I'll begin by describing her. Her mom calls her Elizabeth. Nearly everyone else calls her Liz, sometimes Lizzy. Sixteen years ago, when she married me, she was five feet nine inches tall and weighed 130 pounds. Her hair was a deep-coppery auburn that cascaded past her shoulders in thick waves. Her skin was linen white, and her green eyes were so bright they almost glowed. Her body would put Barbie to shame. As Steven Tyler would say: She has perfect legs that go all the way up to make a beautiful ass of themselves. Her breast more than filled a C-cup. They formed perfect mounds tipped in half-dollar-sized nipples the color of pink roses.
Over the years, Lizzy and I have added a few pounds. Fifteen for me and ten for her. I try to keep in shape with two trips to the gym each week. Liz does yoga and jogging. You need to look closely to find any fat on her unless you count her bra size. Her C-cup has increased to a D-cup, but she still brags to her girlfriends that she can pass the "Pencil Test." That's the one where you lift your boob, slip a pencil under it, let go of your boob and see what happens. If the pencil falls to the floor, you pass the test. If your boob is holding it in place... Sorry, you've got sagging boobs. Not bad for a forty-year-old carrying natural D-cups.
Time to get to our story. Liz was on what she called a business trip. I called it a vacation. She works in marketing, and they sent her and three others on a four-day orientation tour to a hotel resort in Jamaica. The hotel was her company's latest client.
Whenever either of us travels, we try to call or Facetime or at least text each other so we don't feel so far apart. I should also mention that we don't hide anything from each other, anything.
Tonight, when Liz called, she sounded like she'd been at the hotel bar longer than usual. I asked her if she was enjoying herself.
"You're not going to believe what happened to me tonight, Honey."
"Sounds like you were partying at the bar. Were you with Sarah, Bill, and Dan?"
"Yeah, no, well for a little while. Those guys wanted to go lay out on the beach, and you know I can't. With my fair skin, I'd burn to a crisp in this sun."
"Yeah, I warned you about that. So, what did you do? Who were you with?"
"They have a nice patio bar that's covered, so I sat out there. I met a couple who were vacationing there. They said it was their third time at the resort, so I wanted to ask them what brought them back. You know, for our marketing project."
"Did you get any good information?"
"I did, but it took a while and several drinks to get them to open up. The woman, Marilyn, finally leaned close to my ear and said she really liked the couple's massage. I didn't understand what was so secret about it and said so."
"Yeah, I said. We've had a couple's massages before; that weekend, we went to Toronto. It was nice, and it was kind of a turn-on to see a guy with his hands stroking your ass."
"I remember you screwing my brains out when we got back to the room. I thought it was because that twenty-year-old masseuse was up on the table with you rubbing her bare thighs on your ass."
"Uh, yeah, she couldn't have missed my hardon when I rolled over. The sheet was sticking up and pulsing with every one of my heartbeats."
"Speaking of massages, I should tell you about the rest of my evening," she said.
"Should? Like in you have to but don't want to?"
"We promised not to keep any secrets, right?"
Knowing Liz had been drinking most of the afternoon and how adventurous she could be when alcohol played keep-away with her judgment, I wasn't sure I wanted to hear what was coming. "Right," I answered.
"I won't go into what Marilyn and her husband said about their experiences. Just that they were interesting enough to make me curious. Marilyn gave me a business card and said I should call them for an in-room massage. She said they'll come to my hotel room to give me the massage."
I leaned back, not sure I wanted to know any details about my drunk wife getting a massage in her hotel room, but I said, "How much did they charge?"
"You're getting ahead of the story," Liz said. "Marilyn told me to ask for Harry if he's available. She said that would alert them that you were a return customer or at least a referral. So, stupid me, I asked for Harry. An hour later, after I'd showered and touched up my makeup, I opened my hotel room door for Harry."
"Tell me about him."