He had traveled this interstate highway more times than he cared to remember. The same old scenery, the same dreary truck stops, the same busy roadside rest stops slid by with monotonous regularity. As a state auditor of small correspondent banks, he traveled the east coast states for nearly nine months out of every year. The money was great but the boredom was stupefying. Oh, there were occasional friendly head tellers who invited him into their parlors as hungry spiders might do. But those encounters were hardly worth remembering. He never met one in 9 years of travel that had really turned him on.
He pulled into a large, sprawling truck stop on Interstate 85. The food in the restaurant was predictable yet passable. As he walked along the cafeteria line, he noticed the couple ahead of him. The man went ahead. He drew attention by the fact that he insisted that his slice of beef have no sauce or gravy on it. He wanted no gravy on his mashed potatoes and was gruff and condescending to the ladies behind the line in demanding what he wanted. The woman following him was about 5feet 4 inches tall.. She had long blond hair down to her shoulders. It was streaked with darker colors. She wore a sweater and long skirt that reached almost to her ankles.
He paid is tab and moved to a table. By sheer chance he happened to sit across from the couple who had preceded him. He now could see the face of the woman. It was round, with large brown eyes. She was attractive in a sort of natural way. She wore almost no makeup. As he ate, he kept glancing at her. She began to glance at him as well. The more he looked, the more attracted he became. There was something about her expression, something in her eyes that began to captivate him. They continued to trade glances and eventually they began to smile at each other. The husband, totally unaware of what was going on, continued to eat his food, his face a few inches from his plate.
She began to calculate how old her flirtatious "friend" might be. Maybe about 60, she thought. A little paunch but the silver/grey hair and broad shoulders gave him a distinguished look. He figured she was about 40, maybe 150 pounds or slightly less. Nice figure showing through her sweater. He detested skinny women, preferring someone with some flesh on her bones, something he could grab onto, something he could tease and pleasure.
Soon the glances almost became an embarrassment to them both and they began to slack off. Suddenly she got up and headed for the restrooms. One had to go through the retail shop to get to the narrow hallway that led to the ladies' room. As she walked away, he stared at her butt, her easy gait and purposeful stride. He decided to follow her. He waited in the aisle with the CB radios, CDs and other equipment. As she came out of the restroom he surprised her by grabbing her hand and pulling her into the aisle. They were blocked from her husband's view by a row of leather jackets.
"Madame, can I sell you a CB radio? We have an excellent selection here." She smiled and giggled a little at his rash performance.
"Now why would I want a CB radio?" she replied with a smirk.
"As we roll down the highway, I could tell you how much I want to lavish your body with kisses."
He waited for the expected burst of righteous indignation that would surely follow such a remark to a married woman. It didn't happen. She stared intently into his eyes.
"Are you so horny that you accost total strangers in truck stops?"
"No, this is the first time I have been so taken with a woman whom I have never met. There is something about you that has stirred up my libido to the bursting point. I can't tell you exactly what it is but I can feel the heat running through my veins. I am not going to lie to you. I just want to bang the hell out of you right now."
She glanced over the coats to where her husband was sitting.
"That's not likely right now. You know I'm not alone so I guess you'll have to find some other way to vent your passion. But the thought is a good one. I'm having a few of my own right now."
He took both her hands in his and said, "About 120 miles down the Interstate is a rest stop. Tell him you have to make a βpit stop.' Go in the ladies room and take off your panties. Then go to the maintenance closet that is located between the two hallways leading to the ladies' room and the men's room. It will be unlocked. I'll be waiting for you"
He did not wait for an answer but walked away, back to his table. He threw a dollar for the busboy on the table and left. He marveled at the fact that the master key to the file room at his office also opened the door to nearly all the maintenance closets along this particular stretch of highway. He discovered this just through idle curiosity.
As she got back to her table, her husband growled, "Took you long enough! Come on, we've got 200 more miles to go."
He stood up and walked out. He didn't leave a tip. He didn't hold the door for her. He must have been ten paces ahead of her. As they drove down the highway, her mind was in turmoil. The stranger was sexy, handsome and very convincing. She hadn't had any sort of affair outside her marriage although the thought constantly went through her brain. Her life was dull, sexless, lifeless and empty. Every night her husband would come home, wolf down whatever she prepared and go off to watch TV until he fell asleep in the chair. She would go off to bed and wait for him. He would not touch her, kiss her or even say "Good night or I love you." What few friends they had were nice people but dull. She attended Catholic services on Wednesday nights and Sunday by herself. She found some solace there because she was convinced that she was in love with the priest. Another hopeless dead end.
And now this total stranger was offering her a wild escape, if only for a few moments. Her body was aching for the touch of a man who would want her, who would appreciate what she could do for him. She was no prude. She loved sex, especially oral sex but the last time anyone had gone down on her was back in her college days. Somehow, instinctively, she knew this bold rake would make her body sing, would touch her in places that only she knew of, would give her a moment of feeling like a whole woman.
As she saw the sign for the rest stop, two miles ahead, her heart began to beat faster, her breath came in short gasps and her hands began to tremble. Did she have the guts to stop?
"I think I drank too much iced tea. Can we stop up here at the rest stop for just a minute?'
"For Christ sakes Barbara, we're never gonna get there if you have to take piss at every shithouse that comes along the road. Oh, fuck, ok, I'll stop but make it quick. I'll stay in the car."
Her fate was sealed now. She had at least obligated herself to go inside. She walked in and there was only one other woman in the restroom. She went into a stall, lowered her panties and sat down. She didn't have to pee so she just sat there, pondering her options.
She could just get up and walk out and never see this man again. She could continue her humdrum life and just live out the experience in her dreams, her fantasies. She stood up, pushed the panties into her purse and walked out. There, standing like a magnet, was the door to the maintenance closet. "He's in there. I know he is," she thought to herself.