A New Rivalry !

Jeff had been easily persuaded of the benefits of both Debbi and Carol attending the residential seminar, which had been extended to a full five day week. Debbi was happy that Carol was coming. As Jeff had said, it would be good for her development. Plus, it helped to assuage Debbi's guilt about ever having doubted the loyalty of her assistant. It was unfortunate that Angela was also one of the delegates but Debbi knew she could rise above that.

It turned out that the course was to be a select gathering of ten, six men and four women plus Angela's friend Ingram who was running the course. "Ingram ? That's a strange name" said Debbi when they were introduced on arrival. "What's so strange about it ?" Ingram batted back. "Er, um, well, nothing really I guess" Debbi stammered. "It's just that I've never met anyone called Ingram before." Ingram's face was a mask and difficult to read. "Well, isn't that an advantage ?" he asked. "A sense of exclusivity ? Not one of the crowd ?" he continued. "Oh yes, of course" Debbi gushed. "Like me in a way. I'm Debbi without an 'e' at the end !" she chirped. "Really ?" said Ingram, disinterestedly turning away.

"So what is it you want me to do ?" Ingram was asking Carol and Angela a little later. "We want to get Debbi naked in front of everyone" Carol replied eagerly. "Shouldn't be a problem" he smirked. "How many times ?" The women hadn't considered this. "Oh, could you do it more than once ?" Carol was pleasantly surprised. "Sure, two or three times if she's as gullible as you say" said Ingram confidently. "We'll let the tension build for a couple of days and then go for it !"

Carol and Angela were delighted with the prospect. Ingram meanwhile was an interested observer of the developing chemistry between Debbi and the fourth woman attendee, a newly qualified graduate colleague of Angela's called Diane. "It's pronounced Dee-anne" she was correcting Debbi. "Oh, sorry" said Debbi. "I'm Debbi without an 'e' at the end !" Diane raised an eyebrow. "How common" she answered. Debbi was a little taken aback. "What uni did you go to ?" Diane was asking. "Er, um, I didn't" Debbi admitted. "I did evening classes at the tech and learned on the job, working my way up." Diane was not impressed. "And that was actually good enough for your company ?" She was incredulous. "Er, yes it was actually." Debbi was getting irritated. "I guess some people just have lower standards" Diane concluded, going to talk to one of the men !

This could be fun, Ingram thought !