
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ubercindy.at.gmail.com
Submitted by Bundaberg (user info) at 2006-05-28 09:33:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-02-15 06:01:39 EST (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-02-13 19:55:13 EST (#)
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you need to post more joe, you have good stories to tell
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-02-13 19:06:06 EST (#)
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Awaiting part II. <taps foot>
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-02-13 16:45:20 EST (#)
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yes it is jack, and Thank You
i'm going to do the best i can and not butcher the rest of this story
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-02-13 13:30:22 EST (#)
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Interesting set up, will look for part 2. I fear I may concede. Everyithing I write for this title is shit.
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2006-02-13 13:07:24 EST (#)
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hell yeah, you're back.
I hope this is an excerpt from your real-life memoirs...
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-02-13 11:57:33 EST (#)
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Kept my interest.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-02-13 03:29:36 EST (#)
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this required extensive background to make part 2 what it is, or will be
i tried to cull as much as possible and i promise you part 2 will be worth it
jd