Gary reached for the bag, and then hesitated. Behind the counter, Tasha’s eyes bored into his, and her red lips formed a narrow smile.
“Have good day, Gary. We will see you later.” She pushed the bag towards him.
His arm dropped to his side, and he gave a short laugh. “Ok, Tasha, you win. But you have to call Ms. Rubin, and give her some reason I’m not delivering her package.” He hoped he wasn’t making a big mistake. He doubted he was, Tasha was sexy and exotic, and obviously was interested in him.
“That’s fine Gary darling, but she will be getting a package, just not package she expected.” Looking towards the back, Tasha called to the other girls in the store and asked one of them to volunteer to deliver the package. Carlina took the address and the package from Tasha, and headed out the door to the parking lot. “Hi Gary!” she said as she passed him.
The slim blonde motioned Gary towards a large over stuffed chair, and he sat, keeping her in his field of vision. Tasha picked up the phone, and called Sonia Rubin, explaining that Gary was having car troubles, and so she had sent Carlina to deliver her order. The conversation was brief and business like. He wondered if Ms. Rubin and her husband were now scrambling around the house rearranging themselves for Carlina, rather them him. He wondered if Ms. Rubin had changed into a nurse’s uniform in anticipation of his delivery.
Placing the phone on the receiver, Tasha smiled at Gary and called to Bethany to say that she was taking lunch, and may be gone for two hours. Bethany slipped in behind the reception counter, and winked at Gary. He pretended not to notice. Tasha pulled off the white lab coat, and hung it on a shiny chrome hook behind the counter. The walking from behind the counter she moved to Gary. She looked good in red he thought. Her dress fit snugly across her chest, and gave a nice view of her ample assets and the shiny, black three-inch pumps and the black nylons added to the whole business woman look.
“We will take my car, yes?” She arched a fair colored eyebrow questioningly.
“Sure, whatever you want, Tasha “ Gary said.
“So accomadating.” She blew him a kiss, and giggled.
It wasn’t far too Tasha’s bottle green 1968 Jaguar XKE. Gary already knew that the car had been a gift from some movie guy she’d dated for awhile. The car had been completely redone, and had a great sound system, and cd player. After unlocking the car, they slid into their seats, and she started the engine. It purred like some prehistoric cat.
“So now we go to have something to eat, no? And then we can discuss Gary’s life, and how we can make it oh, so much better. Does this sound good to you darling?”
“Time with a beautiful woman always sounds good to me, Tasha. Especially you.”
“Oh, stop Gary! Soon you will be sweet talking me into bed.” She gave him a sly, knowing look, shifted the car into drive, pushed her foot down on the accelerator. Gary fell back into the seat.
“Where are we going?” He said.
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