My name is Susan. I’m 21. I’m slim, with long blonde hair. For those that want more details I have small breasts and am told I’m very attractive to beautiful. It depends on who is doing the telling.
After the mysterious encounter at the waterfall with the woman who I only knew as ‘X’, I decided that I had to know more. My boyfriend felt the same. We had never become involved in anything other than one to one meetings. Our meeting with her had changed that. He was hungry for more, and while we were both very confused over it, we both know enough to know we wanted to meet her again.
The only clue I had was that she said she was staying in a nearby hotel. I knew one of the maids there, a school friend. After talking with my boyfriend it was agreed that I would go there alone, see what I could find out. We also agreed on one other thing. That two-timing didn’t count provided she was around. It was a difficult decision, but we both felt that things were happening that were barely under our control. We promised to be honest with each other, and that this was ‘time-out’.
She was easier to trace then I though. My friend, Anna knew of her straight away. Her name was Xenia. She had been there a few days and was booked in for at least two more weeks.
At the desk I asked to call her room and they put me through. She answered. I suppose she was waiting for me. She didn’t seem surprised. I was told to wait at the bar.
She appeared a few minutes later wearing a long flowing black dress, bare at the back, low at the front. She looked like she had stepped out of the pages of a magazine. She was tall and graceful; her smile sparkled. She walked up to me and kissed my cheek.
“I thought you would come. Is your boyfriend with you?”
I shook my head.
“Never mind. I’m about to take a ride in the country, see an old friend. I’m sure he’d like you.” She
smile and touched my arm, “You will come won’t you?”
“I don’t know.”
She pouted her lips, then smiled again, “Please.”
I looked around the bar, sighed, “Ok, just for the ride.” I wanted to talk to this woman, ask her things, and already she was treating me like I was part of her plans. I felt uneasy. But I felt something else too. I felt a sense of mystery. A sense of wonder. And most of all, whatever was about to happen; I didn’t want to miss out on it.
We drove through the darkened countryside. She spoke little and not about herself. I tried to ask questions but she managed to avoid answering them with anything but the vaguest of answers. I couldn’t help liking her even though I was angry that I wasn’t finding anything out. Finally we pulled in through some heavy gates and drove up to a large country house. It was like a mansion, set back in long dark and unseen gardens, just the darkened trees showing against the midnight blue sky.
We parked and stepped out. She walked ahead but halfway towards the door she spun round at me. “Now remember Sue,” she said, “You can watch, or you can join in. It’s up to you. Do what you feel happy with.”
“I want to know what’s going to happen.”
She laughed, “And spoil the surprise?” She saw my worried face. “Nothing will happen to you if you don’t want. I promise.”
What would you have done? Walked away I guess. Maybe I should have. But I couldn’t believe she would do me harm. So throwing away all I had leaned in my life, I followed her to the door.
A man opened it as we stepped up. He was a butler, in his late forties. We were asked in. He referred to Xenia as Miss Xenia. Well at least we were expected.
We were shown into a large room with a huge fireplace and various dark wood furnishing. It was the stuff that you see in period films. There was a very large settee in the middle in front of which was a large fur rug. On the settee sat a man, dressed in a three-piece suit. He looked about forty too. He had that distinguished look about him, the sort that good living and lots of money usually allows. He also was fairly attractive. I could see that at 16 I would have had a crush on someone that looked like this. He waved us in. Took a long look at me.
I felt out of place. I was wearing blue jeans and a blouse.
He smiled, “Ah this is the young treasure you were talking about.” I glanced at Xenia but he went on, “Xenia told me she had met a delightful young lady who she had got into conversation with. She said she thought you broad minded enough to come with her tonight.”