Moving Home Pt. 03

It was just after midnight when Angie called. We hadn't spoken since Paul's accident but I just knew it was going to be about Paul. The lateness of the hour did not bode well for the news.

"Hi Angie." I left the silence to dangle. I could hear soft, suppressed sobbing.

"He's dead!"

"Paul?"

Stupid question time.

"Yes."

"But he was alive when we put him in the ambulance. What happened?"

"Internal damage. Lots of bleeding. He didn't stand a chance."

She stopped talking and I could hear her sobbing gently.

"I am coming over." I dropped the call without waiting for an answer and had her crying on my shoulder in minutes. What followed was a night of pain and misery that I shall never forget. Her grief was overwhelming. All I could do wss just hold her as she wept. When morning came we were both hollow eyed and exhausted. I waited with her till her family arrived and then left her in their care.

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It was early morning and I had just logged onto the company servers. Paul is 10 days dead.

Angie> Tom? I am leaving now. Please come say good bye.

Me> On my way.

"I don't want you to leave! We could make something together."

"Sweet Tom. We have already talked about this. The house was Paul's dream and that dream is over. I cannot live in the house because his presence haunts me in every room. And us? I am ten years older than you. We have different life paths, different ambitions. It won't work as a long term relationship. I will just hurt you and that would be awful."

What could I say? Nothing I guess so I took her in my arms for the last time and then watched her drive away. To my ultimate shame I was angry that she rejected me.

When I logged back onto the company servers there is a message from Steve.

"That room you offered as a bribe? Is it still available?"

"I will clear it with my mother but I don't think there will be any problem. Next weekend?"

"Yes. Two of us. Me and my brother Kit."

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Ma was pleased with the idea of guests.

"Get us ready to run a B&B here."

"And just who is going to do all the housework?"

Jill was gearing up for a fight.

"You are! You aren't paying rent. You just sit around the house and mope all day."

I left them to the battle that was starting.

Later that day I decided to take a chance and message Julia.

Tom> Hello Julia. I would like to see you again. When are you free?

Julia> Took you long enough. A woman could get an unwanted feeling.

Tom> That guy we tended to? My neighbour Paul. He died and

I get no further.

Julia> And you've been comforting the grieving widow?

Fuck!

Tom> How did you know?

Julia> LOL! In this village not a sparrow falls and the woman in the Post Office knows all the gory details. You want me to bring a whip?

Tom> No! It wasn't like that!

Julia> You have some explaining to do young man!

Tom> I am not that young!

Julia> Gotcha! You can explain all this in lurid detail this evening at the Toad. 8 PM suit you?

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"I have this awful feeling that the manager knew I was going to phone and she had this idea it was to be a romantic dinner."

"Barbara is such a good friend. And I had to stake my claim to you very quickly as there were other women watching you."

"Do I get to push the claim peg in tonight?"

"Lets not rush into things. Such activities on a first date are very, very rare and you will have to jump through many hoops before you are even close to those hallowed grounds."

We flirted, we sparred and we kissed in the front seat of my car, but I didn't get there.

"You are such a bad man and so talented with your hands and mouth! Added to which you are so well hung! A woman could get hooked far too quickly when she gave in to you seductive way. Now, do that thing in my pussy with you fingers one more time! The only reason that I didn't cum the first time you did that was because of that damned security guard."

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I got home with a monster erection and invaded Jill's room. It being near midnight she is already in bed.

"What? Julia said "No" so you come to me instead! Fuck! You are so disgusting!"

I tilt her head back, kiss her and then run my hands over her breasts. She doesn't resist and soon has my cock out of my pants and in her hand.

"You are so fucking lucky that I haven't had a good fuck in ages otherwise you would get nowhere!"

I rolled her night dress up, exposed her perky breasts which I kissed. She wasn't wearing panties so I slid between her legs but she stopped me.

"Wait! I haven't sucked a dick in ages. Bring it here!"

I knelt over her shoulders and thrust my cock into her mouth. She stroked my balls as I thrust in and out, then she stopped me.

"Now fuck me!"

She was already aroused, so very hot and wet. When I thrust into her I could feel her starting to cum which tipped me over the edge and I couldn't stop cumming with her.

"You were fantasizing about Julia and me that's why you were so close to cumming."

She leered at me.

"She is rather delicious, you must admit. And she didn't let you fuck her? Or even suck your dick! What a tease! I shall have to speak sternly to her."

"You leave her alone! She is mine!"

"Those breasts of hers are so kissable. You did get to suck her nipples didn't you? Please say you did!"

What could I do but admit I had sucked her nipples and made her cum.

"Lucky bastard!"

I slapped her backside hard enough to make her squeal.

"Angie taught you bad habits."

"She taught me other things that I'd like to try out on you."

"Fuck off! I don't do pain happily."

I just laughed at that and after a while I left her for my own bed and dreams of Julia.

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"Brian is gone!" Ma looked devastated.

"Where?"

"I don't know and I don't care."

"Cummon Ma. You must know something." Jill at her inquisitorial best.

"He has gone!"

"Yes. You said that already."

"Julia said that the whisper in the village was that he got tired of Estate Agenting and has gone to join a mercenary force. Speculation that it is in the DRC."

Ma looks at me, shakes her head and sighs.

"Are there no secrets in this place? It isn't DRC by the way but the rest is true. He told me last Sunday. Now let it be."

After saying that she went to her room and except for meals we don't see her for a while.

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Ever since we moved in I had been eyeing the vegetable garden out the back. It was was a wild, untamed patch where old vegetables rubbed shoulders with weeds and the indigenous flora. My sketchy reconnaissance of the patch raised the vague thought that many of the weeds were probably dagga or marijuana as the rest of the world likes to calls it, but not being into the stuff myself I hadn't really investigated. Jill liked the stuff but had not taken any interest in garden so it took her nearly a month before she found out that dagga grew in the garden in cheerful profusion.

"What's this?" Jill waved a branch of dagga under my nose.

"Looks like grass to me."

"Grass is flat bladed stuff that you cut with a lawn mower. This has five leaves. And seeds. It is dagga!"

"So why ask me?"

"You must fix that garden. We need fresh veges and things."

"Why me?"

"Because you like gardens! You did a beautiful job on the roses."

"I like roses. And there isn't a big enough plot to carry beef cattle! I only eat meat! Now go fix the garden yourself!"

"Please."

"Oh for fuck sake. OK. Let's start on the weekend. Not now as I am working. Remember work? Now go away."

Jill made to storm out of my room.

"Oh and you need to dry the stuff and take the seeds out before you use it."

I get no reply to those words of wisdom.

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Julia and I met for drinks that evening. It was comfortable, friendly and very arousing. We ended up in my car again and again I went home randy and frustrated and I ended up visiting Jill again.

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Friday afternoon and Steve and Kit arrived. Jill showed them their rooms and also gave them a quick tour of the property. They joined us for drinks on the verandah and we watched the sun set into the sea.

Kit was an almost stereotypical surfer dude. Long, sun bleached, deadlocked hair, a deep tan and startling blue eyes. I saw Jill getting all dreamy eyed over him.

Steve, his brother was the antithesis, a typical nerd. Neatly dressed, glasses and a far away look.

"Beautiful place you have. Who does the gardening? That rose bed is enormous." Steve looking far more relaxed than I have ever seen him before.

"I do. Roses are my passion."

Steve nodded vaguely, his repertoire of interesting non technical conversation having been more or less exhausted.

"The permaculture bed out back? Is that yours too?" Kit looked at me intently.

"No. That is Jill's domain. She took an interest when she found the dagga plants there."

"He is lying of course. I am trying to understand how the garden works. We have some veges growing there but not as well as I have heard they can. Still learning."

"Kit spent some time working with a permaculture crew last summer so he can earn his keep!" Steve grinned at Kit "And keep him out of trouble."

"Can we go look now?" Kit was already on his feet, followed almost immediately by Jill.

"I will be surprised if we see them back by midnight." Ma looked gleeful.

"Oh. Why?" Steve asked the question I have just formulated.

"They have been eyeing each other with lecherous intent ever since you two arrived."

Steve and I looked at each other and then back at Ma.

"You just weren't looking."

She wasn't quite right. They did reappear for dinner looking vaguely guilty and disappeared again almost immediately. After they left I found myself listening to a conversation about vintage movies between Ma and Steve. Apparently an interest they had in common. Eventually getting bored of the topic I excused myself and headed for bed claiming a very late night the night before. Well, my bedroom come office.

I fired up my computer, opened the camera in the lounge and settled down to see if Ma and Steve got it together. It didn't take long for Steve to make his move and join Ma on the couch. After some conversation, Steve slid his arm around Ma's shoulders. Ma made the ritually expected protests but was soon leaning back while Steve kissed her and started stroking her breasts.

When his hand started up under her dress, she got up and dragged him toward her bedroom. I changed cameras, glad that her bedroom camera was a new one and had sound. Such a small camera with a microphone as well. An amazing bit of tech.

"Now. Where were we? We won't be disturbed here. That lounge is a corridor to everywhere."

They came into view and she already had his cock out and was leading him by it. Steve turned her around and kissed her again. And then Ma switched the light off. The camera was supposed to handle low-light conditions but failed utterly. I listened to their moans and sighs for a while but really, I am a visuals sort of guy, so I switch off, went to bed to wank.

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Kit and, to my surprise Jill who has never shown any interest in surfing previously go off surfing.

It wasn't really surprising I suppose, they'd been inseparable since they went to look at the permaculture plot together.

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Saturday morning I! went to deliver cut roses to the co-op. I had extended the rose garden considerably and planted more rose bushes that with careful attention would provide long stem buds. The roses had become a staple of Saturday co-op shopping much to my surprise.

Delivering the roses was always a bright spot in my Saturday duties because I got to talk to Lu, the co-op manager. Lu is a tiny woman with close cropped black hair, a pixie face that always seemed to sparkle with life and mischief, and a slim figure that oozed sexuality. We didn't quite flirt but we sometimes got very close to it. She had disturbingly featured more often in my fantasies than Julia had. And I was supposedly going steady with Julia.

"When are you going to pluck my buds?" Lu's eyes flickered with mischief.

"One night, when the moon is full and the hunger takes me, look for me at your bedroom window."

"You promised that last week and I damn well nearly froze my tits off from leaving my window open and waiting for you to come and take my maidenhead!"

And that comment froze me and Lu bursts out laughing.

"I know what you were thinking but you are just such a sweet, gentle guy that you couldn't say it!"

"Say what?"

"You ain't got no tits or a maidenhead!"

And then I said the right thing. Purely by accident but I knew it was the right thing because the look on her face changed from flirt to a gentle, soft look that could almost be love.

"I could never say such a thing to you. You are too special."

Thing was, I didn't think, I just blurted it out. The look on her face lasted for a brief moment and then was gone and made my heart beat faster and she turned away to deal with a customer.

I went home and sat on the veranda and stared at the sea. I got to wondering how Jill was doing. Probably sitting on the side watching the surfers because no matter how you looked at it, learning to surf on that beach with its gnarly waves was difficult but the difficulty was compounded by the fact that on a good surfing day the water was seriously icy and Jill did not like cold in any form. Maybe I thought to myself her love will keep her warm!

Sunday saw Steve and Kit leave. Jill went into her room and did not emerge till the next morning. When she did emerge she was miserable beyond belief and grumpy too so Ma and I stayed well clear of her.

As I left for my next date with Julia, Jill says "Don't you dare come near me tonight!

The date followed the same pattern as before, flirting, hints of things to come but then the usual block.

"No! Not now. Next time."

Normally I would try to seduce her with words and sly actions but this time something in my head snapped. I started the car an took her home."

"Good night." Neutral voiced I didn't look at her.

"Just like that? No good night kiss?"

"No. Good bye."

She looked stunned then starts to cry.

"Get out. Please!"

She got out and slammed the door.

"Fuck you!" I heard as I drove away.

When I got home there were a dozen messages either pleading or abusive from Julia. I blocked her number.

Steve told me on the next Monday morning that Kit was being "a fucking pain" and that he wanted to be with Jill, not stuck an hours drive away which was very much what Jill was saying.

The next Wednesday Steve and Kit come through for dinner. Ma and Steve disappeared for a private meeting. I assumed that they did talk but Ma looked a bit like Steve had been paying her in kind, i. e. fucking her senseless.

Thursday evening Ma summoned us to the lounge.

"Tom. Kit is coming to stay, please make sure that he can log in to our network and has a desk or something."

I just nodded. Miracles take time I mutter to myself.

"Jill. Set up a bedroom and study for Kit."

I noted somewhat cynically that for once Jill didn't complain and in fact the rooms were pretty much set up already.

Friday came and Kit and Steve arrived. Jill and Kit disappeared together and Ma and Steve disappeared together leaving me on my own which was not cool.

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Saturday morning I was really not happy but I did go to deliver the roses to the co-op. Unusually Lu was nowhere to be seen and the day got darker.

The idea of sitting on the deck in the sun, drinking beer and chilling suddenly seemed very desirable to me so by midday I was sitting at a small table that Barbara had found for me surrounded by cheerful, happy people. I felt like my life had come to a grinding halt.

I started to wonder if I shouldn't make up with Julia but the idea did not make me happy. Then I started to wonder if Lu was angry at me over the break up with Julia, maybe she was afraid I would come on her too strongly or was regretting flirting with me or something else. I found myself in a grim spiral down into the murk of misery.

"Can I join you? Barbara says that you are alone and there is no other seating here for me."

I dredged myself out of my dark place and looked at the speaker. The day immediately got brighter.

"Oh. Hi Lu. Yes please join me." I managed to get it all out without too much of a stutter.

"Separate bills! I'd hate Julia to start getting ideas."

"You mean the gossip mill is not up to date? Now that does surprise me."

"Oh, it is well up to date. Your break up with Julia is old news. The fact that she thinks you are a sex mad freak is also old news. That she wants you back is new but considered by all and sundry to be a bit confusing to say the least but not really unexpected."

She looked at me and I saw a twinkle there.

"Well are you?"

"Am I what?"

"A sex mad freak?"

I thought for a moment then I decided to go for broke.

"Of course I am."

"Good. I was hoping she was not lying about that."

I breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"So? What is the new news?"

"Well the newest of news is that we are having lunch together and that I am going to drag you off to my flat and fuck you and me senseless."

"So, what went wrong this morning?"

She looked down at her hands, then softly, so softly I could scarce hear her.

"Sorry. I was afraid it was all just flirting and we had nothing more. I am skinny, flat chested woman and all I have going for me is my motor mouth."

"What I find most attractive in a woman are eyes that dance with laughter, a motor mouth that keeps me on my toes and the super intelligent mind that drives the motor mouth. And you have all of them."

"Sweet talking bastard you are."

"Of course."

"You are just trying to get into my pants."

"Yes. And your point is?"

"Finish your beer. Lets go."

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"I want you to fuck me. Hard and fast. You will not break me or damage me. Put your cock in me and keep on doing that till you cum. We can get to complicated things like foreplay and simultaneous orgasms later."

"I probably won't last long like that."

"That's fine, you can do the restraint thing later. Now you fuck me missionary position till you cum. I want to see you face when you cum inside me. Understand?"

"If you insist!"

She rapidly stripped down, lay on her back and spread her legs spread.

"Yes!" is all she says as I thrust into her. All my frustration and lust fed by Lu's statement that I must fuck her hard drove my thrusting. All I could hear is the slap of my thighs against her widespread legs and her soft grunts as I slammed into her. I didn't last long as I predicted and as I came she clamped her legs around me ensuring that I would stay in her.

"So good." she whispered still clinging to me. "I've waited a long time for you."

She wouldn't even let me roll off of her.

"Stay! Please stay on me."

Slowly, as I recovered, my cock started to harden and push back into her.

"Yes. That feels so good."

I kissed her mouth, then her neck.

"Let me go so I can kiss your body." I say.

She released me and I slid my lips and tongue down her body. I found her nipples which hardened under my tongue, then her belly button and then the soft brush of her pubic hair making her moan softly. I took her clit into my mouth and slid a finger into her pussy. She clamped her hands around my head and pulled my face down onto her. I could feel her arousal growing with every thrust of my fingers and flick of my tongue on her clit. She was moaning almost desperately. Suddenly she pushed her hips up off the bed.

"Fuck me! Fuck me! Now."

I mounted her again and we rode her growing lust to a overwhelming orgasm.

"Fuck! You are good."

We lay entangled and then drifted off to sleep.

"Wake up! It's nearly sunset. Lets go watch it from the beach!"

And twenty minutes later we were on the beach with Jill and Kit watching the sun set into the sea.

A fitting end I thought to a very stressful house moving experience.