Congratulations
Book Three: The Package
Ashkey couldn't believe what had just happened. Rushing from the shop she realized that she had just spent all afternoon making love to a fantastic person and that it had been a woman.
Never before today would she have contemplated a woman in a sexual way and yet the connection with Maria had been unmistakable and together had they made has had had sex seemed like the most natural thing in the world.
She was laden down with parcels that contained an array of lingerie that she could not wait to get home and try on.
Home she thought. She had become so absorbed in what she was experiencing with Maria that she had forgotten about the time and glancing at her watch she realized that she had so little time to get back home and collect the girls from school. The day had not panned out as she had expected it to but it had been better.
Ashkey decided that she would have to find a taxi to take her home. This would be quicker than the bus. She stepped out of the mall and found a taxi rank. She went to the front of the queue and jumped into the back of the taxi and gave directions.
As the car set off she was able to contemplate what had happened this morning and the only thought she had was that she still had to complete the wardrobe transformation. It would require another shopping trip and secretly she thought it could be better than today.
Her mind was wandering away to the places that she had gone to over the past few days and she realized how much she was enjoying this new side of herself. It had obviously always been there and now it was manifesting itself.
Ashkey knew that she could not let her husband find out about this transformation. She would have to keep the two things separate and this only added to her excitement.
The taxi pulled up outside her home and she was relieved to see that her husband had not returned home unexpexctantly from work. She opened the door of the cab and took the packages and herself into the safe confines of her house.
Here she Ashkey the wife and mother again. She ran upstairs and into her bedroom. She located a hidden spot in her wardrobe and stuffed the bags into it hoping that her husband would not look in the wardrobe.
Satisfied that she had managed to disguise this set of begs well she went back downstairs and out of the house. She went straight to school and picked her daughters up.
On the way home the girl's chattered about what they had been up to that day and how they had played and what they had been taught. Try as she might Ashkey could not muster the energy to listen to the girls today. She loved her daughters but they were not uppermost in her mind.
She managed to get them home with the correct verbal acknowledgements and a portion of sweets and as they changed and then settled themselves in front of the television Ashkey managed to find solitude in the kitchen.
She realized that she needed to rush around and tidy up before her husband got home.
Suddenly the phone rang.
"Hello darling it is me"
"Hello sweetie how has your day been?"
"Okay" her husband responded
"Busy as per usual but you know I am surviving. I am ringing because I have to leave town again tonight and I am not sure when I will get home"
Ashkey listened to the conversation and as per usual she knew she should be annoyed but strangely today she could not care. She could not think why and then she remembered the package.Ashkey suddenly became excited and she said
"That's fine darling. Do not worry about me and the girls. We will be fine. You remember to eat and not work to hard.
"Thanks honey" He responded.
"I shall see you tomorrow"
"Love you honey"
"Love you sweetie"
Then the phone was dead. Ashkey looked at the package and pushed it to the side as she made tea for the girls. It would wait until they were in bed.
With the girls to keep her occupied Ashkey was able to temporarily forget about the package. It was there in her eye line but refused the temptation to grab it and rip it open. She prepared the evening meal for her and the girls and they sat in silence at the table as they ate.
Ashkey was lost in her thoughts. She had thoroughly enjoyed her time with Anton and the experience with Maria had been mind-blowing. Never before would she have thought she could reach such sexual highs.
For many years Ashkey and her husband had made love but she had always found that the sheer act of penetration had left her unfulfilled. She had long ago resorted to masturbation both during and afterwards to bring herself off.
She knew that she could not blame her husband for this situation because in reality she should have had the courage long ago to sit and take the time to talk to her husband about the issue.
Ashkey was thinking about her husband. He was good-looking and a hard worker. Yes there was many a night when he was so tired when he got home that the thought of making love was furthest from his mind.
She had no doubt that he still fancied her in fact he was always telling her what a good-looking woman she was. Unfortunately he did not ever show her. Ashkey had sexual needs and although she had repressed them over the years they were still there.
The last few days spent with Anton and Maria had shown to her that there was a sexual side to herself and now that she had found it she was not going to lose it again. What she would want in the long-term was to bring her husband out of himself and get him to join in.
He was not a talker and Ashkey realized that the key to this problem was to open up her husband's emotions.
In the meantime she was not going to pass up this opportunity. In 48hrs she had explored sexuality that she had long ago forgotten about and she was enjoying it. She tried hard not to glance at the parcel.
In her heart she knew that it was from Anton and the anticipation of getting it open was beginning to pray on her mind. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was only 6 o'clock.