Authors Note: The idea of this story came to me several months ago. Finally have it in a form that I am happy with. Let me know what you think. I enjoy all the feedback. positive and negative.
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Sarah rolled off Justin and laying on her side gave him a quick kiss. She stared at him for a minute and then said, "It's a shame, I wish this could last."
Justin lay back, looked up at the ceiling, and said, "You know, I have been thinking and might have a solution to our problem."
Sarah looked at him questioning.
He grinned, "Come on, we can discuss it at breakfast, but first I want to shower with you."
She looked leery at him, but after all these years, she knew that she wasn't going to get any further details from him until he was ready. She followed him into the shower.
Sara and Justin had been together since they fell in love with each other in high school. They were now 31 and had completed degrees in accounting and computers, respectively.
They had moved many times from city to city. They knew when to jump just when one of their schemes was about to be discovered. They had managed to stash away a little nest egg overseas. Both of their parents had been divorced multiple times, so neither was interested in the institution of marriage. Frankly, they had cut their parents out of their lives because they were tired of hearing the complaints about their latest spouses.
The only issue in Sarah and Justin's relationship was that he was sterile. Sarah desperately wanted to have children. They had both been tested for fertility, so knew that the issue was on his side. She was hung up on wanting to get pregnant the old fashion way with her man fucking a baby into her. No adoptions, no test tube babies.
After their shower, they sat around the table and ate breakfast. Justin presented his plan.
"So, I had an idea. It will solve two problems; money and babies." Justin said.
Sarah smirked at him. She thought, "Another patented Justin scheme is coming." She then said, "OK, let's hear it."
Justin started, "First, money. I have found a contract in Saudi Arabia for two or three years that overpays for my job skills on a huge project..." Sarah nodded, "...and you know, with these big projects, there are always opportunities to 'divert' some cash."
Sarah smiled, "OK, I like the plan so far."
He continues, "Second, babies, we find a guy that you don't object to and you accidentally" Justin did air quotes, "get pregnant. I don't particularly want to see you with another man, so you stay here in the States. I know when went to the Middle East once on vacation, you didn't like it, so I know you wouldn't want to live there. Once you get pregnant, you marry him, or maybe you don't, but if possible, stay with him. Then he is covering the costs of raising the baby. Hopefully, you can stand him for a little more time and accidentally get pregnant again. Then you have the two kids that you always dreamed of."
Sarah looked at him, "OK, so I am stuck with this loser with the two kids that I want, but I won't be with you."
Justin laughed, "Well, around the time that number two is born, my contract will end. You either divorce hubby, get the kids and child support and we get back together, or abandon him, grab the kids, and meet me somewhere in the world to live the rest of our lives?"
Justin then sits back in his chair, "What do you think?"
Sarah just sits thinking a bit, "And you would be OK with me being with this other guy?"
Justin frowns. "No, but I know you really want kids, and I can't give them to you, so I was going to lose you anyway. I want us to stay together, and if I take this contract, I'll be out of the country anyhow, so it won't be like I'll have to face you with this guy every day. I'm sure it will wear on me, but we will eventually get back together, and we will both have what we want. You, kids, and me, you."
Sarah stood, walked over, and sat in Justin's lap, kissing him. "I love you."
Justin smiled, "And I love you too. So you like my idea?"
She stood, grabbed one of his hands, and said, "How about I drag you back to bed and show you how much I love that idea."
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That evening, they sat on the balcony of their apartment, enjoying some wine.
Sarah looked at Justin and asked, "So how do we find my baby's father victim?"
Justin said, "I have been thinking about that. We want someone that might be easy to manipulate. There is a computer conference this week, I'm sure that I can find a couple of candidates of shy computer geeks that you could seduce. After all, I am a computer geek and you seduced me." Justin winked. "Then in order to keep you, he might be willing to forgive some incompatibilities. You would have to be an actress for a time, but with some of our scams, we had to be actors for an extended period of time. This would be the longest."
Sarah pondered, "As long as he was kind, I probably would be OK. You know I have had to be nice to some real assholes."
Justin then said, "I'll keep an eye out and get some names. I was thinking that we could scout some out, maybe find a reason to have dinner with them, and have my 'cousin' who is visiting from out of town join us for dinner. If you are interested, then we can plan the next steps."
Sarah smiled, "Unlike you," she winked at Justin, "These guys probably never thought they would have a chance at someone in my league, so it is just a matter of finding one that I could live with for this. We do want someone who is somewhat good-looking. We will be raising his kids."
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The conference started. Justin pulled up the list he had on his tablet. He had done some research. He hacked into the list of registered participants and the list of presenters. Justin and Sarah kept their social media presence as small as possible; you never know if someone might come looking for them. They, however, knew how to use social media to study their victims. They cross-referenced with LinkedIn and other social media sites, to reduce the list of possible targets. They removed those who had a job history going too far into the past as they would be too old, obviously all women, and those who appeared to be married or showing that they might be in a relationship. He pulled some of the remaining men's pictures together and Sarah reviewed the men's backgrounds and pictures to those that she was interested in. Now, just to find those five men.
He found the first one and was about to approach him when his target's phone rang and he heard him say, "Hello, Love." OK, probably has a girlfriend.
It took until the morning of day two when he spotted what looked like another target. This guy was number one on the list of Sarah's picks. He approached him, and based on the registration info he hacked, he would be heading to one of the security seminars in room 1035. Justin approached him and asked if he knew the way to room 1035.
The guy was startled but recovered and said, "Well, I am going there as well. I think it is this way."
The two walked together down the co-corridor and entered the seminar. They sat together and chit-chatted while waiting for the seminar to start. The guy introduced himself as Steve and that he was a security consultant for one of the big computer security firms.
After the presentation, Steve asked the presenter a few follow-up questions. Justin also found the presentation interesting, but of course, he was more interested in exploiting a security flaw than closing one. He followed and asked some questions himself. It was close to lunch, so Justin asked Steve if wanted to join him for lunch and the two of them went off to find the food court.
Over the next hour, Justin was able to get some more details from Steve. He was single. Justin mentioned that he had just broken up with his girlfriend and Steve mentioned that he had a girlfriend in college, but they broke up shortly after graduation. He had been too busy to find a new girlfriend. Based on his LinkedIn profile, Justin guessed that Steve was about 29. They then chatted about the other seminars that they were going to in the afternoon. Justin suggested that they get together for dinner that night and compare notes. Steve said that he was looking forward to it and they exchanged numbers to sort out the place and time later.
Once they split, Justin called Sarah and told her to get ready.
Sarah and Justin had spent time assembling details on all five potentials, so she spent the afternoon studying up on Steve. He was from Boston, so her angle was that she was moving to Boston and it would be so nice to know someone there.
The pictures showed that his hair was a similar brown color to Justin's. Steve was likely around 5'10" and actually had a bit of a handsome face when he smiled.
She then spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for tonight's performance.
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Justin had texted Steve the details for the restaurant. Sarah and Justin waited outside of the restaurant for Steve to appear. They would let him get the seat first and then the two of them would join him.
Steve was sitting at the table reviewing the menu when he heard his name.
"Steve!" said Justin.
Steve looked up to see Justin coming towards him with a pretty blonde in tow.
Justin continued, "Steve, I hope you don't mind, but my cousin Sarah has been in town visiting me, and her plans tonight got canceled."
Now Sarah is 5'5" with shoulder-length blonde hair. She was wearing a summer dress that ended just above the knee with 2-inch heels. Sarah was going for the beautiful side of cute. She didn't want to overwhelm him by wearing something with a lot of cleavage or a dress that was too short. She was the type of woman who turned heads no matter what she wore. Steve stood to greet her and with the heels, she was just a few inches shorter than him.
Sarah shook Steve's hand and said, "It is nice to meet you. So, are you a computer geek like my cousin?"
Steve stared at her and stammered "Uh, yes."
She smiled at him, "Don't worry I like geeks. I'm in accounting, so I'm boring. Not sure which is worse, a boring accountant or a computer geek."