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One in a Billion Chapter Twelve Thursday morning found Jim sleeping till the alarm finally
went off. He turned it off and thought about going back to sleep, but instead
got up and headed to the bathroom for his shower. He noticed the time was When he walked into the restaurant he looked towards his
usual booth and saw Donna sitting there with Jennifer. Jim made his way to the
booth and sat down next to Donna, she was telling Jennifer of the things they
would be discussing at the meeting with the new owner. Jennifer said she was
still amazed that the new owner had gone through all the trouble to review the
records of each employee. She told Donna that either the new owner was a very
good person with a large heart, or he was a very peculiar person and wanted to
know who to get rid of before even seeing them. She quickly added that maybe
that was what the meeting was going to be, a housecleaning so to speak. Donna told her she didn’t think it would be,
but anything was possible. Jim agreed with Donna that he thought the meeting wouldn’t
be a housecleaning, but might be more of a way for everyone to voice their
opinions about things that needed changing and ideas they had to make the
factory a better place to work. He then told Jennifer that he figured the new
owner was pretty much a smart person for he had told Mrs. Wilcox to let her
move into the company apartment and use the company car due to her fire and he
even gave her personal time off with pay. Jennifer agreed he must be a very
smart man indeed, for she actually thought Mrs. Wilcox would have fired her if
he hadn’t intervened. Donna said she figured she would have been fired also
except now Mrs. Wilcox wanted to be her friend, even if it was to only find out
what the new owner was up to. Everyone started leaving the restaurant and headed to the
factory. As they entered the factory they noticed there were envelopes stuck in
with their time cards. Each person took theirs out and read it. Jim did the
same so as to not draw any extra attention. Donna opened hers and read it too.
She looked at Jim and just smiled as she read it. She knew he had been the one
that sent the letter to Mrs. Wilcox and had told her to put them with the time
cards. Jim looked at the other workers and listened to
their comments about the meeting. Most seemed happy to attend, but there were a
few that seemed afraid it might be a way for them to get fired. Some even
stated that if anyone didn’t attend, they would probably be fired a few days
later or as soon as new hands could be hired. Jim hoped that kind of talk
wouldn’t turn many away from attending. Then he had an idea that might get a
few more to attend and since they had about eight minutes before work started
he decided to try and set it up. He ran outside after excusing himself and made
a dash for his van. Once at the van he grabbed his cell phone and called Rick
at the dealership where he had bought Donna’s minivan. He told Rick his plans
and Rick assured him he would take care of it and not let anyone know who was
behind it. Jim told him how he wanted everything to happen and Rick said he
would handle to those exact instructions. He then ran back to the factory to
start work. Before the morning break buzzer rang, there came an announcement
over the PA system. Mrs. Wilcox was telling the employees that she had just
received a notice from the local dealership that the new owner had bought a
brand new minivan to be given away at the meeting this evening as a door prize.
Everyone employee entering the meeting would be given a number and then there
would be a drawing done to see who would win the new minivan. This brought
cheers from the employees and some that had been a little against going started
talking of how nice it would be for them to drive their new minivan to work on
Friday. Jim had succeeded he thought in getting almost all employees to the
meeting. When the break buzzer rang, Jim motioned for Donna to come
to his area in shipping. Once there he told her he wanted to speak to her
alone, so he led her into the shipping office. Everyone else had gone to the
break room and so they were alone for at least twenty minutes. Jim hugged her
and kissed her deeply. He ran his hands gently yet firmly over her back and
down to her rear. He squeezed her rear and pulled her close to him, mashing her
against his now rigid manhood. He whispered in her ear that he didn’t know how
much longer he would be able to make himself wait before giving in to her and
making passionate love to her. She was breathing hard also and as she spoke she
stuttered from sheer passion, she told him she wasn’t holding back and he could
have her anytime he wanted her. This almost drove Jim over the edge. For a few seconds he
thought of undressing her right there and using his tongue to caress every inch
of her body, then slowly making passionate love to her till neither of them
would have the energy to do it longer. He was slowly caressing her breast
through he blouse and she was actually panting for breathe as she was building
towards a climax. He then reminded himself how awkward it would look later if
the new owner was caught making out with a woman employee in the shipping
office. He told her he was sorry for teasing her, but he had lost control of
himself and hoped she would understand. Donna looked him in the eye and then
before saying anything she leaned in and kissed him very deeply and more
passionately then he thought was possible. When they
broke from the kiss they straightened their clothing and their hair and left
the shipping office. Both said that they need to go to the restroom as they
neared the break room. Donna laughed when they both said the same thing at the
same time and Jim just smiled and hurried into the men’s room. When he returned
a few minutes later, he saw Donna was just then coming out of the ladies room
as well. They kissed briefly as the buzzer to return to work rang and the other
workers came out of the break room. The two of them walked hand in hand back to
Donna’s area and then kissed quickly as Jim headed back to the shipping area. Donna
though of how much she needed to be loved by a gentle man such as Jim and how
long it had been since she had even been with any man at all. She hoped maybe
Jim would let his ways go and decide to give in to her soon, for she didn’t
know how long she could hold out before simply ripping his clothes off and
actually raping him. She knew she didn’t look all that great and was still
amazed that Jim would want her as bad as he showed her he did. She stood only 5
foot and 4 inches and weighed close to 132 pounds. She was very well endowed in
the breast area and her rear had a nice padding to it, she wasn’t fat just a
little plumper then she would like to have been. She thought of Jennifer and
how she looked, she was about 5 foot 6 inches tall and weighed probably only
about 110 pounds. Jennifer also was well endowed in the breast area but her
rear was trim and pert, and her clothes always fit like a glove. Donna’s
clothes either looked like she was poured into them or hung baggy in certain
areas. Why in the
world Jim would pick her over Jennifer or the other younger better looking women
in the factory, was a mystery to her, but she was glad he had. She let thoughts
of Jim and her making passionate love run through her mind and was almost too
deep into her thoughts to hear PA system again just before lunch. She finally
brought herself back to reality as she heard Mrs. Wilcox announce that everyone
that planned to attend the meeting this evening could leave early so as to have
enough time to get ready. This way she stated they could get their spouses and
children ready in plenty of time so as not to be late. Mrs. Wilcox
said the factory would close one hour early today. So everyone could leave at When the lunch buzzer rang, Jim caught up with Donna before
she reached the time clock and asked if she wanted to ride with him to lunch.
She told him yes and silently thought of how nice it was just to be near him.
They headed out to the parking lot and after getting into Jim’s van they drove
to the restaurant. Just before they got out Jim handed Donna some papers, and
asked her to read over them while eating lunch. He explained they were his
introduction speech for tonight and asked if she thought maybe Jennifer would
do the honors of reading them aloud to all at the meeting. Donna said she
probably would and as they sat down at their regular booth she started reading.
When the waitress came, she just said the usual and went back to reading. Donna had read the introduction completely through before
saying anything at all. When she finished she turned to Jim and said if this
didn’t do it, nothing ever would. She told him it was one of the best
introductions she had ever heard and asked how he was going to be at the meting
and still be able to enter after the introduction was read. He told her he was
planning on slipping out after the introduction started and come in the side
door so he would be standing behind the curtain in which Jennifer would be in
front of making his introduction. She thought it was a grand idea and kissed
him, then began to eat her lunch. As she was about half way through her lunch
Jennifer walked in and came over to their booth. She told Donna she had taken care of all the things she had
requested for this evening and wanted to know if there was anything else she
needed done. Donna smiled and asked her how she would like to be the one that
introduces the new owner. Jennifer almost fainted, and told her it would truly
be an honor for her to do it. Donna showed her the papers and told her she
could read them tonight just as they were written by the new owner himself. Donna
also told her there was some stuff in them she couldn’t mention until the
meeting and she would hear it as the other employees would. At five minutes before When the workers left the factory, Donna went to her van and
Jim to his. Jim headed to his motel room for a shower and change of clothes so
he would be ready for the meeting. Donna went to her house to also get ready
and she called Jennifer to see if she was also going to be ready. Jennifer
asked Donna if it would be ok for her to have Donna come by and pick her up on
her way to the meting, she said she felt funny about driving the company car to
it with so many being there someone might bump into it or something. Donna told
her it would be ok and she would pick her up at 5 so they would have enough
time to get everything setup. Donna and Jennifer arrived at the restaurant just after Jim left his motel room and arrived at the restaurant at 5
minutes till 6. He did this so he would hopefully get to stand at the back of
the dining room or sit at the back of it. It worked just that way, there at a
table just inside the door of the dining room sat Donna’s two kids. He saw
Jennifer and Donna up near the podium and as his watched chimed to let him know
it was now Hello everyone, I am
glad to see that so many could make it. For those of you that don’t know me, I
am Jennifer Barker and I would like to introduce you to James Albert Davies,
the new owner of our factory. I have been asked to read you a letter from Mr.
Davies before he makes his entrance, so without any interruptions I will begin
now. To my employees, I
would like to say that after reviewing each and every one of my employees in
their work place and seeing just how they act towards each other, I can say I
am a very proud to be the owner and employer of everyone here. I have asked
others to help me by getting some suggestions from you as to what would make
the factory better and the work conditions better. I have reviewed these as
well and will discuss them after we meet. Just to put everyone’s mind at ease,
their will be no discharges of employees except in management unless someone
changes the way they have been working. Of course after meeting me you may all
decide to fire me though. I would like to take
this time to thank several for helping out with my evaluations and other tasks
that have come up recently. I would like to especially thank the one reading
this, Jennifer Barker, your plant supervisor effective immediately and your
knew assistant plant supervisor, Donna Clifton. I would also like to announce
that there will be a retirement party for Janet Wilcox here at this restaurant
on Sunday afternoon at Most of you may not
realize it, but you are very lucky to have already met me at one time or
another. I am a different kind of person then most would think a factory owner
or a billionaire to be. I like to be thought of as a regular person that is
kind hearted and helping and one that will only ask others to do what I myself
have done or can do. I do not like to make rash decisions concerning anything
in life because life is a long time to live with the consequences. I have done
some things in my life I am not very proud of, but done them for the betterment
of others as well as myself. I am going to
explain something to you about myself and believe you will agree with my
actions. When I inherited your factory, I was strongly advised to sell it
immediately by the attorneys that handled the transaction. I just couldn’t
bring myself to sell it without finding how what type of people were relying on
it for income, and also how good of people in general the employees were. I
decided to check into it personally, however most people when they meet the
boss or owner are always on their best behavior. I know I always was back when
I had to work long hours to make ends meet. So I decided to do something that
some might think was a little strange or misleading. I came to your factory
undercover some time back and have not only been watching the way things were
done, but also interacting with every one of you. Yes I guess you could say I
was a spy but to insure the best work conditions for my employees and to be
able to make justified trustworthy decisions about the factory, I needed to get
my information first hand and without the all famous brown nosing factor being
present. I apologize to you
if you feel I treated you wrong by doing this and I can only hope you will
forgive me as we – yes we – continue to build a better workplace at our – yes
our – factory. I am using the terms we and our, because I have decided to sell
the factory and also keep it. By this I mean I am going to sell up to 40 % of
the stock in it to you the employees, and you will have a say in matters as
well as reap part of the profits from it every year also. I am not much on
unions, but I do believe in profit sharing and letting the employees have a
voice in actions that concern them, and anything done at the factory concerns
you, the workers. There will be some papers passed out after we meet that
explains this in further detail. That is all I have to say for now. Thank you. Now without further
a due, I hope you all will join me in welcoming our new owner James Albert Davies
a.k.a. Jim Davis. As Jennifer made the last statement everyone stood and
applauded as Jim walked from behind the curtain. Donna was standing to one side
of the podium and she was smiling as big as she could and was clapping louder
then anyone else. Jennifer was in tears as she realized Jim was the owner and
also the one that had helped her so much already and now had just made her the
plant supervisor. Jim walked up and gave Jennifer a polite hug and a gentle
polite kiss on the cheek. Then he turned to Donna and welcomed her with open
arms. As she stood at his side, he tapped the mic a couple of times to get
everyone’s attention and then proceeded to speak into it. He told them that if
there was anyone there that felt he deceived them in an unforgiving way, to
please speak up now, for he wanted to make sure he could still count them all
as friends before continuing. No one responded. Jim looked around the room and
noticed that every eye there was on him. He spoke again
telling them of how much he had wanted to let them all know a week ago who he
was, but decided it wasn’t time yet. He
told them he had seen how they all worked together to help each other no matter
what they were up against, and he hoped this would continue and he wanted very
much to remain a part of it also. He said that no matter what happened to any
one of them, he was only a phone call away and they would have his private cell
number in the packets that Donna and Jennifer were handing out now. There
should never be a time in a factory workers life when they are afraid or
ashamed to go to work at the factory, he told them, and I want to make sure
that time never has a chance to come to our factory. With decisions that are
voted on and discussed by all the workers, instead of being made by one person,
I truly think the factory can become an even more enjoyable workplace and more
productive at the same time. As the meeting went on, Jim explained to the workers of
what their benefits would be with the profit sharing and stock holding options.
He also asked several times for those that had written ideas to please join him
at the podium. Each time he would have them read their idea to the rest of the
workers and then he asked for a show of hands vote on each idea. By the time
the business had been taken care of and they were all sitting down to their
meal, everyone was happy with what had taken place. Jim joined Donna and her
two kids and Jennifer and her babysitter and son at the main table. He made
sure that before beginning his meal that he told everyone to enjoy the meal and
if they left hungry it was their own fault. A lot of the workers commented on
his good sense of humor and most shook his hand as they came by the table on
their way to the buffet bars. After the meal, Jim stood and asked Chrissy if she would
reach into the bucket he was holding above her and pull out one number. She did
and then he asked Jennifer to announce the number so the winner of the new
minivan could come forward. Jennifer looked at the number and walked to the
podium so she could use the mic to announce it. She called out the number 32
and everyone looked at their numbers and then looked around to see who had it.
Jennifer called out the number again and then looked at Jim and Donna with a
questioning expression. About that time an older like man stood up and said he
thought he had the number but wasn’t sure. Jim saw the man was, Bill Randalls. He was one of lift
drivers from receiving. Jim walked over to him and asked to see his number, it
was 32. Jim told him congratulations and walked with him to the podium to get the
title and keys to the new minivan. Bill whispered to Jim as they asked him to
sign the title that he couldn’t read or write. Jim spoke up and told him so
everyone could hear it that he need not worry about forgetting his glasses that
he would help him sign the title. Everyone cheered for Bill getting the van.
After the Bill had the title and the keys, he thanked Jim and that is when Jim
told him he would speak to him later about his secret. Jim then told them that
he figured it might be time for everyone to head home and get some rest for if
he remembered correctly they all had to work the next morning. Jim then made
his way to the door and he shook everyone’s hand as they left. Jim saw Donna
and Jennifer were the last ones to leave. They both thanked him fro all he had
done and Donna hugged and kissed him and asked if he was coming by or going
straight to the motel. He apologized for being so tired and said he was going
to the motel. They left the restaurant heading in their separate directions. When he arrived at his motel room, Jim felt very good about
the meeting and decided all would be ok. He showered and dressed for bed, and
then he turned out his light and closed his eyes to go to sleep. He was really
tired and need the sleep which came to him quickly. |
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