Chapter 59
Joan's Tales β Part 4
Joan had stayed late at the university to spend some time catching up on the latest marketing trends. Hers was an interesting course and each semester there were new angles to the marketing sector that she wanted to include in her lectures. Marketing dynamics had always fascinated her, especially when it came to the visual arts. This semester Joan was highlighting Market Entrant Strategies, in particular the Marketing Pioneers who open new markets with major product innovations. At times, Joan could lose herself in her studies to the point where she loses all track of time. On this particular evening she had done just that and hadn't paid much attention to the time until she was advised by the librarian that it was time to lock up for the night.
It was well after nine by the time Joan pulled into her driveway. She entered her home to the distant thump of music coming from upstairs. Her daughter was home and had her music up loud, as Jewel always did. Joan headed for her daughter's room, to ask her to turn the music down as well as what she'd like to do for dinner. Upon opening Jewel's bedroom door, Joan changed her mind.
Inside, the room was dark except for the pulsing, swirling lights of Jewel's disco globe. The music, her favorite dance-hall techno, thumped and pulsed. On the bed, central in the room, Jewel sat facing a man, straddling his hips as he lay back, his hands tucked under his head on her pillows. Both were completely naked. Jewel had her hips rolling and twisting atop her lover, obviously riding his cock, in time to the music. She had both of her pert, firm breasts in her own hands as she rode her lover's cock. In the darkness, Joan could not tell who her daughter was riding, but the flash of white teeth showed that he was indeed enjoying himself.
Joan eased her daughter's door closed and headed for her own bedroom, stopping only to confirm Mitch wasn't in his room. Joan knew that Mitch would still be at work until mid-night, as he was closing that week. Once in her bedroom, Joan stripped out of her skirt and blouse, and wrapped herself up in her lavender plush-velour robe. Bare-footed, she padded down the hall towards the upstairs bathroom and encountered Jewel coming out of her bedroom. Her daughter was still completely nude and startled when she came upon her mother.
"Oh, shit! You scared me, Mom!" Jewel exclaimed. She subconsciously pulled her hands to her breasts. "When did you get home?"
"Just a little while ago," Joan answered. Her eyes went to the open door of Jewel's room, where she knew her daughter's current lover still lay on her bed. Jewel smelled of sex and sweat. "I stayed late and was going to shower before grabbing some dinner."
Jewel gave her mother a slight grin, and then pulled her bedroom door closed. "We already had dinner," she said. "So just make something for yourself, okay?" Jewel went past her mother and added, "I'm going to grab a couple bottles of water. We'll keep it down."
Joan watched her naked daughter dance down the stairs before turning to head for the bathroom. She thought about stopping in and saying hello to her daughter's lover, if only to learn his identity, but waved it off. Instead, she continued on to the bathroom and as she stepped into the shower, she heard Jewel's bedroom door bang closed once again, signaling her return. A moment later, the music's thump did indeed soften, if only a little.
Joan's shower was relaxing and she toweled off before picking up her robe. She paused, and instead of wrapping up, Joan left the bathroom and walked the distance to her bedroom as naked as her daughter had. However, she was not encountered, and in her room, she pulled on a pair of black underwear and a large t-shirt for her evening in. She slipped on her sandals and robe, and headed downstairs to fix herself a light dinner, consisting of a salad and a bowl of cream of broccoli soup. After, Joan moved into the living room to settle into the sofa and watch some television.
After sitting through three successive sit-coms, Joan was about to channel surf in an attempt to find something more entertaining and less mindless when she heard the back door to the deck open and close. She knew it had been locked, having checked it previously, so someone must have gone out back. Thinking it was her daughter, Joan went to follow, wanting to have a talk with her about her overt sexual activities. After-all, Jewel was not yet twenty.
Instead of finding her daughter on the deck, Joan found the young man sitting in a lounge chair smoking. He was dressed in jeans, though remained shoe-less and shirtless. Joan did not recognize him when he turned to look at her. He flashed a look of surprise, even as his eyes gave her a quick once over, she noticed.
"We haven't met," Joan said. "I'm Joan, Jewel's mother." She held out her hand, and he took it tentatively.
"Hello. I'm Josef," he replied. "Nice to meet you." Joan noticed his eyes didn't linger on hers, rather they made the sweep across her body, taking in her slim figure and full breasts. Joan was well aware that her daughter already had a rack as large and full as her own dd-cups. Also, where Jewel's hair was longish curly blonde, Joan had been keeping her dusty blonde hair shorter of late, if only to hide the fact that it was seemingly getting greyer by the week. As Joan moved to sit in one of the deck chairs, she noticed Josef's eyes follow her closely as well as the fact that he wore a wedding band on his left hand.
Joan settled back and cross her legs. She took in the fact that Josef was much older than her daughter was, as well. Mid-twenties, at least. "I'm curious. How old are you, Josef?" Joan asked.
Josef smiled and laughed a little. "Yes, I'm a bit older than Jewel. I'm twenty-seven."
"That's more than a bit," Joan replied. "Where did you two meet?"
"Twenty-questions?" Josef asked with a grin. "I guess I deserve it. Well, I met Jewel in school a couple of years ago, in fact. I was her history teacher."
"Is that a fact?" Joan asked. "I don't recognize you. What's your last name?"
"Heron," he replied. "Josef Heron. I've been teaching a little over three years now."
Joan nodded, her eyes on him. He raised his hands and laughed, "It's not that I go after my students! I ran into Jewel a few weeks ago at the Starbucks, downtown. We got to talking, and, well, things kind of spiraled..." Josef grinned and waved a hand upwards, in the general direction of her daughter's bedroom.