Firstly, let me set the scene. I inherited the house from my late husband when he passed away three years ago. He was in the construction industry and had built the house for us both, twenty-five years ago. It is spacious, with four bedrooms, all en suit and, and as I have since found out, to my delight, has a few hidden extras.
My name is Carol and I am 52 years of age. I am, although I say it myself, well preserved physically, although carrying a little excess 'baggage', which I wage a near – constant war against at the local gym. I am, thanks to my late husband, fairly well off financially, and can afford to treat myself regularly.
Back to the house and the situation that I find myself in. After going through my late husband's effects, in order to get rid of it all, I was checking documents and assorted paperwork, when I came across a sealed envelope with my name on it. I opened it with some trepidation, not knowing what it could contain.
It started out as a sort of confession, explaining that he had built a secret room on the second floor, which was between the two largest bedrooms, the entrance to which was behind the large bookcase in our bedroom. The key was taped to the letter. He confessed to having used this room to watch our guests, and me, at different times during our marriage, and to making records of the various, intimate goings on that occurred. The letter ended with an apology for not letting me in on the secret, but to make the most of it like he had done.
It was with some excitement that I took the stairs to the bedroom. I had used and passed this bookcase for years and never suspected that it hid a concealed entrance to heaven knew what. On close inspection, and following instructions in the letter, I located, behind some fake books on the lower shelf, second from the bottom, a keyhole and latch mechanism. I gingerly placed the key in the hole and slowly turned it. There was a soft click as the lock turned. I lifted the latch and pulled the bookcase open. It moved very easily considering that it was six feet tall, at least the same wide and about a foot deep. I was stood in front of a smaller than normal, plain door with a recessed latch, similar to a cabinet fitting. I pulled it out and gave it a twist. The door opened into a dark space. Without entering, I felt for a light switch. Finding it, I flicked it on and was amazed to see a fairly large room, well appointed with carpet, office style furniture and work type benches loaded with what looked like a computer and various items of recording equipment.
My senses where in overload as I began to take in the array of hardware which filled one side of the room. It almost resembled a TV studio. There was a note lying on the work surface.
It read. "If you are reading this, you have found my letter."
It went on to explain how to operate the equipment and what it in fact was. There were storage cabinets, which contained all manner of tapes, and CDs etc. The most intriguing thing that I noticed was that there was a whole shelf dedicated to me! The shelf just had a marker on it, which said Carol, nothing else. Other shelves had other names on them, my sister, my mother our friends and numerous other people who had stayed here over the years.
It was late in the evening by the time I had found all this and resolved that as the following day was a Saturday, that I would spend the weekend trying to discover what sort of man I had spent the last twenty five years of my life with.
I found it difficult to sleep that night. My mind was in turmoil of different emotions. When my husband was alive we had always enjoyed a regular, if quite normal sex life. There was no swinging parties or open marriage type goings on – quite boring really. On the occasions that my late husband was away on business, all that I did for company was to invite a few of our mutual friends around for an evening meal. Usually I would eat early, have a luxurious soak in the hot tub and have an early night, and if the fancy took me and I was feeling particularly 'sexy', I would entertain myself with one or other of my 'toys'.
I woke early and had a light breakfast, after which I returned to 'the room'. Firstly I powered up the hardware and re-read the instructions that I had found the previous evening. I was surprised to find that there were discreet cameras sited in both the adjoining bedrooms. This would explain the large collection of tapes and CDs in the cabinet next to me. I was intrigued with the shelf with my name on it, so I chose the disc to the left and marked with the oldest date (2 years ago). I placed it in the player and was surprised at the picture quality. The scene was our bedroom with me moving around, wearing a dressing gown. It felt spooky watching myself and found myself looking over my shoulder occasionally as if I was afraid of being caught 'snooping'.
Not to go into too much detail, the disc contained nothing more than me changing for bed, after having a shower. I can only assume that Alex had been away on business, as he did not figure at all on the disc. The others contained similar fare, except on a few occasions, there were ones showing me in my more pleasurable moments. During the course of the weekend I selected other recordings of family members and various visitors. All I will say is that my late mother was far more adventurous between the sheets than either my sister or I. Our friends certainly enjoyed themselves while they stayed with us. After viewing a good selection of the material, I found myself 'warming' to the task, and I mean 'warming'. This whole thing was making me as horny as hell.
There were revelations that opened my eyes, and I could see why Alex had found this all very much a turn on, even if it had all been of his own doing. The thing that I found most strange was that I was finding it a thrill watching all this and was enjoying the fact that it was all secretly filmed. Perhaps I had been a voyeur all along and had not realised it. I now regretted that Alex had not shared his secret with me.
All this occurred nearly two and a half years ago. Since then I have turned the house into a boarding house in order to keep the running costs down. I have an arrangement with the local college and most of my boarders are students. This means that I only have to have them during term time, so I have the freedom and an empty house during the holiday periods.
My life took a change for the better, on a physical level, not long after I started to board for the first time. One of the first students to arrive was Greg (name changed), a tall, dark, athletic young man of about 18 years. He was studying law, but spent most of his time around the gym and sports facility. When he first arrived he introduced himself and we politely shook hands. I said that he could call me Carol. There was very little eye contact from him, as I noticed that his gaze was fixed on my cleavage, which was, due to the cut of my top, more obvious than I usually like it to be. The fact that he was staring at it, at nearly every opportunity, gave me a small thrill. It suddenly dawned on me that I could do some observing of my own.