Chapter 5

The morning after the neighbor’s soiree, I was out front, trimming an unruly shrub. Charles, dressed for the office, appeared and headed for his car.

“Thanks, Charles.”

He started at my sudden call and changed direction. With hands thrust into pockets, he halted near me. His brow furrowed as he scanned their empty driveway. The red sportster with my sexy pool partners was no longer there.

“I ... appreciate you coming over.” His lips pursed. “Uh, you made quite the impression, and ... Well, the girls also enjoyed your company. Saw you with them.”

My heart skipped a few beats. Had he noticed what was going on with his hungry daughter and her friend? When a smile slid across his face, the thumping in my chest steadied.

“Hmm, really?” I said.

“Yes. Not sure why they came home for it, but ... Figured they’d be bored out of their minds.” His grin widened. “Also, never got to thank you.”

“For what?”

“For saving them and Mandy from the snake.

“No problem. Not that big a deal. From the screams, I thought they were getting mauled by a lion.”

Charles chuckled again. “They’re both a bit high-strung. So’s my wife.”

Nope, made no comment, and he left for another day of corporate goodness.

The next neighborhood event was mine. The anniversary of ... Well, it’d been a much longer time since my joining the organization, but few were aware of that little detail.

While we rarely celebrated such things, it was summer, and I had a pool ... Let’s leave it as an excuse to get the local teams and their families together for some good old-fashioned fun.

Of course, I invited Charles and Mandy. But he paled, shuffling his feet when I told him about it. Tremors shook his fingers when I explained who’d be attending. Though I added a smile, he kept shaking.

“Look, don’t worry,” I said. “These are some of the best folks you’ll ever meet. Trust me. They’re cool. It’ll be a good time.”

“Okay,” he replied after gazing deep into my hopefully warm eyes. At least the shakes stopped. “I’ll talk to Mandy, and we’ll see.”

“Fair enough. I’d like to repay the favor.” After starting to turn away, I halted and flashed a wider grin. “Or, if you don’t, just holler if we get too rowdy.”

On the day of the party, the sun’s heat was relentless, beating down from a cloudless, picture-perfect blue sky. The pool was glittering azure glass. A few guys appeared early to set-up grills and smokers. Around the back deck, gray wisps soon swirled, carrying mouth-watering aromas of grilling food. As always, the talented cooks had brewed up a marvelous multi-cultural mélange of well-seasoned munchies.

Once the rest arrived bearing party supplies and covered dishes, the lie-swapping and jokes began. The clinking of beer bottles and wine glasses added to a mixture of musical genres from outdoor speakers.

The afternoon flew by until the sun’s final rays slid away over the trees. Had a good buzz going as the gathering broke up and the talented chefs packed up their grills. While a few guests continued to party, a much louder yawn than expected tore from me as I settled into an open seat in the hot tub. Another spot was being shared by an amorous couple. A second held a young guy leaning out of the bubbles to talk with a pair of headquarters types on the deck.

Just then, one of my oldest and dearest buddies, Gary, popped into view. On a muscled arm clung his wife, the delightful and amazing Lucy. Around her toned figure swirled a sheer, thigh-length cover-up. Always gleaming, her mocha-colored, sleek form was a sharp contrast to the deep ebony over his mountain of muscles. Jesus, she was hot ... smoking hot.

A cheek-aching smile slipped onto me. As soon as I waved and called out, they headed my way. As usual, the divine creature returned my grin.

He also smiled, both at my wave and my obvious inspection of Lucy. While they veered closer, he squeezed her tighter, and she giggled. Beer stuck in my throat when the translucent cloud dropped away to reveal black swimwear that was no more than the world’s tiniest triangles and thinnest strings. An ample, firm bosom and curvaceous form were on full display.

“Told you he’d appreciate my new suit,” she said, nudging Gary in the ribs.

Her husband chuckled. “Appreciate it?” He clambered into the jets opposite me. “He just wants to fuck the shit out of what’s inside. Ain’t that right, sir?”

“Now, I’d be a bald-faced liar if I didn’t say yes to that,” I replied, extending my hand to help his wife into the tub.

After crumpling into my embrace, she gave me a warm hug. Even as my hands pressed her spine, full lips found my mouth, followed by a hungry tongue.

“She’s missed you something awful, sir.”

“Quit it with the ‘sir’ crap,” I growled after tugging clear of his wife’s chasing mouth. “I’m retired, and your sexy wife is groping the shit out of me. Again.”

While releasing a deep guffaw, he stretched out in the sudsy whirls. Bright white teeth flashed in the fast-dimming twilight. Oh, and I’d not been lying. Within a millisecond of Lucy’s landing, sharp-nails had stripped away my trunks. Both fists were roaming along my swelling rod. Not to be outdone, my fingers found the minuscule bikini bottom. After yanking it from the giggling vixen, I tossed it toward Gary. He caught it with an even deeper chuckle.

The other couple left the tub and disappeared into the gloom. So did the other guy, leaving the three of us alone.

Dark eyes twinkling, Lucy rose to give my digits more access. As they sank into her, she unleashed a deep moan into our kiss. While tight, sloppy heat clamped my fingers, my other hand peeled the small triangles from those voluptuous globes.

“There, that’s how I like my slutty wives,” I said to him after prying my lips from his wife. “Naked and horny. Fuck this hottie recently?”

He laughed and shook his head. A moan, dripping with desperation, tore from my squirming lap-rider, blasting heat across my smile.

“Well, that explains why she’s crushing my fingers. Poor little pussy. All lonely.”

With my mouth busy, she sucked hard on my neck, sending tremors through me. All it took was a gentle but steady shove deeper into pulsating heaven, and she bucked. With a much louder groan, she clamped my racing digits and thrust a sharp-tipped boob into my other hand. When I twisted the thick nipple, the dark beauty ground against me, forcing my fingers further into slippery tightness. Meanwhile, soft hands stroked me ever faster.

At an outburst of loud laughter, my attention drifted from the writhing goddess to check on the party. Most folks had disappeared, leaving only the last diehards, and even they were drifting away. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of Charles. In swim trunks, he was leading Mandy by the hand from their house. She wore a conservative one-piece swimsuit.

With Lucy shuddering, unleashing another moan into my throat, and clenching my fingers once more, I was readying to warn them both about my neighbors. Just as my mouth opened, Gary’s phone chirped on the rim beside him. After a peek at the device, he cursed.

“Hey, sir, uh, Jim. Sorry, man. But we gotta go. Lucy, sweetie...”

As she chewed and sucked on my shoulder, her hot breath searing my skin, his wife was so close. After all she’d done for me over the years, especially since Debbie’s death, she should get something from this party. With a tight smile, I smashed my palm onto her clit and rubbed. While clamping her teeth on my scarred hide, Lucy screamed, froze in midair, then slapped against me while moaning into my flesh.

But duty calls.

When Gary, face drawn, tossed her the swimsuit, his wife released my now throbbing and painfully swollen manhood and pulled away. Oh, I should take her. I wanted her. She wanted me. But he stepped from the swirling jets; his trunks sported a massive tent. Fucking duty. When you had to go, you had to go - erection or not.

While I sucked in lungfuls of oxygen, Lucy flashed me the saddest of grins and swept the hair from that gorgeous visage. Dark brown eyes also gained the softest glow as she slid back into the tiny swimsuit.

“Sorry, Big Jim. My husband owns my ass.”

“It’s...” He nodded at me. “Well, you know.”