Her Special PayBack: #5

I returned to the apartment about five. As I opened the door I could smell something good cooking. Holly was in the living room reading a magazine. Her hair was wet and it was obvious she just got out of the shower. I looked around and the apartment was shining. Now I'm not a slob, but some things like dusting and polishing the furniture is just not my thing. Holly had attacked the apartment with a vengeance.

"Wow, what a great job," I said.

She grinned at me. "I'm only half done. Tomorrow is the kitchen and floor and I didn't want to go into your bedroom unless I asked you first."

"I have no secrets Holly. Go and clean everywhere. What's for dinner?"

"Osso Buco."

"What's that?" I asked.

She laughed. "It's a veal shank in a heavy gravy sauce served with saffron risotto."

I asked, "Are you a cook or a secret chef?"

She grinned at my compliment.

Tuesday was a repeat of Monday and now the apartment was really clean. I had belatedly thought about the dozen condoms in my bedside table, but then thought maybe that wasn't a bad thing for her to find. The dinner Tuesday was Chicken Cacciatore, green beans, garlic bread and a Caesar's salad. It was as good as the Osso Buco.

"What are you going to do tomorrow, since the place is absolutely clean now?" I asked.

Holly replied, "I was going to ask you where the library was and do a little reading, and maybe look in the newspaper and see what jobs are out there."

I thought for a few seconds and then asked, "Do you know how to use a laptop?"

in high school and then took computer courses in junior college. I was on and off the computer all day

than two pages, but be sure it includes all your computer and business experience. Once I see your resume I can start going to the companies

newspaper has

are scams by headhunters and companies often lie

a second and then grinned. "Okay, for a second there I forgot that you're the boss

I smiled and nodded.

connected the low speed printer to it. That night when I returned I found a

poor and had a terrible one year relationship with a bum. What she forgot to say was that she was a straight A student who had excellent computer experience and three years of business that emphasized her computer expertise. The resume was technically perfect and I could see subtle little things she did in printing the resume that only someone with a great deal of skill could pull off. It

when I heard a little cough. It was Holly presenting herself to me. It was the same dress that she wore on the previous Saturday, but she was even more beautiful wearing it. I thought

she asked looking at

I replied without

then blushed red and finally giggled. "I was talking about the

extremely professional and I like it a lot. Can I get you a drink before we go; I'd like to ask you some questions

light drink would

was going

dinner. Holly's personality appeared. From a dirty, beat-up desperate person on the edge of despair, she had become a beautiful, witty person with a great personality. She reversed the tables on me and got me talking about my background and family.

and if they ever upgrade to the medium size package I get a second commission. The problem is that the operating manual is big and I get a lot of complaints that it isn't clear, so I have to make a lot of come back calls so that I keep

I sparked her interest. She said, "Sure I'll read

and you can print out the

start first

on the coffee table. "Here it is-all five hundred pages

at me as I said, "I really enjoyed dinner tonight; you got me talking like a little kid and that's normally

me to go to bed though. I have

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