It was a long day for Camille, which started on the wrong foot when she had gotten up late for work. She had to rush through her morning routine in order to cut corners and save some time. She had a quick shower, not washing her short blonde curly locks. She left her flannel jammies in a heap on her tile bathroom floor and quickly threw on a black satin blouse and red jacket and a red wool skirt that came to her knees. She had decided against wearing a bra and underwear as she was in a hurry. Camille quickly strapped on a pair of red leather heels and dashed through the kitchen, grabbing an apple and juice box on her way to the back door. She hastily unlocked the door, grabbed her keys on the adjacent counter and scooted out to her car. She managed to save 15 minutes in her rush to get to work and only arrived several minutes late. Her boss, Kevin Scatcherd didn't even notice her tardiness as she hung her purse on the back of her office chair in her pod created by filing cabinets, located outside of Mr. Scatcherd's door.
She logged onto her computer and while it searched the server for the day's unread messages, Camille stood, smoothed the wrinkles from her clothes and graciously sauntered into Mr. Scatcherd's office.
"Good Morning Mr. Scatcherd," she chirped.
"Oh, good morning Camille," he responded, "I didn't see you come in this morning. I've been so swamped with these month end reports. I left you an email this morning. I don't know if you have read it, but I'm going to need your help getting these reports done for Gerhard."
"No problem sir. I saw the email and came in to get started," she lied, as she hadn't had time to read any messages.
Feeling a little better now that she realized that her tardiness went unnoticed, she smiled at Kevin and asked him if he wanted a cup of coffee to give him an energy boost.
"I would love one. Thanks," he retorted with his head focused on the paper work on his desk. He hadn't even looked up once to notice how ravishing his assistant looked this morning. With her hair tussled, no make up or panty hose and wearing the passionate colours that she was, Kevin was surely missing out.
Camille bee-lined to the cafeteria. She hummed to herself some self composed tune she had been working on during the past couple of days. She dreamed of someday getting out of the insurance business and becoming a songwriter. She nodded to a couple of colleagues on the way and flashed a smile to Vanessa. Vanessa was a friend of hers since she had joined the company four years ago at the innocent age of 18.
As she poured a coffee for Kevin and herself, she heard the cafeteria door open and close. She looked over her left shoulder and smiled again after seeing Vanessa.
"Hey Cammie Baby. How ya doin'?" Vanessa cooed.
"Hi Nessy," she responded, "I feel better now. I fuckin' got up late today, but fortunately Mr. Scatcherd didn't notice me. How you doin' hun?"
"Great!" she bellowed, "I went out with Tom last night and had a great time. We went to Stargazers for dinner and then went back to my place to watch a movie and have dessert."
"Dessert?" Camille questioned coyly, "Is that all that you had?"
"Well, you know me Cammie," she giggled, "I never kiss and tell. Now we fucked like rabbits all night long, but I wont kiss and tell."
"Oh you nasty slut," she quipped back, "You and Tom? Was he as good in bed as he looks like he would be?"
"Let me just say, NNNNNNNNNNNNN," she moaned poetically as she licked the outside edge of her top lip.
"Stop it," Camille responded, "Don't rub it in. You know how long it's been for me. If you don't stop, I'm going to have to go to the ladies room and frig myself."
"O.K., O.K., I'll stop," she said knowing how slow her friend's love life has been, "But I must tell you, I think we're getting back together again tonight."
With her coffees prepared, Camille turned toward the door and added, "Well, I hope you have fun. I have to finish our month ends today with Mr. Scatcherd and then I am going home to soak in the tub."
"Do you have any plans this weekend, Camille?"
"No, I wanted to do some spring cleaning and take some clothes down to the Salvation Army. What about you?"
"Well tonight it's out with Tom and then tomorrow I will be heading to my sister's place in Toronto."
"Well if you get back early enough on Sunday, give me a call and maybe we will go to the show or something."
"O.K. Cams," Vanessa replied, "Have a good weekend and I'll see you Sunday.
Camille returned to Mr. Scatcherd's office with his coffee.
"Here you are sir," she offered.
"Thanks Camille," Kevin said as he lifted his head and looked at her for the first time this morning. He flashed her a smile and quickly stood up to help her find some space on the desk to place the coffee.
The two sat next to each other and began reviewing the month's numbers together. Camille typed the information as Mr. Scatcherd with some assistance provided the information.
The day flew by and numbers buzzed throughout Camille's head. It was four o'clock and she had finally completed the tedious report with her boss. Kevin felt so good about the report and its quality that he decided to call it a day.
"Well let's call it a day Camille," he stated with an exhausted smile.
"Really?" she retorted.
"Yeah, I'm beat, but I'm very happy with this report and the numbers we made this month. We need some time to reward ourselves. We did work through lunch too, so its not like we're ripping the company off."
"Sounds great to me."
"What are your plans this weekend?" Kevin enquired.
"Not much really. Just some down time planned. I wanted to recharge my batteries, soak in a nice hot tub and read a couple of books," Camille conceded.
"Sounds pretty good to me. I wish I could do that. Jimmy's got baseball tonight and Margo wanted to hit some garage sales tomorrow and Sunday, I've got to cut the grass and get caught up on some yard work too." Kevin complained.
"Wow, I feel for you sir. Well if it's alright with you, I'm going to skidaddle," Camille said as she scooted out of his office.
Camille headed to her pod and logged off of her computer, shut off her monitor and grabbed her keys and purse and headed for the elevators.
The day was fantastic. The sun shone brightly down on her as she made her commute home. As she drove home, Camille organized her thoughts. She was hoping to get some groceries and her car washed this weekend and just take it easy for the rest of the weekend. She decided to park on the street in front of her house rather than going to the back to the alley to park as she was going to complete her shopping first and get that out of the way. Besides, cars were allowed on the street from Friday at 5pm until Sunday at midnight.
Camille got out of her car and quickly shuffled up her front sidewalk. She had to get her grocery list before getting her groceries. She fumbled for her keys from her purse and once she had found them, she slid the brass key into the front dead bolt and turned the key one rotation counter clockwise. Once in, she made her way through the front rec. room and to the kitchen and the fridge where her grocery list hung. Upon entering the kitchen, she felt something was out of place. She couldn't put her finger on it but got goose bumps as her eyes scanned the room.