The Gray Suit

She is going through be a professional damnit, and that starts now. At lest that's what Kim tells herself. Grabbing a pair of heels to match and a subdued set of makeup she returns home to reluctantly turn in the narrowed card.

Tucking the credit card back in his wallet "So? Whatdya' get Kim?"

Smiling mischievously Kim flings the bag across her shoulder. "You'll have to wait and see on my first day"

Mike chuckles before returning to his phone "like your mother such a tease"

The following Monday Kim wakes up bright and early. Tying her hair into a tight bun and putting on a dark red lipstick her joins her Stepfather in his commute to work.

"So Kim, today you will be working as my secretary."

"What happened to Ms. Marsh?" Kim had meet Mike's secretary on a number of occasions, she never liked how handsy he was with her

"She is taking a bit of a sabbatical, apparently she is trying out to be a model of all things." Mike speaks with disbelief but Kim remembers how lovely the former secretary looked last Christmas in that green dress. " I can see that, so I'm her replacement?"

"Until she gets back"

"What if she never comes back?"

"Oh she'll be back"Kim didn't like that tone, but she knew better then to press the matter any further.

The rest of the ride was fairly uneventful. As they park the car and head into the office Mike calls out to a balding man walking from the opposite end of the lot. "Jimbo, how's ya doing? Welcome back to the hellhole" The middle-aged man breaks into a smile, approaches, and clasps Mike's hand into a strong shake. "Once more into the breach we go" he glances over at Kim "oh and what do we have here, little Kimmy looking ready business. Mike said you would be starting today, your trying to hard my dear most of these chuckleheads come in with flip-flops and a tee-shirt." He laughs and sure enough two other men walk into the building looking like they just walked off the beach. "Ahh don't worry should keep some of them from grabbing that cute ass of yours . . . some of them" both him and Mike laugh, while Kim immediately begins regretting this decision. Mike breaks the conversation "Ahh enough talking shit, come-on let's show you the office" the two men escort Kim through the large double doors and up an elevator.

Mike leads Kim from cubical to cubical telling the same corny stepdaughter joke every chance he gets. Eventually he leads her to a corner office giving a quick rasp on the wooden door.

"Come on in" a deep voice beacons.

Mike opens up to a large space, windows all along the outside edge. A large mahogany desk sits at it's center, opposite a duel set of black leather chairs with a matching couch to the side. A large bald man with light black skin and dark brown eyes sits on the phone behind the desk. Nodding his head he concludes whatever conversation he had been in the middle of.

"Alright, I gotcha' . . . Dude I got you, stop worrying, we'll take care of this . . . Right right listen I have to go, some shit just walked into my office with a . . . Damn with gem. What? No! Listen I'll talk to you later, peace." Abruptly hanging up he immediately turns to Kim.

"Ahh Mike you shouldn't have, my birthday's not till next month." Smiling he looks Kim up and down. Shifting uncomfortably in her new dress, Kim is glad she wore something so conservative.

"Ahh shut up T, your birthday can wait, this is my daughter Kimberly she is gonna play secretary for the summer. I'm gonna have Diana show her the ropes so lay off her for a bit ya?"

"Ahhh the famous Kim, they said I missed a sight at that poker game last month" he gets up from his desk walking over to Kim and taking her hand "names Trevor Blan but most folks here call me T."

Fighting her nerves as the nearly 7 foot tall man looks over her she starts to shake his hand "I-it's nice to meet you" his hand engulfs her and she can't help but notice the bulge growing in the man's pleated pants.

He chuckles "don't be nervous, your gonna do just fine around here." He clasps her on the shoulder, the gesture having the opposite effect as she feels like he could push her right to the ground with little effort. Mike steps in to her relief ending the awkward greeting. "Don't wanna hold ya up, just figured I would introduce you two. Kim, you will be helping a bunch of folks in this office but you'll mostly be running mine and T's desk. Come on, I'll show you where you can settle in. See ya T" Mike takes Kim by the shoulder and leads her out of the corner office, she can almost feel T's eye on her butt as the exit the space.

Mike ends the tour at a desk not far from the corner office they just left. "Here is your desk, right between T's and my own" he gestures the opposite side to a similar, but slightly smaller office equally as well decorated. "For today just follow the instructions in the drawer to set up your accounts and email, I'll check on you later." Giving his signature cheesy smile he swanders off to his office closing the door. Kim settles in feeling a bit overwhelmed, but does her best with her new setup.