Cindy had caught a glimpse of The Spectator on the very first day she moved into her cottage in the archetypal English village of Stoneleigh. Surrounded by its undulated hills and breath taking countryside, Cindy felt like she had finally sound somewhere she could sincerely call home.
She'd been in the shower to blast away the damn dust and cobwebs that had clung to her fair, pale skin as she'd tried to clean the cottage so it could at least pass for being inhabitable. Stepping out of the shower, she'd suddenly realised that she'd forgotten to bring her bath towel. As the December chill whipped against her skin causing her nipples to harden like flesh coloured bullets, she berated herself for being so careless. She had no choice but to quickly leg it across the landing to the bedroom and grab the towel off the bed. As she wrapped it quickly around her tiny frame, she glanced out of the bedroom window and looked at the house that was back to back with her. She watched the blinds that donned the bedroom window briefly flicker before shutting again. Cindy quickly bent down, she really should have put up her bedroom curtains and she made a mental note to make sure it was her next job of the evening, the last thing she needed was to attract the attentions of the village's resident Peeping Tom.
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I don't like the term Peeping Tom, it conjures up in my mind images of a man dressed in seventies flare, a dodgy moustache using binoculars to peer into women's bedrooms. I like to refer to myself as a voyeur, an observer, a spectator. Not a hidden spectator I hasten to add. I like my subjects to be fully aware of my presence. Some people don't like it, some people love it, like anything in life, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose."
Cindy hadn't thought too much about that day when she had seen her neighbours blinds briefly flicker, she'd been far too busy settling into her new abode. One Saturday afternoon as she wrestled putting up a particularly awkward pine shelf in the kitchen, Cindy's cursing was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. Pushing her blonde hair back into its hair band, she quickly checked her reflection in the hallway mirror, rubbing a splash of paint off her pert nose, Cindy opened the door.
"I thought I would welcome you to the neighbourhood." The guy handed Cindy a card and a box of fresh cream cakes.
"Thanks. That's so kind of you." Cindy suddenly felt overwhelmed and a tad self conscious. She paused and a tiny pink flush of embarrassment crept over her cheeks. "Sorry, I don't know your name.''
"Jack. My name is Jack." He extended his hand. Cindy shoved the card under her arm and took his hand in hers.
"I only moved in a couple of days ago." Cindy explained, not really knowing what she was expected to do right now.
"Well, you've done quite a bit to the place since you moved in, the garden for a start looks miles better and the Christmas tree is really cute. This place went to rack and ruin when old Bill died which was a shame really because he'd always taken great care of it."
Jack flashed Cindy a smile and there was a momentary awkward silence that Cindy felt compelled to break.
"Why don't you come in? I'll make a pot of tea and we can share these cakes if you like."
Jack flashed her a friendly grin. "That would be wonderful, thanks."
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I don't go for a particular type of woman. Being a voyeur I think means that it's not the other person you are attracted to per se, it's the fact you are watching when you shouldn't be and watching people do things they strictly shouldn't be doing. I think it was Cindy's wholesomeness that appealed to me and the glimpse I'd had of her slightly boyish figure that day when she'd moved in had piqued my interest. Close up, she was even more attractive to me than I could have ever really imagined. I think it was the way her freckles were smattered across her cute nose and the slightly crooked smile that made her look incredibly cute. She was smaller than my usual type too in height and in the breast department but she did something to me, I think deep down I was hoping that she was as horny as she looked."
"So have you lived round here long?" Cindy asked as she handed Jack a mug of steaming hot tea.
"I've lived here around ten years. I came here when I was twenty five with my first wife, but sadly we divorced and I've lived on my own ever since. I must be getting old and set in my ways.''