Chapter 4

I woke up at about 5:30 ran downstairs and made coffee, wondered back upstairs with my coffee and went to have my smoke. I was sitting on my lounger when at 6:00 Cheryl came driving in, I realized then that either I had to start wearing clothes when I had my early morning coffee on the deck or she was going to have to get used to seeing me naked. I decided that it was my house and I was not going to give up this last bit of freedom. I got up stretched then went and grabbed a housecoat in full view of Cheryl as she walk down the path.

"Are you always early?" I asked.

"Yes I hate it when people are late so I always try to arrive early. Now go have your shower and I will start breakfast." She said.

I went upstairs and got into the shower as per her directions. I will admit to washing certain parts for a little longer than I probably should have seeing as all I could think of was Cheryl when I was doing it. I got out of the shower and was standing in front of the sink shaving when I heard someone moving around in my room. Cheryl was there setting up another chair on the deck I guess it was for her. Seeing as it was my room and I was already naked I decided she must not mind too much. I finished shaving and brushed my teeth when she called out breakfast was ready and I looked up to see her going out on to the deck with Cindy in her arms. I grabbed my house coat and put it on while I was walking to the patio doors knowing full well that she could see me.

I went outside to find sausages and eggs this time, I sat down and ate with my plate on my lap thinking how nice it will be to be able to eat at a table again. By the time we had finished eating the intercom went off telling me that the painters had shown up. I showed Cheryl how to operate the gate from any of the intercom modules in the house then she went to meet them while I got dressed. I knew I had to get my bed out of the bedroom as this would be where they would start so I just pulled the plug on it and took it outside through the patio doors and tossed it over the railing. I then went in and grabbed my blankets and piled them in the walk in closet. When I got downstairs the painters were explaining to Cheryl what they planned on getting done today and how they were going to protect the wood finishes on the wooden fixtures like the stairs and railings.

I showed the painters the code to type in which would open the gate until they drove through it. I went out and put the dogs in their compound so they wouldn't bother the painters when they were ready to leave. While I was doing that Cheryl told me she was going to use my motor home to feed Cindy and get her ready for the trip. I was waiting for her in the SUV when she came out. In a moment of inspiration I put a key to the house on her key chain.

Cheryl came out started to put Cindy in the car seat I turned and watched she had on one of those shirts that kind of overlap in the front you know the ones that wrap right around and tie in the back. I had a really good cleavage shot no nipple but just about, I was pleased to see she still didn't have a bra on.

On the way into the city we chatted about where she figured we should go in order to get the best selection. I was wondering how she knew all of these places but before I could ask she explained that while working for the vet she found out that a lot of dogs and cats destroyed furniture so the vets had a list of places people could go in order to replace their furniture.

Once in the city she directed me to this huge warehouse filled with furniture, within two hours we had picked out almost everything on Cheryl's list, I am not even sure why I was there, every now and then she would ask my opinion but mostly just told the sales guy what we were looking for and then saying yes or no when he showed it to us. Everything we picked out was in stock so it would be delivered on Saturday.

Next she directed me to another warehouse on the opposite end of the city, this place had anything you could need for linens and Cheryl was obviously in her element here she had the poor sales girl mixing and matching like there was no tomorrow, by the time we were finished Cindy was getting really restless so Cheryl took her out to the SUV to feed her while I paid for everything and loaded it into a couple of buggies. It took forever for them to ring everything up and put it into bags. You really don't realize how many sheets, blankets, comforters, pillow cases, duvets, and towels it takes to outfit a house the size of mine. I was pleasantly surprised at the price in the end I had been doing some mental math on the way into the city and so far we had only spent half of what I figured it would be.

When I got back to the SUV Cindy was just getting her diaper changed, I packed everything into the back of the SUV and jumped into the driver's seat. Cheryl started giving me directions again but I interrupted her to say if she wasn't giving me directions to some place where we could eat then forget it. She just laughed and continued to give me directions.

We ended up at a Red Lobster one of my favourite restaurants. After ordering our food I just had to ask.

"So what else do we have to get while we are in the city?"

"We have to get dressers for two of the bedrooms, we haven't even looked at drapes and blinds for the windows, and we still have to get the televisions you said you wanted." She said as if I didn't have a clue.

"Oh yeah that stuff, I forgot all about the televisions, I bet I know the best place to get those, Circuit city right?" I asked.

"No that wouldn't be the best place you would have to pay full retail there, I know a place where you can get electronics for wholesale pricing." She said.

"Ok you have been right so far so I will follow your lead on this too." I said.

We left the Red Lobster and headed to her electronics place and I got to pick out the televisions I wanted I got a 60" Plasma for the living room and a 52" Plasma for my bedroom. The prices were so good that I purchased 32"LCD televisions for each of the other bedrooms and a 60" LCD for the family room.

From the electronics place we went to a warehouse with blinds and drapes, Cheryl set a record there she had all the measurements required and the style we needed for each window so it didn't take very long to get out of there. We ended up going to a retail place to get the dressers and even though they had them in stock we could not get them delivered for two weeks. I guess we were lucky that they were for rooms that wouldn't be occupied until we had guests.

On the drive home Cindy goy fussy again so Cheryl had me pull over in a rest area while she fed her. I sat in the front seat and talked to her while she did, it was hard not to look but I respected her privacy and stared straight ahead. I mean if she had of just sat next to me and whipped a tit out to feed her I would have watched but so far she had gone out of her way to keep it private.

My cell phone rang as we were sitting there the caller ID said it was Mark one of the buys that worked for me.

"Hello Mark how are you?" I asked as I flipped the phone open.

"Not good Rick not good at all" he answered.

"What's wrong?" I queried.

"Just about everything, it is like they just took your drawings and ignored all of the safety interconnects, they don't even have the right PLC's they have three different types. I have only been here for an hour now and I have found a weeks' worth of work that is totally screwed up." He replied with just the right amount of disgust in his voice.

"Ok I am not near a computer right now, take pictures of everything and make sure you outline all of the deficiencies in an email to me and I will phone out there tomorrow morning and see if I can get it straightened out." I said.

"Ok but you are not going to be happy, I asked one of the electricians about the PLCs' and he told me they were brought in by the Electrical consultant. He told me that the consultant told him not to worry when he pointed out it did not match what was on the prints." Mark told me.

"Ok I will get it fixed in the morning." I answered. We hung up after exchanging pleasantries.

"Problems?" Cheryl asked as she got out of the back seat to change Cindy's diaper, she laid Cindy on the seat leaning into the SUV and started to change her, I had an excellent view as she did.

"Yes the job I have to go to in Fort McMurray sounds like it is all screwed up, I should be able to get things fixed with a phone call in the morning" I answered her while staring her straight in the nipple.

She glanced up as she was wiping Cindy and saw where I was looking, I thought that would be the end of it but she smiled and continued. "So what is it you do exactly?"

"Well I am an Electrical Engineer and I do system design for control systems on large gas plants or oil refineries. The job I am working on now is a large oil upgrader project in Ft McMurray; I quoted the job months ago. Once we got the bid I designed the control system with triple redundant safety features, then I write the programs for the computers that run the plant, they are Programmable Logic Controllers, or PLCs' for short. I have written all of the programs for the PLC's and now on Monday I will load the programs then test everything to make sure all of the fail safes work so that the wrong valve does not shut or open at the wrong time." I explained.

By this time Cheryl was back in the front seat and we were on our way again. "I see so you are a computer geek?" she asked.

I laughed "yes I guess you could say that, although I have others that work for me that fit that description a lot better than I would."

When we got back to the house I told Cheryl to just drop me off and that there really wasn't anything to clean or do tomorrow so to take the day off and she would be able see what was done the day after. She looked a little sad about having the day off but I figured what the heck she was on salary so it wasn't going to hurt her having the day off.