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Butterfly Swarm
Date: 9/26/2015, Categories: Exhibitionism, Author: puddleduck, Rating: 8, Source: LushStories
I’ve just moved in. With my boyfriend. Why did she mention Liam? And then Jenny added: “We’re going to get married.” Why did she say that? She was aware she was flushing and beginning to speak in a torrent. “Well you could say that. I’ve just got the keys to that apartment over there,” Mediterranean man pointed to the apartment next to hers. “So that makes us neighbours.” He smiled again. “I’m Tony. Nice to meet you." And then he said something she remembered later. "Hope to see you soon.” * Half an hour later, Jenny was perched on the toilet in her new bedroom's tiny en-suite. She could hear Liam whistling in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Jeans around her ankles and barefoot, she stared at the closed door in front of her, thinking about Tony. So he lived in the next building. And the direction he pointed meant he was her immediate neighbour. Which meant it must be his three-piece suite and coffee table she'd seen the night before. How funny to meet their owner. She smiled at the co-incidence. Maybe she should invite him round. No wedding ring so maybe he was divorced. Awakened by sudden curiosity, Jenny lifted herself briefly off the toilet seat and leaned forward to pull the handle of the bathroom door open towards her. She looked out to the empty bed, with its white cotton duvet half-draped on the floor, and over to the curtainless window, which squarely framed her neighbour’s dark window beyond it. Only then did it strike her. If she could see into his home so ...