My phone lit up while I struggled to stay alert during a compliance meeting. Patience testing endeavors made necessary in a world run rampant with oppressive government oversight, digital fraud, and the potential of litigation due to just about anything.
The call was from Dylan Langford, general counsel of a long-time client of mine, and someone I could excuse myself from this meeting to speak with, if only for a few minutes.
"Hi Dylan, listen, I left a compliance meeting to take this call, so I can only talk for a about ninety minutes."
"You know Greg, I run meetings like that. I really do appreciate if my audience pays attention."
"If you were running this meeting, I'm sure I would be riveted to your every word, but alas, you're not. How are you, what's going on?"
"I'm fine," she said. "Sort of."
"Hmmm, ominous. Anything I can do to help you?"
"That is the question. And yes, yet not that easy to ask," Dylan said
Odd response to a generically rhetorical question. Can't be anything wrong. We just went through a thorough review with her company. They couldn't be reconsidering our contract, could they?
"Anything Dylan, well, anything within reason I suppose," I said. "I probably won't kill anyone for you. Probably."
"It's not that drastic. I've spent a lot time pondering this Greg," she said somewhat hesitantly. "Well, here goes. I need your penis."
She had always been direct and to the point, however, this was off kilter. I was more than slightly flummoxed.
"Ah, pardon me?"
"You heard me," Dylan said.
"Are you..."
"No, I'm not kidding," she said.
"Ah, sure, is everything alright?"
"It will be. Text me your address, I'll be there at seven o'clock." She hung up.
I doubt if she was drunk or high, it was two in the afternoon, unless there was a problem I wasn't aware of. There was also the outside chance that someone else had grabbed her phone and, doing a great Dylan impersonation, called to prank me. While not totally out of the realm, somewhat more difficult given the password protection of the latest iPhones.
I called her back.
"Yes," Dylan answered curtly.
"Did you just call me?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes."
"Did you really say..."
"Yes, I said what you heard me say. It took all I could muster to do so. Listen Greg, if I've miss played this, let me know now and you can forget I ever said it."
"Yeah, I don't think I can un-hear that."
"Then we're good then, for tonight?"
"Sure, but.."
"Greg, the less you think about it the better. See you at seven."
The less I think about it. It's all I could think about. Don't let anyone kid you, when a woman, especially a woman as accomplished and attractive as Dylan, states emphatically that she needs your penis, well, there isn't much else to think about other than why.
What, exactly, did she need my penis for? I know that she had been married for a short time when she was in her thirties and never had children. But she's my age, mid-fifties. My guess is she's not looking to get pregnant.
Maybe she needs me to get someone else pregnant. Maybe a lesbian friend; a younger lesbian friend. Maybe Dylan's a lesbian, and the two of them are going to come over for a threesome and I'm supposed to get her young lesbian lover pregnant. Okay, now I was going off the rails. If she wanted me to donate sperm, she would have asked me straight away. In the same manner she just stated she needed my penis.
I was more than a little dumbstruck. I had known Dylan for more than a decade, and I could describe my relationship with her as with all my female collogues: professional, respectful, and platonic.
This wasn't a #MeToo occurrence. Not that I didn't find some of the women I worked with attractive; there were times a coworker or colleague got caught up in my masturbatory fantasies, but never someone I had direct contact with, and never Dylan. It would be too difficult to sit across from someone in serious conversation knowing that earlier that morning I spanked off to the thought of them blowing me while I sat on the edge of my pool.
And it's not like Dylan wasn't spank worthy. She was tall, probably 5' 9", though there were times when in heels she could almost look me in the eye. She had long black hair, deep brown eyes, and a darker, a Mediterranean-like complexion.
She had a largish mouth and perfect teeth that glimmered when she smiled. And, depending on her undergarment choice of the day, either a decent bust line or a set of boobs that could smother you. After all these years I still wasn't sure about that one.
She was also extremely fit. Years ago she had played division two basketball. She had carried her athletic instinct with her to this day. Last week she competed in her tenth mini triathlon. Plus, if all that wasn't enough, she was smart. Really smart. Much more so than me.
My mind began to churn from adolescent-like anticipation to deep concern. On one hand, and now that I had a moment to process this, Dylan had a playful side. She was very self-aware and confident, and from time to time I thought she was flirting with me. Had I met her in a different setting I would definitely be interested in something more carnal than casual. But this call, this call was weird.
At exactly seven o'clock the doorbell rang. There was a polite greeting, a hint of smile from Dylan as she came through the door, and a boat load of awkwardness.
"Nice house," she said, quickly scanning what could be seen from the foyer. "What are these, nine-foot ceilings?"
"Thank you, and yes, nine feet," I answered.
"Nice. Mine are eight," she said. "Though I might move."