Welcome back. I think you will like this chapter, I spent a weekend with Just Samantha. This one is two parts as my writing is growing longer. My editor likes it, thanks Ian.
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Spending some time with Samantha
We were all eating breakfast Thursday morning, still recovering from the 4th of July party and Jill and Mike staying. Sam was staring at me as she sipped her coffee.
"What?" I asked Sam.
"Did you forget?" She asked.
"No. But I have a deal for you, Sam."
"You said Thursday night!"
"You want to hear my deal or not?" I asked.
"I guess." Sam said.
"Amy, can Sam take off tomorrow?" I asked her.
"Sure."
"Sam, tonight or in the morning you and Dawn pack your clothes. Dawn knows what you need. I have a penthouse ready for Friday and Saturday night. We can check in early and check out late Sunday. Does that sound better?"
"Really?! Oh yes, that sounds great! All weekend!?" Sam asked.
"Yes."
"What about me?" Amy asked.
"Amy, you and James had a weekend in town, this is for your sister. Besides, I think we can spend some quality time together here this weekend," Dawn said.
Amy looked at Dawn and a smile appeared. "Oh, I see," she said. "Then I wish I could take off tomorrow."
"I will have something special waiting when you get home tomorrow," Dawn told her. Amy smiled again.
"You two need to go to work," I told them.
Dawn and I got kissed by each of them and they left for work.
"What do you have planned for Amy?" I asked.
"Something nice and quiet for the weekend. I'll make her a nice dinner tomorrow, then we can spend the evening in the bathtub."
"She will like that. I would like that."
After we finished cleaning up from breakfast, Dawn turned to me. "Come with me." She took my hand and led me down the hall toward the sunroom but she took me into the last big bedroom on the back of the house before the sunroom. "I want to ask you something."
"What would that be?" I replied.
"You remember when we designed the house, this room was supposed to be a studio for you?"
"I remember, that is why it has all the windows in it and the pickled hardwood floors," I replied.
"I know. I would like to change this room. You know the sexy videos we watch on the internet that are high end and shot in a bright room that is all white?"
"I do, they are nicely done."
"I want to make this room like that, all white, all the bedding and furniture white and nice sheer curtains to let the sun in, can I?" Dawn asked. "I want you to have a better studio than what we originally envisioned."
"Sure, you can do what you want, honey. Is there a reason why?"
"It just looks so sexy on the videos."
"And...?"
Dawn looked at me and smiled.
"It would be kind of a fantasy room, like the mirror room downstairs."
"It would make some nice photos," I told her.
"Yes it would," Dawn said. I had a feeling that she had other reasons for wanting to do it, but this room was large and I had intended on making a studio in here. It would give me a place to make some nice pictures and maybe some videos since Sam had given me video ideas with the camera he showed me.
"You can't start it right away, your surgery is in a few weeks."
"I know. I thought I would work on it in August, I will have people move things for me and paint. I want all the walls painted white. White bed, white furniture."
"Sounds like a good idea. Would you like to tell me the rest of the story, honey?" I asked.
"I want you to have a nice place to take some pictures." Dawn said, but I didn't believe her still.
"Why?"
"At the party, almost all the women asked if you would take some pictures of them. This would look nice...and..."
"And what?"
"I know how much you like taking the pictures...maybe you and I can do some high-end lingerie photos for other women."
"You mean like a business?"
"Why not? Your photographs are wonderful, everyone likes them. It would just be for a few women, the ones that can afford it."
"Oh, very high-end?"
"Yes." Dawn said smiling at me. "I think a lot of the rich couples in town and around us would like to have some nice pictures taken by someone they can trust."
"I'm not sure how much time we will have with you going back to school and me teaching. And if we want it to be a business, I'm not sure how we will market it, but it does sound interesting," I said, nodding. Dawn wrapped her arms around me and held me.
"I want you to teach me how to do all the photographic things you do. This is something we can do together, for fun," Dawn said hugging me.
"That would be fun. You're already good with a camera, I can teach you how to do everything else. What kind of clients will we have?"
"Rich ones," Dawn said laughing. "I want this to be an exclusive word-of-mouth service, and expensive."
"So sexy lingerie photos, and nudes?" I asked.
"If they want them, sure. Does that sound like a good idea?"
"If you are okay with it, it sounds like fun." I told her.
We discussed some of the changes to the room for a while. I suggested that she talk to the lady that runs her lingerie store about working with us and maybe the young lady we met at the bikini store - we would need some product suppliers. I also suggested she find someone trustworthy that could do makeup and hair on-site.
"Good idea, also, several of the women that help me at the women's stores I shop at could help us out, they know plenty of rich ladies."
After lunch, Dawn said she had an appointment with John to determine what he needed for her boob job. After she left I called Linda to check on her.
'Hey Linda, are you doing okay?'
'I'm doing great. I had a lot of fun.'
'Are you busy this week before you go out of town?' I asked.
'Sort of, I have to get all the information ready that I need to take to all the places I am going. I am making surprise visits to some of my head people out in the field next week, then the week after that I am doing the same thing out of the country. James...why don't you come with me one week?'
'And just how would you explain me tagging along?'
'You would be my Industrial Psychologist consultant.'
'Oh that sounds tempting.'
'I don't think Dawn would mind, would she?' Linda asked.
'I don't know Linda, she might think that we would be getting a little too close.'
'I really do need some advice on employee and management psychology. You can do that can't you?'
'Oh yes.'
'I really would like for someone to spend some time talking to the employees and managers to see what changes we need to make. I believe that business is more effective if people want to come to work, so I want to make sure all of my businesses operate in a pleasant environment. If I could hire you, it would be nice, you could maybe go with me both weeks. It will be a lot of travel, I will be flying to several places on some days.'
'I know some other psychologist that would be happy to do it, Linda.'
'I don't want other psychologist. James, I'm serious. I am making changes to the environment at all my businesses. This would give me a place to start. I would need more of your help later on.'
'Could I bring Dawn or one of the girls as an assistant?'
'Sure, if they are not in school. It would be a good learning experience for the girls.'
'Linda, I would have to discuss it with Dawn and see how she would feel about it.'
'What if I talk to her? She could help me next summer if she and the girls are available to go around and help me set up on-site clinics in my larger businesses. I am going to do that too.'
'If you are serious and, it is not just for sex, she would like the challenge and the girls would enjoy helping.'
'Well, the sex with any of you is nice. But no, I am serious. I pay well.'
'The fringe benefits wouldn't be bad either. Do you have a free hour tomorrow we could come by and talk?'