Agents of Pleasure

Running through the rest of her phone calls that afternoon was a challenge. Sometimes things just fit on a calendar (like that morning when the Steadmans were able to make it on five minute's notice;) other times she found herself placing appointments a week to ten days later. The appointment she REALLY wanted (spending time with Chad tonight) wasn't possible. The project he was working on had hit a snag and untangling it had become problematic; he wouldn't be home until 9:30 or 10:00. Paige got up, unlocked her office door, and checked the snail-mail in the basket by Jimmy's desk. There was nothing addressed to her, so she returned to her computer, finished up the Steadman offer, and sent it on its way. Lo and behold, an hour later it came back stating the owners would go $390,000...but absolutely no lower.

"Hello Jack? Paige Turner. Good news and less than good news! The owners will come down, but no lower than three-ninety. You will? That fits your budget, right? Oh my God! You're the one who approves home mortgages at your bank? Now isn't that convenient! Yes, Uh-huh...I'll call you in the morning, Yes... Congratulations, I think this is a lock!"

"How great is this?" she thought while typing up the reply and approving the counter-offer. She laughed to herself when the following thought was, "I wonder which member of the swing group will be calling me next?" Finishing up the schedule for the next day worked out well. The McCullers closing was at 10:00 and there would be two showings in the afternoon. It looked like she'd be able to get home by 4:30 both Thursday and Friday!

Later on her 4:00 pm appointment canceled, so she called her mother, "Hi Mom!, it looks like I'll be home early tonight; anything I need to pick up on my way home?"

"No, everything looks good here; the only thing is I'm planning dinner. With what I'm making, there will be leftovers. Maybe you would like to invite Chad to eat with us again?" Trudy snickered, "Then there won't BE any leftovers!"

"Very true, except he can't make it. Hey, how about Marie and Michelle?"

"Nice! Let me know if they're coming."

Paige called her immediately and Marie picked up on the third ring. "Hi you! Talk fast, I see the truck I've been waiting for turning into the dock."

"Kay, how 'bout you and Michelle coming for dinner at 6:00 tonight and we let the kids play a while afterward?"

"Deal! See ya, gotta go!"

After calling her mom back, she sat at her desk and looked at the clock, 4:15. For just a moment she thought about calling Charlie Green and filling him in on the day's lunch conversation with Allie Pruitt. The redhead even picked up her phone and was poised to call. But at that precise moment she heard Jimmy come into the office, so she dropped the phone back onto her desk.

Jimmy knocked and stuck his head in, "Hey Paige! How'd your day go?"

"Outstanding, Boss! I think we have sale number two in River Oaks!"

Jimmy gave a small fist pump, "Believe it or not, I have two leads on that River Oaks neighborhood myself! Know what else? I've been looking at our figures for the last eight months. They've been improving steadily!"

"That is SO great!"

"It's better than great; I'm seriously thinking about hiring an office person for us. Receptionist/secretary/staffer... whatever you want to call it!"

"Oh my God, that would be awesome! Gonna advertise or do you have someone in mind?"

"We'll see. If you have any thoughts on this, let me know by Monday, okay?"

"I will! Right now I'm leaving, I'll see you in the morning."

"Have a great one, say 'Hi' to Chad for me!"

As she climbed into her car, the phone was in her hand. Charlie's number was staring back at her. "Why call him?" she said out loud, "Allie will for sure fill him in on that talk we had, won't she? And where will this go anyway? I don't need something else on my plate, do I?" Three months ago it was just her and Chad; life was pretty easy. Now? Stopped at a red light, she counted things off on her fingers: one, they were getting married in three weeks; two, Marie had come into her life; three, she and Marie were exploring the swing group (not to mention the threesome they already had with Sara McCullers;) four, she and Marie were going to have a threesome with Chad; five, Chad was involved with Sylvie and Sylvie wanted to meet her! And six, here was the Charlie Green thing! Paige chastised herself, "What is my problem? I'm out of fucking control!" Looking at her reflection in the rear-view mirror, she said, "Yeah, you must be a for-real slut!" But then came the last thought before she got home, "And I'm loving it!" THAT made her shiver again!

They had a fun time at the dinner table; Marie ended up telling zoo stories, and the kids loved that! When she happened to mention the camels, Sophie said, "Oh, I know a joke! Why do camels never get hungry crossing the desert?" Nobody knew so she said, "Because they're always eating the 'sand-wiches' there!"

All the adults were laughing but Jimmy was puzzled, "There aren't any sandwiches in the desert!" That made them laugh even more! Michelle and Jamie were (of course) oblivious.

After cleaning up, the women took the kids out to the front yard to play. Olivia and Sophie decided to watch "Wheel of Fortune" with Grandma, so Paige and Marie had time to talk on the porch.

Paige opened it up, "So Marie, any further thoughts on our conversation with Allie today?"

"At first I thought you were pulling my leg somehow, but as soon as Allie said she knew Charlie, I realized you weren't kidding! Are you positively set on seeing him again?"

"Actually, I was tempted to call him today," Paige replied. She looked up at the ceiling, "But then I thought no, I'm not gonna chase him! There's too much going on right now, and he's trying to keep four women happy anyway."

"I have to meet this guy," the brunette admitted, "if only to see what all the fuss is about!"

"You know, maybe if you just 'happened' to be in my office for his closing, I could introduce you!"

"Oh Wow! We can do that? Then yes, with this new flexibility in my schedule, I think I can make it; when is it?"

Paige locked eyes with her bestie, "I hope to find out tomorrow. But speaking of your schedule, I'm wondering if you're planning on making regular visits to the boss's office in the future?"

Marie shook her head, "No, not regularly; regular carries expectations, and I don't want it to become predictable." She paused, "But, God, was that ever hot! I love getting my ass fucked sometimes; it depends on what kind of mood I'm in."

"Mood? As in a 'horny' mood?"

Her friend giggled, "Point taken!"

Paige laughed, "Anyway, that was VERY hot! I thought about you and Jason a lot yesterday. What with our anal play at Sara's and your story with Jason, I really want to try that sometime!"

Marie winked, "In the meantime, I'm going to order a toy like the one we used with her! Then when you and I are together, we can play with it!"

The redhead blushed, "I'd really like that!" Glancing at her watch she added, "It's getting toward Jamie's bedtime; Michelle's too?"

"Yeah, too bad! Let's give them five more minutes."

"Okay." While the two of them watched the kids having fun together, all of a sudden Paige felt a desire growing. It persisted for the next two minutes, so she just said it, "Hey Marie, I don't know if you have plans; but maybe we could do the threesome with Chad tomorrow night?"

"Seriously?"

"Totally!"

"I would love to! You've thought through all the possible complications right?"

"Oh yes, I know people always say that jealousy becomes the problem. I just don't see it with us."

"I don't either," Marie reflected, "but regardless, I'm assuming this will be at his house? If it is, then I'll need a sitter." She pulled out her phone and tapped out a message to Kayla.

Paige called Chad, "Hello, my Love!"

"Hey Sexy! I'm still stuck over here, someone located a weight-bearing wall six inches off."

"Yuck! Okay, I won't keep you. We were wondering if you're going to be home anytime early enough tomorrow night?"

"Who's 'we?'"

"Me and Marie!"

There was a long pause. "Holy Shit!"

The redhead laughed, "I'll take that as a yes!"

"Uh, YES?"

"Okay, we're waiting on Marie's babysitter, keep your horny fingers crossed!"

"Will do, thanks for distracting me!"

When she hung up the phone, Paige said, "He thanked us, what a gentleman!"

Marie was giggling, "Yeah, he's as easy as you are; you two are perfect together!"

Just then Kayla's message came back, "I can be there; but I have two tests on Friday. Will I be home by 11:00?"

The reply was, "No problem, 7:30?"

"I'll be there!"

"Children," snickered Paige, "they just ruin spontaneity! But there is one good thing!"

"Which is?"

"I'll be thinking about it all day tomorrow!"

"So will I! Is this a secret? What about Robert?"

Paige thought about it, "Well, that jealousy thing; is it an issue?"

Marie shrugged, "I like Robert a whole lot! But not enough for any jealousy he might display. Let's not tell him for now."

"Who knows?" said the redhead slyly, "After the wedding, maybe we could think about giving him a turn?"

"You are SO fucking naughty! I just love it!"

The next morning Paige got to the office at 9:15 and set up the coffee maker in the conference room. There were several bottles of water in the mini-fridge. She grabbed her laptop and set that up on the conference table, and when her emails opened she was ecstatic to see that the Steadman offer had been accepted!

"Hey Jimmy!" she called, (thinking better of yelling into the next room, she got up and went to the conference room door,) "Oh my God! The Steadman offer was accepted!"

Jimmy drummed his hands on the desk, "Yesss! Great job, Paige! Stay on this roll; I like it a lot!"

Just then her phone signaled Chad was calling, "Good morning! Great news! We just got word that the Steadman's offer was accepted!"

"Rockin'! Hey, just to let you know in advance, I may be working all day Saturday, and by the way, Tom Brecher will be bringing some equipment by tomorrow...the remodel begins on Monday!"

"No problem, it's so exciting!"

"Yeah, three more weeks, that's exciting too!"

"Wow, yes! And speaking of exciting, is everything on target for tonight?"

"The only thing that could stop that would be the apocalypse!"

Paige laughed, "I LOVE your enthusiasm! I'm looking forward to it myself!"

"I'll be home by 6:00; need a shower for sure, c'mon over when you're ready. Love you!"

"I love YOU!"

She had just enough time to text her mother regarding Tom Brecher's visit the next morning when the McCullers walked in the door at 9:45. After speaking with Jimmy for a moment, Paige showed them to the conference room. "Would you like coffee? Water?"

Jason said, "I'll have some coffee,"

Sara declined, "I'm so excited that we can get started on the move! Did your fiance Chad tell you they were coming over on Tuesday next week to discuss their bid on the remodel?"

"No he didn't, but that's very exciting too! They're starting the work on my house this Monday; we're adding a fourth bedroom!"

"That's great! Say, why don't you check with your fiance about Tuesday," said Jason, "if he's the one coming over, maybe you'd like to come with him?"

"I can check, but he doesn't usually do that, he has two other men who take the initial look at projects."

Just then the notary walked into the conference room and they got down to business. Everything was wrapped up in forty-five minutes. Paige saw the notary to the door, then said, "Congratulations, you two! I can't wait to see what you do with that place!"

"This has been in the works for over two years now," said Jason, "It's great to see the finish line ahead!"

"I'm already planning the first housewarming party," said Sara (barely able to contain herself,) "You, Chad, and Marie are on the list of invitees!"

Thank you, we'll look forward to it!"

Sara hesitated for a moment, "You know, Paige, the women in our group have a weekend planned in late October: maybe you and Marie might like to join us?"

For a brief moment, Paige flashed back to their threesome, "Considering the fun we had last week, we just might be interested!"

Jason was smiling, "Speaking of 'fun,' did Marie tell you about Tuesday's encounter?"

"Yes, she did! I would have loved to be a fly-on-the-wall in your office!"

"Maybe that could be arranged someday!" he said. "Do you have any objections to that, Sara?"

"None, but perhaps we could put something together at the condo; maybe with Paige, Marie, and their two gentlemen friends?"

"I like that idea! What say you, Paige?"

"OH my God, you two take naughty to a whole new level!"

Sara and her husband both laughed, "That's the goal, isn't it?" She nudged her husband with her elbow, "But Mr. Teaser here loves to say things like this just to see how people react; he is SO bad!"

"I'm quite good at teasing too," the redhead said, "for example, what if I told you my plans tonight?"

"We'd love to hear them," said Jason.

Trying to be mysterious, Paige whispered, "Shhh...don't tell anyone, but Chad gets me AND Marie tonight!"

In unison the McCullers cried, "OH my GOD!"

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Considering that night's activities, Paige stayed remarkably focused. She had three showings beginning at noon with only a thirty minute break after the second one. Her clients were a young couple who'd been married a year and were buying their first house. The only problem was they wanted to be on the east side of Rochester in order to live in that specific school district. The homes were older which wasn't bad, but the wife wanted an open concept living area which wasn't good. The first two houses they looked at were in very good shape, but she was picky. The third house that afternoon was the best of the three; her comment after the viewing was, "It's okay, but let's keep looking!" The husband just looked at Paige and shrugged. They set an appointment to try again the next week.

Getting into her car Paige's first thought was, "Well, I guess not every client has their head screwed on straight!" Her second thought was, "I wonder what that guy saw in her that made him want to marry her?" Her third thought was, "Oh my God, I can't wait for the fun to begin tonight!" She checked in with Jimmy and then hurried home.

Thankfully, the next three hours went smoothly. Paige took charge of the crew so her mom could have a break. After supper she said, "Mom, go sit down and relax, I have this." Jimmy and Jamie, went to bed without any problems, they must have been worn out; Jamie was asleep in five minutes! Commenting on this to her mom, Trudy said Jamie hadn't napped very well that afternoon.

"Mom, things look peaceful right now, I'm going over to Chad's for a bit. Everything okay?"

"I think so, but Honey? One of these days I wouldn't mind another conversation about the plans for when Chad moves in, okay?"

"Is there a specific something in there that I want to think about?"

"Yes, but it can wait. Go spend some time with him; if I'm still up when you get back we can talk."

At 7:20 Paige walked down to Marie's. Kayla hadn't arrived yet, so her bestie answered the door wearing a t-shirt and cut-off shorts, "Wow, look at us!" Marie clearly was not wearing a bra!

Paige couldn't help but giggle; she was wearing gym shorts and a tank. "What else WOULD we wear? I've never dressed for a party like this before!"

"Honestly neither have I; but it is a step down from when we went to Sara's for lunch."

"Do you think Chad will care?" They both laughed at that one!

Just then there was a knock at the door, and Paige answered it. "Hi Kayla! C'mon in!"

The tall girl walked in wearing jeans, t-shirt, and sneakers. Putting her backpack down on the ottoman, she said, "Hi you two! Michelle in bed already?"

"Yeah," replied Marie, "this should be easy-peasy for you tonight!"

"Not so easy, I think. One of my tests tomorrow is math; Oh my God...my head hurts already!"

"Math was never my strong suit either," Paige admitted.

"Nor mine," added Marie, "BUT, I can balance a checkbook!"

Kayla smiled, "Fortunately, we basketball players have access to tutors if we need them. I can see I won't be asking you two for help!" she quipped. But all of a sudden it registered; her face got a puzzled look, "Uh, where are you two going tonight? Working out?"

Leave it to Marie, she picked it up for them, "Yes, we're gonna go work out...sort of!"

Kayla grinned, "A 'sort of' workout, will you be breaking a sweat?"

Marie laughed, "Definitely!"

Now the pretty black girl laughed, "I better stop asking questions, right?"

Paige was hoping Marie would let it go, no chance of that! "Paige, would you like to tell Kayla where we're going?"

The redhead was blushing but she quickly said, "No, but I have a feeling you're not gonna shut up about it!"

Marie had the biggest grin on her face, "We're going over to her fiance's house and fuck his brains out...or maybe, he'll be fucking OUR brains out; I'm not sure!"

Kayla's mouth dropped open! Paige was sure she was blushing under that mocha complexion! "Uh, well, THAT'S interesting! But now it's going to take me at least fifteen minutes to unload that image and focus on math!"

Marie burst out laughing; Paige not so much, but she did giggle at Kayla's dilemma. The redhead said, "This weirdo can't tutor you in math, but she has a P.H.D. in Craziness!"

"I'm starting to see that! Okay, you two can take off," and then Kayla paused, "I'll expect your full report on what happened when you get back!"

"Oh my God," Paige joked, "are you working on the same P.H.D.?"

Everyone was cracking up as they walked out the door.

As the brunette started the car, Paige said, "You're crazy, you know that, right? I'm thinking we might need to have an intervention on your behalf one of these days!"

"Some people are just too uptight! I think you secretly enjoy breaking through some of these barriers; am I wrong?"

"Probably not, but sometimes it's a bit much; like you don't even know Kayla that well yet."

"I trust my instincts, Luv!"

"Your instincts? Are they telling you something about her?"

Marie stopped at the red light on Main Street. "Oh yes! She wasn't all that shocked at what I said; and Patti Stryker told me a story about her, so I knew stuff in advance."

"What kind of story?"

"There's no time to tell it now. But you'll want to hear it!"

Paige giggled, "Okay, I know it's about sex, and if we weren't on our way to a fun party I would be insisting to hear it now."

"Yeah, you're such a curious little slut! I love teasing you!" Just as she said that, they pulled up to Chad's house. He was sitting on the front stoop waiting for them! Marie said, "Look at that! Maybe he's anxious; what do you think?"

The redhead giggled some more, "If you were a guy, would you be anxious tonight?"

"Damn right I would!"

Chad stood as they approached, "Hi girls!"

Paige said, "Hi Sweetie! I just want you to know, I'm so fucking horny I can't even tell you!"

Marie was laughing, "Working on your P.H.D. Paige?"

Chad led them inside, "P.H.D.? What's that about?"

"Marie is crazy! Tonight, that's a good thing!"

"I bet it is," he said, "Want something to drink first? Like a margarita or something?"

"I wouldn't mind a screwdriver," said Marie, "No Pun Intended!"

Paige looked at him, "See what I mean, I think this situation is getting to her!"

Chad laughed and went into the kitchen; Paige and Marie sat down on the sofa. Paige said, "You're not nervous are you?"

"Nervous, no; fired up, yes!"

"Good, I like you fired up! How do you see this going tonight?"

Marie locked her eyes on her redheaded friend, "I'm thinking the best thing to do is make it all about him at first. Worship your man, like he's the greatest thing ever created!"