Kimberly Landford buzzed through the suburban streets with the wind blowing her curly, reddish-brown hair in all directions. The care-free girl had taken her last test the day before at Tyler College, and was looking forward to a relaxing summer. Gone were the worries of research papers and final exams. Her radio blared, and she bopped to the rhythm in "MTV generation" fashion. She glanced up into the rear-view mirror, admiring her new sunglasses and scanned her tight, sexy legs.
She looked back up at the road suddenly and saw the back end of a shiny silver car. Too late! The girl stomped on the brakes, but was unable to avoid the collision! The tires screeched as Kimberly watched her car slam the shiny Lexus in the rear. Her day had taken a sudden, careless, turn for the worst!
The driver, a well-dressed businessman in his thirties, stepped out. He checked on Kimberly to make sure that she wasn't hurt, then his temper flared.
The girl was still clutching the steering wheel and finally had the sense to turn her radio off. Kimberly slid out and faced the angry man with a stray bang hanging in her face.
Doug Sharpe was shaking his head, staring off in the other direction. He looked over his shoulder stomping his wing-tips on the street and said, "Geez! Were you looking where you were going? At all? How could you have missed me? I was right in front of you!" A string of obscenities came from his mouth, as he inspecting his bumper hanging off his car, and the damage she'd done to the rear panel.
Kimberly kept her cool and took a deep breath. She stood a whole head and shoulders shorter than the man and adjusted her short shorts discreetly. "Well", she said timidly, "At least no one was hurt, right? That's the important thing."
The man grunted, "Yeah, right. What-ever!"
Kimberly watched him pull out his cellular phone, and the girl suddenly panicked. As she watched his fingers dial, she remembered that her auto insurance was never reinstated since coming back home from school. He was technically uninsured, driving illegally!
She flung out her arms as Doug held the receiver to his face, awaiting the police dispatcher's office. "Wait! I mean... Please listen to me for a minute?"
Doug shut his phone with irritation. "What? Don't even tell me- you're not insured?!"
She looked up at him and was nearly crying.
Doug nearly threw his phone on the ground, and Kimberly witnessed the man become even more frustrated and enraged. "Are you kidding me?! I cannot believe my fucking luck today! First my assistant quits on me, and now this!"
Kimberly blinked her eyes quickly, and tried to explain herself. "I'm a college student...", she said with a stuttered, strained voice, "And if you give me a chance, I swear that I can repay the damage-eventually. I'll work three jobs if I have to..."
Doug laughed and was about to dial again.
Kimberly stopped him again, realizing that one phone call could take away her driving privilege and give her a permanent record. She needed to get around this summer, and her father would kill her if he knew that his daughter was driving around without insurance!
"Please?!", Kimberly said... "You can't report this accident. I'll be in big trouble!"
Doug flipped his phone shut once more. Unconsciously, his voice went into his New York accent, "Listen, you want to stay out of trouble? Here's what you are going to have to do..." Doug said like a street-corner loan-shark.
Kimberly raised her eyebrows as Doug laid out the deal. "Look," he said, "I operate a medical import and distribution company. I get stuff from all over the world- Belgium, Germany and the U.K. In a few minutes, I have one of the biggest seminars of my entire career."
The girl listened, puzzled, still unable to get the faintest idea of where this was all leading to. "Anyway," Doug went on, " I need you to assist me. I want you to help me show the merchandise, and help demonstrate some of the sample products. You do that, honey, and I'll call things totally even!"
Kimberly could not believe this. The girl tilted her head and looked at the phone cradled threateningly in the man's hand. She had no choice. She wanted to ask a million questions, instead, she simply agreed. "OK, I'll help you.....", she said at last and already wondered if she'd made the right decision.
Douglas entered the convention center and found his assigned room. With boxes and crates of medical equipment piled high on his hand-cart, he carefully wheeled his sample inventory inside the room. His expensive suit, and impressive watch, made him look very distinguished and credible, while Kimberly followed behind wearing her skimpy, casual summer clothes. The two did not look like they belonged together at all.
The adorable girl took a deep breath as she entered behind him. She looked around the immense meeting room and saw the podiums, tiny stage, and its audio-visual systems all ready to go. It felt like a set for some kind of info-mercial. The thought made her almost smile, but she was still in disbelief that she was "here" and actually going to go through with this.... What did she know about medical equipment? And why was Douglas so insistent that she help him today? The day's events had taken an incredibly bizarre turn- originally she'd planned to spend the day at the beach with her girlfriend, Chrissy. Now, she was here, with a man she'd never met, about to assist him in a field about which she knew nothing. The worst part was that she couldn't refuse! All Doug had to do was make a simple phone call and her license would be gone!
The crates were heavy and Douglas warned her that they were filled with very expensive instruments and sophisticated medical equipment. She had already wrecked his car, and had no plans to make matters worse by dropping one of the crates. She had no idea what was in any of them, nor did she really care. She simply wanted to get this "assistant thing" over with and get back to her summer vacation.
The petite girl stood in the front of the room facing three rows of folding chairs- imagining rows of boring, salesmen and buyers seated before her. Her mind wondered what her duties would entail. She was "no public speaker....
"Here," Douglas said, handing Kimberly a stack of brochures, "I want you to greet everyone as they walk in, give them a pamphlet, and tell them 'Welcome to Euro-Medical Sales.'"
She crinkled her little upturned nose, "Douglas?" she asked with a hint of apprehension, "What else am I supposed to do? I mean, once the meeting begins. How am I going to help you. I know.... absolutely nothing!.....", her head tilted like a classic ditz and she looked up at him with wide, pretty green eyes.
Douglas was such a slick "fast talker" he simply patted her on the top of her head as if she were a cocker spaniel and said, "Look, I can see that you are a little worried.", he smiled, "I am not going to make you say anything, all right? I promise. All you do is help me and be an extra set of hands. You hold things, smile a lot, and help me demonstrate some of the equipment. It's no big thing."
She exhaled biting her lip. Hoping that it was truly going to be that simple. She figured that she was going to do a little "Vanna White" thing and show off the "prizes". That wasn't too horrible sounding.
She nodded slowly, and proceeded to the threshold of the meeting room. There was still some time left, but she really had nothing else to say to Douglas, and she was still leery about this whole thing. Her parents would kill her if they ever found out she had gone with this stranger and had let him scam her into this just to stay out of trouble.
The first few men to arrive did a "double take" upon seeing her in the doorway. Their looks reinforced the fact that she was totally inappropriately dressed. One stopped short of the door, and walked the other way- certain that he was in the wrong room. Kimberly smiled and pleasantly chimed, "Excuse me? Ahem... this is Euro-Medical's seminar, sir. Is that the room you are looking for?" The man was amazed at her appearance and got a good chuckle as he turned around and walked into the room.
All the men were in their forties and fifties. Each took a brochure, smiling and taking inventory of Kim's sexy, petite frame. They were happy to have such a lovely girl in the meeting room! Her tight, little shorts attracted quite a few stares. Behind her back, they whispered "dirty-old-man" comments. Her black, Lycra top was tight with intertwined white laces running down the front. Her bulging chest captivated the men- who blatantly stared. Kimberly was a dainty girl, but her round, full breasts looked like they belonged on a larger-framed woman. Her top stretched over her mounds and showed off the roundness and fullness her young boobs possessed.
Kim looked at the growing group of buyers and sales "reps". They all wore the same style suit and classic shoes. Even their haircuts were boring and totally blasΓ©. Kimberly stood, realizing there would be no chance of meeting a nice-looking young doctor today. She perked up with a phony, frozen smile on her face as another group of men entered.
"Welcome to Euro-Medical, my name in Kimberly, and if you have any questions please feel free to ask...", she said in a sweet, bouncy tone as she handed each one of them a sales brochure.
One man looked down her legs, cocked his head to one side at the sight of her partially bare midriff and grunted, "Well, I sure as hell feel over-dressed!" he said making the girl feel even more awkward than before. The gray-haired man smiled and his buddy cracked up, holding his ribs.
Douglas smiled up at the front of the room and gave Kimberly a glance that let her know they were about to begin. Doug stood on the demonstration stage making a few last-minute sound adjustments and so forth. The stage was only four inches higher than the floor, but it looked intimidating to Kim, who realized that she'd be up there in front of all of the men soon. She took a quick head-count and came up with thirty-two men.
Doug nodded to Kim and motioned for her to come up to the front. Damn! She thought- here we go.