Just a quickie, for the holidays. Enjoy.
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My name is Mike, and my job of Vice-president, in charge warehousing, keeps me on the road a lot. Luckily, I have an excellent assistant, Robert, who is very efficient and helps make my job a whole lot easier.
He plans all my business trips and maintains the office, even keeping track of all the employee's birthdays and such. So, naturally, he was also in charge of all our company parties. We always had them on the warehouse floor, which meant they were quite casual. I enjoyed having the parties, since everybody worked hard and seemed to have a real good time.
I was due to return from a business trip, on Saturday, the day of our Halloween party. I had told Robert to coordinate with my wife, and get appropriate costumes for the two of us. I didn't give it another thought, as I left for my trip.
My wife, Cindy, is a very good looking woman, who always dresses to impress. Although, I wouldn't call her a trophy wife, she is petite and about ten years younger than my 44 years. We had a very good sex life, and often talked about having threesomes and affairs. I never thought it would happen, since I love her too much to consider another woman. And, she assured me that she was very satisfied with me.
While I was on my trip, I called home and found out that my wife, Cindy, had just received her costume by messenger. She hadn't opened it yet, but said Robert called, assuring her it would go well with my costume. Since I had no clue what the costumes might be, I told her I was hoping for a Sheik and his dancing girl. She laughed and said Robert would really like that too.
While waiting for my flight, at the airport, I ran into one of my bigger clients. He walked up and complained that he had just found out his latest shipment from us hasn't been delivered. He was quite upset, because this would delay his deliveries, until it arrived. I didn't have time to call Robert right then, but promised him I would find out immediately, when I got back to the office.
It was almost time for the party, when I rushed into the office. I dumped my briefcase and coat in my office and went out to find Robert. His office overlooks the warehouse floor, and I spotted him down below, setting up for the party. I went back to my office, and started making some calls.
I quickly found out that the shipment was delayed, by some of the bad weather we have been having, lately. It was sitting in a warehouse not far from the delivery point, but nobody knew what to do with it. Being late Saturday, it was hard to locate a company that could move it immediately. I finally located a local carrier we had used quite frequently, but the boss was flying back from a trip himself, meaning I had to wait for his call.
When Robert walked back into my office, he offered to wait for the call. I told him I would, since it was going to take a long time, and he needed to take care of the party. He reluctantly agreed, telling me that my costume would be in the hallway closet, when I was ready to join them. I asked him to tell my wife that I would be awhile and if she wanted, she could join me.
After he left, I stared at my wall for awhile, then decided I could just as easily sit in Robert's office to wait for the call. This allowed me to at least watch people having fun. I saw Robert fluttering around, giving last minute instructions to the caterers. He was wearing a pirate costume, complete with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
The party was in full swing, when my wife made her appearance. She was very cute, in a Princess Leia outfit, nicely showing off her slender, but still well endowed body. Robert had picked out a perfect outfit, it suited her delicate features, making her look small and frail. Sitting in the darkened office, nobody from the party could see me, nor did they look up.
I saw Robert leering at my wife, then walk up to her and whisper something in her ear. She laughed, he glanced up, then hurried to the side door, leading up to the two office levels. I figured he would come in the office and tell me about my wife being here. But, when he didn't come right in, I thought he might have stopped at the bathroom. As I was about to step into the hallway, the phone rang.
The carrier guy was calling from the airport, just to let me know he had started the ball rolling. He assured me he could get the delivery done yet tody. He promised he would call me back, as soon as he got to the office. He had his secretary trying to locate one of their drivers. I thanked him, and said I would wait by the phone.
I called my client, and checked to see if they would be ready for the shipment yet today. He was quite eager to get it now, since they could get everything ready for their regular shipments, on Monday morning. While I was talking to him, I heard some movement in the hallway, but still no Robert.
