„Wow, thank you for introducing us to each other” I told Jenny, nodding towards the elevator as it closed its doors. “When I asked you if you knew someone I could take to the Birchwood Building Halloween Party, I never thought you would find such a gorgeous girl.”
I was referring to Emma, Jenny’s friend who just had lunch with us in the cafeteria of the building. She was a smart, sociable brown-haired thirty-something beauty who had stunning looks and what’s more, seemed to like me as well. I saw her several times in the building, but either I was in a hurry or she was running somewhere, so I never had the chance to say more than just a “Good morning!” However, I wanted to change that and when Jenny said she knew her, I decided that this was my chance. I wanted to take her to the Halloween Party, an event organized by the cafeteria of the building.
It was a costume party with a buffet dinner, and quite a successful one for the last two years, although the success was not necessarily a result of the otherwise very good organization. While I could not be there last year, Jenny told me later that most people used the occasion to have sex upstairs. She also got lucky that night in one of the offices on the seventh floor and she saw at least two other couples next door and several others as she came down the stairs.
“Well, I didn’t have to think that hard. She already repeatedly asked me to introduce her to the
handsome guy
she saw regularly in my company. And as you asked me if I knew someone who could come with you to the party, I took the liberty to make you meet each other…”
“You did a great job, Jenny. I think she is a wonderfully refreshing woman and I think it would be great if we could hit it off…” I said, but I noticed that she wanted to say something more.
“OK, spit it out, what is the
but
?”
“She comes in a package.”
“Married with children?” I asked a bit disappointedly.
“Only the second part. She is divorced.” Jenny said, and then added, “She explicitly asked me to tell this to you.
“Oh, then I don’t see a problem,” I said.
“No?” Jenny asked with a surprised look.
“Jenny, I’m not twenty any more. Most of the women I have dated during the last years have kids. One has to accept that. But I don’t want to see a jealous husband standing armed on my porch.”
“Fair enough.” Jenny said smiling. “Well, you might also want to know how we became friends.”
“I assume this means you two did not meet here, in the building, right?”
“Right. We met in the club I visit every now and then,” Jenny said in an uneasy voice, even though she knew that unlike her family, I did not have any issues with her sexual adventures.
The
club
was an all-female invite-only exclusive club where women who had an aptitude for exhibitionism had the possibility to gratify their passion. Those who wanted to show how they danced, played with toys or pleased themselves had the chance to do so in front of an audience.
Clothing both for the performers and for the audience was optional, but those who wanted to remain incognito had the possibility to wear masks. No professionals were allowed and sex or physical interaction was prohibited.
“Did she also ask you to tell me that as well? ” I asked intrigued.
“Yes, she actually did. When I told her that you and I were friends since kindergarten, she said you would most probably find it out sooner or later one way or the other,” Jenny said. “I must tell you she was quite an expert with toys.”
“You know it’s OK for me. Actually this makes her even more interesting.” I said as I drank the last drops of my espresso.
“Soooo,” Jenny summed up, “she said if you were still interested, give her a call. I can give you her number.”
She wrote down the number and we went back to our office. Our small family firm rented two offices on the second floor of the Birchwood Building, a small office building located at the edge of the town, close to the highway. Several small companies rented office space on the first six floors as the location was good, the offices were in excellent condition, yet the prices were relatively modest. Ours was dealing with heating systems, while the one Emma worked for imported home decoration from Central America. There were about twelve other small companies in the building. The seventh floor was occupied by the large construction company who renovated the building itself about two years ago.
I checked my e-mails, made some calls, and then I decided to make a visit to the sixth floor. I didn’t want to call Emma over the phone, I wanted to visit her and ask her to come with me to the party personally.
I knocked on her door and she opened it while she was talking to someone on her mobile. When she saw me, she waved me to go in. Her office was large, but looked more like a storage room than a normal office. Central American rugs, jugs, potteries, statues and even panpipes were kept in cardboard boxes all around the place. She had a proper desk with a laptop in one corner as well, but approximately that was all her stuff.