I found the first photograph in the mailbox when I came home from work one Monday afternoon. It was in an unsealed, unaddressed white envelope. The snapshot showed my wife Ashley in the backyard with a garden hose, watering a bush. I hadn't taken the picture, and planned to ask Ashley about it, but we had plans that night and it completely slipped my mind.
The next day after work I found another white envelope in the mailbox. It was a telephoto shot this time. Ashley was sitting on the edge of the swimming pool, staring off dreamily with her feet dangling in the water. The outline of her nipples could be seen clearly through her wet bathing suit. The picture perfectly captured her beauty and sensuality. The photo was on my mind all eveningβbut again, I couldn't think of a way to bring it up. All night long I watched her closely, silently wondering over and over again who was taking these pictures and leaving them in our mailbox.
The next day came and, along with it, the third photograph. I quickly put down my briefcase and opened the envelope. It was a snapshot of Ashley sunbathing naked. Beads of sweat covered her body. Did she know that she was being photographed? I couldn't tell. Her eyes were closing as though she were dozing. I couldn't imagine whom she would allow to see her naked, much less take a photograph of her in such a state. Perhaps the person had quietly slipped into the yard, snapped the shot and left. But who could it have been, and when did it happen? That very afternoon?
Although I was still unable to bring myself to ask my wife about the pictures, I was beginning to enjoy the mystery behind them.
The next day my heart was pounding and my cock throbbing when I opened the mailbox and found another plain white envelope containing a single photograph. In this one, Ashley was sitting on her chaise lounge by the pool, naked, staring into the camera with a shy but seductive smile. Her hair was wet and her nipples hard and erect. Her legs were slightly crossed, her dark patch of bushy pubic hair barely visible. Once again I wondered who the secret photographer might be. A neighbour? A stranger? Her lover? Was Ashley herself putting the photos in the mailbox for me to discover?
That night I waited for her to say something about the pictures, but she never did. However, she seemed differentβquieter and much more aloof. I asked her what she'd done that day, and she replied, "Oh, I relaxed by the pool." Then she drifted off, lost in thought.