Working from home was a new experience for me, and I loved every minute. My boss had given me a new territory that was well established and covered an area close to my home. It was perfect. Little did I realize just how perfect, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
After my divorce I found my little house after an exhaustive search. I knew that it would be the ideal house for me and didn't haggle over price as I normally would. I used the spare bedroom that faced the street as an office and every morning I would fire up my computer and plan my day. Most of my work consisted of placing orders via the internet in the morning and in the afternoon visiting my accounts that need personal attention.
One recent morning I happened to glance out my office/bedroom window and was shocked to see a woman who, while walking several dogs was suddenly knocked off of her feet and was being dragged up my street. I rushed outside and quickly grabbed the several leashes the dogs were attached to and with my other hand stooped to help the woman to her feet.
I immediately noticed how attractive Ellen was, blonde haired, blue eyed, and petite yet shapely. She reminded me of a cheerleader or gymnast.
"Are you all right?" I asked. "That was a nasty fall.
She looked up at me as she dusted her self off and replied.
"Yeah, I guess I tried to walk to many of these guys this morning." She went over to the dogs and checked to see if they were injured. "I walk dogs for a living."
"Really," I said. "I've never heard of that before, is it profitable?"
"It's a gold mine" she said smiling at me with those beautiful white teeth and sensuous lips. "I started doing it for my neighbors after my pregnancy; you know to lose the baby fat. I left little notes to tell them if the dog had been good or I picked up your mail. My girlfriend told me I should start charging them a nominal fee, and I never looked back. I have six full time women working for me and we are making a fortune."
I smiled down at her in admiration. She was quite the business woman and gorgeous.
'Look" I said, "you can't handle these dogs by yourself so why don't I give you a hand until you have a manageable number?"
"Okay, you've got a deal....I'm Ellen by the way. Your reward for being such a nice guy is I will buy you lunch."
"Deal. I'm Michael"
We walked around the neighborhood returning dogs to their homes and filling out "report cards" for pooping, peeing, being well behaved etc., etc. We talked about ourselves and our respective divorces, my job, her son and all in all had a great time.
After ninety minutes, we had returned the last dog and Ellen and I walked towards our houses.
"I know I promised to buy you lunch, Michael but how about I make you lunch instead?"
"Oh" I said quickly "I don't want to be a bother, let me take a rain check."
"No, No" she said. "It's no bother, I have to make lunch for myself so..."
"Okay, it's a deal. Do you want me to come down in a bit?"
"No" she said. "We're right here so come in, lunch will be ready shortly."