Chapter 7
Chapter 7
It went on like that for the next hour or more. Lena would open an envelope, look at the photos—some more than others, some not at all—and toss them in the pit, the glossy coatings always causing a momentary flare-up.
Halfway through the second box the envelopes became skinnier and lighter. These contained all the negatives, and all went into the fire.
When Lena was done burning it was ten o'clock. The log was nearing its end, and all evidence of the past was in the ashes, except for seven photos she'd saved.
"You know what, Ethan," Lena said. "I feel better. This has been hanging out there for so long, but now it's finally resolved. I'm glad you found them. I'm glad you told me. I'm just sorry you had to see them."
"It's okay, Lena. You were young, so what? I'm just glad you still trust me."
"Of course I do. But this is our secret, right?"
"Yes."
The fire was down to cooling embers so Lena poured what was left in the ice bucket into the pit and it hissed its dying breath. Then they carried the pitcher and glasses into the kitchen and placed them in the sink.
"Thank you for a fascinating evening, Ethan!" Lena said, as she turned to face him.
She put her arms around him and gave him a hug. Ethan put his arms around her. He could smell a faint whiff of the fire in her hair and felt her nipples press against him. When Lena broke the hug and started to back away Ethan held her. He looked into her eyes and she looked into his. He could no longer look at her as his landlady. He looked at her now as a woman, a woman who had bared her embarrassed soul to him and shared something with him she'd never shared with anyone. A woman who looked fine in the pictures from thirty years ago, but who also looked fine in the flesh right then, standing before him. He had no idea where his nerve came from, but he leaned his face to hers and kissed her lips.
It was not a long kiss, but it wasn't a peck either. It was full-on, and Ethan pressed his lips against Lena's' and absorbed their softness.
"I didn't expect that," Lena said when they parted, her eyes widened. Ethan still held her.
"Neither did I," Ethan said.
Then he pulled her in and kissed her again, this time with more force. He slipped his tongue between her lips and it met teeth, although only briefly. Her mouth opened into a narrow slit to accept him and they tasted tongues for the first time. 'What am I doing?' Lena thought as she put her arms back around him.
Ethan smiled when they finally broke their kiss. Lena had a thoughtful look on her face and she gently touched his cheek with her hand.
"Wow, you are just full of surprises, aren't you?" she said.
"I'm sorry, Lena, I..."
"Sssh, it's okay. It was nice. But I think it might be time to say good night."
Lena cleaned up in the kitchen, then went into her bedroom and put on her bathing suit. She swam a few laps in the dark, and then eased her body into the hot tub. As she soaked she thought about her night and what had happened. She thought about the long lost pictures. And of course the kiss; she thought about the kiss.
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It was too early to go to bed and Ethan was too wound up to sleep anyway. He sat on the sofa and tried to read a book, but concentration would not come. His mind was too preoccupied with Lena. He wondered if he'd screwed up again and gone too far by kissing her. He thought, 'What's the big deal, it's just a kiss, we're both adults'. But what would she think? The truth was he'd thought a few times about what it would be like to kiss her, but he never thought it would happen. But she had shared things with him that she had never shared with anyone so it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. And she didn't really resist, did she?
He got up and walked to the window. He looked down at the pool. Lena was swimming her laps just like any other night, just like nothing had happened.
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Lena felt clean and refreshed after her swim/soak/swim but she couldn't sleep. She was lying in bed, wearing only her panties, staring at the ceiling and thinking about Ethan. Thinking about how he had kissed her and the fact that she had thought of kissing him but had hugged him instead.
She thought about him finding the pictures of her, looking at them all and getting turned on. She thought about his muscled upper body that she would steal glances of when he worked shirtless in the garden. She thought about his aroused young cock.
She wondered what it would feel like to lie naked next to him and feel his smooth skin against hers, to kiss him again, to lick his young body, to taste him, to fuck him. She realized her panties were wet with the thought of it.
She got out of bed and looked out the window. The light was still glowing in Ethan's apartment. She peeled off her panties, pulled an old sundress out of her closet and slipped it on, then stepped into a pair of sandals. She walked out through the kitchen to the lanai and across the yard in the dark. Quietly she climbed the stairs and knocked on the door.
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