CHAPTER 1
Tim Cooke had a wet lunch with some other young attorneys and returned to his office, satisfied in general with his life but sour two of his lunch companions were married and the other two had enduring partners.
At the moment Tim didn't even have a steady and the two who were on tap were not the kind of girls a guy could take home to mother and expect to survive mother's hostile attack with her gin bottle.
Tim ran for a departing elevator and just made it in and faced a gorgeous brunette dressed in blue.
Aware the babe could leave the car any time soon, Tim smiled at her and said hi and gripping low on her scooped neckline asked, "Do you mind if I take a look at your great-looking stack?"
She smiled and said icily, "Will this be your first experience in jail?"
Tim instantly accepted this woman had too much horsepower for him. Devilish behavior had no place out of college and was particularly inappropriate for anyone working for a law firm so morbidly stiff in the manner in which it projected itself publicly it almost gave the appearance of operating out of a crypt.
Perhaps it was.
Gee he hadn't thought of that before this.
He remembered he had an apology to make.
"I apologize miss. I mistook you for someone I know."
"Bullshit."
"Well spotted miss. Perhaps what I had for lunch over-boosted my testosterone levels?"
"Well watch what you eat in future."
God what he off the hook?
The elevator stopped, Tim saw it was at the 11th and scuttled out and turned his face away from reception as he flitted past. He was almost at the door of his office when big tits, er Tiffany, called, "Oh Mr Cooke, your 2 o'clock appointment, Miss Carla Stone has arrived."
He turned with a professional smile but that evaporated when his saw Miss Stone was the brunette with curvaceous tits.
She hissed, "No way, I'm not being attended to by that jerk."
The other two women in reception came to the counter.
Tim, operating back in professional mode, said smoothly, "Don't worry ladies, it's a case of mistaken jerks. Come along Carla, I'm the only one here authorized to release your bequest."
"Is it money?"
"Yes and quite a tidy sum."
She walked to him muttering, "Keep your hands of me you jerk."
"Mr Cooke, should I call security?"
"No thanks Tiffany. Obviously some jerk has upset Miss Stone. I can handle her... er... I can calm her."
"Hi Carla just calm down and come through and get your check. Your breasts are safe from me with a guarantee they'll not be touched."
"Is that a promise?"
He smiled and said yes providing he wasn't provoked.
She snorted, he opened the door and she went past him warily.
He waved at the receptionists and said, "I feel safe."
"Please sit," he said and reached over his desk to pluck the folder on top of the pile and looked at Carla as he sat facing her and noticed she'd not pulled down her skirt. Hmmm well obviously he was free to admire her lower thighs but it appeared she was sensitive about her tits.
"Two forms of ID please."
She handed him her passport and Social Security card.
The twenty-eight year old said, "Hmmm you are twenty-six. Are you interested in dating me?"
"I have a boyfriend, well he lives next door."
"But would he be as exciting as you might think I could be?"
"H-he's a little timid."
"Oh like me?"
He laugh was more like a cackle.
"And he's not nearly as talkative and confrontational."
"And what is the situation about sex with this guy who lives next door?"
"Mr Cooke, I believe we are supposed to be discussing a legal matter."
"Oh yes Carla. Here are your documents back. I have established you are indeed Carla er...?
"Stone."
"Very good. That was a sly test."
He pulled out his cell phone and entered her name in his phone book. Your cell phone number please?"
"Why?"
"I can't date you unless I can contact you."
"I shouldn't be doing this... will you promise to be exciting?"
"I promise."
Tim entered the phone number as she called it out.
Carla's phone went. She dug into her bag for it saying, "Excuse me please."
"Carla Stone."
"Just testing."
She looked at Tim and laughed, showing great teeth and her breasts moved a bit. Very nice.
The transaction was completed and Carla prepared to leave with a check for $50,000 from her late Uncle Cecil.
"Um do we shake hands," she said uncertainly.
"No we kiss."
She kissed him lightly on the lips and appeared surprised she wasn't groped.
Reaching to open the door he said, "Don't date me unless you are willing to have sex on the first date Carla."
Her icy look returned.
Back at his desk, Tim checked the time and completed the file and placed it in the out tray.
He'd gone too far. Tim rated his chances of Carla dating him as being doubtful, possibly very doubtful. He'd probably have improved odds if he hit on her mom.
Wondering if Carla was a brunette between the legs, Tim called her.
"Carla Stone."
"Hi it's Tim Cooke."
"Who?"
"Um I'm Tim Cooke the attorney who's dating you this week. Some clown dubbed me Tim at high school and the name stuck although not with my family who wanted me to be known as Timothy."
"Well I suppose you can have any name you wish to keep."
"You are so wise Carla. When are we doing it?"