Kelly's Plan. (c) Alex de Kok, 2003
The doorbell startled him. Only Kelly was due, and he'd left the door ajar for her. A bit late for the kids doing Trick-or-Treat - in any case, they'd called hours ago. He threw the door open and stopped dead, dumbfounded. "Kelly?"
"Ssh! No names. Trick or treat," the witch said, in a husky, sexy tone. The figure before him was dressed all in black, or at least as far as he could see, for she was wearing a full cape, apparently with sleeves for he could see her hands, the nails blood-red, a mask which covered her upper face and a pointed witch's hat that disappeared above the door frame.
Stan stared at the apparition, whose encarmined lips curved in a sensuous half-smile. Her tongue came out and licked along her lips. "Trick or treat?" she husked again.
Stan shook himself mentally. Wow! This was Kelly, surely? Aloud he said. "I'm sorry, there are no treats left. I gave them all to the children earlier."
"Oh, dear," said the witch with treacly sarcastic sympathy, "that
was
naughty." She pouted. "It will have to be trick then, won't it." She put one hand square in his chest and pushed, her other hand holding the pointed hat steady as she ducked under the door frame. Inside she glanced around, then pointed. "In there." Behind her the door slammed as she heeled it shut.
'In there' was the living room which was exactly where Stan had expected Kelly to be joining him, and where the brandy waited. The witch pointed to the couch. "Sit," she ordered.
Stan sat and the witch put her high-heeled-shoe-clad foot on the couch next to him. The opening in the cape fell back and Stan was mesmerised to see the sheen of a black stocking revealed, a vision enhanced by the glimpse of white thigh that accompanied it. The witch bent sideways and lifted one of the brandy snifters, swirling the amber liquid and raising it to her nose.
"Aah, yes," she hissed and took a sip. She looked down at him. "Strip."
"Wha - " he began, but she put her red-taloned finger to his lips.
"Strip."
Hoping suddenly, Stan reached to his belt and unfastened it, then unzipped his trouser fly and opened it, pushing his trousers down, kicking his shoes off, pulling his shirt over his head, careless of the flying buttons, and tugging off his socks. He reached out but the witch pushed him back onto the couch.