Our plans had come to an abrupt and grinding halt.
One plus out of it was the fact that our safety barrier had saved us from extreme embarrassment. It had done its job.
For that at least, i was thankful.
The situation with harry, from this point forward, just went from bad to worse.
First there was his shock reaction to my supposed threesome.
Knowing that there was no way our fantasy would ever be realised with harry, kind of put a damper on our 'playtimes'. It proved to be a passion killer.
My heart just wasn't in it after he had made his position clear.
Then, a couple of days later i was out shopping at a local supermarket with john.
We had finished getting our groceries and had put everything in the boot of the car.
I was sat in the passenger seat, john was in the process of putting his seat belt on when he suddenly stopped what he was doing and stared at something across the car park, a frown beginning to form on his face
"Isn't that...."
He only got those two words out, he just trailed off.
I followed his gaze and saw harry walking towards his camper. There is a petrol station near the supermarket and he had been in the station shop to pay for fuel.
With him, looking lovingly up at harry was a young lady. She had been in the shop with him and bought a drink by the look.
Harry had his arm around her....
"Yes.....it is"
I answered johns unfinished question.
We watched as they reached the camper and got in, harry lowering his hand to the young ladies rear and giving it a squeeze.
So, not his daughter then.
If any more proof were needed we then watched through the camper windscreen as they shared a serious looking kiss, which was no 'peck on the cheek'.
The lady in question looked very young, probably 18 or 19, so....young enough to be his granddaughter.
Very pretty with a figure that i would kill for. She had long dark hair all the way down her back.
We continued watching in stunned silence while he drove off.
I looked at john and he looked at me.
There was a brief pause where neither of us knew what to say. Then john with raised eyebrows and a hum said
"Hmmmm..... interesting....i wonder who that was?"
Who indeed.
I just felt foolish. There i was thinking i had him to myself.
That 'cheap' feeling I'd had earlier when i saw how harry looked at me during sex, resurfaced.
It was clear that he was not content with just me.
Along with the anger and embarrassment i also felt inadequate. I had given him everything, done everything he wanted to do....and it still wasn't enough.
Uptil that point i had been on a confidence high, self esteem much improved, put simply, i was happy within myself.
Here i was getting all this attention from not just one but two handsome men.....but now....i was clearly out gunned by this other girl.
She was prettier than me, a nicer figure and more importantly almost 20 years younger....
I think that was the worst bit, I'm well aware I'm not getting any younger.
For the rest of that day i felt down and generally very bad about myself, despite johns best efforts to cheer me up and get me to see sense.
It was right what he said, i just couldn't or didn't want to hear it at the time.
We had made a mistake and chose the wrong guy, that was all. It wasn't worth getting upset about.
But i blamed myself, after all, doreen had warned me what he was like and I'd gone ahead anyway.
Monday came around, i hadn't heard from harry over the weekend, he normally texted me on saturday or the sunday evening with instructions for our next meet up.
We did see each other at work later that afternoon. He seemed his usual self and when i did get a chance to talk to him alone i asked why he hadn't been in touch?
Harry said it was family issues but did not elaborate.
I knew that was a lie.
Then i said
"Who was that you were with at the petrol station?"
He looked at me frowning
"What do you mean?"
I gave him a look and told him that he knew what i meant
"Oh her"
A grin formed on harrys face, he laughed then said
"That was my grandsons babysitter"
He said it with raised eyebrows and a cheeky grin.
"Your grandsons babysitter!"
I said it with genuine surprise, the man really did have no shame, he was proud of it.
I asked how old she was and how long he'd been seeing her?