San Francisco
December 1985
It has been a busy couple of months for me. I moved to San Francisco from Sacramento in October. I think moving and working in San Francisco will test my relationship with Tom to see if it survives the distance.
Jack though, is another factor I should factor in. We've dined and danced in the sheets on several occasions in November. When he comes for business I stay with him at the corporate suite at The Fairmont instead of my cold apartment. Tom as well comes by often. His job in television news brings him to SF at least every other week. It is tricky juggling the time between the two and my time in the women's tent (first few days in November). So much so the morning after one evening, which included a dinner at Prego's and fucking late into the night, Jack dropped me off at the bus station for a trip to see Tom in Sacramento.
Tonight though, the day after Christmas, is Jack's night again.
I stand in front of the mirror. My blue wrap mini dress has a plunging neckline just an inch above my belly button. I am barely more than b-cup so not really any cleavage to speak of, but the smooth fabric shows clearly where my nipples are. My black embellished satin pumps are four inches high. I dab some #5 in strategic locations. Raven hair and ruby lips; let me see if I can make sparks fly from my fingertips.
Jack calls from a bar where he has finished a business meeting. He'll be over soon to pick me up from my apartment at Gough and Austin. It is only 36 degrees this evening so I am going to need a jacket. I choose a black one with two big buttons and monstrous shoulder pads. It covers to my hips. It will keep me warm enough between quick transfers from inside to outside to inside.
The buzzer rings. I click the squawk box and tell Jack I'll be right down.
I emerge from the complex and Jack pulls me into his arms. He clutches my bottom. He feels only the fabric on my smooth derriere. I am wearing a thong and a mini-pad. I know Jack too well to trust him not to get me flowing in the taxi. But it isn't a taxi. It is a limo. Not the stretch kind, the Lincoln Towne car kind.
"Nice legs," Jack observes.
Jack is wearing a gray two-piece with white shirt and no tie. All that comes to my mind is Casablanca, "I remember every detail, the Germans wore gray, you wore blue." You is me. I tell Jack of my musing. It is his favorite film and he likes quoting from it.
We step to the car. The chauffeur opens the door and I slide in. Jack goes around to the driver side. He is on me immediately with a passionate kiss and a cold hand on my easily accessible breasts.
"Jack! The driver," I whine.
"Oh, he has seen it all. No worries. He's like a doctor," Jack says.
"True madam, I am discreet," says Sam the chauffer as he shimmies behind the wheel and buckles in.
I'm not so sure and a bit shy but I don't protest further.
Jack undoes the jacket and spreads the wrap. He cradles and kisses a breast while a single finger travels from knee to pussy. I open my legs slightly as the blue dress is bunched up to my thighs.
"Uh oh. Are you on your-," he questions.
"No! That's protection for the dress from your influence!" I explain.
And indeed it is at work as Jack presses on the combination of thong, pad and clitoris. I lay my hand on his crotch. He is not quite erect yet so I give his cock some incentive. I love the feeling of the phallus as it is developing. As it engorges I can feel the ridges become defined, the girth widen and the shaft becomes well, a shaft. It excites me. It makes me want to climb on him and screw the daylights out of him.
But the ride to The Fairmont is short, and Sam's eyes are in the mirror not on the road, so no intense carnal activities for him to report to his colleagues. Jack asks him to pull short of the hotel about a block.
"I have to relax," he explains.
As he does so, I straighten up my dress and re-button the jacket.
"Ok, I think I'm ready," Jack reports.
The limo pulls into the circle and I grab Jack's crotch through his pants and furiously rub his somewhat flaccid member reversing its descent. Both Sam and I start laughing as Jack rolls into a ball. My door opens and I offer my hand to the doorman who assists me out. Jack stays behind to tip Sam and try to re-calm himself. When he emerges slightly bent, he gives me a dirty look and a grin all at once. He holds my hand and we enter the hotel.
The lobby is too magnificent to describe, royal maybe. Like the Hermitage in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). The room is gorgeous with a king bed on a pedestal, walls of pastel browns and darker grays, white wainscoting and molding. The window was a couple floors up and to the south of the flags on the facade. We looked out at San Francisco in the distance and Pacific-Union Club across the street.
"You dismissed the driver?" I ask. "Are we having dinner out?"
"Yes, but we'll take the cable car, just down there on the corner," Jack responds.
I remove the pad and freshen up. We leave the room settled for later and hop the cable car at California and Powell. We make our way to the Russian Hill district and a restaurant called Il Fratelli. The ride over is severely cold but Jack tries to warm me by cuddling as we sit on the outer seats above the running board.
The restaurant is intimate, dark and warm. I can remove my jacket. We have a table for two with a portabottiglie di candela in the middle. This is not a swank ristorante but fun. I have the Linguine alle vongole. Jack has a saute of clams and mussels. Both come with a generous amount of garlic. Since it will only be us tonight we won't offend anyone. We order a glass each of White Bordeaux.
As we eat Jack asks about how I'm doing in San Francisco.
"Oh, I'm lonely and cold, except when you or Tom comes around. I intended to see what is available here for me but the good-looking, corporate climbers are all gay. This week in the financial district I saw two gorgeous young fellows in business suits, perfect hair and carrying briefcases and holding hands. It is all very normal. My prospects seem minimal."
Jack looks at me seriously. "I'm engaged."
I freeze. These words have impact. I feel a piercing in my heart. I realize my mouth is open and close it. I can feel my face flushing. My stomach turns. A million things run through my mind.
Logical:
1. Jack and I are having an affair not a marriage. It is fun, exciting and illicit.