My Mother's Nylons - Chapter Fourteen
Author's Note
Now that Anna and Erika have managed to seduce Josie and Audra, Danny's been (temporarily) left out of the action. Is he mature enough to place his trust in Anna's love for him? Or will he do, or say, something rash?
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End of Chapter 13
Audra lifted her arm and draped it loosely around Anna's waist, gently pulling my mother to sit in her lap. When Anna had done so, she wrapped her arms around Audra's neck as the blonde did the same around Anna's waist.
Their mouths met for a long, sensuous kiss.
I was so moved by the casual sensuality of the scene, the three women clustered about the breakfast nook, exhausted from a full night of loving making, clothes in tatters, their hair and makeup askew. It was a scene of raw sexuality, utterly captivating and stirring. I fantasized about all the energy that drove them to this state. I thought about having it focused on me, transforming me into one of their own. Satisfied, exhausted, dishevelled, and for the time being at least, no good for anything except, perhaps, more sex.
Alas, this was not the day for a gang bang.
"I need a shower," Audra said, looking up at Anna. "Join me?"
"Love to," my mother said. Together, the two women left the room.
When the door to Anna's sanctuary closed, Josie, Erika, and I were left staring at each other around the built-in.
I thought: 'What the hell.'
"So, what'll it be my loves? Breakfast? Or..."
Erika jumped out of her seat and walked around, taking Josie's hand. "Give us a couple of hours Danny? Jose here's been...on my mind lately. I've got some wicked plans for you, Red."
Josie looked at me, knowing we'd planned to go back to bed for the afternoon.
But there was a hopeful joy on her face. I smiled and nodded. Josie giggled and followed my sister into her bedroom, running behind her in short, quick, little steps.
The two cast a quick look back at me as the door closed with an audible '
click
'.
Not what I had expected.
Briefly I thought about joining one of pairs, but without an invitation, I decided against.
As I was considering going out for a bite to eat, my phone rang.
Hailey.
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Chapter 14
Hailey met me at a popular diner in Tribeca. Bubby's is always busy. The home-style cooking is generous of portion and deeply satisfying. The atmosphere is quintessentially New York, with always-full tables packed tight, lots of loud, boisterous conversation, fast, efficient service, and of course that special crowd anonymity New York does so well.
With a tentative smile she rose to greet me with a kiss. Her table was in the corner of the main room, framed by two massive windows overlooking the cobbled North Moore and Hudson Street.
"I'm so glad you called, Hailey," I said to get the conversation rolling.
"I must admit, it took me a while to get over the thought of you and my mother being - together."
"So
did
you get over it?"
"I don't know. Maybe I haven't."
"You still resent me for sleeping with your mother?"
"And for her divorce? And her moving to New York? Are you asking me if I resent you for all that?"
There was no good answer to that question.
Hailey leaned across the table and looked at me intently. "Let's just say, Mom's changed a lot since she met you. And though it wasn't easy to admit it to myself, I like the new Josie."
This was a surprise. And I've never heard Hailey call her mother by her first name.
She took a sip of her coffee. "I mean, look at her! She's stunning. Suddenly my mother is the sexiest, most vibrant woman I know. I hardly recognize her anymore. New clothes. New hair. Nylons. And the new position with her law firm - a partnership with a major international law firm here in New York! She's changed so much. She's super confident. She's happy. And did I say it already? She's sexy as fuck.
"At first I chalked it up to a mid-life crisis. I did a little ChatGPT investigation. It's amazing how many couples go through major changes when the kids move out. Men buy a hot new car. Women get makeovers. Both sleep around. Their marriages go to shit. Suddenly they realize they have no-one to talk to but each other, but they've got nothing to say."
Hailey's words made me think. Did my moving to university have anything to do with my mother and father divorcing? Anna had insisted it was the sex, or lack of it, but was that the whole story?
"There's more to Josie leaving your father," I said. "A lot more. You heard her last week. She talked about -"
"Yeah. I know."
Sex. Josie had told Hailey she wasn't getting nearly enough sex from her husband. And what she was getting was terrible. But it wasn't just that. Josie had come to realize her husband's lack of effort to satisfy her sexually betrayed his lack of respect for her as an equal partner.
Hailey sat back and folded her hands on the table. I didn't fill the silence. I let her process what she wanted to say.
It didn't take long. "Was it your idea? Be honest, I need to know the truth."
Hailey could only be referring to one thing. Josie and Anna had confronted her last week and suggested she sleep with me so she'd know what great sex is like. This way when considering marriage, she'd know good sex from bad and could make her decision with full knowledge of what she was getting into. But if, like Josie, she'd never had great sex, she might take years to figure out something was seriously wrong in her marriage. So while I'd agreed as long as Hailey was on board, I had not been at all comfortable with the whole conversation. Hailey's reaction was predictably horrific. I blame myself for letting them suggest it in the first place.
"No. I hope you believe me because there is no way I could have convinced your mother to suggest such a thing to you. Even if I had been fully on board."
"You mean you weren't?"
I shook my head. "Look, if you and I had connected - that way - on our own, of course I'd love to..." I lowered my voice, "sleep with you. But this? I never would have suggested it. What they were planning was just too - clinical."
"Is it serious with you two?"
"If you're asking me if Josie is using me for a fling before she moves on, I certainly hope not."
"And you? What are your feelings towards Mom?"
I took a deep breath. Hailey deserved to know the truth.
"I love her. If we ever part, it won't be because I wanted it. I am deeply in love with your mother."
"And Anna?"
"Yes, Anna too."
"Does Mom know? That you're in love with Anna?"
"Of course she does."
Hailey slumped in her chair. She'd never had to navigate complex sexual relationships. "There was a time when I did want to sleep with you. Ironic, isn't it? The very act that cemented my mother's love for you triggered deep feelings in me."
"When I snuck her out of residence?"
Hailey nodded. "But now, I don't know. I - I don't think so."
I smiled. "Erika."
Hailey blushed. "Didn't see that coming."
"She is amazing."