Christmas morning. “JK it was wonderful. I’d never had one before. I was so relaxed I actually fell asleep. I hope I wasn’t snoring” to hear her laugh made Jason’s chest swell with pride. Jason did feel a little guilty when she called him JK. Once he figured out what the hell he was doing with Vicky he’d tell her the truth. Right now he enjoyed the fact that she was interested in him. Not his family’s name, not his position, not his money, but just him. “You know...you and me, we’ve…umm…been about as intimate as two people can get but I feel like I’ve missed out on some of the basics” Jason knew this conversation was coming. He’d have to be careful “Are you naked?” “JK! Stop trying to distract me.” Vicky was giggling like a school girl “Let’s make a deal? How about you answer some of my questions and I’ll answer some of yours. Can we do that?” “Alright, what do you want to know Ms. Martin?” Great, he was willing to share a little bit of information about himself with her “Where exactly is home?” “Home is in Atlanta, Georgia. Now…are you naked” Vicky continued to giggle but she was determined to get answers. “Not yet. How long have you worked for and what do you do for CkR International?” Jason sighed “I’ve worked for CkR International seems like all of my life but I’ve been in my current position for about 5 years. What about you what do you do for CkR?” “Well, I’ve only been with the company for about a year. I work in customer service. Sometimes it’s a challenge answering phones all day but it helps to pay the bills so, I won’t complain.” Jason remembered that she was crying when they’d met on the elevator and decided to ask her about that “So, what had you so upset when we met on the elevators?” Vicky sighed, “The usual….trying to figure out the impossible. I guess I was feeling a little overwhelmed. I’d requested time off from work a couple of weeks ago to take Angel to get her immunization shots and for some reason my boss came up with some bogus excuse as to why I couldn’t have the time off. It seems to always be difficult to work with people who don’t have kids. They don’t seem to be as compassionate as those who do. I still need to figure out what to do. If I miss the appointment, then Angel can’t go to daycare. If Angel can’t go to daycare then I can’t come to work. On top of that she cut my overtime. I was hoping to get caught up on some bills and maybe save for a car for this winter.” Jason was getting upset thinking that Vicky had to carry so much on her shoulders alone. “So what are you going to do? Do you have friends or someone who can help you out?” “I don’t want you worrying or feeling sorry for me JK. It was just one of those days where it seemed everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I’ll figure something out. I always do.” Vicky was starting to feel really uncomfortable with the way the conversation had been turned back to her so she decided to answer his first question. “By the way, yes, I am naked..and wet since I just got out of the whirlpool tub” Jason made a mental note to take care of her problem with CkR International later but right now the visual of her body naked and wet was enough to make him want to come in his pants “Damn, you are killing me over here”. “When are you coming back?” Jason didn’t know when he could get back but he sure was going to try to make it as soon as possible.
Chapter 10
Later that evening Jason was sitting at Charlie’s restaurant waiting on Bridget. She was more than 20 minutes late for their dinner. Jason was going to try and call her cell phone one more time. He knew she liked to make a grand entrance but she’d never been this late. He’d called her cell phone twice already. Every time he called her he kept getting her voice-mail and he was starting to get a
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