My sister-in-law Julie was staying with us for a couple of weeks. She is a sales manager for a large software company and was supervising an upgrade for a major bank in our town. Julie is 35, tall, blonde and very outgoing. She's been married and divorced three times and always seems to be dating a new guy. My wife, Julie's younger sister by 6 years, is just the opposite. Lori is quiet and shy, and never dated much when she was younger. In fact, she was a virgin when we got married. Lori has a sweet, good-natured outlook and is perfectly suited to her job as a first grade teacher.
On Tuesday of Julie's second week in town, I got off early from work. I'm in construction and one of our jobsites got closed down by a safety inspector. I went home to get some lunch. Lori was at school until 5:00 and we usually didn't see Julie before 7:00. It was a hot spring day that is so typical of Phoenix. I decided to take a dip in the pool before lunch. Since our backyard has complete privacy, and the girls wouldn't be home for several hours, I didn't bother to put on a swim suit.
I dove straight in and enjoyed the shock of the cold water. Since it was early spring we hadn't turned on the pool heater yet. I swam a few laps and just relaxed for a while. I noticed that the cold water had given me a major case of shrinkage. I'm not large to begin with, but now I was getting into baby-size range. I floated around for a few more minutes and was just about to get out of the pool when I heard the back door slam shut.
I looked up and was startled to see Julie walking toward the edge of the pool. She was dressed in a dark business suit and high heels, and had a huge grin on her face.
"I just stopped by to pick up some documentation that I forgot this morning," she said. "And to my surprise I find my handsome brother-in-law skinny dipping in the backyard. How's the water?"
"Very cold," I replied. "I was about to get out."
"Well, don't let me stop you," Julie said as she sat down in one our deck chairs. "I've always wondered what sort of man my little sister had married. I've asked Lori but she won't say. Come on and get out. I'm sure a muscular guy like you has nothing to hide."