Inspiration 25

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Hosea 1:2

The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

This might sound like a strange Bible verse, but God instructed His prophet to marry a prostitute. Can people of questionable background be redeemed? God must have believed they could--He sent Jesus for just such a purpose.

I would love to hear your opinions on Scott & Derrick. Redeemable? What ulterior motives do they have? Please comment and share.

6

A Private Dance

Scott roared into the parking lot of the old Waffle House on a turquoise antique Indian Chief motorcycle, complete with light-brown, fringed saddle bags. Derrick waited inside with coffee and steak and eggs. "What's up?" asked Scott.

"Order something. I don't wanna look conspicuous."

A young black waitress, smacking gum, came to the table. "What can I get you?"

"First, you can spit out the gum," Scott said, huffing. "That's just rude."

The girl looked taken aback. She walked away and came back without her gum. "What would you like?" she asked, trying not to appear upset.

"Coffee and a ham and cheese omelet with an order of hash browns and toast."

"Comin' right up." She went to place the order.

I hope she doesn't spit in my food. "Derrick, what's wrong?" he said aloud.

"A lot. First, you won't find anything on Patrick Gautier. He's squeaky clean. One accusation of plagiarism in college proved untrue. Parker Reynolds was a petty thief as a kid, but it's all been expunged. Since he came to Daddy, he's been a model citizen. Sheena's a Harvard graduate. Don't even try to go after her. That bitch broke my schnozzle once." He covered his nose at the memory. "Her sister was working with us a few months back. Leave her alone, too." He clamped his jaw tight for a moment. "Trista and Townes are clean. He's a veteran, served his country. Actually, the Gautiers, the Reynoldses, the Johnsons, and the LaFontaines are good people. However, see if you can get a video of Jenna. Create her giving a private dance with a little extra, and not to Patrick."

"Derrick, is your heart in this?"

"Whatever it takes."

"We haven't voted."

"This is a unilateral move that I can control, but neither of us knows who did it. I'm asking you because of your computer skills."

"You a cop, Derrick?"

"What? No." Derrick chortled.

The waitress brought Scott's order and left.

"Check it for gum," warned Derrick and ate a bite of his meal.

"That was rude, black or white."

"True. No, I'm not a cop. Just the thought of it was hysterical. I do have a private agenda. Maybe I'll tell you some day."

"Wanna be 'Grand Poobah'?" Scott smirked.

"I wanna be free. Eat and take me to your computer."

"Oh. Okay."

"Your old man home?"

"No, not for three more days."

"Hurry up, then. I wanna see what you can do."

Scott hesitated to turn on his computer with Derrick there. He felt awkward for having Cherie's picture as his wallpaper. As the screen came up, Derrick laughed. "Like the little firecracker, huh?"

"She's got spunk. I'd like to take her down a notch."

"What I think you'd like to do is nail her. Good luck. I'd tell you to do some composites of her if I thought it would do any good. She's too much of a goody-two-shoes. Besides, I don't get into kiddy porn. See what you can find on Jenna Gautier, Jenna Thornton, or Irish Spring."

An hour of research had Scott creating a pornographic video with a private dance turning into an orgy. The completely fabricated video provided forty-five minutes of adult entertainment.

"Damn!" exclaimed Derrick. "Imagine if that were real. We could get rich. Burn thirteen DVD's. I'll deliver a dozen to the adult entertainment stores here and in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans and one to Patrick and Jenna Gautier.

By the end of the week, a dozen adult video stores had a copy of a video entitled Blow Gently, Irish Spring. It was stamped as produced by Baphomet Productions and had a baphomet as its logo.

"It is a bit evil," commented Scott as he burned the DVD's.

"Nope. A lot," agreed Derrick, but he delivered them anyway.

Cover by Christopher Chambers.

Our conspirators: Scott & Derrick