This is a retelling of the story as my wife Karen described to me some years after the fact. Although it took a good deal of pressing and multiple question-and-answer sessions, she provided the intimate details found in this story. Of course, Paul's point of view is a fabrication of what I presume he was thinking, and some poetic license has been taken with a few other details. The names have been changed, but the story is real (at least as real as she chose to disclose).
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My wife Karen needed to go back home for a final exam to get her Managing Cosmetologist's License and I could not take time off from work. "Home" was 500 miles away and our finances were not such that we could afford airfare. Our friend Paul told us that he needed to make a trip back home, so the timing was perfect. Arrangements were made for her to catch a ride with him and we offered to pay for the gasoline cost.
Karen and I had been good friends with Paul throughout high school, hanging out and having fun together until he joined the service and moved away. When Karen and I decided to move away from home to find better opportunities, we were excited that we were moving to the area where Paul was stationed, since we really didn't know anyone in this new locale so far away from home.
Paul had married Charlotte a few weeks before he joined the service and once Karen and I moved we hung out with him and Charlotte quite frequently. There was some flirting between all of us, but it was all in fun between friends and never amounted to anything more. But there was evidence of storm clouds in their relationship, which were confirmed when they decided to split up. Charlotte moved back home, which left Paul in an apartment by himself. He had already decided to leave the service and move back home when his time was up, but the lease was due to expire before his separation date. Without hesitation, we offered him our spare bedroom for two months after his lease was up to keep him from paying exorbitant fees for breaking a new lease.
All three of us worked different hours, so we really didn't see much of each other except on Sundays. Paul liked to work out, and since he had free access to the gym as a military benefit, he had become quite buff. He liked to walk the house around with his shirt off and show off his toned body. I caught Karen glancing his way on occasion, but I wasn't a saint when it came to eyeing up a good-looking half-naked woman at the beach so I didn't make a big deal of it. Besides, she and Paul had never given me any reason to think they might act on some animal instinct.
Karen was a modest dresser, but every once in a while I could get her to show off her sexy body with her five-foot-two, 110-pound frame, complete with firm 34B breasts. Her ass was perfect, and since she also worked out, her body didn't have an ounce of fat on it and her stamina was incredible. Her auburn hair fell just below her shoulder blades and her hazel eyes had a twinkle in them that gave away her insatiable sex drive if you knew what you were looking for.
The day of the trip, Paul planned to leave right after work and drive into the night to get home. Karen and I also had to work that day as well. I was the last one home, and after eating a rushed take-out dinner Karen and I kissed each other passionately good-bye, knowing our separation would only last a few days. I saw them to the car and kissed Karen one more time, giving her tight ass a squeeze as she stepped into the passenger seat. I waved good-bye as they pulled away and then went back inside the house to relax a little before going to bed.
About five hours into the eight-hour trip, Paul was getting tired and having a hard time keeping his eyes open. Karen suggested that they should maybe stop somewhere and take a sleep break. Since it was winter, Paul didn't want to just pull over at a rest area so he decided to stop at a motel. Of course, no rooms were available with two beds. He told Karen that she could have the bed and he would sleep on the floor. They would only take a couple-hour nap and get back on the road. No need to call me in the middle of the night to explain.
Once they got into the room, Karen turned the heat on high because the room was freezing. She asked Paul if he would mind getting her bag from the car so she could take a shower to warm up. He obliged her, and when he got back into the room, he could hear the shower running. He turned on the TV and looked for something entertaining and sat on the bed. He settled on an old episode of "Magnum P.I.," and closed his eyes for a minute. His doze was interrupted when he heard the bathroom door open.