Thanks for Kenji Sato for edit.
REGRET.
After losing someone you love you realize their importance in your life. You learn something new every day. You get to know people. The mistakes you had made the previous days come to mind. You laugh at some and feel sad at others.
My name is Hülya. I am a 28-year-old university-educated school teacher who has been married for three years. At 1.67 meters (five-foot-five-inches) tall and 58 kilograms (130 pounds) I am an average-sized woman whose black hair and green eyes help accentuate my fair skin. I will confess to you that I still regret what I did and that I am very angry with myself for my weakness. It all started when we moved into this house in the spring of 2024.
When our old landlord raised the rent by a hundred percent we had to start looking for a house to rent. We searched a lot but couldn't find a house that fit our budget. They were asking for a lot of rent, even for a two-bedroom one-living room house. Apparently the pandemic had not been a lesson to people-- the greed continued.
Luckily my husband's big sister informed us we would be able to rent the house when her neighbor across the street moved out. It was close to the school where I worked. We gave the gold coins we had worn at our wedding as a deposit and my husband's big sister and I became neighbors.
My husband works in the technology department of a logistics company. While I pay the rent and bills with my salary we could only survive with my husband's salary. Ali is a bit passive and shy but despite all of this he loves me very much and cherishes me. We are the same age met in the last year of university and as soon as we finished school we got married. He would always tell me that I was the best thing that ever happened to him. If we could relax a little financially we wanted to have a baby. Last year I started teaching in a high school for the first time previously I was teaching primary school children.
Berrin is a very good woman 46 years old. I loved and respected her very much she treated me like her own sister. Since her husband was a jeweler they were financially comfortable and would sometimes help us. We became closer when we became neighbors. She had a thirteen-year-old daughter and a son who was in high school. AyÅŸe was the epitome of cuteness but her son BaÅŸar was a complete troublemaker. He hung out in bad boy mode. Unfortunately he was a student in my class. Berrin and her husband would either have to go to the police station or come to school every week.
BaÅŸar was a very tough person on the outside but actually was soft on the inside. I learned of his character a little bit because I knew him from school. I had never had any problems with him until the events started. Of course I was also to blame for what was still happening between us.
Everything was great for the first two months. We would get together every night as if we were living in the same house. We would eat as a family and chat until late at night either at their house or at ours. Since schools were on summer vacation I was usually at home.
One Tuesday afternoon we decided to visit our neighbors upon my sister-in-law's request. The woman we were going to visit was a very well-groomed stylishly dressed beautiful woman. My sister-in-law had advised me to be beautiful and stylish so that I would not be inferior to her. After doing my makeup I put on a short mini skirt and a V-neck blouse and went to their house. We chatted for a while and since the woman did not allow smoking in her house first my sister-in-law and then I went out to the balcony to smoke.
While I was on the balcony the doorbell rang. BaÅŸar and the woman's son came in the two of them were friends. The owner's son came outside on the balcony to greet and welcome me and then returned inside.
BaÅŸar remained standing outside and was looking at my cleavage and skirt which became shorter because I was sitting on a chair. He had never seen me like this before. Even though I was uncomfortable with his looking I smiled at him. He was a young man it was normal for his hormones to skyrocket but it was shameful for him to look at his uncle's wife like that. Still I didn't speak up and continued to sit like that until my cigarette ran out. He went inside when his mother called.
The next day I noticed that he was watching me with furtive glances. He was showing a special interest-- he helped me carry in grocery bags he accompanied me when I went for walks. While he was being so harsh on others he was being kind to me. I wasn't complaining about his attention; I liked it but I had no ulterior motives.
Even my sister-in-law was surprised by her son's attitude and joked with me "Please tell me whatever you did to BaÅŸar."
After cleaning on Thursday I took a shower. When I wrapped myself in a towel and went to my bedroom I noticed that the balcony door was open. I thought I had left it open while airing out the room. Since we were on the top floor I was being somewhat relaxed. There was a one-meter gap between our balcony and my sister-in-law's balcony where she had stored her extra stuff they did not use that balcony very much.
I threw off the towel and lay down on the bed naked pulling the satin sheet over myself. A nap would be good. After a while I heard a voice that woke me up. I didn't know how long I had slept but I realized that I was lying completely naked with the sheet down around my feet. I sat up and yawned. When I looked towards the balcony door I came face to face with BaÅŸar. He was looking at me from their own balcony. How long had he been there? I was shocked and couldn't move. Instead of covering myself I continued to look at him for a few seconds. I hadn't done it on purpose and I hoped BaÅŸar hadn't misunderstood.
When I remembered that I was still naked I jumped out of bed and put on some clothes. I was so embarrassed. My husband's nephew had seen me naked. When I went out to the balcony I saw him arranging the boxes his mother had told him to tidy up the balcony. When my sister-in-law came out to the balcony at that moment I couldn't talk to BaÅŸar. I wouldn't see him at dinner. The next day when I saw him in front of the building, I had difficulty looking at his face, and he was grinning.
"What happened? Why are you laughing?"
"When I see you good memories come to my mind." He looked at me as if he were replaying it in his memory.
I felt myself blush with embarrassment. "It was an accident. No need to make a big deal out of it." I said and left.
I didn't see him for two days. He was always there whenever there was a fight so he didn't come home very often. On Saturday evening I attended Ali's company dinner with my husband wearing a red strappy mini-dress. It was a pleasant night of chatting with his company friends and their wives. Ali had let me drink two glasses of wine because we were together. I didn't have a very strong body for alcohol. While everything was going well the men suddenly got together. There was a problem at the factory. They were going to the factory and their wives were going to return home.
Ali put me in a taxi. When we approached the neighborhood the taxi driver turned to me and asked if it was okay if he dropped me off at the corner. I accepted so that the man wouldn't be in trouble. My soft heart always got me into trouble anyway. I started walking a little scared in the dark of the night. Our building was safe but the neighborhood wasn't very good. Anyway I was about to turn the corner and feel relieved.
"Shhh beauty where are you going?"
Someone was harassing me. I was on the left side of the street and they were standing on the right. I kept walking looking straight ahead. I thought there were two of them. They had bottles of alcohol wrapped in paper bags in their hands.
"The bitch doesn't give a damn it's like we fucked her pussy while it was dry." he said.
"Baby what legs you have. I can lick them from beginning to end." the other man said.
I understood from the footsteps coming from behind me that they were following me. Panic and fear had taken over me. I could hear them getting closer. At that moment I saw BaÅŸar coming from the opposite direction. I had never been so happy to see him. I ran to him and hugged him. His scent was like the most beautiful aroma in the world.
"What the hell is going on here?" he shouted and attacked both men.
I was screaming out of fear "BaÅŸar be careful. BaÅŸar don't do it."
He knocked the tall thin one to the ground with one punch. The slightly older one pulled something like a pocketknife from his pocket and swung it at him. I felt bad. I thought he was injured. After kicking and knocking him to the ground the men retreated swearing.
"Run away now. I'll find you." he shouted at them. His clothes were in disarray his T-shirt was torn. He came towards me. He checked my clothes and head with his eyes.
"They didn't hurt you right?" he asked.
"No, I'm fine are you okay? Did anything happen to you?" I asked shaking. There was a bleeding scratch on his throat. The man's nail had done it.
"Don't be afraid it's like a mosquito bite let's go." he said. He hugged my waist and pulled me towards him. His hand was on my butt.
We started walking towards the parking garage entrance hugging each other. We opened the door with the remote control and went in. His hand was still on my hip when the automatic door closed.
"Let's put a bandage on your neck. There may be a scar. It happened because of me. I'm so sorry. If you want we can go to the doctor. What do you want?"
He was angry. He took my hand and we walked through the parking garage. We entered a place that was like an attendant's office. He took the first-aid kit from the wall and put it on the table. I got between him and the table and poured tincture of iodine on some cotton then applied it to his neck. Our bodies were very close. I could feel his breath on my face. He was examining my face with his eyes. He pulled my hair aside with his hands and kissed me on the lips.
I couldn't react because I didn't expect this at all. I was stunned. He must have gotten courage from this situation as he lifted me by my waist and sat me on the table. He put his hands under my dress caressed my legs and grabbed my hips. He was playing with my thong with his thumbs. When he pulled me towards him I felt his big hardened penis.
What was I doing? In panic I pushed him away got off the table and ran away. BaÅŸar was laughing.
When I got home I was covered in sweat. My husband Ali, had called twice but I hadn't heard the phone. I called him right away and talked to him. After taking a shower and washing myself I lay down on my bed. I tried to sleep without waiting for Ali. I couldn't look at his face. I had fooled around with my husband's nephew. I was so ashamed. Why did I let this happen? There had been bad boys in my life during high school and college. This was the biggest reason I chose Ali-- according to them he was a calm sensible man I could trust.
The next day was Sunday. I went out with my husband to the cinema. We had dinner outside and came home late at night. I couldn't risk meeting Basar. I made love to my husband because he wanted me. I pretended to enjoy it because my mind was elsewhere. Ali didn't know the difference.