Page 61 of Axton
Iescaped the salon without any long-term trauma, I hoped. Stephanie and Heidi were helping me organize the bags of clothes that were brought to Axton’s from the apartment.
“Whoa, these are Jimmy Choo.” Heidi held up a pair of high heel shoes.
“I don’t even know if I can walk in them.” I hung a sweater up in the closet.
“You are so lucky to get her hand me downs. I bet these are three-hundred-dollar jeans.” Stephanie hung them on a hanger then handed them to me.
“Is that a lot?” I asked.
“Yes, that’s a lot. She’s rich on her own without Creed and she had to spend it. She’s expected to as a high-profile actress. You’d never know by her personality though. We adore Morgan and Addie.” Heidi handed me another sweater.
“Tell me more about you, Belle. Granger had been in touch with Creed, and he told us some things, but tell us more.” Steph said.
“Well, did they tell you I have a degree in education? I need a license but I’m a teacher.”
“Perfect! We need teachers here at Creed’s Lake. A lot of the kids can’t go to public school because they are running from their abusers and Morgan can’t teach everyone.” Steph seemed happy about that tidbit.
“That’s really about all. I’ve served God my whole life and took care of my father at the end. We aren’t really allowed the kind of friendships you have here. Women weren’t to gather in groups and definitely not gossip.” I explained.
Heidi was looking down at the skirt she was hanging up. “So, all that talk at the salon. I should apologize, I’m just so used to it that I don’t even think about it anymore.”
“It was uncomfortable but also confusing.”
They looked at each other then at me. “Confusing?”
“I realize there’s slang, but I don’t know all of it and of course I’ve never been with a man.”
Heidi sighed. “Let’s make a spot here on the bed and talk.”
“About what?” I wasn’t so sure.
“How much did your mother tell you about sex? I think this is important because…well there’s a lot of it here at Creed’s Lake and it’s what a lot of people talk about, so it’s only fair that we prepare you. This community is eighty percent men and Melissa, so it’s going to come up.”
Heidi and Steph cleared a spot, and I took a seat. “Just that we lay down for our husband’s and they do the work. It’s painful, and not exactly pleasurable but it’s our duty.”
“Oh boy.” Heidi sighed. “We have a lot to discuss.”
An hour and a hundred questions later, I wasn’t just blushing but smiling. Heidi and Stephanie told me a lot and I knew my mother was wrong. They explained my mother never made loveto a man. That if a woman is expected to just lay there in the name of duty it would cause discomfort. A woman needed to want it then their bodies will prepare them to accept the man inside them. That explained a lot because I had some worries I was wetting myself just a little bit lately since I met Michael. I didn’t tell them that though. Then I learned about orgasms and that really caught my attention. It wasn’t just a lesson on how to have sex, but an anatomy lesson. I also learned that I might have been pure, but Koty was most likely the only male virgin over eighteen that lived in the community. That meant my Michael had sex with other women. They explained its healthy and perfectly normal, but it still made me sad. Sharing a husband was something our church prepared us for, but they didn’t prepare us to have very strong emotional feelings for a man they didn’t arrange for us. Most brides I knew never met their husbands before their wedding day. They were brought in from communities up north and the girls I knew were sent to their husband’s. I’d rarely ever see them again.
It was a long but fun day. I never got to know women on that kind of level before. Zoey, my doctor, was very kind. Then I met more women at the salon where the stylist showed me more modern ways to style my hair. Then we went to Morgan’s monster of a house, where she gave us all makeup and taught me how to apply it. Everything she gave us was brand new. Most didn’t want to accept it at first, but she explained that makeup companies wanted her endorsement all the time and would always send her more than she could ever use. They even encouraged her to let her friends try it. Then Steph and Heidi took me to the commissary and showed me how to use my badge for groceries and I bought a few things. After that we arranged my room and the two of them showed me how and when to wear the different kinds of clothes Morgan gave me. Then they gaveme the sex talk and I did eventually tell them how I felt about Michael and how he acted around me. Their eyes grew really wide, and they smiled like I gave them really good news. They said maybe he wouldn’t be so grumpy all the time anymore. I couldn’t even imagine a grumpy Michael.
They needed to go get their kids from school, but they quickly picked an outfit for me and helped me freshen up my makeup. Then they told me to make dinner for him and Koty, and that he would really appreciate it. I felt weird in the dress they chose for me, and the boots only had a slight heel so I could walk in them with ease. I had been prepared for a major fashion change. I knew if I didn’t want to stick out too much I’d have to get used to wearing things that showed off my figure. The dress I was wearing was like a very tight long sweater that ended above my knees. I usually wore white stockings, but the girls chose a black sheer pair, and a pair of black boots that went almost to my knees.
“Alexa, play Sam Barber.” I gave the invisible robot an order like Steph showed me and music turned on. I remembered the name of the young man that played the music I liked last night. I was in the kitchen preparing dinner when I heard the door open and turned to see Koty walk toward his bedroom. He really didn’t look all that happy, so maybe he had what the girls called blue balls since Zoey felt around on his earlier that day. I shrugged it off and decided that was definitely his own problem.
Axton
I was in a foul mood by the time I made it home. What was expected of me was unbelievable. Then we had a video call with General Pennington, and I ended my day by getting the summons for the stupid as hell lawsuit in West Virginia.
Koty jumped out of my side by side, and I sat there for a few moments to gather my thoughts. By the time I made it to the garage door, I heard music. When I opened the door I knew Belle had been up to something. Our house smelled amazing, and she must have learned how to use the Alexa. Then I walked into the kitchen and my jaw dropped. Long legs, form fitting dress, ass…that fucking ass. My mouth was watering before my eyes landed on her hair. It was shorter and looked shinier, softer, and had waves in it. Then she turned and she took my breath away. Holy shit those eyes. My God they stood out. She was wearing makeup, and I had no idea she could have looked sexier than she had without it. She didn’t look as innocent, instead she looked like a grown woman, and I liked it a lot.
I chuckled when she reached for my hand, lifted it then twirled before she wrapped herself up in my right arm and had me swaying to the music with her ass pressed up against me. My other hand landed on her hip. She turned her head to look up at me and smiled. “I had an amazing day, how about you?” She asked.
I chuckled. “It’s suddenly getting a whole lot better.”
She unrolled from my arm, and I pulled her into me to coax her into a slow dance for just a little longer. I loved her laugh when her chest met mine. It felt like her laugh could cure the world of all the hate and anything else that’s negative about this world. “I see you’ve made a few changes. You know, you were already beautiful before the new hair and makeup.”
She blushed but melted into my arms and laid her head on my chest. “Why does this feel like there’s no problems left in the world to solve?”
