It was nearing the end of May, and business was thriving; Dave and Trish had good bookings for the next few months. They found that for every function they did, they invariably got one or two more inquiries from word of mouth.
They were feeling much more confident they may make their new enterprise work. The function at the Penthouse had saved their bacon; it wasn't until the accountant did the books at the end of March that Dave realised just how close they had come to going belly up and losing everything.
Bob had come good on his promise that he would give them some work. Dave was now making lunches for Bob's board meetings each month. And they had catered for a function at one of Bob's subsidiaries, at a get-to-know-you evening. The amount of work was getting to a point where he really could do with Trish being a lot more hands-on, especially for the corporate lunchtime trade that was building fast. But Trish did not want to leave the teaching job now; she enjoyed being back in the classroom.
They had had a few awkward days in the week after the stag party, and things were still not all normal; Dave had to be very careful what he said sometimes. But over the last month, Trish had come to accept that her actions the on the night at the penthouse function would not destroy their marriage. And they had started role-playing again, with Trish asking Dave to act out some of the more risqué things she had done that night.
The frequency of sex had been frantic in the first couple of weeks, sometimes twice a day. Their sex life had changed quite abruptly after the party; talking dirty and blow jobs were included, something she had only ever been half-hearted about in the past. Trish had been insatiable at times, but dave put this down to her need for reassurance more than sexual need. They even stepped off the track on a bush walk one weekend and had a quick bonk against a tree. Dave had tried to get her to make love out in the open, but Trish had never been up for it.
Outside the bedroom, though, it was Trish of old. None of their friends or family would have ever suspected what she had done, nor the changes that had taken place in their sex lives.
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As well as the usual functions, they had done five stag do's in the last four months, an area of their business that was very successful and profitable. In the first one they did after 'The penthouse night', Silvia had asked if she could bring her flatmate, as Silvia warned Dave that she might have to stop stripping. She had a new boyfriend who was unhappy about her work.
Silvia explained to Dave that Sally was an attractive eighteen-year-old struggling to make ends meet in the city. She was from Taihape, a small town halfway down the North Island, and worked as a shop assistant in a lingerie shop. Dave was happy about having someone else to call on, as he knew the issues involved in having a girl phone in sick. So he asked Silvia to bring her to the shop on Saturday morning, and they would sort something out.
When he mentioned this to Trish, she said she wanted to be involved and rode down to the shop with him on Saturday morning. At around 11:30, Silvia walked through the door with Sally, an attractive petite blue-eyed blond. She had a figure to die for but looked way too innocent of disrobing in front of guys, which would be a big part of her popularity at stag parties.
Trish took Sally aside and had a good talk with her to ensure she was aware of what she was getting into. Whilst Trish was talking with Sally, Dave showed Silvia around the premises. She was impressed and asked Dave about getting a job with them. He explained that they were very close to needing someone, but, at best, he could only offer a couple of days when they finally did employ. Silvia laughed and told him she was a terrible cook anyway. "Who you really should employ is Sally; she is an amazing cook."
Trish returned then and said, "This is what we will do. I'll take Sally shopping now, and we will pay for an outfit for her to wear out of subsequent wages. Then, if she is OK and happy to do some more nights, she can keep the clothes; we will pay her the same as Silvia.
Of course, when they got home, the usual argument started about Trish coming to the stag party to make sure Sally was OK.
Dave put his foot down, "No way, we've been over this a dozen times. I will look after her and tell you how she gets on."
Sally's first evening was a roaring success; her innocence had all the guys going nuts over her. Silvia and Sally brought the guys to their feet, most with huge bulges in their pants. She had taught Sally all the moves to get the guys jumping and her bevy of tricks to ward off the gropers. That turned out to be the last night they used Silvia.
Even that first night, guys offered her money to go further than just stripping, but Dave stepped in and defused the situation. Of course, there was always a guy or guys trying to get a date at the end of the night, but to Dave's knowledge, she rejected them all. And every night, he dropped her back to her flat and walked her to the door. But one night, she asked him to drop her off at another address and informed him she had a boyfriend. He was surprised, as he had never seen her accept anyone's advances.
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In the first week of June, Bob walked through the door. As usual, Dave was alone in the shop, finishing one of his handyman projects.
"Hi, Dave." He called out over the sound of the drill. "That function I spoke to you about some months back is all go at last. Did you speak with Maria?'
"I did," Dave replied. "Not at all certain, but she may be interested, but I'll need to talk with her again and run the date past her."
Dave had yet to mention the function to Trish; the time never seemed right. However, on more than one occasion in the last month, she fantasised about being double penetrated by him and an imaginary man in the heat of the moment. So he thought he could talk her into stripping again.
Bob filled him in on who was coming and what he wanted. The date was just over seven weeks away, on a Saturday night. Dave knew straight away they had nothing on that night. But he kept quiet for the moment; he needed to sort out if he wanted to go through all those tumultuous emotions again and ask Trish what she thought.
Bob said there would be three business executives flying over from the States. Bob had been trying to nail down a lucrative distribution deal for their company's products for over a year. The Americans, however, having floated half the shares in their company a couple of years previously, had to have three choices of a distributor to put in front of their board. They were to be in town for five days, but he only had them for the last two. In addition, two other companies were vying for the contract; they would be entertaining them over the first three days.
Bob thought the deal was as good as signed and sealed, as two of the guys coming held the majority of the shares in their company, and he got on well with them. But he explained to Dave that he never sat back and rested on something like this; either of his competitors could easily pull a quick one on him.
They had requested to see a Maori cultural event, so he was flying them down to Rotorua on a private jet on Saturday morning, where he had a game of golf lined up, then a private cultural show before they flew back up to Auckland. They were all scheduled to land at 7:30 on Saturday night, so Dave should look at the first course starting around 8:30 pm.
Bob said he had already checked and placed a preliminary booking for the same Penthouse they had used last time. They sat and discussed some of the finer details. Bob wanted the best, crayfish, oysters, everything; it would be at least a three-course meal, and he said he would go along with whatever Dave suggested. He made sure that Dave also understood that cost was not an issue. The alcohol will be the same deal as last time, only better quality this time. He was putting the three of them up in adjacent Penthouses. He and his store manager would share Penthouse they would use for the function.
