Every company has its own stories. You know what type of stories I'm talking about. Sarah got drunk at the Christmas party and got caught blowing Brad in the supply cabinet. Ever since Marsha's husband left her, she'll sleep with anyone that gets her drunk. Mark from Accounting used to beat his wife, but he's in counseling now. Of course, he still doesn't wash his hands when he comes out of the bathroom. Did you hear about the time the guys from IT were in Dallas for a conference and they all got arrested at a strip club?
These stories form the mythology of our work places. Most of them are innocuous gossip spiced with a lot of lies. Did you hear that Michael's wife is leaving him because of the affair he's having with Liz from customer service. Her husband has no idea. But there is also truth to be had in these stories. If you know how to look and what to listen for you can find that truth.
But sometimes when the story gets out, it's all truth. Back in the late 80s there was a junior executive at my company that caught his boss embezzling company money. When he confronted his boss, the man begged him not to tell the truth; which he agreed to do, on one condition. The boss had to send either his wife or his daughter to his house, giving them over to the younger man for one night, or he would go to jail.
The junior executive's names was Chuck Ferguson, and he was my boss for the first six years I worked for my company. He told me this story one night when we were camped out in a shitty, cramped motel room waiting for one of our clients to get back from the airport. Their flight was delayed and we had been waiting for close to 16 hours. Later, when we got home, he showed me the proof.
Did you ever read that book about how most corporate executives in America are sociopaths? Men like Chuck are the reason why.
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Chuck Ferguson drained his second class of good red wine for the evening and went in search of the bathroom to take care of his business. This was not the best party he had ever been too. His boss, Walter Bingham, had invited all of his junior executives and their wives to a dinner at his house. Walter's wife Karen was doing the cooking, and she was a competent cook. But the evening had been boring and all there was to drink was wine. Chuck preferred harder alcohol. The conversation had been pretty boring and the food hadn't even been served yet. Karen, it seemed, was having some trouble getting everything finished.
The house was huge! It made him feel good to know that if he worked hard and advanced in the company maybe one day he could afford a mega mansion like this one. He thought he'd heard Walter tell Bart from accounts that it has 8 bedrooms. Eight! With a luxury five car garage that has its own filling station. That was ridiculous, and just the kind of luxury he wanted in his life.
As board as he was, tonight hadn't been a complete disaster. He wasn't seeing anyone, and there was no way he could show up to this thing by himself. The girl he was with was an escort. A friend of his had given him a number to a service, and he had paid $200 for her company this evening. She was a grad student at LSU and pretty. He was pretty sure that he was going to get laid later tonight, but he was also pretty sure that he was going to have to pay for it. Also, Karen, although much older than he was, was still a beautiful woman at 43. Walter's daughter, Karenna who had only made a brief appearance when the guests first arrived, was a knockout. At 18, and just out of high school, she was a blond haired bombshell. She had just come from practice and was still wearing her tennis outfit, and it made him think some very naughty thoughts about his boss's daughter.
On his way down the hall to find the bathroom, he passed the table with the wine bottles. He poured another for himself and took it with him on his search. The hall bathroom, the one that he had been told about was occupied, so he ventured deeper into the house looking to relieve himself.
Soon he saw a major change in the way the house was laid out. There was a set of sliding pocket doors at the end of the hallway and when he opened them he realized that they were there to cordon off the part of the house that was supposed to be used for the party from the family's private areas. He instinctively knew that he shouldn't be in this part of the house, but he said "fuck it" and kept going.
"Hey," said a voice behind him. I don't think you are supposed to be back here. He turned to see Karenna standing across the T in the hall way from him wearing a thick terry cloth robe and a towel around her head. At first he got really excited, but then he realized that the robe was so thick and oversized that he couldn't see anything.
"Hey yourself sweetie," he said in his best Tom Cruise voice. "What are you doing?"
She rolled her eyes at him" It made him mad for a moment, then he finally said "Well I was just looking for a bathroom. The one in the hall in the main part of the house is occupied."
"You can use mine," she said pointing casually to the door she had just come out of. She was gone into her room before he could turn back around and hit on her some more.
Inside the bathroom, he was hit with the strong smell or overheated girl. Karenna had dropped her clothes from her tennis practice on the floor when she undressed from the shower. The hot smell of girl sweat and shampoo was almost overpowering. He made his way to the toilet, opened his fly, fished out his cock and pissed in her toilet. He made sure to splash some on the seat and pictured in his mind what she would look like naked in the shower washing her pussy. Did it feel good? Was she fingering herself right now?
He doubted it. He hadn't seen any look of lust in her eyes when he spoke to her. He zipped his fly and was about to leave the bathroom when a thought occurred to him. He brushed through her clothes with his foot and saw her panties laying there under her short little tennis skirt. They were thin white cotton, cut to ride high on the hips. Chuck bent over and picked them up. They were still damp with her sweat. He opened them and looked at the crotch. It had a yellowish streak where her little pussy would have been. He put his whole face in them and inhaled. He was overwhelmed by the smell of her, the panties felt damp on his nose and lips. He inhaled again and made a decision. He stuffed the panties in his pocket. She would probably never miss them. The maid would pick up her clothes in the morning and that would be the end of it.
He adjusted the erection in his pants to a more uncomfortable but less noticeable position and went to rejoin the party. As he passed Karenna's room he smiled to himself knowing that he would be using her panties to get off for a long time.
Back in the main room, his re-arrival wasn't even noticed. Everyone was gathered around Walter's giant projection TV. Walter Cronkite was talking about a terrible disaster. A plane had exploded for unknown reasons over Lockerbie Scotland. Chuck didn't care. He was hungry and horny and was ready to get on with the night. His date, Melissa, came over to him and held his hand. She looked genuinely upset. There were tears in her eyes as she was explaining to him what had happened. He just didn't understand this kind of emotion in other people when it came to strangers. It never made sense to him.
Eventually Karen decided to take matters into her own hands. She clinked her fork against her crystal wine glass and drew everyone attention. "Honey", she said sweetly. "Turn off the TV would you." Walter didn't like it, but he complied. She made a little motion with her hand and he came up to join her. The five couples in the room, myself included, watched in interest.
"We are about to eat," she said sweetly. "I know the news from Scotland, and those poor people, is bad, but I don't want it to spoil the evening. I think Walter had something he wanted to say." She smiled warmly at him. Chuck gazed openly at her tanned legs and let his hand on Melissa's back fall to her ample ass. He squeezed roughly and she looked at him with a warning. Walter cleared his throat.
"Well, I guess it all comes down to saying thank you. The company has had a banner year."
"And so have the Fergusons", Karen chimed in. Walter cast her a small, but strange glance, and then went on.
"Yes, we've all had a banner year. That's in large part to the people in this room. We're bringing in new clients all the time. We are charging our old clients more for new services. I'm beginning to think that this computer security business is going to be important to our future."
Everyone laughed at this. The company was an old school "locks and guards" security company. A few years ago we had expanded into programing computers to secure corporate data and it had quickly become 50% of our business. Everyone in the company was taking computer classes.
"And most importantly, we have our first celebrity client." Everyone made a little sound of agreement. "You can all see her, every Thursday night on TV and she is getting us a lot of good press and a lot of inquiries. Now, if only we can just keep her alive for another season..." he trailed off. His wife backhanded his shoulder reproachfully and everyone laughed at that.
"Let's eat," he said with earnest enthusiasm.
Everyone took seats around the table. Chuck made sure they were as far away from their host and hostess as possible. While they waited to be served he lightly trailed the fingers of his right hand up the thigh and under the skirt of Melissa. She swatted him under the table. A clear sign to stop what he was doing. He ignored her and pressed his hand further between her legs. When his fingertips touched her stocking tops she squeezed her knees together trapping his hand. Chuck was going to press harder, confident that she would not make a scene here at such a nice social gathering. She casually took her steak knife off of the table and using the table cloth as cover pressed the tip into his forearm. He was surprised, but he got the message. She was a bit feisty, and he liked that. He was withdrawing his hand when a voice said:
"Chuck, dear, can I serve you a game hen?" Karen was standing over me. If she had seen anything of what had just transpired under the table she had no indication on her face.