Part One: The Catholic Girl and the Wolf
It would've been very easy for Charlie's house - or any of the houses in the neighborhood - to hunch over in sweat on this late day in May. But it did not. It stood proud among the trees and bushes and flowers he had spent so many hours planting and perfecting. Both in his work and private life, Charlie wanted everything
just so
; things were not right unless
he
said they were. In this way, he was a deity of the suburbs.
Not too far from his house there was the local high school; in the other direction there was an apartment complex. It lied among the clusters of homes dotted along the tree-lined street. Both of these places - the high school and the apartment complex - began to concern him lately in the greatest and lustiest of ways.
In the apartment complex lived a young woman named Emma. She was a rather reserved, almost quiet girl, barely legal at the age of 18. From what he had learned of her in their short, clipped conversations and the gossip that tends to spread in a small, homey neighborhood, he had gathered that she was a high school senior and was already in the battle of trying to support herself in life. Emma also held a job at the local candy store; a very appropriate place of employment for a girl as sweet as sugar.
Charlie couldn't imagine anyone solely supporting themselves at that age. He himself had moved out of his parents' home in his early twenties, and even that was difficult. But that was a long time ago. He may now be in his mid-forties, but that did not stop him from remembering things as they were decades earlier; it was always a hardship to try and make your impact upon the world. But how she managed to juggle her high school career and her work at the store, he did not know. He marveled her at her multitasking. He marveled at her in other ways, too.
Every morning she would pass his house on her way to school. It was a Catholic school, and her school uniform was most appropriate: she wore shining Mary Jane shoes with long white socks that ended at her lovely knees; above that she wore her pleated and plaid skirt that occasionally would flirt and drift up in the weather's blow, and finally, during this time of season, she wore simply a conservative, short-sleeved, white button-up blouse. Her schoolbooks were often cradled in her left arm, and she was a Catholic vision to behold - almost a Virgin Mary among the suburban paradise she walked in.
Despite their brief pleasantries, he sensed so much more about her than he let on. Charlie sensed a sweetness, a kindness, a willingness that was rare in women of any age. He also sensed in her a quiet strength. Though she was in a bind, probably financially and maybe in other ways, she always straightened her back and her chin when she walked, taking pride in the woman she was and was becoming. Charlie delighted in witnessing the transformation, for his infatuation (and erections) for her were growing with each day as he saw her pass by, innocent to his predatory and lecherous intentions.
Charlie found her intriguing; she was a healthy and sturdy teenager. She stood 5'6" and he guessed her weight to be around 125 or 130 pounds or so. She was a stunning beauty with her long black hair that hung down her back and her light, sparkling green eyes that shone out beneath her modestly mascaraed eyelashes. She didn't need much makeup at all, Charlie decided; she was naturally cute in her youthfulness, as a few freckles were sprinkled across the bridge of her nose, and her smile - that impish smile - suggested much more naughtiness within her spirit than her clothes and demeanor would imply.
Even with her angelic looks, her body spoke different volumes: her breasts were full and filled out the cups of her bra, her hips were not wide, but they were luscious in their tight curves, and finally, her legs - those little bare legs that were rarely exposed fully - made his mind wander in a thousand different directions. What, he pondered, lied between her milky thighs? He knew
what
but wondered if it was as pink as he had imagined. Her body was quite a handful, an abundance of swerves that seemed to hug snugly to her frame. The more clothes she wore, the more his mind wondered to what lied beneath them. If she were to wear high heels, she would challenge his authoritative but modest height of 5'9" and this battle seemed erotic to him.
Deep in the city, Charlie was a lawyer at a law firm. He was commanding, demanding, and strict - someone to be feared but also obeyed and respected. But at the sight of Emma, or the few words they might exchange occasionally, he often softened (and hardened) while he witnessed her girlish walk and that smile that crawled across her cheeks indicating her streak of mischievousness. She was like a playful kitten waiting for trouble. It was trouble he would love to give to her. If that time ever came, he decided, she would surely enjoy the toy in his pants that he would offer. He enjoyed it too, but he yearned for a soft feminine hand instead of his own.
In his highly observant way that came so naturally to him, he noted that a girl her age, alone in the world and perhaps a bit lost, should not be living alone; she surely attracted bad men, with her wide-eyed and childlike ways. It was dangerous, and after no deliberation, he decided that this danger drew him toward her even more. A young lady such as herself could use a bit of mature guidance, a slight nudging of a big hand upon the small of her back.
Emma, unknowingly, brought out the wolf in Charlie. Her naivete brought out the animal in him, urgent to corrupt the flower that she surely held at bay from the boys. But he was a man; he was different than boys. He had never thrown himself at her, never made any attempts at her sweetness, but if he were ever to do so, he felt confident that she would accept. He could show her all the madness and badness she inspired in him. He was ready to show her all the manliness that she was unaware of, every inch. Virgin or not, he loved her in the most wrong, forbidden of ways, and waited till the time to pounce was ripe.
Part Two: Humidity
That Thursday morning Charlie arose from bed and readied himself for work. He scrubbed, shampooed, and shaved in the shower, and then dressed in his bedroom. His naked body was average and now dry like a biscuit from his cleansing. He was of modest height and weight; his belly showed just a slight paunch, and his chest, wearing just a tad of dark, curly hair was broad, as were his back and shoulders. He held himself up proudly and strutted with a confidence - some might say an arrogance - that made people, especially women, tremble with a submission, even among the most domineering of them. That is, if they didn't roll their eyes at his macho ways.
As was his normal weekday custom, he smoked a cigarette as he prepared himself for work. He slipped on his black socks and blue checkered boxer shorts and a snug white undershirt. Next came his pinstriped suit: dark, soft, and double-breasted. The cigarette hung out of the corner of his mouth sexily as he watched himself in the full-length mirror positioned on the back of his bedroom door. In a gesture of finality, he knotted his tie up to his neck.
His face was handsome. He was good-looking, almost in a foreign way. Atop his head was a mop of dark hair, always combed back from his forehead. His lips were slightly full for a man's and set in the middle of his face was a pointed noise. His eyes, though, were the main attraction for most women: they were round and sparkling with mischief, a chocolate color sensual with suggestion as he undressed young women with his mind; his pants became tighter with every article he removed from their soft bodies.