Ménage à Trois

A Story about a Ballerina, a Soldier, and a Lawyer

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Colonel Katherine Powell is a character from the movie "Eye in the Sky" played by Dame Helen Mirren.

Lieutenant General Frank Benson is a character from the movie "Eye in the Sky" played by Alan Rickman.

These characters are not mine. They belong to Gavin Hood and Raindog Films.

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Laurie and Lee are original characters.

Part of the song lyrics used is from Frank Duval's "Touch my Soul".

Moët is French champagne called Moët & Chandon. The title belongs to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE. I only used it to indicate the financial status of one of the characters. No copyright infringement intended.

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Part One

The First Meeting

I sat in a half-dark bar sipping on a beer. That’s all I could afford this time of the month. The bar was full of soldiers. After I ordered another lager, I turned around in my seat.

A woman, probably in her late fifties entered the pub. She stood awhile in the doorway, skimming over the place as if she was looking for someone. With her short white hair and soldier’s uniform, she looked quite sexy. The trousers were tight-fitting as well as the white T-shirt she had on. As if she could read my thoughts, she looked straight at me. My heart skipped a beat when our eyes locked. I swung around in my chair facing the bar counter. I grabbed the glass of beer gulping down half of it to calm my nerves. It didn’t help at all.

She placed her hand on my shoulder to draw my attention. My heart hammered against my ribcage as I turned to her.

“May I buy you a drink?” she asked. Her voice was soft with a thick British accent.

She took place on the barstool behind her as soon as it became vacant.

There’s no make-up on her face, I’ve noticed. She didn’t look pale, like most Brits I had seen. In fact, she had a slight tan.

I lift my beer when I reply. “Thanks, but I have one already.”

“Oh come on, ladies don’t drink beer.” Her voice sounded demanding, in control. “What can I get you?”

A snarky remark came to mind, but I withheld myself from telling her that I wasn’t one of her military troops and replied with the truth instead. “That’s all I can afford this time of the month.” My face warmed up. Why the hell was I blushing? – ‘Say it like it is’, my mom used to say.

“What can I get you,” she repeated her question.

My inner self sighed. “Well, if you insist, I will have vodka with lemonade, mixed with lime cordial.”

Our eyes met again. I wish I could see what color they were. Unfortunately, the bar’s too dark.

She smiled at me before drawing the bartender’s attention.

After placing our order, she got hold of what was left of my beer and gulped it down. She then turned to me, saying, “I assume you’re military too since you’re in this bar full of soldiers.”

My heart pounded again. Gosh, that British accent was going to be the death of me.

“No, I’m a…” Why did I hesitate before replying to her question? “I’m a dancer,” I finally got out.

Her brows furrowed.

“I know what you’re thinking and the answer is no. I’m not one of those exotic dancers,” I said defending my honor.

She held up her hands. “I never judge,” she said with a smile before taking a sip of her drink, which the bartender just sat down in front of us.

I took a sip of the light green liquid, letting it slid slowly down my throat. A sigh of enjoyment escaped my lips.

“Now isn’t that better than that awful beer?” the soldier asked.

I swallowed quickly before I nodded. “Oh yes, for sure. Thank you.” Again my face turned into a furnace. Why?

She gave a soft laugh before placing her hand on my arm, giving it a tender squeeze.

“The pleasure is all mine,” she said before smiling at me.

Her hand was rough, probably callouses of carrying guns and heavy equipment.

She never removed her hand. I felt nice, so I remained with my arm in the same position.

“Where are you stationed, or aren’t you allowed to tell anyone?” I asked not out of curiosity, but rather out of awkwardness with her hand still on my arm.

She laughed. “No, it’s not a secret.” She took a sip of her gin and tonic before she continued. “I’m stationed in Kenya.”

“Where in Kenya?”

She held up a finger. “Now, that’s a secret,” she replied with a giggle.

The hand on my arm moved, brushing along the length of my forearm down to my hand. Somehow the feeling moved down to my crotch. It had been a while since a woman touched me.

The movement on my arm stopped rapidly.

“I’m sorry,” she said while removing her hand from my arm. “I’m making you uncomfortable.”

A sigh almost escaped my lips when the warmth of her hand left a cold spot on my skin.

“My wife died a year ago and I miss the touch, the feel of a woman’s soft skin,” she confessed.

My heart went out to her. At least now I knew for sure she’s gay and single.

I put my hand on top of hers. “I’m not uncomfortable,” I whispered. “I also miss a woman’s touch,” I admitted.

She gaped at me before she knocked back the last of her drink.

The bartender moved closer. “The same?” he asked.

The soldier nodded. “Yes, another round please.”

“My glass is still half,” I said to stop her from ordering me another round.

“Bring two gin and tonics then,” she said, changing the order.

The bartender returned with her drinks and placed it in front of her.

Without hesitation, she downed the clear liquid of the first glass.

My eyes enlarged.

Unfortunately, she noticed it.

“Don’t worry, my hotel is close by.”

The bar was now more crowded than earlier.

She leans over to me. “I need some fresh air, care to join me outside?” she asked while fanning herself.

I nodded before emptying my glass of vodka.

She only drank half a glass of her second gin and tonic. As she stood up she took my hand in hers leading me through the crowd to the exit.

The warm air of Pretoria’s weather hit us when we stepped outside. At least it was cooler than the inside of the pub.

She let go of my hand when we turned the corner from the pub.

“Isn’t this better,” she said while stretching her arms.

I agreed by nodding.

“How long have you been single?” the soldier asked out of the blue.

“Almost a year now.”

“Break-up?”

I nodded again. It still hurt when thinking back and talking about it with a stranger. Not that she was a stranger anymore.

Then it hit me. We hadn’t even introduced ourselves. “What’s your name?” I asked.

“I am…”

She pinned me to the wall.

“Katherine,” she whispered before seizing my lips.

Hungrily I accepted her warm tongue into my mouth. She explored every inch. Our tongues entwined. Our lips crushed underneath the force of lust.

She broke off first.

We were both panting.

I lay my head on her shoulder. “My name is Laurie,” I breathed out while my lips touched her neck.

“Please to make your acquaintance, Laurie,” she huffs, still breathless from our kiss. “My hotel is just around the next corner would you like to accompany me?”

My heart skipped a beat. Was I going to have a one nightstand with a soldier?

“Please,” she said when I hesitated.

It almost sounded as if she was begging. She was. I could see it in her eyes when I glanced at her.

“I’m here for the whole weekend,” she remarked with an invitation in her voice.

My face flushed again, when I replied, “I would love to.” Was it the British accent that convinced me?

She pulled me into her arms and twirled us while laughing.

Eventually, she let go of me, but not before she took my hand in hers again.

*** 

We entered the hotel lobby after a few minutes. Katherine marched up to the front desk while I waited for her. She received her keys as well as a white envelope.

When she joined me again, she took my hand once more before we headed off to the lift.

“Aren’t you going to open that? It might be urgent.”

She waved the envelope in the air. “It can wait until the morning,” she said as we stepped into the lift.

When the lift door opened on the fifth floor, Katherine announced that she was in room five-eleven.

The room was at the end of the corridor. When we reached it, she unlocked the door and stood aside.

I smiled before remarking, “How gallant of you.”

She stared at me. “Did your previous butches never open a door for you?”

My face turned a few shades of red. “There were only three and only the first one did that.”

“How rude of the other two. A butch is supposed to hold a door open for her femme. She’s a lady and should be treated like a queen.”

I gawked at her. She would treat me like a queen…

“Want something to drink,” Katherine asked.

I snapped out of it when hearing her voice. It was then that I’ve noticed how huge the room was.

Of course, I noticed the king-size bed against the opposite wall first. There was a small bar fridge in the far right corner. An orange-brown sofa stood close to the fridge. The floor was covered with thick wall-to-wall light-brown carpeting. The walls had cream-colored wallpaper covered with medium yellow and orange flowers. Opposite the bed was a wall of windows with bronze-colored curtains on each end.

When I stepped closer to shut the curtains, the view caught my eye.

I gasped aloud when Katherine placed her arms around me and yanked me closer.

“The view is breathtaking, isn’t it?”

I just nodded, too conscious of her breasts pushing into my back and her crotch thrusting against my butt as she held me in place by my hips.

Her hands moved up to my breasts.

I heaved while my head fell backward onto her shoulder as she circling my nipples with her finger.

She spun me around in her arms.

“This view is not only breathtaking but more exciting than the one outside,” she whispered before taking my mouth hostage again.

Katherine walked me to the bed. We stumbled a few times but that didn’t stop us from kissing.

We fell onto the bed, with a loud “umpf” from both of us. The soldier lied on top of me while prodding her knee between my legs.

Her hands reached for the back of my head and released the scrunchie holding my hair together in a bun.

She tousled my long auburn hair. “I wanted to do this since I’ve seen you in the bar,” she remarked with a smile.

Her knee is still pushing into my crotch. She’s driving me crazy to tease me like this.

Her hands are all over my breasts again.

I pushed back with every thrust of her knee.

“Hmmm, you’re catching on,” she said while unbuttoning my blouse.

She lifted herself to get rid of her T-shirt. Without hesitation, she chucked it aside before she continued with my blouse’s buttons.

“God, how many buttons does this blouse have?” She didn’t wait for a reply. “Sorry,” she uttered when she ripped my blouse open. Buttons flew all over the bed, some landed on the floor and hopped, hopped, hopped until they bogged down.

She didn’t care to unfasten my bra, no, she pushed it over and up, letting my tits popped out, and forced the thing over my head.

She gazed at my breasts before she whispered, “gorgeous.”

She took a nipple in her warm mouth. It’s driving me nuts. I would prefer her fucking fingers on my clit by now.

Only now I’ve realized she removed her knee. She read my mind because she stood on her knees, my nipple still in her mouth, while removing or tried at least to get rid of my trousers. I raised my ass from the bed to make it easier for her.

She stopped sucking my nipple before looking up. “Thank you. I thought I was going to struggle all night to get that off.”

“And what about those tight army trousers of yours? Do you want me to struggle to get you out of it?”

Katherine waved a finger in the air. “No, no, it stays on.”

“Whoa, that’s unfair. You have most of your clothes on and I’m lying here only in my panties,” I said in a high-pitched voice.

“Don’t get your knickers in a twist, darling. When I’m done with you, you won’t have any stamina left to do me.” She chuckled as she ripped my G-string off me.

Before I could get into a row about my torn G-string she went down south and all I could do was inhaled aloud.

I spread my legs as widely as possible, giving her proper access to my pussy.

After I settled my legs onto her shoulders, she placed her hands underneath my buttocks while kissing my inner thighs then licking a trail to my awaiting wet pussy. Her tongue moved in between the wet folds searching for the most luxurious spot on a women’s body. She found it too soon to my taste. Her tongue coiled and swirled around that hard nub, indulging herself while pleasuring me.

I almost sighed aloud when she removed her tongue from my clit. But something much more pleasant awaited me. Her tongue trailed down to my vagina. My toes curled when she shoved her tongue into my cavity. In and out. In and out. Even better than a dildo.

I squirmed with pleasure as I got into rhythm with her tongue.

Katherine returned to my clit, giving it much more attention than earlier. This time she sucked on it. She took turns to lick and suck. The sucking grew harder each time. She sped up the licking too. Harder and faster. Harder and faster.

I held my breath. I was close and she knew it.

“Breathe, Laurie, and come for me,” she mumbled with a mouth full of clit.

My back arched as my orgasm matured.

I never was verbal or loud when it came to sex. Tonight though was a different story. I never had such a pleasurable sexual experience in my life.

“Oh, Katherine,” I yelled.

My hands fisted the bedding as my back arched even more. My toes curled.

Her tongue was like velvet.

My clit was going to burst.

“Ka –” I cut myself off mid-sentence, or mid calling out her name as I exploded into an orgasm. My body convulsed from the phenomenon that just happened to me, but that didn’t make her stop. Her fingers entered me, probing in and out of my vagina.

I came a second time, calling out her name. She liked that because she was smiling when she moved back up to face me. Her mouth glistened with my moisture.

“You are as flexible as hell.” was the first thing she said to me.

Before I could say anything she straddled me while lowering her head to kiss me.

I tasted myself. Salty. Slippery. Wet.

It didn’t seem to bother her to wipe her face before kissing her lover. She was used to doing this. Oh my god, was she making love to me or her wife? I was pissed all of a sudden.

“I love how your toes curled,” she said smiling.

“I love how you fucked me.” I meant for it to be crude. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because this was the first time it felt like someone fucked me.

Her eyes enlarged at my remark. “I was making love to you. It’s a pity I was just a fuck to you.”

She moved away from my face, still straddling me. “You are different all of a sudden. Did I do something wrong?”

Her powder blue eyes glistened.

I closed my eyes for a second.

I needed to know. “Did you make love to me? Was I the one…” I withheld my question. I would hurt her. She didn’t deserve to get hurt. Not by me anyway.

I change the subject. “I told you I was a dancer.”

She nodded.

“I’m a ballet dancer.”

Her face lit up. “Ah, hence the flexibility.”

She asked me a lot of questions about my ballet.

The tears in her eyes were gone. She didn’t remember my question. Needless to say, I wasn’t pissed anymore.

*** 

We chatted until 3 that morning.

“I want to see you again,” she announced.

I gawked at her. “But you’re here only for the weekend.”

“I know. There are plenty more weekends left this year.”

“What about the rest of the week?” I asked.

“There’s always Skype or Zoom. We can Whatsapp or text, whatever you prefer.”

I sighed aloud. “Only weekends?”

“I’m afraid so, my love.” She brushed the back of her bent fingers over my cheek. “Give me your phone.”

I got out of bed to collect my phone. “What do you want with my phone?”

“I’m adding my number to your contacts. This way you know I’m for real and not a one night stand and neither are you a replacement for my wife.”

She smiled when she said that. She knew what I was going to ask her earlier.

She handed me my phone. My eyes enlarged when I saw the rank in front of her name in my list of contacts. Colonel Katherine Powell.

“You’re a high ranked officer?” I remarked with excitement in my voice.

“Yes, I am. Put your phone away. We need some sleep. I’m bushed. Remember I flew in from Kenya and I haven’t rested since.”

I put my phone on the nightstand before I nestled myself against her while she embraced me.

It wasn’t long before both of us were in dreamland.

I woke four hours later. The space in the bed next to me was empty. I called out to Katherine. No answer from her.

I wiped my eyes before I sit up in bed. “Katherine,” I called again. Then I noticed the torn white envelope and the scrunched up letter on the nightstand on her side of the bed. I scooted over to the other side of the bed. I picked up the letter and smoothed out the crinkles with my hand to read it.

Colonel Powell,

Please return to London at once.

Regards

Lieutenant General Frank Benson 

I shut my eyes, but not before I scrunched up the letter again and threw it on the floor.

She never even said goodbye.

I sailed down in the bed, facing her side. I grabbed the pillow and buried my face in it. It smelled of her. Sandalwood and a hint of musk. Would I ever see her again?

My phone ting when a message came through.

I jumped upright. I swung my feet from the bed while grabbing my phone. It was Katherine. She didn’t want to wake me, that’s why she left without saying goodbye.

I smiled. The next weekend was only five days away.

***

Part Two

Five Years Later

Katherine and I spent all of the weekends together. After two months, Katherine asked me to become her lover, her queen. She moved in with me right after I said yes. My two-bedroom flat in Montana was big enough for the two of us. She was there only weekends anyway, while I was at the ballet company rehearsing until five in the afternoon the rest of the week.

The army stationed Katherine permanently in London. She never went back to Kenya, which made me feel more comfortable because she wasn’t safe there.

She flew in from London every Friday afternoon arriving mostly at 7 pm at the airport where she then took an uber to drive her to the flat. She refused that I came to pick her up at that time of the night.

I was rehearsing for Giselle that Friday afternoon when I heard someone whistled. A wolf-whistle. I stopped to look around. The auditorium was huge and it took me a while before recognizing the silhouette in the back. Katherine was home earlier than before.

She marched down the stairway in the middle of the auditorium while I barreled down the stage stairs towards her.

I sprang into her arms when we finally met. “Did they fire you?” I asked. Not waiting for a reply from her I pressed my lips against hers forcing them apart. Our tongues met instantly, enlacing together. Our tongues disengaged, but our mouths remained together, crushing each other's lips, lusting for each other.

Katherine broke off first with a big smile on her face. “This kind of welcoming will motivate me to come home early every Friday,” she remarked while huffing.

“It’s the first time in five years that you come home early.” I dragged her up the stage stairs. “If you come to my dressing room I will motivate you even more,” I said toying with her.

“That offer sounds divine, but can it wait until we get home. You know how extremely loud you became these last five years.”

My face flushed recalling what she just uttered.

She tugged me into an embrace. “No need to blush about it. I love it, especially when you call out my name when you climax.” She planted a kiss on my forehead.

I gasped aloud. “Oh my god, your words will echo right to the back. There are other people backstage you know. The acoustics in this auditorium is of the best.”

My words didn’t bother her. Nothing ever bothered her. She never became angry or aggressive. She was always cool and calm. Let us not forget that she had nerves of steel. I guess the nerves of steel came from the soldier in her.

“Are you done with your rehearsal,” she asked.

I nodded. “Let me just get out of this tutu. My dressing room is this way.”

She shook her head. “I’ll wait until we get home to see you naked.” A giggle escaped her mouth when I covered my face before rushing off to my dressing room.

After I returned, we strolled down the stage stairs and up the auditorium stairway towards the exit.

When we reached my car, I handed her the keys. She preferred to do the driving while she visited me. A butch never let her femme drive, she announced after she moved in. I just stood there wide-eyed when she took the car keys out of my hand that day.

It was nice to have someone who spoilt me. Someone who took charge without controlling me.

***

We stopped at the grocery store before heading home. After five years, she knew Pretoria’s roads like the palm of her hand.

When we arrived at the flat building, she helped me carry the groceries to the lift.

“Wait for me. Don’t do it yourself. Some of these bags are heavy,” she demanded.

I smiled while eyeing her butt as she marched to the car.

“I know you’re checking out my ass,” she hollered.

After she parked the car, she strolled back to me and arrived just as the lift doors opened. She handed back my car keys before taking several bags in her hands placing it in the lift. She squatted next to the bags without letting go of them.

“Katherine, are you really going to hunker down like that all the way up to the tenth floor?”

“It’s good thigh exercise for when I’m using that strap-on later tonight on you.”

“Oh my god you’re terrible,” I scoffed while turning my back on her to press 10.

The lift doors opened up on the tenth floor. With ease, she raised herself to carry all of the bags by herself down the corridor to our flat.

I locked the door behind us after Katherine brought the heavy grocery bags to the kitchen while huffing and puffing.

“You remember my friend, Lee?” she asked while helping me unpacking the bags.

I nodded as a reply.

“Well, she’s attending a gala dinner tomorrow evening here in Pretoria. She’ll be here for the weekend and she wants us to meet her at a pub in Annlin after her dinner.” She glanced at me for a response. “Are you feeling up to it?” She checked me out as I packed the groceries in the cupboard. “I will cancel if you don’t want to go.”

I turned to her and placed my arms around her. “Honey, I would love to go. And I loved to meet her. You’ve been talking about this lawyer friend of yours since we’ve started dating.”

When I removed my arms, she took hold of them placing them back where they were. “You will like her. She’s just as sexy as I am. Well her ass isn’t as tight as mine.”

I couldn’t help laughing. “Gosh, you’re full of yourself. I’m sure nobody can have a tighter ass than yours,” I said as I removed my hands from her shoulders. I groped her ass while jerking her closer.

“Hmmm, that feels great,” she said before her hand went straight into my trousers.

I caught her hand in time. “I’m sticky and full of sweat from rehearsals. I want to take a shower first. Thereafter you can do with me whatever you desire.”

She raised a brow. “Then let me go and warm-up that strap-on.” She chuckled as she removed her hand from my trousers. “Sure, Sweetheart. Care if I join you?”

I pointed my finger at her. “Just showering then we get out. No hanky panky in there.”

“Of course, dear,” she said with a nod.

I thought I stood my ground, alas not.

Katherine grabbed hold of me and threw me over her shoulder as if I was a sack of potatoes.

“What are you doing? Put me down,” I yelled.

“I’m taking you to the shower,” she replied while she kept on walking towards the bathroom.

When we reached the bathroom, she put me down.

“You’re in a crazy mood today. What happened at work? You never told me why you were this early.”

“I can’t hear you,” she shouted above the noise of the running water.

I just shook my head. Maybe she was just happy because she would see her friend tomorrow.

After I took off my clothes, a pair of arms embraced me from behind. She fondled my breasts while nibbling on my ear.

I snorted. “So much for just taking a shower.”

“You’ll love this shower. I promise,” she whispered before letting me go.

I stepped into the shower while she got undressed. It wasn’t long before she joined me.

She took the bar of soap, worked it between her hands into a lather, and covered my back with it. It didn’t stop there. Her hand slid down my butt crack, covering me with soap.

I gasped aloud as a finger entered my butthole. “Oh, Katherine, no,” I protested. Nevertheless, I spread my legs. My hands were against the shower wall to keep my balance.

Her finger moved slowly in and out.

Her left hand moved over my hip down to my crotch. Two fingers slid into my pussy folds finding my hard as a rock clit. Her fingers moved slowly up and down then round and round over my clit.

“It feels so good. Oh. Oh. Don’t stop,” I mumbled at first before my whispers grew louder.

“Oh yes, Katherine!”

Her fingers on my clit rotated faster. The one in my ass probed deeper and faster.

I try to keep up with her movements by moving my groin area to match the rhythm of her fingers.

I let go of the wall. My hands reached backward grabbing her hips.

She panted. “You like this, don’t you?”

“Yes. Yes. Oh, go faster. Go deeper,” I hollered.

“Anything for you, my Sweet.” She kissed my neck, my back, and my shoulders while speeding up the motion with her fingers.

“Katherine. Oh. Katherine. I’m so close.”

“Yes, darling. Come for me.”

That was all I needed to push me over the edge. I saw stars as my body burst into an orgasm. I begged her to push her fingers into my pussy.

Her fingers popped out of every cavity when I swirled around facing her. While lifting my left leg onto her shoulder, she thrust her fingers into my passage. Standing on one leg I rode her until I came for a second, no, third time. I’m tired but it was so delicious feeling her inside of me, knowing the love of my life is giving me these mind-blowing orgasms.

With her fingers inside of me and her thumb working my clit, I called out her name for the fourth time.

My leg on her shoulder felt numb.

She lowered herself easing it for me to remove my leg from her shoulder.

I lost my balance as soon as I put weight on my left leg. Katherine caught me just in time. She carried me out of the shower to our bedroom.

After she lay me down on the bed, she stretched out next to me. “How’s that leg?” she asked.

“Wow! That was intense, to say the least. Gosh, I cut off the blood flow to my leg.”

Both of us chuckled about my remark.

“It will be fine soon.”

“Can I pour you a glass of wine while you recuperate?”

I nodded. “Can you just hand me my nightgown before you go?”

She smiled. “Don’t tell me you’re embarrassed to lie naked in front of me.”

I rolled my eyes before shaking my head.

Katherine raised her hands. She knew not to push her silly remarks any further and handed me my nightgown.

My eyelids grew heavy as I waited for Katherine to return with the wine. It wasn’t long before I retired to dreamland.

***

Katherine peppered my face and neck with kisses until my eyes fluttered open Saturday morning. Already dressed she lied half on top of me. “Good morning sleepyhead,” she greeted. “You left me to drink and eat alone last night,” she continued.

“I’m sorry,” I croaked. “But it was your fault.” I moved up in the bed glancing at both nightstands for water.

She raised an eyebrow. “How is it my fault that you fell asleep before supper?”

I notice a full glass on her side. “Can I have some of your water, please?” I emptied the glass after she handed it to me. “You exhausted me in the shower,” I replied.

“Ah, have you weakened, my Sweet?”

“No, but you acted like a barbarian. I told you no hanky- panky in there. Did you listen? No!”

Katherine couldn’t hide the grin on her face. “Will I be forgiven if I take you for breakfast?” Her finger twirled around a lock of my hair.

“I’m too lenient –”

She shut me up mid-sentence with a kiss.

I pushed her slightly away. “We’re not going to start again. I’m thirsty and hungry.”

“Get dressed then I will quench your thirst and still your hunger.” She hopped off the bed. “Come on. Chop, chop.”

“Hey, I’m not one of your troops.”

She chuckled while marching to the bathroom. “I’m running you a bath, is it okay?” She called out.

“As long as I’m alone in it,” I replied when she joined me in the room again.

“Oh, I’ve had a shower early this morning. You missed a lot. I had the dildo in there, the vibrator, and the butt plug.”

I chuckled. “Yeah, as if.” I swung my feet off the bed. “I’m happy for you. As long as you’ve enjoyed it.”

She got hold of my arm and pulled me to my feet into an embrace. “You know I will never enjoy any of that stuff.” Her voice lowered. “I only want to please you, Love.” Her thick British accent sounded even sexier.

I leaned in to whisper in her ear. “I know, Sweetheart.” My lips brushed against her earlobe. I teased it with my tongue before taking it into my mouth suckling on it.”

“Who’s starting now?” she muttered.

I giggled when I let her go. “Stay out of the bathroom,” I exclaimed before closing the door.

I lied in the bathtub thinking about Lee, Katherine’s friend we were meeting tonight. Katherine talked about her all the time. I knew almost everything about Lee, except how she looked. I also knew they were about the same age. Lee was two years older, which made her sixty-two.

My stomach rumbled.

I jumped when Katherin yanked the bathroom door open. “Are you almost done? I made reservations.”

“I was about to get out when you barged in here,” I grunted.

“Why so grumpy all of a sudden?” she asked while handing me my towel.

“I’m not.” I eyed her when she turned around to exit the bathroom. “You look lovely,” I called out. “I see you’ve changed your clothes.”

“Yeah, I can’t look like a slob going to a restaurant,” she replied before shutting the door behind her.

Katherine’s taste in clothing had improved. In the beginning, she always wore jeans and T-shirts. Most of the time she would wear them with sneakers, seldom with nice shoes. She still loved wearing her jeans but now she wore them with men-shirts and proper shoes when we go out.

I wrapped the towel around me after I’ve pulled the plug. When I opened the door, Katherine sat on the side of the bed.

“Is there something wrong?” I asked walking to my closet.

“No, Sweetheart. I’m just waiting for you to get dressed.”

I put on a pair of white linen slacks, with a light-pink sleeveless top.

“Are you ready?” she asked as she jumped to her feet.

“Yes. Let me just…” I hopped on one leg after her, trying to get my other shoe on. “put on my sandals,” I continued when I reached her in the doorway.

She kissed me on the forehead. “You look beautiful.”

I locked up and followed her down the corridor.

“And so do you. I’ve already said it in the bathroom earlier but you didn’t take it as a compliment.”

 “I probably didn’t hear you. I was thinking of food.”

“No, you’re getting old, that’s why you struggle to hear.”

Katherine seized me after we entered the lift. “What did you just say to me?”

“Nothing,” I said laughing aloud while trying to get away from her grabbing hands and fingers. “Keep your tentacles away from me,” I giggled.

“Oh, so now I’m a barbarian with tentacles.” She dragged me closer while bending me backward grinding her crotch against mine.

The lift doors opened on the ground floor.

The presence of someone made us look at open the lift door. A man and a woman stood in the doorway gawking at us with enlarged eyes.

I nearly lost my balance when Katherine let go of me.

With flushed faces, we scooted out of the lift snickering while hurrying to the parking lot.

***

Katherine moved in behind me. Her hand reached for my hair. “Don’t wear your hair in a bun tonight,” she asked pulling the scrunchie out. My hair tumbled over my shoulders. She dragged her fingers through the auburn curls tousling it a bit. “That’s better.” She placed her arms around my waist. “You look sexy as fuck,” she declared while eyeing our mirror image.

I wore black tight-fitted jeans with black boots as well as a lowcut black blouse.

Katherine also had a pair of black jeans on, accompanied by a navy blue shirt, which was in sharp contrast with her short white hair.

She glanced at her wristwatch. “We better go. Lee said the dinner will be over at 8 pm. I don’t want her to wait for us.”

“Annlin is not that far from us, Darling.” I brushed my fingers through her soft white hair. “Are you nervous?”

“A bit. I haven’t seen her for almost eight years. I never visited her in Durban when I was off duty and she’s not one that likes to travel the world.”

I kissed her on the cheek. “Then we need to go so you can have a gin and tonic to relax before she arrives.”

She snorted. “I’m more nervous about her seeing you than me seeing her.”

I knitted my brows. “What? Why? Care to explain?”

“Later, come, we’re going to be late,” she replied. With her hand on my back, she nudged me towards the front door.

After she locked up, we hurried down the corridor to the lift.

We had said not a word to each other while taking the lift down.

I’ve waited at the exit of the building while Katherine went to fetch the car, her orders.

After I’ve set the GPS coordinates to the pub in Annlin, she sped off in that direction.

It was only a few minutes’ drive before we reached the pub. The parking area close to the entrance was fully packed. Katherine decided to drop me off at the front door of the bar. She drove away to find a parking space.

“This place is popular,” she said when she finally returned. She took my hand before we headed into the pub.

We had to walk down a dark corridor before we reached the inside of the pub where it was a bit brighter. It wasn’t even 8 o'clock yet and it was already crowded.

Lee noticed a vacant spot with a table and four chairs. She held my hand tighter as she forced her way through the dozens of people with me trotting behind her.

After we sat down a young woman with a skimpy dress took our drink orders.

“This looks more like a club than a bar to me,” I remarked. “A bar doesn’t have waiters neither does it have a dance floor,” I continued.

Katherine scanned the area. “I hope we’re in the right place. Lee said it was a bar.” She took out her cell phone and sent Lee a message.

Half an hour later, Katherine took her phone out of her jean’s pocket. After reading the message, she leaned over to me. “It’s Lee. Said she’s on her way. This is the right place. Sometimes I wonder how she works as a lawyer saying one thing but meaning something else.”

***

Part Three

The Tango

Lee was supposed to arrive in a few minutes, which gave me a chance to slip away to powder my nose.  When I came back from the ladies' room the tango music playing halted me at the dance floor. I smiled while watching the few who remained dancing the tango. How I missed dancing the tango. If only Katherine could dance it. Many times I tried teaching her but she kept tripping, so I gave up.

A warm hand on my shoulder made me swung around. “Can I help you?” I asked the white-haired woman.

She smiled. “I just came in and saw you standing here watching the dancers,” she said. “You seemed sad. If you want to I will dance with you.”

“Oh no. I love to watch people dance.” I grinned, which vanished in an instant when the stranger held out her hand.

“Come on. I won’t bite and I’m a good dancer.” She smiled at me again. She could be in her sixties. She looked sexy with her white hair slicked back. Oh and that tuxedo…

She grabbed my hand leading me onto the dance floor.

I gasped when she pulled me against her, not leaving much room for breathing.

We took the starting position.

I waited for her to lead me.

Then we moved.

I smiled with joy. Her tango moves were perfect. I’m dancing the tango after so long.

Tango was the dance of romance, lovers…

Oh my god... Katherine! She must be out of her mind worrying about me.

The stranger pulled me out of my thoughts.

“You’re dancing is exquisite, she uttered while her lips brushed against my ear.

My skin broke out with goosebumps.

“Thank you. Your moves are perfect,” I said smiling.

“I love dancing the tango but I never get the chance.”

Even though she smiled, her eyes remained dull.

“I love it too, but since my partner can’t dance it…” I couldn’t finish my sentence. I’m sure my eyes looked as dull as hers when I smiled. “So, it’s been quite a while since I dance the tango.”

Her hand moved to the small of my back.

The music was still playing. We were still dancing and all I could think of was her hand on my lower back.

I stopped breathing when her hand moved down to my butt.

“Is your partner here tonight,” she asked as if it is quite all right to touch a stranger’s ass.

Not able to utter a word, I just nodded.

She let go of my ass when the music stopped.

I could breathe again.

My brow rose when she bowed in front of me before thanking me.

“I need to get back to my partner.”

“Oh of course. I need to find my friends. I was supposed to meet them here an hour ago.”

I gasped aloud when I turned around. Katherine stood behind me. “So this is where you’ve been all this time. I hope you enjoyed the tango. I know how much you love it.” She glared at the stranger. “I hope you enjoyed touching my girlfriend’s ass because this was the last time you ever will.”

My eyes enlarged when Katherine pulled a fist. “Katherine, no,” I called out.

Instead of hitting the woman, Katherine threw her arms around the stranger who returned the favor while laughing aloud.

“Look at you,” she remarked holding Katherine at arm's length. “You haven’t aged a bit. Then she glanced at me after letting go of my girlfriend. “I’m Lee,” she announced.

“Yeah, I figured,” I scoffed.

“Come on, let’s get off the dance floor,” Katherine suggested.

She grabbed hold of my hand leading me through the crowd with Lee on our heels.

When we reached our table, Katherine signaled for a waiter.

“What will you have?” she asked Lee.

“Whiskey rocks, please.”

Katherine placed our order before taking a seat next to me. “You haven’t changed either, not even your drink.”

The two of them laughed.

“You know me. I’m a person of habit.”

“Oh I’ve noticed,” Katherine said while glancing at me. “You couldn’t keep your paw off Laurie’s ass.”

Lee shrugged. “Tight ass, if I may say so.”

“Good god, I’m sitting right here if you two haven’t noticed.” I crossed my arms. They discussed my ass as if I was a cow at an auction.

Lee’s face flushed before changing the subject. “So that’s why your dancing skills are impeccable, you’re a ballerina.”

I only smiled. Lee left me speechless with her gorgeous, macho looks. All I could think of was her hand on my ass. And how horny she made me with those sensual, sexual moves.

Katherine broke my train of thought.

“You see, this is why I was more nervous about her meeting you than me meeting her. She’s a charmer. You need to be careful, Honey.”

I hadn’t even noticed that Lee had left our table. That’s why Katherine was able to alert me about her friend.

“Where is she?” I asked.

“Haven't you heard a word I said?”

“Yes, yes. I heard you. She’s a charmer.”

Katherine shook her head. “She went to the bathroom,” she revealed.

Lee returned placing her hands on my shoulders, close to my neck. Her thumbs brushed up and down the nape of my neck, giving me goosebumps again.

She bent down to ear level. “I’ve asked the DJ to play another tango,” she announced. She stood upright. “You wouldn’t mind if I stole your girlfriend for a few minutes would you, Kath?”

My heart missed a beat when I glanced at Katherine. There was no smile on her face as she nodded. Just one nod before she threw the last bit of gin and tonic down her throat. The attitude of a jealous girlfriend.

“Maybe I should sit this one out,” I said wanting to keep the peace between two best friends.

My heart thumped when Lee moved around me. She held out her hand. “This will be the last one, promise.”

I peeked at Katherine for approval.

She nodded this time with a smile.

I took Lee’s hand. It was soft and warm.

She led me to an empty dance floor.

“It’s just us. Where’s the rest of the dancers?” I asked her.

She cleared her throat. “I gave the DJ some extra cash to make sure that the floor was off-limits to others.

My eyes enlarged. “You bribed him?” I gaped at her. She’s a lawyer and she bribed the DJ? Did she bribe her witnesses too? I withheld myself from asking. It would be meant as a joke of course, but Lee might be offended so I decided to shut up.

My heart fluttered when Lee took a different first position. Her arms were around me with her hands on my back.

I placed my hands on her shoulders to follow her lead.

“Drop your arms next to your body,” she said. “Just follow me,” she continued while winking at me.

I did as I was told.

When the music started Lee pulled me into an embrace. We stood so close together I could feel her heart pounded. Or was it mine?

She swung me around.

The pace was fast.

Then she pulled me close to her again.

“Do you trust me?” she asked.

What did she mean by ‘do you trust me’? Of course, I don’t. I hardly knew her.

I nodded. Before I could verbally respond, she dipped me. For only a second I lied over her flexed knee.

Lee jerked me up before moving her hands over my back then spun me around. With my back against her, I faced the crowd that had formed watching the two of us dance.

Just when I became aware of Lee’s crotch against my ass, she twisted me back to face her. We danced with long steps and fast paces. We had the whole dance floor to ourselves. She made it more sexual this time.

I fell into place. I had to play it out. I had to behave sexually too.

I placed my leg over her hip as one of the dance moves. She took hold of it, moving her hand up my thigh and over my butt crack.

I leaned backward.

Our crotches met. I slightly ground against her before Lee plucked me upright.

She tightened her grip around me. Our cheeks touched. “That was a bold move,” she remarked before licking my earlobe.

A shiver ran down my spine.

I gasped before closing my eyes. I was playing with fire. Katherine warned me… But… I sighed. I loved fire.

Lee dipped me one more time before the music stopped.

When she pulled me up, our faces met. For a split second, she placed her lips on mine.

I only came to my senses when the crowd cheered.

We left the dance floor after taking a bow like professionals.

That was intense. Would I be able to handle what was coming my way?

Lee steered me with her hand on the small of my back.

When we reached our table, Katherine got up. She took me in her arms while moving her head next to mine. “You were wild on the dance floor.”

Was that an accusation?

I fucked up and she knew it. She saw every move Lee and I made. The licking of my earlobe, the grinding of crotches, and the brief kiss at the end of the dance.

“Care to explain?” she continued.

What was there to explain? It was obvious that I was attracted to her friend. I would love to spend a night with her. I would love to feel those soft hands all over my body, caressing my nipples…

“There’s nothing to explain, Katherine. It was a tango. You know it’s a sexual dance. I just followed her lead.” That was a lie and we both knew it.

She kissed me before sitting down.

I sensed Lee’s burning eyes on me. I didn’t dare to glance in her direction.

When a waiter approached our table, Lee jumped up. “This round’s on me. You want the same,” she asked us.

We both nodded.

She placed our order before sitting down again.

“Could we leave after this round?”

“Are you getting tired, old woman?” Katherine asked while chuckling.

“Oh, don’t let me show you how old I feel.” She chuckled too before continuing. “I want to show you something.”

“What?”

“It’s a secret. I’m sure you’ll be happy for me, Kath.” She smiled as she glanced at her friend then at me.

I kept myself from looking at her.

Why did I feel this way? Why was she so damn hot?

I leaned over to Katherine. “Do you want to accompany me to the ladies' room?”

She nodded. “Is there something wrong?”

I shook my head. When I stood up, I held my hand out to her. She grabbed onto it pulling me closer. “Is there something you want to tell me, Darling?”

“No, I just don’t want to go alone, that’s all.”

Katherine rose to her feet.

After she explained to Lee where we were going, Katherine followed me.

When we reached the bathroom, we entered a vacant cubicle.

I turned to Katherine pressing my lips onto hers.

She placed her hands on my shoulders pushing me backward. “What are you doing, Love?”

“Isn’t it obvious, Love,” I sneered, which was uncalled for. “I want you to fuck me.”

She gasped aloud. “Laurie, you are aroused by Lee.”

“No, I’m not,” I said in my defense.

“Let’s go home. I will take care of your needs there.” Katherine unlocked the door. “I will fabricate a story,” she said while jerking the door open.

She took hold of my hand before marching out of the bathroom dragging me behind her back to our table.

Our drinks had arrived while we were away.

When Katherine sat down, she grabbed the glass of gin and tonic and gulped it down. She slammed the glass on the table. “I want another one.”

“Whoa, slow down, my friend,” Lee remarked. “I want to show you something and you can’t arrive there drunk.” She took a sip of her whiskey. “We can go now if you’d like.”

My glass with vodka, lemonade, and lime cordial remained untouched on the table.

Katherine stood up. “I’m sorry, Lee. You can show us another time. We need to get back home.”

I rolled my eyes. Could the floor please split in two and swallow me.

I stood up too. While placing my arms around Katherine, I said, “Darling, we agreed to go home after Lee showed us her secret.” I moved closer to the side of her head. “Stop behaving this way,” I whispered.

Lee stared at the two of us. “Well, are we going or not?”

Katherine removed my hands. “Yes, show us your fucking secret.”

I shut my eyes before shaking my head while pinching the bridge of my nose.

After taking a few breaths, I asked Lee, “I guess we need to take you there since you don’t have a car.”

She smiled as she nodded.

My eyes caught the glow in her eyes, which followed her smile. It only spelled mischief. Now I didn’t think going with Lee was such a good idea after all.

***

Lee sat in the middle of the backseat of my car. It wasn’t a long drive from the club but it was a steep drive because it was close to the top of the mountain. As we came closer to the address that she gave me to punch into the GPS, she moved forward to the tip of the seat. She motioned with her hand. “There it is,” she announced.

We turned into the driveway.

“But it’s a house,” Katherine remarked.

When the massive iron gates parted, we drove through. We couldn’t see much, except what was visible in the headlights.

“Park in front of the garage doors,” Lee ordered.

“Why is it so dark? And whose house is this anyway?” Katherine asked.

When the three of us got out of the car, Lee threw her hands in the air. Surprise!” she called out. “It’s mine. I’m moving to Pretoria.”

“What, after all these years in Durban you’ve decided to move to Pretoria?” Katherine shook her head. “But why?”

“Let’s go inside. I’ll tell you everything,” she said while moving towards the front door.

When she set foot on the porch, a light came on automatically. This triggered the rest of the lights in the front of the house, including the garden.

I gasped as I glanced around me. “Wow, it looks amazing.”

The grass was green and luscious. There was an array of colored flowerbeds against the wall in front of the house. Paving and more flowerbeds against the palisades surrounded a fishpond in the right corner. A huge thatch, with garden furniture underneath it, stood close to the pond.

I didn’t want to take my eyes off this gorgeous garden but I suppose I had to follow them into the house after I heard Katherine calling my name.

Lee stood aside for us to enter her house.

She locked the door before motioning with her hands to an entrance on the left side of the foyer. “That’s the living room. Make yourselves at home.” While unbuttoning her tuxedo jacket she asked, “Do you want to drink the same as at the club?”

Katherine and I nodded.

Lee got rid of her jacket. She threw it over the back of the couch closest to her before leaving us.

I glanced over the living room area. Everything was white, which was not a good choice for a carpet. But still, it looked fabulous. The only color in the room was the paintings on the wall. When I recognized one of them, I got onto my feet moving closer to it. “The girl with the earing or something,” I said.

“It’s a Vermeer. It’s called, The Girl with the Pearl Earring,” Lee corrected me. “All of these were painted by the Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer,” she continues with the art lesson.

I took my drink from her before joining Katherine on the couch.

“Why do you have a house in Pretoria?”

“Because I’m moving here, Kath.”

“What about your firm and –”

Lee cut Katherine off mid-sentence. “I’ve sold my firm, my house, and car. I’m starting a new firm in Brooklyn. And after I moved here I will buy a new car as well.”

“I think you’re crazy for leaving your life behind after all these years,” Katherine scoffed. “What about the furniture, when did it arrive?”

“My assistant flew up after the legal part of buying the house was finalized. Luckily she knew my taste. I have to say she did a great job.” Lee smiled with joy. Her whole face beamed.

“I’m happy for you, Lee,” I said.

She jumped up. “Come let me show you the rest of the house. This is all new to me too. My assistant took before and after photos of the place, but this is the first time I see it in real life.”

I was in awe of the place. White tile floors with a marble look were in the foyer, the corridor, the huge bathroom, and the three bedrooms. Lee’s room, the main bedroom, had thick black carpeting while the bedding on the colossal king-sized bed was crimson and white. The curtains were black as well. It was made of a thin soft material, which was almost see-through. The white walls were empty except for one painting of nude women hanging on the wall above the bed.

Lee noticed that I stared at the painting. She moved in behind me, placing her hands on my shoulders. “That’s the only Renoir I have. Les Grandes Baigneuses or The Large Bathers in English.” Her voice was full of excitement. She was proud of her paintings, her house. As well as what she had achieved in life.

I continued my journey through her bedroom.

It had an en suite bathroom with a round bathtub and two showers. The towels were also crimson and white. There was no carpeting in the bathroom. It was the same colored tiles used in the rest of the house.

Lee moved us out of her bedroom through the corridor to the kitchen. The only area we haven’t seen.

“I left the kitchen for last because I’m starving and want to make us something to eat.”

Katherine sighed while leaning against one of the kitchen cupboards.

“Are you not hungry, Kath? Would you prefer that I order in instead of preparing something?” Lee approached her. “Why are you upset with me?”

She rolled her eyes. “You know very well why I’m bloody upset.” She grabbed Lee by the shoulders. “You’re not going to take Laurie away from me too.”

My eyes enlarged.

I had never seen Katherine this angry.

I rushed towards her. When I placed my arms around her, she pushed me away.

“You are the reason she can’t keep her claws of you. I told you not to flirt with her. I warned you when we left the flat. But did you listen? Oh no, Laurie the great follows her own head and lust.” With a face flushed with anger, Katherine crossed her arms while huffing.

“Darling, I think we need to go home,” I muttered from a distance.

“Don’t you want her to fuck you first?” Katherine hollered.

My voice raised a few octaves. “Now you are ridiculous. Just because I dance the tango with her doesn’t mean I want to fuck her.” I lied, not only to Katherine but to myself as well. “You wanted to meet up with her after five or eight years, not me.” I lowered my voice. “Why didn’t you go alone instead? Then we wouldn’t have been in this horrible argument.” My eyes teared up. This was our first argument since we had been together.

I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand. “Katherine, please let’s not argue. Your accusations are absurd. You know I always flirt. It has never bothered you before. Why now?”

She raised her head eyeing me. “Sorry. Yes, my accusations are absurd.” She shook her head while pushing away from the cupboard. “Are you hungry? We can stay if you want to eat.” She placed her arms around me. “I’m sorry,” she whispered in my neck.

A shiver ran down my spine as her lips brushed against my skin.

It turned into a kiss.

I shut my eyes when her warm tongue trailed down my neck to my collarbone.

Lee coughed when she entered the kitchen. “I have a spare bedroom if you need one now,” she remarked with a flushed face.

“Only if you join us.” I gasped. Oh my god. Why did I say that aloud? I’m really in trouble now.

Katherine raised her head from my neck, ogling me. “So you do want her to fuck you?”

“Good god. I was making a fucking joke.” I shook my head while shutting my eyes.

Lee chuckled before asking, “Shall I start preparing the food?”

My eyes flipped open. “No, let me. The two of you can wait in the living room. You have a lot of catching up to do.” I watched them leave the kitchen. “And play nice,” I called out as an afterthought.

Delighted to remain alone in the kitchen, I opened every cupboard, drawer, and lastly the fridge. I gasped. It was stock with an ample supply of food and fresh produce.

The kitchen was enormous. It had a flat stainless steel surface in the middle, which was the preparation area.

It didn’t take me long to figure out what those two old broads would like. I chuckled. They would probably kill me for thinking of them as old broads.

***

 Part Four

Ménage à Trois

After I set the table, I found a tea trolley standing in the corner. Now that would be convenient to convey the food from the kitchen.

With hardly any space left on the trolley, I pushed it to the dining room.

I arranged the platters of food on the table. It looked delicious if I had to say so myself. Something was missing, though…

Candles!

After a long search, I found a pack of white dinner candles in the large dark wooden buffet standing in the corner against the dining room wall.

I drew the beige colored curtains before I lit the candles.

A smile formed on my face while looking at my handiwork. Comfy, warm and let’s not forget romantic.

On my way to the living room, I stopped halfway in the corridor listening to Katherine uttering ‘no’ a few times. I rolled my eyes before entering. “Are you two still arguing?”

“Of course not, Sweetheart. Lee is making all sorts of propositions and I’m against them all.”

“No dessert if you’re still fighting.” I glanced at them. “Food is ready if you are,” I informed them.

“What’s for dessert if I may ask,” Lee enquired.

I was. I snorted. I had better not say that aloud.

“I made a pavlova,” I replied with a smile.

The two followed me down the corridor.

They gasped when they stepped into the dining room.

“This calls for a celebration. Let me get the champagne,” Lee announce before rushing to the kitchen.

Katherine embraced me. “This looks divine, my love.” She kissed me on my head before taking place at the round dining table.

Lee returned with three flute glasses and two bottles of Moët.

I gasped aloud. “Oh my god, Lee. That’s too expensive,” I remarked.

“It’s a special occasion, Love. This is the first meal in my new house and you two are my first guests. I will not celebrate with less than Moët,” she said before popping the cork.

She filled our glasses.

She raised her glass. “On a brand new beginning.”

Our glasses clinked after she toasted.

“I’m so glad this is a round table,” Lee said as she took her seat. “There’s no fighting over who sits at the head.” She laughed aloud before emptying her glass.

The clattering of cutlery against dishes, the clinking of glasses against bottles, and the chattering of friends made this a night to remember.

When we emptied the second bottle of Moët, Lee excused herself before leaving the table. She returned with three bottles of red wine. A Merlot, Shiraz, and Pinot Noir.

“Good gosh, Lee. Do you want to get us drunk?” Katherine asked with enlarged eyes.

I had the giggles since after the third glass of champagne. “I don’t want more alcohol, thanks,” I slurred.

Lee gawked at us. “Come on you guys. The night is young. And you’re sleeping over if that is what’s keeping you from having some wine.”

“In that case, I’ll have a glass of Shiraz,” Katherine said.

We moved back to the living room.

“Hey, what about the pavlova?” Lee asked.

I giggled again. “Coming right up,” I said making my way to the kitchen.

I dished up large portions of dessert for each of us.

Back in the living room, we ate in silence.

The sweetness of the pavlova stopped my head from spinning. My speech had improved as well.

We sat for hours talking about my dancing, Katherine’s army years, and Lee’s career as a lawyer.

I’m not much of a wine drinker, but I kept on sipping from Katherine’s glass. 

“Do you like this wine, Honey?”

I grimaced. “No, it’s too bitter.”

The two friends laughed.

“Let me pour you a glass of Pinot Noir. It’s a light-bodied wine,” Lee explained.                                         

She handed me the glass.

“Hmm, much better,” I pointed out.

“It should be. That one has aged in French oak,” she explained again.

“Kath, did you ever tell Laurie that we were roomies in varsity?”

Katherine shook her head. “I never talk about uni, too bad memories.”

Now I was curious. “Come on tell me,” I nagged.

I placed the empty wine bottle on the coffee table.

My brows furrowed. Did I finish that bottle of Pinot Noir by myself? I shrugged before crawler closer to the two friends.

When did I move from the couch to the floor? My shoes were missing too. I shrugged again.

“I don’t want to talk about it, Love.”

“Oh, she’s shy, Laurie. I’ll tell you,” Lee said chuckling.

She also moved down to the floor, placing her arm on Katherine’s knee the way I did.

Katherine glared at Lee. “Don’t start,” she warned.

Lee and I glanced at each other before we snorted.

“Let me see.” Lee tapped with her index finger on her lips. “What was her name again?”

“I’m warning you, Lee. Stop it.”

“Wasn’t it Maddy or Magda?”

“It was Marjory. Mar-jo-ry,” Katherine enunciated.

Lee laughed aloud. “Nothing wrong with your memory, Old-timer.”

“Fuck you. You are two years older than me, which makes you more of an old-timer than me.”

Both of them threw their heads backward as they belly-laughed.

I nudge Lee with my foot. “Tell the story. Katherine never talks about varsity.”

Lee cleared her throat before telling the story about Marjory and the two of them.

“So, after a while, we realized she took us both for a ride. Then we decided that both of us would ride her. Kath hid under the bed. Marjory arrived and when things got hot between us, Kath crawled out from underneath the bed and joined us,” Lee snickered.

“She didn’t know what hit her that night.” She glanced at Katherine. “Did you see her after that? Cos I sure as hell did not.”

Both of them cackled.

“No, I never saw her again.”

I sat up straight. “So you had a threesome?”

Lee nodded. “We sure did. And since that day we dated the same girls simultaneously.” She glanced at her friend. “Well, that was until she quit varsity and moved back to England to join the army.”

Katherine grimaced while shaking her head. “I couldn’t stand uni anymore. I had to get out. I had to go back, to England, to London. I had this burning sensation in my chest that I had to serve my country, which I did. I enrolled as a cadet and this is where I am thirty-five years later, the rank of colonel.”

She took my hand and squeezed it. “You look tired. Sure you don’t want to go to bed?”

I shook my head before I stood up from the floor. “Who wants coffee?”

“Oh, that sounds great,” Lee remarked.

Katherine agreed.

I left the living room.

A few minutes later, I returned with three steaming hot mugs of coffee. “Do you know what time it is?” I asked while giving them their coffee.

Katherine checked her wristwatch. Her eyes enlarged. “Good god,” she called out. “It’s almost time for breakfast. It’s six o’clock.”

Lee gasped before standing up. She strolled towards the curtains and opened them. “The sun is almost up,” she announced.

I glanced through the window. “The garden looks even more beautiful than last night.”

Lee agreed as she turned away heading back to her seat.

I turned around facing the two of them. “Why can’t we have a threesome?”

“Good god, Laurie,” Katherine exclaimed. “What the bloody hell are you thinking? That happened a long, long time ago. I’m not into that anymore.” She shook her head. “That’s why I never told you about my uni years.”

I shrugged. “It was just a suggestion. I never had one and since it came up I thought it would be my chance to have one.”

I took the empty mugs back to the kitchen.

When I returned to the living room, I yawned. “I think I need some shut-eye. Only a few hours will do.” I looked at Lee. “Which bed can I use?”

“Anyone,” she replied. “You can even sleep in my bed. I’m sure Kath and I won’t go to bed today.”

“Thanks,” I said. I yawned again. When I turned around, I waved them goodbye before strolling down the corridor.

At first, I thought of taking a shower before getting into bed. But I was too tired, so I decided against it.

I flopped onto Lee’s bed. It was soft, fluffy. The bedding smelled newly bought.

My eyelids grew heavy.

I was too soon in dreamland.

***

My eyes fluttered as I tried to wake up. Fingers brushed through my hair. I smiled. “That feels nice,” I mumbled.

I turned around to face Katherine.

I gasped aloud seeing Lee’s smiling face. “You’re not Katherine. And what are you doing in my bed?”

Lee huffed. “The last time I checked this was my bed.”

“Oh my god,” I yelled. While I jumped off the bed, I grabbed the sheet. “What the hell happened, Lee?”

“Good morning, Sleepyhead,” Katherine greeted as she entered the room carrying three coffees.

I stood there with the sheet wrapped around me. My eyes were as large as saucers.

Lee lied in bed with only a white vest and navy blue boxer shorts.

I shut my eyes for a second. “Katherine, this is not what it looks like,” I explained while holding my breath.

“I know, Darling,” she responded. “You looked so peaceful in the huge bed, so, Lee and I decided to join you.”

I exhaled aloud. “Thank god. I wasn’t up for another fight with you.”

The two women snorted.

“You can relax now, Sweetheart.”

She gave me a mug of coffee before hugging me. “It ain’t going to happen, Love,” she whispered.

I grinned. “I know.”

Only time would tell, Colonel Powell, only time would tell.

I threw the sheet back to Lee. “You need it more than I do.”

I didn’t know why I grabbed the sheet in the first place because I was still fully clothed.

I ogled Lee. My eyes wandered off to her small breasts. She had a nipple stand as tall as the Eiffel tower.

“Like what you see?” she asked while lying with her arms crossed behind her head.

“Oh shut up,” I replied turning away to finish my coffee.                                                                                                                                  

Lee got up from the bed with a smile. “I’m going to take a shower. Feel free to use the bathroom at the end of the corridor.

Katherine and I left Lee’s room as soon as we heard the water running in the shower.

“Let’s shower at home. We don’t have clean clothes here anyway.”

“I want to brush my teeth, at least,” I said while strolling down to the guest bathroom.

After our mouths and faces were refreshed, we decided to explore the outside of the house.

We slipped through the backdoor.

Both of us gasped.

The backside was astronomical. There was a huge sparkling blue swimming pool in the far back of the yard. The end of the pool had a large rock formation. It was positioned to form a waterfall, which splashed into the pool. Close by stood a thatch with garden furniture, just like at the front of the house.

The dark thick green grass invited us for a barefoot walk.

When we arrived at the swimming pool, I dabbled my toes into the cool bright blue water.

“Fancy a swim,” Katherine asked when she dipped her toes too.

“I’m not going to skinny dip. We’re not alone, Honey.” My face flushed thinking of Lee still in the shower.

“Very well then. I’m going in.” Katherine unbuttoned her jeans before shimmying out of them. She removed her shirt soon thereafter.

She dove into the water.

I sat down on the side of the pool with my feet in the water waiting for her to appear again.

 A few meters further she came up for air, slicking her hair back after wiping her face. “The water is great,” she called out.

I shook my head. “I won’t swim in my bra and panties, Katherine,” I explain.

“And why not?” Lee asked sneaking up behind me.

My face flushed. “Don’t start, Lee.”

She wore blue shorts with a white vest.

She took place next to me.

I eyed her as she put her feet in the water. “Are you going to swim with that white vest?”

She looked down at it. “Yes, what’s wrong with it?”

I laughed aloud. “That is going to be see-through when wet.”

She chortled. “Just maybe you’ll join us when you see me in my wet vest.”

With those words, she slipped off the side of the pool submerging herself.

Only a meter or so further, she popped up. “I’ll do one better,” she called out. Without hesitating, she removed her vest throwing it towards me. “Now you can come in with your bra and panties.” She laughed aloud before swimming towards Katherine on the other side of the pool.

The cool water splashed against my knees leaving my rolled-up jeans wet. I glanced at the two of them before deciding to take off my jeans in the sitting position I was. I slid down into the pool before taking my soaking wet blouse off. I threw it on the side of the pool before swimming toward the evil twins.

“Hey, look who decided to join us,” Katherine called out. She pulled me into an embrace. “You feel nice in water.”

“Oh come on. You felt me many times in the shower.”

“Yes, but then you’re totally naked with warm running water and, we’re not outside.”

I chuckled. “You’re just full of shit. Both of you.”

Lee raised a brow. “Why me? What have I done?”

“I just christened you two as ‘the evil twins’. Because you’re evil for forcing me to swim half-naked in the open.”

The bantering between the three of us went on and on.

I loved swimming half nude, but I refused to admit it to any of those two.

“What time is it? We better get a move on,” Katherine said.

“What’s your hurry? We haven’t had breakfast yet.” Lee said while making her way to the stairs. She left the pool half-naked.

Katherine and I eyed each other.

My eyes enlarged when Lee turned around. “Will a braai be in order?”

“A what?” Katherine asked.

“A barbeque, Sweetheart.”

Both of us gave her a thumbs up.

“Maybe you should put on your vest,” I called out.

She walked backward while replying. “I’m not shy. You’ve already seen me, so why hide now?”

I shook my head when she vanished through the backdoor into the kitchen.

Katherine drew my attention away from the backdoor when she took place in front of me. She pushed me against the side of the pool.

“What is on your agenda, Colonel?” I asked as I raised my legs and placed it around her waist shoving her against me.

“I can think of a lot of things that can happen in a few seconds,” Katherine replied while pulling my G-string aside. She placed her fingers into my pussy while her thumb is rubbing my clit.

I heaved. “You think I will come in a few seconds?” I threw my head back as I moaned.

She fastened her pace while kissing my neck. She lifted me slightly so she could reach my erected nipples without swallowing water.

My crotch ground against her moving fingers. “You need to hurry up,” I panted.

When the first phase of my orgasm hit me, I noticed Lee leaning against the wall watching us.

It was impossible to stop now.

I climaxed while Lee stood smiling at me.

My face had turned crimson.

Katherine embraced me while whispering, “I’m sorry. I thought she was going to be away for much longer.”

“I want to go home,” I muttered against her neck.

She hugged me before swimming to the swimming pool stairs.

I glanced in their direction. Katherine was going into the house while Lee was strolling my way.

She squatted next to me. “You’ve enjoyed that didn’t you?”

“Good god, Lee. I’m embarrassed enough.”

“I can take you further than you’ve ever been with Katherine.”

I turned around to face her. “What does that even mean?”

“Oh Laurie, we had chemistry from our first tango, remember. Imagine how we would be in bed. You will beg me to stop and I never listen.”

I crossed my arms. “Why do we have this conversation, Lee?”

“Because I want to persuade Kath in letting us have a threesome.” Lee sat down on the side of the pool. “Since I danced with you the first time, I wanted to fuck you.” She looked up when the backdoor slammed. “Kath’s coming back. I’m going to talk to her when I get the fire going for the braai.” She patted me on the shoulder. “Don’t be embarrassed, please. You don’t know how much I’ve enjoyed watching you come.”

My face flushed again.

Without saying a word, I sunk to the bottom of the pool. I swam underwater until I reached the stairs.

***

After the braai, we all reclined on bright colored beach towels on the thick grass. Even though I lied in the shade, suntan lotion covered me from head to toe. Giselle premiers on Wednesday and I couldn’t afford to have tan lines. The evil twins could care less about tan lines. Their towels were laid out in the sun.

“I’m taking another dip, who’s with me?” Katherine asked when she pushed herself up from the towel.

Though sweat pearled on my forehead, I declined her offer.

“I’ll come with you,” Lee said as she jumped up. “I’ll race you,” she called out.

Katherine dove into the water first followed by Lee who showed off by making a summersault when she jumped. The water splashed meters high when she hit it.

I smiled while watching them. They played in the water, dipping each other, splashing water on the other one’s face. They were still children at heart.

The smile on my face vanished when I recalled Lee’s words. Did she discuss having the threesome with Katherine? Or was she discussing it now in the pool?

I shut my eyes. My heart fluttered in my throat thinking of having sex with Lee. With both of them. Was I ready for this?

Drops of water falling on me brought me back to reality.

“Don’t tell me you’re sleeping,” Katherine said as she shook her hair while bending over me.

Lee did the same while laughing aloud.

“No, I’m not sleeping. Get away from me, you evil twins. You’re making me wet,” I hollered trying to cover myself with the towel.

Katherine got hold of my towel. She shoved it aside before lying on top of me with her wet underwear.

“You’re not playing fair, Love,” I whispered.

“I agreed,” she whispered back.

“Then get off me if you agree.” I squirmed trying to get out from underneath her. When I pushed her shoulders in an attempt of moving her, she grabbed hold of my arms placing them above my head.

“I agreed to the threesome.”

My heart skipped a beat.

She let go of my arms when I relaxed them. No need to battle to get her off me now.

We stared at each other. None of us blinked.

I broke the silence first. “When did you change your mind?”

“In the swimming pool.” Katherine rolled off me onto the grass. Her arm covered her eyes when she asked, “So, when do you want to do it and where?”

I shut my eyes.

My breathing became shallow.

My heart stopped beating.

I couldn’t move. I couldn’t move.

“I can’t move, Katherine,” I called out while reaching for her.

She jumped upright while moving closer to me. “Just take deep breaths, Sweetheart. You’re in shock.”

I did as she told me.

I could breathe again.

I threw myself into her arms.

The numbness was gone.

I was in shock. Yes, I believe I was.

I glanced up at Katherine. “You’re not happy, are you?”

She brushed the back of her fingers over my cheek. “I want you to be happy.” A thin smile appeared. “If you’re happy. I’m happy.” She pulled me closer. “Just don’t leave me,” she muttered while burying her face in my tousled hair.

“Oh my god, Katherine, I will never leave you.” I got hold of her head forcing her to look at me. “I love you. Yes, I flirt, but I go home with you. I know I do and ask strange things, but I want to be with you, always.”

I pressed my lips against her eyes. “Don’t think for one second I will ever leave you.” A proper smile formed on her face. “Maybe we need to go home. You have to fly tonight and I don’t want you to go while you’re in this state.”

She gasped. “Oh gosh, I never told you that I’m not going back tonight.”

“What?” I cried out. “Don’t play games now, Love.”

“I’m serious. I took a leave of absence for a week. It’s your opening night on Wednesday and I know how important the role of Giselle is to you.”

Katherine chuckled when I grabbed hold of her.

“You just made me the happiest woman ever,” I called out.

Lee moved closer. “Am I welcome at your opening night?”

“Of course you are. I will get you complimentary tickets with backstage passes.

“Let’s get champagne? This calls for a celebration,” Lee announced.

We laughed and joked while heading back to the house.

Lee got three flute glasses from the cupboard before she took a bottle of Bottega Rosé out of the fridge. “Sorry, I don’t have more Moët. I hope you like this sweet rosé sparkling wine.”

“I love rosé and I love sweet. So, I won’t complain.” I glanced at Katherine.

She grimaced. “Do you have some Merlot, or Shiraz left? I’m not fond of sweet wines.”

Lee belly-laughed. “Of course, I have a wine cellar full of both. “Would you mind getting it?” she asked.

Katherine shook her head.

“It’s just down the corridor. Take the door left of the bathroom to go downstairs. Pick whatever you like,” Lee continued. “We’ll be in the living room,” she called out after Katherine had left the kitchen.

I took the glass filled with bubbly from Lee. I frowned when I noticed that I would be the only one drinking the sparkling wine. “Aren’t you going to have some of this?”

“Nope, Sweetie. I’m joining Kath in whatever she brings.”

More for me, I guess. It’s not as strong as the Moët.

I strolled out of the kitchen towards the living room.

Lee brought the pink bottle and two wine glasses. She put the bottle in front of me before she sat down on the couch opposite me.

She glanced at me. “Did you two talk?”

I nodded. “We have. Katherine is not happy. I’m going to let it go.”

Lee raised a brow. “I understand.”

Katherine joined us after a while with two bottles of Merlot. “I couldn’t find the Shiraz. I guess this will have to do.” She took the corkscrew from Lee. After she removed the cork, she handed the bottle of Merlot to Lee. “I’ll let you do the honors.”

After filling their glasses with the dark red liquid, Lee put on some music to put us in a festive mood. Well, she tried at least. There were a few romantic songs in between.

One of my favorite love songs came up.

I slid off the couch. While pacing towards Katherine, I pointed my index finger at her motioning to join me.

We swayed to the rhythm of the music.

My hands were all over her ass. I shoved her against me, grinding our crotches together.

“Are you turned on?” she mumbled before licking my ear.

“Blame the music and that sweet pink bubbly,” I declared.

Katherine glanced at me after she removed her lips from my ear. “Do you want Lee to join us?”

I ogled her rubbing my fingers over her arms up to her neck. My thumb brushed over her lower lip before I slipped the tip of my finger into her mouth. “I won’t mind if you won’t mind.”

Katherine smiled at me. “I’m okay with it, Love.” She called out to Lee. “Come join us.”

“Laurie has to change her mind first,” Lee replied.

“What do you mean?” Katherine eyeballed me. “What does she mean?”

“I turned the threesome offer down because I could see that you were upset when you told me that you’ve agreed.”

Katherine embraced me. “I was upset at first. I thought about it long and hard. I’m at peace, Sweetheart.”

The slow seductive music changed to an upbeat song.

Lee jumped up to change the music. “I have something much more romantic in mind,” she announced.

The soft tenor voice of Frank Duval filled the room.

“This is the best lovemaking music of all time,” Lee whispered when she moved in behind me following our rhythm.

Her crotch ground into my ass while whispering some of the lyrics to me. “My hungry heart needs your touch to realize loving. Touch my soul teach me to love. Love has a way of healing they say…”

Katherine’s lips met mine. I grabbed her head while squashing my lips against hers. Our tongues explored each corner of our mouths before they interlaced.

Lee’s hands brushed over my back before they moved down to my butt. She moved her hands up and down my thighs while she pressed her lips against my neck, trailing her tongue down my neck, across my shoulders, and back to me my neck.

Her hands reached for my breasts.

I held Katherine tighter before I broke away first.

My opened mouth covered a part of her neck. I trailed my tongue up and down her neck. My tongue moved across her collarbones. I sucked her skin leaving dark pink bruises.

Lee’s hands managed to undo my blouse and bra. She cupped my breasts before pinching my erected nipples. Her hands were soft, not full of callouses like Katherine’s.

I let go of Katherine for a second to remove my blouse and bra.

“Isn’t that better,” I heaved.

Lee grabbed hold of me and swung me around. Her mouth made its way to one of my pink nipples while her thumb and forefinger caressed the other one.

I moaned with pleasure.

I needed to be fucked.

When I laid my head on Katherine’s shoulder, I raised my hand to bend her head down towards my face. Once again, our lips met. I sucked her bottom lip before entering her mouth with my tongue. She accepted by sucking on it.

Lee ground her crotch against mine while she took turns sucking my nipples and kneaded my breasts.

My legs couldn’t carry my weight anymore.

The three of us tumbled to the floor.

I chuckled. “I’m sorry. It was getting too intense. My legs were getting numb,” I explained.

Lee was on her feet first. She picked me up as if I was a little bird or a puppy.

She carried me to her room with Katherine on her heels.

After placing me on her bed, she drew the curtains.

Both of the friends had the same idea, to get rid of their clothes.

I loosened the button then the zipper on my jeans.

The evil twins took a leg each and tugged the jeans off me.

“Whoa, aren’t you two eager to get me naked?”

Lee remained standing at the end of the bed while Katherine joined me on the bed.

I hadn’t known what hit me when Lee grabbed both my ankles lunging me against her.

I gasped aloud when our crotches met.

A bulge was pressing against my crotch but it didn’t bother me at the moment. I just wanted her to fuck me.

With my legs spread, she leaned forward. “Put your legs over my shoulders,” she demanded.

As soon as my legs were in place, she forced herself forward to lie on top of me. My knees pressed against my breasts as she pushed herself closer.

My hands ran down her sides before reaching for her back.

I raised a brow. Something with buckles was around her waist. A strap-on?

Lee thrust into me.

My back arched. “Oh my god,” I hollered. I ogled her. “You could’ve warned me.”

“Am I hurting you?” she asked.

“No, it was just a huge surpri –”

She cut me off mid-sentence as she thrust into me again. This time harder than before.

Katherine brushed her fingers over my cheek.

I turned to her. “Kiss me,” I begged. Her mouth covered mine while her hand moved between Lee’s body and mine. She reached my rock hard clit, rubbing with two fingers over it then around it changing directions frequently.

I didn’t know which movement was more delightful, rubbing my clit or thrusting into me with a rubber phallus.

My sounds of enjoyment filled the room.

When I reached my first orgasm, Katherine let go of my clit.

Lee pulled out of me.

After she got rid of the strap-on she got onto the bed kneeling. She pushed her hands underneath my ass to shove me a bit up on the bed, making way for her to kneel properly.

I eyed her. “You’re a wild one, aren’t you?”

She grinned. “And you love every minute of it. I’m not done yet, Honey. My women get multiple orgasms, not just one.” She kissed the inside of my thighs. She stopped to look at me. “Get ready for the ride of your life,” she said before she buried her mouth into my pussy.

Katherine licked and sucked my nipples.

My body squirmed with pleasure as Lee fucked me with her tongue. She moved back to my clit, sucking it hard for a few seconds then flicking it with her tongue the next minute before licking and sucking simultaneously.

“Katherine,” I called drawing her attention away from my breasts. “I’m close…”

She let go of my breasts.

Her lips met mine before she whispered, “Come for me, Love.”

My back arched again.

I called out Katherine’s name. “I’m coming!”

My body convulsed as I rode the waves of a second and third orgasm.

Lee didn’t stop.

Her tongue moved down to my butthole and back again to my clit.

I tried to move away from her.

She had arms of steel holding my hips in place.

I built up to another high point.

Lee drove me over the edge when she shoved her fingers into my pussy while sucking my clit.

I squalled.

My body spasm while I climaxed.

I grabbed hold of Lee’s head. “Stop, please. Stop,” I begged.

She kept sucking until the last shivers of spasm disappeared.

I heaved while pulling her up towards me.

She stared into my eyes.

She leaned in.

Her mouth crushed my lips. She forced them open. I welcomed her warm wet tongue into my bone-dry mouth. Her kisses were firm, fiery. I broke away first. I needed some air.

Lee lied on top of me for a while before she rolled off onto the bed.

I turned onto my side while resting my head on my hand. “You almost broke me.”

She laughed when she turned her head towards me. “Impossible. You’re just as insatiable as I am.”

I gasped aloud. “I am not.” I hopped up then on top of her straddling her. “You haven’t seen me in action yet,” I said while moving my hand down to her crotch. I had hardly reached her pussy when she seized my hands.

She shoved me onto my back straddling me while holding my arms above my head. “Don’t ever try that again,” she bridled.

I squirmed underneath her. “Lee, what is wrong with you?”

Katherine placed her hand on Lee’s shoulder. “She didn’t know, my friend. Relax, please.”

“I’m sorry,” Lee said when she got off me.

I glanced at Katherine. “I didn’t know what?”

She smiled. “Lee’s like me, Sweetheart. We get pleasure by giving our lovers pleasure. We don’t want to be touched.”

When I sat upright, I pulled my legs against my chest. “Now she hates me.”

“No, I don’t hate you, Love,” Lee announced as she returned from the bathroom.

She lied down next to me while Katherine lied down on the other side of me.

The two women moved closed to me. Katherine placed her arm underneath my head while Lee put her arm around my waist.

I smiled.

This was heaven.

I turned on my side facing Katherine. “I love you,” I whispered before shutting my eyes.

She kissed me on the forehead. “And I love you.”

“What about me?” Lee called out.

“I love you, Lee,” Katherine and I replied in unison.

~The End~