The room was dark. The drawn shades barred the moonlight completely. But for the cone of light surrounding him in the bed from the overhead lamp the room was was blackness. At the sound he closed the book and placed it on the nightstand and sat up, propping the pillows behind him. He turned to the door by memory, not seeing, and followed her approach by sound as she made her way upstairs. The glare of the lamp blinded him to anything outside the tight circle of light, and he sat still, listening, controlling his breathing; waiting. He heard her soft footfalls on the hall carpet, sensed her motion in the doorway.
She waited for him.
"Come in." Motion at the edge of sight, the rustle of clothing, several tentative steps. "Closer, to the edge of the bed." He watched as her legs appeared in the light, but only to mid thigh. A torn black stocking drooped and showed bare skin above it. "You went to the House?"
"Yes. As you said."
"You're home early." As always, he tried to keep his voice neutral.
"They finished early. Said I could go."
"Small group, then?"
"No," she began, then hesitated. "No, it didn't seem so. I don't think so."
"How many?"
"Eight, I think, plus two women. It was hard to count."
"Are you hurt?"
She sighed. "No. A little sore, but no more than usual," she said with easy recall. He watched her weight shift from one foot to the other.
"Come here, to the side." He watched her move, the light climbing up her as she negotiated around the corner of the bed, showing the soiled and wrinkled skirt, the bottom of the blouse, buttoned incorrectly and incompletely. Her face remained in the dark. At her sides her fingers twitched nervously at her skirt. She knew what was coming. As it always did.
"Show me."
The fingertips moved to the front, bunching the fabric of her dark skirt. Here in the light he saw the wet stains. She did it slowly, practiced and experienced. The hem slid up, exposing the top of the intact stocking, then bare skin. In the light the glistening streaks were evident inside her toned thighs. There were some bruises, as before. Fingers had pressed her flesh here; hard. Still the hem climbed, exposing her leg where it met her hip on one side, then the other, and her sex came into view, still in shadow, then the light illuminated her.
He felt himself inhale at the lurid sight. Still wet, the thick layer of semen coated her lips and the surrounding area. He felt his breath catch at the sight, forced himself to remain calm, in control. As her legs parted slightly, a bulb of semen formed and hung from her labia, dangling loose until it touched her leg, then swayed in a loop.
"All inside?"
"No, not all," she began, and he heard the unsteadiness in her answer. He knew how she felt about this part. "And not all there," she continued. She took a shaky breath. "In the back, too"