One More Gig !

It had taken Debbi a long time to fall asleep. She had lain there running imaginary conversations through her head, in which she rehearsed her arguments to deny that she was the blonde dancer on stage at Pussy Paradise, should that ever become necessary. But once she finally did fall asleep, she overslept and consequently had to grab a quick bowl of cereal before taking a hurried shower. As she stood naked in her bedroom blow drying her hair, she considered what to wear for her final gig this lunchtime as Kaitlynne's stand-in. Some guy's leaving do. The Ann Summers lingerie set, complete with stockings and suspenders, lay on her bed. Whilst carefully applying a heavier set of makeup than she would normally wear for work, she settled on the idea of a sexy secretary look. A crisp white blouse, leaving an extra button undone, together with the tightest and shortest black skirt that she owned, that only fell to mid thigh and that she hardly ever had occasion to wear.

Satisfied, Debbi rushed to the car and set off for the pub in Camberley. It was only as she hit the dual carriageway that she realized she had once again forgotten the blonde wig. A quick glance at the digital clock in the car told her that there was not time to turn around and go back for it.

As she walked nervously into the pub in which she was booked to perform, Debbi was disconcerted to hear a voice say "Debbi, what are you doing here ?" "Oh, Sonia. Hi, I was just passing" Debbi replied lamely. "Like the new look" remarked the woman who had accosted her, though the look of disdain suggested she was scornful of the uncharacteristic amount of cleavage and leg that Debbi was displaying. Debbi was aghast. She knew Sonia from networking among the other local I.T. companies. "What are you doing here ?" she felt compelled to ask. "It's Kemal's leaving do. You ought to know all about that, your lot poached him !"

The cogs of Debbi's brain began whirring and the conclusion they were coming to had hideous implications. She did indeed know that this young programmer Kemal was joining her team. It had been her that had interviewed him for goodness sake. But that was weeks ago and had completely slipped her mind in the intervening period while he worked his notice. She hadn't dreamed that this gig would be his leaving do. What the hell was she going to do ? "Come and join us at the bar" Sonia called before Debbi could come to any conclusion.