The door bell range just a little past 9 p.m. on a Thursday night. Karen Miller had just come out of the shower and she was dripping wet. She wasnât expecting anyone, but she quickly toweled off and put on a short summer weight robe â no time to look for a bra or panties.
Karen took a quick peak through the curtains and she could see D. Franklin Diderot, the community college distance learning program supervisor, standing under the porch light. He had a large white cotton bag under his arm. What was this all about?
Karen opened the door just a crack.
âFrank? Is there a problem?â
âThereâs something we need to talk about, Karen. Itâs really important. Can I come in?â
Over the years Karen and Frank had almost been âan item.â They had started dating in high school, had fooled around in the back seat of his car during their college years, got married to and divorced from other people more often then is considered proper even by southern California standards, and had somehow managed to keep up their friendship for almost 30 years.
After the last series of divorces, whenever either of them was feeling down, they got together for a drink, to cry on each otherâs shoulder, and then have a good healthy âtherapy fuck.â It was that kind of relationship. And if truth be told, Frank was the first guy to put his cock in Karenâs mouth before oral sex became the rage among high school kids. Nobody told her back then that you didnât have to swallow if you didnât want to, and she still had a crush on Denis Franklin Diderot after all these years.
âYes, Frank, please come in.â
Frank had always been self-conscious about being named after the 18th Century French philosopher, and after college he used only his middle name. Karen was just plain dependable Karen. She led the way and he followed her into the living room.
âSit down, Frank, and make yourself comfortable. Can I fix you a drink?â
âNo, that wonât be necessary. Not right no. Maybe later âŠâ
Karen sat opposite Frank and pulled her sheer summer robe tightly together. They had been naked at least fifty times over the years, but tonight Karen wasnât in the mood to show off her tits or legs. Then the thought crossed her mind, was Frank planning to stay the evening? Was he hoping to get laid? He hadnât called to say he was coming over and tomorrow as a school day. Karen was getting just a little bit pissed about this intrusion into her orderly, well-structured life.
Then Frank went on. âYou called in sick today.
âYes.â
âBronchitis?â
âYes ...â
âBut youâre feeling much better now?â
Better hedge your bets. âKindaâ âŠâ
âWent to the doctor?â
âFrank, why are you quizzing me like this?â
âWell, Karen, I have this little problem.â
âAnd how can I help?â She was a little bit skeptical.
âSeems the school board is considering buying this new computer software, SNIFFER itâs called.â
âYes âŠâ Karen thought she had read an article about it in a Newsweek.
âItâs used by many organizations to track unauthorized computer use.â
At that point Karen was beginning to get an idea where this conversation was headed.
âI have a demo copy, something to test for 30 days free of charge. Anyway, I decided to load the program and try it out. This morning. When you called in sick and we had to cancel the fall planning meeting.
That was when the sinking feeling started, in the pit of Karenâs stomach.
âSeems that over the last few months, youâve been visiting a Web site.â
âI visit lots of sites. Itâs part of my job, to keep up with the latest breakthroughs in distance learning. Thereâs a lot of literature on the Internet. Thatâs what computer-based learning is all about, using the Internet to transfer knowledge.â
âWell, there certainly was a lot of knowledge transfer at your favorite Internet site.â
There was a long pause ⊠the air in the room was suddenly very chilly.
âI did a little exploring myself, tracking down characterâs names and following up on hunches ⊠playing detective âŠâ
âItâs getting late, Frank. Canât we save this for tomorrow?â
âMy guess is that you stayed home yesterday to goof off, to read dirty stories on the Internet and play with yourself. Maybe you took a nap or two, drank some good local California wine ⊠when you werenât getting yourself off with your fingers or a vibrator or whatever the hell you use when thereâs no boyfriend around.â
âDenis Franklin Diderot! That isnât fai!â