Lido Beach in Sarasota Florida is considered a premier beach resort area by the rich. The penthouse floors atop the high rise buildings there generally house two to three separate luxury unit penthouses and they are on a many year waiting list to attain. Once available, it is not uncommon for the new owner to have theirs gutted to bare concrete and built back out to their very own design specifications.
If you're wondering where I'm going with all of this, I'm a General contractor and my construction company is one of two certified by the City to work with the designers and architects to achieve the owner's desired end results on all projects of residential units built on commercial buildings in this area, and this is where my story begins.
After securing all the required approved City Permitting and signed sealed drawings, I stopped in at the project to meet with my Crew Chief Ron for an onsite review of the layout one final time prior to construction on the penthouse we had previously demoed. To keep things simple, (and less disruptive to the businesses and other residents) the building had dedicated an elevator to our project and I remembered stepping in it from the lobby and noticing the cargo blankets that it was lined in, knowing that they were needed for all of the debris that was hauled out and thinking that I wanted clean ones for the new materials to be brought in.
Since it was programmed none stop for the duration of this project, it wasn't long before I was walking out into the center of all the activity on the top floor and I quickly spotted Ron at his potable shop desk. As I approached him I walked past a pair of legs on a stepladder with everything just above the belt up inside a scuttle whole, obviously pulling wire.
Even with the heavy work boots and Carhartt jeans the shape of that ass immediately caught my eye and as I walked on past I caught a whiff of a scent that lead me to believe this was no regular construction worker of mine.
Ron looked up the moment that I walked up on his stand up desk and as I rolled out the approved blue prints I raised my eyes toward that stepladder and asked: "Who does that fine ass belong to?"
Ron immediately responded: "Shhhh! Boss keep your voice down. Chad made a remark like that this morning and she got in his face and poked him in the mouth!"
"And she's still working here?" I replied.
"I'm not getting in the middle of that!" he exclaimed: "We don't need a sexual discrimination complaint." He added: "That settled it with Chad and pretty much everyone else on this crew and to be perfectly honest with you Mr. Swiftt, she actually out shines most of the men. It's as if she has something to prove."
We went over the details and the clouded areas the Architect had grandfathered in on the sprinkled portion of the unit and I walked back past that step ladder looked up and thoroughly checked out that statuesque little ass one more time, all the while wondering what the top half of her actually looked like.
I did a quick walk through checking the chalk-line layout on the floor for the inner walls and on my way out I ran into Chad. There he stood, all six foot six or more,
broad shoulders, narrow waist and a swollen upper lip: "I would ask if you walked into a door." I told him: "But I can see none of them have been delivered yet." I taunted in my gruff pissed off tone.
"It's nothing Boss, don't worry about it, it's nothing at all." He brushed it off and I decided to take his word for it, but all the way back to the office I couldn't get the sight of that well shaped jean clad ass and the Tomboy act of her clipping Chad in the mouth out of my mind. I actually couldn't help but wonder what she would be like in the sack, I real tiger I imagined.
With the noise ordinance on construction projects in Sarasota, I knew that my crews never started earlier than seven a.m. and at six thirty I was on site with a box of fresh bagels and several containers of different flavored cream cheeses. I always make it a point to meet all my new hires and on this job I knew there were three and to be honest, I wanted to see what the top half of that little cutie really looked like.
Actually, to be even more honest, I was hoping she was a dog so I could get past any fantasy I was harboring since seeing those legs and that firm looking butt and experiencing her soft scent. But those hopes were shattered when she boldly walked right up to me and introduced herself totally unprompted: "Mr. Swiftt, hi I'm Bobbie Edmonson and I'm pleased to meet you sir." She initiated in her female voice, but one that was deeper than I had expected.
And then I was looking into the pale blue eyes of a cute thirty something woman. She extended her hand and as I took it in mine, I noticed it to be as firm and rough as any of my crewman: "Peter, you can call me Peter. All of my mmm (I started to say men) coworkers do." I corrected in a stammer.
"Sure Boss, whatever you say." She responded with a quick smile that entered through my eyes and exploded in my chest. "Damn!" I said to myself: "Don't show personal interest in her ... Keep it professional."
"How long have you been on board?" I asked her.
"About a week." She answered: "But I've been doing new electrical construction for about fifteen years now and I'm licensed." She answered as she tried to pull out of my hand. Not wanting to release if quite yet, I squeezed her's a little firmer.
"Welcome." I said: "If there is anything I can do or anything that you need just let us know." And I finally released her hand.
She thanked me, turned around with the box of bagels and headed for the shop desk. I couldn't help but think how pleasant she smelled as I checked her out from behind. Kind of a feminine, soapy, deodorant and fabric softener-like scent. I met the other two new hires but I really didn't remember their names at that point. There was just something about Bobbie that I couldn't shake: Maybe it's the short butch haircut?" I tried to convince myself, or her tuff posture but I knew after seeing her cute face and well proportioned bust line and experiencing that attitude, that it was the total package.
"Swiftt, this is where fools screw up and lose their reputations and businesses and there's no fool like an old fool." I reasoned to myself: "Besides, you have at the very least twenty eight or more years on her." I argued in my brain and that was that.
Some three weeks later on a Friday evening I was standing pool side in my trunks and trusty Marina Jack T-shirt contemplating grilling one at home vs. going out for a steak when I smelled a smoky Bakelite chemical odor coming from the direction of my pool filter pump.
When I walked to the end of the house, I noticed the wall mounted junction box to it had burned and smoked up the wall all around it and when I held my hand close it seemed to feel red hot. I went into the utility room of the pool house with cell phone in hand and while phoning Ron, I forced the tripped breaker all the way to the off position.
"Yeah Boss what's up?" He answered and I explained to him what happened. He told me if it was just a tripped breaker he would advise that it could wait until Monday, but he said he was concerned about the charring and over what could have caused that and he said he would send someone right over.
"Thanks Ron, you helped me decide." I told him: "I was undecided whether to eat at home or go out." I explained and he said he would have an electrician over within the hour so I decided to wait before starting my dinner: "Tell them the side gate." I instructed and we ended our call.
I drew a glass of draft , turned on the Rat Pack and sat in a lounger looking over my pool out on the bay. About halfway through my second beer, I clipped the end off a cigar and as I lit it, I heard the familiar jingle of a tool belt and then someone tried the gate.
"Hey, hang on, give me a minute. Sorry I forgot to unlatch it." I said and a few seconds later I was looking at Bobbie. She had on a blue silk summer top and it was obvious from the way it fit her trim frame that she wasn't wearing a bra, white almost short shorts and her tool belt was slung over her right shoulder with the heavy leather pouch cradled tight up under her arm.
"Wow, I almost didn't recognize you!" Rolled off my tongue like a rookie before I could stop myself from saying that, but she really did look very nice.
"Yeah, my dad always told me that I cleaned up real good for a girl." She replied in response, but I let that go: "Man, Peter that smells good." She remarked as she nodded toward my hand that held the cigar.
"Oh, sorry" I said: "And I'm sorry to pull you away from your Friday evening as well." I added.
"No worries ... No real plans. I was just going to hook up with a couple of girlfriends and drink more beer than I have money for and my rents due in a few days so I can use the extra hours. The reason I got the call is all the guys head out on Friday to get tanked up right after work. Me, I go home and shower first." She said in a jovial way as she walked in on past me: "No really, I do love the smell of a good cigar, where is your breaker box?" She asked.
The one to the filter that tried to burn my house down is in the utility room of the pool house there above the washer and dryer." I answered as I motioned toward it: "And there's two main panels in the other laundry just off the indoor kitchen." I answered, then: "Can I offer you a cold craft draft beer?" Came out of my mouth before I could stop myself.
"Let's get your problem taken care of first." She said and from the tone in her voice I knew she wasn't just being polite and if I was lucky, she might even toss a few back with me and I instantly knew that I would love to spend that time with her.
"Have you had your dinner yet?" I asked stacking it on. "Why not?" I thought to myself being bold but trying not to pull out all of the stops.