She had been at work an hour when she got a call from Jake.
"They have a situation in the Atlanta office and I have to fly down there. I'll probably be gone until Friday. I'll call you when I know more."
"When are you leaving?"
"I'll head for home as soon as I hang up, pack a bag and head for the airport."
"When you check into the hotel don't forget to show them your employee discount card."
"You know I never use it. It goes on my expense account and the company pays it."
"Don't you ever listen to me?"
"About what?"
Hotels Jake. If you stay in one of ours and show your discount card and a suite is available they will upgrade your room. You can stay in one of the suites for the cost of a regular room so even if your company does reimburse you, you still get a better room out of it. And the wet bar in the suites is complimentary."
"I didn't know that."
"Only because you never listen to me."
"I'm sure that you never mentioned the complimentary wet bar because I know I would have homed in on that."
"Whatever. Give me a call as soon as you know what your schedule is going to be."
"I will. I love you and I'll see you in a couple of days."
She hung up and seconds later she called Marci to see if Dan was available and he was so she hurried to his office to catch him before he got busy.
"What do you need sweetie" Dan asked as soon as she walked in the office.
"Two things. First, put me down on your list of girls. Second, Jake is flying to Atlanta today. Do you know anyone at our unit in Atlanta to ask for a favor?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I do know a couple of guys and they both owe me favors."
"If it can be done I'd like to know what Jake does while he is there. I don't need pictures or anything like that; all I want is to know. Ever since I caught him at the beach I've wondered if he screws around on me whenever he is out of town on business."
"Should be easy enough to do. While we are on the subject, can I use you on the nights he is away?"
"Absolutely."
"I may have something for you tonight. Is that too soon?"
"Not in the least. Jake won't be here and my plan always was to go out and play when he is gone. The more guys I play with before I tell him will just make him that much more pissed off. That means that I had intended to go lounge shopping tonight. If you have something for me I won't have to."
"I should know by lunch time if Jared is going to be coming in from San Francisco. If he does he will want you for the night. Will that be a problem?"
"Not at all. Jake hardly ever calls when he is out of town. He will call me as soon as he gets to where he is going to tell me where he is staying and then I won't hear from him again until the night before he is coming home when he calls to give me his flight information."
"One more thing. Jared always stays here when he comes to town. Is that going to be a problem?"
"Shouldn't be. The people here are used to seeing me at all hours. I'll just have to be careful about being seen leaving his room."
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The rest of the morning was spent doing all of the mundane things she did every day; talking with suppliers, arranging for all of the many things that went into the events she planned and coordinated.
She had her lunch in the hotel restaurant and as she ate she was thinking of back-up plans in case Dan didn't have something for her. She'd had good luck at the lounges and bars she'd gone to that first weekend when she'd found out that Jake was a cheating asshole. If Dan didn't have something for her she would go back to those places. She would get laid every night Jake was gone even if she had to hire a male escort!
She was just finishing her lunch when her cell phone beeped. It was Dan and he asked her to come to his office. When she got there Marci told her to go right on in.
"Your desk clear?" he asked when she walked into his office.
"I'm all caught up at the moment."
"Jared will be here this afternoon. I need you to run on home and dress for a cocktail party and dinner. When you get back I should have more information for you."
"A cocktail party? You think heels and a little black dress will do?"
"I think that would be perfect."
She had showered, shaved her legs, done her hair and make-up and was sitting on the bed rolling on a pair of nylons when her cell phone beeped. She answered it, put it on speaker phone and said hello as she continued to roll on her nylons.
"Hi honey" Jake said, "I'm in Atlanta and thank you for getting me to use my discount card. They did upgrade me to a suite."
"See? My job does have some benefits. Just do your best not to drink the wet bar dry."
"No worries there. I'll need to have a clear head when I go into the office tomorrow. I'll probably go to bed early so I'll be bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning."
"Sounds like what I have planned" she said as she slipped on her 'come fuck me' pumps with the four inch heels. "I'll probably curl up with a good book and go to bed early."
"Oh? I thought you would take advantage of my being gone and go out with the girls after work."
"No thanks. Last time I did that one of the girls I was with got hit on by a guy who was with a buddy and she spent the next two hours trying to talk me into getting together with the buddy so she could go off with the guy trying to pick her up."
And if I knew then what I know now I would have done it she thought as she dug through a dresser drawer looking for her Spanish pearl thong.
