Marcus sits on the terrace with a drink in his hand, relaxed after a week of hard work. He extended a business trip to visit an old friend and spends a few days in his house. They haven't seen each other in many years. He is alone in his friend's house, knowing that the family would come home later that evening.
While he is watching the sunset, he hears footsteps behind him, and before he can turn around, he feels two hands on his eyes.
"Marcus, how nice to see you, it's been so long since you visited us".
A smile comes over his face, he recognises the voice, the voice of Elisa, his friend's youngest daughter. Both families and their children spent a lot of time together in the past, he knew Elisa very well, but that is a long time ago. Marcus takes her hands to free them from his eyes, looks up and cannot believe what he sees. He has known Elisa since she was a child, and now there is a young, attractive woman. He remembers she had turned 18 a few months ago.
"Wow how you've changed; I almost didn't recognise you and thought you were your mother," he says, laughing.
He gives her a friendly hug as a greeting, as he has done so many times in the past, and looks at her. Her long, dark blonde hair, her delicate features, her skin with summer tan, her blue-grey eyes. He knows she has just finished school and started university, but in his mind, she was still the young girl. She is standing in front of him, and he can't help but notice that she is wearing a tight T-shirt with shorts. It's a warm summer day, of course, he says to himself. He also notices that she is only wearing the T-shirt, no shirt or bra underneath. Her breasts and the tips of her breasts are clearly visible, not in a vulgar way, but such that any man would notice. His eyes glide over her body, and from her smile he realises that she understands his thoughts. He is very uncomfortable. After all, she is the daughter of his friend. Elisa sits down next to him, he forces his mind to change its focus, and they both chat about family, her studies, their lives. After a while she gets up.
"Excuse me, please, I still have some work to do, I'll see you later".
As she goes into the house, he sees the shape of her bottom under her tight shorts. She turns around and gives him a flirtatious smile. He knows she has caught him staring at her body again. It does not seem to bother her though, which leaves him puzzled and confused.
After a while, the other family members come home and everyone gathers for dinner. They drink two bottles of wine, there is a lot to catch up on in the years since they last saw each other. Elisa sits across from Marcus. She has put on a sweater and long trousers for dinner. Marcus, whenever he speaks to Elisa and looks at her, his mind drifts to the thought that she might still be wearing the skimpy T-shirt under the sweater. Occasionally, her eyes seek his eyes, and each time they meet, she smiles and he quickly turns his head. He goes to bed, he knows that Elisa's room is next to the guest room, and his thoughts keep returning to the shape of her body under the shirt and shorts she was wearing that afternoon.
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