A huge thank you for those who are enjoying my stories.
This story is related to the preceding Mandy chapters. You don't have to read them in order, but eventually these disparate threads will come together. Here, we explore the goings on with Jerry's business partner Tim, as well as his wife and daughter. Enjoy!
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Tim sat in his leather wingback chair and looked at the vast cityscape from his 10th floor, richly appointed office. He and his business partner, Jerry, had built a tremendously successful software company together, and when the money train pulled into the station, Tim wasn't hesitant to enjoy the trappings of his nouveau riche status, having come up poor.
But today, he wrestled with something that money simply couldn't fix, as he was on the horns of a moral dilemma.
Like his partner, Jerry, he had a beautiful 18 year old daughter. Unlike Jerry, he was still married to her mother, and quite happily at that.
Kate, his wife, was a stunning woman, who despite being 41 years old, retained the appearance of a woman in her late twenties. She was a very petite 5'2" blond with crystal blue eyes and perfect B-cup tits.
In college, she was the girl everyone talked about. With her brilliant smile and flirtatious personality, all the guys assumed she was out of their league. The guys who thought themselves her equal - typically the arrogant jocks - were the ones to hit on her, but they were the most likely to face rejection. Kate was hot as hell, but she was also very intelligent, and looks mattered less to her than brains and a personality, something the average college football player lacked. With those guys, she wasn't out of their league, exactly, they were just out of their depth.
Tim had, as had so many other guys at school, worshiped her from afar for several years. His tekkie nerdy buddies just happened to frequent the same bar that Kate and her girl friends went to, and one night - one rather intoxicated night - he did something foolish, which somehow miraculously worked in his favor.
It started as a dare, as these things so often do, and one of his buddies said, "I dare you to go talk to her. I'll pay your considerable bar tab for a week if you get her phone number. If she throws a drink in your face, I'll pay for two weeks. If you chicken the fuck out, like I know you're going to, then you pay."
Tim looked across the room as the charming and vivacious Kate chatted easily with her friends, and said, "You know what? Fuck you, Jerry. I'll risk a little embarrassment for free booze, and it'll only be a week, cuz Imma fuckin' charm her little socks off!"
Jerry and the other guys laughed and laughed, but Tim pushed his chair away, staggered to his feet and wobbled toward the hottest girl on campus.
He approached Kate's table and cleared his throat to get her attention. Kate and her friends looked up at him and Kate smiled in amusement. No one ever approached her unless they were completely vain and full of their own good looks. But here was a basically average-looking guy, vying for her attention, and in spite of what those who didn't know her thought, she was quite friendly and approachable as a rule.
"You're Kate," said Tim.
Kate laughed, not unkindly, and said, "I am aware of that."
"And I'm not," said Tim.
"Oh good, because that would be awkward for both of us," replied Kate.
"You're sexy as fuck," Tim continued, "And I'm not."
"Thank you and you shouldn't talk that way about yourself."
"Can I talk to you for just a second? Can I sit down?" said Tim as he wobbled a bit.
"Yes, I think you'd better," Kate laughed again, a sound that, to Tim, sounded like the joyful sound an angel might make.
"Thank you, cuz I must speak to you," he said as he took a chair from a nearby table and positioned it next to her.
Kate said nothing, only raised her eyebrows as if to say, "Ok, I'm listening."
Tim took a moment to collect his thoughts through the haze of alcohol, and said, "I'm a genius."
"Really? I'm not sure I've ever met a genius."
"Yup," said Tim, "A certi-fucking-fied genius. And I'm gonna graduate this year and me and my buddy over there are gonna start a software company and we're gonna be jillionaires."
"Well! Isn't that exciting!" Kate was not typically the sort to mock someone, but this guy was making it hard not to.
"Yup. And my buddy dared me to come talk to you. And the deal is, ya see, if I get your number, then I get to drink for free for a week! And if I piss you off and you throw a drink in my face, then he'll pay for two weeks. And I'm broke, so..."
"So... you're asking me to throw a drink in your face?" Kate was giggling now.
"Now hang on, I told you I was a genius right? So I figure if I get your number AND you throw a drink in my face, he will owe me THREE weeks."
"Ooohhh.... That IS smart. But why would I throw a drink in your face?"
"Because," said Tim in a very serious, almost apologetic voice, "I'm gonna say something offensive to piss you off. I'm also honest, so you can't just throw a drink in my face to pretend you're mad. That would be cheating. So you have to really be offended."
There was something about this stupid, brilliant guy that Kate couldn't quite put her finger on. Sure, he was a little drunk, but she bought the line about his intelligence, ambition and honesty, and those things were pretty attractive to her.
"Hand me your phone," she said, reaching out her hand, "And I'll save my number. Then, you can have the last laugh on your friend when he pays for both of our drinks, when you bring me back here on our second date."
Tim started to hand his phone over, and stopped.
"Wait. Our second date?"
"Yes, of course. If I'm willing to go out with you once, I'll go out a second time. After that, we'll see. I would recommend not being intoxicated for either one."
"Oh, no! I wouldn't do that!"
"Good. Now, what were you planning on saying to deserve this Cosmopolitan in your face?"
"Well, it was gonna go something like this: 'Hey there Kate,would you sleep with a man for ten million dollars and you'd say, 'I might consider it.' And then I'd say, 'Would you sleep with a man for fifty bucks? Of course you'd say hell no and what kind of girl do you think I am?' And then I'd say, 'We've established that, now we're negotiating price!'"
"Oh my God, that is pretty awful!" Kate was laughing, "Tell me you've never actually said that to someone!"
"Oh HELL no. My Momma raised a gentleman. She'd kill me if I ever spoke to a woman that way."
Kate handed the phone back.
"Tell your Momma that you have a date tomorrow. Call me at seven and I'll give you the address of where to meet."
"So you're not gonna throw a drink at me?"
"Not tonight. But I would like to know your name. It isn't Kate, right?"
Tim grinned and told her his name.
It was fate, or destiny, or the gods smiling on them both, because from their first date, they were done with even thinking about being with anyone else. On their second date they got a hotel room and made crazy, passionate love all night. Neither were virgins, but neither of them were terribly experienced either, and they became practically obsessed with learning each other's pleasures and desires.
Kate had a particularly naughty side, and over the years they had both been quite willing to explore new sexual experiences. They'd done a bit of swinging; a guy/guy/girl threesome once, a guy/girl/girl threesome here and there - even a full swap with another couple a few times. Each of those experiences were fun and thrilling, but at the end of each encounter, they still preferred each other one-on-one, and the outsiders had done nothing to change that, or their loyalty to each other.