I had been working my butt off to get my life in order post-divorce, post college bills for my daughter and finally was in a comfortable place and was ready to get away from Los Angeles for a while or maybe permanently. I had begun working out again, now that I actually had free time and was finally getting back into shape, both mentally and physically. I knew I would never look like I did as a young Marine, and I was ok with that, hell that had been well over 20 years ago.
Serendipity struck! I had been told by my CEO that I was headed to Idaho Falls, of all places, to scout a new corporate office location.
I decided to do some online research and just check out the area. From what I found online; it was beautiful. I began wondering if I could make this my new home, so naturally I began checking real estate sites for homes. It was a decent market with plenty of nice homes. I decided to contact a local realtor and see some properties while I was up there for the month. I also wanted a list of homes to see while I was up there and luckily my CEO had given me a point of contact that he said was family, James..
I called James and we had made plans to see some properties for our Corporate Headquarters. He also agreed to assign one of the realtors in his office to show me the residential properties I had picked out as well.
The flight had a layover in Salt Lake City and had been fairly uneventful as small jets go. The same cannot be said for the even smaller jet that I took to IF.
Surprisingly the flight was packed, which meant that I was lucky enough to be seated next to an attractive young lady, probably in her early to mid-twenties. I kept reminding myself, stop staring at her breasts, she's the same age as your daughter! She had made it difficult for me as she was breastfeeding her son. She had asked me if it was okay, what was I going to say no?
I told her it was fine and she seemed genuinely appreciative. Her son was a bit fussy, I thought it may have been the changing cabin pressure. He settled down once he started suckling on his mom's breast. I was jealous!
She ended up swapping him to her right breast which gave me a view down her shirt, it was impressive. I must have dwelled a bit long with my stare as I noticed her adjust and cover up a bit and cradle her son who was now happily asleep. I became suddenly aware and embarrassed.
I began to apologize and she was very sweet and said it was okay, well not okay, but that it was accidental. I was still red with embarrassment and tried to apologize again, she said not to worry. Luckily the drink service came through and I was distracted from my embarrassment. I got my ginger ale and she got an orange juice and each of us got our complimentary bag of nuts.
I sat there quietly and ate my snack and drank my soda. Her son had woken up and had become quite cranky. She began to comfort the little guy, we thought it could be gas, so she decided to burp him. As soon as she picked him up, expelled everything he had in him all over me. He got me in the right ear, and it was running down both my back and my chest. The smell was horrendous, clearly spoiled breast milk. I clenched my teeth and tried to breathe through my mouth, after all, I didn't need to add to the mess. It was his mom's turn to be embarrassed. She was in tears, and I was trying to clean up and calm her as the warm mess was beginning to run down my back and seep into my underwear. I was soaked.
I had tried to get the flight attendant's attention so that I could get something to clean up. Of course, at exactly that moment the announcement came that we were beginning our final descent into Idaho Falls. I thought to myself, this must be karma for staring at her tits? Damn it! I sat there quietly as she was in tears, and other people on the flight began to complain about the smell.
When we landed the attendant came back and seemed somewhat in shock at what she saw. She brought us some paper towels to clean up. As we were getting off the plane and walking towards the terminal, the mom was trying to offer to get my clothes dry cleaned. I politely declined and told her that I was certain that my hotel had a cleaning service. We parted ways inside the airport as I made my way to the restroom to try and clean up somewhat. I hadn't packed any clothes in my carry-on, so after cleaning up as well as I could, I went to the airport store and bought a tee shirt.
I made my way to the baggage claim and there was mom, son and I am guessing, dad. The young lady had pointed me out and was still in tears. He came over to me and offered to get my clothes cleaned as well. I reassured them that I would be fine. They got their bags and left. I kept looking for mine... Not there, I thought to myself "you have to be fucking kidding me!" After checking with the airline personnel, I was told that all of them had gone to Dulles International, they thought. Literally on the other side of the country.
I left my info with them and headed to my hotel. I get to the hotel and get checked in and let them know that I should be getting luggage delivered. From the look on the clerk's face, I think he noticed the odor on me. I confirmed with him that they do have a cleaning service. I got to my room and literally began stripping as soon as I crossed the threshold. I took a shower for what seemed like an hour, got dried off and began looking for something to wear. Luckily the hotel had a robe. I decided I would just wear it in the morning waiting for my clothes to get cleaned. I called down to the front desk to confirm, rinsed all of my clothes in the shower, squeezed out as much water as I could and then put them in the laundry bag and placed it outside my room for the staff to take to the cleaners.
I didn't sleep at all! I swore I could still smell the little guys puke on me, I took several more showers and later finally fell asleep. I must have been knocked out, because when a knock came on my door, it startled me! I jumped out of bed, it was bright in my room and I noticed out of the corner of my eye the reflection of my naked body in the mirror. I laughed and said to myself, "you don't look too bad for a 50-year-old former Marine that was just startled awake!"
The second knock on the door broke me from my amusement. I put on my robe and went to answer the door. I looked through the peephole and saw an attractive lady in business attire. I had guessed it may have been the hotel staff with my luggage. I opened the door and saw no luggage. I did however notice that the lady was quite attractive, beautiful in fact!
After looking me up and down and with a raised eyebrow, she said, "Hi, I'm Kristin from the real-estate company."
"James is my supervisor and had asked me to come by to discuss plans to see both the commercial and residential properties you had asked about."
I stood there like a bump on a log as she finished her introduction and after a brief awkward silence she looked over my shoulder, asked if she could come in.
I laughed and held the door for her. She was wearing gray slacks and a long-sleeved white button up, which fit her well and emphasized her curves and long legs. She was a stunning woman, probably my height or maybe a bit taller, but with her shoes, she was easily several inches taller.
I began by introducing myself and explained why I was in a robe and that I would prefer to go to her office after I had gotten my luggage or at least my clothes back from the cleaners.
She seemed understanding but also somewhat indifferent, and said "How about we go over the properties real quick and see which ones may be available, so I can schedule some walk-throughs?"
I agreed and she went and sat on the couch and began to lay out her paperwork on the small coffee table. I walked over and began to sit down and felt the robe rise up a bit too much in the back. I stood back up and she seemed somewhat amused by my predicament. I circled around to the other side of the table to sort of look down on all the different properties she had laid out.
She looked at me and scooted over on the couch and patted it and said, "Please sit next to me."
I resisted and she began to get very impatient, so I went to sit down. On my way down I caught my robe on the arm of the couch and it pulled my robe, causing it to open, exposing myself. She looked away and I apologized and repositioned my robe to cover.
She immediately demanded to know how well I knew James, her supervisor. She seemed to be getting quite agitated. I explained that I had only spoken with him on the phone regarding the properties. I also explained that I thought that James was related to my CEO.
She sat back and said "well that makes sense" with a sneer.
"If I may ask, what are you talking about?"
"Lately, there has been a pattern of James sending me out for special clients and that this was clearly the same thing."
"What exactly do you mean by special clients?"
"I get sent on appointments to meet with clients that seem to all fit neatly into a certain type of person. All men, always. Most are a bit older. It was unspoken, but James always seems to think that if we failed to make the deal, the company would go under."