Chapter 5: Lewis Mets Carol

Saturday came quicker that week, having worked an extra day ‘Stock Taking’ on the Sunday. As usual it was a hectic morning which flew past. Lewis returned from the chippy just as Mike was showing the last customer out.

As they sat eating their lunch, Mike told Lewis that he had spoken to his sister the previous evening and she was over the moon because Danny was, as she put it, back to normal. She had said that she knew something was wrong, but it wasn’t until after he had been up here and was his old self again, that she realised how much it had been affecting him, whatever it was. ‘She thinks you’re wonderful for some reason,’ Mike told him with a big grin, but then, so do I.’

‘Seriously,’ he added, ‘I can’t thank you enough for sorting him out, he’s very special to me.’ ‘Lewis smiled at him, ‘Danny said you were his favourite relative too. I’ll tell you all about it when we’ve finished eating.’ He added between mouthfuls.

Once they had finished and cleared away, Mike sat on the end of the settee and Lewis sat beside him. Mike put his arm around him and pulled him close to his side, kissed the top of his head, then said, ‘Right, young man, spill the beans.’

When Lewis told him that Danny had been raped, Mike demanded, ‘Who was it, I’ll kill him.’ Lewis calmed him down saying, ‘Danny has suffered no lasting damage. You’re only being told about it because Danny trusts you handle this how he wants.’

‘Ok,’ Mike said, ‘Let’s hear the story.’ Lewis told him some of the details and how and where it happened. When I realised what had happened and faced him with it, he admitted it then broke down and cried, which was good for him.’ Lewis continued, ‘We worked through it yesterday and as you know, he has dealt with it and is fine now. He didn’t want anyone to know about it, but I told him that I thought you should know so he would always have someone close who knew about it to turn to if I wasn’t around. He agreed but asked me to tell you about it rather than him. He also to asked that you don’t, under any circumstances tell his Mum, plus he would rather not speak about it again, even to you.’

Mike started to speak, but Lewis said, ‘Wait, let me finish first. I told him he should have gone to the police at the time, there would have been plenty of evidence, but that had now gone so it would be his word against Gordon’s. Danny said he was too embarrassed to tell anyone and wouldn’t have even admitted it to me if I hadn’t coaxed it out of him. I told him I could understand that, but he also had to think that what Gordon did to him, he could well have already done to someone previously. If that is so, I told him, if they had taken action, it might not have happened to you. If he gets away with it, he is also likely to do it again to someone else. So, if you don’t want to go to the police, at least let your Uncle Mike go and warn Mr Williams, so that he can warn the rest of his family. If he does, he’ll have to tell Mr Williams what happened, but as it happened in his house, he’s hardly likely to want to tell anyone else.’

‘What did he say,’ Mike asked, still looking angry. ‘Danny told me, I trust Uncle Mike and I can see your point. Then he said that as I had taken all the weight off his shoulders, he would follow my advice, so the answer was yes.’

Lewis handed him a piece of paper, saying, ‘This is the address of Mr Williams, and Gordon is his nephew, but we don’t know his surname.’ Mike took the paper and put it in his wallet, saying, ‘It’s only an hour’s drive, I’ll go over and see him tomorrow.’

‘Just remember,’ Lewis told him, ‘It’s Danny that’s important here, not revenge,’ Mike looked very grim as he said, ‘Oh I will, indeed I will.’ Lewis thought to himself, I wouldn’t like to be in Gordon’s shoes when Mike catches him.

Mike was silent for a while, just sitting with his arm still around Lewis. Then he turned to him and said, ‘Without you no one would have ever known, heaven knows how it might have affected Danny long term. I am forever in your debt.’ He held him tight to him whilst stroking his head. Lewis just sat still, enjoying as he always did, being close to Mike.

After a while, Mike said, ‘Ok, time is moving on, so let’s plan today. Sometime during lunch, Carol my neighbour is going to drop in briefly, just so you can meet.’ Lewis felt excited at the prospect and felt himself stirring a little between his legs. Mike continued, ‘Assuming you both hit it off, she will then come back just after closing time and you two can do your own thing, while I just sit in the corner.’ As an afterthought he suddenly added, ‘I assume you still want to?’

Lewis looked at him incredulous, ‘Of course I do,’ he said, ‘I’ve been dreaming about it all week.’ ‘Just checking,’ Mike grinned, ‘Didn’t really think you would have changed your mind, come closer,’ Lewis twisted round to face him, and Mike put his lips to Lewis’s. They held each other tight and kissed long and hard. Coming up for air, Mike said, ‘Carol’s going to love your kisses.’

Lewis was startled, then he thought to himself, idiot of course you’re going to kiss her. His mind had been so locked on sex that he hadn’t thought about the preliminaries. He was about to ask Mike if there was anything else he hadn’t thought of when they heard a rat-a-tat-tat on the outer door. Mike got up and went to answer it, whilst Lewis sat nervously on the settee.

A few moments later Mike returned, followed by a lady that made his heart skip a beat. Mike had said she was only a couple of years younger than him, so he had expected someone much older looking than she did. He stood up to greet her, thinking how lovely she looked. Carol was only a couple of inches taller than Lewis and had a trim figure. She was wearing slacks and a jumper, the latter showing off two firm medium sized breasts. Plus, she had a lovely smile, which she turned full blast on Lewis.

‘So, this is Lewis,’ she said still smiling at him as she took his hand, ‘Lovely to meet you.’ Lewis couldn’t speak for a moment, then he stammered, ‘You too.’ Carol realised he was nervous and said to Mike, ‘Have you been telling him I’m an ogre?’ Mike laughed, ‘He’s just shy,’ he said, ‘I’m sure you’ll soon put him at his ease.’