Carol looked at herself in the full-length mirror that hung inside her closet door. She had just stepped out of the shower and dried off. She examined each breast and thought that they were still in good shape. She didn't think there was any real noticeable droop to them. Her hands moved across her abdomen and then down to her hairless crotch.
It had been awhile since she has a steady partner in her life. Her last relationship ended when she realized that there would never be enough room in his life for her. She felt like she was more or less something to satisfy his sexual needs. Sure, she thought to herself, it was great in bed and he gave her some incredible orgasms. But that wasn't enough. In fact, it was for him that she shaved her pussy for.
It had been six months since she left him in her rear-view mirror. Her toys were nice and the woman who waxed every so often made sure that all of the hair was gone with her tongue, but they were not a replacement for a nice, warm, hard penis attached to a man.
*
Nancy arrived at the office mid-morning. The place was already bustling as she made her way to her office in the back.
"Morning, Carol," she said as she passed by her friend. She actually considered Carol more of a partner than just an employee. They had socialized together now and then, but Nancy relied on Carol's opinion and ideas heavily.
"Hi, Nancy," Carol replied looking up and seeing that her boss probably didn't sleep well again last night. She knew the morning routine, Nancy would take her briefcase, set it on the desk, take out the work she had taken home the night previous, go to the break room and fill the giant mug with black coffee and then head back to her office.
Carol gave her a few extra minutes for Nancy to settle in before she grabbed a few sheets of paper that were stapled together. She dropped them on the desk in front of Nancy and sat down.
"There it is, the last two," Carol said with a note of joy in her voice.
Nancy grabbed the sheets put on a pair of reading glasses and glanced at them. Setting her glasses on the desk she looked up with a smile, "That's it? That's all of them?"
Carol beamed, "Yep, that's all of them."
Nancy sat back, picked up the glasses and stuck the ear piece in her mouth. She glanced at the papers on the desk again and then back to Carol, "Damn. That didn't take any time at all. I figured it would take four to six months to get those units rented out."
Nancy had bought several townhomes from a man she knew for some time, Gerry. She had figured they would be a good investment and that the rent would provide a tidy little profit. There was also a thousand acre piece a property that she bought from him also. But she tried not to think of that one too much.
Carol didn't say anything as she watched Nancy, who was obviously thinking about something, said something first.
"You know," Nancy started, taking the glasses out of her mouth and using them to point at the papers on her desk, "I was doing some research over the weekend. And I'm thinking that maybe we buy some more property like this."
"What else did you do?"
"Huh?"
"What else did you do?"
"What do you mean, what else did I do?" replied Nancy with a confused look on her face.
"Just what I said, what else did you do last night?" Carol repeated yet again, confident that her friend didn't do much of anything, like getting out of the house and doing something.
Nancy looked confused for a moment, "Well, nothing really. Made some dinner, watched the news. "And," she continued, pointing at the leases on the desk, "did some research. Why?"
"Just curious," Carol replied. She knew that since Nancy's husband died that she doesn't gets out much anymore. It was difficult just to get her to go out for a drink after work. She also knew that it wasn't healthy.
"Anyways," Carol started, "you said you did some research."
A smile returned to Nancy's face, "Yes. I was thinking that maybe we should invest in more rental property."
Carol sat down, "Okay, what are you thinking?"
*
It was almost noon and Nancy was so heavily absorbed in researching building costs, land costs and related information that she never heard Carol step into her office.
"Hey," Carol said and waited until Nancy turned to look at her, "why don't you take a break and the two of us will go down to the Osaka Grill and feast on some sushi?"
Nancy sat up and took her ready glasses off and then rubbed the bridge of her nose. "That sounds like a great idea."
The two girls stepped out of Nancy's office and headed towards the front when Carol stopped and looked at one of her co-workers, "Hey, Al, want to join Nancy and I for some sushi?"
Al turned his nose up in disgust, "Sushi, hell no, I'll pass." He nodded over to another co-worker, "John and I are heading down to the Burger Bar and feast on some beef. And you know the best part?" Al asked with a smile.
Carol shook her head, "No, what?"
"They cook it," Al retorted with a heavy emphasis on the work 'cook'.
Carol and Nancy laughed and Carol replied, "You don't know what you're missing."
"I'll take my chances," came the last word as the girls made their way out of the office.
It was just a couple of blocks to the restaurant and the conversation was light. When they were seated and had their savory dishes of raw delicacies in front of from, Carol asked, "So what about your other property? How's it doing?"
Nancy looked around as if someone might overhear their conversation, "It's doing fine."
"Been out there yet."
Nancy paused eating and looked at Carol, "No, of course not."
Carol just smiled, "You're going to have to sometime, you know."
"Says who? Troy is doing perfectly fine managing the place."
Silence ensued for a moment while they ate before Nancy added, "Besides, there's a lot of people who own property that they've never seen."
"Uh huh," Carol said as put another piece of sashimi in her mouth.
They ate in silence a little more. Nancy was thinking about the property and how she ever let Gerry talk her into it. But deep inside, she knew. She couldn't think of too many people who could have afforded the cost it took to buy the land. And the ones she knew wouldn't have given a damn about its intrinsic value. They could only see it as yet another piece of ground to subdivide and build houses that all look alike and are shoehorned in together, making tons of cash. Nancy saw the land for its beauty and wanted to see it preserved. Even if it had naked people on it.
Carol smiled inwardly as she thought about the same piece of land, wondering what it would be like to be able to be outside, free of clothes, the sun shining on places that never see sun. She thought about what Troy might look like naked as well. Yeah, she was not anywhere near his age, but she still admired that way he carried himself when he was in the office. There were guys who preened themselves and thought they were GQ cover material. They dressed nicely but that was as far as her thoughts took her.
"So," Carol started, "what does Troy have to say."
Nancy finished swallowing a piece of fish and dabbed her mouth with a napkin. "Well, he was in the office yesterday to give me an update and it seems like it's really going well. Gerry kept the place in good shape but Troy has found some things that have needed work and he has taken the initiative to get them taken care of."
