As Mom and I dragged our bodies from bed the next morning we found breakfast waiting and Dad clad in pink lingerie. We got ourselves to work and school, were reinvigorated by our evening work out and, after a good fuck, lay in bed contemplating the conquest of Deborah Havre. A little background information, we decided, would be useful.
Grandad provided me with the name of an investigator. Grandad had been treating me with new found respect over the last several months. Did he have some inkling of the changes in my household? The dealerships employed Russell Accounting, the firm where Billy, Ms. Havre's husband, worked. I instructed Dad to make some discreet inquiries about him.
By Thursday we had the information we wanted. Ms. Havre grew up in an upscale mid-western suburb, where she lived through her parents messy public divorce. Money had been scarce after that and in a community which prized conspicuous consumption, she was unable to compete. In high school and college she compensated by becoming everybody's best friend, the girl to whom the other girls brought their problems. She learned to empathize with and mold herself to the needs of those around her.
During high school and her first few years at college she had been unattractive; heavy and indifferent to her hair, clothes, and make-up. After her junior year in college a sorority friend invited her to California for the summer to work for her dad's company. They pay was good, the work easy, and the friend stylish and a fitness fanatic. Under the influence of this woman Deborah returned for her senior year a slim, trim, well-dressed knock-out.
She immediately caught the eye of William, called Billy, Havre, the president of one of the college's prominent fraternities. He was a big man on campus. She had gone from listening to other girls describe their boyfriend problems to dating one of the school's most desirable men. When he proposed she was ecstatic.
Billy's post-college life had not gotten off to a good start. Dad's sources indicated his job was in trouble. He was still seen as a party boy and the firm's clients did not take him seriously. He was also drinking too much. Ms. Harve had thought she had found a strong and successful man who would take care of her. He turned out to be a light-weight.
Mom and I, at times consulting with Sarah and Patricia, spent the next days planing strategy. Deborah wanted a strong men she could take care of. Although unhappy, however, she was too weak, too much a people-pleaser, to cheat. She would have to be taken, to be dragged over that boundary. I knew the man for the job.
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On Monday there was a fifteen exercise math assignment due. I approached Ms. Havre after class. My eyes boring in on her, I said "I didn't turn in the assignment."
She took the blame. "Was there a problem with it?"
I sucked her in with faint reassurance. "I assume it was fine. I had some trouble with the final two problems. Rather than turn in second rate work I decided to work them with you after class. Deborah glanced at her watch. "I told the class I couldn't stay late this week because of family car troubles. I need to catch a ride home."
"I'll drive you home."
"I think there is a rule about students and teachers riding alone together."
With my best exasperated look, I said, "Afraid you'll get a reputation as a bad girl? Don't worry, I won't tell. Call your ride and tell her to leave without you."
She paused and gave a short nervous laugh. When I didn't back down, her voice tone dropping, she said, "Okay." Although her body language was reluctant, Deborah did as instructed and texted her ride.
She and I began to work through the problems. I had gone over both of them with Sarah and Lauren, who had armed me with enough information to confound Ms. Havre and then, eventually, show her the answers. I was, for the moment, the teacher, she the student. When we were done she thanked me.
"Since there is that no-fraternization rule, go to the green door by the parking lot side of the gym. None of the school's cameras show that area. I can pick you up there without anyone knowing."
"I can call my husband. I don't want to be any trouble."
My tone dismissive, I said, "Don't worry about him. See you in five minutes." I left the room, leaving no time for objection.
She was waiting for me. She had fixed her make-up and combed her hair. I opened the car door. She got in.
She looked around. "Nice car."
"It's Mom's convertible."
She gave me her address. When we reached the intersection at which I would turn right towards her condominium, however, I turned left. Ms. Havre started to correct me.
"Ms. Havre, it's a gorgeous day, I've got Mom's convertible, an opportunity rarely bestowed, and a beautiful woman in it. I gonna explore the country north of town. I'm not going to waste the chance to cruise in a great car, on a lovely day, with a sexy lady."
Although initially tense, Deborah quickly loosened up. This opportunity to put her cares behind her was to good to pass up. We chatted, she was receptive to my compliments and the flask I handed her. She turned her head to the sun, enjoying its warmth on her face. We had been driving for half-an-hour. It was time to make the conversation more personal. "Enjoying the ride?"
She paused, and then, "Yes, I am. It's nice to get away from it all."
I reached over, ostensibly to straighten her hair, and ran a finger along her neck. Then I lay my hand on her arm. She looked down. She knew she shouldn't let me touch her like that, but she liked the way it felt and it seemed safe, I was focused on my driving. She did nothing.
"Ms. Havre, I've wondered about that. Last year you were always so upbeat in class. This year you sometimes seem sad. Is everything okay?"
"Everything is," she paused, rolling the word around in her mind, "fine."
"That was not a convincing answer."
"You don't want to hear about my problems."
I pushed the role reversal. "You're always listening to everyone else's problems. Somebody should listen to you."
And now, the next step, telling her how she felt, "And, in any case, you know you want to tell me. It's nice to have someone to talk to."
She started to talk, at first haltingly, then more freely. I sped down some hilly roads, emphasizing the feeling of freedom, and exploited the rural areas adjoining our community, removing her from familiar sights. Still, she was not going to tell me, her student, about an indifferent husband. I needed something I could interpret as a confession.
She finally gave it to me.
"Billy goes out drinking after work. He doesn't come home until late and then he's too drunk to be much company."
I turned back towards town.
"You're kidding me, he has a woman like you at home and he'd rather me in a bar?"