Kathy stood outside the hotel restaurant waiting for her friend. Kathy was dressed sexily if not provocatively since she had to return to the office this afternoon. Black Skirt ending mid-thigh, purple silk browse showing her cleavage an opal on a gold chain nestled between her breasts drew a man's eye to a part of her anatomy she was proud of, a perfect pair of natural C cup breasts, enough to get a man's attention but not enough to be considered too much or sluttish. Come fuck me shoes finished off her outfit. At the office she cultivated an Aire of desirability but not unprofessional dress, as a legal aide she was often used by the firm to visually please and distract male clients. She was not averse to being eye candy for a good cause. 5-7, fit, busty, great legs and a mane of red hair, she filled the role admirably.
Within a few minutes a town car pulled up and her lunch date and friend Jade stepped out and walked up to her. Jade was a tiny woman in sunglasses, a light-yellow sun dress and a nice pair of sandals. Jade had recently lost her husband Jim to a heart attack. Jade needed some distraction and a reason to go on living and Kat had just the thing.
As Jade reached her, they embraced, in a real hug, not one of those air kiss for show only hugs. They had known each other since college, and she had been Jade's Maid of Honor at her wedding.
Kat said, "You look good sweetie, better than I expected."
"Thanks, Kat, and thanks for getting me out of the house. I haven't been out of sweats in a month." Jade said. Kat knew she was trying to put on a brave face.
They entered the restaurant and collected their reservation. "Nice to see you again Ms. Cooper."
"Nice to see you too, Jerome."
They were seated at a sunny table near the windows overlooking the park.
"All right, spill it. You look much better than you did at the funeral." Jade's husband had died suddenly 3 months ago, and Jade had been in mourning and holed up at home since then. Actually it turned out Jim had inherited brugada syndrome, a disease that is like SIDs for adults.
Jade took off her sunglasses to reveal Jade green Asian eyes. The fact that they were slightly red form crying made the green really pop. Jade, whose real name was Anna Maria, named herself after her eye color after being freed from the catholic grammar school her parents sent her too. Her features were Asian and her complexion, slightly darker than a typical Asian was a result of her mixed heritage. Her mother was half Vietnamese and half African American, having been born in Saigon, now Ho Chi Mihn city during the Vietnam war. Her father was Filipino.
She had a lovely round face, short nose and full lips, but Oh those eyes. While her hair was thick, mostly straight and black it did have a little wave to it, the only other trait she had that came from her AA grandfather was an unusually plump ass, for an Asian. While she was a tiny woman she did have what many would call a heart shaped ass.
Jade sighed heavily, "The insurance money is in and the bills are getting paid, but I just can't get over the fact that Jim, healthy, fit, robust, larger than life Jim, would just die of heart failure at his desk a week after his 40th birthday. It's not fair! We had plans to grow old together, now I am alone, no kids, an empty house, no prospects, no future."
Kat asked, "You are being drama Queen. What about work? Have you looked for a job?"
"I let my teaching certificate lapse years ago, I really should have kept up on my masters' classes and certification tests, but everything was going so well. Jim's job was good, we were paying off the house, sex was great and life was sooo good. I don't even know what I want to do. I need some thrills, I need to take a little joy in life. Maybe that will get me back on track"
Katt offered jokingly, "Skydiving? NASCAR? Speed dating? Teaching pre-school?"
Jade smiled then frowned, "Dating? Jim was the love of my life, I will never find another like him. And besides who would want a 35 yo widow lady with no skills."
"Jade, sweety, you would be surprised how many men you could attract if you decided to stop feeling sorry for yourself and just did something, anything. Set yourself some goals!"
"You're right Kat, enough of my shit, how have you been?"
"I have been great, I am enjoying the new firm, the pay is about the same but there is a minimum of office political intrigue to deal with, so I am content."
Jade said, "I have always wanted to ask, how can you afford to live like this?" She said waving her hand indicating the posh restaurant, "On a legal assistant's salary?"
"Funny you should ask, let me tell you a story."
There was a pretty woman married to a handsome English college professor who wanted a career of her own so she took some law classes thinking that someday she might try to become a lawyer. The pretty woman decided that being a lawyer was not necessarily for her but sought employment in the legal field anyway because she did well in her classes and understood the law and it's requirements pretty well.
She landed a good job. At the firm there was a married partner named Greg, who paid a lot of attention to her. Greg told her that with her physical assets and charismatic personality he would like to groom her for a position in the firm where she would act as a liaison between management and big potential clients. She was interested in finding out more about it.
Greg wined and dined our heroine and one evening at this very hotel after way too many drinks he enticed her to his room and seduced her. She had been feeling distant and neglected in her marriage, so she was more than willing to succumb to his charms. Within 2 weeks of her infidelity another really fucked up event occurred. It was nearing her husband's birthday, so on a Saturday afternoon she thought she would surprise him at his office with a coffee and a blowjob. When she entered the crowded coffee shop near campus, she was surprised to see her husband sitting at a table with a student, something didn't seem right, so she faded into the crowd to observe.
The student was male, almost too handsome, and around 20. They were holding hands. The young man got up to leave and then bent to kiss her husband full on the lips. She fled the shop before either of them saw her and headed home. Her life was a sham, not only was she a slut but her husband was gay. Was this karma coming to bite her in the ass for her infidelity? She was nauseous from the emotional conflict raging within her. She didn't know what to do. Should she confront him? Pretend she didn't see what she saw? She waited for her husband to get home.
He came home in a surprisingly good mood. When she asked why, suspecting it was his student lover, he told her that something happened that afternoon that made a decision for him that he had been dreading and lifted a great weight off his shoulders. He had seen her fleeing the coffee shop and now that she knew, he felt he could speak and try to set things right. He asked her for a divorce so he could be free to follow his passions, hadn't she been unhappy in their marriage for the last year? He was sorry that he had neglected her for that long but he just wasn't interested in being married to a woman any more. She knew from lengthy conversations in bars with gay coworkers that if you were gay, you were gay. No praying it away, no take backs. If being married to a hottie like her couldn't keep a man on the straight and narrow nothing would. She knew she had to cut her losses, and she did.
During the process of the divorce, she wasn't all together herself and Greg seeing this took full advantage. Initially he spent more time and energy bedding her, but as things progressed, he seemed to become more emotionally distant. On the day her divorce was final Greg invited her out to 'celebrate' that celebration involved anal sex and an envelope with her name on it containing 5 $100 bills.
She stood there shocked while Greg explained that he could not keep things up with her the way he had. His wife was asking questions and he would never leave her since she had an iron clad prenup crafted by her father, one of the named partners at the firm. Greg thought it would be better for her if their relationship were strictly financial and hourly, so he could spend more time with his family. She wanted to throw the money in his face but thought better of it.
She kept the envelope and the next time he called her for her special services she told him alright, but my rate is the same as your billable, $900 an hour. He choked but agreed, the only downside was that he insisted on getting his money's worth out of her ass. She made a few extra grand in a couple of months but things crashed around them as the ass tried to claim her as a company expense, got caught and the shit hit the fan, his father-in-law insisting that they both be terminated. She got a new job, with an interesting interview. The female partner who interviewed her told her that she had heard some rumors about sexual misconduct with a partner, but she had an otherwise perfect work record and resume. She could have the job with a 10% pay bump if she would consider using her special skill set for the firms benefit, particularly where it applied to new business pitches to European and Asian clients. She agreed.
Through all of this Jade looked appalled. "I am so sorry, Kat."
