"Peterson just got busted for watching porn in his office," Calvin belted out as he walked into my office.
"No way, when did that happen?" I asked sitting up in my chair.
"I guess they caught him last night, and confronted him about it this morning," he answered. "They had a big meeting about it and decided to can him a few minutes ago."
"Just like that huh?" I quizzed. "They gave Randy a second chance when he got caught, so why not give Peterson another shot? Or, was this already his second shot?"
"I don't think Peterson has ever been on anyone's radar," Calvin said. "I think it has everything to do with the kind of porn he was looking at."
"Why is that?" I asked "What kind of porn was he looking at? There's no way Peterson was watching gay porn, he's too churchy."
"It wasn't gay porn bro," he said. "But, it's still shocking that Peterson would be watching it. In the meeting Sara said it was nuns getting pounded by demons. Isn't that some crazy shit?"
"Nuns getting pounded by demons?" I asked bewildered. "Is that even a thing in porn? I've never stumbled across that when I'm scrolling through the categories."
"Apparently it's a thing and he couldn't get enough," he said. "Sara said she couldn't work next to someone who's into that, so everyone's hands were tied."
"Well, she is Catholic, so that doesn't surprise me," I said.
"We need you to wipe his computer this afternoon," he said.
"Oh come on," I said. "Can't you get Adam to do it?"
"His plate's full amigo," he said. "He has to finish everything before he goes on vacation. Everyone else is working on the software update, so that just leaves you. Sorry."
My response came in the form of a raised middle finger as he turned to leave my office. It wouldn't take that long to reformat the computer, but it's the principle of it all. I felt like it was below my pay grade. At least I could take a peek at what he had been watching first. It sounded weird, but you never really know. Peterson must have found something about it to peek his arousal.
I strolled to his office and took a seat behind his computer. I didn't have much to do in order to clear his computer. Things like browser history and temporary internet files would get cleared off when the new employee login was generated. I just had to make sure the hard-drive was clear, so the new employee didn't stumble on a surprise picture when they loaded their screen saver.
There were thousands of folders in the computer, most of which I could ignore, and only a handful that Peterson had clearly made up himself. I clicked on the first folder and it brought up about a dozen sub-folders. After opening each one, it was clear they were all work junk he probably didn't need anyway. When I opened the second one though, I found the money folder. There were videos and pictures galore, and even with the small icons I could make out well enough what they were.
I started deleting them chunks at a time, keeping my eyes peeled for anything that looked interesting enough to inspect further. Nothing really jumped out at me though. Most of it was computer animated pictures or videos of big monsters banging skinny blond girls. Once I deleted all the pictures and videos I noticed a folder labeled "Instructions." I opened it and found several documents, all with different odd names. I clicked on the very first one and read the first paragraph.
It appeared to be step by step instructions for something, but I couldn't really figure out what for. Skimming through it mentioned five blue candles and what to say when lighting each one. I skipped down a bit and it said where to stand in the room and some gibberish to say. I was damn curious to find out what those instructions were for. I started actually reading every word, in hopes it would reveal to me it's purpose. Finally, after reading for almost ten minutes I read the words, "you will feel her presence in the room and if she approves she will allow you to see her."
Well that was all I needed to read. Like a complete idiot I emailed all the documents to myself, so I could read more later. I finished removing everything I could find from his computer and I went back to my office. I decided to wait until I got home to look at the documents I'd emailed to myself. Something Peterson had opened at work got him fired and I wasn't going to make the same mistake he'd made.
I knew my wife was going shopping with her sisters and I'd be alone for a few hours that night. As soon as she left I grabbed my tablet and opened my email. I opened the first document again and this time I read the whole thing word for word. When I finished reading it I decided to give it a try. Why the hell not? I figured there's no way anything is going to happen anyway, but what if something did. Either way I didn't see that I had anything to lose by trying.
I looked through the cabinets until I found my wife's candles. Much to my surprise I found exactly five new blue candles. I took them to my room and placed them throughout the room, as described, and read of the gibberish as I lit them. I figured there was little chance I was even coming close to pronouncing any of the words correctly. I followed every instruction to the letter, even disrobing and placing my clothes outside the candle pattern. Finally I read aloud the final gibberish while laying naked in the middle of all the candles.
Then I waited. After several minutes I decided to close my eyes and see if I could feel her presence. Nothing. I did feel a little ridiculous, but no presence to be felt at all. After another long period of waiting I decided it was all craziness. What was I expecting anyway? Some porn star looking hotty from hell that craved cock? Clearly I had temporarily lost my mind and felt pretty stupid for even trying it.
I grabbed my clothes and put them back on. I picked up the candles and put them in the trash outside. I figured it would be easier to plead ignorance to the lost candles than trying to explain why there were five partially burned candles back in the box in the cabinet. I opened the windows in the room and turned the fan on. Luck seemed to be on my side, because there didn't seem to be any candle smell by the time she got home.
I had just finished brushing my teeth when she got in. She walked in and gave me a kiss and then turned on the shower. I passed her as she started to undress and I got in bed. Laying in bed I thought once again about how stupid I was to even try conjuring whatever thing I thought those instructions would bring. I shook my head and laughed to myself before drifting off to sleep.
I woke up rather peacefully in the middle of the night, which was really not like me at all. Usually once I was asleep the alarm clock was the only thing that could wake me. I wasn't startled awake, but I could feel someone watching me. I looked at my wife and she was on her back clearly sleeping. I looked around the room but couldn't see anyone. My wife had two night lights that almost made it too bright in our room at night. The first was next to her side of the bed, and the other was in the bathroom next to the sink. With those two lights it would be impossible for anyone to simply hide in plain site in our room at night.