There are some who alighted at the same branch every time they landed but a few preferred a different perch every time.
Evelyn, 25, was one such person who drank the elixir from various fountains life had to offer, never sticking to the same thing for a long time.
She frequently changed everything: job, men, house... not to mention hairstyle and what not. A bird of prey of sorts she hovered high in the air, selected a victim, zeroed in on it and relished it.
Evelyn moved into an apartment half an hour away from the toy-making firm where she had joined as sales head. The house was small but comfortable and airy; fine for one person. There were four houses on her floor, all at a decent distance from each other.
It was on the second day evening when she returned from work that she met a woman who occupied the adjacent apartment. Clyde she introduced herself as: short and pleasant, cheerful and maybe 28 or 30 compared to Evelyn who was tall, slim, and chirpy when she chose to be.
"I live there in that house with my husband, Steve. I work as a secretary," she said, prompting Evelyn to present her own resume.
Evelyn was sizing up the friendly neighbor, when Clyde asked her to come home.
Having nothing better to do that evening than watching TV, Evelyn decided to spend some time in knowing her neighbor. Did the bird of prey sense a sumptuous meal in the offing?
Clyde's house was bigger and nicely decorated and well-maintained. Well, she had taste, Evelyn thought, and saw a photo of Clyde and her husband. They looked like they were made for each other and all that that came with a good marriage.
"I will make you tea, or do you want something stronger," she asked.
"Tea is fine," she didn't want anything else right then.
Usually she never took any drinks with anyone the first time and if there was a second she would prefer a beer and so on.
Clyde told Evelyn about her married life and it sounded that she was happy and all that.
"Can you just wait, I will change into something else ... come to the bedroom, we can talk while I change," Clyde said.
Well ... well... interesting. The new friend was something else; calling a woman she met just then into the bedroom and changing dress in front of her.
Evelyn followed her with tea cup in her hand. Once inside the bedroom, which had a double bed and a tall mirror and the usual stuff, Clyde reached into her blue skirt and pulled out her blue panties and threw it into a basket nearby.
"I had to walk a bit and am sweaty," Clyde said and went into the bathroom.
It was becoming even more intriguing. Evelyn almost expected Clyde to come nude but when the bathroom door opened after two minutes, she stood there wearing a half pink skirt and a white top.
Well, so much for your dirty imagination, she chided herself as Clyde began talking about her daily routine and their vacation etc. Evelyn, for her part, told Clyde about her five boyfriends ( had she added an extra boyfriend to make it all the more spicy?) and her education, job and life so far.
After a few more minutes of routine talk, Evelyn bid goodbye to Clyde who was insistent that they should meet often, being neighbors and all. The younger woman said she would drop in sometime and took leave.
Sitting in her house and watching TV, Evelyn thought that thing about Clyde removing her panties in front of her and emerging out of the bathroom full dressed stuck out like a sore thumb. Was that a half-hearted seduction, a come-on? How was that she had a dress in the bathroom? Maybe she usually kept a dress ready when she came home tired in the evening. Maybe .. but that panties removal still nagged her.
Work kept Evelyn busy for the next two days and on the third day she met Clyde on the corridor as she returned from work.
"Hi. It's my turn to offer you tea," Evelyn said cheerfully.
"Hmm ok. I came back just now," she said and followed Evelyn into her house.
Asking Clyde to sit in the bedroom, Evelyn prepared tea in a few minutes and took it to the bedroom where the neighbor was waiting.
"Please try the tea. I hope you like it," Evelyn said and removed her white shirt, exposing her full round boobs bursting out of her white bra.
Evelyn thought Clyde almost spilled her tea at the sudden exposure. Well, she was just doing what Clyde had done. Tit for tat. Evelyn went on to remove her black pants and stood in her white panties. The new friend appeared obviously flustered and was showing signs of being fidgety.