Chapter 3: A Weekend of Secrets

Lewis got a text on Tuesday evening. It was short and brief. ‘Secondment notice sent today for next Monday. Edward’ Lewis returned a thumbs up.

A few weeks earlier Peter had stood in for Lewis at the shop. Lewis and Ella had been invited for the weekend to John’s engagement party. John had an engineering factory and Lewis had met him after he saved his longboat from sinking in the canal a while ago.

It had been a result of a session with Lewis that John had altered his hectic business schedule to have some free time. Taking up some hobbies, he had met his girlfriend who was now to be his fiancé.

The weekend was to be held at the hotel near to John’s home and would consist of eight couples and Johns Mum, all staying overnight. Ella’s mum Julie had driven them over. After saying goodbye to Julie outside the hotel, they went and checked in.

In their room, they unpacked, then of course there was only one thing they could possibly do. They stripped off, got on the bed and made love. Enjoying the luxury of a bed and knowing they would be spending the whole night together later, made it extra special.

Afterwards they fell asleep in each other’s arms. Wakened half an hour later, they enjoyed finding each other’s head on the pillow beside them.

Resisting the urge for a repeat performance, they took turns in the shower, then putting casual clothes back on, went for a stroll.

It was a nice day, so Lewis took Ella to see John’s factory. She was impressed at its size. ‘So, is that where you have a job offer?’ Ella asked. ‘Yes,’ Lewis told her, ‘And although I still haven’t made my mind up, I think I would be happy working there.’

They wandered around the area and ended up back at the hotel in time to get changed. With the invite to the weekend, John had sent instructions for Lewis and Ella to go to a large clothing outfitter in town and get kitted out. ‘Book it to my account,’ he told him, ‘For services rendered,’ he added with a smiley face. ‘I’ve told them to expect you.’

Lewis looked very smart in his first dinner suit, whilst Ella looked stunning in her new dress. They went down to the private dining room where they found John and his fiancé greeting arrivals. John greeted them both warmly, then introduced them to Cheryl his fiancé.

They both thought she was lovely. ‘So, this is Lewis?’ she said when they were introduced. ‘I’ve heard so much about you.’ she told him. ‘Oh dear.’ Lewis said with a grin. They moved further into the room. They got a drink off a passing waiter and some trays of canapes were circulating.

Spotting them coming in, an older couple came over and introduced themselves. ‘I’m Edward,’ he said shaking hands, ‘A friend of Johns. This is my wife, Phyllis.’ They stood chatting, Edward asked Lewis if he had decided what his career would be. They chatted through some of the possibilities whilst Phyllis chatted to Ella.

Then John came over with an elderly lady and introduced her as his mother. Cheryl waved another couple over to join them, ‘This is my mum and dad.’ she said. They were looking a little out of place, so Ella and Lewis chatted to them for a while.

Soon it was time to go to the table, All the seats had place names. Lewis spotted one strange inconsistency right away. Although there were eight couples and one extra women, he was sat next to Edward. Phyllis had a man next to her, but Ella had Cheryl on her other side. The rest of the table was the normal man woman man woman apart from John’s mum who sat between John and another woman. So in effect he and Ella were the wrong way round.

During the lovely meal, Lewis found that Ella was often engaged in conversation with Cheryl. Whilst Edward always seemed to have something to say to him. When Lewis asked him what he did for a living he just said he was something insignificant in the city.

The evening was enjoyable, long and leisurely. During the course of the meal Lewis found himself telling Edward his opinion on all sorts of events of the day and how he thought various government departments should deal with them.

By the time they were having desert they were having a discussion on the state of the police and what Lewis thought about undercover units. Lewis had already decided he was being interrogated in some way although he couldn’t fathom why.

Then he remembered something John had told him when he counselled him, about being checked out for MI5. Surely not he thought, but then John had still been at school when it happened to him.

Without changing his demeanour in any way, Lewis studied Edward in more detail. He had noticed a couple of times Edward had made an unusual movement across his chest. He had only half noticed it twice up to now, so he kept an eye out for it.

Then as the waiters cleared the desert dishes, he spotted it again. This time he saw it clearly as he was watching out for it, although he made sure he wasn’t seen to be looking. Edward had put the heel of his left hand on his chest just to the right of his breastbone. Then with it still touching his chest he had pushed it further to the right a couple of inches.

It only took a second and had he not been both observant and looking for it, he probably wouldn’t have noticed it. As his hand slid across Lewis spotted a slight bulge in his dinner jacket which disappeared as whatever it was, was moved back into place.

From its location, Lewis’s immediate thought was that he was carrying a weapon. But why would someone come to an engagement party carrying a concealed weapon. He decided to plant a thought. ‘Going back to our discussion about undercover police units,’ Lewis said, ‘I have done some work with a couple of local policemen.’

‘My reading of them is that they are as honest as the day is long and would uphold the law with their dying breath. But they also have a keen brain and are prepared to use unofficial sources and methods to get evidence when they are convinced of guilt. But let me make it quite clear though,’ Lewis added, ‘I know that neither of them would do bad things like planting evidence.’

‘Now, if I could recommend them for a special unit I wouldn’t hesitate.’ ‘How are you involved with the police?’ Edward asked, showing interest. ‘I do a lot of voluntary counselling,’ Lewis said. ‘With their help a number of rapists are now locked up. Partly because I could do a few things they couldn’t do to get evidence and partly because they were prepared to hold back until I had the evidence.’

‘They sound like the right sort of bobby,’ Edward said, ‘I have a friend in the police, I could pass a recommendation on if you like.’ Lewis grinned at him. ‘Sorry, I couldn’t do that,’ he said, ‘I might end up getting them sacked.’

‘Sad, really,’ Lewis added, ‘Their finest attribute can’t be officially recognised without risking their jobs. It’s such a waste. Mind you at least I’ll still be able to call on them.’

In the interim cheese and biscuits, port and coffees had been served. Then as people got up from the table everyone mingled and chatted. Moving over to chat to John, Lewis waited until Ella was chatting to Cheryl and said quietly, ‘I think your friend Edward is carrying a weapon.’

John grinned at him. ‘It wouldn’t surprise me in the least,’ he said. ‘Nor that you’re probably the only person in the room that would spot it. Have you noticed anything else?’ Lewis glanced at Ella to see that she was still chatting to Cheryl. ‘Well, there’s the unusual seating arrangement,’ Lewis said grinning, ‘Plus the evenings conversation made me think instantly of a film I once saw where MI5 were sounding someone out.’

John supressed a laugh. ‘You have no idea how much I’m going to love telling him that,’ he said. ‘I think he might want a chat with you in the morning. I’ll suggest Cheryl takes Ella to show her our new house after breakfast if it’s ok with you.’ ‘Sure.’ Lewis said.

Lewis retuned to Ella’s side. ‘Together at last,’ he said to her. ‘It’s been a lovely evening,’ she said, ‘Cheryl and I are getting along really well. Anyway, the best part of all lies ahead, we have a whole night together.’

They said goodnight to John and Cheryl and headed for their room.

Once inside they stripped off their posh outer gear then went into each other’s arms. As they kissed, they were both looking forward, not just to making love in comfort but being able to fall asleep together.

After a long kiss they undressed each other one item at a time. Lewis undid Ella’s bra and took it off. After his usual admiring look at her breasts, he leaned forward and kissed them. Then Ella knelt in front of him and took hold of his shorts.

Lewis was already growing in anticipation so before Ella pulled his shorts down, he slid a hand down the front and held his cock back against himself. Ella pulled them down and helped him step out of them. Then as Lewis took his hand away, she watched it spring out and wave about.

Taking hold of it, she kissed it then stood up. Pulling her panties off she took Lewis’s hand and led him over to the bed. They lay on top of the bed, side by side facing each other. After gazing happily at each other for a while, they wriggled closer and put their arms around each other.

Lewis’s cock was lying against Ella’s abdomen and throbbing happily. Ella’s breasts were against his chest. They were both in heaven. They kissed from time to time. Every now and again one of them would move a hand and caress the other somewhere erotic.

Then Ella could wait no longer. She turned on her back, smiled at him and said, ‘Now!’

Lewis smiled at her and got up on his hands and knees. He kissed her breasts then moved round between her legs. Sitting back on his heels his cock stuck out hard in front of him. Ella looked at it as it pointed straight at her and felt her usual lovely feeling of anticipation.

Still sitting back on his heels, he opened a condom. Ella watched happily as he slid it on, then moved down on top of her. Lying flat on her, his cock squashed between them, they kissed. Then Lewis lifted his hips up so his tip dropped down.

As he lowered himself slowly down, his tip found Ella’s opening on its own. It was already wet with excitement, so it slid in immediately. Then as he lowered himself down it buried itself deep inside her in one smooth easy motion.

Ella loved the feeling of that initial penetration. Once he was in as deep as he could go, she wrapped her arms and legs around him and squeezed as if to drive him in deeper.