Copyright © May 2017 by CiaoSteve
Foreword #1 : All characters in this series are over 18
Foreword #2 : This is pure fantasy and could contain events which may not happen in real life
Foreword #3 : If you are looking for quick bangs from the first paragraph then you may be disappointed. This first chapter really sets the scene for the adventures to come. Hopefully it will leave you waiting for the next instalment of Susan's adventures.
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She walked slowly down Main Street wondering to herself. It was a quiet, rundown, almost a little sleazy area of town that Susan Green found herself in but, in need of money, every interview was as important as the last. Her appointment was for 10:30 so she had a few minutes to kill. She didn't want to seem over eager by arriving too early.
Dressed in a smart, dark navy business suit, skirt just above knee level and a silk white blouse, she looked as professional as ever. It had been a warm day outside so Susan had no coat and just a small patent leather handbag clutched in her left hand. As she walked, her mind wondered. Was she doing the right thing, did she have any other options, why . . .?
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Why . . .
Susan, now 23, had graduated two years ago with a degree in Legal Studies. She found a job as a secretary at a law firm and was progressing well. It had meant moving away from her home town and family, but that was progress she thought. Soon she had bought a small two bedded apartment and life was everything she had hoped for. Well educated, her work had rather taken over to the detriment of her personal life. She hadn't had a boyfriend since leaving uni and was a little naive when it came to the bedroom, but she was happy. The money was coming in, the job was enjoyable and she didn't want for anything. She couldn't complain.
Then, a year or so ago, it happened, she met Sam, Sam Kaminsky. Sam was a client and the one thing you were never meant to do was build personal relationships with clients. But there was something about Sam. Whether it was his self confidence or gift of the gab she couldn't say, but she was soon smitten. He had it all, the look, the status, the manners, the money, the lifestyle. He had what she had only ever dreamed of. Young and impressionable, she found herself falling for him.
Within a couple of months she had pretty much moved in with him. He had a grand, five bed detached house,
no
, come on it was a bloody mansion!, in the
to be
area of town. Good food, parties, everything she wanted. It was too good to be true. Even her love life seemed to be picking up, albeit she still played a little coy. An old fashioned type of girl, she wanted to save herself until she was married. No, Susan wasn't a virgin, that went on a regretful drunken night at uni (a story for another day), and maybe that was the reason she now wanted to wait. She was happy though, which is what mattered.
The came the knock.
That fateful knock
. Some six months back, there was a knock at the door. Susan opened the door and was met with two burly police officers on the front step.
"Mrs Kaminsky?" the taller office enquired.
"Sorry no, we're not married," Susan replied and explained that Sam was out.
The officers explained that they had a warrant for his arrest and that the property would be seized as a proceed of illegal activities. She would have to leave immediately or be arrested too as an accomplice.
"What, how . . . " she stammered but then the officers thrust legal papers in her hands and she realised that she would have to comply for now.
Packing as much as she could carry, and luckily this was most of her stuff, she moved back to her own place and tried to phone Sam but to no avail. What was happening? Was this the end?
The following day she turned up at the office as usual but there was a strange atmosphere. Hardly having sat down, the phone rang. It was one of the company partners who asked her to come to the board room. This was quite out of the ordinary so Susan was immediately a bit worried. Arriving in the board room, she found both company partners sitting stern-faced around the desk.
"Take a seat Susan!" they demanded almost in unison.
She sat down and they continued to explain the dilemma.
"We know you have a relationship with a client, which, as you know, is against company policy.
That
, we have turned a blind eye to Susan, but now it appears that Mr Kaminsky has been arrested for fraud, embezzlement and living off the proceeds of crime. We understand that you have not been directly implicated in these offences, but you can also see how it appears from our side. We are
truly
sorry Susan, but this leaves us with no option but to ask you to resign."
Totally not what Susan expected, her heart dropped and she struggled to keep a tear from forming. She couldn't afford to lose this job. It was her life and probably her future career which was at stake.
"Isn't there something I can do to put matters right?" she said, "I've been loyal to the company, and haven't done anything wrong."
It was to no avail, and within an hour Susan was marched off the premises.
Suddenly life had been turned upside down.
Yes
, she still had the house and
yes
she still had money but how easy would it be to rebuild?
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So . . . wind forward six months and her worst fears are becoming reality. The money is running low, the house is at risk and her relationship with Sam does seem to have affected her ability to find another job in law. Now she was getting desperate. She had applied for many jobs in law or outside and was always turned down . . . too experienced, not experienced enough, you name it, she had heard all the excuses. She sat in her bedroom feeling sorry for herself. A tear in her eye,
again