I had a ton of shit to do before Mac and the crew got in town. First off was getting Robbie's paperwork put to bed. I grabbed a cup of coffee and went through the changes Sylvia had made. I gritted my teeth at some of the stupid lawyerly things, but the most important one, to Robbie, was the residuals and that one I didn't have a problem with. By midafternoon I'd printed out a new version for her and a copy for Laura to sign. Who the fuck knew if she was going to run it by
her
lawyers, but I was counting on her just going with whatever Robbie said.
Mac and I had been messaging back and forth all week, venue being the biggest thing on his mind. I had assured him we could find a place and had already gotten in touch with several possible locations. After four days, though, I hadn't secured one, so
I
was getting nervous. If the theme was going to be Cum Slut Competition then naturally, we'd need a gym, but weekends were prime time, and I hadn't given anyone enough notice. And then inspiration hit like falling deadweight.
"Monty?" My neighbor. A big muckitymuck in his own company. He had the whack-job house up the street and we'd spent a little time together at various occasions. He was definitely kinked, based on a couple of parties I'd been invited to, but I wasn't sure exactly how to approach him. "It's Phil Torken, your neighbor up the street. You have a couple of minutes? Is this a good time?"
"Hey Phil. No problem. I'm about to go out, but how can I help?"
I reminded him about my industrial film production company and that I was looking for a location for a shoot for the following weekend. I had hoped he might know someone in town with a well-equipped exercise room or gym.
He paused when I finished, and I figured he was going to give me a polite send off. Mentally checking him off the list, I missed his answer.
"Sorry. The connection dropped for a sec. Did I hear you say you might have something at your company?"
"Yeah. We've got a professional fitness center at corporate. I don't know specifics about our policies, but why don't you call the office on Monday and talk to Selena Dreyfuss—she's head of facilities. You need the number? I'll send her a note right now to let her know you'll be calling. Next weekend?"
"Shoot, Monty. That's way more than I was expecting. I'll let you know what comes of it. Thanks a million."
Monday. That was leaving it to the last minute…too many possible ways for that to go bad. But it sounded like a dream. I hung up and went to the corporate website for Montrose Enterprises, Inc. and tooled around their careers section, hoping they made hay about their facilities. I was teased by a postage stamp image of a workout room, but the verbiage told me what I needed to know: a full complement of gym, group exercise, lockers and showers. Plan A, if I could cut the deal with Selena. I spent the rest of the afternoon pursuing Plan B.
It was past dinner by the time I'd exhausted my options. I ordered take-out and fazed out in front of a stupid movie, thinking back to those two cunts from earlier in the day. I kept my notebook close; no telling when ideas for the weekend would pop up.
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"Hey, Mac. Wassup?" Sunday. I'd been up for a few hours, putting my notes into a set of directions, camera angles and lighting.
"I need to find a place for some of the crew. Can they crash at your place?"
It was a classic Mac move. Trying to save nickels wherever. I wiped my face and thought about it. I had beds for at most four, with the couches and getting creative, eight max. "Maybe for you, buddy. Sorry." Last time he'd done it to me, I had to spend 100s on a cleaning service. And even though I had two willing cleaning girls, Mac didn't need to know that.
"Hmmm." I could tell he was annoyed, but I had too much going on to house his crew. "Sure. Whatever. You have any suggestions? I've got 12 coming in, four found friends and family."
I thought about using Robbie's place and kept my mouth shut. Too much risk as it was. "I'll ask around, but things being what they've been, I haven't been keeping tabs on rooms."
He grunted. "You got the paperwork?"
I told him everything was ready for signatures and mentioned I had leads on several venues, but nothing final there. "We can always do it in the park…"
"I'm not prepared to do exteriors—can't afford it," he interrupted, "so let me know asap if that's going to be a problem. You got a treatment for me?"
"Shit. Didn't I send that over yet? Yeah. I've got three different ideas. Coming your way now. I've been working through the angles on the one I think makes most sense but let me know what you think. I can change any of it at this point." I couldn't really, but if I had to pull an all-nighter, so be it.
More grunts. "Okay. We'll need help on the catering—let me know who to call and I'll take it from there."
"No worries. Standard list of folks. I'll need to get to the rental group by Tuesday, latest, for finals, but the basics are the same for whatever way you want to go. Let me know as soon as you see the outlines."
We made whatever passed for small talk before hanging up. Ten minutes later I got a text confirming the approach I had figured was the one.
And then, for whatever reason, it struck me that we were really doing this thing next weekend and I didn't have nearly enough ready. I brewed a pot and got down to business, putting all of the details together and working through the logistics. Bleary, I took a moment to study Robbie in her room and got hard thinking about how that gorgeous cunt was going to perform in a few days. I fired up a mission and watched her jerk away from whatever she was doing on the computer. "You're paperwork is ready. Need you to get those signed by Tuesday, after work."
I watched her shake her head. She never remembered I could see her, or maybe she'd just stopped caring. I got a response and took stock of where I was at. I couldn't face any more work, even though there was more to do than I had time.
I took a shower, hoping it would clear my head, and when that wasn't enough took a long walk through the preserve. The afternoon was warm, and I finally started feeling human enough to face the mountain of shit still to do.
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The vehicles started arriving Thursday morning. Trucks with trailers, vans and the odd beat up compact. None of them looked like they belonged in the neighborhood. Not that I cared what the neighbors thought. I was running a legit business and there wasn't a law against having cars parked on the street.
Phyl and Bob waved as they left, the first of Mac's crew arriving. I kept my face straight as they drove away, the week's events distracting me from the non-stop flow of crew and gear.
Both cunts had signed their paperwork. Check. The memory of Robbie kneeling to give me head when she picked up her copies sent a pulse through my dick. Fucking amazing. And Tuesday. When Phyl had come by to give me the details of their trip, Robbie practically getting busted and recovering, barely, before her mother suspected anything. But having her spread her ass wide open in the kitchen, after Phyl had left, and shoving the next plug into her had started an entirely new thread of possibilities for the weekend.
Monty's facilities chief, Selena had come through with a minimal fee for security. We'd negotiated being left completely undisturbed; an industrial film for a non-disclosed client that demanded secrecy. She understood. Not too different from MEI, I figured.
And then the two coming over today for their scripts and first walk-throughs. Mac wasn't scheduled to arrive for a few hours, which was fine by me. I needed time with the crew before he brought his particular brand of management into the room.
But when Robbie showed up before lunch, I was confused.
"What's up?" I stared at her trying to stay out of the way of the guys coming and going, keeping her cleaning supplies close to her feet.
"I, uh," she kept looking around, her eyes getting rounder at all the guys, "couldn't…don't need to be at school. I…took the day off and tomorrow…I…" She licked her lips, and I could see she was starting to get the picture of what was in store.
"Well, you're early, so try to stay out of the way." I was annoyed. She would be a distraction, but as she went upstairs, I reconsidered. Maybe it would help her get over her jitters.
"Guys! Listen up!" I had moved into the kitchen. The crew leads were hanging around the nook. "You've all gotten a copy of the script." Nods and eyes going down to their notebooks. "Mac'll be here in a couple of hours. We've got the location for about 48 hours, starting 1st thing tomorrow. You can see the photographs at the back of your notebooks. Our agreement is broom swept clean, so let's keep this thing professional, yeah?" We actually had it for 60 hours, but if we could get the shoot done on Saturday, and clean up on Sunday, I'd prefer that to doing an all nighter. "We wanted to get you all together today, answer questions, review what we've got and do any last-minute prep or purchases before we head out 1st thing. Any questions so far?"