Edited by Spencerfiction, with thanks.
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Chapter 15
"I still can't believe she broke up with you!" Lynn said again at the breakfast table. She shot a glance over at her mother. Both women had come downstairs that morning dressed in almost matching navy blue business suits with slacks and creamy white silk shirts and they scowled at each other from time to time but said nothing.
"She's a really nice person," Will said, "We both just felt that it wasn't what we wanted at the moment, you know? Kathy wants to concentrate on work, school, and her family."
"Your father's going to be a bit disappointed. I think he liked her," Lauren told him.
"He likes her but more for what she offers Cormorant. Our break up was amiable."
"She breaks up with an heir to a multi-million dollar company," Lynn said, "Wow!"
"You know her, Lynn. You recruited her," retorted Will. "That was one of the things she didn't like about me."
"Got to go," Lauren informed them, "Don't fret, hon." She went over and put her arms around Will and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Ok, what the fuck was that?" Lynn demanded icily.
"Comforting a poor broken heart," Lauren laughed as she went to her daughter, who was sat at the table, and kissed her on the top of her head, "Like you were doing to him last night. By the way, the house isn't THAT big, I had to turn my tv up."
Lynn blushed a bit, "Yeah, well, I can only guess what went on around here that night I was out with Mandy."
"It's just like when you were a little girl, you'd leave your toys all over the house. You'd get so mad when I told you if you didn't pick them up I'd play with them. I guess you need to be careful when you leave your new boy toy just hanging around as well."
"MOTHER!!"
Lauren laughed as she walked to the garage.
"You fucked her!" Lynn hissed at Will.
"She's pressing your buttons, Lynn. She's playing with your mind, just like Claire did. You have to let those things run off you. Come on, or we're going to be late for work."
Lauren was in a good mood as she pulled out of the estate in the sleek black Jag. It wasn't a long drive to her building. She saw the prominent yellow sign of the fast food chain that was her particular weakness. Checking her rear view to make sure there were no cars she knew behind her, she pulled in. This one had both the drive through and a parking lot behind the building so she could indulge her little white trash cravings without the risk of any workplace assholes or country club members seeing her. She ordered a coffee and two of those sinful greasy hash browns and, with just a car or two ahead of her, she was able to drive up.
One of her boys was working this morning, she could tell by his squeaky voice on the intercom. There were two of them. Cute and shy, maybe twenty, guys that always looked at her like she was some sort of goddess. Of course she always garnered a lot of attention from men and guys, even boys, but these two made her laugh. One would always go running for the other if he could and they'd be stealing glances and whispering as she licked daintily on her soft serve or nibbled on her fries. Of course she'd give them a view, crossing her long legs to the best vantage possible and letting her skirts and dresses ride up.
"Hi cutie," she looked at him with her expensive sun glasses and her golden hair piled up on her head. She was feeling mischievous. He stammered something back and passed out her order. She pursed her lips in a kiss and laughed as she drove away, leaving him there gaping with wide eyes. As she pulled out on the road and reached for a hash brown.
"Kathy broke up with Will?" Stephen asked her with surprise as they sat for morning coffee.
"Yeah. Wild, hey?" Lynn answered.
"Well, she's so independent."
"Will is quite the catch."
"Kathy is too. She's independent and strong, and wise for someone so young, so beautiful ..."
"What the fuck are you trying to say here, Stephen?"
"Oh, Lynn!" it was like someone had instantaneously spray painted his face red. He looked at her with wide eyes behind his black framed big glasses, "You are too!" he tried feebly.
"So, you got the hots for Kathy, do you?" she asked as she looked at him with narrow venomous eyes.
"Lynn! I ... ahhhh you ... I mean ... she ..."
"Do you have any idea what you have here in front of you, Stephen?"
"Of course I do! Oh my God, you're like a goddess, Lynn ... but ahhh I find you ahhhh intimidating. You're just too hot, if that makes any sense at all."
"Too hot?"
"You've seen what I'm like with you. Knocking things over, bumping into things. I can't even talk to you properly. I feel like you don't even know me."
"Really?" She slid her chair back and stood up.
"Lynn! Wait!" he hissed, as several people had now looked over. Lynn ignored him and walked off with her raven head held high, her high heels clicking as she went.
Lynn went looking for Amanda. The two had become really close in the last few weeks and Lynn felt the need to talk with someone who was close to her. There was also Will but he'd just be trying to get her pants off. Did he fuck Kathy before they broke up, she wondered? You could never trust his answers. She was sure he had fucked Lauren. He had fucked Stacy and Taylor. Amanda. Who knew who else? Will was actually quite a slut, she thought. She knew Amanda wanted him as a boyfriend, probably as a husband, and she hoped her friend wouldn't get hurt. She was glad she knew that her and Will were sleeping together and was fine with it. Maybe between the two of them they could keep him satisfied.
Two older guys in lab coats stopped at the door of the Research and Development Department and waited for her. It was the highest security in the building and to pass those doors you had to be authorized and have your ID prominently displayed. She was authorized but didn't have her ID on and it looked like one was ready to hold the door for her without swiping. They knew who she was, of course. Every guy in the building capable of having an erection knew who Lynn Delaney was.
"Sooo glad to see chivalry's not totally dead, guys! Thank you!" She gave both of them a beaming smile as she walked through and they grinned back. She got to Amanda's lab and looked in. Amanda had seen her right away and grinned. She was wearing a tight dark blue dress, with black nylons, with her short white lab coat on top. The gym sessions were really paying off and she had a very curvaceous body, with full breasts and full hips. Her light brown hair was straightened and she hurried over in high heels. "Hey, Babe," Lynn greeted her, glad to see her.
"Hey, Beautiful, what's up?"
"Big news. Find some privy?"
"Yeah, come on."
Amanda led her to the end of a corridor where the large window allowed for several large pots filled with majestic tropicals. "Kathy broke up with Will yesterday." Lynn just told her straight out.
"WHAT!?!?" A smile almost immediately came over Amanda's face.
"You don't seem very sad for them," Lynn smirked.
"You know I want him."
"Yeah. So do you want me to back off?"
Amanda's face dropped and she wrapped her arms around Lynn in a big hug. "What? Oh no, honey! Oh wow! You'd do that for me? Oh wow, Lynn. No, honey. I want you to keep him on the straight and narrow. You know what a sex drive he has. But two of us should be able to keep him happy. I don't mind him being with you, with our history and how the two of us ... well, you know."
"You know we'll all get drunk some night and end up in the same bed."
"Yup ... gonna happen," Amanda laughed.
"I got to find a real boyfriend."
"Stephen?" she asked confused.
"The twerp basically told me this morning that he's in love with Kathy."
"What! No?"
