The Lamia approaches

Arthur grabbed the printout and headed to his next interview. His phone buzzed in his pocket. He reached in and his clothes vibrated, he was still not used to that. Dany had sent him a text concerning his latest interviewee. He was right, Danyssa had added her to the candidates list this morning, and she also mentioned one other piece of information…

He had a growing checklist of things he needed to get done, but would need to wait. He hoped that Danyssa had gotten the two newbies settled in alright, but he would have to check in on Kira and Becky later. Eventually he would have to admit that he needed more help and bring in a secretary but he was managing for the moment.

He stepped into the conference room. Waiting for him was a young woman… asleep on the conference room table, head resting on folded arms. Her lower half was seated in a chair before snaking under the table. Arthur moved to shake her awake, but stopped himself short. He grabbed a pencil instead and gently began prodding her shoulder. “Hey. Hey. Wakey wakey hands off snakey.” She groaned and pushed her face deeper into her arms. “Go ‘way.” He poked her again, harder this time. “Mmmrf” He leaned in. “What was that?” He poked her again. A hand flashed out and slapped the pencil from his hand. Her entire body froze as her fingertips brushed against Arthur’s bare skin.

“Fuck me, I was careful this time!”