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A Little Different

By: EgmontGrigor2011



CHAPTER 1

Peeling apples, Jess Jason, looking down the driveway, called, "Mom Billie's coming up the driveway now and she'd got someone with her... a guy."

"What guy?" Nancy asked, coming into the kitchen.

Her younger daughter didn't know and so didn't answer.

"I asked you a question."

Not answering, Jess smiled and continued peeling while looking down at the couple and wondered if they were together for sex.

"God you're insolent," snapped her mother and Jess said, "You are so bossy."

"Go to you room!"

"Stop over-reacting mom. Billie will be inside in a minute introducing you. Then your curiosity will be sated."

"How can you sate curiosity?"

"Mom go and greet your favorite daughter."

With her mom gone, Jess booted the kitchen computer used mainly for diary appointments to be flagged, storing names and addresses on a database and storing recipes on a database.

Her mom's question had made her less sure about her usage of sate as in sating a curiosity. She smiled as the web-based dictionary gave her one meaning 'to satisfy a desire'.

Jess selected through loaded family photos on the home computer network, found one of Billie nude as a three-year-old. She made it the desktop background and left the computer running and smiled. 

She finished the apples, left them in a bowl of water with a plate over them to keep them under the surface to stop them turning brown. Her grandmother had taught her that last summer when she was there on vacation. Jess cleaned away and then went out to look the guy over.

"Nick this is my younger daughter Jessica."

"Hi Nick, common usage says it's Jess."

"Then Jess it is Jess," he smiled.

"Midwest?"

"Yes Chicago actually."

"What do you do?"

"Nick is an attorney in our Chicago office," said Billie. "He's here to relax, not to answer unnecessary questions."

"I'll get drinks. A beer for you Nick?"

"Please I'll help carry."

"There's no need Nick, Jess can managed," Billie said but he replied that he'd help.

He followed Jess to the kitchen and she hit a button to wake up the computer. The visitor looked at the desktop background image and said, "Oh I see that Billie has a wicked little sister."

"How do you know that image is not of me?"

"There would be no other reason for such an image to be on the desktop. What will she do when she comes in and sees it?"

"Scream and run after me and say she'll murder me."

Nick, who was tanned, tall, broad-shouldered and handsome although had a scar running mid-cheek to his mouth, said, "You appear to be an exciting young woman. Billie said on the way here you recently dropped out of college."

"I suppose technically that's correct. I have a bachelor degree in business management and decided to have a year off before continuing with my studies. My family expected me to go at least one rung higher. I haven't managed to find work yet."

Nick smiled. "If you come to Chicago I probably could find you work through clients."

"That's a lovely offer but you know nothing about my expertise or ability to fit in with a team."

"Billie said you are a natural in everything you do, that you are brilliant. In that case I suspect business studies at college bored you stupid."

"You know too much Nick. Are you seducing my sister?"

"That's a project under action and that's all I'm saying."

Jess, wondering how he got his tan, said, "Billie is bossy but a high achiever and like mom is tough on other people but having babies will bring her into line."

"Is that a recommendation in respect of your sister or a warning?"

"It's your choice. You appear intelligent. Take these two wines in before my sister thinks you're out here seducing me."

Billie came in and said, "I thought you two couldn't find the refrigerator and ... what the hell. Jess you bitch!"

"What's the problem?" said Nick. "I asked Jess who was that in the picture and she hesitated and admitted it was her."

"She said it was her?"

The attorney replied expertly, "She asked me how I knew it wasn't her. Is it you?"

"Yes it's me when I three. She put this on-screen to embarrass me. Why did you lie to Nick?"

Nick jumped in before Jess could answer. "Conscience I suspect."

"Jess doesn't have a conscience Nick."

"She also was telling me why she'd dropped out of college."

That made Billie focus. "Why?"

"Because she was bored stupid and decided to take a year off from study."

Billie who'd warned Jess she would find business studies dull, looked really surprised and said to Jess, "You just told us you'd quit."

"Yes and that's all you guys wanted to hear before slamming into me."

After that conversation continued for another minute and was going nowhere Nick said diplomatically, "Shall we join your mother?"

Twenty-six year old Billie looked exhausted after entertaining Nick for three days before he returned home. The family didn't discuss her appearance and lack of energy but Jess was pleased for her sister.

Three days later Nick Mace called her.

"Hi," she said in surprised. "Got your mojo back yet? You left my sister looking like a gutted fish."

He ignored that and so she said, "How did you get my unlisted cell phone number?"

"At your home. It was on the wall beside the kitchen telephone."

"Oh clever boy."

He asked wasn't she interested in knowing why he was phoning her?

She replied no but said she guessed he intended telling her.

"I have secured a job offer for you."

"What sort of job offer?"

"Isn't it usual to first say thanks for making the effort?"

"That's only politeness. You are self-assured enough to not require petty accolades."

"God you're tough."

"Please get on with it. Time is money to you."

Nick sighed and gave her a number to call and said goodbye but waited for her response.

"Thanks for not disappointing me Nick. I didn't think you were a taker and thought you might do something to find work that might interest me. Please marry my sister. You'd make a great brother. Bye.

She heard him say "Jesus" as she cut the call.

Although it was only approaching 10:30 in the morning, Jess drank a vodka on the rocks. She didn't wish to sound edgy when making the call.

"Amelia speaking."

"Good morning. I'm Jess Jason. Nick Mace called and..."

"Yes I understand. I'm Nick's mother. Has he told you what this is about?"

"No not a word Mrs Mace and I didn't press him knowing that he'd an attorney and that's a fee-based occupation. When he was talking to me privately during work time I was aware he was eroding his fee-charging potential and so kept the call short."

"How interesting you should know such detail when you're not an attorney. But Nick did tell me he thinks you are extraordinarily bright."

"Well I trust he hasn't over-sold me."

"Knowing my son I would think not. My sister in Charleston, South Carolina, is in a bit of a mess. She was widowed recently and has not been coping well, emotionally I mean. There's nothing wrong with her mentally; it's depression. Whenever I or my husband or Nick spend time with her she appears quite okay but when we go the weepiness and desire to become a recluse return."

"So you want me to live with her as a paid companion?"

"I was getting to that."

"Well I got there first. Yes I'll do it."

"But you know nothing about my sister and her situation and the terms and conditions ..."

"It sounds better than sitting around here. I haven't been to South Carolina."

They talked another fifteen minutes, Amelia doing most of the talking.

Amelia asked what salary did she think would be appropriate. Anna was very wealthy.

"Two grand a week plus all found plus agreement that I get some time off."

Amelia said she would get Anna to contact Jess and took her postal address.

Jess, who soon would turn twenty-two, didn't mind the thought of being a companion to an old lady for that kind of money. And with the woman being wealthy the apartment wouldn't be pokey or drab.

Three days later a letter arrived for Jess and she told her parents as she left the dinner table that evening, "I'm off to pack. I have a job in South Carolina and leave in the morning."

Nancy arrived in the bedroom suite with coffee and said, "This is so sudden."

"Yeah want to hear about it?"

Jess's mom handed over the coffee and sat down with her coffee knowing her youngest daughter was about to sate her curiosity. She often did. Nancy smiled remembering she'd only recently learned that term about sating curiosity from Jess.

Jess arrived in Charleston next day and looked as directed when emerging from the exit for arrivals for an African-American wearing a dark suit and holding up her name neatly written on whiteboard.

"Hi Mr Holliday I'm Jess Jason."

"Aw Miss, you are so young."

"That's only because I haven't had time to become older."

He showed a mouthful of big very white teeth. "You funny lady call me Tom."

"Will Mrs Hester allow that?"

"I'm not saying. These days Miss Anna is up and down about what she thinks."

"So what does she call you?"

"Tom."

"Well then Tom, take me to the apartment."

"What apartment?"

Jess sighed and said where Miss Anna lived.

"She lives in a house, a very big house and you are being put in the guest quarters."

Jess looked at him closely until he said he didn't lie.

The car appeared new, a mid-sized black Mercedes. Tom drove well and pointed out landmarks after being told Jess had never been to the city before.

"Where do you come from Jess? To the north I think."

"Manhattan Island."

"Is that in America?"

"No Canada."

"Eh?"

"If we joke like this Tom, we'll never know what each other is talking about."

"I have a sister who lives in Greenwich Village and have visited her and her family three times."

"What does she do?"

"Paints like Miss Anna."

"The truth now Tom."

"Miss Anna paints what are called landscapes. Her paintings used to sell for big money but she stopped painting when Mr William got sick and then died. He'd become very wealthy as an international art dealer, selling modern American paintings mainly in Europe and Russia. My sister's husband was his agent in New York and now operates the business that he and two investors purchased from Miss Anna."

They arrived in Brickyard Plantation at Mt Pleasant inside thirty minutes, bypassing the city center, at the two-level home that Tom said was twelve years old.

"We have water not too far away on three sides of us with the ocean beyond barrier islands just over that way," said Tom but we don't experience the trouble some areas have from hurricanes."

Hurricanes? Yes she was in South Carolina, Jess thought. Where she lived it was rare to experience anything worse than hurricane warnings.

"There's Miss Anna coming out to greet you."

Jess was surprised. The elegantly-dressed, slender and rather beautiful woman appeared no older than forty.

"Jess darling," the brunette waved to the tall and curvy blonde. "How lovely to see you. I've been looking so forward to your arrival. Amelia believes you appear to have the personality to pull me out of my depression."

"Are you on medication for that?"

"Yes and sleeping pills."

Jess left that for the moment. But after they'd toured the house and sat for coffee, served by the young African-American woman called Lily who, was shy and smiled ever so sweetly, Jess said, "I need to ask you something Mrs Hester."

"Please call me Anna and think of this place as your home."

"Thank you Anna. If I am to work effectively on you I want you to come off your medication for depression and your sleeping pills, either abruptly or gradually but not too gradually."

"Well before I decide anything I must consult my physician."

"How old is he or she?"

"Dr Robson is in her mid-thirties. I changed from old Dr Reynolds after the death of my husband. I always though he over-prescribed medicine."

"Good and that's my view about older medics too. May I come and explain to Dr Robson what I'm expecting from you."

"Yes of course. And what am I to expect from you?"

"A build up in physical activity, probably a big change in diet and lots of laughter."

"I rarely find reason to laugh these days and I no longer exercise. People said I married my husband for his money and I suspected for a time that I had. But although he was nineteen years my senior he was a most generous man in spirit and I came to love him dearly and now I miss him so."

"Well that's fine but we will have to find how to persuade you to let go."

"I'm not getting rid of his things..."

"You won't have to until you are ready for that. But most things will have to be stored away."

"I don't know if I will tolerate that."

"We'll see."

Anna looked steadily as Jess. "Are you planning to beat me?"

"I hadn't thought of that but if you are a masochist...?"

"Good gracious no. I'm surprised you even know that word or feel you can change me."

"I know a little about many things and then what I think I need to know I find out. When we visit Dr Robson I'd like ten minutes to talk to her alone."

"About me?"

"Yes."

"Very well. You appear to be very thorough. And Anna please believe me, as far as I'm aware everyone who really knows me appears to think I'm a lovely person."

"Are you?"

"A great question Anna. The answer is yes. When did you last tour Florida?"

"I've only been to Miami but several times."

"Well when I hear you laughing and singing we'll tour Florida. I've longed to do that."

"Well don't expect to be doing that anytime soon."

"Anna Hester, please behave yourself. Making negative statements like that do you no good at all."

"Jesus," Anna said in surprise and smiled when Jess burst into laughter.

When the housekeeper came in to collect the coffee tray, Jess said, "Lily would you please remove all of Mr Hester's personal things from this room and store them away carefully. But please leave that painting of him untouched."

Lily looked at Anna. 

"Miss Jess is here to try to make me better Lily. Do what she asks."

"Um Miss Anna?"

"Yes Lily?"

"Is Miss Jess old enough to know what she is doing when your doctor and those two psychologists have failed to return you to happiness?"

"I have no idea Lily. My sister has sent her."

"Pardon me for saying this Miss Anna, but if it had been Mr Nick who sent Miss Jess I would have been more confident about the decision because Mr Nick has an aura. I know because I've seen it, twice."

Anna looked at the housemaid with interest. "Is that so Lily? In that case you should be told that my nephew met Miss Jess when he visited her home with her sister and he told his mother about Miss Jess.

Lily smiled. "Miss Jess will make you better Miss Anna."

"God what was that all about?" Jess asked when Lily had left the room.

"Folk around here like Lily with ancestral links stretching to Africa think a little differently to European-linked Americans. Whether they have powers is a matter of debate. Most people like me tend to accept people are entitled to believe what they want to believe. You are at liberty to read into what Lily said and believe whatever you wish but please just don't tell her she's talking nonsense."

"I won't. I have a special attachment to my maternal grandmother. She unquestionably appears to possess some sort of force and several times I've thought I've been on the verge of seeing her aura when I felt it was there."

"Well Jess you are not alone about that. When I was young I often saw my mother's aura, or at least I believed I had. I feel like a drink, an alcoholic drink. I take it I'm allowed alcohol?"

"No more than two moderate alcoholic drinks a day should be fine."

"That's all I have anyway, even when I'm really blue."

They chatted and Jess said, "Are your paints and paint brushes ready for use?"

"Yes because I work in oils when I do paint. I suspect you know I won't paint so you'll be asking me to teach you in the hope of rekindling my interest?"

"You are too smart for me Anna. I was told you painted wonderfully but had stopped painting. Yes it could be therapeutic for you to instruct me. I took painting at high school for three years as my art option."

"Right we'll start in the morning. You have an appointment in ten minutes."

"I have?"

There was no answer from Anna who walked from the room, not looking back.

Ten minutes later Lily came into the room where Jess was reading.

"Young Mr Harlow is here to take you to tennis Miss Jess."

Jess thought all this intrigue was beginning to get at her. It was time to challenge it.

"And who is Mr Harlow?"

"He's the son of one of Miss Anna's friends."

"And what is this about tennis?"

"Mr Harlow and his sister Aveny and her boyfriend will be playing tennis with you."

Jess said firmly, "And why wasn't I briefed about this Jack?"

"I suspect because you didn't ask but that is a matter for you to discuss with Miss Anna."

Jess threw up her hands and sighed.

"Tell the guy I'll be five minutes."

Fortunately Nancy Mason, Nick's mom, had told her to take tennis apparel and footwear with her because tennis was very popular with many of Anna's friends.

The blond good-looking guy of about twenty stood smiling and said hi Jess.

"Good afternoon Mr Harlow."

"It's Jack. The plan is two games of tennis and you then have dinner with us. I understand you just arrived an hour or so ago."

"Yes and I'm sorry I kept you waiting."

"Females do that to me all the time but it's rare to receive an apology. Shall we go?"

They approached the dark green sports car.

"Do you know what this car is?"

"I guess is your mother's Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet."

Jack stopped, and looked amazed. "I thought you might guess it was a Porsche but..."

"I do know a bit about cars. You are about twenty so wouldn't be able to own a new car like this unless your parents were stupid. If it were a guy's car it would be yellow, or red or black I think. And that left me to conclude it was your mother's car. This is scarcely rocket science Jack."

"I was told you were a little different."

"Who told you that?"

Jack remained tight-lipped but grinned when Jess said, "If it was Lily I'll screw her tits off. Tom likes me would not have bad-mouthed me. Let me drive."

"God Jess mom would have a fit."

"I thought you'd be chicken."

He appeared nonplussed and then said, "Of course you may drive."

Jess drove sedately like a granny. But when Jack pointed up ahead to a house on a hill and said, "The drive is steep so don't lose revs."

Jess saw a group of people on the lawn beside the tennis court and decided to make a grand entrance.

She drove across the sidewalk, shifted into second-gear and began the ascent at a speed too fast for Jack.

He cringed but manfully said nothing.

At the top of the driveway the flat area was covered in white gravel chips. Jess slowed and tapped the gas pedal to turn 180 degrees without sending too much gravel flying, neatly slid into park just ahead of the line of other vehicles.

The watching crowd was dead silent until a middle-aged woman, in a white cocktail dress and floral turban and gorgeous sunglasses, said loudly, "At last my new car has found someone who can really drive it."

Conversation buzzed.

"Jesus," Jack said. "I might have crapped myself."

"Perhaps I should have told my mom has an elderly 911 and I thrash it," Jess smiled. "Go and change your briefs."

"I was only joking Jess. Please...."

"Don't say anything? Of course not. I'm not a loudmouth."

Jack grabbed her tote and in one hand and took Jess by her hand and led her to the woman wearing the turban.

"Mom this is Jess Jason who arrived from Chicago earlier today to be Mrs Hester's companion."


A Little Different, Indeed!



"God, I hate these things" she said to herself under her breath. She leaned closer to the mirror to apply her mascara on the long eyelashes that framed her blue eyes. He sauntered into the bathroom to survey her progress. 

"Did you say something?" he asked, knowing what she had said under her breath. 

"No ..... " but her tone belied her words. 

"Um-hmmm" came his sarcastic reply. "I actually heard what you said. I just wanted to see of you would repeat yourself." 

She righted herself from over the vanity and whirled around to face him, her blue eyes flashing with anger. "Well, I do! These functions are always so boring and staid. I hate your co-workers, and franky, I think most of them hate me, too!" 

"Maybe this party will be just a little different" he teased, and left her to her primping.

Wondering what he had meant, she pulled her hose up her legs. She normally wasn't this type of woman - - - she preferred jeans, sweatshirts, and hiking boots to dresses, hose, and heels - - - - but even she had to admit to herself that once all the preparation was over with, she felt more attractive and even caught herself flirting at these stupid corporate parties. Her dress, while simple in its style, enhanced her ample curves just perfectly. 

She looked at herself in the mirror, evaluating the "finished product". "Not bad, old girl, not bad ..." she smiled at the reflection staring back at her. At 38, she still felt like a teenager inside, but there was never any fooling that person in the mirror. 

He sneaked into the room, watching her stare at herself. He had been attracted to her face from the start - - - - having seen only pictures that she had carefully selected.  They had corresponded on the computer at first, but once they finally met, it was not only the way she carried herself, but also her incredible body that had mesmerized him. He loved her softness, her curves, ALL of her - - - and he was careful to tell her so. She had convinced herself, however, that it was her wit, charm, and verve that had kept him coming back for more - - - - despite all his declairations otherwise. She never could understand that even though she didn't see herself as perfect, he, in fact, did.

"Ready?" he asked, pretending to come into the room. 

"I think so ...." her voice trailed off, telling him that she was looking for some confirmation of how she looked. 

He smiled broadly, his brown eyes wrinkling up in delight. "You look FANTASTIC!" 

"Thank you, but ...." her eyes lowered and she blushed.  

Reaching out to her with his fingers, he tipped her chin up, forcing her eyes to meet his. "You really do, you know, " he said as his lips sought hers. 

His tongue brushed her teeth and slipped inside her mouth, teasing her tongue into a frenzied dance. His arms encircled her, pulling her close, as the kiss deepened. She felt his cock rise against her hip.  

Breaking the kiss, he stared into her eyes and said, "As much as I would love to stay here and make love to you, we really do have to put in an appearance at this thing. But I want you to know what you do to me ......" He reached over and took her hand, guiding it down to the front of his suitpants. He wrapped her hand around his hard cock, and looked into her eyes. "This ........ " he said, squeezing her hand, "is what you do to me!" She blushed hotly as she followed him out to their car.

Arriving at his boss' home, the couple took their usual places: he within the "power circle" of the corporate bigwigs, she on the couch amongst the women of the group. Chit-chat was one of her strengths - - - she knew how to switch gears from conversation to conversation, engaging everyone in each group in lively banter. 

He always watched her, even when she was unaware, admiring the way she handled each person in the room. Although she thought she was reviled, the truth was that no one in his organization could get enough of her. She never ceased to dazzle his collegues. "She is fantastic" they would say. "Is there anything she doesn't know?" He would smile and say, "Not that I've been able to find, that is!" but in his mind, he would always answer that question with, "Yes, she doesn't know how wonderful she is".

Midway through the night, he caught her eye and motioned with his head toward the hallway. She nodded with her eyes, and began to work her way toward him.  They met in the hall, and he took her hand, leading her up a staircase to an upstairs bathroom. 


The home they were in was immense, and he knew it would take the party a while to notice their absence. He had carefully planned this - - -- knowing that this bathroom was far enough away from the party that no one would come looking in there. He pulled her into the bathroom and closed the door, locking it. 

"What are you doing?!?!?" she protested, but he silenced her with a hard, passionate kiss. The flames of passion rose in her, as did her fear of being discovered. "We can't do this here!" she whispered, feeling his hands go to her breasts, his thumbs teasing her nipples to attention. 

"I told you this party may be different" he replied, "Just be quiet and enjoy."  He unzipped her dress, catching it around her hips and pulling it away from her body. He draped it carefully over the shower door so it would not get wrinkled. 

When he turned back to her, he found her standing with her arms folded across her body. "No! I want to see you" he admonished, and held her arms out to the side. He pushed her bra up over her breasts, and took one of the swollen nipples into his mouth, gently biting down. 

"SSSSSSSS...." she sucked air in through clenched teeth. "Oooohhhhhhhh...." He smiled, knowing full well what this was doing to her. 

She kicked off her heels, and he reached down with one move, removing her hose. His hand went into the front of her panties, his fingers parting her pussy lips, slipping inside her warmth. "Oh, God!" she moaned quietly. 

His mouth was now on her neck - - - kissing and sucking wetly - - - - as her hand gripped his wrist. His fingers moved inside her, bringing another gasp of pleasure. He pushed the panties down just over her hips, and then he straightened up, gripping her around the waist. He hoisted her up to sit on the vanity.

He saw a small bench sitting at a makeup mirror across the bathroom. He retrieved it, and placed it at her feet. He then swept her thighs open with his hands. He positioned himself between them, placing her legs over his shoulders and spread her pussy lips with his fingers. 

She was so wet. He observed her clit throbbing and knew she was on the brink without so much as a lick. "Oh, please!" he heard her moan as he inched his mouth forward, breathing hotly on her clit - - - - teasing her. He flattened his tongue, and swept it up her slit, taking in all the juices.  She always tasted so good! 

"UHGGGHHHHH!" she arched and came on his tongue as he flicked her clit. 

"Easy, baby," he said quietly, "don't get us caught!" - - - - as he slipped two fingers into her moistness. He pressed them up and found her G-spot, rotating them slightly, and began to massage her to another climax. 

Her pussy gushed as she screamed into the guest towel she had cleverly stuffed into her mouth. As she came down from the cum, she glanced down and watched as he withdrew his fingers from her and sucked her sweetness from them. "That is SO SEXY!" she moaned to him. Rising, he leaned over her, kissing her mouth hotly and transferring her juices for her to taste. 

She saw the bulge in his pants. She wanted him .... inside her ... filling her ... NOW! Sitting up, her hands moved to the front of his pants and unzipped them, his hard cock springing into view. 

She was always so thrilled to see his cock - - it always made her gasp with delight to know how she affected him. To know it was her, and her alone, that made him so excited. Her hand wrapped around the shaft, and she began to slowly stroke him. 

"Ahhhhhh..." he groaned. She loved to hear him. She loved the sounds of good sex. But he was not wanting to be delicate about this encounter. He pushed her hand away, and gripped her hips, lining up his cock at the entrance to her pussy.  

"God, she's so wet and hot!" he thought as he pushed roughly forward, empaling her on his cock completely in one thrust. 

"Oh, YES" she whispered against his shoulder, gripping him with her legs as he hammered into her steaming box. "I'm going to come!" And come she did, her spasms causing him to slow in order not to hurt her. 

He pushed himself deeply into her, holding there until she could recover. He could feel her cum run out of her, down his balls, but he didn't care. All he wanted was to make love to this magnificent woman. To fill her. To be a part of her and make her whole - - - - if only for a moment. 

He supported himself against the vanity and began to move again inside her. She turned her face up to him and his lips once again possessed hers. His tongue explored her mouth. 

Slipping to kiss her neck, he felt his balls tense in their sac. He knew he was about to cum, and whispered to her, "Do you want me to cum in you?" 

"No .... let me drink you..." she replied. 

"Okay .... get ready" he said, thrusting once, twice, and, gripping his shaft, he pulled out. She slid off the vanity, taking the head of his cock in her mouth just as the first of his semen exploded from him. 

"Oh, yes, baby, suck me!" he whispered hoarsly, feeling her mouth milk his seed from him. "Take it all .... drink me!" She cupped his scrotum lovingly, careful not to over-stimulate him.  She normally refused to swallow his offerings, but this night, she changed her mind and he couldn't have been more pleased.

She stood, and he took her face in his hands and kissed her.  He could taste himself on her tongue, and it was not at all unpleasant for him. He held her for a moment, allowing her to regain her composure, murmuring, "You are so beautiful. I love you!" over and over again. He then ran some warm water on a washcloth and helped her clean herself. 

They dressed quietly and, one-at-a-time, rejoined the party downstairs. No one seemed the wiser, but every time she felt her bare legs rub together under her dress, she would look across the room at him and smile.  This party had been just a little different indeed, and she suddenly couldn't wait for the next one! 



A Little Different



"Yes of course. Welcome dear. My you are exceedingly attractive."

"Thank you Mrs um Jack's mom. It's already said around here already that I'm a little different."

"Well thank god for that. You might be just what Anna needs and she's unusual enough to almost be called odd. But very talented. Are you talented Jess... oh please call me Daphne."

"I could scrape through if you accepted the meaning of talented as meaning I do a lot of things well."

"Hmmm. Something tells me you are quite a character Jess. Now let the games begin. Let me introduce you to these other six people. First this is my eldest child Aveny."

Jess took an instant liking to the beautiful brunette and hoped they'd become friends.

Later she and Aveny exchanged phone numbers.

Jack drove Jess home around 9:00 and said, "I watched you carefully. You were playing at half pace and could have beaten any of us and two of the girls and Jason are pretty good."

"You see too much young man. As it is some of those people there will remember who I am and might wish to see me again. The opposite would have happened had I unleashed and anyway, it was only social tennis. Do you have a car?"

"Yes but it's a bit untidy but is reliable."

"Want to take my somewhere tomorrow evening and have sex? Jesus Jack you almost sideswiped that parked car."

"You shocked me. I had thought of asking for a date but you are a couple of years older than me and I... well I feared rejection. And you offered sex."

"Well I've neglected that part of my life lately and am feeling a bit horny. But I'm sorry if I disgusted..."

"Like hell you did Jess. I'm almost blown away. I can believe my luck."

"Well Jack be in the right place at the right time looking good and you'll strike lucky with other women of your age. And learn to ask for it Jack and learn not to worry about being told no. Once you cross those hurdles well... just cross those hurdles Jack."

They had a long kiss and he said, sounding rather disappointed, that she'd not attempted to touch him.

"That's another thing Jack. When you are working on a woman, don't rush her. Just apply a little push here and there and let it happen."

"God I'm glad I've met you. Oh Aveny is rather excited about you too. Her impression is you are very mature for your age and appear an exceedingly pleasant person. You don't think that means... um?""

"I'm sure it doesn't Jack. Unlike guys, we women only think sex some of the time."

An hour later Jess received bad news.

Jack called her and sounded quite upset.

"Mom forbids me to date you?"

"What because I'm not local?"

He sniffed. She says you have too much horsepower for me, that I need time to mature.

"What?"

"Don't get upset. My sister wishes to chat."

Aveny proved to be a calming influence. She advised Jess not to take the ban personally and she would continue to be welcome at their home.

"Mom had a rumble with a guy four years her senior when she was eighteen and her relationship with grandma was never the same again. She fears this happening with Jack.

"God Aveny, I was only after a fuck."

Aveny laughed and spluttered. "God Jess, you're upfront. I'll come over in the morning and introduce you to a near neighbor who is also a little different. Some months ago he completed a masters in English Lit, intending to go on to become a university lecturer in writing but instead is holed up in the basement of his parent's home and is writing short stories for his Blog site that interested people can download for five bucks and is already scratching a living from that. He's good-looking and rather nice but is, er, different."

"In what way?"

"Well we all appear to have our opinions. I leave it to you to decide for yourself. Actually perhaps you might see him as thinking much like you."

"I think like everyone else."

Aveny laughed and said, "Oh yeah? You are a very full-on person Jess. Believe me."

The tall Scott Wright opened the door and leered at Aveny and then switched to looking polite when noticing she had someone with her.

"Well are we being asked in for coffee? This is Jess Jason who's from Chicago."

"Oh Mrs Chester's minder. I expected she would be oldish and thin-lipped with spectacles and leaving a trail of violet scent."

"Spectacles?" Jess said. "Are you quoting from Victorian literature?"

Scott looked at her in surprise. 

"Please come in Jess, oh and you too Aveny."

"Have you and Aveny been lovers?"

"Jesus," said Scott and he and Aveny flushed.

"Jess!"

"Oh sorry guys. I came to the conclusion and to me is seems logical to express it if we are alone like this to avoid possible embarrassment but why should people be embarrassed about such a thing is beyond me."

"Jess is a little different," Aveny whispered but Scott said eh? She repeated the comment whispering louder and of course Jess overhead that but gave no reaction.

Scott closed the door behind them and said, "Welcome to the neighborhood Jess. My impression is you'll be quite an asset."

"Yesterday, soon after her arrival here, Jess drove mom's car at least 25 miles an hour up our driveway and completed with a 180 to park it."

"Jesus. Did you mother have kittens?"

"Yes and I have bruising on my arm where she gripped me. Jess conned Jack into letting her drive when he arrived to pick her up because she told him what the vehicle was and the model when they were some distance off so her assumed she was an authority on sports cars. He said he almost wet himself when she sped up the driveway with only minimal braking going into each tight bend."

"Very impressive Jess."

"Do you have a 911?"

Before he could respond Aveny chipped in, "See what I mean?"

"Yes a 1995 coupe."

"Ah the 993. Rear-wheel drive or four-wheel?"

"Rear wheel. How do you know this?"

"Mom has the model before yours, a 1992 Carrera 2 painted midnight blue pearl. I drive it had occasionally read up on the history to keep up to date. Yours will be black."

Scott shook his head. "That is just an outrageous guess. There's no way you could know that... oh unless Aveny told you."

Jess pointed to a picture on the wall behind Scott. Aveny laughed and he looked sheepish. He said that was a great day in his unspectacular driving life, the day he finished third in a club open hill climb.

After coffee Jess said she must go before Mrs Hester began her day at 10:30.

"She's agreed to help me to brush up on my painting technique this morning."

"Omigod," Aveny cried. "Do you mind if I tell mom that. This is a great coupe for you and will impress mom. Mrs Hester has refused all attempts to persuade her to pick up a brush again."

"Yes but it's no big deal. All I did was to ask."

"Perhaps but it's how you asked I bet made the breakthrough," Aveny said.

At the door Scott said, "Hey guys come to dinner this evening."

"Sorry I can't but Jess can," Aveny said before Jess could reply for herself.

"Great, come at 7:00 Jess."

Aveny kissed Jess goodbye.

"Enjoy yourself tonight. Scots great at sex but I was discarded just like all the others Do you need condoms?"

"Er yes," Jess said, a little taken aback.

"He's had many women darling, and one never knows where they've been."

CHAPTER 2

Anna appeared at 10:30 and Jess ran to her and kissed her.

"Omigod, affection. Thank you dear. You are not required to do that."

"I want to because I already like you very much and I need to because you have to be dragged kicking and squealing back into the real world. The world and the people around you didn't stop to mark time while you went through your crisis."

"How simplistic and forthright you are darling. You really are great company for me. Please ask Lily to bring coffee up to the studio."

"Um Anna, perhaps I might be rushing you..."

"Darling don't back off now. I'm committed to try doing what you ask because you instinctively appear to be pushing the right buttons."

"Right I'll go and find Lily."

"Excellent. The studio is the main attic."

Jess entered the huge, white-painted studio with windows permanently blocked out but the entire northern wall that never saw the sun was all glass and flooded the room with natural light. There were framed paintings in piles under dust clothes.

"Are these works in progress or unsold?"

"They are my investment. I have collected well-known artists, past and present, for years. Better-known quality artists are an excellent investment. I have a small stack of works in progress on that far table. God it's good being back in here."

"May I look at what you have on the easel?"

"Of course. Nowhere in this house is forbidden to you except my panty drawer."

They laughed.

Jess knew she was being watched closely as she lifted the canvas protective cover and threw it back over the top of the easel.

She stepped back to examine the work.

"Well?"

"It's of your late husband in his prime."

"And?"

"It is beautifully executed so far."

"I would have thought I would have received better than sweetened praise from you."

"You might not like hearing it."

There was no response.

"I cannot believe anyone could marry the likes of you and be such a sad sack. You wouldn't have gone 100 feet of such a person if expecting romance."

There was no response.

Jess turned and rushed over calling, "Anna I sorry, I'm so sorry."

Anna's face was a huge scowl and her hands on her lap were clenching and unclenching. She sobbed, "Don't touch me."

Jess held Anna tightly and slowly Anna hugged her and began sobbing.

"Coffee is here Miss Anna," Lily said. "I can see Miss Jess is succeeding with you."

Lily looked at the painting. "Miss Anna, what have you done? Mr William never looked like that in repose. He was a very happy man."

Anna burst into tears and Lily said, "I guess you have said something like that to her Miss Jess. I would be much obliged if you can make her paint Mr William how he was. She's the one who's unhappy, not Mr William."

Lily left and Jess served coffee after covering the canvass and making no further reference to it.

"Daphne Harlow called this morning for her usual chat. She said you are a most impressive lady."

"She seems very nice."

"She also asked that you don't misunderstand her action in telling Jack she didn't want him dating you because he's still immature and she had a bad experience herself with an older date when she was eighteen and..."

"Yes Aveny explained that to me this morning. I think Aveny and I are going to be good friends. She introduced me this morning to Scott Wright. He seems interesting."

"Yes I know about Scott Wright. He abandoned becoming a scholar to write trash on a website that people buy for a few dollars. His mother is horrified that he's thrown away his education like this."

"Well he can always resume an academic career but would need a doctorate. Shouldn't he, like you, do what he wants to do?"

"Um well since you put it that way, I guess so."

"He's invited me to have dinner with him tonight."

Anna said, "Jess I must warn you he's a user of women."

"Providing he's not an abuser of women I have no problem with that."

"I've not heard adverse comment about his behavior, only about the number of women he's seduced."

Jess looked steadily at Anna who flushed and finally said, "No not with Scott. But his father caught me once at a weak moment."

"Omigod Anna, you're human after all. That's such a relief to me."

Anna smiled and looked at Jess quite fondly.

"I've set up that small easel for you and drawn two bisecting squares and placed some pastels there. Show me what you can do quickly and accurately in coloring in each division with judicial use of colors so the overall effect is harmonious."

Anna went to her work and uncovered it and sat looking at it.

"Are you planning how to change the expression with minimum reworking?"

"Yes and so you can work and concentrate and talk at the same time."

"Yes, I'm female."

Anna laughed but said usually to required refinement of skills to operate at several levels simultaneously.

"Oh I wouldn't know. I just do things like that without thinking."

Jess sat back and Anna can over to inspect the work.

"You get a pass. It's very neat with the coloring evenly spread. As for the choice of colors, well young people are not so rigid about color clashes.

"You mean red and green should never been seen?"

"Yes and blue and green and brown and black. I suppose it's rubbish but there's no doubt many color combination do appear absolutely perfect but I concede that might only be in some eyes of beholders. The point is you have displayed some obvious skills. Now here's one of my landscapes I began and discarded and here's the photograph of the scene. Let my get you started on this."

"It's rather insipid."

"Oh really? That was the very reason why I decided to cease working on it. But for you it is elementary painting, a useful exercise."

They worked through till Lily arrived to call them to lunch at 1:30.

"God this has been so exciting, so creatively challenging for me. You ought to be an art teacher."

"No thank you darling. All pupils will not be enthused and loaded with basic skills like you. You are attempting to wind me along but I find myself not resisting your wiles."

* * *

Jess, with her hair done up and wearing a short black cocktail dress with gold string belt, approached Scott's basement home when a voice called, "Up here Jess. We're having dinner up here. I couldn't resist changing arrangements when Scott said that at last he's met my intellectual superior."

Rather taken aback Jess hammed it up. She screwed up her face, half-close an eye and dropped the other corner of who mouth and said, "Who me."

The mother almost jumped backwards. "I'm apologize miss. I've mistaken you for the young woman who's living with Anna Chester."

Scott appeared at the woman's side and said, "Hi Jess. Come up. That's only mom's weird sense of humor."

Mrs Wright kissed Jess and introduced her banker husband Hammond and then watched Scott kiss the guest and Jess closed her eyes to give the impression she enjoyed being kissed by the womanizer. God she was glad she'd dressed up. Meredith was wearing a full length gown and diamond and gold jewelry and her husband was in a dark suit and tie. Scott, who probably didn't own a suit, was neat in a fresh polo and clean blue jeans.

Hammond, handing Jess her requested Martini said, "It is rare for Scott to be impressed by a woman."

"That suggests his judgment is spiked by his overwhelming respect for his mother."

Hammond grinned and said, "You have a silver tongue young lady."

"You have only been here in Charleston for two days. I can't understand how you could have met my son so quickly."

"I can suggest only two possibilities Mrs Wright. The first is I emit some kind of scent strong enough for Scott to track down or we were introduced by a mutual acquaintance called Aveny Harlow."

"God Jess, you are provocative," Mrs Wright smiled. "Yes I can see how it occurred. You are staying with Anna and she is friends with both mothers who have a child roughly the same age as you."

"Well enough of this piffle," said Hammond. "What is your opinion of America's involvement in Middle East police-keeping Jess?"

"Is police-keeping a polite way of avoiding direct military intervention to protect oil supply?" Mr Wright

"Um well the two rather bisect I suggest."

"Well any belief of Americans that American military might would bring peace to the Middle East will never be fulfilled. There are too many factions and too many ideologies involved and America is the unwelcome interloper. Could you imagine how you'd feel if Middle East financiers invaded Wall Street and said to the American people, "We are your friends, here to sort out your financial follies and to return your great country to economic stability through reforms you'll find acceptable, we believe."

"I need another drink," Hammond said, swallowing two fingers of whisky in a choking gulp and hurried to the bar.

"Wow that's defused him," Meredith smiled. "Dear according to what Anna told me, she expects you to be more than a companion to her, that you will be the person who gets her back to normal. If you don't mind me saying this, I find her confidence difficult to accept."

"That's fine. The only person to cure Anna is Anna herself. The only support she requires is someone who can stimulate her self-belief and then to motivate her." 

Meredith said, ""Are you sure that's enough? What training have you had in handling deep-seated grief and depression?"

"Absolutely none at all but commonsense can be a more powerful tool than many people appreciate. Just be patient. I'm confident you'll soon notice change for the better."

"Like what?"

"She's already laughing more and I had her tutoring me in painting this morning."

"What? She absolutely refused to go up to the studio."

"Well something or somebody has led to that change. That's all I need to say."

"Omigod."

Later as Jess and Scott were leaving, she kissed Meredith and whispered, "Please keep this to yourself but within a month I expect Anna to be throwing a coming out again party for family and close friends. Then she and I will be off on a tour of Florida." 

"Please try to achieve those two goals," Meredith said, hugging her. "You are such a sweet young woman."

* * * 

"Do you want me to walk you home or do you want to do something else?" Scott asked.

"It's not a real date unless there's lots of kissing?"

He grinned and pulled her to the basement door. 

* * *

When serving Saturday lunch Lily said, "We are low on vodka ma'am."

"Thank you Lily, I'll instruct Tom."

Jess said, "Yes do that Anna but after lunch you and I will don sunhats and walk down to the village and buy just one bottle."

"Walk?"

"Yes it's something you do with both feet."

Lily, who'd appeared horrified, was now suppressing her mirth.

Anna said very well.

"I'll ask Tom to drive down to the liquor store and you can ride back."

"That won't be necessary. I'm a mental invalid, not a physical invalid."

Jess said sweetly, "I'm so glad you can recognize the difference."

"Bitch," Anna said sweetly and added, "Lily ask Tom to get six bottles of vodka when he's next out. You may tell him of this conversation. He'll either laugh or say I'm being bullied, or perhaps he'll laugh and said both. Young Jess here is getting into my head."

Meredith was passing the window when she looked down and stopped abruptly and said, "Omigod."

Hammond finished his luncheon wine and said, "Can you see a naval vessel going upriver?"

"No something far more dramatic. It's Anna and she's strolling down the sidewalk arm-in-arm that the audacious young woman. Sweet Jesus."

"Yeah sweet Jesus," Hammond said, rubbing his groin against his wife's thigh. "That's really something to see."

Meredith cupped his balls and said, "Which one would you like to have darling, one of those two or me?"

"Come with me," Hammond said huskily, dragging her away from the window. 

Jess began walking Anna most days and she received her art lesson. On the first wet day of that routine Anna said, "Come on it is walk time."

"It's raining."

"Come on, don't be chicken shit. We have umbrellas."

Jess laughed and Anna said, "Omigod."

"Come on, saying chicken shit is not really bad language."

"No, it's not that. I...I just exhibited slight aggression."

"These things happen. It's no big deal. Your progression back to normal is underway, that's all."

Anna look annoyed, and Jess was pleased to see that.

"It's all very well for you Jess but..."

"Hush Anna and yes for you it's a very big deal. But Adviser Jess says it could be best to play everything cool and restrain the excitement. She thinks it's best to even out the highs and the lows."




A Little Different



"Well perhaps that is the sensible approach. That was a big moment for me Jess."

"I know sweetheart and many more big moments are ahead of you and my thinking is they will come very soon, unlike people who advised it would take you a long time to get back to normal.

She kissed Anna's cheek.

Anna seized her and kissed Jess heavily on the lips and she stood back, chest heaving, and said, "I really wanted to do that so do you expect an apology?"

"Who wants an apology?" Jess said and looking out the windows said, "Oh dam, it's raining hard. Come on, up to the art room and I want to see you in action. You have a portrait that needs attention."

"No, I can't."

"Come on Anna, there's no need to be petulant."

Anna got everything ready and then sat looking at the portrait of her late husband. After twenty minutes she said, "Aren't you going to tell me to stop procrastinating and get on with it?"

"No because I'll know you'll start when you're ready."

A few minutes later Jess said she would fetch a drink.

"Get Lily to bring us champagne."

Jess said she would fetch it because it was boring just sitting. When she returned she found Anna was working on the portrait.

She said nothing.

Anna said, "Well?"

"Here's your glass of champagne. Where should I put it?"

"I'll take it. What I meant was, aren't you going to comment that I've commenced working?"

"No."

Anna sighed and sipped her drink and then began giggling.

"I like your attitude Anna," Jess giggled.

That night after Lily had gone to her quarters for the night, Anna said, "I want to kiss you. Please come to my quarters."

Without hesitation Jess said, "Okay, let's go."

Anna moaned softly as Jess began undressing her and when Jess asked had Anna been with women before she said yes, with perhaps half of her closest friends.

As Jess bent down and removed Anna's panties she smelled Anna's arousal and went down on her knees and sank her head between Anna's upper thighs and blew on the hairy pussy. Anna opened her legs wide and bent forward slightly and grabbed two handfuls of Jess's hair.

Jess licked.

Anna groaned.

Later on the bed Anna rolled Jess on to her front and licked Jess's bald pussy several times very leisurely and then Jess felt dribble falling on to her anus and she groaned and, as if encouraged by that, Anna dipped her tongue to circle the bud while she began working three fingers into Jess's pussy.

Jess felt like screaming in ecstasy but she bit back on that and just delivered a long string of groans.

Play ended after Jess worked four fingers into Anna and used her thumb on Anna's clit and finally Anna gushed and began sobbing, saying that was so wonderful.

"Sleep with me."

"But Lily might come in with coffee in the morning and catch up together."

"I believe Lily doesn't gossip, not even to Tom. Anyway I don't care; do you?"

"No not really."

Anna and Jess were awoken by Lily opening windows.

"Good morning ladies. I apologize for opening the windows Miss Anna but the room really does need airing."

"I feel like celebrating Lily. Miss Jess's magic is working on me. Would you ask Tom to take us somewhere at noon for a picnic and I want you to accompany us and serve the food. I also want you and Tom to eat with us."

"As you wish Miss Anna and I must say the reason for your suggestion is wonderful."

CHAPTER 3

Jess was aware Scott Wright was away in Texas with his mother and that meant she wasn't getting any man-sex. And therefore his father Hammond was home alone. So she wasn't altogether surprised when Hammond called her.

"Um it's Hammond Wright, Scott's father. As you'll know he and his mother are away and I have the piece of pork I've brought and I have no idea how to cook it."

"And you thought of me, ignoring the older women you know better, and you'd like me to pop over and say nothing to anyone about where I am going?"

"Oh come on Jess, you know I'm a banker and have to be circumspect."

"Well cooking the pork is one thing Hammond, but what do you propose doing with me?"

"Aw Jess, for goodness sakes, there's no need to squeeze the possibility of unplanned romantic interludes, er if they are to happen, out of life is there?"

"Well you haven't lied and your reply to that question was reasonable skillful and restrained Hammond, so I guess I can help you out... I mean with the pork."

Hammond came to the door, hair slicked back, belly pulled back, shoulders squared and smiling like a choir boy.

Oh how cute, Jess thought.

"Good evening Jess," he said expansively. "You look dashing. Please come in."

Jess entered and thought it was absurd to say she looked dashing. The only make-up she was wearing was lipstick, her hair was simply combed and she was wearing a bulk sweater and baggy pants and scuffs. Elegantly sexy she was not.

When Hammond closed the door she said, "Hammond let's get this straight. I'm here to cook for you and not to have sex. If you pester me for sex I shall tell your wife and the only way you could stop me ratting on you is for you to kill me."

Hammond took a step backwards in shock. He said, "Oh Jess, please. You are just here to cook for me. That's all."

She smiled and he gained in confidence. "Well you might like to suck me off."

Again she smiled and said mysteriously, "Well let's see what the night brings."

As she worked in the kitchen he sat watching here and chatting and they drank red wine.

"How often does Meredith allow you to fuck her Hammond?"

He wheezed, "Jess you can't ask me that."

She went on working quietly and finally he said, "She likes what she calls 'The Saturday Night Special' and around mid-week she's looking for it again and on my part it's open to unspoken negotiation. I only need to come in behind her and wiggle my crotch against her ass and she'll either snort and break free or she'll push back against me and begin to breathe heavily."

"Thanks Hammond, I've long wondered what sort of regime married couples adopt."

"Most guys I've hear discussing this say it's usually an on-demand process from either side with the chance of rejection by the woman. It appears so long as a guy feels he can maintain an erection, and then he's game whenever she hits on him."

"What position does Meredith prefer?"

"Being bent over a table or sofa and taking it up her butt."

Jess choked and then diverted by saying it was a lovely piece of pork.

"Stay and eat with me."

"Okay providing you refrain from applying sexual pressure.

The evening went nicely, the pork roast was great. As Jess was leaving she jerked Hammond off and he splattered over the wall on the far side of the hallway. She left him to clean up.

She arrived home and worked out they had a visitor because she found Lily wearing her uniform.

"Who's here?"

"Miss Anna's sister Miss Amelia and Mr Nick who are making a surprise visit to find exactly how Miss Anna is shaping up, at least Miss Amelia was doing that. Mr Nick looked embarrassed at arriving unannounced."

"How did Anna take that?"

"Very well. I saw them getting out of the cab and called Miss Anna. She sounded very excited and said she would greet them herself. Oh Miss Jess, it's been such a long time she'd done that. I had a wee weep."

"You are such a darling Lily. Miss Anna is so lucky to have you, and Tom for that matter."

"Thank you and we owe all this to you."

"And to Miss Anna Lily," Jess pointed out. "Without her making the effort nothing I tried would have worked. Um Lily can I ask you something very, very private. You choose whether or not to answer and I don't want you to ever tell anyone I asked you this."

"I agree to never tell anyone."

Jess whispered, "Have you even seen Mr Nick in Miss Anna's bed or know he has been with her like that?"

Lily looked very nervous.

"Take you time about whether to answer me Lily."

"I have not seen them together but twice when Mr Nick was staying here and Mr William was away, I noticed used condoms in Miss Anna's trash can. Mr William did not use them."

"Oh brilliant Lily," Jess said, hugging the startled housekeeper who pulled away.

"Lily," Jess whispered. "I now have an idea how to get Miss Anna used to having a man in her bed again."

"But his mother is here."

"I'll get Miss Amelia away from the house very early and all you need to do is to suggest to Mr Nick that he takes Anna's breakfast tray up to her and smile a big good morning to make her happy."

"You want me to do that?"

"Yes Lily but it's not for me, it's part of my work to get Miss Anna completely back to normal."

"But what if it doesn't work?"

Jess sighed and said, "I don't know Lily, I really don't know."

Jess went to the formal lounge where she found Anna and the two house guests.

Amelia rose when Jess entered the elegantly furnished room and her face lit joyously as she held her arms out and said, "Oh my heroine, let me hug you. What a delight to find my sister so remarkably back toward being her normal self."

Jess glanced anxiously at Anna who was smiling and looked fine so she allowed herself to be hugged and kissed and be overly praised.

"Hi Jess," called Nick, aware his mother was behaving excessively and that allowed Jess to pull away and go over to him to be kissed rather more enthusiastically than she expected and she pulled away from him.

"Anna has improved markedly under your remarkable touch," he said.

"Aunt Anna," corrected his mother but Nick said he'd been calling her Anna for years.

Jess said, "Anna was ready to emerge. I simply led and she's followed and is spreading her wings again. Anna and I prefer not to talk about her dark hours."

"Yes quite right, Anna must look forward," Nick said firmly and looked at his mother and she nodded.

This was perfect timing, Jess thought.

"I'm glad you guys have arrived," she said. "I've been keen to go to Atlanta, Georgia and have a look around. I've read about the botanical garden and shopping experiences at the Underground Atlanta and Lenox Square Mall. Anna may we go tomorrow?"

"Well sorry but I'm not comfortable with that. The gradual expansion of our short walks is sufficient for me at the moment. At present I don't feel like that 3-hour drive and all the congestion in Atlanta, even when shopping."

"That's fine," Jess said, thinking she'd have to try some other way to leave Nick alone with Anna.

"No you three go," Anna said. "You alert Tom Jess."

"Well I'll rather stay here and make some calls," said Nick. "I guess Atlanta's shops would be more exciting for you two without me trailing after you."

His mom said good, she'd enjoy spending time with her heroine.

"Yes and that's settled," Anna said. "Jess you have been practically house-bound ever since you arrived here."

Well that wasn't strictly true but Jess wasn't about to argue. She'd set the groundwork and could do nothing more. No way could she say to Anna to screw her nephew while Jess was away with his mother, giving Anna the chance to resume a proper sex life.                                           

When they returned next evening, Lily whispered the plan appeared to have worked although she hadn't seen them at it.

Jess raised an eyebrow and said, "Well how can you say it appeared to have worked?"

"Miss Anna called and asked for lunch to be served for her and Mr Nick in her room, that she was staying in bed till early afternoon. When I delivered lunch Mr Nick was sitting leaning back in a chair and looking overly innocent and Miss Anna looked all rosy and overly guilty."

"Are you sure that is an accurate picture of what you saw?"

"Yes and the other thing was all the windows were open airing the room."

Lily and Jess looked at one another and giggled.

Nick left next morning for New York and then to return to Chicago and his mother stayed for three more nights. Nick didn't attempt to get with Jess alone.

Tom took Nick to the airport and Jess went with them.

In the airport terminal over coffee, while Tom waited in the car, Nick told Jess he still dated her sister Billie occasionally but he also dated other women. 

"Um Jess, I'm a little promiscuous."

Well, she thought, here was the chance to strike.

"Promiscuous enough to have sex with your young aunt?"

He colored and she thought he squirmed. And then he grinned and said, "You cunning bitch; you set us up. I guess you believed that would be therapeutic for Anna?"

Ah, thought Jess, smiling at him innocently as best she could. That was the answer she wanted.

When Nick's flight was called they kissed goodbye and Jess pushed her tongue into Nick's mouth briefly.

He said, "Then you are not mad at me?"

"No of course not. Please let Billie down gently and call Anna occasionally.

"When you leave here will you come to Chicago?"

"Why, to be screwed?"

He grinned, kissed her goodbye and headed for the secure area for boarding passengers.  

When Jess was about to leave at 7:00 next morning on her week day run, Anna came out dressed and smiling and delivered a bright good morning.

"I've decided to resume my old routine of painting every week day morning from 7:00."

"That's a great idea and Anna I think it's time you began to encourage gentleman callers."

"I don't know any."

"Well I'll start by inviting Hammond Wright over."

Anna colored and said, "Who told you?"

"He alluded to it without actually saying he used to bang you."

Anna frowned. "How could he suggest that without actually saying it?"

"He managed. Should I call him or will you. Meredith is still away."

"God you can be so embarrassing. Leave it to me, I'll do it." 

Actually Hammond didn't come over. He took Anna out to dinner and didn't deliver her home until 8:30 next morning. As Hammond's car came up the driveway, Jess said to Lily, "Quickly let's go into the kitchen to allow Lily to go up to her room without seeing anyone. She'll be embarrassed."                               

* * *

After Aveny Harlow and Jess played regular tennis on Wednesday evening, Aveny asked how Mrs Hester was coming along.

"Oh she's made good progress, really great in fact. She's beginning to restart her social life."

"Oh great, I must tell mom."

Anna told Jess next evening that Daphne Harlow had called and invited her to go with her and husband to their beach house on Saturday to stay overnight.

"I said yes."

"Good."

Anna said she apologized for not asking Jess if she thought that would be okay because it would be the first time in months that she had felt well enough to go out of the city.

"There was no need to consult, but thanks for the thought. You go and have a wonderful time. I guess Mr Harlow is one of your um old boyfriends?"

Anna turned scarlet and muttered something.

"What?"

Anna was unable to look at Jess.

Jess suddenly twigged. "Oh god, you sexy thing, I think you have associated with them as a threesome?"

Anna nodded and Jess said softly, "Some people think group sex is immoral but I think it's okay."

"You truly do?"

"Yes Anna and I want you to go and grope or whatever you guys do. I suggest you take it quietly and attempt to keep your emotions in check until you feel you are back on course."

"I think that's good advice darling. What will you do?"

"Perhaps Aveny might invite me over. She knows I'll be going soon."

Looking startled, Anna said, "You plan to leave, but why?"

"My job is about done here Anna. If you get through this weekend okay I'll have that impression confirmed. If you are not back to normal behavior now then I don't know how to recognize normal behavior."

They talked on about Jess going and finally Anna conceded Jess needed to get on with her own life and should go. 

"But first let's take that promised trip to Florida for a few days, say one week. Please do that with me?"

"Well okay."

Aveny called Jess.

"Mom has just told us she and dad will be away for the weekend for Mrs Hester. Are you able to confirm that?"

"Yes I had a long talk to Anna about it just an hour ago and she's really happy about being asked and I'm sure she will be fine."

"Oh great. That means you'll be free to stay the weekend with me. Mom won't want my staying on my own as Jack intends going sailing with some buddies. Please come and stay with me?"

"Yes I'd love to do that providing Anna ends up going. She's still a bit tentative at times."

* * *

Aveny and Jess had just settled down with cocktails to watch a DVD Aveny had found at the bottom of her mom's stockings draw titled, 'Lesbians Drunken Party' when they heard the garage door roll up.

"God it's mom and dad coming home. The electricity supply to the beach house must be cut again. Quick find a soppy DVD while I put this one away in mom's dressing room."

Jess grabbed a video and loaded it and looked out the window and called to Aveny "It's your car just gone into the garage."

"Oh great then Jack is back for some reason but I don't want him to see us watching lesbos. He probably knows what they are but might think we are deviants watching lesbos in action."

"Are we?" Jess asked and they laughed when Aveny said of course they were filthy deviants.

Jack came in and said hi, what was for dinner.

"Nothing Jess and I have eaten it all."

"Oh shit. Well I'll go out and get a burger."

His sister laughed and said there was plenty of dinner. They hadn't eaten yet. 

"Did you guys sink Dan's father's boat?"

"No they decided to booze tied up at the marina rather than go out sailing and then a couple of real sluts arrived and I got out of there fast."

"Good boy. By the sound of it those guys could be lining up at a sex disease clinic in a few days fearing they have Gonorrhea."

"Yuck."

"Yes Jack, keep clean or else you risk having it fall off," Jess said and when Jack looked at Aveny she looked wise and nodded.

Jack turned pale. He looked at the DVD playing and said, "Do you want to watch that crap and should I get something from dad's private collection?"

"What adult DVDs?"

"Yeah of course. What else would he and mom watch when they are in bed?"

"I-I have no idea."

Aveny didn't say she wasn't interested and so Jack when off and returned with a DVD with a lurid cover picture and titled, 'All Holes Groupie.'

"God how disgusting," Aveny said. "Put it on while I check the roast and get you a beer."

They had dinner while watching two full-on DVD of excessively discharged lust and then Aveny said she'd seen enough.

"Jack, do you want to grope with Jess and me?"

"I can't," he said, adjusting the crotch of his pants. "You are my sister and mom placed a ban on me taking a shot at Jess."

"How long was that ban supposed to be in force?"

"Mom didn't say."

"Well then it's probably expired. I know, let's clear away dinner and then will go on to mom and dad's bed with the lights out and you won't know who you are screwing."

"Screwing? I thought you said groping?"

Aveny giggled and said one thing usually led to the other and Jack said, "Well I don't know."

Jess said, "Well I'm hot after watching those action films. I love being stimulated like that. Aveny and I will go off and fool about and you can decide whether you want to join us. You know we both have firm tits, juicy tits."

The young women watched as the 18-year old, hand on his bulge, licked his lips.

Jack entered the bedroom and said, "It's completely dark in here."

"That's the idea Jack," Jess simpered. "You won't know if it's your sister's pussy or mine you are playing with."

"Will I need to wear a condom?"

The females whispered and his sister said no, all they required was for him to keep it stiff.

Jess and Aveny had started five minutes earlier while Jack showered and were working on each other's clit when Jack climbed on to the bed, found a pussy (his sister's) and licked it and entered it. After a brief rest Jack was into action again, assuming it was a different pussy but was wrong. However he worked that out for himself because he knew Jess was slimmer around the hips than his sister. He withdrew, moved around and found a butt also pushed up from the bed, tested that the hips were slimmer, and he entered growling like a hungry dog.




A Little Different



It was a forgettable threesome. Jack spewed semen everywhere, scratched them both with long fingernails and less than ten minutes later both young women were showering together discussing why bother with a guy who was only good for a burst of no more than three minutes before he ejaculated.

"That was so short, so messy and so unsatisfying it was a waste of time," complained Aveny.

"Aveny you are his sister and now you have broken the ice with him, it's your duty to teach him to control his thoughts and to slow his thrusting so that he can last longer to please a female, any female."

"I suppose you are right," Aveny sighed, but she bucked up when Jess went on to her knees saying, "I guess I should get you off my poor frustrated friend."

The females were asleep in the two single beds in Aveny's room when Jack arrived in the morning with a boner in his hand. He awoke them demanding sex.

"Go to Jess, she'll teach you to last longer," Aveny said.

Jess sat up and yawned and then wobbled her tits at him. "Well okay and you must do what I say Jack. You spoilt it for us last night by ejaculating so quickly both times."

"I'm sorry," he said, looking in alarm at his subsiding erection.

"I think I should try you with anal sex Jack," Jess said and the three of them watched Jack's erection recover with noticeable speed.

Aveny said, "Jess you have a pee and I'll get the lube from mom's beside cabinet."

"Are you suggesting mom gets anal sex," Jack said, jaw dropping.

"Oh Jack," sighed the girls patiently in their assumed role of sex educators, looking at his thickening erection.

Six days later, a dozen people were at the airport to farewell Jess who held Anna's hand throughout until it was time to kiss everyone goodbye. When Jack had arrived with his sister and parents he attempted to lure Jess to the men's toilets but she reminded him he'd acknowledged it was their last fuck when together the previous evening.

When she'd kissed everyone in the group she went to Tom and Lily standing aside. She hugged and kissed the weeping Lily and told her to find a lovely man to marry and she'd land a good one because she was such a lovely lady.

Jesses then hugged Tom who wouldn't let her kiss him. He said gravely, "You brought light and happiness to The House Jess. We'll never forget you. Go and find your own life. You are an unforgettable character."

Anna walked arm in arm with Jess when her flight opened for boarding and stopped just short of the line of passengers being admitted to the secure area.

"I love you Jess, like a daughter and as a lover. You know I'm aware you have made me whole again with your wonderful, simplistic methods that focused on pushing me gently to find my old grooves."

"I was nothing Anna and I was paid to do it. But I really loved doing my best and I believe I've found myself and have found my grooves in the process. I've decided to return to college and get an MBA."

"Oooh that's wonderful and perhaps this will help."

Jess opened the check, saw it was for $100,000 and cried, "Omigod."

"Hush dear, I can easily afford it and really it's a miserly amount in comparison with what you have done for me. If you hadn't come into my life I would have lived as a recluse until I died a miserable woman."

They clung together, weeping.

Jess's parting words were, "I'm coming back each summer to spend at least a week with you and either next summer or the one after I expect to be attending your second wedding."

"Okay I work on that; it's a promise," Anna said waving, dabbing a cheek with her handkerchief.

EPILOGUE

These days Jessica (as she now calls herself) is chief administrator officer in a leading real estate firm in Columbus, Ohio, where her husband Adam, whom she met at university, is a partner. Her sister Billie married Nick Mace and they expect their first child shortly. Jess is also pregnant. Once a year she and Adam go to Charleston and stay with Anna who married an attorney with two young children. Tom the chauffer retired when Anna's husband arrived on the scene with his two noisy kids and a preference for an SUV. Lily married a high school teacher and still works for Anna from 8:00 to 4:00 weekdays and the two kids really love her. 

Adam couldn't believe it when he found Anna's wedding present for Jessica and him was the house they'd admired in Columbus but they rented an apartment instead because he already had a big bank loan to cover buying his partnership. He asked Jessica why would Anna buy them such an expensive house with no strings attached and Jessica just smiled and said because Anna liked her. Suspicious he asked had she and Anna been sexually entwined and Jessica said yes, that among other things. She was asked what did that mean and she replied nothing that needed to interest him. Frustrated, Adam thought his wife would have been a great negotiations attorney, quite overlooking she was daily engaged in negotiations in contract disputes and disputes with suppliers and dealing with their bad-tempered and impatient managing Realtor.

THE END