Sexretary

Sam Nichols had a comfortable, reasonably well paid job in a computing firm called Stewart Computing. He was twenty two and had recently graduated college and had been lucky to find such a good job in the firm on the edge of San Diego, just a couple of hours drive away from where his parents still lived with his younger sister Lizzie in the small town of River Falls. When he was growing up Sam's parents had known Henry Stewart, the owner of Stewart Computing who had lived in River Falls until he had been divorced by his wife and had moved out when Sam was about sixteen. That had been the last Sam had seen of Henry Stewart as his parents were better friends with Henry's wife, Sadie, who stayed on in River Falls with Henry's three sons, the eldest of whom. Brad, had been at high school with Sam.

Although he hadn't seen Henry Stewart in six years, Sam had the impression that this family connection was what had secured him such a comfortably lucrative job. Sam was a quiet, introverted person who hadn't had a girlfriend since Britney Walker in High School and lived alone in a sparse little apartment on the outskirts of San Diego not far from the offices of Stewart Computing. Sam was a small and quiet person, barely noticed by his colleagues among whom he hadn't made any close friends. His life followed a dull, regular routine of long days at work then an evening alone in the apartment, watching TV with a cheap take-out meal. Every Sunday he drove the two hours to River Falls to have dinner with his family. Sam thought himself satisfied with this routine if not greatly happy. However, one quiet, dull Thursday afternoon at the office his life was completely turned upside down.

There was a knock on the wall of his cubicle, Sam felt his little, enclosed cubicle to be his own personal space where he could be safe against the world outside and he wasn't entirely happy about it being invaded. He looked up to see his boss, Jemma, who smiled at him:

"Can you come into my office a moment, Sam?" she said.