Sometimes things happen for a reason you just cannot understand. Take my situation for example. My name is Doug -- I am 43 years old and married -- for the second time. How I came to fall into this new role -- well that is what this story is all about.
When I got divorced I moved into a very nice apartment community. Rather expensive and geared to the more affluent older population. After moving in and getting acclimated to the apartment complex I realized I was probably one of the youngest as well as one of the few single members.
I was enjoying this next period of my life -- picking up my life pieces after my wife left me for a woman she met online. Fortunately we did not have children so the biggest issue in the divorce was splitting up our money. We split it fifty-fifty and went our separate ways.
Once spring came around the apartment complex began having social events for neighbors to get to know one another. I had always had a work issue come up that had prevented me from attending the first few events. But I finally got a break and made it to a Friday night Happy Hour out at the pool.
Since I was coming straight from work I had on my business suit. A bad choice of not stopping at my place and changing clothes. Almost everyone there had on some type of appropriate pool clothes. Men had on swimming trunks and a shirt -- the ladies had on their swim suits -- some wearing a one piece and some being bold enough to be wearing bikinis. Some were wearing pool cover ups.
Keep in mind that the average age of most of the residents had to be over age 60. So you can imagine what some of these women looked like in bikinis. Seeing those all dressed like that I started to turn around and head back to my place and change when I ran into me neighbors who lived right across the hall from me.
I had met Janice and Bart when I first moved in but hardly ever saw them. My work schedule had me leaving early in the morning and coming home usually way after dinner. But when our paths did cross they were always friendly. Best I know about them was that Janice had been a stay-at-home mom while Bart had worked his way up to a COO position in one of the top law firms in the city. Retired now they enjoyed a very quiet and modest life.
Now seeing Janice in her one piece swim suit -- I was struck by what a nice figure a woman her age had while Bart looked to be the typical fat old man. We said hi and Janice asked where I was running off to -- I said I was way over dressed and was heading back to my place to change into something more in line with the evening's event.
I caught a look in Janice's eyes I had not seen before -- at least from her -- I had seen that look in many a woman when I was out at bars looking to score. But the age difference between her and I well that had to be at least fifteen years. I was never attracted to older women but Janice did look attractive to me.
She turned to Bart and told him to go on ahead and get a table for three -- that I would join them when we both returned. She had to head back to their place as she forgot her sunglasses and Doug would be her escort.
And just like that she slipped her arm in mine and started pulling me in the direction of our apartment unit. I could feel her breast as she pulled my arm into the side of her body. Felt rather nice -- full and meaty. As we walked along she said that she was so sorry that she and Bart had not been very good neighbors -- that they should have welcomed me by having me over for dinner or at least drinks long before this.
But that was all going to change -- starting tonight -- after the Happy Hour at the pool we were coming back to their place and spend some time getting to know each other. So we got back to our unit my door was the first to get to and fully expecting Janice to go on to her apartment I was surprised when she stood there with me as I opened my door. As I pushed the door open I started to turn and say to Janice I would come knock on her door when I was dressed but she brushed past me right into my apartment. I followed behind and began to deal with her uninvited intrusion. She turned right into me and just a foot or so apart -- she apologized for entering without being invited. Then she placed her hands on my shoulders leaned in and kissed me on my cheek. She pulled back just a few inches -- looking right into my eyes -- she said that she would go get her sunglasses and be back to my place in no time so leave the door unlocked.
She walked past me and out my door I closed it behind her and thought about turning the dead bolt to lock it but my curiosity got the better of me. If she came back and I was not fully changed what would she do?
So I walked back to my bedroom -- pulled out shorts and a polo and slowly began to change. I was down to just my briefs when I heard my door open. I turned my back to my bedroom door and slowly lowered my briefs -- I had heard her quietly trying to make her way down the hall. I figured by the time I was stepping out of my briefs she would be at my door.
She didn't make a sound so I grabbed my shorts off the bed and started to slide them on -- going commando for the night. Then I slipped on the polo and my flip flops and turned around to see her leaning against the hall wall. Arms folded across her chest. And that same smile I had seen earlier when we first met at the pool.
"Enjoy the show Janice?" I asked.
"It would have been better if you had turned around before you slipped those shorts on." was her response.
"I guess it would have been but then I didn't take you as some naughty lady."
"I am not but one my age can never pass up the chance to admire something worthwhile."
"Shall we go join your husband, I am sure he must wonder what is taking us so long." I said.
"Yes we must get back -- so the rest of our night learning about one another can continue."
The sound of that bode an interesting night might lie ahead and Janice was now becoming quite the mystery woman. What was her game she was playing with me -- with her husband?
Again she locked my arm up in hers and again pulled me into her so I could feel that ample breast of hers. When I would look over I could see a fair amount of cleavage. For a woman her age she was attractive -- smooth skin on her chest and neck where women her age usually have wrinkles. Her breasts looked smooth white with some freckles.
I now smelled perfume on her -- Flower Bomb I think is what it is called and it fit her perfectly. So obviously when she returned home to get her sunglasses she sprayed herself with the perfume since it was not on when we first met. It was an intoxicating fragrance.
We found Bart sitting at a table -- by himself -- with three beers waiting on the table. He apologized if I wasn't a beer drinker but he thought a guy my age was probably a beer guy.
I said beer was fine- There was soft music playing on the pool speakers and some people milled about -- most just sat at tables and talked. I could sense that Janice was getting anxious. Sitting sipping a beer was obviously not what she wanted to be doing. She looked around a lot sometimes waving to someone and then explaining to me who they were and a little of their life story.
She finished her beer and as she put it on the table she turned to Bart and said "let's head back to our apartment -- I have invited Doug to join us -- we have real booze there and we can relax."
So I finished mine in a gulp but poor Bart still had half a bottle left. Janice stood up and told Bart we are leaving. So he put his bottle down and stood up -- reaching for her hand. But by then she had turned away from him and like before -- slipped her arm in mine and off we went with Bart trailing behind.
Once at the apartment -- when we got inside Janice walked me to the couch and as I sat she plopped right down beside me.
"Bart be a dear and get me my martini -- Douglas what would you like?"
"Gin and tonic if you have limes otherwise and Scotch neat with a water" was my reply.
She tucked her legs under her and was now facing me at a slight angle. Her left arm was behind my neck and I could feel her fingers gently and gingerly stroking my neck. Now I am not a prude but Janice's actions sure didn't seem to be appropriate. Her watching me change and now on her couch with her husband right there set off alarm bells in my head. She was obviously playing a game with her husband and I was the plaything.
When Bart came back she didn't even look at him -- just told him to set the drinks down and take his chair.
"You know Doug I am very sorry it has taken me this long -- well us -- this long to get to know you and such a handsome young man living right across the way. Bart you should be ashamed of yourself that you never reached out to Doug here and invited him over." As she reached down and took her martini glass and sipped it.
I took the opportunity to reach down and get my scotch and took a healthy pull on it. To avoid making any kind of mistake in what was taking place in their living room -- I held the scotch glass in my lap with both hands.
"So how long have you been divorced Doug?" was a question out of the blue from her.
"Just going on about a year now and how did you know I was divorced?" I asked
"Well Doug I would be hard pressed to assume that a man as attractive as you are would not have been married by now. So why did your marriage fail?"