Continued from "Caught You!"
Sandy has been gone almost three months. Larry moved out almost a month ago. He wasnât very friendly after Sandy left him and moved back to Chicago. I suspect that he knew what Sandy and I were up to. Anyway he made some excuses about his work and needing to be closer. Heâs gone. His house has been on the market since he left. Itâs a great house, I was in it a few times while Sandy and I were having our affair. I look out my studio window now remembering the sweet hot honey that use to live there. Every time I carry the trash out I look at the fence. Sometimes it feels like she will be standing there when I head back to the house. Sometimes I carry the trash out half full just to walk out there. Oh well, canât go back can you?
I was actually standing at that fence daydreaming about Sandy when the sound of the moving van brought me back to reality. The back-up alarm sounded and I saw the top of the huge tree in front of Sandyâs house shake as though there was a strong wind blowing. I decided to check it out. As I approached the front yard a light blue Cadillac pulled up on the street and out steped a nice looking middle aged lady. Our eyes meet and she quickly gives me a friendly âhello.â My first thought is that it will be nice to have friendly people next door for a change.
âHello.â I reply. âMoving in?â
âYes.â She answered. âIâm Allison Mitchell, my friends call me Ali.â
âWell, hello Ali.â I decided we are already friends she is so nice. âIâm David Hardin, my friends call me David. Welcome to the neighborhood.â
âWell thank you Dave.â She smiled. I blew it off.
We approached each other and shook hands. Nice friendly firm handshake. Nice lady. About 5â 6â, Redheaded, not sure if itâs colored, looks good no matter. Green flashy eyes. Maybe a slight bit, just a slight bit heavy around the waist, but for her age, which I guess is between thirty-five and forty, the lady looks good. Her breasts areâŠwell, those are her husbandâs. I donât plan on playing with someone elseâs wife again.
âYou live here?â She nodded toward my house, still holding onto my hand.
âYes, yes I do.â I release my grip and she let go.
âYou moving into Larry and Sandyâs?â I was still lingering on the thought of Sandy.
âWell, I guess so, if this is Larry and Sandyâs.â She flipped her head at the house.
âWhere are you coming from?â I asked.
âDallas, my company is starting a printing business in this area and Iâm here to get things rolling.â She answered. âI will have to have you and your wife over for a welcome to the neighborhood drink soon.â
âDivorced.â I said lifting up my ring finger.
âOh. So sorry.â She gave me a sincere heart felt look.
âWell, things happen.â I said. âBut I noticed you said âIâ would have you over not we. Are you married?â
âNo, widowed now for seven years.â She took on a sadder attitude.
âOh no, I am really sorry.â I was being sincere.
âWell, Dave, excuse me, David, I better get to unloading this truck. Those gorillas will have my things smashed and scattered all over the place. But hey, that welcome drink still stands if youâre up for it.â
âIâm up.â I smiled as she walked off.
âOk.â She disappeared into the house.
The truck was there all afternoon. She must have tons of stuff. Or she was having those poor guys moving the couch here and then there and, no, over there, and then oh, I just canât make up my mind. I donât envy them, not at all.
I was at my desk working late again if you consider 6:00 late. It was just starting to get dark. Ok, I wasnât at my desk, I was on the love seat and I wasnât working, I was watching Sandyâs video. I hated seeing someone else doing her but it was all I had left of her and damn it, I miss the girl. And if Brad hadnât done her that day I would have never gotten to know her like I did. For not being able to go back I sure am spending a lot of time there arenât I?
I noticed a light go on in Aliâs bedroom or at least I assume it is her bedroom. It was Sandyâs. Ali had thick maroon curtains over the window. Not much hopes of anything fun happening here. Just then a shadow crossed the curtain. At least I knew there was someone there. And I had a feeling that Ali was going to be fun living next door to. She was single, she was pretty, she was friendly, what more could a man want. She could be naked. My attention had returned to Sandyâs video. I finished watching it for the bâzillionth time. I turned it off and headed to the kitchen to round up dinner.
It was almost 10:15 when the door bell rang. I was startled out of a half conscious state. Seinfeld on the tube. I stumbled to the door and opened it. There stood Ali, wine bottle and two glasses in her hand. She had a worried look on her face and asked.
âAm I bothering you? Is it too late for that welcome drink?â She asked. I opened my eyes wide open trying to wake up. âNo, not at all. Well, not for the drink. It is too late to bother me. You bothered me when I first set eyes on you and it was quiet a nice bother I might addâ I said through a yawn.
âOwww arenât you the flatterer?â She said stepping through the door. I could tell my teasing yet truthful compliment put her at ease. âDo you have a cork screw?â
I headed to the kitchen inviting her to sit down. I came back with a cheap wooden cork screw and took the bottle from her. I took a seat beside her on the couch and turned off the TV. She took the remote and turned it back on.
âHow dare you turn off Seinfeld?â She smiled.
I shrugged my shoulders, smiled back and kept working on the wine. I got the cork out and set the bottle aside on the end table. She handed me the glasses. I sat them by the bottle and returned to Seinfeld. I feigned interest in the show and ignored her.
âI loved this episode, how about you?â I asked, looking down out of the corner of my eye for her response.
She was smiling. I was relieved. âArenât you going to pour the wine?â She looked up at me with questioning eyes.
âYes, yes I am but it needs to breathe for fifteen or twenty minutes.â I answered, still watching the show.
âOh, fifteen minutes huh? I think I heard that once or twice. Well, you know how us hicks are we usually buy wine with a screw-on lid. Nothing sophisticated like this.â She was still smiling.
I pointed toward the TV and said. âLetâs watch the show now.â She gave me a love tap on the knee and returned to Seinfeld.
I looked down at Ali. Her fragrance was sweet, nice perfume. Nothing too scary. She wasnât trying to over do it or anything. She was wearing a thin strapped top that tucked nicely into some faded jeans. She had on brown loafers. She had her knees crossed kicking her leg gently, her shoe dropping off her heel and was bouncing with the sway of her leg. We laughed. It felt good to have her here. We werenât getting too close or too friendly but it was nice. The final scene of the show cracked us up so bad we were almost rolling in the floor. That damn Kramer.
Ali leaned forward looking at the wine then looking at her watch and back to the wine. âWell mister connoisseur, is it cooked yet.â I was loving this sense of humor.â I took a glass and filled it and handed it to her. I filled the other one, sat back on the couch and took a sip. I closed my eyes and savored the wonderful liquid.
âIt has been quite awhile since I have shared a glass of wine with a lovely lady. Very nice selection by the way.â It was a Bordeaux, dry, red and wonderful. I had worked in a liquor store while in college, I got to know wine pretty well. Bordeaux was always my favorite.
âUmmm.â She was downing her first sip also. âThank you, it has been one of my favorites for years.â
I picked up the bottle and studied the label. âI donât recognize this label but it is quite exquisite.â
âMmmm. Iâm glad you like it.â She swallowed down another sip.
âThis would go great with a nice medium well New York strip.â I added.