Fred hadn't particularly noticed his neighbor before, but now took the time to give her a once-over. Peach blouse, small earrings, the start of crows'...feet - she had the look of someone who'd been around the block a few times. On the other hand, she had a pretty face through her anger, and Fred felt like sharing his good fortune."Tell you what," he said, and when she didn't respond he tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention. "Tell you what, you can make it up to me by being my guest for. The major excavation, the big hole where the machinery spaces and pools would be built, seemed at this stage to be as expected — trouble free."Anything else, Rummy?" Helen asked. "Sounds like you've got things under control."Rummy said, "I'm glad Hoch und Tiefbau won the bid on this. We've worked with Werner before and he was ready to go when we were. He's already saved us a bunch of time."But there is one thing, Helen. I noticed a big S-Class Mercedes parked in front of the office this. I take my place on the end of the sofa, and you stretch out, putting your feet in my lap. I give you a secret smile as I pull a blanket over us.The only light in the room comes from the screen on the wall, and when I look over at you, your face has an almost ethereal glow. Your seductive smile and your eyes locked on to mine sends a tingle through my body.I rest my hand on your leg, right at the curve of your foot. I begin to rub the tips of my fingers slowly, lightly, sensuously over and over. Up to a point.Yet, during the next few weeks I allowed this scene to repeatitself many times. In a way, I realized, Beth was accomplishingmany purposes at once. Above all she was enjoying enormouslysatisfying sex, fulfillment far beyond anything my merely averagepenis could ever provide her. But also she was cuckolding me,deliberately humiliating me for my timorousness, punishing me forignoring her desire for us to go out and have fun together, for myrefusal to fulfill myself in the world in.