The Young Wife by The Young Wife
Author:The Young Wife [Nexus] (retail) (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 2000-04-05T04:00:00+00:00
Seven
Immediately after Kay had left us – which was quite a while, considering she had to change out of her new uniform to go home, and this also led to some heavy petting – I relieved David from his sentry duty behind the curtain. There were some suspicious wet patches on the edge of one of the drapes, but I chose to ignore this, and merely helped him down from the box, as he seemed a little unsteady. He was full of questions about Kay, but I disabused him of the notion that what he had just seen was a little play for his appreciation.
‘Kay is an acquaintance of mine from a club I go to. Jessica’s been there,’ I told him. ‘Haven’t you, Jessica?’
‘I think I remember some of it, yes,’ replied Jessica, with a laugh. It had become a bit of an in-joke with us now. She pretended not to remember certain parts of that night, and I played along with her. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure she isn’t telling the truth, as I think that was her first ever joint of marijuana. I can’t decide whether she is slightly unhinged normally anyway, or if her behaviour when she is intoxicated is out of character. She certainly has no inhibitions whatsoever, even to the point of surpassing me when she has a mind to. I think it might have something to do with the shock to her world-view when Leo turned out to be such a rotten apple, though she must be coming to the conclusion that he is not that unusual in his desires as she seemed to think before I took her under my wing. She has them herself, now, and I doubt if he is responsible for that, as her dreams seem, to me, to be more like they have been unlocked by what he attempted, rather than inspired by it.
While I was musing about this, Jessica and David were having a great time discussing David’s progress with the ‘witches’.
‘I have high hopes for Vivian,’ he said happily, ‘but I think I am the wrong sex, and perhaps of the wrong sexual persuasion, for Antonia. I get the distinct impression that she has her eye on the help, cousin.’
This made me laugh, as I replied, ‘I know exactly what you mean. She never leaves me alone for a minute. Every time I turn around, she is there, trying to be friendly.’
‘Do you think she’s a dyke?’ asked Jessica. ‘You should be able to tell.’
‘What do you mean?’ I spluttered, knowing exactly what she meant. ‘I’m not a bloody telepathic, am I?’
‘Ah, telepath, actually,’ said David, in a feeble attempt to regain some authority, after his shameful lack of self control. It was starting to get to him already, this teasing, so I can only imagine the effect it was having on poor old Leo.
‘It was a slip of the tongue, David – and, speaking of which,’ I said, before he could interrupt again, ‘I think you are right.
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