Catering with Benefits (2) - Second Course - 13. THE DIAMOND MUSICAL SOCIETY

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They all arrived early on the afternoon of the party which was due to start at 5.00pm. Thomas had designated the bar room, where they had their first meeting months ago to, to be the green room for the artists. Throughout the afternoon the food and drinks arrived and Craig supervised this and the kitchen. In the green room the artists started to assemble. After Justin had finished making final arrangements with Craig for his part in the serving of the food he went to the green room to start his own preparations. Already assembled were the members of the string quartet tuning their instruments and a piano player reading through his sheet music. The musicians were all final year students from the Sydney Conservatorium. There were also two uniformed people sitting at the back of the room. One woman and one man whom Justin recognised as a security guard from the Jewellery store. Sitting between them was a black attaché case bearing the diamond logo and Justin noticed that the case was handcuffed to one of the guards. Thomas introduced the pianist to the security guards who then opened the black attaché case and he began trying on diamond rings.

Just before the guests started to arrive, Thomas checked that all artists were present. As the guests began to arrive Thomas went out to greet them. It was then, the female security guard left the room, closed the door behind her and took up her position outside the door. About thirty minutes later Thomas came into the room and announced “All the guests have arrived. Everybody get ready”. He then went over to the ensemble and spoke quietly to them for a minute or so and then said in a louder voice “Please follow me guys”.

In the party room the guests were being served drinks and Justin was dispensing cocktail food from the gondola hanging from his nipple rings, while wearing his posing pouch. When he saw Thomas at the door he knew that was his cue to leave. As Justin exited the room, Thomas announced, “Ladies, for your enjoyment I present the Diamond String Ensemble” Then entered four tall young men carrying their instruments. They were all dressed in black pants with gold belts. They were bare-chested and wore black bow ties. As they took up their positions on the podium and were about to start playing they realised they did not have their bows. They then put on a mock display of looking for their bows. The guests laughed and one of the musicians pointed towards the open door. They saw Justin standing there. Then suddenly he was pushed into the room by Thomas and pretended to stumble towards the podium while he held his hands over his genitals in mock modesty. He was completely naked except for the four string bows hanging from the hooks in his nipples. The musicians retrieved their bows and as Justin turned to leave he revealed a large double beam note painted on his back with his butt cheeks forming the bottom of the notes. As the laughter faded away the ensemble began to play and the guests returned to drinking and chatting.

The afternoon was going well, the guests seemed happy and Mrs. Price told Thomas she was pleased with the arrangements so far. At dusk the ensemble finished playing and was applauded as they left the room. Then Thomas entered and made another announcement “Ladies, you are in for a special treat. I am pleased to present to you the reincarnation of Liberace”. The door burst open and in strode a young man dressed in a gold lame sleeveless jumpsuit. He strode to the piano, sat down and began to play. His fingers were adorned with a number of very large gold and diamond rings from Price’s. The guard at the door never took his eye off the jewellery during the whole performance. As he played his biceps flexed and did not go unnoticed by the now slightly tipsy women.

When he completed his first piece he paused for the applause. While this was happening Justin entered the room dressed in a full-length toga, strode to the piano and indicated to the crowd gathered around the piano to separate. He eased his butt onto the piano lid and sat there for the commencement of the next musical piece. During the performance he stood up on the piano and removed the top half of his toga. The bottom half was held up by a gold braided cord. Justin loosened the cord a little so that one side hung off his right hip and he lowered the other side down to his thigh so that his obliques were revealed. He stood there during the piano performance. At the end of that piece he jumped off the piano and left the room.

Thomas was waiting for him in the green room and said “I have it ready for you” and held up a large rubber band. Justin said “Thanks, we will have to hurry. Stretch it over my shaft and down behind the balls, so it can’t be seen.” Thomas did as requested. ” That’s not tight enough, stretch the band, give it a twist and wrap it around again..... That’s good, now I will need a few strokes to get it up.”

While the boys were busy in the green room the pianist took his applause and then chatted with the guests until he saw Thomas enter the room. He then looked towards the window and announced, “It is now getting darker do you think I could have some more light please ladies?” Thomas was standing on the other side of the room holding a very large candelabra. He walked across and placed it on the piano. Then as he went to retrieve a small tray from a side table, Justin entered the room just wearing the gold braided cord around his waist. The room gasped as he jumped onto the piano and posed for his erection to be appreciated. He then removed the braided cord and tied a loose knot around the base of his cock and balls. He passed one end of the cord to Mrs. Price and the other end to her friend standing on the other side of the piano. He indicated that they should pull the ends of the cord. They did as requested but very gently. Then they heard Thomas say “Tighter ladies.” They pulled until Justin raised his hand for them to stop. As he looked around the room jaws were dropping, and the room was silent and breathless with anticipation. Thomas approached with the tray he had retrieved. On the tray were some candle lighting tapers and an oil lamp with an open flame. Justin walked to the thin end of the Grand piano. Thomas took one of the tapers and inserted it into Justin’s penis, leaving about three inches protruding. He then passed the oil lamp to one of the ladies and whispered in her ear. She lifted up the oil lamp and lit the candle taper. Justin smiled at her, then turned, walked towards the candelabra and lit all but one of the candles. He left the centre, taller candle unlit. He then walked back to the other end of the piano, removed the taper and threw it on Thomas’ tray. He then leaned forward until his hands were touching the top of the piano and flipped his feet up and into a hand stand position. He turned to face Thomas, who again placed a candle taper in his penis and invited another guest to light it. Then standing on his hands Justin walked towards the candelabra and lit the remaining candle. “Thank you ladies.” said the piano player as he hit the keys with his diamond encrusted fingers.

During the performances Thomas had Jared, who was dressed as a waiter wander around the room collecting empty glasses, so that he could be seen by all the guests. His waiters outfit consisted of tight black pants, a black bow tie and a gold, unbuttoned vest so that some of his assets were on display for all of Mrs. Price’s friends to appreciate.

At the end of the piano recital Jared walked towards Mrs. Price with Thomas close behind. Jared asked Mrs. Price if he could get her another drink, but before she could reply, Thomas interrupted and said, “Mrs. Price I would like to introduce you to Jared”.

“Pleased to meet you Jared, would you please get me a glass of champagne?”

“Of course madam; right away”. As Jared walked away, she winked at Thomas and each knew the introduction was complete. Jared returned with the champagne then asked Mrs. Price “May I remove my vest madam?”

“Of course Jared, I think my guests will enjoy that.”

At the end of the evening when Mrs, Price had farewelled her final guest she asked Jared, “Please get a bottle of Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial and bring it up to my private sitting room. Thomas will show you the way”.

On the way upstairs, Thomas asked “Are you nervous?”

“A little, do you suppose this will be an interview or a test drive?”

“Probably a little of both; just be yourself, stay cool and take your signals from her. She is not shy and will let you know what she wants. Oh, go easy on the Moet, don’t want you drunk on the job first night.”

“No problem.”

“Oh, one more thing; I had your bags put in that room at the end of the hall, it will be your room when you are not otherwise engaged. Text me early in the morning, as soon as you wake up. I will take you to breakfast and then we’ll spend the morning showing you around the property. Good luck”.

Thomas spent the rest of the evening supervising the departure of the entertainers and had a special goodbye for Justin and Craig. “Thanks boys for a great job all round. The party was a huge success and Mrs. P was impressed, as were her guests.”

“It was great fun.” said Justin

“Keep us in mind for any more parties you might be planning.” suggested Craig

“I will and I must apologise for not introducing you to Jared, he was the waiter wearing the gold vest.”

“I did notice him but he didn’t seem to do much waiting.”

“That wasn’t really his job here tonight. He is Mrs. P’s new man, so tonight was her way of allowing her friends to see him and assume she met him here. You understand?”

“Oh, I get it.” said Justin as he winked at Thomas.

“Anyway, you’ll meet him some other time”.

The two security guards were picked up by an armoured vehicle for their return trip to the city.

Thomas did not see Jared or Mrs. Price for the rest of the night. By the time he got to his room he was completely exhausted. He barely got his clothes off before he collapsed onto his bed.

***

Thomas was up and showered by seven the next morning. After dressing he went to Jared’s room to see if he was awake, but he was not there and the bed had not been slept in. This was good news to Thomas as it meant Jared had spent the night with Mrs. Price so she must be pleased with him. He left a note in Jared’s room and went down to check if any of the staff had heard from Mrs. Price. She had not ordered breakfast and no one had seen her. Thomas had breakfast in the kitchen and as he left, asked the staff to notify him as soon as anyone heard from Mrs. Price.

After breakfast he went to his office to check for messages and check his diary for the day. Mrs. Price had nothing in her diary but there was a message from her. It was sent at 2.14am and simply said ‘WOW’. Thomas smiled, felt the sense of satisfaction from a job well done and then the rage of jealousy. He thought, ‘what have I done, I sleep with two guys while drunk, I get caught by me lover, I lose him and now I hand him on a platter to my employer’. While he was mentally chastising himself, his phone beeped. It was a text from Jared. One part of him wanted to delete it before even reading it. Another part wanted to follow up and find out what happened overnight.

He let the professional Thomas take over. He read the text which was just Jared telling him he was ready for breakfast. He texted back a message requesting Jared to come to his office. Jared arrived a few minutes later looking fresh and a little too pleased with himself. “What a woman!” exclaimed Jared, even before he greeted Thomas, “And good morning to you also.”

“Sorry, good morning Thomas.”

“So, I gather all went well last night.”

“She is amazing and so adventurous. I’ve never before had a woman that so much wants sex and appreciates what you do for her.”

“Well, I don’t need to hear about that now. Let’s get you some breakfast and then we’ll plan what we need to do today.” Thomas called the kitchen and ordered a full breakfast for Jared and a coffee for himself, to be delivered to his office.

“Now, we have a lot to do today, I have to show you around the house and grounds and introduce you to all the other staff. Then we will check out the old gym and see what needs to be done there. Mrs. P has already given me permission to take it over and order any new equipment I think is necessary. I will issue a notice for the household advising that the gym will be available for anyone and you will be available as a personal trainer.”

“Are you finished with all this business stuff?” asked Jared.

“What do you mean?”

“I’m sensing that you might have a problem with me and the lady. Could it be jealousy?”

“Why would I be jealous? We’re not an item.”

“Just the same, we were and now only a month later I’m sleeping with a woman by your arrangement.”

“OK, I am fuckin’ jealous.”

“Good, some honesty at last, but you knew what we were getting into with this arrangement so now we have to manage it.” Then Carol arrived with the breakfast.

“Thanks Carol,” said Thomas, “Oh, before you go I would like you to meet Jared, he will be working here now as a gym instructor.” he added as he gave Carol a meaningful wink.

“Pleased to meet you Jared, welcome to the house.”

“Thank you Carol pleased to meet you too.” When Carol left, Jared returned to the previous conversation, “Thomas, it is unfortunate that we broke up, but you gave me this job and I wanted the job, so what are we going to do, so we get along, each do our job and more importantly, each keep our jobs.”

“You’re right. I’m still hurting about us, but I have to be the professional that Mrs. P expects me to be and it’s what I expect of myself. Eat your breakfast before it gets cold and I will check out gym equipment suppliers.”

“Thomas, I don’t mean just block it out like that. I mean we have to talk it through and both be happy with this set-up.”

“I know what you mean, but I don’t want to do that now. Let’s just get through this first day and when I’m ready we can talk about it.”

“That’s fine with me. Hey they do a great breakfast here. Are all the meals this good?

“That’s one of the great perks here. The staff meals are the same quality as the Price’s get. They might be a strange couple in some ways, but they do treat the staff just like family. In fact when I told Mrs. P that I wanted to leave a few months back, she said she sees me as the son she didn’t have.”

“That’s sweet of her, but a bit sad too.”

“Yes, I thought that also. But she seems to have accepted her life as it is and makes the most of the opportunities she has.”

“So what’s your plan for the gym?”

“Actually it will be your plan. I want you to design it, equip it and manage it. That way you will be fully occupied when not required by Mrs. P and you can keep in good shape as well.”

“She did notice that already. She said I had a hot bod. Where does a woman her age learn this stuff?”

“She gets around, she talks to the staff and she listens. You know what they say, listen and learn.”

“Nice lady.”

Thomas tapped away at his computer for a while and finally said “Here, Flex... oh I mean Jared.”

“You can still call me your pet name if you want to.”

“But you’re not my pet anymore.”

“OK call it a nickname then.”

“Right...anyway here’s a list of gym equipment suppliers, I‘ll save it for you on my computer. Do you have a computer of your own?”

“No, I just use my phone.”

“Well if you need a computer, for now, just use mine and later we may get you one if you need it. I’ll set you up with a user id on this computer. Come here and put in a password.”

“You can do it for me, let me think, how about....”

“No!” interrupted Thomas, “Let’s keep it professional, and you need your own privacy.”

Jared tapped in his password twice and hit enter. “There it’s done.”

“Good, now I’ll message IT at head office to set you up with a company email account in case you want to use it for business purposes. You will also get staff newsletters on that address.”

“Gee, I’m really part of the company now.”

“If you are finished with that breakfast, can I have that last slice of toast?”

“Sure. Go for it.”

As he munched on the toast Thomas mumbled “Now we go for the tour and when we get to the garage we can have a look at the old gym. Has Mrs P got your mobile number?”

“Not as far as I know.”

“I’ll send it to her now and then we’re free to wander. I think you’ll love the gardens, especially Mrs P’s favourite spot, the wisteria pergola.”

“Ah, that’s the sort of information I need to gather.”

“Yes, as I think of anything along those lines I’ll tell you.”

“I don’t suppose you know anything about her sexual preferences do you?”

“I do, but not now. I’m not ready for that yet.”

“Fair enough, let’s go”.