A beautiful woman walks down the boardwalk. There are a lot of beautiful women around here, and a lot of them walk this way, this one didn't seem that special at first glance. Maybe it was the lack of fake blonde hair, fake boobs or fake tan. No, that wasn't it; a woman can carry all that baggage around and still manage to be interesting in her own right. I watched her for a moment, walking along, sketchpad under one arm.
I knew.
She was wearing a short, tight sundress. Nothing special, not when you can look around and spot a half dozen women in bikini's like they were born wearing them. The dress was a little on the small side, ill fitting. Normally that's bad, but this seemed deliberate, a choice. The low cut back and spaghetti shoulders precluded a bra of any sort, but the dress supported her bouncing breasts fine, almost shelving them for display. I could see from where I watched her nipples poking into the cups. I watched the hem sway around her upper thighs as she walked on her wedge sandals and I knew.
She wore nothing under that dress, nothing at all. It wasn't natural for her, that too short dress, the lack of panties. She walked like a woman with a secret. She walked like a woman on her way to get fucked. That was what had drawn my attention. I watched her walk and suddenly I was excited.
I wasn't alone in watching. She looked over and saw me watching her and smiled faintly. She knew I watched her, and she knew I knew her secret, or at least some of it. It was in her eyes, in her smile. She almost nodded, an imperceptible tilt of her head, permission to watch, bringing me into her secret confidence, making me part of whatever was happening. When I stood and moved towards the walk, she merely gave that Cheshire grin and turned to keep walking, perhaps just a tiny bit slower, a tiny bit more exaggerated.
People forget the boardwalk isn't built right on the beach but above it a good seven or eight feet. Women especially forget that there are gaps in the boards. No one really hangs out under there during the day. Too much dirt and trash falling down as people go by carelessly. Its filthy under there sometimes, especially during tourist season. But this morning she was the only one on the walk, and I was the only one under it, catching up to her as she paused near the very end, shaking out her hair in the morning sun. I looked up just before she stepped away, off the walk where I could no longer follow. I caught a glimpse of pale pink skin, a flash of her secret sex, and she was gone.
Well, not gone, not exactly. Regretting my missed chance for more of a show, for certainly she had stopped to give me one, I slowly made my way out from underneath, thinking that it was done. I looked up at a flash of movement; saw her lingering at a corner, as if waiting, before she continued on, out of sight. Hmm... this seemed promising. I liked watching, but only as a diversion, or a prelude. I could not tell which this was, but certainly she had invited me in, and I intended to follow.
I followed her a short distance to the houses that overlooked the beach in the hills nearby. I watched her walk up the stairs that lead to a door, enter and then she was gone. A moment passed before I recognized the house, there are so few people that live around here that it is hard to be a perfect stranger, especially if you are semi-famous. I had managed, in my own way, to be mostly anonymous, but that is another story.
The artist. He wasn't really that great, he'd made a decent living showing in galleries. His main income, however, was his students. Many of them rich, other's famous. It gave him the prestige he craved, and if rumors were correct, access to all the young women he could lure into his studio. The studio overlooked the ocean, and from most angles it was private enough, far enough from the beach, high enough up that you couldn't look in. The best angle was presumably by boat, with a telescope.
There was another option, of course. More daring but more rewarding. It was, of course, to stand on his very lawn. There were few bushes and trees, to avoid obscuring the ocean front property he had strived so hard for, but for the daring and clever there was enough cover to avoid a casual glance. I rested in the lee of a small tree, casually, unmoving in a way that caused the eyes to pass right over me. Once it had been a useful talent, now it was a mere parlor trick, and the key to an occasional voyeuristic foray.