JUNIOR , remember ?”
Kevin had been having an excellent day. Now , taking a little break , he sat at his desk as Nurse Caryn bent over the stack of journals on the floor in his office. Bill was a fool keeping all his periodicals on a shelf. He waited long enough and then slunk over to where she was standing , and spooning himself behind her , he squeezed her breasts , causing her to giggle. What a great woman. She was the perfect woman , the perfect nurse and Kevin was happy she was there when he needed to let off some steam. Envisioning another quickie in the closet , he almost didn ’ t hear the movement by the door. When Bill entered , they jumped quickly apart and he was fairly sure Bill , who was pretty much a zombie these days , didn ’ t catch on. Caryn exited the office with a sweet little wink in his direction as Bill slumped down in the chair in front of his desk.
“ You think maybe I could ask Laura to help me plan a party for Chrissy ’ s birthday ? She ’ s not exactly Chrissy ’ s fan. ”
Hmm. This was something Kevin didn ’ t know. “ She isn ’ t ?” he asked.
“ Don ’ t you ever stop to talk to your wife any more ?”
Kevin laughed. “ Not if I see her coming first. ”
“ Well , I guess it wouldn ’ t hurt to ask her. Chrissy ’ s going through something and I figure a party might be a nice surprise for her , show her we care. ”
Kevin shrugged. Why not , he thought.
Bill rose and turned to leave the office but then turned back again. “ Better lay off the nurses and especially the patients. Our insurance is high enough already without sexual harassment claims. ”
Kevin grimaced. Maybe Bill wasn ’ t as much of a zombie as he ’ d thought. “ That would never happen ,” he said , summoning as much confidence as his voice could project. He watched as Bill just looked at him silently. And waited for Bill to leave but Bill didn ’ t move , so he said placatingly , “ Again. ”
“ I ’ ll call her now ,” said Bill.
“ Really ? Really ?” asked Ben uncomfortably as Angie pulled him into Victoria ’ s Secret and began showing him bras as he alternately blushed and looked for a mirror to examine the blond streaks in his already sandy hair. She held up a bra so minimal it surely wasn ’ t meant to encapsulate adult breasts , but what Ben knew about lingerie was about equal to what he knew about female anatomy.
“ Ohh ,” she cooed , strangely excited , “ Look at this one…. ”
Ben looked , glanced around to see if anyone spied him looking , looked down at his shoes , then went on talking. “ I just don ’ t see it that way. He ’ s just another old , married guy isn ’ t he ? You ’ ve never even gone on a date with him , have you ?”
“ I ’ m not buying this underwear to strain spaghetti , am I ? It ’ s coming , you ’ ll see. This is just not like one of those incidents you keep reminding me of. I ’ m a grown up now , a woman , not some kid with a crush on the guy she babysits for. ”
“ But Angie , don ’ t you get it , it ’ s just another version of the same thing. Remember that creepy guy with that weird kid…. ”
Angie remembered only too well , but she was fifteen then , and that was a long time ago. Justin ’ s dad was the cutest guy , sort of geeky but cute and he always had that baseball cap on , even in the house. Gee , maybe he was balding ? She never thought of that before. Anyway he was cute , and even though she was significantly overweight it was clear he thought she was special. They always stopped to talk as he dropped her off at her dad ’ s after babysitting.
Eventually it escalated and one night he actually kissed her. They both moaned at the same time. “ Oh Mr. Robinson ,” Angie had sighed.
“ Angie ,” he yelped , his voice muffled and his lips still pressed to hers , “ Ow ow ow. ” He sounded so