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750 Word Project 2023
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"Mrs. Dunn?" William asked the woman steadily rubbing her temples, "Ma'am?"
"Coffee! Advil!"
"Ok, but..."
"CAN! YOU! Fucking get me..."
"Ma'am, your lawyer's secretary, Claire Jenkins, called. The 3 gentlemen are en route."
Mrs. Dunn stood, flicking her wrist, acknowledging and dismissing her assistant.
"Morning, Elaine, I know this isn't how you care..."
"Spare me sympathies, John. You're my lawyer first. Friend second. Get on with it."
"Ma'am," interjected Officer Thompson, "I've uploaded security video to your monitor. You may want to sit."
A grainy, out of focus, camera captures a woman vacuuming a hallway. A man emerges from behind a large ficus and grabs her ass. He's immediately slapped and pushed.
Officer Thompson paused the video and stood silent.
"That's Estrella Santos," Edward Addison, DunnCo's Executive Accountant explained, "Head of Custodial."
"8! 8 goddamn weeks!" Mrs. Dunn fumed, "And that's it? This is all you've got?"
"Please," John begged, "The possible implications required investigating discreetly, Elaine, you understand!"
Thompson pressed the remote, continuing the video.
A naked woman is seen chased through DunnCo's mailroom by the same man. Catching her, they embrace, kiss, and she undresses him as they then withdraw from view.
"McKenzie Simms," Addison somberly acknowledges, "A newly hired accountant."
"I think that's proof enough," John said sweating, "I'll start the disciplinary suspensions."
"There is more, Mrs. Dunn," Thompson mumbled.
"More?" questioned Mrs. Dunn.
John's nostrils flared as he shot a sharp stare at DunnCo's Security Chief that then turned into a forced smile, "Don't you worry, Elaine, we'll handle the rest."
"Unsettling? Or just deja vu seeing your old college roommate like this?" Elaine smirked, "DunnCo pays you well, John. Seek professional counseling!"
Thompson handed over a manila folder, "Ma'am, I took the liberty of tailing after-hours."
Pictures fall from the folder showing the man approaching a woman in a park, handing her flowers, lifting her dress, exposing her pantiless ass, and then pushing her head unto his erect dick.
Addison cleared his throat, "I believe that's Debra Baker in Marketing."