I looked at the Caller ID and saw that it was Mrs. Sherbitz. Smiling, I picked up the receiver. "Thomas? Did I wake you?"
"No Mrs. Sherbitz! In fact, I was just lying here thinking about you?"
She didn't say anything at first. Then she let her words come out in one big rush. "Thomas! I don't know what came over me! It's been so long since any man has paid any attention to me. And when you brought me flowers and kissed me, it was like I was young again! You must think that I'm some kind of wanton woman to have acted like I did! I'm so ashamed! What must you think of me?"
I listened to the anguish in her voice. "Whoa! Slow down Mrs. Sherbitz! First! I don't think that you are some kind of wanton woman. In fact, I think that you are one hell of a lovely woman! And you didn't act in any way different that I did!
I have a little confession to make Mrs. Sherbitz. I have always thought that you were sexy. Hell! As a kid, I used to peek thru your window! I even once saw you with just your panty and bra on. Mrs. Sherbitz, when I kissed you, it was wonderful. And yes, I didn't want to stop.
I know that it's been awhile since you have been with anyone. I can only guess what kinds of feelings are starting to awaken inside you. But I wanted you to be sure that what we do is what you really want."
Mrs. Sherbitz didn't say anything at first. Then she began to speak. "First! Please stop calling me Mrs. Sherbitz? You make me feel so much older when you do that. Please call me Martha? Thomas! From that time you said that you might get lucky, I have been thinking about you. And I admit, sometimes my thoughts make me blush.
When I kissed you at the sink, and you didn't pull away, my mind was in a swirl. That night after you left, I thought about what it would be like to really kiss you! And I started thinking about things that I haven't thought about in years.
When Harold died, I tried to get on with my life. But the few men that I went out with were only interested in how much money he had left me. So I stopped dating. I stopped thinking about sex. I was never one of those women who would touch themselves so I just stopped thinking about it.
Thomas! You made me start thinking about it again. I feel so ashamed telling you this, but the other night, I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking about the kiss I gave you. In my mind, I gave you a different kind of kiss. And things went even further.
Thomas! I couldn't help myself! Before I knew what I was doing, my hands were rubbing all over my body. I was imagining that it was your hands doing that to me. Thomas! Oh Thomas! I felt so alive! I wanted to seduce you! I wanted to make you want me the way I was beginning to want you.
When we were on the sofa and you were kissing me and licking my neck and ear, I felt so sexy. I felt like I WAS a desirable woman! I could feel your fingers stroking my back, toying with my bra strap thru my dress. You have no idea what you were doing to me.