The Prelude
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Yvette Harriman
Yvette Harriman stood nude in front of the full length mirror in her walk-in closet and looked at her body. She didn't need to pull in her stomach; three times a week at the gym and 2 miles of running a day (spring, summer and fall) plus a simple diet kept her body proudly firm. She was self conscious about her hips;
she barely had any
she thought. But as she stood sideways and ran a hand over her ass she thought,
Well, at least I have nice, tight, well- defined buns
.
Her hand and gaze moved over her flat belly and up to her breasts. She cupped a breast and hefted it;
Nice size, nice feel but they sloped a bit. Gravity?
she wondered. She tsk'd.
Hey, she was 37 years old, she didn't have anything to be ashamed of
.
Well, there was her tan or lack thereof. Given her brown hair (cut razor close to her scalp) to match her richly deep brown eyes she tanned nicely; almost to the point of people mistaking her for a Creole mulatto in summer. But this was February in Milwaukee and she detested tanning salons. She looked a bit
pasty
, she thought, though in reality, she still had a nice dusky hue to her skin that still made her look quite exotic.
"Vette, you're gonna be late for your first procedure if you don't move that fine ass of yours," came the voice of her husband, Herbie, from the bedroom.
"Yes, dear, I'll hustle my ass. Sure you wouldn't want to make me a little later by abusing my body?"
"Christ woman! Like
Cleavon Little
said in
Blazing Saddles
I'm gonna need to get my hands on some vitamin E!"
"Don't say...Oh,
hello there
..."
Herbie came into the dressing room and hugged his wife gently from behind. She twisted in his arms, enjoying the warm, dry feel of his skin against hers. She went up on tip-toes, her hands on his shoulders, to kiss him. Yvette was not short. Herbie was six feet, eight inches tall and tipped the scales at 315 pounds. All of it muscle. And at 50 years old, he was proud of what he had too.
"You know how you hate for people to keep you waiting, babe. So, as appealing as the offer of your delights is, you need to get dressed and get going."
She kissed him again. "Well, okay, if you insist."
"I do."
"You're taking me to that party tonight, right husband?"
"You still wanna go? You're sure?"
"Very," she said as she quickly pulled on her bra and panties.
"Well," he smiled a huge smile, "okay. Just remember I asked; you said
yes
. And, remember we can leave whenever you want."
She smiled her approval as she pulled her scrub top over her head. "
I
am going to close the place down. I've already decided."
"Riiight. Well," he reached down under his hanging clothes and pulled out a small gym bag, "here, hold this."
Yvette quickly pulled on her scrub pants and tied them then took the bag. Herbie reached for her clothes rack and took a short, satin green slip, the color of which complimented her dusky skin and brown eyes, and a pair of Italian leather shoes with ankle straps from the shoe tree and dropped them in the bag.
"After office hours, shower, douse yourself in my favorite scent and put these on; it's your party outfit. I'll meet you at the Pfister Hotel bar at about seven?"
Yvette looked in the bag. "Uh, Herb, I'm wearing my comfort underwear for the day. I don't think my gray cotton panties and running bra will go well with the slip."
"You are absolutely right, my pet. So don't wear them."
"But...This - in the
Pfister
?"
Herbie took the bag back from her, zipped it closed and handed it back to her. Yvette stared at the bag in her hands for a moment and then looked up at Herbie. He shrugged. "You wanted to go missy. I'm picking your wardrobe. And you know you'll turn many a head in the Pfister."
Yvette felt her face flush and then smiled coyly. "Okay. See ya tonight." She kissed him again and headed out, picking up a cup of coffee in the kitchen as she headed for her
Hummer
. It was 5:36 A.M.; Yvette Harriman was a cardiologist. She was headed for her hospital where she was scheduled to do six cardiac catheterizations.
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Claire Benton
"David," her voice pleading, "please don't be this way.
Please
. I'm sorry. We can have the light on. I, uh, just thought it would be sexier in the dark, that's all." She reached out and touched his back. He flinched ever so slightly. He was seething with anger, at his wife and himself.
Why couldn't she be more spontaneous? Why did she have to have everything just her way - or not at all
he wondered?
He felt Claire's hand go over his shoulder as he sat with his back to her on his side of the bed. Then he felt her press her breasts against his back and she breathed in his ear.
"Come on, David. Let's make love," she half whispered, half sighed into his ear. "I'll do