Joan heard the alarm and raised her head.
"It's okay honey, that's me. Remember I'm flying to L.A. this morning."
Oh thank God, she thought, I can sleep in. It was Rick who had to get up. She'd love to get up and get his breakfast, just like on television, but all he'd eat was cold cereal and toast and coffee anyway. She fell back to sleep.
"But don't forget to go down and make sure the heats off in the trailer." A voice said. He hadn't left yet? Trailer, trailer, what was he talking about? Oh yes, the travel trailer. They had a little, 17 foot, travel trailer they now used for camping trips. They'd had enough of sleeping on the ground, and now pulled this little trailer behind the Landcruiser.
But in the winter, when it was freezing they put a small heater on a timer in the trailer so that everything didn't freeze. They checked it every morning to make sure the heat had gone off.
"Okay, Rick." She murmured drowsily, then immediately fell back to sleep.
She woke with a start. "The trailer!" She said to herself, as she jumped out of bed. She grabbed a robe, slipped on a pair of shoes and raced out the door.
"C'mon Bruno." She called out to her German Shepherd as she ran, and he came galumphing beside her.
She reached the trailer door and opened it and looking over her shoulder, "Wait there Bruno." She called to the dog.
Once inside the door she shivered as she looked around. It wasn't cold, but something was wrong. She must have come in the wrong door, but there wasn't another door. This place was too big, it was more the size of the front hall of the house. And there shouldn't be a passage off to the left, that's where the trailer kitchen should be.
Then she looked down at her clothes. She was dressed in a black see-through blouse, a short flaired skirt, stockings and heels. This was crazy! She lifted her skirt, black silk panties, a garter belt? This was special occasion stuff.
She laughed softly. "I'm losing it. Is this a dream? Will I wake up still in bed?"
Then she heard a gruff man's voice: "Come in Joan. I've been waiting for you."
The voice came from down the passage to the left. She walked slowly down the dark hall trying to find a light switch.
"Where are you? WHO are you?" She called out.
"Keep coming down the hall, you'll find me." The voice replied.
Then she saw the light in a doorway on the right.
She stepped into a room, dimly lit, with a large, low bed, behind it a dim lamp. On the bed was the figure of a large man, and as she drew closer she saw that it was a well built, dark skinned man wearing what appeared to be pajamas. He was sitting up on the bed supported by large ornate pillows.
"Come, sit by me dear Joan."
She did as he asked, and sat on the edge of the bed by his legs, half turned toward him.
"Who are you, how did you get here, what do you want?"
"So many questions. But don't ask about me, what about you Joan? Look at you: Such a pretty face and your red hair shows it off so well. A perfect figure, with lovely full breasts and a slim waist, and your long legs. Stand up, I want to look at you. Good." He said as she stood up. "Now pull up your skirt so that I can see your legs. There! Ah, such beauty shouldn't be hidden. What do you think Bruno, isn't she lovely?"
Bruno? She stood there, skirt raised, and looked around to see a younger man emerge from the shadow across the room. He was a handsome man, about six feet tall, with a deeply tanned complexion.