Chapter 4

Later that day, after my short drive home from my first real full day naked at work., I couldn’t get it out of my head that I had turned down what could be my last chance to get out of that contract without it costing my job.

I guess that I must have been so busy with my thoughts that I didn’t see my neighbor, Brenda Watson, walking toward me as I was getting out of my car in the driveway. It wasn’t until she was just about arm’s reach from me that I noticed her.

All I can say about my pesky and nosey neighbor is that she has to be in just about everyone’s business and know everything that is going on. So, I just greeted her with a friendly hello and smile, trying not to draw attention to myself as I am standing out here butt naked and very vulnerable. I just stood up as straight as I could and looked her in the eye and waited for her to say something demeaning about my lack of clothes or something else that she feels is not up to her royal status in her perfect society.

Then, just as I expected, she blurted out, “Kimberly, how dare you walk out here without a stitch on? I cannot believe you are exposing your body to the world like that. You should be ashamed of yourself, prancing around here naked like you are. Especially, since you are getting up there and you are certainly not in your twenties anymore.”

As you can imagine, I wasn’t going to let that pesky know-it-all get away with belittling me like she just did. So, I just pulled my naked chest up higher and made sure that she gets a full view of my body and I looked her in her eye and said, “Brenda, I don’t know what horse you rode in here on that permitted you to tell me what to wear. We both know that society has changed and this is acceptable everywhere in this country and a few others. I feel that there is nothing to be ashamed of about my body and how dare you put me down as you did just now! I might have a few wrinkles here and there, but I feel that clothes are only a mirage that covers the body and nothing else.”

As soon as I was done talking I just turned around and started walking toward my house leaving her standing there. As soon as I was at the side door, I looked back at her and saw her walking away playing with the bottom part of her t-shirt.

When I got into the living room I saw my girls with some of their girlfriends going over some college schoolwork of some kind. I was about to pass them and go to the bedroom, when Tammy stopped me and said, “Mom, I heard you outside talking to Ms. Watson and how you put her in her place for belittling you like that. She has been making some unpleasant comments to us for some time now, but fortunately, she hasn’t come up to us as she did to you. My sister and I hope she keeps her comments to herself next time.” I wanted to say something after she was done talking, but for some reason, I didn’t know what to say so all I said was, “Thanks” as I walked out of the room.

As soon as I was in my room and standing in front of an empty closet full of nothing but hangers and boxes. I realize that I need to correct this habit of changing out of my work clothes, especially since I have made my decision that, no matter what, I am going to be living this absolute lifestyle for a very long time.

When I came to my senses, I walked back out into the living room where the girls were and watched them say their goodbyes to their friends as I passed toward the kitchen area. I guess it was maybe four or five minutes later when the girls entered the kitchen and started helping me with the evening meal. Then maybe thirty minutes after that, Jerry walked into the kitchen wearing my favorite outfit on him, nothing.

At the dinner table, we all started talking about our day. I remember that the girls were quite interested in how my first day naked went. We started talking about the girls’ big report that was due before the end of the quarter and how hard they both have been working on it since it could affect their overall grades.

Then we both told our girls about our lunch date at the local restaurant that a good share of their dad’s coworkers goes to, and how about how Jerry was bombarded all afternoon with questions about me being naked and being so calm with it, along with the naked waitress we had. I know that society has been getting more relaxed over the past couple of years and more open to these changes but there are still many people out there that are having trouble accepting the changes or treating them like it is wrong and immoral.

I started talking about the meeting with my boss, Mary. I told everybody what was said, including the offer she made me to alter or void the contract that I had signed the day before. I told them that I turned down the offer and made it clear that I didn’t have any intention of backing out of that contract. It wasn’t until I got to the conference that I had Jerry’s attention when I told him that the conference is out of town and it will require me to travel there naked as well as be naked the whole time I am out of town.