Bad Luck Black Money by Dan Hendrix Read Free Book Online

Americans call it. Never a big sports fan, Junior nodded politely at times and ventured a 'huh' every now and then to keep the monk talking. Noi couldn't get mad about him sneaking peeks over the monk's shoulder if he was actively engaged in conversation, or could she?
    The time for the marriage ceremony arrived, and Noi parted the throng of guests to join Junior before the monks. Noi mesmerized Junior in her white wedding gown. She looked even more beautiful than she normally did, which Junior didn't believe possible, yet there she was.
    They both knelt by a makeshift altar adorned with flowers and a golden Buddha statue. The monks took turns chanting and speaking to the attendants who sat on white, wooden, folding-chairs, while Noi and Junior were left kneeling on the stone floor.
    While Noi seemed perfectly comfortable kneeling, Junior was in agony. He was far too heavy. His knees ached and pains ran up both legs. Shifting his weight only brought pain from new areas. Junior started sweating profusely, even though, it was a cool day for Thailand.
    Realizing that the ceremony was not going to end anytime soon, Junior took comfort in looking at his beautiful bride. Noi noticed him staring at her and told him to look forward.
    "I'd rather look at you," whispered Junior. "You look amazing. Better than beautiful, what is the word for that?"
    "Be quite," whispered Noi with an undertone that warned Junior to shut up or else.
    After burning enough incense to mask the smell of marijuana smoke at a rap concert, one of the monks placed Noi's wrist upon Junior's and tied them together with a string. Then another monk added another string and so on, until their wrists were bound together with so many strings that it would take a knife to cut them apart. And just like that, they were officially husband and wife.
    Noi got to her feet easily, but Junior couldn't make his legs work so some of the monks helped him up. Cookie brought him a chair to sit on until his circulation restored itself. Junior got an accidental glimpse of Cookie's cleavage and averted his eyes as if she was the sun. He looked at Noi, and he could have sworn that she had a self-satisfied look in her eyes, but it could have just been a hallucination from lack of blood flow. Either way, it was easier to just let Noi have her way.
    Once Junior was able to walk again, the newly wedded couple excused themselves from the reception and got into a white limousine. They were still tied together at the wrists with string.
    "What about your car?" asked Junior.
    "You mean, what about OUR car," Noi said.
    "Fine, what about our car?"
    "We will pick it up after our honeymoon. Nobody is going to tow it away."
    "Can we cut these strings off of us, now?"
    "Why would you want to do that, honey?"
    "Well, its not exactly easy, getting around like this,” Junior said as he lifted his arm up slightly, pulling Noi's arm upward as well. "It’s like being handcuffed."
    "You let me worry about that. I will take them off and put them in a memory book when I feel like it, OK? I get to say how long they stay on, OK?"
    With a slight sigh, Junior said, "Yes, dear.... But tell me this. How are we going to get our clothes off tonight, when we are tied at the wrists?"
    Noi smiled as she leaned over to kiss Junior lightly on the lips, when she'd finished, Junior looked down to see a big slash in his shirt. He looked over at Noi as she closed the blade of a little curved knife with one hand and slid it back into her garter belt.
    "A girl has to come prepared," said Noi.
    "I can see that," Junior said. At that moment, he knew that she would literally kill him one day. He had willingly entered into a relationship with a beautiful psychopath. His final outcome was predetermined, and obvious to anyone privy to the facts. But it didn't matter. Junior was basking in the affections of the world's hottest woman, and he intended to enjoy the ride for as long as it would last.
    Everyone congratulated the newlywed