Show & Tell
Chapter 40
I was back to waiting for the hammer to fall. There was no way Elle was going to be able to skate around the father and son duo of Don and Sean. Not with Sean thinking that Elle was, somehow, involved with his father.
For the next week. I avoided any contact with her, allowing her to watch and listen to everything and everyone in the house. What I hadn't considered... with her concentrating on that, was my dalliance with her daughter Kim. While I was confident that neither could make a connection between the three of us, any hint of Kim seeing an older man might cause Elle's ears to perk up.
I couldn't have that.
On the other hand..., how could I ignore Kim's desire for another, "Adult Night Out?"
After my lunch date with Elle on the previous Tuesday... and all the frivolity that followed... I went to lunch at Kim's place of employment on the following Thursday... two weeks to the day since I'd taken her to Foxwoods.
As usual, I walked straight to the bar, Jeff giving me one of his perfunctory head nods... and made me a drink. I was perusing the menu when a pair of arms circled my chest and a pair of lips kissed my right cheek.
One look at her face was all I needed to know that she, like myself, was still basking in the glow of that liaison.
"Hey young lady," with a smile, "Thomas Jefferson still your hero?"
"Not anymore," she responded with a smile of her own, "I've found someone to take his place."
"Not Ben Franklin!" in faux shock
After she stopped laughing, she shook her head and said, "No... my man is a lot taller."
Before I could add anything to that, Kim called over to the hostess, "Audrey... would you please seat this gentleman at fifteen..." and with that she disappeared into the kitchen.
Audrey nodded and picked up a menu, as I picked up my drink and dropped a ten on the bar.
Never knew when I might need a friend... and Jeff just might be that guy.
Table number fifteen was on the deck, one back from the table I'd occupied on my previous visits. It was under an overhang and against the building proper, facing the bay. The shade must have been the reason she'd chosen that table and I'd be sure to thank her for her thoughtfulness.
Today's uniform was also a change from my past visits. Black short shorts and a white tank-top this time, the shorts, seemingly, a little shorter and the tank top a little looser.
"EAT HERE" still the thought of the day.
I smiled as she walked past, my thought for the day, "... been there, done that."
When she finally approached my table, she had another drink and a killer smile. Bending at the waist, she put the drink down in front of me... and at the same time... offered me a panoramic view of her cleavage.
Had I been sitting anywhere else... that display might have gotten her fired.
"Given any thought to where you're taking me next?" as she slowly stood back up.
Offering a serious look..., "Are you confidence that I would entertain such a suggestion... or are you just being presumptive?"
"Neither," as she leaned over again, this time placing her forearms on the table, her breasts puddled in front of her.
With a big smile, she added, "I'm being suggestive."
Couldn't argue with that.
Had lunch, flirting with Kim all the while and finally asked her to hold, "... next Thursday open for another... adult night out."
Eyes wide, she threw her arms around me, practically wrenching my neck with her hug, all the while chanting, "Thank you... thank you...thank you!"
We settled on me picking her up there, at work, same time and that she would select her entire wardrobe for the evening.
"Even the shoes?" with a smile.
"Why fix something that ain't broke," I replied, getting up from the table.
She gave me a nice hug and kiss as I left, promising she'd be ready when I arrived.
Now I had to figure out what I was going to do with her.
Actually... I knew what I was going to do with her... but I needed to clean up one more detail... where to bring her for dinner?
With her mother, I had no boundaries as long as I stayed away from any locations that might be frequented by her friends or associates. With Kim... I pretty much had to stick to out of the way places, where the chance of encountering someone who might know me, TJ, her, or her parents, would be out of the question.
There was nothing I could do about the age difference, so I just disregarded that.
A quick internet search of the restaurants in the vicinity of our destination produced a number of possibilities, so I chose the one with a website that included pictures of a very charming reproduction of a Tuscan Estate. The album also displayed several views of their cozy and well-appointed dining room... as well as the patio bar that overlooked the beautifully landscaped grounds.
Overdoing it, I'm sure you would agree, but I knew I had a standard to uphold.
I spoke to Elle a couple of times during the ensuing week, still no repercussions from her dalliance with father and son Don and Sean, but with Little League playoffs taking place, even she felt it necessary that we avoid one another until those were over.
Thursday came up quickly, my wife, son and granddaughter off to Cape Cod that morning for a long weekend with my wife's sister and brother in law.
I would join them on Friday afternoon.
As with our first, "date," I arrived at the restaurant early, Jeff at the bar giving me his perfunctory nod. However... by the look on his face, I knew not only he, but probably the entire staff, was wondering what was going on between Kim and myself.
I gave him a smile and ordered my drink.
"Let them guess.'
Kim saw me as she walked towards the kitchen, carrying a large tray of empty plates and assorted dinnerware. She gave me a million-watt smile and mouthed, "Twenty minutes."
I nodded and smiled back.
That was when Jeff finally took the opportunity to ask, "So what is it between you and Kim?"
I could have played the wise ass and said, "Hey... I'm kind of a wealthy older guy that likes to be seen with beautiful, very young, women."
Or... even better...
"My dick... that's what's between us."
But... while being a wise ass is part of my DNA, I would have never put Kim in a position where she would have to explain me to anyone. So, I said, "Honestly Jeff... I have no idea. But..., just as honestly, I seem to make her happy, so I'm just going to go with it."
Fifteen minutes later, after a half dozen stops at the bar to ask where we were going, I walked outside to wait for Kim.