Memoirs Of A Swinger - S01 E18

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Memoirs Of A Swinger - S01 E18

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 18

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I packed my stuff for the week-end and loaded up the bike, taking care to remember Lesley's helmet as well as my own. Lesley was going to be at work until 5.00 p.m. so there wasn't much point in rushing. Instead I thought I'd take a ride to the Peak district. I'd heard that Matlock Bath was popular with bikes and so with time to kill I headed over there. When I got there it was full of holiday makers but very few bikes. Someone explained to me that the bikes only really came on a Sunday. I could see why the region was popular 'though, there were some great riding roads.

I stopped at a local pub for a pie and a pint then headed back to Nottingham to surprise Lesley coming out of work. When she appeared it was a repeat of the last time. She came out with Pete and Rachel and when she saw me she dropped her bag and jumped onto me. Then it occurred to her that something might be wrong.

"Is everything ok?" she asked.

"Yes, its fine. Ruth gave me a couple of days off. I'll explain later."

Lesley turned to Rachel and Pete and said, "I've not been feeling very well all day. I think I've got an upset stomach. I don't think I'll be in tomorrow."

"Don't worry we'll cover for you," said Rachel. "Do you think you'll be ok for Saturday?"

"Oh yes," said Lesley, "it's just one of those 24 hour bugs I think." They both laughed and we said our goodbyes.

When we got to Lesley's apartment we went straight to bed. Lesley wanted to know all about why I was here a day early and I gave her an abridged version of the last twenty four hours and what happened with Daniel and Kate. Although she tried to hide it I could see a tinge of jealousy when I told her about Kate.

"Does she want to see you again?" Lesley tried to ask as innocently as possible.

"Well not exactly," I said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, they'd like to meet us."

Lesley's face lit up at this. "What did you say?" she asked eagerly.

"I said I wasn't sure and that I would need to ask you."

Lesley laughed and said "You are so sweet but what made you think that I wouldn't want to meet multi, multi, millionaire Daniel Davidson and his gorgeous wife?"

"He's in his fifties you know, I wasn't sure how you would feel about that."

"Steven, don't you think that there may have been clues that I go for older guys. Think about it for a moment."

"I know, I know but we're a team and you don't even know what he looks like."

Lesley got up and walked out of the bedroom returning with a copy of Tatler "Do you mean this Daniel Davidson?" and she showed me a four page spread of him 'at home with his wife Kate in their South Kensington home'.

"Erm, yes. That would be him. I had no idea. Remind me Lesley, given the conversation we've just had, why are you with a penniless student who is four years younger than you?"

"Because I love you more than anything else in the world, now go and phone them and tell them we'd love to meet them."

"I can't."

"Why not?"

I don't have their number. And besides I had you down as more of a Socialist Worker kind of girl than a Tatler one," which earned me a thump.

As it turned out I needn't have worried about not having their number. At about 7.00 p.m. the phone rang, Lesley went to answer it and I could hear her deep in conversation with someone. I assumed it was Ruth or Rachel but after a while Lesley came back in the room and said matter of factly, "It's Kate Davidson on the phone for you."

I went into the hall and picked up the phone "Hi Kate, Steve here, is everything alright?"

"Hi Steve, yes fine. I've just been chatting to Lesley, she sounds lovely. She told me that you'd like to meet us and we've agreed to meet up the next weekend," then she added, "If that's ok with you."

"That sounds fine," I said. "We'll both be looking forward to it."

"But that's not actually why I called. It's about what you talked to Daniel about this morning. I phoned Ruth but she said that you had gone to Lesley's. She gave me this number but I didn't tell her what it was about. I just wanted to let you know that Daniel's told me what needs to be done and I had a couple of questions."

I tried to answer her questions as best I could and made a note of the information I needed to find out. When we were done Kate said, "If you come down next weekend then that should work out perfectly."

"Thank you Kate, I don't know what to say."

"Steve. It's the least Daniel and I can do for you and thank you again for last night. Take this number in case you or Lesley need to get in touch for any reason. Otherwise we'll see you in a couple of weeks."

I wrote down the number and said goodbye to Kate. Lesley had been hovering just outside the hallway trying to earwig on the conversation and when I came back into the lounge she couldn't help but ask what Kate wanted. I told her that Kate had called to say thanks for yesterday but that I thought that the real purpose of her call was to convince Lesley that we should come and visit them. Then I gave Lesley Kate's number for safe keeping. This seemed to do the trick.

You could see that Lesley was excited about meeting Daniel and Kate but I had to admit that I had my reservations. As we lay in bed that evening I asked Lesley, "Do you think we belong in Daniel and Kate's world or even David and Ruth's for that matter, or do you think we are just being bought?"

Lesley looked at me with a serious expression on her face and said, "Did you enjoy fucking Kate last night?"

I wasn't sure if this was a trick question but in the end answered, "Yes."

"Do you enjoy fucking Ruth?"

"Yes,"

"Then what's your problem?"

"It's just the giving sex and receiving financial benefit bit. There's a name for that you know."

"As long as we don't do anything we don't want to do then I don't see the problem. If we can taste the good life along the way then why not enjoy it while we can."

I thought about it and said "You're right, but promise me you'll never do anything you don't want to."

"I promise."

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