(It was around this time two years ago that I introduced the characters in the first chapter of Good Neighbors. If you have been following along, you'll see a few references to that first story in here. My thanks as always goes to my Marcie. Without her inspiration, I would have not started writing again and for that I am grateful.)
I sat there in a lounge chair on the side of the pool. It was difficult to believe that it was two years since this pool was the sight of the first time Marcie and I got together as more than friends. It was a moment that changed my life. I have been out there plenty of times since. This was the first time that I had while both Marcie and Aubrey were gone. Aubrey wanted Marcie to go to the swimsuit shop with her. And while Wes was visiting his family, it left me there all alone.
There were plenty of memories going through my mind. They started with memories of my late wife. Missy was so excited about the pool when it was complete. She wanted to be able to swim whenever she wanted to without going to the local pool. She was also happy to have it all to herself since there were barely any neighbors with kids in our cul-de-sac. I remembered walking out here and watching her swim before she'd climb up the ladder like a certain woman in a movie before she'd seduce me.
After Missy died, Marcie would come and check on me daily while she was helping her husband through his battle with lung cancer. I offered to her to be able to use the pool whenever she wanted while this was going on, so she had a way to relax. It was after Mitchell passed and within a month after that I watched her out here. It was so sensual the way she was touching herself that day. It wasn't difficult to imagine the draw she had on me. After all, she still does.
As I smiled from the memory, I thought about how things had changed over the last two years since it happened. I had no idea I would be proposing to her at the end of that year and that we'd be married to each other a few months later. Nor did I think that the pool and the house would belong to Aubrey. It was funny the twists and turns life threw at me the last couple years.
As I stood looking over the pool, I noticed a text message on my phone. It was Marcie. It read, "Are you at the pool?"
I smiled. She had always had the ability to read my thoughts. I started typing back.
"I am."
It was a moment before she typed back.
"Come back home. I want to show you something."
I smiled as I marked it as read before I locked the gate and walked back over. I passed the shed that held my punching bag as I walked to our front door. I opened it but didn't see Marcie in the living room.
"Marcie, where are you?' I asked.
"Bedroom, Leo," she answered.