Surprise Party
Appeared Online at Esensual Express
She was firmly tied to the bed. He was fairly certain of that, even though the light was bad. He’d watched her husband tie her down and it hadn’t looked like a joke. He knew he shouldn’t keep watching – surreptitiously observing from the shadows like some sort of pervert – but he couldn’t tear his eyes away from the scene in their bedroom. He thought what he had witnessed earlier had been steamy; it had been nothing compared to this.
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He had come out to his balcony just before sunset; the perfect time of day to have a scotch and enjoy some quiet. His wife had another late meeting and he just wanted to chill – and to think for a bit, too. His 40th birthday was coming up and, while he wasn’t big into milestones, he felt the need to reflect a bit. Maybe everyone had that need around this time of their life – wondering about the choices they had made – what they might have missed in life, what everyone else was doing that they weren’t. He thought he wanted a change – or something completely new – he just wasn’t sure.
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