My phone dinged, an email from Tim, guy in our IT department. What the hell was he doing sending something to my personal address? How'd he even get it? I opened the message.
Luke,
I have an important matter to discuss with you that I don't think you'd want to talk about in the office. Meet me at the Motel 6 near the airport tonight at 7pm.
Tim
Who the fuck did the little shit think he was? I was senior VP of the company, married to the boss's daughter, and the boss was retiring in a few months. Everybody knew I'd be running the place soon. Hell, I pretty much already did. Took me a moment to even make sure I was picturing the right guy. Oh yeah, tallish dude, probably mid 20s, had one of those hipster beards. Always rode his bike to work.
I fired off a quick reply.
You got something to talk about, call my admin, tell her what it's about and make an appointment.
A minute later, my phone dinged. Tim again.
OK, if that's how you want to play it, but I don't know what your admin is going to think when I tell her that this is what it's about. Be at the Motel 6 at 7pm or I'll send that to her in the morning. Don't write back, just show up.
There was a link at the end of the message. I clicked on it. Shit, one of my favorite porn videos. This really hot shemale hooker in Amsterdam really working over a young couple. Where'd he get that? Thing is, the old man? The boss? He was the most up-tight, bible-thumping prude you'd ever want to meet. And if this link went to my admin, it was going to end up in front of him and I might end up having a conversation I'd really rather not.
OK, I'd go see the little shit. And then I'd figure out how to fire his ass. I am not someone you fuck with.
7pm. I knocked on the door of room 236 at the Motel 6. Tim answered. Damn hipster skinny jeans, tight t-shirt for some rock bank I'd never heard of. Had to admit he filled it out well, though. More muscular than I thought. Guess all that biking kept him in shape.
I pushed past him into the room and took the only chair. Figured I'd take control from the start.
"OK, I'm here. And you're real close to looking for a new job. So have your say and make it quick."
He smiled, sat down on the end of the bed.
"You know all about the boss's internet policies, I assume?"
I just nodded.
"The whole zero tolerance thing?"
Yeah, I knew. Years back when the internet was taking off and the old man had no clue what it was about, he happened to walk in on a manager who had the SI Swimsuit edition up on his screen. Boss went ape shit, wanting to know how "this pornography" could end up on his company computers. Never mind you could buy a copy from the newsstand in the lobby. IT guys explained to him, how the internet was just a medium, it could bring in anything, including stuff a lot worse than that. At first, he wanted no internet at all, but we were able to explain to him how that just wasn't an option for any business anymore, so then he set the policy. You get caught looking at anything inappropriate by even the broadest definition on the company network, you're fired. No warning, no second chances, done. First year or two, there were a couple firings every year, even a VP, but people got the message.
"Yeah, I know," I said. "So what?"
"So you should have been a little more careful with your porn habit," Tim said.
"Bullshit. I'm not stupid enough to look at anything at the office."
"Not the office, but sometimes when you're on the road and you sign into the VPN, you forget to sign off before you have your fun. And the VPN is the company net. So technically, you're looking at porn on company resources."
Had to think about that one for a second. Technically, I guess so. But I wasn't just anybody. I was his fucking son in law. And I pretty much ran the company now, had for years. Besides, his daughter knew I liked my porn, practically encouraged it. She'd never been that in to sex, her upbringing I guess, and as she got older, hardly wanted to put out at all. She figured the more time I spent beating off, the less I'd spend bothering her. It came to it, she'd talk to dear old dad.
"Nice try Tim, but fuck you. I think I can ride this out, and I'm pretty sure you can't. Better get your resume together"
I got up and started toward the door.
"If you're tastes weren't so exotic, I'd agree with you," he said. "But you sure do like movies of shemales fucking men in the ass. Old man might not fire you, ruin things for his daughter, but you really think he's gonna want to leave the company to somebody who likes that kind of thing?"
I stopped. Kid had a point there. And I did like the shemale stuff. I wasn't gay or anything, there was just something, I dunno, really kinky about it.
"So what's your play here?" I asked. "Money?"
He gave a short laugh. "Nah. Reason I'm even pulling this now is I just sold an app to the Google people. Lawyers are papering up the deal now, be done by the end of the week. Soon as they do, I'm gone. Gonna be richer than you."
Now I was confused. "So what do you want?"
"Just tired of seeing assholes like you get away with everything. I've seen how you treat people. You're a dick."