WHEN she opened the door he definitely wasn’t disappointed. He was overjoyed. She was stunning, tall, slender, short-cropped black hair, captivating green eyes and a smile that mesmerised him.
“Well, am I as you imagined I would be? Do you think I’m beautiful?”
Those words, spoken to him as he stood in her doorway, left him spellbound. He felt as if his breath had literally been taken away.
Finally he managed to stutter a reply, “Very. I knew from the moment I spoke to you that you would be beautiful.” She beckoned him inside.
“I suppose I just didn’t expect you to ask me the question so directly, that’s all,” said Jeff.
She stopped and faced him, her eyes piercingly direct.
“Oh I always knew I could be frank with you. Why don’t you turn your mobile phone off so nothing disturbs us,” said Evelyn.
“I’ve already done that,” he replied with satisfaction.
She smiled and it felt like a warm glow was cocooning him.
“Would you like a drink? Maybe a nice, cool lemonade?”
They chatted and chatted and Jeff felt as if there was no-one else left alive in the world but Evelyn.
Evelyn quizzed him about Suzanne.
“She’s just a fling. I wouldn’t have said anything about her if you hadn’t been so inquisitive.”
“I just want to get to know you a bit more Jeff. About your past, especially your lovers, all of them,” said Evelyn.
“Okay so what about turning the tables and letting me find out more about you. Maybe we can talk about your lovers.”
Her eyes twinkled.
“Oh don’t worry I’m fully prepared to reveal all. Every last drop of information about me and my past. But let me pour you another lemonade first. Put your feet up Jeff, you’re looking a little tired.”