It is recommended that you read Chapter One first.
Ben, an investment banker from Boston and his wife Gwen, an interior decorator, were in South Carolina for a brief late winter vacation. Ben and Gwen had an open marriage and on Saturday each had hooked up with a stranger for a brief fling: Gwen with a polished Southern Gentleman named Beau she had met on the beach behind her condo; and Ben with an accomplished woman golfer named Laurie he met on a nearby golf course. Each had spent the afternoon having sex with their new lover and made a date for the next day to continue their fling. Late in the afternoon Ben and Gwen had lain in bed sharing their experiences of the afternoon with each other. They noted the common last name of their afternoon partners ("Chatham") and wondered briefly if the two of them were married putting Ben and Gwen in an unplanned swap, but they became distracted with the sex they were having between themselves and didn't think further about the issue.
When they returned from dinner that evening there was an envelope on their doorstep addressed to the two of them, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Chabot. The envelope was a heavy creamy paper. The kind one might use for a wedding invitation or some other like formal purpose. The address was hand written in a formal old style script. Gwen looked at it and said, "That's calligraphy. How very formal. Almost no one does that anymore."
Ben tore open the envelope and unfolded the single sheet of similar heavy paper. The note, hand written in a thick flowing ink with a very formal style, was addressed to Ben and Gwen. It said,
We presume by now that the two of you have compared notes as we have and realized each of us enjoyed the company of the other's spouse yesterday. None of us had set out to create a foursome but that seems to be the case and speaking for ourselves we found our time very enjoyable. After discussing it we have decided that rather than keeping the rather informal, but no doubt delightful, appointments we made with the two of you for tomorrow it might be more entertaining for the four us to get together at our plantation home tomorrow afternoon. We can become better acquainted and then enjoy the afternoon and a light dinner, and of course whatever follows. We promise to have you back in time to catch your plane to Boston on Tuesday morning. Please RSVP by text to (843) 257-9342.
Regards,
Beau and Laurie Chatham
"My, my. Isn't that interesting." Gwen said after reading the letter. "It sounds like they want something beyond the casual sex of yesterday afternoon. What do you think?"
"I guess four isn't quite an orgy but it has the potential to be a bit kinkier than yesterday."
"Yes it does. We've never done that before." Gwen could feel a fire beginning to burn in her core. Just what kind of kink were these people proposing, she wondered?
"Interested?" she asked Ben after a moment's pause.
"Very interested," Ben replied, reaching for his cell phone.
"No, let me. I know you. You'll say, 'You bet; we're in,' or some such. I swear you never learned anything in that fancy boarding school your family sent you to. These people are very formal. Let me respond."
Ben shrugged. "Laurie didn't seem very formal, just horny."
"You told me she grew up in California. Nobody is ever formal there and I've heard they are all horny."
"She was... informal and horny," Ben responded.
"Let me respond," Gwen insisted.
Ben shrugged and put his phone away.
After giving the matter a half an hour of thought Gwen responded as follows:
Laurie and Beau,
"
Thank you for your kind invitation. Ben and I would love to join you. We found our encounters with each of you very interesting. The idea of meeting the two of you together and learning more about how you manage your relationships fills me with a burning interest.
Please give me a call around nine tomorrow ( is that too early?) so we can discuss the details of where to meet and when, along with issues like dress, etc.
After our experiences with you yesterday Ben and I are excited about the potential of getting the four of us together and feeling flexible as to how we go about it."
Regards,
Gwen and Ben Cabot
"Interesting? Is that all you can say about our encounters of yesterday. I thought Laurie was a great fuck and it was my impression you thought the same of Beau," Ben said when he looked at the text after it had been sent.
Gwen simply shook her head in response.
"But even though they were just 'interesting,' you have a 'burning interest' and you're 'flexible'?"
"Sure, don't you? I can't wait to see what perversions these two can come up with," Gwen said with a smile. "And I wanted them to know we are interested... and flexible."
Ben laughed. "You're probably right. The titty fuck on the golf course was a new event for me yesterday. But I thought you wanted to write a polite formal reply?" he continued.
"There is an art to a formal reply, dear. Not everything need be blunt and overt. It's what you imply that matters."
Ben shook his head mystified. "Okay, but let's go to bed. I'm tired."
"You go ahead." Gwen said. "I have to think about what I'm going to wear tomorrow." She also wanted to think about what kind of kinky perversions might be on the menu for their assignation with the Chathams.
The phone call in the morning was replaced by another text message providing instructions on how to find the Chathams' home, suggesting they arrive around 3:00, and advising that the dress would be 'relaxed casual.'
"Relaxed Casual?" Gwen echoed when she read the text aloud to Ben. "That term is impossible unless you know what the people using it mean. I know what casual means. Back home in Boston, at least, it would mean at least slacks, collared shirt, neck tie, and a sports coat for you and a nice conservative dress for me. But here? I don't know these people. And 'relaxed'. What does that add? Hmm."
"Maybe it means naked. That is where we will almost certainly wind up. Why are you so excited about choosing the right clothes when you know you are going to be taking them off before our visit ends... or maybe as soon as it starts?" Ben asked.
"Oh Ben. I'll never understand how you can be such a brilliant banker and such blockhead about social issues. Let me explain it to you. I've been invited to meet the woman who seduced my husband yesterday and she is in the same position. We are neither one of us going to dress to impress the men at this event. We are both going to impress the 'other woman'; to send her a message."
Ben was looking at her with a blank look that said, "What the hell are you talking about." when he spoke up he said, "But Gwen I didn't fall in love with you and marry you for your clothes. I... "
She cut him off, "Ben it's not about you. I know why you married me and we don't have to go into that now. It's about Laurie Chatham and what she will think of me when she sees me for the first time today. I want her to appreciate what a classy, beautiful, sexy woman her husband picked up on the beach and she is going to want me to think something similar about her. The choice of clothes for a first time meeting is important, maybe more important than what is said."
"Okay fine. Let me know if I can be of any help, but I doubt if I will be because women are a mystery to me. I'm going to wear dockers and a Hawaiian shirt. Is that okay."
"Yeah sure," she responded as her mind began to once again dig through the very limited wardrobe she had brought down from Boston. Classy but revealing. That's the standard, she thought.