David and Linda were on holiday in the south of France. They had rented an apartment a few miles inland from Nice which was about 20 minutes drive from the town so they had hired a little open top sports car for the time that they were there.
Although the apartment had no pool, it was very hot and David had on just his shorts while Linda was wearing just a bikini bottom which did not leave much to the imagination either. She stretched her arms above her head and yawned, an action which lifted her breasts and pointed her nipples at David like a pair of pistols
"I think I might just drive down to the beach for a while" she said "it's alright, you don't have to come, I know you are sleepy but I must get a bit of air."
"OK " said David " you know the way and I could do with a kip for an hour or so, just mind the hairpin bends on the road.....and at least put your top on."
"Yes sir" she grinned and sweeping up the top half of her bikini reached behind herself with both arms and fastened the ties at her back. "Is that alright? " she said putting one hand on her hip and leaning slightly to one side.
"Very nice" said David standing up "and if you don't go now I shall have to have my way with you!"
Linda laughed and picking up the car keys on her way, walked out of the front door.
Opening the car door she stepped in and starting the car roared off in a cloud of gravel.
"I wish we could have one of these at home" she thought "it's a lovely car, such a beautiful colour and so fast!"
After about ten minutes she had left the village behind and was approaching the downhill stretch to the coast where the road narrowed and zigzagged down the hillside.
"I am sure I can manage these bends" she thought to herself and surged on down the road. She was right for the first two bends but then...disaster she tried to brake hard into another bend, skidded and with a loud crunch hit the hillside.
"Oh s**t." she cried and got out of the car to inspect the damage. It looked pretty bad so she got back in and gingerly drove off wondering what to do next.
She had just gone (very slowly) about half a mile when she was overtaken by a open top truck with two men inside. They obviously noticed that she was driving very slowly and pulled up in front of her.
Linda stopped and the two men walked back to her car "Bonjour madamoiselle" one of the said "votre voiture, il ne marche pas?"
Linda could not speak French apart from "Je ne parle pas la Francais" and so that is what she replied. One of the men then spoke in halting English "Your car it is broken?"
"Yes" she replied relieved that one of the could understand her "I hit the hillside just now and my husband will be mad at me, It's a hire car and we must take it back in two days and now I've smashed it up, what shall I do?" and at that she burst into tears.
Her chest (which both of the men had been staring at beforehand) now heaved up and down with her sobs after a couple of seconds the two Frenchmen looked at each other and grinned.
"We 'ave a garage just up the next road with a repair shop" said one of them "if you follow us we will give you good service, n'est ce pas?"
"OK" she smiled through her tears "I will come."
The two climbed back into their truck and high fived each other "She will come, eh?" said the second one and they both grinned wolfishly.
Their little garage was high in the hills with the most amazing view down to the Cote d'Azur. From the stuffy little waiting room Linda could see the twinkling Med -- just where she should have been right now!
The taller of the two mechanics entered the room.
'You work alone'? said Linda 'It's very quiet here'.
'Ah oui!' he replied. 'Ees just me, Jean, and my brother Marc...ze good looking one!'
They both laughed and glanced outside. Linda couldn't disagree. Marc, in his denim mechanic's dungarees was a picture of rude health all tanned, blond haired and muscly. She sucked the air through her teeth. In fairness, Jean wasn't actually a bad looker either.
'What do you think then?' continued Linda. 'About the car?'
"You 'av some small panel damage and....ze left side shock absorber ees broke too'"
Linda's face dropped. She thought she was going to cry again.
"Ay ay!....don't worry" said Jean. "I go to town now for ze shocker and Marc works on ze panel"
Linda felt like hugging him.
"How long?" she asked. "My husband will be wondering where I am and I need to tell him how long I will be".
Marc and Jean had a quick word in French and with a nod and a wink announced "Ze car will be ready in five hours".
Five hours! Linda did some quick maths. 9pm! Marc handed her the iphone from her glove box and she called David.
"Darling....how are you? Enjoying your nap? Listen, I've met some friends down here and we're going for supper in the old town. Is that okay? There's olives in the fridge for you. Shouldn't be too late back, probably errr by 11 o'clock"
And with that, Jean disappeared down the road in a cloud of dust.
With Marc working on the panel and Jean in town at the auto repair shop Linda had a minute to draw breath. How on earth was she going to pay for this? For a start, she had come out with no Euros and secondly, she knew David would be livid at what she had done.
In the waiting room Linda couldn't help but notice the selection of posters the lads had on the walls. These weren't just a collection of Pirelli girl calendar type shots in various states of undress.
Without exception, all the girls were messy! From the tasteful dabs of grease on the nose to the all-out mucky mechanic, each of them had something filthy to show. Were these just free trade pictures the lads had picked up, or were they the signs of an interest outside the motor business?
Linda didn't have to wait long to find out. Jean was back within the hour and the new shock absorber seemed to be fixed in the blink of an eye.
"Ah," said Jean "see you 'ave noticed our pictures, What do you think,eh?"
Linda didn't know quite what to say and stuttered "Where..where.... did you get them?"