In keeping with the historic theme of the guest house, the bathroom had no shower. Only a huge claw-foot bathtub. I hadn't had a bath since I was maybe four years old, but I was going to have to take one now.
I figured out the drain, hoped that filling the tub halfway was about right, and fiddled with the spigots until the temperature seemed sort of warm, but not too hot. I climbed in and was relieved to see that the water didn't spill out over the top.
I soaped myself as best I could while sitting down. Suddenly I saw a woman standing at the foot of the tub. She was gorgeous, with long, wavy brown hair, an angelic face, and a taut body. Her breasts strained against her white blouse. Her legs, barely covered by the shortest of shorts, were slim and shapely. She was barefoot. She was looking right at me.
I didn't know what to say or do. "I'm taking a bath," I said stupidly, more sharply than I should have, but I was embarrassed.
"So I can see," she said, with a big grin. "I didn't know men take baths."
"That's all there is here," I said. I couldn't believe I was having a conversation with this incredibly sexy female about baths while I was in the bath.
"Oh, right, I just remembered. Mom didn't think showers went with her decorating."
"Ummm... do you mind?" I asked, realizing that the woman was making no attempt to move from the foot of the tub.
"No not at all. Do you? Do you want me to leave?"
I thought about that. What was surely the most desirable woman I'd seen in a long time was asking me if I wanted her to leave. Of course, I didn't. I said nothing.
"I'm sorry, I didn't even introduce myself. I'm Felicia." She stepped to the side of the tub and extended her hand. But, instead of looking at my face, she was looking into the tub.
I took her hand. "I'm Steve Cambridge, but I go by Skiddy. I take it you live here?"
Fortunately, she had moved back to the foot of the tub.
"Sometimes, when I'm not in the city. Felicia Elmhart. Back in Georgia for the summer. I'm halfway through Princeton, studying anthropology."
Now I'd been bathing, or at least in the water, in front of this woman for at least five minutes, and it was getting even more embarrassing. I looked down and was happy to see that the soap had made the water nearly opaque.
There was no slowing down Felicia. "I like men," she said, matter-of-factly. "Never saw one in a bathtub, though." She sat on the edge of the tub and put her legs in the water, rubbing her left foot along my right leg.
She leaned forward and took the washcloth from my hand and wrapped it around her other foot. "You probably don't even know how to take a bath. I'll help."
I didn't say anything. Couldn't. She soaped up the washcloth and then began washing my chest with her foot. "Your chest is really dirty," she said. "Dad said you were the mechanic half of the team."
I managed to say two words: "Right, mechanic." I realized that my cock was rock hard, and that now the water was getting less opaque as the soap collected at the edges of the tub.
"Put your legs up," she ordered. I hesitated, then complied, extending them along the sides of the tub. The change in balance forced my upper body deeper into the water, and my hard cock that much closer to her.
"Nice legs, along with that rippled chest. You work out?"
"No, just lift transmissions and engine blocks."
She began soaping up one leg, and then the other, working her slender fingers into my skin. She went all the way up my thighs to my pelvis, stopping just short of my balls and my hard-on.
She gave me another one of those big smiles. "You know, I do have to apologize once more. I forgot to ask you if you really wanted my help."
It was a little late. "Yeah, go ahead," I said, realizing that I'd just extended more of an invitation than I wanted.
"Men do need help. They don't clean everywhere that they need to." She took the washcloth off, soaped up her toes, and put her foot on my penis. I gasped.
"Did I hurt you?" she asked, squeezing my shaft between her toes.
Since we were well into it, I just went along. "No, Felicia, I like what you're doing. A lot." I decided to stick to the script. "I'm dirty, don't know how to clean myself, and I need your help."
Now both feet were under me and she was flicking my balls with all ten of her toes. She moved her left foot back onto my cock and put her right one even further under me, massaging my ass. That went on for a few minutes.
"Turn over, on all fours," she commanded. So I did. She soaped up both hands, and started working one of her fingers up my ass while she grabbed my cock with her other. It was now completely out of the water, hard as a rock, and her hand was locked over it. She was squeezing it so tightly that it hurt.
"Ouch, that hurts, Felicia."
She slapped my balls with her other hand, which hurt even more. I yelped.
"Tough shit," she said. "Next time don't get so dirty." I couldn't see her face, but I knew it had that big grin on it.
To my relief, she let go of me, but it was only to soap up some more. Then she really went at it, with both hands, working them up and down my shaft.
I couldn't hold out any longer, and didn't want to. I came in her hands, but she continued to hold on with one hand while she cupped my balls with the other.
"Please," I groaned. "I can't take it any longer. Let go!"
She did, and I rolled onto my back and collapsed into the water. She came around to the head of the tub, and kissed me on the lips, upside down.
"A pleasure to meet you, Skiddy," she said. "See you at dinner. Nice to know that our guest is clean." She smiled once more and left the bathroom.
I was in the bathtub in the guest house because I wanted to ask Felicia's father for money. Maybe I should back up and start the story from the beginning, which was when I was at work at West Hills Auto Service.
My head and half my body were inside the hood of a Toyota trying to get a warped timing chain cover back on, but I recognized Eddie's voice. "You got a minute, Skiddy?" I got the first bolt in and then straightened up.
"Yeah, I do now. What's up?"
"It's a yes. I'm in." I'd asked him to team up with me on a car, him driving, me doing the mechanics. We both worked at West Hills, but racing was what we really wanted to do.
"Eddie, that's great!" We shook hands, feeling a little foolish at the formality, but it seemed like a special occasion. "Now all we need is the money."
"And I got a lead on that, which is why I'm willing to go in."
"You know how to get the money?"
"Maybe. I met this rich dude named Elmhat or Elmhurst or Elm-something at my brother's wedding, and he's crazy about fast cars. He wants to meet you. I told him you were the business guy."
We'd been talking about getting our own car for months. Could it really happen? "Tell me where and when, and for god's sake let's get his name right."
Eddie pulled a torn napkin from his pocket and tried to read the scribbles on it. "Elmhart. xxx-xxx-xxxx. Or xy."
Typical sloppy Eddie. Good thing his driving was more precise than his note taking.
"Don't worry about it. Give it to me, and I'll try them both."
I got Robert Elmhart on my second try. "My name is Steve Cambridge, and I got your number from Edward Pulkowsky, who met you on Sunday. We're the racing team." That was overstating things, but I wanted it to sound like we were already set up.
Elmhart wasn't interested in chatting on the phone, or about my availability. "Be at the Buckhead Club at 4 today. Wear something presentable. Ask for me when you get to the desk." Then he hung up.
I'd never been to the Buckhead Club, or even inside a building that would have something like a Buckhead Club in it. I'd cleaned most of the grease from under my fingernails, and fortunately the jacket I hadn't worn for at least five years still fit. A blue shirt with most of its buttons intact and a tie that belonged to my father would have to do. I had one pair of khakis that weren't ripped. I hoped the running shoes wouldn't matter, not that I had any other choices.
The man at the desk looked at me in horror, but as I wasn't technically breaking any dress rules, he walked me over to a man reading a magazine I never heard of called Barrons. He looked exactly like the sort of wealthy person who was used to demanding that people who wanted to talk to him show up at the place and time of his choosing.
It turned out that although Elmhart was curt, he was a nice enough guy. Gentlemanly, I guess you'd call it, especially at the Buckhead Club. I told him we needed $150,000 to race a car, and he could own 75%.
"Bullshit," he said. "You need twice that, and you're afraid to say so."
I decided he probably would prefer the honest approach. "Yeah, OK, I'm found out." I smiled, and he smiled back.
"Get your business plan together, whatever work you've done to find the car, and anything else you imagine an investor might want to see, and give me your pitch. This is just a hobby for me, so you'll have to do it on a weekend."
"Sure," I said. "When?"
"At my beach house on St. Simons Island. Drive down on Friday, you can do the deed Saturday morning, and stay through Sunday brunch. I need to get to know anybody who's going to spend 300K of my money. I'll have the office call you with directions. And, please, do everyone a favor and get some decent clothes. Swimsuit, too. You play tennis?"