Chapter 2
As I warmed up in the bright sunshine, the events of the night receded and their dreamlike quality came to the fore. After about a quarter of a mile I began to convince myself. After all, women like that do not wander the hills of Scotland at night. Another quarter mile and all doubt receded. It was a hallucination caused by exposure. Then I crested the hill and saw below me in the valley the village I had been aiming for. I had obviously miscalculated my position badly. I hadn't needed to spend the night out after all. I couldn't work out quite how I had been so far off though. I had excellent maps and a satellite linked GPS and as a keen sailor I knew how to calculate my position. Perhaps the exposure had started to affect me before I settled down for the night.
I carried on trying to convince myself as I walked down towards the village. I had two nights booked at the pub, so with luck they hadn't released my second night when I didn't show. As I reached the edge of the village I saw an elderly couple working in their garden.
"Good morning," I called. They didn't answer, just rushed into their house and closed the door with a bang. I saw the curtains twitch as I walked past. "Strange," I thought. "They can't be so unused to visitors." I walked on into the village and as the pub came into view I suddenly remembered its name -- 'The Three Witches'. Sure enough there on the sign above the door were three women standing close together and looking down on me. I stopped short. The sign looked old, but it was clear that the three had red, blonde and dark hair, just like the three in my dream. I told myself to stop being stupid -- giving them different hair colours was something any sign painter would do to make them look distinct -- and went inside.
I rang the bell at the reception desk. A pretty young blonde woman came out from a room at the rear.
"My name is Sutherland, I have a reservation for two nights but, I was delayed so I didn't make it last night. I'm hoping you have kept my booking for tonight though."
She tapped away at a keyboard under the counter.
"Ah yes, Mr Sutherland. No, your reservation is for two nights from today -- the nights of the 11th and 12th May."
"Today is the 12th though." I looked down at my watch as I spoke. I stopped short. The date on my watch clearly showed it was the 11th. I checked my phone -- also the 11th.
"You are very early but your room is ready. The booking for last night cancelled at the last minute so it's already made up."
She obviously hadn't heard me getting the date wrong and I was too tired and confused to argue.
"Would it be possible to get some breakfast?" I asked instead.
"Of course -- through there. We'll be serving for the next hour."
"Thanks, I'll drop my stuff in my room first," I said as I took my key.
I opened to door to my room to be faced by the wonderful sight of a tightly stretched skirt as the chambermaid bent over the bed to straighten the sheets. She whirled around in fright as I came into the room, then relaxed slightly as she realised I was a guest. The front view was as glorious as the rear, with a starched white blouse straining over firm breasts, although it had pulled loose from the waist band of her skirt. She blushed slightly as she tucked herself back in, the blouse fitting even more tightly as she did so.
"I'm sorry Sir, I was just checking everything was OK."
"No problems, please take as long as you like." Front or back I was happy to watch, tired as I was. She seemed to know that and turned back to pull at the bedding to straighten it, bending over rather more than strictly necessary as she did so. Standing up she walked into the bathroom.
"I'll just check the bathroom and then leave you to it." As I watched her walk across the room I wondered idly if those superb breasts would stay up on their own if she took off the bra. She seemed to stumble as she walked then turned to me, cupping them in her hands.
"They are pretty much self supporting..."
I was taken aback, then stumbled out an apology. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that out loud, but..."
I paused. She seemed equally confused, saying "I'm sorry, I don't normally do things like that in front of guests. Please don't say anything to the manager."
"Let's just pretend it never happened, shall we?" I said. "I spoke out of turn and you handled it well. I'm certainly not going to say anything."
She was still clearly upset, and I realised her response hadn't been a bold put down, she seemed to think she had said and done what she did unprompted. Without planning it I wondered to myself what her bra size was.
"36D," she said suddenly, her eyes widening.
And the colour, I thought?
"White."
Suddenly I remembered something from my dream.
The blonde one had said "give it to a male and the first thing he'll do is use it to get sex." What was it? The power of life, death and choice was pretty wide.
I looked again at the chambermaid.
"Tell me your name," I thought.
She stood there unmoving.
"Kirsten McDonald"
"Take off your clothes."
She unbuttoned her blouse revealing what was indeed a white bra, only barely restraining those wonderful boobs, then removed it and threw it on the bed, before unzipping her skirt and sliding it down over broad hips to reveal tiny white panties. The skirt followed the blouse onto the bed. She was reaching behind her back to unclasp the bra when I said, "Wait!" and she stopped immediately.
Without speaking out loud I said "Why are you undressing?"
She looked at me in surprise. "You told me to do it."
"Why are you doing as I ask though?"
"I have no choice. You ask me to do something and I must."
While this has all the making of a fantasy come true, I restrained myself.
"Get dressed again and wait."