Chapter 20

I glanced at the car’s clock. It was now or never. I grabbed the wine and the flowers. I rang the bell and Emily opened the door and waved me in. the smell from the kitchen had my saliva glands working overtime.

“I hope you are hungry, mum has prepared a three-course meal!” Emily said with a grin.

“I am starving love “I replied.

I handed Emily the wine and she kissed me on the cheek, she smelt lovely and looked lovelier. She led me into the living room and offered me a seat. She entered the kitchen and seconds later Louise came into the living room and looked amazing. She had a summer dress on that showed off her legs and a hint of cleavage.

I stood up and stuck my hand out as if to shake hands, but Louise came in for a hug. The feeling of her body pressed into mine felt very good indeed. She held me for a good few seconds before she broke away.

“Thank you for the flowers they look great,” she said with, a smile and she pecked me on the cheek.

“Well thank you for inviting me for lunch!” I replied, “it smells amazing.”

“It won’t be too long; the meat needs another few minutes and then it needs to rest,” she said.

As she said it Emily came in with two glasses of wine. She passed one to me and one to her mother and then she disappeared back into the kitchen. Louise sat down and patted the seat next to her.

“I hope you like beef, I saw a nice joint in the supermarket” she smiled and sipped her wine.

“Yes, I love beef, I don’t eat well at home, it’s hard cooking for one and making sure it’s healthy,” I said and sipped at my wine.

“Well, you look in good shape,” Louise said as she looked me up and down.

“I run every day, at my age keeping the weight off is tough,” I told her.

“Well, it’s working, I wish I could be healthier”.

“You look lovely Louise, “I said, and I was not blowing smoke up her arse, she looked gorgeous. She had that MILF / Sexy librarian look about her.

“You’re a charmer!” she said and slapped my thigh, she didn’t remove her hand. I glanced at her eyes and there was a look there that I knew.

I was tempted to kiss her when we heard Emily calling her into the kitchen. She got up and put her glass on the table. She smiled at me and I knew there and then we would end up in bed at some point.

She knew it...

I knew it...

She left the room and five minutes later Emily came in

“Right come on, the food is about to be served,” she said. I followed her into a very tidy and well-laid-out dining room. There was a round table in the centre of the room.

“Why don’t you sit here,” Emily said as she pulled out a chair and then she walked over to a Welsh dresser and turned on a CD player and I heard Motown coming out of the speakers.

The starter was a mackerel pate, something I had never had before. Louise told me she made it and the fish was freshly caught, she had picked them up at a local farmers market. It was served with toast and the pate had a great flavour.

Emily left the room and she and Louise came in a few seconds later, the table was soon filled with bowls of Vegetables and a platter with roast potatoes. Then came a bowl of mashed potatoes and a platter of meat. It had been sliced and it looked amazing.

They both sat down.

“Tuck in Zak, please,” Louise said.

“It all looks delicious,” I said and smiled at them both.

“We eat in our laps in front of the TV all week, but we like to push the boat out on a Sunday,” Louise told me.

We all tucked in, and I filled the wine glasses. I knew I could only have one or two glasses if I was driving so I sipped mine.

As we ate we talked about the weather, we talked about the tourists and the county. They were both Cornish born and bred, and they told me how things had changed over the last few years.

Once I had cleared my plate Emily put more meat on for me and told me to dig into the veggies.

It was nice just to sit and eat and chat, it was something I had missed over the last few years.

After the main meal, I helped to clear the table and offered to wash up but Louise told me off and said she had a dishwasher and pointed at Emily. We all laughed at that old joke.

Louise and I went back into the dining room and she asked me about my life and I filled her in on all that had happened in my life, from leaving school up to the fight in the park and then the stay in the hospital.

There was a lot I left out, but hey she got the gist of it.