The decorators had at last finished and one evening Joe rang and asked if he and Tom could come round, as David had not yet paid them, both he and Linda thought that this was why they wanted to see them and so agreed and later on the doorbell rang and the two men came in.
As they entered they both smiled broadly at Linda, who blushed deeply:."Hello again" said Jim grinning at her.
David had got his cheque book out and was ready to write a cheque. Seeing this Tom said "Hold on a minute, we have a little proposition to put to you both which involves Mrs A." Linda looked at them both remembering what had happened to her before :
"Well it is like this" said Joe "we are taking a stand at a small trade fair in a few weeks time and we thought that Linda's presence and,er, demonstration skills : would add bit of glamour and novelty to the attraction. We need the business and would be very grateful for her help!" "Yes we could call your bill quits if you like" smiled Tom.
David looked at Linda "Well it would save us some money and at the moment cash is tight........."
Linda looked from him to the two men and was silent for a while,then said "If I agree I want our bill cancelled and the outside of the house painted as well " she said.
"OK you have a deal"! said Joe "you drive a hard bargain."
Linda grinned mischievously at them " And I have an idea that with what you two may have in mind for me I will make make other things hard for you as well." she said :
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"Well" said Joe "we thought that you would make the perfect secretary who could be on the stand with us and keep records of any orders which came in, records of comments, interested parties and give out cards and charts and things and generally keep the customers happy!" and with that last comment he grinned at her.
"I think I understand you " said Linda.
"I wonder" he continued " could we have a look through your wardrobe to see if we can find something suitable?" He grinned again.
"OK "said Linda and opening the door onto the hall beckoned the two to follow her upstairs. David decided to carry on watching the news and left the three of them to it.
Upstairs in the bedroom Linda opened her wardrobe doors and stepped back.
"Help yourself" she smiled and sat down on the bed while Joe and Tom started searching for something suitable. They came across Lina's "standing up dress" (see Linda's Late Midsummer Night Dream) but after asking her to try it on decided that it was not demure enough so she removed it and stood waiting in her underwear while they carried on looking.
Soon (although they delayed as long as they could with an undressed Linda standing next to them) they found a red dress which looked perfect. It was fitted down to the waist with a slightly flared skirt which, when Linda put it on for them to look at came to just below her knees The neckline was scooped to just above her cleavage and it had short sleeves.
Joe picked up a hair brush from her dressing table and brushing her hair back pulled it tightly into a tight scrunchie giving her a short ponytail, finally taking a pair of David's black framed glasses he perched them on her nose.
"Perfect" they both said " have you got any seamed stockings?" Linda said not but said that she would get some they also found a pair of black high heeled shoes which again they asked her to slip on.
"There, done" said Joe "you really look the part. We shall call you Miss Prim, yes Linda Prim sounds ideal.
Linda looked at herself in the mirror and thought that she looked the perfect secretary. "Will I fit your requirements?" she asked ::. Joe and Tom nodded.
So two weeks later Joe, Tom and two of their lads called for Linda and she, carrying her bag of clothes< got into the first van which happened to driven by Darren. "Hello" he said grinning *the last time I saw you......."
"Yes thank you very much ::," interrupted Linda "I don't need reminding." but she could not help smiling at him.
After about an hours drive they arrived at the venue, a medium sized hall in a village about fifteen miles away from Newmarket.
The vans stopped and everyone got out. "We'll be putting the stand up for a while" said Joe "You go and change in the Ladies loo or somewhere then you can have a look round. It's not very big, there are only about 30 stands so you can find us easily. We have an hour before it opens to the public."
Linda soon reappeared in the chosen outfit she had bought seamed stockings and a black suspender belt together with matching black underwear. She decided to look round and after arming herself with some of the firm's cards went walk about.
There was a selection of small firms with stands which varied from Joe and Tom's decorating company to bakers, small engineering firms, motor dealers "Oh!" she thought as she recognised Phil's son,( see Linda Gets Her Car Serviced) and she hurried by to a few craft stalls with people making pots at a wheel.
She found the stall at last and looked at it. It was set up with an array of different colour painted display boards at the back, a stack of tins of paint matching those colours and leaflets detailing their services.
There was also a paste table (Linda winced ) various buckets and brushes and in the corner a desk with a smart chair behind it and various filing trays laid out on it's surface.
"Well what do you think?" said Joe beaming "Here is where you will sit "he indicated the desk "well at least for a while." and he winked at her.
A bell rang "Opening time" he said "Come on Miss Prim, you had better get to your post and be ready for the flood of orders!"
Just act like a normal secretary" said Tom "while we get on with our sales pitch and a bit of a demo.
"OK" said Linda and sat down at the desk shuffling paperwork around like a proper "butter wouldn't melt between my knees" secretary.
Soon people started drifting along to the stand and there were several enquiries. She gave out some cards and colour charts and took several phone numbers "Actually this is not bad" she thought to herself.
About an hour passed by and the hall was quite busy. They had quite a crowd around the stand, partly because none of the other participants had an attractive girl on display and the vast majority of the crowd were men.