“Don’t be ridiculous,” Carol retorted. “Let’s go inside.”“But the barbecue... ?” Kim asked, utterly baffled.Carol didn’t reply but just led the way back inside, entering using a sliding door into the kitchen. “We’ll just do it in here where it’s nice and cool.”Only then did Brad and Kim notice a built-in gas grill. In just moments it was going and Bill began grilling hot dogs and hamburgers while Carol took salads already made from the refrigerator.In just a few minutes the now-famished foursome were eating.Kim looked around and finally shook her head. “Nope,” she said softly as if she were talking to herself, “it’s not a real picnic.”“What’s wrong? Why not?” Carol asked, feeling hurt. She thought the whole thing was delightful. And Bill had done his usual fine job cooking, while the salads, she thought, were lovely.“Where are the flies? The ants? All the other creepy-crawly things... ? Nope. It’s not a real picnic,” Kim announced.Finally realizing that Kim had been jerking he
“What do you mean?” Carol almost screamed. It was all she could do to retain control of the car.“Look, it’s pretty simple,” Bill explained. “This whole lawyer thing was just a cover for your real occupation. Why you couldn’t have chosen an honest profession like exotic dancer or something is another question, but that’s beside the point. But now ... I mean ... That kind of money and those allowances are beyond being a cover story — way beyond. So it’s all over. I mean ... acting like I’m married to a ... a... lawyer? My God! I would never live it down.”By now Carol realized that Bill was just jerking her chain. “All right for you, Bill Christian. But just remember that Ali McGrath Clifford is a lawyer, and so is Kathy Carlson. So there!”By this time they were off the freeway and wending their way through the streets. Finding the entrance to the PHA development, Carol drove in, found the Carlson’s town house, and pulled into their drive.As the four emerged from the car, the front d
“Lady what?” Kim almost screamed.“Well, we serve Lady Kathy and Sir Ken,” Marie explained. “And since your husbands—”“I have no husband!” Kim interrupted. “Brad Kramer is ... is ... just a good friend.”It was all Carol could do to contain what would have been raucous laughter.“You may not be married,” Marie insisted, “but he’s your man. You love him and he loves you. Now when are you getting married?”“What are you saying?” Kim exclaimed. “We’re just friends...”“Sure you are,” Celeste chimed in. “That’s why you almost attacked Lady Kathy when she kissed Sir Bradley.”“What?” Kim nearly screamed. “What did you say? And how do you know, anyway?”“Because we were watching you is how we know,” Celeste explained blithely. “Now it’s time to get this show on the road...”The two small girls helped Kim and Carol from the pool and laid them on massage tables. Then they began working on the two women with all of their very considerable skill. With the massages complete, they helped the wom
“Yes, sir.”“And it’s really a road car, right? High-speed grand touring?”“Yes, sir.”“Look, Kimberly, why don’t you come into the office — we’re not that far away — and Bill and I will explain what we have in mind.” He paused and then added, “And don’t bother to dress. Whatever you’re wearing right now would be fine.”“But what if I’m not dressed at all?” she asked with a giggle.“Better yet!” he replied with a aural leer.Kim was at the office less than fifteen minutes later and was told by the receptionist that George Harrison and Bill Miller were waiting for her in George’s office. The two explained that they were reacting to a suggestion from an employee — unnamed — regarding sales.“Look,” George explained, “we’re a machine-tool company, but our salesmen aren’t engineers. The suggestion — made by a senior salesperson, by the way — is for us to use team selling: a salesman and a technical support person. Kim, since what we’re now selling are tools you designed yourself, there’s
Arriving at Johnson, she grabbed her hardhat and followed Brad to the reception area. A secretary soon appeared to take Brad to his appointment and a few minutes later a man appeared to greet Kim. He introduced himself as Sam Baxter, the plant manager, and led the way back to the plant floor.As soon as they reached the floor, Kim was glad she was wearing what she was. It was already hot and, since it was still early in the day, it was going to get hotter. If the production area was air-conditioned it wasn’t having much effect.Sam took her to an AT machine and introduced her to its operator, Mary. Kim noted privately the fact that at Johnson, like so many other companies these days, people didn’t seem to have last names. Baxter introduced Kim as the technical expert from AT, and Kim found herself greeted with a frown.The machine was a small stamping press. Mary took a small sheet of steel from a stack, carefully positioned it in the press, then activated it. After the machine cycled
With this knowledge, Kim wanted to have a long talk with Baxter. “Could we take an early lunch?” she asked. “I’m buying.” Although there had been no mention of an expense account, Kim decided she could afford a lunch.Sam quickly accepted and they went out to Kim’s car.Seeing it, he whistled softly and asked reverently, “Is this yours?”“Yes, it is,” Kim replied, scarcely able to keep the note of pride from her voice.“Wow!” Baxter exclaimed, “tech reps are paid far more than I would have thought.”“That’s not really my job,” Kim replied with no further amplification.“What is your job?” he asked.“I’m a machine-tool designer,” she replied. “I design the machines we were talking about this morning.”“But...” Sam began, but then his voice just tailed off.“But I’m a girl,” Kim said with a grin. Then she snapped her fingers and said, “Oh, damn!”“What was that all about?”“I forgot. I’m sorry.”“Sorry about what?”“I’m a girl,” Kim replied. “I’m supposed to do everything with a bobby p
“That’s what we’re looking at. From what marketing tells me, we’re already losing business because of our price, our quality, or a combination of both. Furthermore — and this is in your bailiwick — I understand that the magnitude of our sales allowances is increasing alarmingly. The reason for that is that our delivered quality — to be brutally frank — is a long way from great.”Instead of addressing Baxter’s points, Anders retorted, “Where in hell did this cockamamie idea come from, anyway? This airhead you brought to the meeting with you? She can’t know anything about machine tools. She’s just a pretty face, for God’s sake.”“Wait a minute!” Brad interjected. “While I agree that Miss Kane has a lovely face, it happens to be in front of the most powerful brain I’ve ever encountered. ‘Can’t know anything about machine tools’ I think you said? Well, I have a surprise for you: Miss Kane happens to have her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Cal Tech. Her dissertation deals with machin
Kim and Brad were utterly stunned. They were speechless. Kim’s eyes widened, while all Brad could do was to slowly shake his head. “I just don’t understand, George,” he was finally able to say. “Kimberly has been killing herself the last two weeks for AT, and you’re saying we hate you? What’s going on?”“Let’s take it from the top,” Bill Miller said. “First of all, of course, there’s Kim’s court case against us.” He smiled weakly and continued, “Just a few weeks ago, if she won, George and I would have just signed over the company to her. It really wasn’t worth much. But then what happened? Kimberly happened,” answering his own question. “She presents us with the best-designed machine tools the world has ever seen! But there’s more: You two may not even realize it, but because of the integrated computer controls, a product changeover can be managed in a matter of minutes rather than the hours it used to take.“So what? you’re thinking. So it opens enormous new markets to us: companies
“I became Brian’s mistress, and the other three — Joan, Cammy and Lois — enslaved themselves to the others.” She paused and then continued slowly, “I guess the Russians changed us permanently. You see, we’re now all more than a bit masochistic.” Rising from her chair, she turned and showed the girls recent whip marks on her back and buns. “This is the way we’re forced to complete our assigned exercises.”Then Janet Cox changed the subject slightly. She pressed a button and a moment later a girl of about 15 appeared. She, too, was naked and very obviously pregnant. “Chris,” she said to the girl, “please check to ensure that the gym is ready for our exercise period.”“Yes, mistress,” the girl replied and then left.“That’s the other major change,” Janet explained. “Although we didn’t make much noise about it, many of the girls who were with us before the war — including you, Kelly — were sent here because of our severe discipline. This place has always looked like a prison, and given the
Kim shrugged. “My husband runs sales and marketing, but that sounds about right. Why?”“Because we’re going to buy 10,000 of them,” Solov replied with a smile. “That’s about a billion-dollar order.” Then with a broad grin he added, “And for an order that size, you two are going to have to buy me my dinner tonight.”Turning to Brad, Kim said, “Sweetie, do think your expense account could handle the price of a dinner tonight for President Solov? He’s only talking about a billion-dollar order, though.”“Sure it can,” Brad replied. “Assuming we don’t eat anyplace too good and he doesn’t order dessert, that is.”Solov howled with laughter. “No wonder you Americans own the world! You’re cheap.”“Waste not, want not, Mr. President,” Brad responded with a grin.That set Solov off again.Turning to Kelly he said, “I really never had a chance to tell you how truly thrilled I am — and my countrymen are — that this film is going to be made of some of your exploits.”To Kim he said, “It’s impossib
Then Müller began to laugh. And his laughter just grew in volume. Finally, he controlled himself and said, “This is so incredibly funny! We came to meet a screen actress. Instead we meet one of the world’s foremost mechanical engineers — your book is even now being translated for immediate publication in German — and a woman who speaks our language better than we do!” Then with his eyes sparkling he feigned a frown and asked, “What other surprises do you have in store for us?”Kim just shrugged again and shook her head.To Brad, Müller asked, “What about you, Captain Kramer? Do you speak any German?”“Oh, sure,” Brad replied airily. “Enough to get by over here.”“And that is... ?” Müller prompted.“Ein bier, bitte!” Brad replied with a grin.“But that’s just ordering a single beer,” Müller protested. “You aren’t even specifying a brand.”“And in Germany, does it really matter? You have something like two-thirds of the world’s operating breweries, and almost all of their beers are good
“June re-engineered the line to take its level of precision back toward the old levels. Now they’re only five times as precise as others instead of 10 times. And in the process, she was able to reduce the parts count in each unit significantly. So now we’re being killed with export business, too.” Turning to Jenny he said, “And I hope you’re happy, bitch!”“Very happy, thank you,” Jenny replied with a grin while sticking out the tip of her tongue.Then to Kim Jenny said, “I have a big favor to ask.”“What’s that?”“Bill Christian has told me about the gorgeous house you’re building next to his,” Jenny said. “I know you’re planning on having a large family, Kim, but you’re needed here, too.” The girl paused and then blurted, “Could I live with you? Please? I can pay, and I can cook,” the girl rushed on. “And I could help with the babies...” When she said that, Jenny began to cry.“What’s wrong, honey?” Kim asked, taking the crying woman into her arms.“You know I can never have childre
Then George came into the discussion. “You both know that from the first day Jenny’s girls referred to themselves as the Leper Colony.” He chuckled, shook his head and continued, “Well, about ten days ago one of the girls made a little sign that said ‘Leper Colony’ and hung it beside their door. Let’s see what’s going on now.”With that he rose and led the way down the hall to the girls’ office. Brad and Kim were puzzled, but clearly George and Bill were amused by the whole thing. When they got close, they could see a large white board about two feet by three feet hanging on the wall beside the door.George stopped to fill them in. “Well, shortly after the girl put up the sign, it was replaced with a larger one, lettered in red, that said ‘The Beauty Queens’. It’s been going on ever since at the rate of a change or two a day. Yesterday’s Beauty Queens sign was done on a steel panel that was painted and then treated with a very expensive material that sheds everything. And I mean every
On Monday morning the two went into the plant together. They expected they would be seeing George Harrison and Bill Miller, but they wanted to have a chance to look around first so they arrived early. They found their new offices side by side and adjacent to George and Bill’s. They also found brand new hardhats — they were in management white — with the AT logo and neatly lettered K KRAMER and B KRAMER.“Now we’re really married!” Kim said giving Brad a warm kiss. As usual, it was intended to be a quick peck but also, as usual, that’s not the way it ended up. She just melted into his arms and realized as she did that it was truly where she wanted to spend the rest of her life. But she continued, “Just think! His and Her hardhats! How incredibly romantic.”Then she changed her tone and said, “Darling, know what?”“What?”“I never gave you anything for a wedding present, so...”“So?”“You’ve owned my meager tits for months, so now I’m giving you my pussy and my asshole. They’re yours, m
The effect on the patrons was electrifying. Many of the younger ones had never seen ballroom dancing. They loved it, particularly the very romantic tangos Kim and Brad did. But the wildest applause was reserved for their jitterbugging. It was a dance that the older patrons remembered but which the younger guests had never seen.That dance truly featured Kim’s grace and athleticism. Moreover, Brad noted, since the wedding, Kim had truly blossomed. She had said she was a bit of an exhibitionist and it proved to be true. The guests often gasped at the things she did, the moves she made and the incredible beauty of her body that was so often revealed.Working with The Swing Band, the couple found that they and the band members seemed to feed on each other the way they had started to do the first night. It just got better. The band members found themselves truly opening up in ways they hadn’t done in years, and as they worked together, in ways they had never done before. By Tuesday of the
Finishing their round, Kim invited the Conroys to join them for lunch, but Hank begged off. A neighbor was watching their youngest and she had to get back. So instead, the Kramers joined them for lunch at their place.There they met 6-year-old Kenneth Carlson Conroy and 3-year-old Kathy Carlson Conroy. The two were gorgeous little dolls. Kenny had a working excavator that never left his hands, while Kathy had a lovely white stuffed animal in her arms. Hank explained that they had been Christmas presents from the Taylors. “Never in my life have I encountered two more perfect gifts,” Hank said. “The kids haven’t let go of them since the day they got them.”Kim realized that the two youngest were six and three. Looking at Hank, she put her hand flat against her own abdomen and looked at Hank with a question in her eyes.Hank tried to look disgusted as she just rolled her eyes. Then she just shrugged and nodded her head.“When?” Kim asked.“Probably next week,” Hank replied, obviously bor
“And... ?”“And? And you’ve been fucking me for over 150 minutes and you’re not through yet. And I’m pretty sure there are other scenes in the film besides us fucking. So how can we possibly do it? Furthermore, while I love it, I’m sure the patrons will get a bit bored after the first 30 minutes or so...” While still moving up and down on his raging cock she tried to look thoughtful. Then she added, “Of course, if we were more experienced, maybe there are some interesting variations I could use to try to maintain interest...”Then Kim turned to Lisa and said, “I’m afraid I’ve been monopolizing the only man here, Lise. How about taking your turn now?”“Only you, Kimberly Kane Kramer!” Lisa said warmly. “You have to be the only woman alive who would offer to share her husband on her wedding night!” She smiled warmly but shook her head. “Besides, I just can’t. The only way Mother would allow me to come out here with you was to swear that I would not fuck Brad.”“That’s all?” Kim inquired