Cindy and Jason both work at a large company together. Their paths cross some but not a ton. Jason is good friends with Cindy's boss, Sam.
"Is Sam in today?" Jason asked Cindy as he walked up to her desk.
Cindy is an administrative assistant. She is in her late thirties. She is a blonde with an athletic, tone body, Sam is a Vice President of finance for a large company. Jason works in their investment division two floors up. Jason is in his late thirties and is very fit as well.
"Yes he is. I will let him know you are here." Cindy replied.
"Thank you, Cindy!" Jason responded.
Jason and Sam have been coworkers and friends for about fifteen years. The get along great. They both have worked their way up in the company and are both doing well.
"Come on in?" Sam yelled to Jason. "Please shut the door on your way in."
"It looks like you are working way to hard for a Friday afternoon!" Jason told Sam.
"I couldn't agree more." Sam replied.
"The merger is over, time to relax a little. Leave early for the weekend!" Jason joked. Their company just completed a larger merger that had everyone working extra hours.
"I wish I could." Sam said sitting in his desk looking exhausted.
"What's got you all stressed?" Jason asked while taking a seat.
"HR stuff." Sam said in a lower voice.
"HR? That sucks? Anything going on?" Jason asked.
"It's Cindy." Sam said in a low voice, trying to speak so she could not hear.
"Cindy? Really? What's going on with her?" Jason asked.
Cindy is the role model employee. She is always on time. She always works late if asked or needed. She is very good at her job. It was out of the ordinary for any issues to be going on with her.
"Yes, I know. That's what I thought when they called me to discuss a situation with her." Sam said.
"Did she do something wrong?" Jason asked.
"You know I am not supposed to be talking to anyone about this, but, yes she got herself in some trouble." Sam said.
"Come on man, what did she do? Whatever it is, you know you can take care of it for her. She is a rockstar. You need her. And if you don't, I'll hire her and pay her more than you are!" Jason joked.
"Of course I'm taking care of it. It's just that I still have to discuss the situation with her. It's not an easy one to discuss." Sam said.
"Man, what did she do?" Jason asked leaning forward getting closer to Sam.
"This has to stay between us, okay? HR caught her looking at porn on her computer." Sam said.
"Porn? No way." Jason said shocked.
"I thought the same thing." Sam said.
"Cindy doesn't seem like the porn type. I mean, she is like a super mom. What does she have, like three kids. She's married. She is the definition of super mom." Jason said shaking his head in disbelief.
"Well, maybe that was the old Cindy. The new Cindy is now getting a divorce." Sam said.
"No way. She's getting divorced?" Jason asked.
"Jason, you have been up on that fourth floor too long. That merger kept you busy. You haven't been down here to say hi in a while. Yes, Tom was cheating on her with the eighteen-year-old babysitter." Sam replied.
"No way!" Jason said in shock. Tom is Cindy's husband or, now soon to be, ex-husband.
"Yes, she went home for lunch one afternoon and walked in on them during her lunch break." Sam told him.
"Oh fuck." Jason said in shock.
"Cindy's entire world has been turned upside down. She started dating Tom when she was fourteen or something close to that. They went on to be high school sweethearts, and they get married. They have been married almost twenty years." Sam said.
"When did all this happen?" Jason asked.
"About a year ago!" Sam answered.
"A year, no way. How come I haven't heard about this?" Jason asked.
"Man, that merger had us all running crazy around here. There wasn't much free time for chit chat." Sam said.
"So, how is she doing?" Jason asked.
"At first, bad. The first six months were rough." Sam said.
"What about now?" Jason asked.
"Well, now, I would say she is going through some, how should I say this, life changes. At least that's what I have picked up on." Sam said.
"Picked up on? What all are you picking up on?" Jason asked.
"I think she is going through a wild phase or something. Maybe a midlife crisis." Sam said.
"Really? What makes you say this?" Jason asked.
"Well, did you see her when you came to my office?" Sam asked.
"Yes? I'm not sure what you mean." Jason asked confused.
"Did you see her skirt?" Sam asked.
"Skirt, no, she was sitting at her desk." Jason answered.
"Hold on. Let me see if she can come in here." Sam said while picking up his office phone.
"Cindy, could you bring me a copy of last year's fourth quarter expense numbers." Sam said talking to her on the phone.
After a few moments Cindy walked in to Sam's office with the report. She was wearing a light blue dress top and a black skirt. Her skirt was tight and short. She had on black heels and black pantyhose under her skirt. Both Jason and Sam watched as she dropped off the report.
"Anything else I can get you?" Cindy asked.
"I think we are good. Thank you, Cindy." Sam replied.
"See what I'm talking about?" Sam said after Cindy left the room.
"Holy shit. Fuck, she is looking hot! I mean, she was always attractive, but wow. I guess I never really noticed her like that before." Jason said.
"About a month ago she wore her first short skirt. Dean, from marketing, was here almost ten times that day talking to her. I think she enjoyed the attention. I think a lot of men didn't notice her before." Sam said.
"Dean? Isn't he married?" Jason asked.
"Yes. Oh, nothing happened, he was just up here flirting with her. At least I don't think anything happened." Sam said. "Last week, she was supposed to have a date. It was with some guy she met online. She said she was excited about it. You should have seen the dress she wore that day. Wow."
"Really, so she got all dressed up for her date, huh?" Jason asked.
"Yes. I guess they were supposed to meet after work. The next day she was super down. The guy stood her up. I felt bad for her." Sam said.
"That sucks. That guys loss though." Jason said.
"Yes. Now I have to address this porn thing with her." Sam said.
"That's not going to be easy." Jason commented.
"I know. I'm a happily married man. Most men would love to be talking porn with a woman like her. This is going to be awkward." Sam said.
"Oh, poor you. Ha. You want me to talk to her about it?" Jason joked.
"No, that wouldn't be a good idea." Sam said.
"What kind of porn was she looking at?" Jason asked.
"Well, it wasn't exactly what you would think. It was a website with erotic stories. So it wasn't like she was just watching videos or something." Sam explained.
"Well, that's not that bad." Jason said.
"No, but HR said the website was pulled up from early morning through the end of the day. I'm guessing she pulled it up and got busy and forgot about it or maybe she just looked at a little at a time. I don't know. There's a good number of people who come down this hallway to my office. Anyone could have seen it pulled up. Delivery guys, any number of people. That's more of an issue than anything. I just don't want someone to see it pulled up on her screen and assume things. That wouldn't be good." Sam said.