Edited by luvtaread
The next day Lloyd gave Jackie her money and helped her buy the equipment necessary. Jackie then went to work and promised the program by the end of the week. Lloyd would have loved it sooner but considering it was side work for Jackie and an immensely complex program a week was the best he could hope for.
In the meantime word of his ability to supply talent spread and soon he had every night booked with several high paying clients. He saved energy by reusing some of the favorites from the first night, especially the local ladies. The way he figured by the weeks end he would have more than enough to get both the page and dating service off the ground, as well as afford a comfortable living space for himself.
That week Lloyd opened a storefront on the strip using the proceeds from his parties. Soon it was ready to be up and running, all he needed was someone to run it and he had just the girl.
Days before he had planted a little suggestion to Holly that she should meet him for lunch and sure enough when he went there he found her waiting. She was a little confused as to why she was there though.
"Holly?" he asked her.
"Yes?" she asked clearly still confused.
"Lloyd Frank, we met at the airport the other day."
Suddenly the brunette eased up, "Oh, yeah I remember, you offered to help me get settled, right?"
"Yes, I did, in fact if you're free I'd like to discuss that right now. Something just opened up I think you'll be perfect for."
"Great." Holly said with a smile. The waitress seated them not long after and once they had received their drinks Lloyd launched into his proposition.
"I'm going to get right to it Holly I want you to come work for me. I have a new endeavor I'm heading up and I think you'll be of great help to me."
"Okay..." Holly said a little skeptically, "It's not anything shady is it?"
"No of course not, I wouldn't to that to a wholesome girl like you," Lloyd felt a twinge of guilt, considering what she had done the night after they met. "Have you ever heard of Lovematch.com?"
"No." Holly said after thinking for a second. "I'm pretty up on the dating sites these days but that's a new one on me."
"I figured we're rather new, but we'll be the next big thing I assure you, I got someone working to make our match program top notch, it should be ready by the end of the week. The thing is I just did some work with Caesar's Palace at their last singles event and the buzz around town is too good to pass up. So, I want to strike while the iron is hot get the name out there. Which is why I opened a location here in Vegas and I want you to run it."
"Me? Why?" Holly asked clearly surprised.
"Well simply put you have certain qualities I think would be helpful in running the shop. Not to mention you are highly organized and from what you told me about your work experience you would make a great supervisor."
"These qualities as you put them would not happen to involve my bra size would they?" The brunette asked skeptically.
"My you are a sharp one," Lloyd said. "While I will not deny it was a factor it is not the primary reason Holly. This town is loaded with T & A my dear you possess certain thing not easily found here in Vegas."
"Such as?" Holly asked.
"To be honest, you're wholesome and kindhearted. You can read peoples deep emotions and you're empathic. To put it plainly you can get people to open up to you and if need be fill in the blanks of what they won't or can't tell you about themselves. Those things are very rare indeed Holly and something I require from the head of one of my LoveMatch office locations. The fact that all of that comes in a bombshells body, well that is just a bonus. After all most of sales are getting the client in the door and having an attractive staff can't hurt."
"Actually it might make some of the women more threatened."
"True but not everyone in the office is a woman, for that reason. Love is an equal opportunity thing and so is the scenery and staff in our offices. Although I think you'll agree that attracting women to this kind of service is less of a problem."
Holly thought for a second and said, "Just out of curiosity are staff prohibited from, um, using the service?" Lloyd smiled.
"Of course not, in fact in our case I think it would help the service to have some of them matched by our program don't you think?" Holly nodded. "Of course for high ranking staff like yourself I will help you find your match myself. Both to prove the service and to train you bit on how to do it yourself, as that will be the occasional duty of the branch manager. Don't worry I won't make you do that until you're ready and the computers will do most of the work; besides only high priced or particularly difficult clients get the attention of the manager." Holly seemed reassured by this.
"So what does it pay?" Holly asked when they had finished discussing other things about the position.
"Comparable to other positions of its type you'll make what most managers of a branch make and you'll get a cut of the fees brought in by your location. However as I said there are other perks to working with me, not least of which is my personal guarantee of a loving marriage with a man of your dreams."
"That's one hell of a perk." Holly said smiling.
"Not to mention I'll help you get settled here with an apartment and such, as I said it's the least I can do."
That was the tipping point for Holly. Right after lunch he took her to the office and introduced her to the rest of the staff. The next day the store had a grand opening to great success. Although the computer would not be working for a few more days they at least had member's profiles to match once it got running.