Continuation of Wife Website
I recently made the first career switch of my life, ending my 7 year run in consulting for a job at a tech start-up as VP of strategy. It was a bit of a stretch for my skill-set, but I was looking forward to the challenge. The potential pay-out if the company was successful wasn't a bad motivator either.
I pulled into the parking lot and saw a reserved space with my name on it.
Reserved parking, pretty nice,
I thought.
The front desk receptionist led me to my office on the top floor of the 7 story building. My office was spacious and faced the mountains to the west.
A room with a view, very nice.
The next two hours were spent doing typical first day activities: meeting my co-workers, getting office supplies, recording my voicemail, and getting my computer set-up. I was in the middle of logging into my email for the first time when Steve Williams, the president of the company knocked on the door. Steve was 41, but he looked about 30 as he was in good shape and didn't have a gray hair on his head. He was a pretty big name in the Colorado tech community as he had helped a half dozen other companies grow and get bought by one of the big guys. I came away very impressed during my interview with him a few weeks earlier. I was going to be reporting directly to Steve, and was excited for all I could learn from him.
"Getting all set-up?" Steve asked with a smile, leaning against the door.
"Yeah, I'm pretty much ready to get down to business Mr. Williams."
"Please, Bradley, call me Steve."
First name basis with the president, damn nice.
"Ok, Steve. What can I do for you?"
"Let's go have a chat in my office, follow me."
We walked down the hallway to Steve's corner office. It was the nicest office I had ever been in. Big mahogany desk with two chairs in front of it, a round table with four more chairs, and a full length couch. He pointed to a chair in front of his desk as he sat in his high backed office chair. He leaned back casually and smiled.
"I've been waiting for you to start working with us ever since we made you the offer. You have a solid resume, and you really left an impression on me during our interview."
"Really? Thanks Steve."
"Yeah, partly because you have some interesting experiences, and partly because the whole time I kept thinking to myself,
this guy looks familiar, I know him from somewhere.
It bugged me the rest of the day, but as I got home that night it hit me. I decided right then to make you an offer to join our company."
"I didn't know we had met before."
"Oh we haven't," Steve replied. "I recognized you from a website."
My eyes went wide, not my best poker face. "A... a... a website?" I stammered.
"Yes a website, a very provocative website. You know, I'm a single guy, so I spend a fair amount of time browsing through the internet and my favorites sites are the ones where guys post pictures of their wives. I don't know why, and it is probably a sin or something, but seeing other guys' wives naked and getting fucked is a huge turn on for me. You and your wife have been especially active on one of those sites, haven't you Bradley?"
I stared at him speechless, I had no response. In my wildest dreams I couldn't have imagined having this conversation with my new boss.
Is this really happening?
Steve's smile grew wider.
"When I thought I had it figured out I pulled up the site and lo and behold, there you were! The guy I interviewed is in dozens on pictures with his absolutely stunning wife. My favorites were the close-ups of your wife's, shall we say, womanhood. She has such delicious looking... lips. So, as I said, I've been waiting for this day ever since. Do you have any idea why?"
"No, not really, I mean I don't think so, no."
Where could this be going?
"I'm going to be the photographer for your next little shoot!" Steve exclaimed with a clap of his hands.
"You're going to what!?!"
"You heard me right. And even better we're going to do it on Saturday!"
"We are?"
"Yep. How does that sound?"
"I don't think I can agree to that." I was finally regaining some of my composure.
"Luckily for me, you don't really have a choice in the matter."
"Actually I think I do," I said, confidence restored.
"Nope. See, I can pretty much fire anyone within the first 30 days without any potential repercussion on your part. So, if you want to keep your job, I'll see you Saturday night at your place. And Bradley," Steve said with finality. "Have that pretty wife of yours wear something sexy for me."
I left his office without another word. I shuffled back to my office like a defeated soldier leaving the battleground.
That was the longest day of work I had ever experienced, and I didn't do a single productive thing for the last 6 hours. My head was spinning from my meeting with Steve. I always knew there was a possibility of someone I knew seeing the pictures I posted online, but honestly, I was so turned on by it that I ignored the potential ramifications. Now, my boss had my back against the wall. I needed this job. Erin made a decent amount teaching high school, but not nearly enough to pay the monthly mortgage. Unfortunately, we hadn't done as good of a job saving as we needed. We had two months of expenses saved, maybe three if we cut up our credit cards.
I spent hours thinking, running through every possible scenario, every potential loophole to get me out of this situation. All my years spent in consulting problem solving for other people but I couldn't find a solution for this one. At 5pm I came to terms with the unavoidable truth- my boss was going to take naked pictures of my wife.
