Chapter 21

GUY

One of the all-time tear-jerking events at Lindsey’s occurred during Guy’s second week working out. He and Gail had just sat down when Selena Altamonte walked into the eating area wearing a men’s style shirt. She had a story amazingly like that of Madison Coulter some time earlier. She was a new arrival that had shared a breakfast table with Guy a few times.

“Can I join you?” she asked in a trembling voice.

A little puzzled at her discomfiture, Guy took her hand and assured her “I’d be delighted, Selena. Have a chair,” and he pulled out the chair on the other side of him from Gail. He had heard Selena’s story, of course, and had felt the same anger at anyone who would treat such a delightful person the way her family had.

“G ... Gail says the way you look at her makes her feels so good,” Selena stammered. “My father just...” She got no farther, and just threw off the shirt, baring herself.

Barely able to see from suddenly flooded eyes, Guy spun out of his chair onto his knees in front of Selena. He took her hands in his and kissed the backs of both of them.

“Selena, this is a privilege I will remember the rest of my life. Thank you for letting me be the first.” Guy knew that Selena had been completely modest since her arrival. Considering her forced nudity before, no one had expected her to ever disrobe.

“I hope this marks a big step in putting your other life behind you,” Guy said as he got up and held the chair for the girl.

Tears streaming down her cheeks, Gail got to her feet and started clapping. The kitchen crew and a few others who had been watching joined in. Seeing Selena about to panic, Gail hugged her tightly until things quieted down.

As they ate, Gail could not resist. “Selena, can I invite Javier for breakfast tomorrow morning?” Poor Selena’s body temperature must have risen five degree to produce the instant all-over flush. Javier was a former resident who was living in a transition apartment. He regularly ate dinner at Lindsey’s and Selena had been very attracted to him.

“I’m not shy, you know,” Selena said firmly. “I spent most of my life naked. It just took a while to, I don’t know, really believe it was my choice. Do you think he’s up and ready for work?”

Gail literally flew from the table, grabbing Selena’s shirt and trying to get it on as she dashed out the door.

“Are you really ready for Javier to see you?” Guy asked gently. “I’m sure that’s where Gail is going.”

“He’s been so good about letting me set the pace. Now that I think about it, I’m sorry he wasn’t the first.”

“Tell you what. Go to your room and we’ll just take him there. How does that sound?” She rewarded him with a quick kiss and tore off almost at Gail’s speed.

Guy addressed everyone loudly “Unless Gail has already told him, Javier is never to know that Selena was out here naked. Agreed?” There was a chorus of agreement. The well-intentioned deception worked perfectly.

Guy was just toweling off from his shower when Caroline grabbed his arm from behind. “I need to talk to you for a minute.”

“Can’t I get dressed while we talk?”

“Guy, I can’t talk to you unless I can see your penis. It’s the rule.”

He was not doing it to be belligerent. He really enjoyed bantering with the brilliant doctor. “OK. Talk.” He went about shaving, glancing occasionally when she did not speak. She couldn’t take it for long and broke into laughter.

Regaining her composure, she put her hand on his ass and told him “I hope you know how much good you did this morning.”

“Well, I was completely shocked,” he admitted. “She is such a sweetie.”

“So, now you have two adopted daughters.”

“Hmmm. Closer to four. Krissy’s two best friends are always around. Their home situations make them almost Lindsey’s candidates.”

“Ahhh. So, they’ve seen the goodies, too?”

Guy stopped in the middle of putting on lotion and turned toward her. “Is it safe for me to answer that?”

“Guy, there is a lot of misunderstanding about what things done in the home are violations. You may not be technically a patient, but my lips are sealed.”

“They cried. I just stopped worrying about it. They’re almost always there when I get home. Sometimes they come over in the evening.”

“Do they strip?”

“They haven’t. Would that be worse?”

“Guy, you must know we don’t consider any of it bad, so there can be no ‘worse’. If they strip, I’m sure you will thrill them just as you have Gail and Selena. At least Ellie’s girls have their grandpa, so they aren’t added to your adopted family.”

After applying deodorant, Guy put on his shirt, fastening only the top two buttons before putting on his tie. Turning toward Caroline, he made sure the front of the shirt was open so his bare lower half was exposed to her.

Instead of laughing at his antics, Caroline got a wistful expression. “In my short marriage, just a few moments like this might have saved it.”

“Maybe you should try again,” he said softly.

“I’ve had those thoughts the last few weeks,” she admitted. “You and Pen and Walt have a lot to do with those thoughts.”

“You must see a lot of good husbands of Rejuve wives.”

“Not as many as you’d think,” she lamented. “I worry about the next generation of men, too. From what today’s teen boys see on TV, their music stars, their sports stars...”

“Their politicians,” Guy added.

“Oooof!” she agreed. “Hey, how’d we get on this downer? Something important for a really nice girl happened this morning. I just wanted to thank you for handling it so well.”

“Do you think Javier is good for her?”

“You should talk to him,” Caroline encouraged. “He’s a young man who decided who he wanted to be like and who he didn’t. Selena couldn’t do any better.”

Guy didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he got a late afternoon call at work from Krissy.

“Daddy, I just wanted you to be prepared. Cammie and Jess will be naked when you get here.”

“What brought this on?”

“Well, I think it was wanting to belong,” Krissy replied.

“Could it be more that they saw how much you enjoyed it?” he teased.

“Da-ad!” Her giggle belied any true irritation. Quickly getting serious, she asked him “Can I bring them up to your bedroom so we can watch you undress?”

“WHAT?”

“Well, Pen let us. You should have seen how they cried. They have been denied so much.”

Playing fair just wasn’t in a teen girl’s playbook, Guy decided. Of course denying his darling wasn’t in his, either. He couldn’t help wondering what Caroline would think about this development.

When he arrived at home and met the girls in the kitchen, the only emotion Guy could muster was sympathy. Cammie and Jess were blushing brightly and could barely stand still. But when he caught their eyes, it almost knocked him over. Awe. Gratitude. Uncertainty. Love. Ooops!.

Both girls were medium height, but he still did not like seeming to tower over them. Grabbing a chair, he turned it so he sat facing them, then held out a hand to each. Holding back uncertainly at first, they finally took his hands.

“I hope you two didn’t feel like you had to undress.”

“Oh, no!” Jess assured him. “Ever since that first day, I’ve wanted to.”

“Why?” he probed.

Before Jess could answer, Cammie declared “I wanted to do something that I knew would make my parents nuts!”

“Cammie, do you really thinks that’s a good reason to expose your body?” he asked gently.

“That’s not the only reason. Not the biggest, even. I hoped somebody would look at my bare body like you and Pen look at Krissy. I’ve always felt like it’s shameful and should be hidden.”

“Shameful? Why would it be?”

“I’ve heard a bunch of Bible verses that supposedly say we should stay covered,” Cammie said angrily.

Almost without thinking, Guy pulled Jess closer and got his arm around her so she would not feel left out as he talked with Cammie. A little hint was all she needed and she instantly wrapped herself around him. He planted a quick kiss on her head before continuing with Cammie.

Deciding not to pursue anything that involved her parents, he said “Cammie, you’ve been naked for what, about two hours? How do you feel now? Are you glad you did it?”

“I love it!”

“Well, I’m glad you do,” Guy encouraged her. “It certainly is a wonderful sight to see all of you - both of you.” He emphasized by squeezing Jess with his arm and squeezing Cammie’s hand.

Cammie had a nice hour glass figure a bit disguised in some extra weight. Her breasts were large and full, with minimal sag. Jess had a more slender, average teen girl figure with a very lovely face.

“How about you, Jess? Why did you do it?”

She had obviously thought about her answer. “All my life, I’ve had to hold things back. Never let on how I feel, what I like, what I don’t like. Never let my ‘family’ know what I was really like.” She said ‘family’ with obvious disgust. “Couldn’t give them any ammunition. For once in my life, I wanted to keep nothing secret. Nothing.” Pulling away from Guy, she dramatically spread her arms and did a slow, graceful three-sixty.

“This is me! All of me! Not hiding anything! No pretending!” Jess held her pose for a moment, then charged back at Guy, hugged herself to him, and started bawling. He was glad he had taken off his suit coat right away. Krissy and Cammie were on her instantly, hugging, stroking and comforting.

Guy was a little surprised. He had always assumed that Cammie would be the most emotional. She proved him right when she broke from comforting Jess and claimed his other side for a hug. Before long, he heard her sniffling.

At urging from both Ginny and Krissy, closeness with the two girls was nothing new. Many times he had sat watching TV with one or both of them snuggled under his arm. It had not happened when he was nude. What if they wanted that with all of them bare?

He had noticed something when Jess did her pirouette, but he decided to wait to ask about it. Now, he had to decide about undressing. Decide? No way would he do anything to disrupt the closeness they seemed starved for. As he stood, Krissy’s little smirk told him she had read his mind.

Taking off his shirt with three girls sitting transfixed made him think of the reverse scenario from just that morning with Caroline. It was definitely a moment when the incredibility, maybe the absurdity of his situation was highlighted.

Not wanting his disrobing to be so much like a strip tease, he decided to address what he had seen on Jess’s thigh. “Jess, how long have you had the bruise?”

“Oh. A week and a half, maybe.”

“I’m assuming it’s from a kick. Your dad or your brother?”

Jess gasped loudly, then hung her head.

“Remember, Jess, nothing hidden.”

“My mother this time. Pointy toed pumps.”

He thought he hid the flash of anger, but all three girls caught it. Gritting his teeth, he snarled “That means the others have had their turns, right?”

“Just my mother and brother. They always get me where it’s hidden under clothes. My father doesn’t abuse me, but he doesn’t try to stop it, either.”

“Don’t the girls notice in the showers at school?”

“No one notices anything about me. I’m one of the invisibles.”

More gritting of teeth. “Would you like to be able to knock them on their ass if they try it again?”

“How could I do that? I can’t afford any training.”

Guy was making this up as he went. “I think I could get someone out here to train all of us. We could clear enough space in the basement. You seem to be free to come over here when you want to.”

“You would do that?”

“Only if you assure me that you will protect yourself with what you learn.”

“Damn right I will! Getting sent to a foster home would probably be an improvement,” Jess growled.

“The only place you would get sent would be right here!” Guy promised. Well, that certainly took care of the strip tease setting. By that time, he had nothing on.

“Do ... do you mean that?” Jess gasped. What Krissy did right then was completely inappropriate by almost any measure, but she definitely had an excuse. She flew at her daddy and plastered herself against him, ignoring their nudity as she babbled through sobs.

Not nearly as able to ignore the bare contact, Guy began to inflate. As he started to panic, he thought about what Caroline would say if he went modest and tried to hide it. Exerting control he did not know he had, he concentrated on comforting his darling. As she moved around, she felt it and pulled away with a quick kiss.

Pen had stayed in his room by agreement, but joined them all for dinner. As they sat down, he told Guy “Dad, I never suspected Mom going to Rejuve would end up with us in our own little paradise, did you?” The girls were almost blushing too hard to throw anything at him. Almost.

As the kids were all cleaning up after dinner, Guy sent an email to Caroline describing what had happened.

It was no surprise that he again had a one-woman audience the next morning at Lindsey’s as he dressed. “Would you really take the one girl in?” Caroline asked.

“You must have seen several girls at Lindsey’s who had the same kind of treatment. Jess has no more status in the family than a pet cat. I think only obligation keeps her fed and clothed. The reason she is so free to be at our house is because they would rather not have her around. And it’s not even a problem of money.”

“I guess if she is Krissy’s friend, she must be a pretty special person. Is she pretty?” Caroline wondered.

Guy described the two girls briefly. “I would take them in because I’m sure they would do everything possible to fit in. It is amazing the character they have after what they have been through.”

“That comment applies to all of Lindsey’s kids,” Caroline assured him.

Guy felt just a twinge of concern from the way Caroline looked at him.

About two weeks after the tour, Julia was waiting at a table at Lindsey’s when Guy came from his shower after working out. “I bumped into Gail this morning,” Julia joked.

“Guy, would you consider yourself knowledgeable about corporate structure and politics?”

“Well, I certainly have had my battles with it,” was all that Guy would admit.

“I have a challenge for you. I would like you to develop a course for the women at Jenny’s. We are trying to prepare them for good jobs that we have lined up. We want them to understand as much as possible about the environment they will be coming into.”

“I’ve never done any teaching, Julia.”

“That doesn’t matter. Oh, we want you to teach the class nude.”

Guy just stared for a while before the grin appeared. “Do I detect Caroline’s hand in this?”

“Yes, but she would never suggest it if there was not a real need. The idea doesn’t seem to frighten you.”

Guy dodged. “Does Ginny know.”

“Of course.” He nodded.

“Julia, the thought almost makes me run to the bathroom. The problem is, Caroline keeps coming up with things that turn out to be just right for me. Let me suggest one change. How would it be if Walt and I did it as a team? Two different companies, different sizes, one public, one private - see the value?”

“Would Walt do that?”

“That’s your job.” Guy could not resist a chuckle. “What I would like to do is run an introductory session very soon. Since I’m not a teacher, I don’t want to decide what the women need to learn. I’d rather ask them and build a course around that.”

“Perfect.”

Thinking for a moment, Guy said “I’ll ask Walt. One way or another, schedule the first one soon. Let’s make it more social than classroom, OK?”

“You’re the professor,” she teased.

“Julia!”

Guy went straight to the Carters’ after work. He described what Julia had asked him to do and that he would like Walt to team with him. He left out the one key part until Walt had asked several questions.

“So you want me to help you teach, what, thirty nude young women, about corporate structure, politics, etc.?”

“Right. Oh, one thing I forgot to mention, Walt - they want us to teach it nude.”

Kathy broke into uncontrollable giggles while Walt stared at Guy, not at all sure he was serious. “Walt, just ask yourself what could possibly phase you after this?” Walt’s response was a long groan.

GUY & WALT

Ben explained to the young moms at Jenny’s about the first visit from Guy and Walt and what the objective was. He went on to explain about Ginny and Ellie and why the men were trying to experience nudity. The women certainly took over from there.

Apparently, there was a generous supply of lipstick around Jenny’s. All of the moms wrote their names in lipstick across their chests. The object seemed to be to get as many letters as possible on their breasts.

When Guy and Walt were escorted into Jenny’s the first time by Jeff and Eric, they were obviously nervous. The devious moms had formed what amounted to a gauntlet, waiting to greet them. Pen did not develop his sneaky humor on his own. Stopping at the head of the line, Guy commented loudly “Walt, aren’t these the best damned name tags you ever saw?”

Walt made them thirty avid fans instantly. Looking down at his crotch, he lifted his penis a little, shook his head dramatically and answered “Afraid that wouldn’t work very well for us, Guy.”

The gauntlet line broke because most of the moms were laughing too hard. The feeling between the moms and the two men got off to a great start, though.

Guy and Walt had met with the psych team beforehand, so they had a plan for the first meeting. Guy started. “All of Transformations is about stories. We are going to hear all of yours, we promise. It just won’t be today. We will tell you about ourselves briefly before we start finding out what subjects would be most helpful to you. Walt, you go ahead.”

Two hours later, Guy complained to Caroline “We have enough questions for a two year college program.”

Caroline had been in the background with Franklin and the Ormonds, so she knew what went on. “I think you could tell from the occasional tears, Guy, that what you teach may not be the most important lessons.”

“I assume those women were regretting the relationships they never had,” he guessed. She nodded.

“More than that, though. These women are fighting some tough odds for finding a husband. What you two did today was help them set the standard for what kind of man they will insist on,” Caroline explained.

“Being naked didn’t seem to bother you two at all,” Caroline changed the subject.

“You could never have convinced me I could acclimate that fast,” Walt admitted. “Of course, with the natural erection protection of age, I have less to worry about than Guy, here.”

“No one here subscribes to the nonsense that nudity is not about sex,” Guy commented. “But I do think that the reasons the women are here kind of, uh, push sex to the background.”

GUY & CILLA

“I’ll bet Aunt Cilla knows a lot about what you’re teaching at Jenny’s,” Krissy commented as Guy was describing the initial session over dinner.