Elena got up from the edge of the motel room bed and walked to the window to look down on the street. There was her daughter joining her girlfriends and several boys, laughing and giggling as they walked away.
This was supposed to be a fun vacation for the two of them, at a surf Festival where her daughter was a competitor. But Elena felt bored, ignored and now humiliated and hurt.
Elena was very mad. Her daughter had just said some very mean things to her. It had all started when her daughter had shortened her denim miniskirt far too short for a girl of 18. And the blouse was too tight and showed to much cleavage.
Elena had told her "Change your clothes and put on something decent."
Her daughter had screamed back at her "Just because your an old hag and no one wants to look at you doesn't mean that I shouldn't look sexy."
Elena knew that her daughter was only striking out but that didn't take the sting out her words. Especially since Elena actually thought her daughter was probably right. She didn't feel sexy. After all her husband hadn't had sex with her in over a year.
It wasn't her fault. She actually had a better body now than when she got married 20 years ago. Over the last 6 months she had worked out in the gym four days a week and ran 20 miles a week.
But as she turned from the window she caught her reflection in the mirror on the motel wall. Her daughter was right, nobody would look at her. The baggy sweats and lack of makeup certainly wouldn't draw any attention.
She moved slowly toward the mirror and looked at her face. She could see that she was still pretty but it was like it was in hiding. She undid her perpetual ponytail and ran her fingers through her hair as it dropped to her shoulders; it was thick, wavy and light brown. She turned her face from side to side, her hair swayed seductively.
She pulled up the sweatshirt over her head. Then did the same with the baggy T-shirt and the over sized tank top underneath.
She pushed her sweatpants to the floor and stepped out of them. She twisted her body from side to side. Her body was trim, firm but wearing the grandma style panties and the support bra she didn't look like a woman of 38, she looked more like her sexless mother.
Little tears formed in her eyes. And as she started to cry her eyes focused on the open suitcase in front of her. Her daughter had brought more clothes than she could possibly wear for the weekend, and had already changed outfit's three or four times. Each outfit had been more revealing than the other.
Elena reached out and touched the short Levi skirt, pulling towards her. She held it up against her hips and realized that it would fit her. And then as if someone else's hands were doing the work she quickly went through the suitcase pulling out a small tank top, a pair of thong panties and a sexy thin lace bra. She quickly slipped them on.
She brushed her hair, applied makeup to her face and eyes and then slipped on a pair of three inches high cork sandals.
Now as she looked in the mirror facing her was an incredibly sexy attractive woman. The skirt was tight and very short, she had left the top 3 buttons and the bottom 3 buttons of the tank top undone revealing magnificent cleavage and tight toned abs. She was amazed at the transformation.
Elena grabbed her purse and walked quickly to the door before she could change her mind.
She stepped out locking the door behind her and nervously walked down the hall. She got in the empty elevator and descended to the lobby. The doors opened and she hesitated for a moment thinking of running back upstairs. The elevator jumped and she suddenly stepped out of the elevator into the lobby. No one noticed her immediately.
But as she started walking across the lobby with the click of the sandals several men turned in that moment and stared at her. She held her breath walking straight and steady through the doors and onto the street outside. As she turned left and walked down the street she heard the doorman whistle under his breath. And her heart soared and finally she took a breath.
Two blocks towards the beach she decided to go into the La Paz Grille. She had seen that it was a bar and nightclub on the first night they had walked around town. The lights were dim in the bar and it was pretty full. She went straight to the bar, found a stool and ordered a Margarita.