A Price to be Paid (closed)

saedo

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Closed for mouthwatering

My phone trilled, so I slapped it to speakerphone mode. “Yes?”

"Your 5 o'clock is here, Mr. Trask."

"Thank you, Colleen. Show her back, please."

I leaned back into my well-worn leather chair. A few moments later, my secretary’s standard three knocks rattled against at the door. When they came, I knock at my door. After a moment, the door opened just wide enough for Colleen's brunette curls and big doe eyes to glance in. "Mr. Trask? Sofia Marlow to see you. "

I motioned for her to come in. She swung the door wide and stepped aside to let my guest inside. At my height, most women outside the WNBA seem short, but even Colleen’s 5’6” frame seemed tall next to her diminutive companion.

"Miss Marlow, do come in," I said with a broad smile. "Colleen, it's after 5 and I don't expect I'll need anything else today. You can leave."

Colleen's curls bobbed. "Yes, Mr. Trask." The door shut behind her.

Sofia Marlow gave a polite smile and strode towards one of the comfortable chairs in front of my oak desk. She was quite beautiful, even for one so young. Long wavy tresses of pale gold were loosely confined into a loose ponytail. Her eyes were a scintillating green and had a warmth to them that bespoke puppy dogs and sunflowers.

Of course, what really tugged at my attention was found lower down. Sofia's entry into the room was preceded by several inches of some of the most delectable bosom I'd ever laid eyes on. I'd slept with some busty women in my time, but this teenager was definitely not finding her cup size at Victoria's Secret. Her blouse wasn't unduly snug, but it'd be hard to conceal curves like that beneath anything more revealing than a trench coat.

Her waist seemed impossibly slender by comparison, particularly since she had a pleasing swell to her hips as well. She was a top-heavy hourglass, but definitely an hourglass.

I constrained my male instinct to ogle. Now was not the time. Instead, I maintained eye contact as she settled into her chair. "Miss Marlow, I asked you to come in to discuss your application for the company scholarship program." The company had long offered academic scholarships for children of its employees. With good high school grades, a recipient could receive a fairly substantial amount towards defraying the cost of tuition. Human Resources managed most of it, but this Board wanted a senior executive to oversee it. After Jenkins retired a few years back, I'd drawn the short straw.

"I see by your application that you'll be applying to some top notch schools this fall. With your academic record, I'm sure the odds are strongly in favor of your admission."

She smiled. She had dimples. Cute.

"Of course, good schools charge sizable tuitions, so I'm sure your family would certainly appreciate the company scholarship paying for a chunk of that. I paused and let my smile drop. "Unfortunately, some information has come to light that could well derail your ability to afford these schools."

I could see the confusion rise in her face. Good. Keep her off balance and she would be easier to manipulate.

I slid an file folder across the desk. She had to lean forward to read it, her breasts nearly brushing the desktop as she did so.

"That's a copy of documentation we're required by federal law to submit every quarter to the EPA certifying our compliance. For the past three years that's been Richard's - your father's job to complete, so you'll find his signature at the bottom of every one attesting to their accuracy. The highlighted portions are where I've identified that he has also been misreporting certain information. Now personally I figure that Richard did it because his fancy MBA doesn't mean he understands how a factory works. But if the EPA and the DoJ catch wind of this,they're not going to let your father claim ignorance as an excuse. They're going to call it falsification of data, failure to report, and fraud. That means millions in fines to the company and maybe a short stint in federal prison for him.”

Now I really had her attention. "Now obviously the company couldn't give a scholarship to the daughter of a felon, so you would lose that. With your father in prison, I imagine your family finances would be pretty tight, too. You might never be able to afford any of the colleges on your list."

Sofia looked shocked and confused. In a couple of minutes, I had blown up her entire future. I gave her just long enough to stew and then interrupted before she could start asking questions. "Fortunately, all is not lost for you yet.* If we work together, we can prevent your father's mistakes from ever coming to light. Now the federal agency that oversees these reports gets a thousand of them every quarter because some Massachusetts liberal got up in arms about Chesapeake clams or some nonsense and pushed through a bill mandating every manufacturer handling any of a few dozen chemicals file these damn things. I bet they all get stuck in giant file cabinet and forgotten about as soon as they arrive. So chances are they'll never notice unless someone tells them to look for the mistakes."

"Consequently, you and I can keep your college future on track and your father out of jail if we can keep this under wraps.

I grinned maliciously. “That part is easy. I'm the only one who knows about the mistakes. So all I need is a reason not to turn your father in."

The leather in my chair creaked as I leaned back and folded my hands across my gut. "So you must be asking yourself why I’m not having this conversation with Richard.” I shrugged. “Quite simply, he doesn't have anything I want. I make more than he does, so I don't need his money. I outrank him, so I don't need his power. I think he's a pompous windbag, so I don't need his friendship."

I leaned forward and pointed a thick forefinger at her. “But you, Sofia, do have several things I want. You've got a delicious pair of big tits, an ass that won't quit, and I'm betting a tight little pussy. I want to fuck you six ways from Sunday till you can hardly walk."

I felt a weird sense of elation at how shocking my words were to her. I grinned and continued. "So here's my proposal: I'm going to hold onto this information for the next year. By then, statute of limitations probably puts your father clear of most of it and you'll be on to college. But during that year, you become my personal sex toy. You keep my libido satisfied during that time, you get your dream life. You don't, I make that phone call to the feds, and your shiny happy future goes bye-bye.

"What is it going to be, Miss Marlow?"

 
As Trask talked, Sofia's mind raced. She had not been accepted by several of the top schools in the nation because she had big tits, but she did have big tits. She knew people assumed she was stupid, and she had learned that their low expectations could often out her at an advantage. There was no way for her to confirm any of what he was saying, though it did have the ring of truth behind it. She was fairly sure the weaselly old man lacked the imagination to make something like that up.

That meant that it was probably true, and that her father probably had fucked up. He was not a detail-oriented guy, and anyone putting him in charge of following insanely picayune federal regulations clearly needed to have their head examined. Of course, these was the same company who had let a spineless bully like Trask have a job with oversight over other people, so that fit. She gave a heavy sigh and bit her lip, staring at the floor. After a long moment's thought, she nodded.

"Dad's a pretty slippery guy and have you noticed how strict the feds are about that kind of thing? If they get around to it in his lifetime, he'll probably only get a fine. He won't serve any real time. As for my future, well, there are other scholarships, and I expect I'll find a way to bury your slimy ass before summer's over."

"It's still something I'd rather avoid, so here's my offer."

"Sundays," she said. "I'm going to college in the fall, I won't have time to waste on you the rest of the week. Also, you'll have to pay for transportation." She held up a finger, then raised another one, and another. "Fuck one year. You never say anything to anyone about this. Ever." She looked at him, her pretty green eyes cold and empty, and held up a fourth finger. "No bondage, and I'm not going to pretend to like you."

She stood up and walked slowly to the door. She opened it and looked out into the outer office, seeing it was deserted. She faced Trask again. "Those are my conditions, if you still want to go ahead, I'll see you Sunday. If those conditions are unacceptable, I guess you never get to see what I look like naked." She walked out of his office, her mind turning over her options as she strode down the hall. She was sure he wouldn't like her condition, but that was the point, wasn't it?
 

I waited till I judged she had neared the elevator banks. I flipped open the prepaid cell phone. Modern cop shows were so kind to advise you as to how best to evade detection.

I dialed and waited for her to pick up. "Miss Marlow, if I merely wished to see you naked, I could just browse your photo gallery. You and young Mr. Brock have been getting most risqué in your communications of late.

" My, he certainly is a fit young man, isn't he? Captain of the lacrosse team, is it? That photo of him in his boxers really highlighted his muscle tone.* I was a little less impressed than you with his subsequent 'full Monty' pose, but perhaps your inexperience explains why you mistook Mr. Brock for 'well endowed' in your praising reply.

"Now your teasing shots of you half out of your lingerie aren't quite as revealing as your boyfriend's, but given how you've gradually increased the amount of skin on display, I suspect it's only a matter of time before your photos are equally lurid.

"I also expect Mr. Brock would take none too kindly if his photos found themselves emailed to everyone in your address book. Now I'm sure you could claim that your phone was hacked, but how likely is he to believe you? Do you think he wouldn't retaliate in kind?

"While you're musing on the solidity of your relationship, you might also ponder the stability of your family should you continue walking out that door. I don't dispute that your father is a weasely bastard, so perhaps he does escape serious prison time in the end.

"But what about the rest of your family?* The DoJ looooooves prosecuting corporate fat cats. Some U.S. attorney looking to run for Congress will charge him with everything from fraud to jaywalking and then give a big press conference about how he's cleaning up America. In the background he'll plead your father down to something reasonable, but he'll put on a big show first.

"Of course, the company will dump your father immediately to avoid being tainted. If he's not also imprisoned, he'll certainly be out of work. And no other company will touch him.

"That puts your family in dire financial straits. I know how much your father pulls down in salary and I know what I costs to live the lifestyle he maintains - he's making ends meet, but not by much. Big mortgage, fancy cars, private school for you and your sisters, the country club memberships, the skiing vacations, the jewelry, the wine cellar - your father is living like a CEO on a junior executive paycheck.

"So what happens when your Dad's income shrivels down to nothing? Think your Mom can land a 6 figure income with that degree in Fine Arts and two decades of housewife experience?" I snorted derisively. "Your family is maybe two months shy of bankruptcy. After that, your family's entire existence crashes to the ground.

"So how much is that pride worth? You want to hold your head high while your family crashes and burns? Then keep walking. But if you actually give a shit about the ones you claim to love, you'll turn your ass around and get back in here. We do things my way or not at all. You've got 60 seconds."

I hung up. Now to see whether she was truly as smart as her SAT scores indicated.
 
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