Ann was delighted with the assignment. She said that she was glad I was trusting her to give her another part of my life to run. She promised that she would make this another priority effort. I told Ann that I had a meeting that morning concerning a commercial real estate venture I was contemplating, that I would be out of the office from about 10:00 a.m. and that I would be back at 2:00 that afternoon. Ann told me that she had other receptionists scheduled to come in and that if anyone were promising she would have them back to see me.
I spent that morning with a potential investing partner looking over a series of storefront properties in Yonkers which were for sale. We talked to the storekeepers who were in the buildings to gauge their sense of the neighborhood, its prospects and the physical conditions of their stores. On our way back to the city, we stopped at an Italian restaurant on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx for an enjoyable lunch. Our conversation ranged over such subjects as politics, the financial straits in which New York found itself and the investing climate generally. Over lunch Richard told me that he too had practiced law but that he had started investing in deals with some of his clients and that he found that acting as a principal was much more satisfying than as an advisor. I had known Richard only casually before this day (we had both been partners along with five others in own ing and leasing some property in Brooklyn) and we seemed to be hitting it off well.
As we got up from lunch Richard asked if I would want to bring my wife and join him and his wife as their guests the next evening at the Opera. I told Richard I wasn't married but that I'd be delighted to join him that I would bring a date and that I would insist that dinner afterwards be on me. Richard said that he was sure that would be fine and that he looked forward to introducing me to his wife Ellen.
It was about 3:30 in the afternoon when I got back to the office.
Ann was at her desk and I noticed that a young woman was seated in the reception area. Ann introduced me to Allie and told me that Allie had met with Ann in the morning and that Ann thought I might want to meet with her and consider her for the receptionist position. Ann indicated that she wanted to speak to me in my office first.
"How long has she been waiting for me?" I asked Ann as we entered my office.
"She's been here since 2:00 because that's when I thought you were due back."
"Oh that's terrible" I said. "I feel badly that she's just had to sit around here and wait."
Ann would have nothing of it. "Bob, forget about it. We are here to accommodate you. You don't have to hurry on our account and if you keep us waiting, that's up to you."
"Anyhow" Ann added "We've had a chance to talk more and I really think we have a winner here. I am anxious for you to meet her. But there is one thing."
"What's that?"
"I told her the position paid $45,000 a year plus we will lend her $10,000 so she can rent and furnish an apartment here and buy other necessities."
"That's way more than double the going rate in salary alone."
"Just meet her. If you don't want to hire her, then all that's happened is that you've taken twenty minutes out of the day. Should I bring her in?"
"O.K."
Ann left to get Allie and moments later returned. I introduced myself to Allie, shook her hand and gestured that she should sit in one of the chairs across from my desk. Ann set down on the couch in the corner of my of fice. I asked Allie if Ann had explained the nature of my business, the fact we were planning on moving and hiring more staff. Allie said that Ann had told her about the job and its requirements. Ann interrupted and suggested that Allie tell me about herself.
As Allie started to comply, I looked at her more closely. Allie, it was plain to see, was beautiful. She had jet black and thick hair which she parted in the middle and which fell behind her shoulders. A few wisps played across her face. Allie seemed about 21 or 22 and was about 5'3" tall. She was trim, but not too thin. Allie's voice had the vague hint of an accent which I could not place. Allie was telling me that she had moved to New York from Houston where her family was now living; that she had hoped to enroll in Eastern's flight attendant school but that there was then a hiring freeze and that she had almost accepted an offer to be a sales trainee at Saks when one of the other people Ann had interviewed the day before told Allie about the opportunity here. Allie's friend was not interested in the job you see because she was married (that did not make immediate sense to me) but Allie continued to explain that she very much was interested in the job.
When Allie finished speaking, she looked over at Ann as if to silently make inquiry. I was puzzled.
Ann spoke and all she said was "Go ahead Allie."
With that statement and clearly following some prior instructions to which I was not privy, Allie stood and then stepped to the side of the chair on which she had been sitting. I noticed that she first unfastened the buttons at the ends of the sleeves on her blouse and then after pulling the hem of her blouse out from the waist of her skirt, starting from the bottom she carefully and slowly unbuttoned her blouse although once open she left it on. Reaching toward her hip, Allie unfastened the clasp to her skirt and, after stepping out of it, she folded it neatly over the back of the chair. Still with her open blouse I could see that Allie was wearing a white bra of a fabric with a sheen to it. Allie also had gunmetal grey stockings on supported by a garter belt of the same color and matching bikini panties. Allie then removed her blouse and I was taken in by the classical perfection of her figure. The garter belt only served to emphasize the narrowness of her waist. Her thighs above her stockings were ivory colored and looked incitingly smooth. Allie reached behind her back and released the clasp to her brassiere which she shrugged off and placed on the chair with her skirt and blouse. Allie's breasts were high and firm and topped by lovely little brown nipples no bigger than quarters.
I was transfixed by Allie's display and thought that I was tumbling to Ann's modus operandi. But I was not prepared for what happened next. Allie walked over to where Ann was sitting and took her by the hands and motioned for Ann to stand. Ann rose. Allie then, as slowly and as carefully as she had to herself, unbuttoned Ann's dress unfastened the belt and the clasp at the waist, and helped Ann step out of her dress. Barely pausing and facing Ann, Allie reached behind Ann and released the hooks which were closing Ann's bra and then eased it off her shoulders. Then, standing face to face, Allie gently pulled Ann to her and as they each had their hands resting lightly on the others shoulders with their breasts pressed lightly against each other's, Allie gave Ann a gentle, tongue twirling kiss. After holding each other like this for what must have been only 5 or 10 seconds, Allie stepped away from Ann but holding hands, side to side, turned to face me. I then saw a new aspect of Ann. Without her dress and bra, Ann only was wearing her shoes, beige stockings and a white garter belt. Ann wore no panties and as I looked at her I saw for the first time that Ann was shaved quite smooth.
Allie, who by contrast still wore her panties, left Ann standing and facing me and walked over to me where I was sitting behind my desk, my jaw slackened, eyes wide opened and obviously affected by what I had just seen. Allie took my hands and as she had with Ann, drew me to my feet. Holding my hands now at her sides she pressed against me, as I felt the top of her thigh insinuate itself between my legs and confront the evidence of the powerful effect her actions had generated, she turned her face up to mine, parted her lips slightly in plain invitation for me to kiss her. Our kiss was a mirror of that which she had just shared with Ann, who stood a few feet away watching us closely.