DEALING WITH THE HEAT… & more (Part 174q)
I really wasn’t
looking forward to going to unload the race car after supper. We’d not
had any damage and it was a perfect night as far as temperature goes to
have fun in the yard with Elle the kids. I was actually thinking of
calling Cliffy and begging off for the night. There was nothing pressing
to be done other than me spinning out the rod bearings and replacing
them. I’d gotten the process down to about two hours so there was plenty
of time to get that done before the next race. But, as we finished up
eating the phone rang. It was Beth, Cliffy’s wife, saying that he’d been
held up at the airport on one of his delivery/pick-up runs and that
Dick wouldn’t be there as he had a tractor break down out in the field
so it would be Wednesday night. It was perfect. When I told Elle she was
so happy she even offered to bake brownies for all of us later on
before the girls went to bed.
I did have to plead with Elle not
to change out of her tennis dress when we went outside. The only
‘give-up’ I had to make was that there would be no pictures. As usual,
we congregated in the front yard and set up some of our yard games. We
had no trees there to create interference and we also had the
unobstructed view of the sun setting. We played a couple of games before
the neighbors, Mattie and Martha, showed up with their kids. That
caught Elle by surprise and she was embarrassed to be caught with her
panties in clear view. She was bending over picking up some of the game
pieces and had been, purposely, giving me an extended view. Our kids were used to
seeing Elle’s panties and paid no attention to it. She’d bend over at
the waist to pick up the game pieces giving me a very nice view. When
she saw the two women she made a dash for the front door leaving me kind of
embarrassed for her. When she returned she was wearing shorts so any
more peeks from Elle were finished. However, I still enjoyed the time
I’d had before she changed.
Earlier, I’d been hoping that the women
would come over but didn’t want to suggest it. With everything I had
going I didn’t get to see them all that much. With six kids, we adults
decided to let them play the games with us as spectators. The only
trouble with that was someone had to be the referee. I tried to get out
of it but was outvoted three to one. As the women talked Elle mentioned
making brownies and Martha volunteered to make a batch as well. That
left me with the kids and Mattie. She was, as usual, in a short hemmed
dress and had taken a seat on the middle step of the front stoop. At
first she had her feet on the ground which pretty much precluded any
chance of getting any peeks. Even with that I made sure my gaze swept by
her quite often. Patience is a virtue and it came into play after a
short while. When Elle came to the front screen door to speak to Mattie
she turned to look over her shoulder at Elle I was looking too. Other
than the fact that Mattie couldn’t hold a candle to Lynda as far as
looks were concerned, she wasn’t unattractive and, panties are panties. I
had my second clear crotch peek for the day.
Brownies and milk,
even in July, were a welcome treat. When they were all devoured the kids
wanted to go out in the backyard where the playhouse was located. That
pretty much left me out as I surely didn’t want to listen in as three
women talked about their kids. Since we were now out in the back part of
the property I saw the garage/shed just waiting for me. Getting the
stuff out of the shed portion left me no excuse but to start in on
replacing the floor. The hardest part is getting started. When Jay and
I’d built the shed we cut some corners when it came to the floor. I
grabbed a pry bar and started in. I truly was expecting some resistance
but found almost none. The reason was that the 2x4 framing we’d used for
the door had pretty much rotted away. To save time we’d just lay them
on the lawn that the shed part was built over. The property had a slight
grade from the very back of the property towards the road. That meant
whenever we had a downpour the rain run-off from the farm just ran
across the lawn towards the garage… soaked into the ground and pretty
much kept those 2x4’s wet all the time. So, when I went to pry one of
the 4’ by 8’ sheets of plywood up there was little resistance.
Surprised, I managed to get all the flooring out in short order. As I
finished up I noticed Martha over by the clothes line. Elle had some of
her clothes hanging there including a couple of panties. I saw her
touching them and wondered what she was doing. Elle and Mattie were
putting the toys back inside the playhouse so Elle was unaware of what
she was doing. I could see the panties were the Sans Soucie ones. It
only took a few seconds to realize that she had seen the unique style of
the panties. The crotch didn’t have the usual ‘half moon’ crotch. It
was more of a diamond shape with a different treatment around the leg
openings. I stood just inside the garage observing her. I thought it was
funny. I had a brief thought about popping out and surprising her but
reason won out and I didn’t.
I waited until Elle and Mattie had
finished up with the playhouse before rejoining them. By then the sun
was down and it was starting to get dark. As the two women gathered
their kids and started for the opening in the hedge I saw Martha take
Elle aside. By then I’d stacked all the salvageable wood from the floor
against the shed. I’d had enough ‘hard labor’ and was ready for some
down time in my recliner. I walked past the two of them and watched as
they both stopped talking. I wondered what that was all about as I went
inside and washed up. I could see them still talking through the open
bathroom window. I couldn’t wait to hear what their conversation was
about.
I knew it would be like pulling teeth to get Elle to
tell me. It took a reminder of our upcoming Bermuda trip to get her
started. She finally gave in and said Martha had asked her about her
incontinence. After Martha’s drunken ‘accident’ the previous weekend
Martha had been so embarrassed she went back to the city rather than
face Elle and I. When she returned and was apologizing to Elle, Elle
felt that it would be appropriate to tell her about it. Elle was very
reticent about telling me just what she had told her but I’d gathered it
hadn’t been too much. Elle said Martha asked her a few questions but
she needed some time to fully answer. I wasn’t getting anywhere with
this conversation so changed the subject by telling her that I’d seen
her ‘inspecting’ her panties. I expected to get some sort of reaction
from her but didn’t. What it did was to have Elle ask me if we had any
more of the same kind. I can say that hearing that almost took my breath
away.
To be continued…
No comments:
Post a Comment