The man coughed. His lungs rattling with the effort as he sat with his friend Chris in the "Chew and Chat" coffee bar.
"You'd better get that seen to," said Chris as he watched Ray struggle to draw breath, his face turning from a pale yellow to a deep crimson in a few seconds.
Ray shook his head and waved his arms around feebly until, at last, his airways cleared and he slowly returned to his normal colour. He took a sip of coffee.
"I got a postcard from Paddy yesterday."
*Is he still in Thailand?"
"Yes the lucky bugger. All those young women ready for the taking."
Chris snorted. "If you've got the money!"
"Well Paddy's not short of a few bob since he won the lottery."
"True, true…Well what did he say? You know in the postcard."
"Oh yes. Well he's gone and got married."
"What! Paddy 'fuck 'em all' O'Halleran. The chap having the time of his life since he retired?"
"The same."
"Well fuck a duck and knock me down with a feather."
Ray chuckled. "Well he's going to enjoy the last few years he's got left isn't he?"
"Too right," agreed Chris, and an image of a naked, young, almond-eyed beauty flashed into his mind. Her full, plump breasts swung gently from side to side as she strolled along the beach with small waves barely touching her feet before receding again.
"And another thing," Ray's voice broke into his reverie, "he's bringing her here today to meet us."
"But you said you only got the postcard yesterday!"
"It must have been delayed in the post or something. He came back yesterday as well. He rang me up last night. Said he would bring his wife to meet us today."
"Well you could have warned me."
"Why? What's the point. We've been having coffee here every day for the past ten years. And what's there to warn. You'd only want to smarten yourself up a bit. And at our ages that's just a plain waste of time."
"I suppose you're right." Another image of a young Thai girl lying on her back, her legs wrapped around a naked, thrusting, male as she moaned and writhed beneath the man's weight. He saw the perspiration on her flesh and the squashed breasts protruding slightly from between the two rutting bodies…
"Another coffee while we're waiting?"
"Wha,,,oh yes if you like," he replied, "not so much sugar this time." He watched as Ray made his way to the counter. The image became a soft luscious mouth engulfing a man's large, thick cock. Her saliva covered the rigid organ as it pushed in and out between her lips, making them distort with the constant movement. Now and then, in his mind's eye, he saw her gag as the penis pushed a little too far forward and entered her throat.
"Here you are then," said Ray as he put two coffees on the table adding a plate. "I bought two Danish as well. Thought you might want one."
"Yes. Thanks. Thanks very much."
For a while the two men drank and ate quietly. Both lost in their own private thoughts. Then Ray said, "Wonder what she's like then? This woman of Paddy's."
"Well if all the stories are true she's probably some young slut who's been selling her body since she was twelve to send money back to her parents in the home village."
"Yeah," laughed Ray, "trust Paddy to get himself mixed up with the first bit of young flesh who looks twice at him."