The next morning, though we made love, it was the old fashioned way with him on top and inside me. I was in my cotton nightdress; it was allowed.
The next day, I drove a bit of a distance, but to a totally posh gym I'd heard off. All the mums raved about it. Good yoga, apparently, and a fab spa. I was to meet my new trainer here. When I asked at the desk, the response was prompt, and out walked a younger, very toned woman. She had light-brown skin, and that soft, frizzy afro I really loved. My dirty-blonde hair could never look like that.
She came up and cheek kissed me. "I'm Tanya. Dad told me about you." She looked me up and down appraisingly. "Yup, totally my type. His too, rather. We don't always agree on women."
"Dad?"
"Charles?"
"Oh... Oh! Uhm, right."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, he totally likes to shock. Typical. Look, today is to see if we get on. You brought exercise kit? Show me?" I opened my gym bag, which had my usual loose shorts, gym Tee and hoodie.
"Nope, that won't do. Follow me." The gym had a shop, and she checked a few things, then gave me a pair of pink-patterned shorts and a colour-matched sports bra, very strappy. "Come on, let me show you the changing rooms." I got a tour; okay, very nice, very swish. She leaned against a wall, clearly expecting me to get changed. I felt awfully shy, but did.
"He was right, very nice body." I felt myself blush, wanting to hide myself, but very pleased at her words. "What we're improving is your fitness, not your tone. There's something good to work from here. Have you ever considered going bald down there?"
"What? Oh. Never."
"Well, I can let you know Dad prefers it, so do I; for different reasons. Why don't I get you an appointment at the spa? Do you have an hour afterwards, two if you want a massage?"
"Yes, but..."
"Oh, don't worry about the cost. This is my place. Dad funded the start up, but it's my passion. I have three now. I think I've got the formula right. He'll be paying, never you mind that. I love charging him back, it reduces my loan!" She looked at me and grinned at what my face probably looked like, "Yeah, he's overwhelming like that. You game?"
I gave a nervous laugh that relaxed, as she laughed with me. "Yes, fine."
"Okay, finish getting changed, then meet me at the gym."
I looked at myself in the mirror. I never wore a sports kit like this, but I rocked it. In for a penny I guess. The workout was like nothing I'd done before. She was a hard-ass taskmaster. I was totally done by the end. She assisted throughout, and thought nothing of putting her hands on me to change position, or to help me stretch. Having her breasts in my face, or hands... everywhere was another of those revelations. I didn't object.
The wax job, totally painful, but the lotioning and massage afterwards, totally blissful. When I finally showered and changed, I felt like a new woman. She met me on the way out. "So, Rebecca, Becca, Rebs?" I thought about it, Tom called me 'Rebs', friends 'Becca'.
"Becca, please."
"Becca, what are you doing tomorrow night? Can I take you out? I know women are a new thing to you, and I like that. I would be very pleased to see if we click and I be your first."
She was younger than me, but so totally self-confident, a lot like her dad. She just asked, no nonsense, which was a turn-on. Daughter of the man, who had fucked me, was another weird thing. I was becoming a sucker for weird things. "I have to check childcare and negotiate with my husband, but... Yes?"
"Okay, but don't necessarily give him a choice. Grand. I'll take you dancing, there's a cool, women-only place I like. If we click, then my place. Is this your number?" She showed me her phone, it was the new Charles number. That worked.
I was starting to compartmentalise my lives.
"Good, then next session, the day after. I'll set you up for three times a week, or are you game for four?"
"You are so full on."
"Four then." I got a kiss, to the lips, then she was off like the whirlwind she was.
I had to rush to pick up the kids, but it all worked. When I told Tom if he could do the kids tomorrow night as I had a date with a woman, I thought he was going to self-combust.
"You like women? You found someone?"
"She's my new personal trainer I mentioned. We had a first session and just clicked. She asked me out. I've never been with a woman, but, maybe? This whole thing has me wanting to explore. You're welcome to try having a boyfriend if you want?"
He held his hands up, "No, thank you. Uhm, yes, I think I'm okay with another woman. I think."
"Darling, I wasn't asking about me dating her, just if you would do childcare."