Chapter 1 Increased Security and a Violation Revealed
The process of divorcing my ex was down to the short strokes which finally allowed me the time to make some significant changes to my home. I am fortunate to have a large basement with its own entrance although it was never finished beyond a second bath and shower. I have plenty of space in the upstairs portion of the house and I had decided that finishing off the basement would allow me to sublet the house to a college student for some extra cash.
I live in a quiet neighborhood of family homes but even still, felt as though a security system would provide an added measure of comfort now that I was the only adult in the home. While shopping for drywall and other basement supplies, I happened across the Ring system. It is a system of three completely wireless cameras and a video doorbell to be mounted outside the home with a live feed to your Iphone. I added the system to my basket and was pleased to find that the installation and setup was complete in under an hour.
Though I had the ability to check the video feed in real time I rarely did so unless the door bell rang or a raccoon dumped over the trash buckets sending off an alarm. More commonly, I would check a week's worth of video feed on my harddrive just to confirm that nobody had been going through my yard.
A Covid work slowdown meant I was able to use the uninterrupted time to make some progress in the basement. I put in long hours and was very pleased with the results and the income that it would soon provide. This sense of accomplishment had me feeling as though a night of relaxation all on my own was well deserved.
I was lazily surfing the internet over a bottle of cabernet sauvignon when I happened across the saved chache of home security video feeds. I didn't expect to see anything of consequence and was about to abandon scrolling through the footage when something from camera two caught my attention. I had to scroll back and forth to confirm the brief flash of light that had triggered further investigation. Using the zoom function removed all doubt and had me now intent on examining the entirety of the footage back to the day of installation.
My home and those in my neighbourhood are on lots of 40' x 120'. Though the yard space is generous many of the homes are quite close to one another. My neighbours to the north were in their early thirties with a small toddler. They seemed nice enough but we really hadn't connected in any way other than to watch the husband show off his 'dad bod' in an almost constant car washing routine.
To the south and no more than ten feet from the side of my home was a nice family. The parents were older than I and their two sons were of university age but studying at home this semester due to covid restrictions. It was these young neighbours who were now the focus of my attention as I reviewed my video archive.
It was that quick flash of light that I could have easily missed but somehow had drawn me in for a closer look. It was a bedroom light from a window that flashed just as the blinds were being closed. I can't say what drew me to it but as I looked closer I noticed that one single blind was flipped up in the open position. My interest certainly wasn't because I wanted to look in at another and nor would I ever. But, the window in question is located directly opposite my bedroom window and I suddenly didn't feel confident that one or both of the young men next door were as respectful of my privacy as I was of others. When I ran to my bedroom to take a closer look I noticed with more than a little discomfort that there were actually two bedroom windows opposite mine. More to the point, both offered a clear view into my room -- if someone had wanted to look.
When I went back to the video footage I noticed something that had the tiny hair on my arms standing on end. The light through the window could be seen on an almost daily basis. Of course, I couldn't notice anything about daytime hours but as I paid closer attention it became obvious during the nighttime hours that my neighbour's bedroom light came on just moments after my mine did -- and always about the same time when I usually get ready for bed!
A kaleidoscope of thoughts and emotions splashed across my mind. The overriding feeling was one of violation. I had always felt comfortable in my room and though there are blinds on my window, they are zebra blinds that mean if you don't line them up just perfectly there would be lots to see. I had never been too careful about the blinds and quite honestly, often left them open and unafraid that anyone might be looking. But everything had suddenly changed with the realization that at least one and possibly two young men had taken the opportunity to peek in while I was completely ignorant of the threat.
Near the end of my bottle of wine I had to admit that there were other feelings starting to conflict with initial defensive posture that had overcome me at the start. I began thinking about the two brothers and their friends who spent a great deal of time sweaty and shirtless while trying to drain baskets in their driveway and this suddenly gave me a somewhat dirty idea. It was now well after midnight but I suddenly felt a new sense of energy. Scrolling through the footage from camera one I was able to make out better than half of the neighbour's driveway and inadvertently, the side of their house. It didn't take long before I found what I was looking for.
That tingling feeling started to develop in my breasts and my pussy as I watched footage of four young strapping men hustling with the basketball. I knew the two brothers to be 20 and 22 and safely assumed their friends were of similar ages. To my private embarrassment, the age difference happened to be twenty years. I felt guilty looking, especially with the intent that had begun to develop. Normally, I might have given an appreciative glance and gotten back to feeling like a mom. But as I noticed the acceleration of my heartrate and the dampness growing in my panties I could not deny that this viewing was very much of a sexual purpose.
The two brothers looked almost like twins. Both were blonde and very fit as were the usual cast of friends that came by to shoot hoops. Other than passing pleasantries I really hadn't spent much time talking to either of the boys but they always seemed pleasant and polite. It wasn't that I had failed to notice that they were both incredibly handsome boys -- it was just that I had always regarded them as just that, boys. With this new development and no matter how much it should have been left as it was, I now couldn't help but see them as sexual objects for the immense pleasure of my fertile imagination.
My right hand had begun to travel on instinct to its comfort place between my legs when I suddenly had a most brilliant idea. Standing in my hallway at the open door I looked across my darkened room and out the window. I could clearly see the blinds of the home across the way and somewhere in my memory I believe I had been told that the older boy, Brett had the back room and his younger brother Ethan's was beside him but nearer the front of the house. My mouth had become dry in anticipation. Remaining concealed in the hallway I reached in and turned on my bedroom light but did not enter the room. My hands were actually shaking as I flipped to the live feed on my Iphone. Sure enough, within minutes of my bedroom light going on I was able to clearly see one of Brett's blinds flip up. I zoomed in as close as possible and could make out just enough to confirm that a pair of eyes were definitely peeping at my open window.
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