Chapter 4 Friday
I once again woke up to my watch alarm going off, as I switched it off, I realised I was in bed on my own. As I looked out of the huge picture window and our own balcony, I saw Anna putting some bits and bobs out to dry in the March sunshine. As I watched her, for some reason she looked up, smiled and then gave me a wave, as I continued looking at her, I realised, crazy as it may seem, I was falling in love with this woman, she was what I wanted in my life, but would she be happy being the wife of a van driver of a local car parts company, and live in a one bedroom flat in a village on the outskirts of Taunton. As my mind was wandering into the realms of fantasy, I felt very happy with the way things were at this moment in time. Anna came back into the room, she leaned over the bed and kissed me. "Hello sweetheart, sleep well". she made to stand upright, but I placed my arm around her neck to stop her, then kissing her again released her, as she stood up I looked into her bright green eyes, she didn't move, just stood at the side of the bed looking at me. "Anna, I have to say this". I said. "And please don't laugh, but I am falling for you, big time, I do realise it has only been a few days, but I have never felt this way about anybody". Anna leaned back down and kissed me again. "Michael, I heard what you said last night as you drifted off to sleep, and I was going over it in my own mind. Whilst I was hanging out a few bits of washing I had done this morning, I got this wonderful premonition, that you were watching me, and when I looked up at you in bed, I understood. You and I Michael do have something, and I think, over the coming days, we should put it to the test, lets over this holiday, let's see where this thing, whatever it is takes us. If at the end of the holiday, we are meant to stay together, then whatever this power is, that bought us together, will keep us together".
Anna was still stood at the side of the bed looking down at me a smile on her face. "So". she asked. "What is the next step". I looked at my watch it was 08-00. "I think we need to go up for breakfast, we can discuss our next move over a cup of coffee".
Sat at our usual table after scrambled eggs on toast, and toast and marmalade we were sat with our second cup of coffee enjoying the solitude of being in the dining room almost alone, then Anna said. "Ok Michael, so what are these plans you have for us". I smiled at Anna and said. "Do you enjoy sharing my bed"? "You know I do". she said. "I love it when we are snuggled under the sheet and blanket, and you". she lowered her voice to a whisper. "Holding and squeezing my left breast. I love it when we are making love, and as your ex would say, having that stuff sloshing about inside me. I love all of that, and I would like it to continue". "Good". I said. "Well in that case, after we have finished our coffee, we will head back to our rooms, and I would like you to get all your clothes together and join me in my room for the rest of the holiday. And if, as I think it will, you will come home with me, and we can set up home together, in the hope, we will become husband and wife sometime in the near future". Anna was holding my hand across the table, tears rolling down her cheeks, but she was not crying, in fact, she had a huge smile on her face. "My darling Mike". she said. "I would love to share your room, we are good together aren't we, and like you say, someone is looking out for us. So I agree, lets set up home together for the rest of the holiday and when we get back to England if we decide to carry on this romance, and I think we will, then let's do it and see what the end result will be. If there is someone out there looking down on us and making what we have now, which is beautiful a permanent thing, then I think there plan is, that I become the next Mrs Michael Palmer. If that is to be my destiny, then I am more than happy, you have shown me all the love and tenderness I have ever wanted, and as I have said before, in your embrace and company, I feel safe and secure. So my love, if we do get married, then I promise to do the Palmer name proud". then leaning across the table she kissed my cheek saying. "Come on love, let's do it".
Back in our rooms with the connecting door open, I moved some of my clothes around to make room for Anna's, when Anna came in with her own suitcase, I showed her the space I had made for her, however, Anna had other ideas, looking at me sat on the bed, she said very forcefully. "If we are going to live together, our clothes will have to get used to living together as well". Half an hour later Anna had rearranged the wardrobe and dressing table.
In the left hand side of the wardrobe, my suits and trousers on every other hanger, and in between Anna's dresses and skirts, on the right, my shirts and Anna's blouses. In the dressing table, the top left hand drawer was our underwear, top right, socks hankies and a couple of ties I had bought with me, below that the drawer contained a couple of jumpers of mine and a couple of cardigans of Anna's, the bottom drawer was empty. but as Anna said. "If we do buy any extras, we can put them in the bottom drawer.
"Well, my darling, what do you think". I held my arms out in amazement. "Your wonderful". I said, Anna stepped into my arms and said. "Thank you, and I love you too". I held her for a brief moment then said. "Right, let's check your room to make sure you haven't forgotten anything". Anna followed me into her room and I did a full check. "All clear". I said, then I noticed that the wall safe was still closed, I pointed towards it. "Anything in there". Anna put her hands to her face, her cheeks were turning bright red. "I clean forgot about that". she then handed me the key and I opened the safe and took out the contents, an A4 sized envelope, Anna's passport and her return ticket and the receipts from her spending spree at M & S. I picked everything up and took it to my room leaving the safe door open with the key in the lock. Once in my room, I put everything from Anna's safe into my own and locked the safe putting my key on my belt clip. We then made our way to the reception desk, where I explained to the girl behind the counter that room 302 was not now needed, that Anna and I were now a couple and from now on would be residing in room 301. "Very good sir". the receptionist said. "I will alter your bill accordingly, and if there is any refund at the end of your holiday, it will be with your bill". "Thank you". I said. "By the way, does the hotel have an indoor pool". "Yes sir, there is an indoor pool, if you go down that passageway". she was pointing to a passageway next to the manager's office. "You will come to a glassed area and a set of steps, the indoor pool is there". "Thank you". I said. Taking Anna's hand we made our way to the bar, I ordered two coffees then we sat on a large sofa looking out onto the creek, with the sun shining onto the water it looked beautiful, as we sat looking out, we were both in our own little world, we were the only people in the bar apart from the barman, and he was very busy with his head in his paper, even if he looked in our direction, all he would have seen was the top of two heads.
Anna and I were enjoying the peace and quiet, just being together holding hands as we were felt good. Anna looked at me, I saw that twinkle in her eyes. "Michael, I do realise we are in a public place, but we are alone, please Michael, touch me like I like you to, show me you really do love me". "Ok". I whispered. "You guide me to where you want me to be". As Anna did, I realised, I had needs as well, I finished my coffee and stood up, taking Anna by the hand we made our way back to our room saying thank you to the barman.
In our room, I lay Anna on the bed fully dressed. "You are a little mink". I said. "But I love you and am now going to give you everything you have asked for and desire. Anna and I made love for a good two hours, we started fully dressed, and when we finally stopped we were both naked, we had made love in every position that I remembered from my navy days, and some we invented along the way. Now as we lay alongside each other, soaking wet through holding hands. As we allowed our heart rates to get back to normal, Anna said. "Well that was a nice ending to our morning, tell me again, when was the last time you made love to a woman". I lay there thinking about it, "Well my love, apart from you, and that is making love, it has to be at least 10 years, maybe even longer, had sex, that would be October last year, why". "Well my love, I have this feeling, this very happy feeling that over the past two hours, you have left a six months deposit in this particular bank, and the vault, in now full". Together we had a nice warm shower then with our bathing costumes on and our towels around our shoulders we headed for the indoor pool. After placing our towels on one of the seats provided, I went to the deep end and dived in, taking a deep breath before entering the water, I swam underwater to the shallow end. Standing up, I saw Anna making her way down the steps into the pool, going over to her I helped into the water, then holding her hands, I lead her into deep water, as the water started to lap around her bust, I told her to turn around, holding on to her shoulders I asked her to lift her feet so that she was floating on the water, then with her body on top of my own, I swam with her around the pool a few times, then at the ladder at the deep end I allowed her to rest. As she stood holding the ladder, I stood with her, I then felt her legs going around my body, and she had her arms around my neck, I was now keeping us both afloat. "Michael, we are quite alone in the pool, make love to me". "Better not love". I said it will make a hell of a mess and if anyone else decides to use it today, management won't be very happy". I gave her a kiss and as we held the kiss I swam with her to the shallow end of the pool so that she could climb out. I then did a dozen lengths of the pool on my own, then climbed out as well. Anna had the towel in her hands ready to dry me off, as she did so, she again kissed me saying. "You smell and taste of chlorine". then she kissed me again.
Back in our room we removed out costumes, dried the rest of our bodies and lay naked on the bed. Anna closed her eyes saying. "How long before dinner". I looked at my watch. "About two hours". I said. Anna was laid on her back, her legs slightly open, and it gave me time to look at this lady, she was beautiful, and the more I looked at her, the more I felt that she was not a woman, she was an angel, my angel, sent to me from who knows where, but sent to me all the same. I ran my fingers over her body, her skin was like velvet, and I never saw one mark or blemish, she was total perfection. As I lay back on my pillow, Anna turned towards me, her arm went across my body and as she held me she said in her sleep type state. "Love you, Mr Palmer, you feel warm and cosy". I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep alongside this angel.
Anna was shaking me. "Come on love, we have overslept, its almost seven". We got dressed in record time and headed for the dining room. Sat at our usual table we were served with a veg soup, followed by fish chips and mushy peas, this was followed by cheese and biscuits and coffee. As we sat eating and talking, Anna asked me what I had been doing while we were laid on the bed, I told her, that I was just looking at her beautiful body, she smiled. "So my love, you think this body is beautiful, surely there are more beautiful bodies out there than this one". she ran her fingers from her neck, over her bust and down to her waist. I looked at her and said. "Do you know, there is not a mark or blemish on your body". "Sorry to disappoint you love". Anna said, then pulling back the hair from over her left ear, she showed me the three inch scar inside the hairline, as she dropped the hair in place again she looked at me, and could see I was waiting for the answer to the unanswered question. "As I told you love, If my ex didn't like the food I had made for him, he would chuck his plate at the wall, and On this occasion, I had made a chicken stew but had forgotten to put in any salt, he blew his top and his plate came through the air in my direction, as it hit the wall, it broke into three pieces, two of the pieces had food on them, and the third piece of the plate had nothing on it, and that hit me on the side of my head. He refused to call a doctor saying it was my own bloody fault. and to ger to bed and sleep it off. The bleeding did stop after a short time, but I do still have the scar, and every time I see it in the mirror, I remember what he did to me, and the fact, he did not care about me. I really did hate that man, still do. I hope, that this holiday will make that man realise I am not going back to him, not ever". "No". I said. "You're coming home with me. One thing I must ask you, Anna, we have been making love almost every day, are you on the pill". "It is a little late love considering what we did this morning, but". and she placed my hand on her knee under the table, I squeezed her lower thigh. "Don't worry, it will never happen, I cannot have children.
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