And He Called It Research

"I'm sure she was, but what about offering her the job?"

"I didn't."

"Oh really? Why not?"

"I just think that Liz will be a much better fit, because like you said, she's unemployed and she appears to be qualified, plus she lives not far from the development."

"I'm still surprised that you didn't even talk to her about it."

"I didn't bring it up at all"

Kate called late in the day and told Mac, "Melvin had to leave, but he wants me to go over a number of things with you regarding the project in Pennsylvania."

"Okay, what works for you?"

"Can I ask a big favor?"

"Try me."

"I've never seen the island. Would it be possible to..."

"I'll be waiting for you at the dock. I'll have Cletus bring me over and we can ride back together and we can have half an our of work behind us before we even get here."

"Wonderful, I can hardly wait."

"Oh damn. Kate, you do know that we have a lot of naked guests."

"Oh god, I forgot about that. Well do I have to..."

"Of course not, but may I suggest a bikini at least? I can almost guarantee the sun, sand and water will work its magic on you."

"I'll come up with something. Thank you for putting yourself out for me."

"My pleasure, see you at the dock at six."

He told Didi the news and she wasn't thrilled. "And so this begins. You haven't even left and you're already getting busy. We can't even have dinner together."

"You can go along you know. You know Kate so..."

"You two will be working so I'll just stay here. I'll have Mark make up a dinner for you two because I'll have eaten by then."

"Thank you hon. The next few months are not going to be a lot of fun for either of us."

"Not at all. I just hope that I'm so busy that I won't have time to pout and miss you too much."

"Once it's over we'll be back to normal and maybe even better in some way. We'll get away someplace for a few days."

"I can't think of anyplace that would be as nice as where we live."

"I guess you're right about that. Well we'll think of some way to celebrate when this is over."

Chapter Fifty Eight

Kate looked like she was glowing as Mac trotted up the dock to meet her. He kissed her cheek and slipped his arm around her waist as he asked her, "Think you can keep your mind on work for another half an hour?"

"I'll try. I have this file for you, but he wanted me to go over as much of it with you as possible. I'm not sure why because it's pretty self explanatory."

"I'll have to thank him later."

She smiled at him and said, "Now stop flattering me, I'm not one of the guests you know."

"That's right, you're more important than that."

Kate was taller than any woman he could ever remember being close to. Easily five ten and lean. Skinny came to his mind, but then he decided that was too critical. She was more like lean and leggy...and chesty.

They sat close to each other and focused on their work. Copies of brochures so Mac would be familiar with them, a lot of technical data, some that could be shared with others and some that were for his eyes only once he was in Pennsylvania. Renderings of the development and the projected completion dates of the early stages of development. He even saw the location of the houses he could choose from when he moved from his temporary quarters. "Kate, one of the homes is reserved for Liz and Darren...I can't think of their last name at the moment, but..."

"Yes, they will be getting location G-12. You could be close to them if you'd like."

"That might be perfect. I'll likely offer her a job there as my assistant, so having her right next door could be a real bonus for both of us."

"Now that would be very handy. Okay, let's reserve G-13 for you. Nice location too. Not close to the lake at all, but other than that, you'll have that band of forest behind you, Liz next to you on one side and then there is a half lot where the street has to turn sharply, so you'll have extra privacy on that side as well."

"Nice. I'd probably consider G-13 if I was looking to buy."

"I would too." They went back to work and made surprising progress in that half hour, but when the ferry neared the island dock, Kate closed the file and handed it to him. "You better hold onto that until we're ready to get back to it."

They went straight to Mac's and Didi was there to greet Kate with a warm welcome and sat with them while they had dinner. "Didi," Kate said after tasting her wine, "Thank you so much for allowing me to intrude on your life."

"You're quite welcome. I never realized that you had never seen the island or I would have invited you sooner."

"You two are so very fortunate to live out here."

"We're constantly reminded of just how lucky we are. Well, if you'll excuse me I'm going to the office and get some of my work done because I'm meeting with Melvin next week to get started on the island project."

"I know, and from what information I've seen, it's going to be quite a project. Fast, but pretty impressive in scope. You'll have your hands full and of that I have little doubt."

"I just hope I didn't take on more than I can handle."

"If you get into a bind, call me and maybe I can find a way to help you."

"Thank you. You have no idea how comforting it is to know you're nearby."

She laughed and said, "Well if you consider a thirty minute boat ride as nearby."

"For us, everything is over thirty minutes, so we're used to that."

Mac and Kate spent another twenty minutes on the file and then he closed it. "I can look through this later. It's getting late and I want to show you the island before it gets too dark." Kate smiled and stood up as Mac called to Didi. "Hon, we're going to take a tour of the island."

"Okay, enjoy yourselves. Oh Kate, did you bring something to wear on the beach?"

"I didn't have time to pick anything up."

"Well nothing I have would fit you but wait a sec." Didi came out a minute later and handed her a paper top and skirt saying, "I know this isn't stylish, but it will work and it will cover you and with your long legs only as long as you don't bend over."

Kate smiled as she held up the two items as she said, "They're made of paper."

"Right, so don't try to swim in them or Mac will get a big surprise."

"Yes and so will I. Thanks Didi."

"Sure, and you can have them as a souvenir of this tropical paradise."

"Wonderful." Kate stepped into the bathroom and a minute later she came out tugging at the skirt hem and looking down at the long vee in the top.

Mac smiled and told her, "That's what all of the guests had to wear when they first arrived. Even the men by the way."

"You're kidding."

"All of us guys were quite dashing."

"You too?"

"Oh yes, what they do we do, right hon?"

"That's true. We were wearing them when we met the ferry the day they arrived."

"Oh how I wish I could have been here to see all of that. The men coming out and mumbling and feeling awkward."

"That's exactly how it was too. Okay my sweet friend, we have a long walk ahead of us."

"Just now long are you talking?"

"If we chose to, we could walk almost around the island and back. Maybe something like two and a half miles round trip."

"Wow, that's quite a beach walk."

"Well you two take your time, and Kate remember, don't let him talk you into a swim."

"I won't forget that."

Didi looked at Mac and smiled as she shared a hidden wink with him before she went back to her office.

As they walked toward the beach, Kate said, "So we'll encounter naked guests."

"We're almost certain to see a few of them, and they are all naked now."

"All of them? How do you know that?"

"Because I'm the one that sent out the message that they all had to be naked for the remainder of their time here."

"You are so bad."

He smiled and told her, "Just doing my job."

"And what a job you have."

"I do love what I do."

"I'll just bet."

"Of course, Didi has seen her share of naked guys, just as you probably will."

She stopped and told him, "I think you're forgetting that this is all totally new to me."

He slipped his arm around her waist and said, "I haven't forgotten that. If you had been here before I'd be asking you to take off your paper so you'd be like the others."

"You think so. And what about you, master of the island?"

"It is only for you that I wear these ugly shorts."

She smiled and said, "Well thank you very much for that," and they resumed their walk to the beach.

Chapter Fifty Nine

Mac didn't hold her hand or try to seduce her as they slowly walked down the beach. "How far to the naked guests?"

"Oh another couple hundred yards probably, unless we meet a couple walking this way."

"I'm curious about how this works."

"Didn't Melvin explain it too you?"

"Oh enough to know the basics, but no details, and it never felt right to me to question him."

Mac gave her a quick scenario of a typical group arriving and how that week might progress and she interrupted him asking, "Do you mean that they each had to sleep with someone they didn't know. I mean of the opposite sex?"

"That's right, or that's one way we've done it. We've had couples and different combinations too. We vary things from one group to the next. The group that is here now all know each other, and several of them are single, and a couple of them are married, but their spouses couldn't come."

"Oh god, what a recipe for adventure, and disaster."

"That's very true, but I was amazed at how well and how quickly they all came together. I mean...you know, they adjusted and are even closer as friends. Now how they will be once they're home again, I have no idea,"

"I'm sure not. Oh god, there's a naked man and woman ahead of us standing at the waters edge."

Mac smiled and waited until they were closer before he said, "Hi Gloria, Roger."

They turned and Roger said, "Hey Mac. Where's Didi?"

"Hard a work. This is my very good friend Kate."

Kate allowed her eyes to quickly scan Roger right down past his flaccid cock and balls and then back up to Gloria. "Hi, nice to meet both of you. Enjoying the evening?"

"It's going to be so hard to give this up in a couple of days."

"I can only imagine. This is my first time here."

"Oh you'll love it and you won't want to leave either." Then she smiled and said, "I see you're starting out in paper too."

"Yes. They don't cover much do they."

"Not much, so I'd suggest that you just toss them aside and enjoy the real purpose of this little piece of heaven."

"I....I don't think I'll go quite that far, but I understand what you're saying."

Roger had his arm around Gloria and his hand was half cupping her breast as he said, "We were just talking about how or if we'll tell our spouses about certain parts of this whole vacation."

"Right," and Gloria wrapped her hand around Roger's cock saying, "Just how can I explain to Mitch that I spent a lot of time doing things like this or Roger explain to Marsha that we made love for about the fifth time?" I guess we'll just leave that part of our story out."

"But Mitch is here so he'll have a very good idea of what you've been doing."

"I'm still going to wait until he coaxes it out of me. And of course if the others talk to Marsha she'll know too, so maybe it won't matter what we do or don't say."

"Well good luck to you both," Mac said, and he and Kate resumed her slow walk. Their hand would bump against each other once in awhile, but still Mac didn't want to make Kate uncomfortable.

"Okay," Kate said, "So they aren't married to each other."

"That's right. No couple you see will be man and wife. Gloria's Mitch is down at the Blossoms, and if we walk that far, we just might run into him with one of the women down there."

"This is all so unbelievable."

"And like I said, when they arrived here they were all very modest people and some of them I'd even call straight laced."

"What could change them so quickly?"

"Total freedom from the outside world, and a lot of help from us as we meddled in their lives. Many erotic movies for them to watch. Notice I didn't say pornographic, but erotic movies that actually are more for the women than the men, but the guys got into them too. Remember too that they are enjoying an extremely expensive vacation and it doesn't cost them a dime. All they have to do is a questionnaire a day and do what we tell them."

"Like take their paper clothes off in front of their friends."

"Right, like that. Oh there are other things too that lead into that, but you have the idea."

"They certainly seem happy."

"All of them are very...Oh hi Francine, Calvin, how are you two doing?"

"Just fine," Francine answered. Mac introduced Kate and she couldn't help to notice Calvin's half grown cock well before she smiled at Francine who was smiling back at her.

"I'm showing Kate the island, or as much as we can see before we give up."

"Have you seen any of the cottages," Francine asked her.

"No, we've just been walking for a little bit. Do you like them?"

"They're very nice. Mine is right behind us if you'd like to see it."

"Yes, thank you." They went up the short path and Francine stepped aside to let Kate enter first. She made it inside just as she realized there was a couple making love on the bed. Francine was right behind her and saw the couple and said, "Sorry you two, I didn't know you were in here. Just ignore us. See Kate, it's small, but very comfortable and we have everything we need. We don't have clothes so we have no need of a dresser, but we do have a mirror in the bathroom."

Kate's eyes were riveted on the still copulating couple and she swallowed before she pulled her eyes away and grabbed for Mac's hand. He put his arm around her and pulled her into him as Kate forced a smile and said, "Very nice Francine, I'm sure you are comfortable here." Mac moved backward taking Kate with him as he smiled and said, "Sorry if we spoiled things, Misty."

"Hi Mac. Don't worry about us, we need to rest for a minute anyway," and she went back to Roger who was smiling down at her as he lowered himself into her again and then lay on her as they shared a kiss.

As soon as they were near the beach she leaned into Mac and whispered, "Oh my god, I didn't really just see them making love. That's impossible."

"That's what you saw, and I'm sorry. Even I was a little surprised for a second."

"You really do live in a different world here, do you realize that?"

"Of course I do and so does Didi."

She tipped her head back and said, "God, that breeze feels good. I was so shocked that I felt very warm in there."

He stepped in front of her and putting his hands on her hips he asked her, "Are you okay?"

She took a deep breath and slowly let it out as she said, "I will be as soon as I cool down"

He took her hand and she willingly let him lead her into the water up past her knees and they stopped. He cupped some water in his hand and brought it up to her forehead and very gently and carefully bathed her. He put his wet hand on her back and massaged her back to get it wet and then wet his hands again and bathed her belly and once again her back as she said, "Oh that feels so soothing, thank you Mac."

He stepped in front of her again and again put his hands on her hips as he smiled and told her, "My pleasure and I am trying not to get your paper wet."

She smiled as her hands went to his hips and she told him, "I did notice that, and thank you. It felt so good that I wasn't sure I had it in me to tell you to stop had you gotten me wet."

"Well in the case," and he splashed her top before she could jump back.. But she did try to escape him but fell backward and landed on the sandy bottom with the water almost up to her chin.

She was up quickly, but certainly not nearly fast enough. Her paper clothes were soaked, but they were still clinging to her so he said, "Just be careful and maybe they'll dry as we walk."

"I can't believe this. You really were being careful. Well until you splashed me you were, but then I had to be clumsy and fall on my butt.

He couldn't help but smile as he stepped close to her and carefully put his hands on her hips again. "Are you okay?"

Her smile was thin and crooked as she looked at him and paused before she told him, "I think so, but what am I going to do? I can't believe I'm going to stay covered for very long, and sooner or later we have to go back to Didi."

Mac almost laughed that time before he said, "Oh, she'll love this story."

"You're laughing?"

"Don't worry about her pretty lady. I can promise you that she will laugh when we tell her later."

"I'm sorry, I feel like I'm just arriving from a previous century. She won't mind if I show up naked?"

"No, but I'm surprised that you're taking it so bravely."

"Well I am now because I'm still covered. Okay, let's walk, but very carefully, and maybe I really will dry off enough to preserve what little modesty I have left."

"You look very sexy by the way."

"My hair is soaked, the paper is sticking to me and...I must look like a drowned rat."

"Like I said, you look sexy. Shall we continue exploring?" and he put his arm around her.

"Be very careful with your hand lover."

"I'll do my best," but he didn't remove his hold on her.

Chapter Sixty

They walked for quite a ways before Mac asked Kate, "Will I see you in Pennsylvania while I'm there?"

"I don't know, but it's possible. I go wherever Melvin sends me, and he sent me up there once recently."

"Do you like working for him?"

"I do. He's somewhat demanding at times, but I'm okay with that. Most of the time he's very sweet and I enjoy the wide variety of things that he has me do. I'm always learning something new or at least learning more about things. Now this time, it's because of you that I'm learning about this island and how you and Didi live. I can tell you right now that I'm so jealous that I'm seeing green."

He smiled and told her, "That must be the dye coming off of the wet paper."

She too smiled and leaned into him as her arm went around him. But then she felt the paper top separate and she said, "Oh no, damn it and once again, I did it myself."

They stopped and she carefully looked down and saw her exposed right breast.

"I must say it again, you are so sexy."

"I'm tall and skinny and we both know it, but thank you Mac."

"You're not the only one that continues to learn things. I'm learning that I have a thing for tall and lean women, and especially when they wear wet green paper tops."

She smiled and told him, 'You're determined to make this as painless as you can for me."

"You don't want to know what I'm determined to do."

Her smile slipped away as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean I've been working very hard to wish that top would fall apart and equally as hard that your skirt will dissolve."

Her smile returned then and she said, "Oh, so this was your fault then."

"I don't mind taking the blame, but if I do then I get to do this," and he pulled most of her top away and wadded it into a tight ball before tossing into the thick undergrowth. "There, now it can dissolve without our help." Then he relieved her of the last remnants of her top and kissed her very lightly before he said, "Shall we continue our walk?'

"We better do something because I'm coming apart inside almost as much as my top just did."

"Before we're back to our starting point I'll have you convinced that you are attractive and oh so sexy."

"Then we better walk even slower because you have your work cut out for you."

"I like that idea. We do have all night you know."

"Didi will sent the police out for us, and besides, I'll be late for work."

"Didi won't even know if we're there. She'll be in bed, and as to Melvin, I think one little call will put his mind at ease and allow you a couple of extra hours in the morning. By the time we get back we may be too late for the last ferry anyway."