The holiday cottage, which was called The Hideaway, was about a hundred yards up an unmade road, on the edge of a village. I liked it because, whilst it was really secluded, the village shop and pub were only seven minutes walk away. A mile or so in the opposite direction was a small market town with a surprisingly good selection of shops, cafes and pubs. Everything I needed was within walking distance, and I could work undisturbed. I had never previously taken another person to stay there with me. We had stopped at a takeaway in the nearby town and eaten the food immediately on arrival, washed down with a bottle of nice wine from the village shop. Usually, I went to the village pub in the evening, but not this time. I took Janine to bed.
Now I was standing at the top of the narrow stairs, looking into the bedroom. Sunlight blazed through the window onto the bed, where lay sprawled the naked, sleeping form of my tiny, pale-skinned, raven-haired, young girlfriend. The duvet had been pushed off to one side. Her legs were slightly open and I could see, beneath the sparse, dark pubic hair, that her pussy lips were swollen, red and flaked with dried cum. A few hours before, after teasing me to a degree of pure lust that I hadn't experienced for years, Janine had spread herself wide and pulled me to her...
"Just fuck me, as hard as you fucking can. Let yourself go."
I felt a bit conflicted by this. On our first day together she had entreated me not to hurt her. Now, here we were, not even into day three, and she wants me to lose control. I went at her as hard as I thought I could without actually causing pain, but it wasn't enough. "You can do it harder than that. Come on. Do me. Use me." I am not sure where I found the energy, at nearly sixty-two, but I rammed into her, using all my weight to bear down on her tiny frame until she began to whimper, and then I exploded inside her for the fourth time in little more than twenty-four hours. Now, in the sunlight, I could see bruises emerging on her arms and her little breasts. I needed to think. I needed coffee. I collected my phone from beside the bed and moved to the kitchen.
While I was waiting for the kettle to boil, the phone buzzed, showing an incoming text from an unrecognised number.
- Hi, its Sally from the pub. Danny gave me your number.
I felt a knot of anxiety in the pit of my stomach.
- Hi Sally, what can I do for you?
I watched the three little dots dancing, letting me know that she was typing...
- I need to ask you a question. Please be honest.
Whatever was coming next, I could not see how it could possibly be good, but I was boxed into a corner.
- Of course. Ask away.
Three little dots again...
- Is Janine with you? My daughter?
My heart sank. I wanted a moment to think, so I decided to pour the hot water and make the coffee. What, I thought, do I do now? While I was thinking, and the seconds were ticking away, the three little dots began dancing again, and then stopped. At that moment, Janine appeared, naked, in the kitchen. She came straight to me, gathered me into her arms and placed her head against my chest. She must have known something was wrong.
"What's up, babe?"
I simply handed her the phone. Janine read the screen, pulling a bit of a face as she did so. What happened next took me completely by surprise: she pressed the keypad and brought the phone up to her ear.
"Hi Mum. it's me. What do you want?"
I could only hear one side of the conversation, but it was evident that the reaction at the other end was not good.
"It's none of your business. I'm twenty-two."
Pause
"So what. Dad's nearly seventy, and you didn't seem to mind when it was him."
Ouch, I thought. I could hear a raised voice at the other end, but no actual words.
"Oh fuck off! You're just pissed off because you wanted him for yourself. And you only wanted him because I happened to say that I'd seen him."
Another pause, and more shouting at the other end, at the end of which I thought I made out the words 'he's just taking advantage'.
"Wrong! He's done nothing that I didn't ask him to do. Everything that's happened has been because I wanted it." The 'I' was almost shouted. "And that certainly wasn't the case when it was Dad and his pervy friends, was it?"
Now there was silence for a few moments. I wasn't particularly surprised. Then I heard the voice again, quieter now. Janine thought for a moment before her final statement.
"Where are we? Not at his house if that's what you're wondering. We're on holiday. I am safe here. In fact, I feel safer than I ever have, and that's what I'll tell anyone who comes asking. I might tell them a few other things too, so I wouldn't rock any boats if I were you. Now, leave us alone."
Janine handed me my phone. The call had been disconnected. I handed her a cup of coffee and smiled. She stood there in front of me, naked, dishevelled and vulnerable... and she was just gorgeous. The phone buzzed.
- She's my daughter. Please treat her nicely.
- Of course. I promise. She's safe with me.
About an hour later we were still in the kitchen. I was dressed, having been down to the local shop for some supplies. Janine was still naked. She was deep in thought, but then took a deep breath:
"Can I ask you some things?"
"Yes, of course."
"About your wife."
"Yes."
"Personal things."
"I suppose so, but why?"
"Because I want to know how to make you happy. She made you happy, so I want to know more about her."
"She was her, but you're you." I said, immediately wondering whether that made any sense. "You already make me happy. But go on, ask away."
"Tell me if I get too nosey."
"Oh, for heaven's sake. Ask!" I was laughing.
"Ok. Well, I remember what she looked like, and the clothes she used to wear at school, but what about when it was just you and her, what did she wear then?"
"Not a lot," I said, honestly. "We liked things minimal."
"So she did travel with her tits out in the car!"
"Sometimes... and sometimes she didn't wear anything at all."
"Ok," she said, eyes twinkling, "I can do that." She paused for a moment, and then, "Did she have pierced nipples? One of my mates reckoned she did. Said they showed through her jumper one day."