Chapter 7 -- Beginnings Part Two
I was laid up for a couple of weeks after being released from hospital and Elaine, who had moved out of her flat she shared with Nat and temporarily into Maddie's two room in Pimlico, spent a lot of time nursing me (fussing really), making me soup because of my swollen jaw, applying cold compresses and doing my washing. 'How could someone be in pain and in heaven at the same time' I remember thinking to myself as I watched her busying herself around me.
Those lovely springy breasts, her long legs and gently curved arse cheeks had me in sexual torment and there were some days that I felt it was almost impossible to restrain myself from touching her. But, like the fool that I am, I did not try it on; I guess that I was too much of a gentleman.
There was no great seduction when the time came and it was all so 'matter of fact' when Elaine one night said that she was too tired to go back to Maddie's and could she spend the night with me. "Yes of course," I replied, "I'll help you make up the spare bed."
Her smile of amusement told me I had misread the situation. "I shall sleep upstairs with you tonight James. If that's alright with you?"
It was more than alright, and I told her so. Holding my hand she gently led me upstairs and helped me undress as my body was still stiff and delicate after the fight. I was pulling up the duvet as she stripped naked in front of me for the first time and I marvelled at the curve of her breasts, her tiny waist and the delicious roundness or her arse.
"Lay back James," she whispered into my ear, "let me do all the work. You deserve a little care and attention after all you have been through."
That night, and many nights since, I have cherished, entered and adored that sweet body of hers. She only mentioned it once, but the size of my small penis never seemed to put her off, even though she liked to call it her 'little cotton reel'. For months we explored each other's body with tongue, finger and cotton reel and there was not an orifice that wasn't penetrated. We were both genuinely in love and my lack of size did not seem to diminish her desire for me.
Six months on from that night Elaine stood next to me, dressed in white, in a small church in Woolwich and we were a married couple. Honeymoon was in the Seychelles, she was still in her old job and I had moved across to the trading floor in Canary Warf. That is how things stayed for about five years until that long heat wave settled over Britain for two weeks and Elaine said to me, "Let's go to the seaside on Sunday. I've been told of a little bay on the South Coast that is very nice."
"Good idea," I replied, unaware of the major upheaval about to happen in my life.
The rest of the day crept past at a snail's pace, so at three thirty I phoned Josh to let him know that I was going home because of a headache. "No problem James, I'm sure Charlie can cover. He can pretty much do everything don't you know." 'Curious answer.' I thought.
It was sweltering on the bus home (no air con in London buses in those days) but I didn't care. I would soon be home so I could shower and make my private arrangements for that night. The weather forecast was predicting thunder and heavy rain to reach London by 9pm that evening but it did not worry me too much as our barbeque should have been over by then.
We have a small patio at the rear of our house with some seating and an area for a small Webber which Elaine and I had made much use of over the hot summer. I swept the area, set up the small round table and chairs and filled the barbeque with charcoal and lighters ready to be lit. Once all this was ready, and with an increasing sense of my life becoming out of control, I took a long shower to clean the sweat and dust of London off me, and changed into light trousers and short sleeve shirt just as my Wife burst in the front door with a big happy smile on her face.
"I thought we could eat inside James," Elaine trilled excitedly, "seeing as it is going to rain later. Besides you haven't put the candles out yet."