The new Job.
This will not score well but hey, who gives a shit eh.
The Job was going well, actually it was going much, much better than I had expected. Two months in and Mr. St John had asked me into his office for a chat.
William St John is the CEO of Masters Engineering, we have government and big international contracts. I have been told we have a turnover of 1/2 billion per annum by my immediate boss Carl.
"Aha Miss Jenkins, I like to have a one to one with all my new staff when I get the chance and I have heard good things about you, very good things. How are you settling in?"
"Good thank you sir, but it is Mrs. not miss and I love the job."
"Good, good." He said as he shuffled the paperwork on his desk.
"Carl says you are already taking on work that others in your department usually take at least six months training to do."
"Yes sir, so he tells me."
"William, He said. "Please, call me William in here, sir or Mr. St John the other side of the door."
"Yes sir, William."
He smiled and added "Not Sir William yet, but I live in hope."
His joke put me a little more at ease.
"Tea, coffee?"
"I'd love a cup of tea please sir, sorry, William.
"Better, I see you are a quick learner like Carl says." He said smiling. He had a very infectious smile, the lines around his eyes said he did it a lot. He had green/grey eyes that twinkled and came bursting to life when he did. He was a very handsome man with a slight tan, and i guessed in his early forties I would think. He dressed expensively and immaculately, his wife was a very lucky woman.
"So, Susan, May I call you Susan?"
Before I could answer he carried on,
"Susan, I like to give my employees who excel, incentives. Like I said, Carl says you are already ahead in his department. He has shown me some of your work and I must say I am impressed."
He pointed to the paper on his desk as he spoke.
"These are our projections for the next six months, I would like you to drop whatever you are on. Don't worry Carl knows." He said with that amazing smile.
"I will give you the office next to mine, you have the full resources of the company. For the coming week young Jenny outside will get you anything you require. I have big plans for my company over the next two years and if you are as good as Carl thinks you are, you will let me know if we are overstretching ourselves and why."
He handed me the teacup on a saucer, "Sugar?"
"Sir, thank you for the chance but surely you have others ahead of me?" I asked questioningly.
"Are you telling me you do not want it, are you afraid of making a mistake, do you think I am making a mistake by asking you above others?"
"No, no sir. I can do it, I just......"
He interrupted me with a raise of his finger, "Then do it." he spoke with such authority that I accepted that he knew best.
"I have authorised £2500.00p to be added to you salary this week, get some more appropriate clothing over the weekend if you need to. After all, you are working on the management floor now."
My jaw hit the floor, if I spent £50.00p on a pair of shoes at home there would be an inquest with Colin. Here I have 2.5k to spend, I sat back in my chair shellshocked.
He hit the intercom and leant into it, "Jenny, will you give Susan the low-down on what attire we expect from higher management on her way out please."
He sat back behind his large desk slowly and deliberately drumming his nails on it, I had the feeling he was trying to gauge what type of woman I was.
"Well Susan," he said sitting back, "the ball is in your court now. You have until 1pm Friday and I warn you, I will need a thorough report. You have the whole week and who knows, the sky is the limit here."
He leant into the intercom on his desk again, "Jenny, Susan will be leaving now. Anything she needs, you make she gets it ok?"
With that I stood, said my thank-you's and left.
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"Colin!" I exclaimed into the phone. "It's the chance of a lifetime, I just don't get the problem you have with it!"
"Sue, we talked about this. Cant it wait till we get home later, I don't really want to do this over the phone."
"This, what is THIS!" I shouted back.
The phone went silent, he had stopped the call at his end. Frustratingly I rang back about to give him some of my mind but it went straight to answerphone. Fuck him, I thought to myself.
I had been given the afternoon off and with Jenny's advice I stopped in town looking through the more classy boutiques for some ideas. The clothes were amazing but so expensive, everything here was out of my normal price range. It felt good to finger and caress garments like these thinking I might be wearing such things soon.
I picked up a Chinese on the way back because it was getting late and I had lost track of time, when I got home Colin's car was in the drive. His mood changed a bit when he smelled the food, he had thought I had got a cobb-on because of our words this afternoon and refused to cook.
We set the table, unwrapped the feast and tucked in.
"Love." He started, "I'm sorry, but we did agree that now the kids are gone that this job was just part time, just to give you some pocket money."
"I know but, William said...."
"Oh, William is it. And who pray tell is William?" he said very sarcastically.
"Don't be a prat Colin, it doesn't suit you." I spat back.
This was going the same way as our earlier call.
"Please, just have an open mind about this. Lets see where it goes, it might go nowhere. I wont ever know unless I try."
He took another mouthful of chicken and spicy rice, then with a big sigh of resignation said, "Ok, just one week. Let's see."
I rushed around to his side and gave him a big kiss. "Thank you."
Saturday finally came, I had arranged with my sister Clare to meet in town at Starbuck's in the precinct. She was to accompany me on our shopping spree.
We walked arm in arm through the mall and out into the classier part of town where the designer shops were.
"So, what are we looking for?" she asked.
"Shoes, skirts, blouses and the like. I mean proper expensive ones." I smirked.
We stopped at Jimmy Choo first, we were like kids in a candy store. The first thing Clare did was turn each shoe to see the price. Her eyes widened at the cost of them and she whispered, "Seriously Sue, have you seen the price?"
It felt good, it felt REALLY good. I saw a pair I loved and asked the assistant if they had my size.
"Sit down madam, let me check your foot."
He sat me on a large padded couch and clicked his fingers. A young girl scurried over to us,
"Could I get you and your friend a coffee or water madam?" she asked with such politeness it startled us.
Clare looked at me startled, "I could get used to this sis." She grinned.
The young man took my calf in his gentle hands and slipped off my shoe, he turned my shoe in his fingers then looked up at me. I felt a little embarrassed the I was wearing such cheap shoes in a classy shop like this.
"You do need an upgrade." He smiled, "I am sure we can assist you madam."
His fingers wrapped around caressing my foot and with a small tape measured it around. Then he placed it in a contraption to get the length and width.
"39, slim." He said. Give me a moment while you take your coffee and I'll be back."
With that he turned on his heel and disappeared through a red curtain. The young girl came back with a tray containing two coffees and a small selection of biscuits.
"Fuck me Susan. I love this, we should do this every week!" She laughed.
The young girl smirked and left.
Derek returned with a box, I knew he was Derek because of the name-tag.
He sat at my feet once again taking my foot in his hand, his hands felt wonderful as they unintentionally stroked my ankle. I assumed it was unintentional but after we left the shop I wasn't quite certain, it was nice either way and was actually making me a little wet.
"Madam, Romy 100 in black as madam requested."
He slid it carefully onto my right foot then did the same with the left.
"Madam they suit you, take them for a comfort walk and look in the mirror."
My god they felt divine, so comfortable for such a sexy shoe.
"Madam looks good in them." He said from behind me.
"Sue, he is right. They look SO classy and sexy. I'm dead jealous."
"I am sure we have your size as well if you require, I can get them?" he said hopeful.
"Ha, ha, no, not in this lifetime mate." She replied.