As it happened, Ruth Edrich's husband Dave did not return to the house on Wednesday evening, as she feared he might, so she could have entertained her eighteen-year-old lover, Liam Tabram. Dave did, however, phone to say that he would be there Thursday evening to collect the remainder of his belongings and complete his move in with his girlfriend, Sarah Jennings.
That news pleased forty-eight-year-old Ruth because it meant that she could invite her young lover to spend Friday night with her. She would give Liam the news at work on Thursday. The events of Wednesday had led to Ruth divulging her swiftly developing relationship with Liam to the other eight people in the office, so they no longer had the problem of trying to keep it a secret there.
The atmosphere in the office on Thursday morning was slightly different to what it had been before Ruth's announcement, not frosty as such, but not as relaxed as normal. The office manager, John Stewart, was desperate for the office romance to not damage the office in any way so he thought he would keep an eye on the situation. It soon seemed that his fears were unfounded because by mid-morning things seemed to be back to normal.
Ruth had not yet mentioned Friday night to Liam, she intended to do that at lunchtime, and other than smiling at each other a few times, they were very restrained. Christine Haversham, who was the only one to suspect and the first one to discover the relationship, was having thoughts of her own. She liked Ruth, and she was pleased that she was happy, but she kept getting visions of the size of the bulge that she had seen in Liam's trousers when she had caught them in the kitchen the previous day, with Liam caressing Ruth's backside.
Christine was ten years younger than Ruth and relatively happily married, but she was wondering what it would be like to have a large eighteen-year-old penis sliding in between her legs. She had no intention of interfering in the relationship, at least she did not think that she had, but she had thought about it the previous night and was thinking about it now.
It was late morning and Christine followed Ruth into the kitchen. "You and lover boy going to the park at lunchtime?" Christine smiled.
"Might be, were you wanting to come and watch?" said the happy Ruth who had told Christine the previous day that she had wanked Liam in the park both Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes.
"Not today, I do not have any spare knickers with me and I would probably cum in these," grinned Christine who felt a tingle of sexual arousal even now.
"Watch us another day then, when you have spare knickers," replied Ruth who was not actually serious but she wondered if Christine was.
At lunchtime, Ruth and Liam did go to the park and they could leave the office together, whereas the two previous times they had met in the park because of the need for secrecy. They held hands soon after entering the park and got a disapproving glare from an elderly lady who Ruth made a point of smiling sweetly at. "Good job she didn't see me wanking you," laughed Ruth to Liam after they were well beyond the woman.
"Good job nobody did, we would have got arrested," replied Liam.
"Don't suppose your mum would like that; Actually, how would you like to tell your mum that you are spending Friday night with a friend?" smiled Ruth.
"Really?" said a wide-eyed Liam.
"Yes really, Dave is getting the rest of his stuff tonight so tomorrow night we can be together," confirmed Ruth.
"Great, but not sure how I tell my mum. I have not stayed out overnight since I had a sleepover at my grandparents about ten years ago," said Liam.
"Better tell her tonight because she can get all of her questions out of the way then," said Ruth.
"Not her questions that are the problem, it is my answers," said Liam, pondering just how he will come up with answers about where he is spending the night.
"We will think of something, talk after work. Now kiss me," said Ruth.
They had walked as they talked and had arrived at the wooded area where they had had their first sexual contact the previous Monday. They kissed and kissed with passion and Liam's cock hardened but Ruth was not going to push their luck by going for a third wank in a public place. They walked and talked some more and, eventually, Liam's erection realised that it was not going to get manually relieved and softened by itself.
Christine grinned at Ruth on their return to the office and, reading her mind, Ruth said. "No, I didn't," and smiled back, knowing that Christine was wondering if Ruth had again wanked Liam in the park.
After work, Liam and Ruth tried to decide on Liam's answers to the inquisition that he would probably get from his mother when he told her about his upcoming night away from home. With it being impossible for Liam to tell his mum just who he was spending the night with they decided that he just should be secretive rather than directly lie and name someone, and hope that that sufficed.
Liam thought that he would wait for his dad to get home from work before announcing that he would be out Friday night because his presence might curtail his mum's expected barrage of questions a bit.
After they had all eaten, Liam spoke as casually as he could. "Um, I won't be home tomorrow night," he said.
"Oh you mean you will be late home?" said his mum, Susan Tabram.
"No, I will not be home at all, I am staying with a friend," replied Liam.
"You never stay out overnight; What friend?" said Susan.
"He is eighteen Susan, cut him some slack," butted in Alan, Liam's dad.
"I know he is eighteen; I am just asking what friend," replied Susan.
"Just a friend, that's all," said Liam, hoping that that would be enough although he doubted that it would be.
"Well I don't think it's Heather, her parents would not allow it," said Susan, referring to Liam's occasional on/off seventeen-year-old girlfriend.
"Does it matter Susan?" said Alan, remembering what it was like being an eighteen-year-old youth.
"It is a simple question, I just want to know what friend," retorted Susan.
"Nobody that you know," said Liam.
"Look, Sue, he has probably met someone, leave him alone," said Alan with Liam grateful that his dad was there.
"I assume it is a she?" asked Susan, not that she had anything against male/male relationships but she did not like the idea of her son being in one.
"Yes it is a she," replied Liam.
"Susan, leave it, he will tell us who he is seeing when he is good and ready," said Alan.
"Well I hope he is taking precautions, I am too young to be a grandma," said Susan, indignant that she had not found out the identity of the female that her son was going to spend the night with.
That comment did not get a response from either Liam or Alan but then Susan thought of another question. "Are you coming home from work or going straight to this mysterious person's house?" she asked, with a bit of a sneer.
Liam genuinely did not know the answer to that question so he replied in the only way that he could. "I don't know, I will phone you and let you know," he said, but then thought that he would probably be coming home first otherwise he would have to take his toothbrush etc to work.
Liam spent most of Thursday evening in his room because he did not want more grilling by his mother. He thought of texting Ruth but as he did not know when her husband would be there, he refrained. Actually, later that evening, Ruth sent a text to him asking if he had told his parents that he would be out the following night and he confirmed that he had. He did not go into details about the conversation but he then asked if he was going to Ruth's house straight after work or going home first.
Ruth's response was that as they had the whole night, he would go home first and Ruth would pick him up in town at seven o'clock. Although he now knew the answer, when his mother said in the morning to let her know if he was coming home after work or not, he just reiterated that he would phone her and let her know.
Ruth and Liam had a brief chat before work start time Friday morning with Liam giving her a summary of his conversation with his mother and involving his father. They agreed that the outcome was probably the best that could have been hoped for, in the circumstances.
Christine Haversham continued to take an interest in the couple, as though she was expecting to catch them in the act of fornicating, or something. In fact, Ruth was only half-joking when she said to her. "We do not fuck all of the time Chris," although she did say it with a lovely smile.
At lunchtime it was raining so walking in the park was not on the agenda and Ruth, Mary and Christine went to the shops together. Both Mary and Christine had questions that they would like to have asked Ruth, but they kept them to themselves. Liam did not wander far from the office but he did phone his mother to say that he would be home at tea time, before going out for the night. He hoped that he did not get another stream of questions from his mum because his dad would not be there, to start with anyway, to deflect some of them.
Christine did, teasingly, ask Ruth if she was doing anything special at the weekend. "Well Ruthie, you got any plans for the weekend that I should know about?" laughed Christine, who did seem to spend a lot of time thinking about this age gap relationship.
Ruth leaned towards her. "Mind your own fucking business," she replied with a giggle and Christine burst out laughing.
At the end of the working day, Liam went home knowing that he would be with his lover in less than two hours, at least he would be unless his mother found some way of stopping it. If Susan Tabram knew who her son was going to be with, or even the age of the woman that he would be with, she would most certainly have done something to try to prevent it.
Liam arrived home but intended to spend as little time as possible in his mother's company because he dreaded another barrage of questions. "So are you going to tell me whose house you are spending the night in?" asked Susan, trying once again to find out. Her questions were really only because she cared about her son's wellbeing but she was struggling to realise that he was now a young man with a mind of his own.
"Just a friend, as I told you," replied Liam who knew that his mother would not be satisfied with that answer but it was going to be the only one that she got.
By the time that Liam had showered and got changed, his dad was home from work and Susan was still muttering about her son's secret assignation, at least secret as far as who the assignation was with. "He still won't tell me where he is spending the night," Susan moaned to Alan. The only response that she got from Alan was a shrug of his shoulders.
"Good night mum; Good night dad; See you tomorrow," said Liam as he went out the door. and whilst Alan responded, Susan, didn't.
Susan continued to moan at and to Alan until well after Liam had gone.
Ruth picked up Liam in town, as arranged, and they were both all smiles. "Ready for your night of lust, my hunk?" asked Ruth.
"Oh yes, I so want to fuck you again," replied Liam, who had now gone just over forty-eight hours since he had last had sex with Ruth.
"Tell me lover boy, when you were with that seventeen-year-old, did you ever get your head between her legs?" asked Ruth as she drove.
"No, we never did anything like that," replied Liam.
"So have you not had your cock sucked either?" asked Ruth, with her eyes ablaze.
"No, only when you licked it on Wednesday after we fucked," answered Liam.
"Looks like you might be in for some new experiences then, baby boy," laughed Ruth.
A little later Ruth, thinking about Liam's mum's reaction, spoke again. "I don't think your mummy would be very pleased if she knew what I am going to be doing to and with her little boy tonight," teased Ruth.
"No, I don't think that she would be," admitted Liam.
By then, they were at their night long love nest and Liam did what he was getting in the habit of doing, he stroked Ruth's arse as she undid the door.
"Mmm, you can play with my arse all you want sweetheart," said Ruth, as the lovers entered her house.