"Oh great."
"But remember, except for you, she'll be my last one."
Nila smiled and said, "Except for me. You don't give up."
"Not on that I won't."
"You're a mess. You've seen me naked in about every possible situation including peeing. We've made love many times and in many places, so why outdoors?"
"I just don't know honey. I just know I really want to do that with you."
"I'll think about that, I really will. Maybe a wedding present, assuming we set a date and then get married."
"As soon as I have a job let's get married."
"Are you sure? That could be no more than a month or two from now."
"I know, but we'll have to postpone the honeymoon."
"I'm okay with that. I can't believe it, we're actually making our wedding plans at last."
"Well at least it's a start." He refilled their cups again and then told her, "I have an idea I want to share with you. An idea I've been kicking around for awhile for a party."
"Really?"
"Yes, a party here. Well actually two parties, because my idea would involve two Saturday nights."
"Who would come to this party?"
"Well of course Perry and Kathy. Then there's Dan and Alana, June and a date, because I want to keep this couples only. Oh, and maybe Linda and Alan, though I'd need to talk to her, because I don't know if Alan would fit in."
"Fit into what?"
"Just a sec. Kate and her date and Stephie and her date and...I guess that's about it."
"So something like fourteen people."
"Something like that, not a big group at all and very casual."
"Okay, now let's get into the specifics of what you have in your demented mind."
Chapter Ninety Four
"Hi Kathy, how are things with you and Perry?"
"Much improved compared to when he got home from his trip."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I take it you told him about what we shared."
"Well that's part of it Owen."
"Damn, would it help if we were to talk to him?"
"That won't be necessary, but thanks. Actually I think Perry and I have lanced a boil of double standards and we're doing much better because of that. What are you and Nila up to?"
"We've talked almost non stop this morning about a whole list of things including wedding plans."
"Finally, that's wonderful."
Owen laughed and said, "That's right, but we're just getting started, so don't plan the bachelorette party just yet. Oh, speaking of parties we...well maybe considering what you and Perry have been going through..."
"Don't worry about any of that, things really are better her. So what is this about a party."
"Well that's one of the things Nila and I have been talking about. The whole thing is in it's infancy to say the least, but would you and Perry come? I know that an impossible question since we don't have any of the details worked out. One thing though, we'd be looking at about nine or ten couples, most of them you know, but not all of them."
"Well even with that scant information I'd say yes we would want to come."
"That's great. We wouldn't want to have it if you said no. Okay, here's a hint. The name for the first party will be flashination," and Kathy laughed hard as Owen smiled at Nila and held the phone out for her to hear. When she finally settled down he said, "Oh, here's a little more info for you. It would be in about three weeks and the party would be for two Saturdays. It's a two part party."
"Oh my God Owen, what are you and Nila coming up with? I've never heard of anything like a two part party."
"Well we suspect that not everybody would come for the second part."
Kathy laughed again and said, "Now that really ups my interest. When will we have more information?"
"In a few days at the most."
"Great, we're looking forward to the rest of the information." Then he and Nila went down their list of guests and called them, and without fail laughing would ensue, but they didn't receive a single negative response.
Hanging up from the last call, Nila said, "Now all we have to do is figure out all of the details and make sure we don't suddenly find details that will wreck our plans."
"Let's let it rest for a few hours and then dive into it again."
"Good idea. So tomorrow you'll go out with Kiley and that's the end of the flashing hobby."
"For awhile at least. It's been fantastic, but I'm ready to give all of that a rest."
"Okay, I just have this to say honey. I haven't been around her much at all, but I do know that Kiley is great looking and has a body men make fools of themselves over. As much as I hate to admit it, she's also personable and just daring enough. Where I'm going with this is, if you two do end up making love I'll try to forgive you, but just this one time. No more with her or other flashing partners. I'd rather you didn't, but if you spend a whole afternoon and maybe the evening with her while she's in varying degrees of naked, and she's in full teasing mode, I don't know that you'll be able to stop yourself. I'm crazy for even saying this, but I am."
He pulled her over his lap and kissed her before saying, "I love you Nila. I love you totally, and I don't intend to make love to anybody but you."
She kissed him and said, "Thank you honey," but despite his honorable intentions, she expected him to come home and confess to her. Her only problem with Kiley really was that she was so damn sexy and sensual, and good looking, and it seemed to come naturally to her. Granted Owen was far too old for her, but Kiley herself said she liked older men. Was that just so much flirting and teasing, or did she really mean what she said. Nila was even afraid to ask Owen what he planned for Kiley, but she did. "So what kinds of things are you thinking about for your last wild fling with flashing in public?"
"Mostly things like showing leg up to her goodies as she exits a car, or her naked butt as she bends over in a store. Things like that, but it all depends on how Kiley does. How natural she makes it all look and what ideas she comes up with," but then he smiled.
"What are you thinking?"
"About ways to do things to tease others with. Things that might push Alana's buttons for example."
"Or Kathy's. We know she likes...oh bondage, have you talked to Kiley about that?"
"No, but..."
"Oh my God, if you do that, you'll have the other men crying in frustration. Great looking, hot bodied Kiley tied up and...well I don't know, just tied up I guess, because you'll be busy with your camera."
"I know. That was one advantage of having Scott."
"Don't even think about that okay?"
"You have nothing to worry about."
"But you know I will worry, and I seriously doubt you two will be done by the time I get home from work."
"I really don't know. I didn't even check the weather, so we could be rained out."
"That didn't stop you the last time."
He smiled and conceded her point saying, "You got me there, but I don't know about doing the same thing again."
"But with a much sexier, younger and more determined woman."
"We'll do something, because I don't want to postpone her. I want to put my energies into you and the upcoming party."
"You're saying all the right things honey, and I hope tomorrow goes well for you two."
"Thank you baby."
Chapter Ninety Five
Late Sunday morning, Linda and Alan arrived at Owen's, and the first couple of hours were spent with Nila getting to know them, as well as Owen getting used to Alan being in his favorite cousin's life. By the time they were back from lunch at the River Front Café however, they were all comfortable with each other. "Nila, I hope you can forgive me, but I need to steal Owen away for some family business. It's just something I'd rather he talk to you about later."
"Owen told me you had something on your mind, and I don't mind at all."
"Thank you."
"Let's go to my office," Owen said as he stood up, and she followed him back to the small office next to the guest room she and Alan would be using.
"Could we sit over there next to each other on your little loveseat?"
"Sure, whatever you prefer. It's closer to a large chair than a loveseat, but great for two people." They sat down and he asked her, "What's so secret and important Cuz?"
"It isn't so much secret as it is sensitive. I don't know what Nila knows about your family, so I didn't want to say anything that might cause a problem for you two."
"Thank you for that. Okay, tell me all."
"First, and the most awkward part for me is, I need to know about you and your life. I know, what does that have to do with anything? Please trust me when I say I have a good reason for trying to pry into your life Owen, or I wouldn't be doing that. I know you're still single, but of course you now have Nila and that's great. But what else? What do you do with your days? You said you were on a hiatus from work, and I'm envious that you can do that, but that means you have all day everyday to fill, and you're young and I remember how energetic you can be."
"I'm lost as to the connection between me, my personal life and what you have to tell me."
"This may all blow up in my face, but please trust me. I'm not just digging around looking for family dirt. If it helps, I'll say I'm on an important mission for your benefit."
"This is getting very strange Linda. I trust you and I have no real reason not to tell you about how I'm living, but I'm just confused I guess."
"Of course you are. Whatever you tell me will never be retold even to Alan if that is your wish, and you have my promise on that."
"Well if I can't trust you, then I have nobody I could ever trust, so here goes." Talking fast he told her about his photography hobby and she smiled instantly.
"Don't stop now, this is fantastic."
"You're still not making sense," but he pushed on, telling her in somewhat fine detail about Meredith and Candy, Marcie and Debbie. Then he told her about Kathy and the whole bondage afternoon.
"Owen, you've been very busy."
"I'm giving you most, but not all of the details. There's a little story about another friend of ours and probably more that I could share with you given more time. Is this the kind of thing you were seeking?"
She smiled and said, "I was only seeking the truth, but damn, I have to confess to being surprised beyond words."
"Want to pose for me," he asked as he smiled at her.
"Now wouldn't that be something. Headline for the family. Linda poses for cousin Owen, and he sees her naked and more. Oh, the ripple that would flow through our screwed up family. But other than that, I'd probably say yes."
It was his turn to smile as he said, "Oh, so you don't see anything wrong with what I've been up to."
"Not a thing. I can see where you would have a blast doing that, and I'm sure you've shared in a few other...um, perks of your hobby."
"Yes I have," and then he sped through the party and wedding that he hosted and summarized that by saying, "I had an incredible experience with that and I made a damn respectable profit from it."
"My God, I thought those things only happened in dirty stories."
"Well I'm glad you don't see me as scum."
"I see you as my favorite cousin just as I always have."
"Then how the hell did we drift so far apart for so long?"
"I don't know. Life has a way of directing us sometimes is all I can say. I have no secrets, but I'll save what my life has been like the for another time."
"Okay, so how does all of this tie into what you want to talk to me about?"
"I spent an afternoon with your parents a few days ago Owen."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"I know you haven't talked to them in a long time, and they were quite open and forthcoming with me about why that all came to be."
"Okay."
"Do you really hate them?"
"I don't think about them enough to hate them actually. I certainly hated them at the time though."
"How well did you know your uncle Harold when he told you about your mom and dad?"
Owen thought for a second and then said, "Not well. He'd been to the house a few times, but it wasn't like we were great friends, why do you ask about him?"
"Well I just learned that there was quite a rift between Harold and his brother...your father."
"What about?"
"It started over some financial dealings and escalated from there. A lawsuit filed and a counter lawsuit filed, all of which never went anywhere they said."
"Are you saying that Uncle Harold lied to me about what Mom and Dad were into?"
"No. Well I don't really know. He told you about the porn movies, but what exactly he told you about that, I don't know. They did work in the pornography industry and even now they won't apologize for that. They did tell me that they enjoyed what they were doing a lot, and just happened to get paid a lot of money along the way."
"Well at least they're up front about that."
"Do you think you hate them for what they did, the fact that they hid everything from you, or were you afraid of the horror you'd live if anybody like your friends ever learned the truth?"
"Hell Linda, can you imagine how that would have been for a sixteen year old? Hey, his old man fucks on camera and so does his ma. I wouldn't have survived that."
"I can't even imagine how that would have been for you. But how would that have ever been discovered back then? Kids didn't have access to unlimited porn on the computer when you were young, and your father was far from being a porn star. He was a consistent performer in smaller roles."
"That's funny, a consistent performer."
"Now stop, this isn't exactly easy for me."
"How the hell did you get tangled up in this anyway?"
"I'm not even sure. For whatever reason the subject of family popped into my thoughts not long ago, and it's no surprise those thoughts led me to you and your parents. All of that chewed on me because I didn't even know where they lived or even if they were still alive. So by asking different ones, the ones you haven't talked to in years included, I found them."
"So you contacted them."
"I did, and we talked for hours and hours and I've visited them a couple of times. Your mom cried a little, but that was because of you, and not regret for what they did. If nothing else I had to respect them for not issuing slobbering apologies about their past."
"Is this your way of telling me I'm wrong for the way I've been?"
She picked up his hand, and holding it said, "Owen, that's totally up to you. No, that's wrong to some extent. I wish you would contact them and just...I don't know. Okay, I think it's time to bury the past, but that is up to you and I'll go with whatever you decide to do or not do. But can I say something without getting you mad at me?"
"Of course you can."
"Think about what your life has been like the last several weeks. The biggest difference between you and them is you've paid for your thrills and they got paid for theirs. That's all I have and I don't need to hear what you decide. I've said what I had to say, but you have to do what you feel you need to do."
He put his arms around her and holding her in a firm embrace he said, "You've put yourself through a lot just to come here and do what you felt you needed to do, and I love you for that."
With her chin resting on his shoulder she held onto him as she said, "I'm so glad I came. I get to see you and we can get caught up on our lives, so whatever I've invested was a good move on my part."
"Well Nila knows about my parents, so telling her your news will be easy and fast."
"I wonder how she'll react."
"She will probably feel much the same as you do, and also like you, she'll try to sound neutral and leave it up to me. Of course also like you she'll let me know her thoughts."
"I like her more every minute."
"I do too. Now let's go tell her and Alan how you and I used to play doctor in the attic."
She straightened up and with her smile almost bursting she said, "Oh my God, I haven't thought about the things we shared...well a very long time. We really did to that didn't we."
"Yes we did. That time we heard somebody say kiss my ass and we had to run to the attic to try that ourselves."
"That's funny, because we just couldn't understand what the big deal was about that."
"Hmm, I wonder if I kissed your ass now you'd feel differently about that."
She laughed and said, "Is that your way of asking to kiss my butt?"
"I'd do that in an instant Cuz."
"I'm going to tell your fiancée."
"Yes, tell her."
"I was just kidding."
"Yes, well I wasn't kidding about kissing your butt, so tell her so we can watch her reaction. I'm betting she'll say something like, why am I not surprised," and Linda laughed.
"I didn't realize how much I've missed you," and they rejoined Alan and Nila.
By the time Linda and Alan left Monday morning, Nila and Owen had explained Flashination and invited them to come to the party.
Chapter Ninety Six
While Owen waited at the Nugget for Kiley to arrive, he sent a text message to Nila telling her that a package came from New York with her name on it, and he'd see her Tuesday night. Then as he touched send, Kiley stepped up to him and kissed his cheek. Hi handsome."
"Hi sexy." Then smiling he said, "Short denim skirt, very sexy and daring top that's called a...I think a peasant blouse?"
"That's right, do you approve?" and she pulled the front down and his gaze along with it, but she stopped and said, "I thought this might work for some situations."
"Oh, without a doubt," and they went into the restaurant. Conversation touched on job hunting and even parts of Owen's childhood, but he stopped well short of telling her about his parents very adult rated second jobs. He waited until they were sipping the last of their Coke's to ask her, "Do you have to be anywhere for the rest of the day?"
"Only with you."
"Great. I have a lot of ideas, but that means we'll be jumping around getting a shot or two here and then go someplace for other things. Kiley, this time with you will be the last of my hobby for a long time, and I want to pull out the stops and make this a memorable day."
"I'm sorry this will be your last time, but at least we can play for as long as you want or until your girlfriend stops you."
"Fantastic, and I won't see Nila until tomorrow night. When we go out I have something to show you and then we'll talk."
She leaned over the table as her eyes danced and she said, "Oh good, do I get to take your picture while you show me?"
He couldn't help but return her smile as he said, "Maybe another time."
"Like you said, fantastic, because that implies there will be another time after all."
"Anything is possible."
"Since this is your last time, let's get started. Let's make this a day neither of us will forget for a very long time."
"Let's go sexy. When we get to my car I'll grab my camera and we'll start right there."
"Cool, but I have to get my bag from my car."
As soon as they hit the street, Kiley took his hand in hers and they crossed the street against the light as she led the way to where she had parked. "Just a sec Kiley," and as she watched him, he ran to his car for his camera and then ran back. He briefly scanned the area and then said, "I want a shot of your butt as you reach into your car," and she smiled.
"That's what I had in mind when I put this skirt on for you." She clicked her remote and then made a very exaggerated reach halfway through her car as he grabbed the first shots of what promised to be a long and very stimulating day together. Then he reached out and patting her ass he said, "Very sexy," and she straightened up and kissed his cheek again.
"I just want you to know that I really do think you're pretty hot, and I want us to have an awesome afternoon together. Now show me what you want me to do at your car," and Owen had to be quick to keep up with her.
He opened the door for her and had her sit down, and then asked her, "Looking around, do you see anybody near us?"