someone’s there.”
Julia pulled away, and I heard her get up. After a moment, she banged on the wall and yelled for help.
I didn’t join her as I was naked. As much as I wanted to be rescued, I didn’t really want to flash people. Julia kept up the banging as I moved behind the boxes where I hid before.
There was a muffled response, “Julia?”
“Laura? Help, I’m stuck in here.”
After a moment, the door opened, and light shone in. I had trouble seeing, so I blocked the light with my hand.
Julia stood there, her hair more mussed than before, which made me smile. Another woman stood on the other side of the door, but with the angle of where I was hidden, I couldn’t see her face.
Julia turned toward me and said, “I’ll go find a coat or something for you to put on. I’ll be back.”
She walked through the door, and it shut, coating me in darkness once more.
I stepped out from behind the boxes, and as I did, another door opened. This time it was James. He stood there with a frown on his face and my clothes in his hand.
“Sorry, Monty. Here are your clothes. We have to go.”
“It’s about time you realized it was a terrible idea to have me streak.”
I grabbed the clothes he threw at me and stumbled as I put them on. Once I got my tie somewhat straight, I glanced at the ground. Julia’s panties and tights were there. I smirked and picked them up, stuffing them inside my jacket pocket.
“Something’s come up, and we can’t go through with the plan of having you streak,” he said with a frown. “You’re looking happy for a man who’s been stuck in a dark closet, naked.”
“Just happy to be out and not having to run around here naked for entertainment,” I said as the cooler air hit my face.
I stepped into the hallway, about to turn toward the coat check, knowing Julia would be there.
Ready for her to see all of me.
My brother pulled me away, but I protested.
He shook his head. “Monty, we don’t have time for that. We have to go. Now.”
There was worry in his eyes but hope in mine as I glanced back, wishing to see Julia come around the corner.
But I never did.
Chapter 6
Julia
“WERE YOU HIDING IN there to get out of work?” Laura asked with her hands on her hips.
“No, of course not. I was trapped.”
My sister rolled her eyes.
“I came back here to check to see how it was going, and you had disappeared. At first, I thought bathroom break. But after waiting a while and then checking the bathroom, I realized you weren’t there.”
I nodded and threw my thumb over my shoulder. “Because I was locked in an antiquated closet with no doorknob. Which, by the way, is a fire hazard. I will write a strongly worded email to the management and copy the health department about this.”
My sister tilted her head. “I think it’s the fire marshal.”
“Whatever. I will copy someone on the email. The point is, what if you never came back? I could have died in there. Then this place would really be haunted.”
Haunted by orgasms. But my sister didn’t need to know that part. I smirked.
“You seem happy to have been trapped in there.” Her eyes fell to the floor. “And where are your shoes? Also, who were you talking to in there?”
A couple came up to the coat check door. I stepped around my sister and took their coats and gave them a ticket. Once I placed the matching ticket on the hangers and hung up their coats, I turned back to face my sister.
“See? Was that so hard?” She pointed to the disappearing couple. “Did you really need to hide in a dark room to get out of doing that?”
As I placed the man’s long, wool coat on the hanger, I noted the size. I bet that would fit Wonder Dick. I frowned. I didn’t want to keep calling him that, but I never got his name.
“I wasn’t hiding. I told you, I was trapped. If I could have escaped, I would have.”
My eyes slid to my sister. Why was she here? Just to berate me? That wasn’t like her. Sure, she knew I was never an A-plus worker, but she had yet to hold it over my head.
She snorted and rolled her eyes. “I bent over backward for you, Julia. I promised Jason that you would do an outstanding job.