Southern Comfort

The rest of that afternoon seemed to pass in a blur for Lou Ellen. She was barely aware of Joe picking her up and carrying her to the car, then driving back to her empty house. Once there, he picked her up and carried her inside and laid her on the bed. Quickly he began to shed his clothing. Lou Ellen's eyes grew wide as he stood before her in nothing but his underpants.

"I ain't never seen any man naked but Rod," she told him.

"Do you want me to stop?" he asked.

Suddenly she was dizzy with overwhelming desire. "I want to see you," she whispered, tugging on the elastic of his underwear. Swiftly it was shed and his erect member came into view. She could see a drop of pre-cum at its tip, and that made her wildly excited.

"My, but you have a big one," she murmured, touching it gingerly.

"The better to love you with, my dear," he said huskily. His hands were busily removing first her dress, then her bra. He began to caress her breasts, and she felt her nipples harden. Before she knew it, his mouth was on first one, then the other. Waves of pleasure shot through her.

"You know we shouldn't be doin' this," she murmured.

"Well, your man ain't able to any more, is he?"

"Well...no..."

"All right, then."

A moment later, her panties lay on the floor, and Joe's fingers were between her legs, touching her most intimate spots. She began to moan.

"You like that, don't you?" Joe asked softly. "I know you do."

"But what about Rod?"

"Forget about Rod. He's had a woman or two on the side from time to time now, ain't he?"

"Well...yes..."

"All right, then. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. At least that's what I always say."

A moment later, he'd replaced his fingers with his lips and tongue. She came almost right away, shouting her release.

Before she knew it, he was inside her. Desperately, she tried to sweep the feelings of guilt away and concentrate on the pleasure Joe was giving her.

All too soon, it was over, and they lay together in the bed, skin to skin, until Joe got up.

"Well, I guess I'd better get going," he said. "Are you gonna be all right?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine," Lou Ellen said softly.

For a long time after Joe had left, Lou Ellen just lay there, staring at the wall. Would her great grandmother Sue Ann have behaved as Lou Ellen herself just had? Lou Ellen knew the answer to that question.

Finally she got up and dressed. The house seemed entirely too quiet without the children. Lou Ellen was glad when it was time to pick them up.

"Did y'all have fun?" she asked.

"Oh, yes!" Tommy exclaimed. "Grandma took us to the circus!"

"Oh, wow! So did you get to see the lions and the bears and the monkeys?"

"Yes, and the midgets, and the hunchback, and the bearded lady..."

Little Ruth hid her face in her mother's skirt.

"Aw, you're just a baby!" Wade teased her.

"Stop it, Wade" his mother scolded. She gathered the children together and took them home.

Lou Ellen dreaded going back to the plant. Although she'd enjoyed her encounter with Joe - he'd touched her in ways Rod never had - the intensity of the guilt she'd felt afterwards had amazed her. She knew that she'd have to stay away from Joe from now on.

On the day she went back to work, she tried to slip into the plant unnoticed, but it didn't work.

"Hey, baby!" Lou Ellen looked up into Joe's leering eyes and had a sinking feeling deep in the pit of her stomach.