The Affair

Chapter 18.1 - Gifts for Fallon

Tuesday, July 5, 2022, 6:35am

Over the holiday weekend, Amy and Dylan spent their time together at Dylan's parent's lake house swimming in the lake, riding jet skis, eating barbecue, and watching fireworks out on the boat. Amy had presented herself as Dylan's girlfriend the entire weekend and had immediately become the star amongst his friends and family as they all wanted to talk and get to know Dylan's 'stunning new girlfriend'.  Dylan was humbly surprised by Amy's sassy charm and quick-witted humor as she interacted with, what were to her, complete strangers, and was even impressed that she was able to win over his very hypercritical mother.

While they had spent most of their time having fun, they had also managed to devise a plan to catch William and Fallon in a compromising situation by using a small wifi-enabled security camera that they agreed to set up in William's office. It was now early morning Tuesday, and Amy and Dylan had arrived at the office to facilitate their plan but first they needed a way into William's locked office.  To their luck, they encounter a young building maintenance worker named Pedro and attempt to persuade him to unlock William's office.

Standing outside of William's office, Amy and Dylan plead with Pedro to unlock the door with claims that they needed to enter to obtain a specific file that had accidentally been locked in the office over the long weekend.  As the two made their case, Pedro stood uncomfortable with the idea of going against the building's protocol by opening a locked office for a couple of workers that were not assigned to the room.  Worried that he would get in trouble with his manager, he pushes back against their pleas.

"Guys, I'm sorry!  But I can't open the door for just anybody, okay?  I need to get it approved by your office manager.", Pedro explains.

"No, Pedro, please!  We need to get that file before the workday starts.  If we don't get the document we need, our boss will be furious!". Amy bats her eyes and hits him with a flirty smile. "Please?  Can't you do it just this once?".

Pedro sighs. "I don't know...".

"Come on, man.  Do us a solid this one time.", Dylan interjects, "What can we do for you?  Buy you lunch?  Or how about a gift card?  Bottle of liquor?  What do you think?".

Pedro crosses his arms and tilts his head as he considered Dylan's offer; he understood and sympathized with their predicament, and ultimately felt that there was no harm in letting them inside to gather their materials, but he would be taking on a big risk by breaking the building's rules. 

"Hmm, they seem pretty desperate.", he thinks to himself as he looks over to Amy and examines her body, "I wonder...". 

With a subtle smile, he turns to Amy with a request. "Okay... I'll unlock the door, but on one condition...".

"Oh?", Amy coyly smirks, "And what would that be?".

"My cousin is getting married this Sunday, and I could really use a plus one.  Especially one as beautiful as you, bonita.".

"Hey, whoa, whoa.  Come on now...", Dylan stammers, caught off guard by Pedro's bold request.

"Deal.", Amy agrees, feeling that it was a small price to pay to catch Fallon and William in the act, "You let us in and get what we need, and I'll be your plus one...".

Pedro smiles. "Great!".

"WHAT!?", Dylan responds with wide eyes.

"Give me your phone.", Amy says, extending her hand out.

Pedro hands Amy his phone, and she then texts a message from his phone to hers to show that the number she provided him was indeed hers and not a fake.  With a sly smirk, she holds up her phone to indicate that she had received the message from his phone, thus confirming the authenticity of the number.  Pedro raises his brow at Amy's direct display and smirks as he takes his phone from her.