When Diana returned to San Diego, she was definitely a happy camper, as she reveled in the most erotic sex she had ever enjoyed. Because of her spectacular performance at the orgy plus the great camaraderie she had already established with some notable members, such as Natasha Starikovich and Chloe Hamilton, the managers of the TLR, Vickie Vargas and Scarlett O'Hara advised her that she would be a special member with extra privileges. Mainly, that for an extra fee she could attend extra orgies in addition to her regular scheduled events, up to a maximum of seven visits in total per year. She had established three club members as close friends. Chloe Hamilton and Katie Hill lived within a two hours drive, while Angela Peterson lived in San Diego. Through the three of them plus her membership to the TLR, her sex life was thoroughly established to indulge in as much group sex as she could possibly ever desire.
Once Abbie finished with her community college education, she decided to return east. As a result of her acquaintanceship with Angela Peterson, she tapped the latter's friendship with Erica Koeninger, née Laaning, who was the sister to Vivian Laaning. Erica was the owner and operator of a very trendy and highly popular restaurant including a sophisticated nightclub on its premises. Accordingly, Abbie upon Angela's recommendation arranged for an interview with Erica in Chicago. The two women hit it off, and Erica hired her on the spot. Abbie first started as a server, and a month later became an assistant manager at Erica's restaurant. About a year later, Erica decided to devote more time at home raising her three children, and so promoted Abbie to general manager of the entire establishment.
Angela Peterson, incidentally, did get pregnant as a result of the five women two men orgy at her home, and also happily brought her second son into the world. Since her fondest wishes for a family were finally fulfilled, she had her tubes tied. That way she could pursue her alternate licentious sexual lifestyle without fear of any accidental future pregnancy. Angela reveled in considering herself as the sexual combined reincarnation of the fictional Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Diana settled down to a routine in her Navy life as a nurse at the Balboa Hospital. She was now twenty-six years of age, and her career was outstanding. She had attained the rank of lieutenant commander, and she was pretty sure if she remained in the Navy, she would eventually become an admiral. She was unquestionably competent at her job, and she was universally very well liked by her co-workers.
However, her regular dating life sucked. Her dates rarely progressed to a second or third date and was virtually nonexistent after a third date. She could usually garner a first date easily enough, and a lot of such dates had some potential promise to progress to a satisfactory relationship. Once she would become intimate with her prospective beaus, and usually that occurred on the first date given Diana's unrestrained inclination towards engaging in sex, these men became paradoxically turned off and skittish. It seemed to Diana that during their conversation on their dates, the men would form the impression that she was chaste, which notion was probably reinforced by her station in life, as a naval officer. So as soon as the gentlemen perceived that Diana was really a slut, they decamped.
A glaring example was in the person of Andy Charlton. Charlton was a pharmaceutical sales representative, and the company he represented was a regular supplier for the Balboa Hospital. It so happened that he had a sales pitch to make to the anesthesiology department. He was promoting a brand new drug just recently approved by the FDA, which would calm a patient's nerves, more efficiently, which in turn would make the subsequent administration of the knockout anesthetic much safer to apply, since a lower dose would only be needed. Everyone, including Diane in the department attended the scheduled sales pitch meeting, and she caught Charlton's eye. As the meeting was breaking up, he sidled up to her, and taking note of her name tag and rank, asked, "So Lieutenant Commander, Van Buren, what did you think of our company's presentation?"
Diana answered, "I was most impressed, I can see great potential for this drug. Captain Hightower, our head anesthetist had us all come to this meeting as he wanted everyone's input on the efficacy of his new drug. I can assure you, that I for one will highly recommend it."
"That's gratifying to know. Say I'm in town just for today, and for a brief presentation tomorrow morning at another hospital, before I have to head back to LA. I hate to eat alone, so I was wondering if you're available to keep me company? I expect I'll dine at the Lionfish, in the hotel where I'm staying."
Diana's eyes lit up as Charlton seemed like the quintessential urbane man that she would be attracted to. Mind you for sex, Diana's bar for acceptable men was set quite low. However, Charlton certainly seemed to be a cut above the norm, one whom she would normally entertain an anticipation of a serious ongoing relationship. And the restaurant and the hotel sure were luxurious, quite fitting for the image of a highly successful sales executive. So, she replied, "Oh I would be delighted, and luckily I do get off at 15:00 hours and do not work tomorrow. I'll just have to check with my babysitter, but I'm pretty sure it will be all right."
Charlton was a little crest fallen at that bit of news, so he asked, "Oh you have a child? Are you married then, although I did not notice a ring?"
"Not to worry, I'm a single mom. My daughter's father might be dead for all I know. Now since you do not live here why don't I meet you for dinner, and why don't you give me your cell phone number so I can contact you to confirm our date."
Since Diana was in the military. Charlton assumed that Diana's ex boyfriend was also in the military and possibly in harm's way in the Middle East. That being the case, he did not find Diana's remark about the uncertainty of death of her presumed boyfriend to be untoward. So, he provided his number to Diana and advised her that he would set up a reservation at 18:30 hours deferring to the military time that apparently Diana was accustomed to.
When Diana arrived at the Lionfish, Charlton had already arrived, and so she has escorted to his table. Their dinner date was pleasant enough as they exchanged personal details of each other's lives. Diana's main focus for the date was to ultimately engage in sex. She thought that was surely not an unrealistic expectation given that they did not live near each other, and so a prospect of a follow-up date would be uncertain at best. To this end, Diana laced her conversations with subtle double entendres to signal that she was not averse to a one night stand. He did not seem to pick up her signals, as she could not sense any chemistry developing between themselves.
Diana began to despair that the evening would end up without any sex. However, at the end of the evening Charlton pleasantly surprised her, as he asked, "Say Diana, would you like to see my room, it's quite nice and we could have a nightcap as it contains a well-stocked mini bar?"
Diana's demeanor took on a positively sunny turn, as she replied coyly, "I think I could be persuaded, as I believe I could use a drink."
When they got to his room, which turned out to be a suite with a living room in addition to the bedroom. They sat down at counter area as Diana asked for a gin and tonic, and Charlton settled for a scotch on the rocks. He asked, "How do you like this suite? It's one of my perks with the company, as I may need to utilize the suite to swing a deal. I'm always booked at a five star hotel when I'm away from LA. I have a wide territory to cover in addition to California; I represent the company in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico."
Diana replied, "Oh wow Andy! That sounds exciting, but I guess it does take a toll on your personal life to have to travel around so much. As you said at dinner that you were divorced, and I'm guessing your traveling had something to do with it?"
