Dear Readers. I ask your patience with this chapter. While the sex is good, I felt that it was absolutely essential in setting up a new chapter in Samantha's life, with new characters and a change in settings. I promised more passion in this chapter, I know, and I hope I don't disappoint but as I wrote it, I realized that the only way to make things work was to split the chapter into two since this one went on so long. I hope you don't give up on me.
The week following my experience with Brandi, my period started, which meant no sexual activities and I have to admit that I almost welcomed the time away from it. That Thursday evening, I was relaxing on the couch with my head back and my eyes closed. I'd had a rough day at work, my body was aching, and I was horny, as is my usual situation during my period.
I was mentally running through the things I needed to do, including contacting Laurie and/or Wendy regarding my shortcomings with Brandi. I had to watch my timing, because Danni's orientation was awfully close and I promised her I'd be there and I would. I also had to contact my next candidate and get something arranged with her if possible, and I'd missed the last chapter meeting completely.
Everything was piling up on me and it was beginning to show in my appearance as well as my energy level. I know I've said this several times but not it was becoming essential. I simply had to slow down or get out of the organization.
I called Laurie the next morning but neither she nor Wendy were available so I left a message for one of them to call me when they returned. I left a message on Beth's voice mail that I was trying to set up a meeting and suggested that she be there as well as Heather and Jillian, since we were due for a meeting with Laurie and Wendy anyway.
Over the weekend, I managed to contact my next candidate, a young woman by the name of Theresa. After fifteen minutes on the phone with her, it was obvious that no matter what I said or did, she would never consider sitting down with me to discuss it. She had met someone who was vehemently opposed to our organization and that was the end of that. The next woman on my list was out of town so I left her a voice mail and called it a day.
Monday morning, my whole world just came unglued. As soon as I walked into work, I was called into my boss's office. She informed me that my work was suffering, I was tired all the time to the point of missing simple things in my assignments, my fellow employees were taking too much of my work load, etc. etc. I had to take my two weeks vacation immediately to get myself straightened out, or submit my resignation. Bam, just like that I was told that I had till the end of the day to make my decision.
Resignation was out of the question. How the hell would I pay my bills? All day long, I argued with myself, even going so far as to consider leaving Totally Woman completely. I wasn't kidding myself, however, that was never going to happen. I accepted the two weeks vacation beginning immediately and left without saying anything to anyone but the two girls I work the closest with.
When I got home, I paced the floor, drank too much wine, got too upset for my own good and wanted to lash out at someone but knew that would do me no good. My mood improved when Beth called to tell me that she and Heather would be at the meeting but Jillian was out of town again. We talked for quite a while and two hours later, we were banging each other's brains out with fingers, tongues and teeth and my double ended dildo. She could barely walk when she left at eleven o'clock and I lacked the strength to even get out of bed to turn off the lights. Fortunately, Beth locked the door on her way out.
Tuesday morning, I sat with my coffee and a bagel, going over my options (the few that I had,) and trying to put everything into perspective. Wendy's secretary called and asked if I could be at the offices at seven to meet with Wendy and Lauri, informing me that Beth and Heather were already aware of the meeting and they would be attending. Pouring myself another cup of coffee, I sat down to make a list discussion topics for that evening's meeting, though I knew that we might not get much talking done at all. After straightening up, I went shopping, every woman's cure for stress...that and a lot of dark chocolate.
I dressed appropriately for the evenings activities, dark brown mini skirt and beige pullover and nothing else. No sense denying that I knew in all likelihood how the evening would end. I saw Beth's car when I pulled up in front of the offices and smiled as I wondered what she was telling them about the previous evening.
They were waiting for me, greeting with the usual kiss and embrace, although Beth's tongue seemed to be taking up where we'd left off the night before, and I started feeling that familiar tingle between my legs. Laurie and Wendy had changed into casual wear, skirts and blouses, while Beth seemed to have had the same thoughts as I had as to what to wear. When she sat down, I got an excellent view of her shaved pubis. Heather wore a short skirt as well and crossed her legs to give me a quick view of bare pussy that really had me tingling. I looked up at Laurie and Wendy and knew that it was having the same affect on them.
We sat on the couches, and I waited to let Laurie dictate the direction the session would take. I was surprised to find that she actually wanted to talk about business...at least to start with.
"Samantha, I can't tell you how proud we are of what you've accomplished in such a short time. In fact, we have somewhat of a problem. We don't have any more openings at the present time for new candidates."
"I don't understand," I replied. "How can that be?"
"What we didn't count on was the domino factor. The two women you convinced were friends with some of the others who had declined and when they told them of what you'd done, they contacted their sponsors and agreed to try again. We now have seven candidates for orientation so don't do any more until they are in the group and assigned to chapters."
I was amazed, to say the least. I wasn't aware that any of the women even knew the others existed but it seems there is a bond through their sponsors or something, I don't know. I now had five more candidates to cross off my list.
"You may not be so proud when you hear how I got Danni and Brandi to agree to try again," I warned.
Laurie laughed and Wendy smiled and nodded. "We already know," she replied. "Listen, Samantha, there are guidelines and all but common sense has to be the biggest guideline of all. You were facing a situation where the candidate very clearly indicated what it would take for her to try again and you accepted the challenge, one, I might add that I might have welcomed myself. The point is, you got her confidence and her trust. I think you did exactly what any of us would have done under the circumstances."
"Absolutely," Laurie agreed. "I'd call it a job well done, even though I think you may have enjoyed it a little bit too much."
I flushed and nodded. "I can't deny that."
"Beth and Heather also told us of some of your ideas and they sound workable and effective. The cameras will take a bit of time to arrange for but I can see where they would be a valuable tool in the recovery efforts."
"I think so," I agreed, "and my time with Brandi showed me that we need to overhaul our candidate review process and possibly develop a more comprehensive application to reveal any phobias or psychological problems. She made a good point when she said that a woman who has been raped or attacked and bound would never handle our existing system. An alternative has to be developed and I have some thoughts on that, again thanks to Brandi."
