Chapter 58

Monday was like a new beginning. It was the first time in almost six months that I had a normal schedule. Seven to four, five days a week sounded good, for a while at least. The question was, would it keep me interested and excited?

We even had a good healthy breakfast of fruit, whole grain cereal and orange juice. I was going to stop at the donut shop on the way home and get a dozen bagels and a tub of cream cheese to add a little variety to the breakfast meal.

We left home in a mini convoy: Jen in her state car, the girls in the Ford diesel and me in the Suburban. We had taken Jason's car back last night. The driveway was just too full. I did do a training course for the diesel. We went to the closed-up mall at the Narrows to give all the potential drivers seat time and parallel parking practice after taking the car back. I had also ordered a fuel card to keep in it. I did emphasize diesel fuel and not gas.

Today was going to be one busy day. The contractor was to be there at eight to get started on the expansion of the Security Department. I had been around different types of construction all over the world and most times they seemed to move at a snails pace. I just didn't see how they were going to more than double our office space and have it ready to be occupied in less than thirty days. They hadn't even put up a string line yet.

Then in the afternoon they were to hold the pre-bid information sessions for the bidders on the first stage of the college expansion. The e-mail packet I had downloaded informed me that when construction started on that phase my Security Department was to supply a materials auditor for all material deliveries well as provide twenty four hour security for the contractor's employees and equipment.

The contractor and his two job foreman showed up at seven thirty. Ken Smith from Building Services department and I set down with them. They gave us a brief overview of the project. They insisted - barring no natural disasters - we would be able to move in less than thirty days and if we hadn't done so yet we should order the furniture now. At eight his crew was already removing the sod. They were going to pour concrete for the floor at three.

At 9 Shirley Short came from HR and introduced me to my new temporary secretary. Patti Cross was 25, 5 feet 6 inches, about 110 pounds, nice hips, and a heavy 36 c. She was wearing a mid calf mini-dress and a "V" top that was showing the maximum amount of cleavage possible. She still looked professional and very tan. There were no lines anywhere that were visible. She had mid-back length black hair, a killer smile and dancing brown eyes. She also had a very strong hand shake. She just went on and on about how pleased she was to be able to work with me and how she had read everything she could find about me.

Did I say she had a killer ass to match the rest of her and there were no rings? I did notice that she had a tongue piercing, I wonder if some boy had been behind that. The word on the street was that kind of piercing improved blow jobs.

Patti had a business degree but had elected to start as a secretary. She had been doing the payroll and the scheduling for the department for the last two weeks. We reshuffled the main office some and Patti got the desk and computer terminal behind me that had been the general use terminal.

Patti said "I consider myself to be your personal confidential secretary in all matters, even if the job description does not say that."

"I appreciate that very much, " I told her. Jenny sent a text that she was coming with lunch and to chat at 11:30.

Jenny was on time. She brought salad and soup from one of the more high-end restaurants down town. I did the introductions with Patti and it was obvious that they were going to hit it off. I told her she could go to lunch.

Jenny and I ate the conference room. In between bites we talked about a variety of things. Tomorrow at 11 there was a major news conference; it was to be the closure to the rape investigations. The college had given permission for Lorrie and Vicky to be on stage if they wanted. I was required to represent the college.

Everyone was going to make a big deal out of this. The Governor's task force was to be there, the State Police, Sherriff's Dept, even the FBI was going to be there. Everybody needed their piece of the pie even though in the end it boiled down to two girls defending themselves that caused the destruction and end to the rape ring.

Jenny said, "I heard Lorrie say she was ready yesterday. How are you going to handle that?"

"I don't know, I kind of thought she was more straight than gay and that she would go back to normal dating," I said.

"She had dated only lightly and was still a virgin when she was assaulted. She had told me she now has no interest in men any more. She says that she doesn't want to be alone with one anymore," Jenny said.