"Sam! Sam Dagon! How are you?"
Sam looked up from his lunch, offering his right hand to a past business acquaintance.
"Well, Tom Roper! Good to see you. Won't you join us?"
"Just on my way out, Sam. But I would like to discuss some ideas I have for a new project. Think you might be interested. I have a few things worked out on paper and…"
"Well, listen…" Sam interrupted him. "Why don't you give my secretary a call the first of the week and we'll set up an appointment to discuss it."
Tom Roper looked at the luscious blonde sitting next to Sam. Sam sure knows how to pick 'em! he thought to himself.
"Oh, excuse me," Sam said. "May I present Kate Tassel, my personal assistant."
"My pleasure," Tom Roper nodded to Kate. But he was thinking, I'll bet she's personal!
When Roper was out of earshot, Kate turned to Sam, her hand under the table caressing Sam's leg.
"Personal assistant," she repeated. "I like the way that sounds. So much more refined than 'housekeeper'."
"Well, I like to see that my good friends are happy," he said, "and that they keep me happy."
"And this is the guest cottage…" Tim was saying as he opened the door to the small house at the west end of the property. "It isn't used very much but it has to be kept up at all times."
As the new young housekeeper walked past Tim into the cottage his hand rested gently on her firm backside.
"Is that one of my duties, too?" she asked him, pushing his hand away.
"I hope you don't ever think of it as a duty," Tim answered. "We want everyone to be happy here. What would make you happy?" he asked suggestively, pulling her close to him, "Hmmmmm?"
Kate signaled the waitress to bring another round of drinks.
"You know we're going to need another maid soon. I think Dot will be leaving us. Besides I think we can do a lot better in that department. Have you noticed our waitress, Sam?"
Sam looked up at Kate.
"I see you understand me better every day. As a matter of fact, I did notice the young girl. See what you can do for me, will you. You seem to handle these situations so easily…"
Kate smiled, wondering how Tim was making out back at the house with the newest applicant for her old "job".