Anna was quiet after dinner. Ron was pretty sure she was just worn out. They went to bed early. Anna wore her flannel granny gown and snuggled in close. They both fell asleep right away and didn't wake till one of the boys was banging on the door the next morning. "Mom, are we going hiking or not?"
Anna grabbed him as he tried to get up, pulling him back under the blankets. "Just a few more minutes, honey." He didn't mind. Lying next to this great beauty, feeling her breath on his shoulder, her warm body next to his, had been one of the great joys of marriage. He never tired of it. He wrapped her in his arms and smiled. They had a few cozy minutes, then both boys banged on the door. "Mom! Let's go!"
"You boys leave us alone. We will leave in 45 minutes and not a second before!" Anna responded. "So much for a quiet Sunday morning. Oh, well, you have work to do. I want to see those pictures when I get home." She stood up, fixed her eyes on his, and lifted her nightgown over her head. Her body had stayed firm all these years together, but she normally wasn't this bold.
"Damn, Anna, you are still the sexiest woman I've ever known."
"Maybe I should have posed for you after all."
"I'd never get any pictures taken, honey."
"Well, I'm going to think about it. Maybe I want you to take some pictures of me. Especially after you show me Sherry's."
She showered, dressed in her hiking clothes, then she and the boys were out the door in no time. They'd decided to go to IHOP for a fancy breakfast so they'd have some calories to burn off.
Ron tried to restrain himself, taking his time eating breakfast and scanning the Sunday paper, but he knew how eager he was to develop the film. He took his second cup of coffee upstairs with him and went into the darkroom. Their master bedroom had one normal closet and a huge walk-in that would normally be for the wife. But Anna had never been a fashion queen and had been the one to suggest making it into a darkroom. It was actually a preemptive strike -- when the oldest boy went off to college, she had plans for the room. This would take away Ron's main argument for taking the room for himself. He didn't mind. Darkrooms didn't need to be very big. It had cost quite a bit of money to pay a contractor to put a sink in with running water, but he was really glad to have his darkroom. After he poured the chemicals and began to make the first print, he felt the same reaction he had with Sherry. His cock stiffened, even though the first prints were the ones of Sherry in her jeans and shirt. He settled down a little as each print got clearer. Even in the red light, he could see that the pictures were very good. Not all pretty women photographed well, but Sherry was spectacular. As he clipped the prints up, he looked more intently. Mentally, he was already categorizing them. Just about half of them looked very professional and artsy. Some of the close-ups of the curves and shadows of Sherry's body were potential prize winners. The rest of the pictures looked like, well, porno. Ron toyed with the idea of destroying them -- he'd never really intended to take pictures like that. The problem was, they were good porno. After he had them all done, he went back downstairs for another cup of coffee while he watched the news shows.
Later, he went back upstairs and separated the prints into the two categories, putting one set in a folder to show Anna, and slipping the rest into a drawer. He wasn't sure how his wife might react to them, so he decided to hold them back.
He was watching a basketball game on TV when his family got home. The boys, all energy, tumbled through the door and went straight upstairs to the computer. Anna came in carrying sweaters, leftover snacks, and some trash. She dropped everything just inside the door and said, "Upstairs now! I've been thinking about those pictures all day!"