Chapter 13: Desires

Gulping, I knew I'd have to face her eventually if she was calling to confront me about that. At least if I answered it now, I had Zach for emotional support.

‎I took in a breath of courage and answered the call before placing it on loud speaker.

‎"Hey," I greeted, trying to sound as casual as possible.

‎"Hey, baby," she greeted back, sounding perfectly happy. I relaxed at the sound. "How's everything going?"

‎"Great," I responded, probably a little too enthusiastically. "Zach's here too."

‎"Hey Jane," Zach called out sweetly.

‎"Hey handsome," was her reply. "You two behaving yourselves?"

‎"Yes, Mum," I answered with a jokingly sigh. Plot twist, I wasn't being sarcastic - she actually was my Mother. Crazy, huh?

‎ "Mm, why don't I believe you?" She laughed lovingly. "Anyway I got to make this quick since I'm on your work phone..." she trailed off pointedly.

‎Hint taken. "You know I don't use my other phone much," I replied with a slight shrug while Zach laughed under his breath.

‎"Anyway." I could hear her smile. "I've been talking to a website designer

‎Me and Zach raised our eyebrows at each other.

‎"Really?" I questioned, wondering why all of a sudden she's interested in taking our small business online.

‎"Yes," she confirmed. "You see, I'm thinking of hiring some more guys and girls but before I can do that, I need to make sure we're going to have the customers. Jerry says we could gain twice the amount of callers simply by creating a snazzy webpage. How rad is that?"

‎Damn I hate it when my Mum tried to sound 'hip'. It didn't help that Zach found it hilarious. I glared at him. "Sounds great, Mum."

‎"There's more," she added more cautiously this time. "He thinks it would be a good idea if we set up a profile for each of our employees. Let the callers find the operator which suits their needs the best."

‎"That's probably a good idea."

‎Zach spoke up next. "Does this mean I get to write my own bio?" He questioned excitedly.

‎"Yes, if you want. Or I can find someone to write it for you," Jane let us know.

‎How's this sound; incredibly good looking man with a bigger than average penis size who enjoys a good bum, long walks on the beach, and has a serious fetish for hair pulling?" Zach suggested.

‎I cracked up. "You're so bloody ridiculous sometimes."

‎Jane laughed just as hard. "Oh, I do love you Zach."

‎Zach grinned. "I love you too."

‎"And while that was very good, you won't have to add a description of your looks if you don't want to..." she trailed off, sounding unsure and I furrowed my eyebrows. "...There's always the option of having a photo shoot done so the callers can see exactly what they're getting."

‎Immediately I hated the idea. No way in hell was I posing in front of a camera. No way was I going to reveal my identity. No way in hell.

‎"... Of course you don't have to," she added when neither of us speak. "It's up to you. I don't want either of you doing anything you're uncomfortable with. I understand that this isn't what you signed up for."

‎I knew my Mum would never have forced us but hearing the words made me relax somewhat. "I won't be doing it," I let her know because I knew I didn't even need to think on it. "It's just not my thing."

‎"No need to explain," she replied, fine with my decision. "How about you, Zach?" She asked next. "I need to know who else to book in." Zach looked thoughtful. "I might. I'll need to think about it first." He frowned slightly before adding. "You said you need to know who else to book in.

‎Who said yes? Have you hired someone new?"

‎Huh, good point. I hadn't caught that. We shared a confused look.

‎"No, actually," she replied happily. "I'm booking myself in."

‎My eye went wide. I knew my mother wasn't like other mum's considering the whole phone sex thing but I never expected her to go this far. Of course, I didn't judge her for it. She was her own woman and I'd defend her to my grave. I was just shocked at the sudden revelation. "Wow, that's...uh, wow." I stumbled over my words.

‎"Yep," she says shamelessly. "I figured, why not? It'll bring me more callers and I get to feel sexy. It's a win-win."

‎Zach grinned cheekily. "And you never know, the photographer might be cute."

‎When my Mother laughed this time, it sounded similar to a Witches cackle. "Oh, sweetie, I made sure he was.

‎" Zach giggled with a snort and mouthed to me, 'I love your Mum.'

‎I smiled in response, thinking about how much I loved her too. She was an amazing woman who brought me up with love and respect. I didn't have a father growing up but she was more than enough

‎"Anyway," my Mum started. "I should get going. We've all got jobs to get to." As if proving her point, I heard her work phone go off. "I'll speak to you darlings later. I love you both." She blew a kiss down the line.

‎"Love you too," me and Zach said in unison, blowing our own noisy kisses. When we were finished, I hung up the phone and glanced at Zach.

‎"You really thinking about having your pictures taken?" I asked curiously. I honestly wasn't surprised. It was definitely something Zach would do.

‎"Yeah," Zach shrugged. "I'd always thought about being a model. What'd you think?" He gave me a dramatic pout and batted his eyes. I laughed.

‎"Very good." I nodded approvingly. My phone rang again and I looked at the screen. Darren, a customer. "Got to take this," I told Zach, shifting to the edge of the bed before standing up. I gave him a wave before I answered the phone. "Hey there."