Day 5 - Tuesday 21st May
He didn't recognise who it was the first time.
"Steve, hang on there."
He did the second.
Steve turned around to see Tim running up to him. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, hi Tim!" Steve said, surprised, trying to think of an excuse. "Yeah, my back's playing up again. It had been better for a while, but the last few weeks have been pretty bad again." When Steve told Lucy that he would meet at the hospital he had remembered that Tim also worked there, but figured that the hospital was big enough that he probably wouldn't bump into him. Clearly that was not the case.
"Oh, really? Who is it that you see for that, is it Clive?"
Steve didn't know his doctors by their first names. "Not sure. I know him as Dr Samuels. I've seen him a number of times and I think he's pretty good."
"Yeah - that's Clive. He'll sort you out. Anyway, besides your back, how are you doing? Haven't spoken to you for a while."
"I'm pretty good thanks. How about you?" Steve didn't really want this conversation to go on for too long, as he knew Lucy only had a fifteen minute break, but he had to make sure he didn't arouse suspicion.
"I'm great, Steve. Hey, we tried that new curry house on Saturday. The food was pretty good. My Madras was really hot, but the onion bhajis were a bit greasy and the only beer they serve is Kingfisher. I think I prefer the Spice House. Why didn't you come that night? Oh, I remember! You've got a new girl, haven't you? How's it going? Do we get to meet her?"
"I didn't say anything about a new girl, I just said I was meeting someone."
Tim laughed. "Ok, ok, but it was a girl, right?"
"Yes, ok. Maybe it was a girl. But it's very early days. And I'm not introducing you to her until we're pretty serious. If we get pretty serious. Anyway, I need to get going or I'll miss my appointment."
Steve looked again at his phone to read the directions that Lucy had given.
"I doubt Clive is running on schedule, even at this time in the morning. Oh well, I'll leave you to it. Catch you round. Hope your back gets sorted."
"Cheers Tim. See you later."
Tim watched as Steve walked away, in the opposite direction to Clive's office. He didn't look like his back was giving him any grief, and as they had talked he had seemed rushed and distracted - not something he usually saw in Steve. He thought about saying something, but knew that Steve didn't need telling where the office was, he would have been there plenty of times before, and he didn't seem like he really wanted to talk either. He wondered what he was up to and, given A&E was relatively quiet for once, decided to follow him.
Steve was annoyed that Tim had seen him, he hadn't wanted him to know anything about Lucy, and wanted to make sure that he didn't find out now. But he thought he had got away with it, decided not to look back at Tim in order as to not arouse suspicion, and he rushed along the corridor as Lucy had instructed him.
His whole morning had been rushed. When he had got back from the work do last night, he came home to one of those annoying little cards that the postmen sometimes leave. He wasn't home to take delivery of his parcels, so instead of leaving it round the back of the house in the shed or some other convenient place, they took it back to the post office. No common sense, Steve thought. But it must be the toys and equipment that he ordered at the weekend. That was quick. He was looking forward to making use of them.
He tried to work out how his morning would fit together. He needed to be at the hospital for 10:30 - preferably sooner so he could make sure he was in the right place on time - and he had to go straight from the hospital to Dorset, so would have to pick up the parcels first thing, - and he also had plenty of preparation to do for the meetings in the afternoon. The post office opened at 6am, so he decided to set his alarm for 5.45. So much for the benefits of working from home, he thought.
He hadn't remembered the extent of what he ordered and there were a surprising number of parcels waiting for him. So much so, in fact, that he had to make two trips to the car as he couldn't carry it all in one go.
When he got home, he opened up some of the parcels. He wanted a couple of things to take with him today, but he had to search through all of the boxes in order to find them. Once he found and opened what he was looking for, he repacked the boxes as best he could and left them in one of his spare rooms, stacked one on top of another. He didn't want them to be found by anyone, and his cleaner was due later that morning, as she was every Tuesday. She didn't clean that room very often as it wasn't generally used, so Steve thought they would be safe there.
By the time he had reached the hospital he was already a little tired. He had managed to do all of the preparation he needed to do, but not as much as he would have liked. It would probably be fine, but he preferred to be in a situation where he had done enough work that his pitch was flawless, perfectly tailored to the client, and he was able to answer any possible question, particularly with new clients, and he knew he wouldn't be able to this time. He would have to wing it. Well, wing it more than usual.
Thankfully, the traffic had been good and he arrived at the hospital ahead of time. As he pulled up into the car park he started to feel less tired, as the thought of being with Lucy again and the excitement began to build up. He was annoyed that he only had fifteen minutes, especially since last night had also been so quick, but there wasn't really anything that he could do about that.
He wanted to be at Lucy's rendezvous early to make the most of their time together, but not too early that he would be loitering, so he sat in the car for a few minutes, waiting. That was what made Tim's conversation so annoying. He didn't want to be late after all of that.
Lucy's directions were easy to follow and he soon found the store room that she had suggested. He checked his watch, 10:29 - perfect. Just then, Lucy came rushing around the corner. Not running, but walking pretty quickly. Without saying anything, she took a key out of her pocket, opened the door and they both went through. Lucy looked so different in this context - with her uniform on. She had always had her hair down when they had seen each other before. Today she had it up in a pony tail, presumably to keep it out of the way for work, and he approved. It made her seem more innocent. He didn't approve of the uniform though - it covered over all of Lucy's best bits and didn't do her figure any favours.
Tim was intrigued. He had no idea what Steve was up to. He hadn''t known if it was anything suspicious or whether in fact he had just been looking for a coffee or something. But now he knew it was something suspicious. Was the hot student nurse he had walked into the store room with his new girl? She had been working in A&E with him, although they hadn't worked together as much as he had been hoping. Now he was a consultant he thought that he should be in charge and able to work with who he liked, but it turns out that, even as a consultant, you still get told what to do. But he figured that was only because he was new to the job, and hopefully that wouldn't last.
But he did make sure he could check her out as much as he could, like he did with all of the hot student nurses. What was this one's name? Lucy? Yes, he had taken a liking to her.
He walked up to the store room door, which was slowly closing, and peeked through. The store room was large, and he couldn't see them. He walked through the door, checking behind him that nobody could see, and made his way along the racks of medicine and equipment, as he looked back to see the door click closed. At the end of the first aisle, he saw them. They were at the table at the back of the room. He hid behind the first rack and hoped that it gave him enough cover that he wouldn't be noticed.
He was shocked at what he saw. Steve was fastening a gag around Lucy's head. Her hands were already handcuffed in front of her and Tim began to wonder what was going to happen.
The gag and the handcuffs were the two things that Steve had picked out of the parcels and he was pleased with them. Lucy's pretty face looked incredibly sexy with the red ball of the gag in her mouth, especially with her pony tail. He lifted up her uniform and was pleased to see that she had, again, not worn any underwear. He kissed her over her gag, reached down and gave her clit a quick rub. She was already wet.
He knew he didn't have much time, so didn't waste any and decided to leave her fully clothed. He pushed her up against the table first, and then bent her over it. He lifted her uniform up so that he had easy access.