Sitting alone one Friday evening there came an almost unfriendly knock at the front door of the unit. I had been watching TV and had just finished some fish and chips that I had brought home earlier. I sometimes did this rather than go to the trouble of cooking a meal just for myself in the rare event that Helen had to go away, leaving me to fend for myself.
On opening I found my surprise visitor to be Moira (of Geoff and Moira fame). She was dressed in jeans and a tee shirt and looked a bit tasty compared to the very homely way she usually looked. She also had had her hair cut and styled which also came as a surprise. She did however seem a bit distressed, almost as if she had been crying. Naturally, I asked her to come in, offering her a glass of moselle, the flagon of which I had already made a healthy dent in. First she refused but then, just as definitely, she then changed her mind. I didn't have any proper wine glasses clean so I poured her almost a full pot glass which she enthusiastically accepted, knocking back perhaps a third of it in one gulp.
Expecting her to open up and fill me in on her slightly stressed condition, I sat down on the lounge and she sat down opposite me in the rocking chair, looking very nervous but saying nothing.
Just as something to say, I complimented her on her new haircut which actually made her look quite modern compared to her dowdy shoulder length normal style which always made her look older and more mousy than she probably was.
She did not respond at all to my kind words.
"Is there anything wrong with Geoff?" I asked, hoping she would give me a clue as to her obviously upset state.
"Yes there is as it happens" she replied, removing an envelope from the camera bag she had at her feet.
"This is what's wrong with him."
I took the envelope from her and emptied the contents into my lap. In front of me were the photos that Geoff had taken that night they had both come around. They were very good considering he was new at photography.
"These are excellent Moira" I said as I continued to go through them.
"I don't think they are as excellent as you think" she replied.
"Just wait till you get to the final ones."
As I got to the last three or four, I had an idea why she had said what she just did. These ones were all of Helen completely topless, the last one of which she had her hands cupped under her breasts and this was just about all that was in the photo, two hands pushing up some very nice full nippled titties.
"Well these are very good too, don't you think so Moira?"
She said nothing. She just put her head down into her hands and started to sob uncontrollably.
I went and got her a box of tissues and gave them to her. Pulling out about three in one go, she tried drying her eyes but her sobbing seemed only to get louder.
I put my arms around her and pulling her up out of the rocking chair in one motion, manouvered her over to the lounge. I genuinely felt sorry for her as she continued to cry as this was obviously coming from the heart. Stroking her hair, her head now being tucked into my shoulder, all I could say was
"There, there, surely this is not worth crying over."
"If Helen was here she tell you the same" I continued.
"Where is the little trollop then?" she spluttered.
"Moira, I don't think that kind of language is called for, do you?" I responded, releasing my grip like cuddle on her just a bit.
"Well she's the one who's caused all this trouble, isn't she?" She sobbed.
"She's away on a conference in Canberra until next Tuesday if you really need to know." I responded, excusing Moira's less than complimentary turn of expression somewhat.
"If she hadn't flaunted herself at Geoff that night he wouldn't be constantly on at me to model for him the same way would he?"
"It's only because he's away at his brother's place for a couple of days and I was going to our photography class in his place tonight that I happened upon these photos in the first place so I thought that instead of going to the college I'd come straight over and have it out with your wife about it!"
"Moira, you were here the night she posed for him so surely you knew that she he had taken a couple of slightly risque shots of her, anyway it's nothing to get so upset about is it?"
"Look Steve, this may seem strange to you but I've never ever allowed Geoff to see me totally naked, so another woman flashing her bosoms at him does upset me, yes it really does."
"But what about when you go to bed, surely he sees you with nothing on then, doesn't he?"
"No, never ever, I change in the bathroom and always put my nightie on before I get into bed and when ever I have a shower, I always lock the bathroom door."
" So you're telling me, you've never been nude in front of Geoff ever before."
" Or any other man for that matter." She replied.
"I find that just so hard to believe Moira, I really do."
"Look Steve, I grew up on the west coast of Ireland on Achill Island, I went to a convent school and my parents were strict Catholics, the body is sinful, we learn that at a very early age."
"That's weird, both Helen's parents come from the mainland just south of Achill, Castlebar to be precise, you may even be related."
"What's also strange is that being a strict Catholic and going to a convent school too, she used to have a very similar attitude to you but she's managed to get over it." I said realising that in my haste to comfort her, my right hand had managed to get itself comfortably into a position that it was now cradling her left breast.
With no protest forthcoming I squeezed it just a bit, not enough to make her alarmed but enough to let her know that I knew what I was doing. Surprisingly, I felt no trace of a bra under her black tee shirt but she did fidget a bit, raising herself up slightly so that my hand would have lost it's captive had I not gone with the flow, so as to speak.
"And what got her over it?" Moira asked rather politely I thought as she finally stopped her sniffling.
"Well it's a long story but I've got time if you have." I replied.
Moving slightly away from her to a safe distance on the lounge, I then proceeded to tell Moira the tale of Somers beach, every single last detail. Other than a few occasional sharp intakes of breath she listened attentively, several times demanding that I get on with the story as if she couldn't wait to find out what happened next. I guess about half an hour passed before I got to the part about the pictures appearing in the nudist magazine.
I then went on to tell her just how great our sex lives had become now that Helen had managed to rid herself of her inhibitions. I even told her about Liz's adventure into nudism, not everything of course, but enough to wet Moira's appetite.
"How could you let your own wife do those sort of things in front of other men, weren't you worried that it might get out of hand?"
"Well, I suppose it did get out of hand when you think about it Moira, but as scared as I was, I was also very aroused at the same time and the main lesson we both learnt that day was the truth that there is no sin in beauty and that there should be no guilt in nudity."
Putting her empty glass towards me, I apologised for being a such bad host and re-filled it to the top with the sweet, fruity moselle, topping up my half empty glass at the same time.
"Wait here a moment, I'll go and get the magazine that her photos appeared in."
When I returned shortly, Moira had returned to the rocking chair. A thought went through my mind about me having squeezed her tit a bit and maybe this was her way of avoiding it again. I noticed that her glass was almost empty again. I had never really seen Moira drink alcohol so I began to wonder if I was doing the right thing, topping her up.
"Here, have a look, you'll see that everything I've told you is true."
Moira took the mag and started to thumb through it page by page. Her eyes opened wide as she digested every nude body on show.
"My God Steve, you're not in here are you?"she asked.
"No I'm not, I think they were more interested in Helen than me, but now I'm used to the idea, it wouldn't have bothered me if I had been." I replied.
She then got to the `From Prude to Nude 'article with Helen's photos in it.