(Thanks to
"larryinseattle"
for his willingness to edit even some of my earliest attempts at writing)
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Steven sat at the bar watching the mirror mounted on the wall behind it as questions swirled through his mind. Would he recognize her? What would she think of him and what he'd done with his life? Would she actually go through with what they had planned? What about his father? Would it matter to him that they wanted to be together or would he go off in one of his tirades and ... and what? What could he do? They were both adults and had been attracted to each other since the first day he had brought her home.
Slowly he drifted back to that time in his life. He had been 13 when it all began. His mother had been diagnosed with cancer and he saw her fight the disease every day while his dad became more and more distant, frequently taking business trips that would last days or even weeks just so he wouldn't have to see his mom slowly withering away. She had finally lost the battle when he was 16 but that didn't seem to matter to his dad, in fact, he became even more distant spending months at a time in Europe on his business trips. That was when he had become 'father' rather than dad. Then, two weeks before his 17
th
birthday, his father returned home with Cassandra, introducing her to everyone as his new wife. One look at the two of them and everyone said that his father was going through a 'mid-life crisis' and had gotten himself a 'trophy wife'.
His father had been 40 years old and was everything that the stereotype of a "businessman" was supposed to be. He had developed a sizable stomach, his hair had thinned with just the beginning of gray showing around the temples, his eyes were constantly searching for next victim for his business dealings, and worst of all, he had built emotional walls around himself so that no one could get near him. Only business seemed to mean anything to him.
Cassandra, on the other hand was totally opposite. At 23 years old, she was 17 years younger than his father making her only 6 years older than Steven. She was 5-foot 5-inches tall but looked taller because of the high-heels she constantly wore. Her hair was so blonde it almost looked white and her skin was the color of cream while her eyes were hazel with flecks of gold. The most prominent feature though was her figure which measured 34FF-25-36.
From the moment he'd seen her, he hadn't been able take his eyes off of her, especially her bust, a fact that was only too evident when his father introduced her and he failed to reply because he was too busy trying to decide if her bust was natural or not. It was only when he'd heard her laugh and had looked up that he'd realized he'd been caught staring. His face had instantly began to redden but instead of getting angry, Cassandra just said, "First of all, yes, they are real and second, don't be too embarrassed I get that response from most of the men I meet." Then, without another word, she walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck to give him their first hug. At that moment, he realized that another difference between her and his father was that she was just naturally a very caring, loving person.
For the next year and a half, she'd became the subject of almost every fantasy and sex-dream he had. The fact that his bedroom was right next to their room didn't help as he routinely heard words like "fuck", "pussy", and "cum" filter through the wall when they were having sex. Add to that the sound of the headboard rhythmically banging against the wall, it was no wonder that he spent many nights with his hand wrapped around his cock imagining he was the one making love to her.
When he turned 18, his father informed him that he was sending him to Europe to complete his education at a very prestigious university. That had been the last time he'd seen or heard from his father. Not so with Cassandra as she wrote to him weekly and called several times each month to check on how he was doing. After graduation, he'd stayed in Europe where he and a classmate had started their own computer software company specializing in accounting.
Now, ten years after leaving, he was back home, not so much because of his father but because of Cassandra. Their relationship had gone through a multitude of changes throughout the years as they shared everything going on. They had shared joys and frustrations, exhilaration and sadness, plans for the future and changes in those plans. No subject was off limits ... except one. Steven had never been able to talk to Cassandra about sex, not that he hadn't had several lovers in the past but for fear that she'd realize how he felt about her. That had changed about six months ago when Cassandra had begun to share the frustrations she was feeling because of the lack of sex in his father's and her marriage. She said that it had been "pretty good" when they were first married but that now she was lucky if his father showed any interest in her at all.
"My father's a fool ... if you were mine I'd make love to you every chance I had," he'd replied before thinking about what he was saying.
The silence that had followed seemed to last forever until she'd replied in a voice so soft that he'd barely heard her, "Then come back home and prove it."
Unsure he'd heard correctly he'd, "What did you say?"