Author's note: This is a short story written for a competition elsewhere. The rules required 1,000 words or fewer, so it's fast paced and, well, short. Enjoy!
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One of my more lucrative clients was a small trade association, which had an out-dated membership system, one that I knew very well.
I had been coming on-site one day a week, to keep their old system running until they can replace it with a new Salesforce application.
The staff called me The Maytag Repairman because my day mostly comprised of waiting for something to go wrong with the old system. At least I hoped that was the reason, and not because of my grey hair and my 50-year old spare tire.
When the decision was made to migrate to the Salesforce app, the Executive Director fired the entire IT staff, except for Gina. She was a shy, mid-20s Latina whose expertise was with Salesforce and keeping the servers running.
Gina was a classic computer nerd, glasses, simple straight hair pulled back into a ponytail, and carrying a little extra weight on her tall frame, most of it packed inside of her bra.
I met her the first day on-site when she came to get my laptop connected to the WiFi network. Her smokey brown eyes caught my attention and even though she had no idea of her sensuality, I could see through to her inner beauty.
Despite our age difference, I flirted with Gina relentlessly. Her shy demeanor, lack of self-confidence, and curvy body made her a perfect target for this dirty old man in a sexless marriage. While she never reacted beyond blushing and smiling, we developed a bit of a friendship.
So when she showed up at my desk near the end of the day, I was pleased to see her, although she had a very serious look on her face.
"To what do I owe this pleasure," I asked with a wink, as she nervously bit her lower lip.
"I've got something serious to talk to you about, John, can you please come to my office?"
She turned toward her office. I quickly got up and followed behind her, admiring the way her rounded ass swayed within her khaki pants.
She closed her office door before taking the seat behind her desk. I took the guest's chair opposite her. "Why so serious," I asked, hoping to cut through the tension in the room.
She slid a printout across her desk. I picked it up, scanned the entries, and recognized all of the highlighted websites. As I said, I had a lot of unscheduled time while on-site, so I used it to keep up with my favorite porn story sites.
"Thanks for the recommendations," I joked, "but I'm already familiar with these sites."
"This isn't a joking matter, John," she said with an empathetic look, "I'd hate to see your contract terminated."