CONTINUING... surprises and changes (Part 139g)
Joanie’s house
was but a few minutes from James’ service station. I hadn’t transferred
the registration or plates on the ‘new’ car and wanted to tell him I’d
try and do it on Thursday. When I pulled in I figured I might as well
get gas. James wasn’t there and the young man who came out to wait on me
(remember... this is the 60’s when you did get service at a gas
station) was new to me. He knew who I was as he mentioned my ‘new’ car
saying it was really nice. I appreciated the comment and wasn’t
expecting what followed when he asked what I was going to do with the
the ‘55 that I was driving. With everything that had been going on in
the past week I really hadn’t given any thought to it. He anxiously
awaited my answer but I didn’t have one. He gave himself away when he
blurted out that he wanted to buy it. That was a nice surprise but I
didn’t have any idea what to ask. I can’t explain why I’d not given any
thought to selling but I hadn’t. I finally told him I’d get back to him.
He was disappointed but before he got to the office he turned, called
back to me to please not sell it before talking to him. That was
something else to think about on the way home but it was a good thing.
Even
though I had the new clothes for Elle I decided to wait. I needed more
time to figure out how to tell/explain about the ‘new’ car. The one
thing I remember was that between the upcoming Board meeting, Joanie’s situation
and the car I didn’t get much sleep. I was in early to work the next day so that I
could find out how Joanie had made out with her father. If she was
wearing one of the new outfits it would be a good sign. But, before she
arrived I saw one of the Trustees walking across the lobby and he was
quickly followed by two others. That was one of the frustrations of
being a junior officer... not knowing what was going on around me. I
breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Joanie wearing the dress she'd picked out. Her hair
was still down but the bangs were back. Even with that she looked more
mature than she’d been before. I waited until Laura showed up to speak to
Joanie and when I did I asked how her father had taken to the new
clothes. She made a face but didn’t say anything. I called Laura over
and the three of us retreated over to Hobie’s desk area.
In a
perfect world I would’ve been able to talk with Laura before that
meeting. The long and short of it was that Laura was very supportive of
Joanie’s changes and confirmed everything I’d told Joanie about the
arrangement Trish and I had with her. There was one surprise though.
Laura asked if Joanie would be interested in some suggestions concerning
her hair. She’d been learning how to be a hair dresser and told Joanie
that she had some ideas that she might try. I ended up being nothing
more than a spectator as the two chatted until I saw a customer over by
the gate.
Bret had commented on the ‘new’ Joanie the day before
but when I returned to my desk he was waiting for me with another. He
had a big smile on his face. When I asked what was so funny he said that
he was really enjoying the ‘new’ Joanie. I smiled in return. It was at
least an hour later before I found out what it was that had him smiling.
I was talking with Liz, the Auditor, just in front of his desk. I
happened to look over at Joanie as she was rolling her chair to the side
to get to the low file cabinet. As she did she spread her legs to get
the chair to move sideways and it was quite a view. The contrast of the
gray material of the dress and the white of her panties was
unmistakable. Thankfully she was concentrating on getting to the file
and the contents and didn’t see me looking at her. It was the first time
I’d had more than the one VPL when she first came downstairs to work with
Trish. I will tell you that at that point I was jealous of Bret.
As
much as I wanted to follow Joanie’s movements I had to get the final
preparations for the Board meeting completed. I’d noticed a few more of
the Board members arrive during the morning and at lunch there were
about a half dozen leaving together. I debated with myself about giving a
call upstairs to J J to see if he had any idea why the Trustees had
been in so early on a Board meeting day. I knew he was still upset about
Hobie and I ‘borrowing’ Joanie and wasn’t sure he’d be receptive to my
inquiry. After a few minutes I decided it was worth the effort... but it
wasn’t as he told me that he’d seen them come in, talk with Bert (the
president) and then go into the Board room. He told me he’d even made a
cursory pass by the door only to find it shut, something that only
happened when there was a meeting. Since I’d been working with Lena on
the ‘Joanie project’ and she’d been receptive to my asking for her help I
decided to give her a call to see if she’d shed some light on the
situation. If she did know anything she wasn’t willing to share it with
me but closed the conversation by asking me what I thought of Joanie’s
new dress. Of course I said it was great but the answer wasn’t about
the look of it but the fact that I’d gotten an upskirt while she was wearing it.
When the president and Board members returned as a group they again retired to the Board room. Normally
for a Board meeting I, as the acting Secretary, would place an agenda at
each member’s place along with a full copy of the previous meeting’s
minutes at the end of the table nearest the door. That way any member
who wanted to see the detail of them could peruse it prior to the start of the
meeting. When I went up to do that the door was still closed. As I
waited more of the other Trustees arrived and walked on in. I wasn’t sure what
to do so I asked one to have Bert come to the door. When he did and saw me he
seemed surprised and told me to wait for another few minutes. This
secrecy was driving me crazy. What was going on in there?
To be continued...
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