Angel rose from her dressing table satisfied at last. She glanced at the clock 6.45pm. The Philosophy Circle met at 7pm. She had plenty of time; it took only five minutes to drive there. Her husband Mark would be ready to drive her there and pick her up at 9.30pm as arranged as soon as she was ready.
She was tempted to ask him to pick her up earlier this time, but something restrained her. She should have strength and character to deal with Igwe Orizu!
It is not as if she short of experience of using her looks and charm to twirl men around her finger. But Igwe was different! She suppressed the errant thought.
He was a man, and like all men mouldable and biddable when a pretty woman smiled. She would not allow what happened last time to be repeated. She would not!
Last week almost to the hour he had seduced her. She had been weak, unhappy, and he had exploited her mood to seduce her! She would not allow him to take advantage of her again!
She found herself thinking of his cock. That big thick black horse cock!
Her pussy started to moisten and she cursed her self, slapping her thigh hard to distract herself from such deviant thoughts.
She was happily married! She sighed, well not entirely happy. It had been 19 years and at times it seemed longer. Three children. She had given birth to Rebecca when she was just 17 years old to her own parent's quite fury. They had been too hidebound by convention to prevent her marrying Mark once they realised she was pregnant. Mark had defied their fears by remaining loyal and steadfast. Even when she had been sectioned and sent off to that horrible mental hospital he had stood by her, helped her get back out again. Worked with tremendous patience to help her get back on her feet.
If only he had a bit more spark. She never once considered that her own random and frequently irrational behaviour had drained him in turn.
Not that her behaviour was really irrational. She had to bite her tongue when the doctors said things like that. Impulsive yes, she took opportunities as they arose. That was not irrational.
Then her uplifted spirits fell again. Reminding herself that she had crashed the car three times in the last month!
She looked at the photograph of her second daughter Amanda, now 18 years old. Born almost a year after Rebecca. Amanda was a beauty that reflected off her mother and could not stop a smile resurfacing.
The smile soon fell.
Here they were a successful, professional married couple, but their two eldest children were not with them, or at least not now. She felt their loss. Rebecca was still in England finishing off her sixth from studies and would not come out to Zimbabwe for months. Only after she had finished her A level exams.
Amanda should be here, but she was not. She was instead just 15 minutes up the road in an exclusive boarding school. It had seemed irrational and mad to put their daughter in a boarding school so close to home.
Until they landed at Harare and she had seen the black hordes swarm like rampant elephants towards and around their daughter. Amanda had always attracted male attention, but strangely seemed unaffected. She had never had a boyfriend. In England men were polite and interested and politely sought to court her. Here in Africa courtesy was in short supply and sexual demand high.
The first hand to get up Amanda's skirt had been a black hand belong to a porter hauling luggage in the airport! Shocking, as that had seemed at the time it had been only a taste of the aggressive sexual forwardness of the African male.
Within a week of their arrival Amanda had her pussy stroked by a black man in the swimming pool of the hotel they had stayed at that first week.
Her breasts had been fondled by a wealthy African sitting at an adjacent table during dinner in the exclusive and expensive L'Escargo restaurant.
It was impossible to go to the shops without getting goosed and groped.
Amanda had found it all unsettling. Suddenly the image of an exclusive boarding school had seemed very sensible indeed.
They still saw her at weekends, but Angel struggled at times to understand how things had turned out. Giving birth to Robert two years ago had been a surprise. Soon that surprise had worn off as she had been reminded of the reality of young children!
Here in Harare they had a garden with two acres of land. She only had to open the patio door and Robert would disappear for hours. The African gardener kept a close eye on him.
Unfortunately Robert was fearless and only today had wandered back into the villa with his impish grin holding up for her inspection the green snake he had found. Angela had screamed in shock, setting Robert off in tears, and only agitating the snake.
A green snake! She had thought it was Green Mamba one of the deadliest in Zimbabwe. Kaifus the house domestic had ran into the room, and quickly ran out again. Daniel, the gardener had appeared soon after. He had taken the snake from Robert and taken it outside. Ignoring her screaming he had calmed Robert.
"Not mamba", he said. "Boomslang."
A Boomslang snake!
Angel felt faint.
The nearest antidote to a Boomslang bite was in Johannesburg, an eight-hour flight away. She might have been bitten!
So as she stood from her dressing table she was ready, indeed after today she felt a desperate need to escape and a night at the Philosophy Circle was just what she needed to clear today's event and calm her soul.
She could deal with Igwe Orizu. He was just a man after all. She glanced at her perfection in the mirror. Yes, fully armoured and protected by her beauty she could deal with any man.
"Oh wow! You look terrific." Mark looked up in amazed delight that his beloved Angel had taken trouble to look so good. After the last few months it was a relief to see her caring for herself again.
It still surprised him that at 36 years old and three children his wife could look just as stunning now as when he first met him. Her natural grace, and high cheekbones were all the classic signs of a stylish woman. She looked far younger than she was, and he was confident that he had been lucky enough to marry a woman who would probably always retain those classic good looks.
Now her eyes had a fire and determination in them he had not seen in months. Light touches of her makeup highlighted those eyes and her lips had a gloss that stirred his cock.
Her lipstick was not heavy and overdone, just the light touches that emphasised their natural shape. He was relieved she had refrained from the slapdash approach to her make-up that over the last months had seemed to be a barrier to the world.
His wife looked as though she had finally re-entered the world, and his heart soared in relief. She was getting her act together again.
"Are your ready?"
She nodded back at him. He paused for a moment looking at her. She noticed at looked at him quizzically.
"Not sure I want to take you anywhere looking that good!"
She frowned at him suddenly worried. Mark heart jumped at that frown. The last thing he wanted to do was set off her fragile temperament. This Philosophy Circle seemed to be doing her the world of good. He had even encountered her humming to herself this week.