The Affair

Chapter 14.1 - Scars Remain

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 5:25pm

After a long day of meetings with Mr. McCallen at work, William and Fallon leave together from the office and arrive at her high-rise apartment complex. With a peppy bounce to her step, Fallon leads the way to her unit as William follows behind her carrying a duffle bag with three days worth of clothes and bathroom supplies. They arrive to apartment 617 and Fallon pulls out her keys and unlocks the door. They both then step inside Fallon's apartment.

Upon entering her apartment, William looks around to assess her living arrangement; after passing through the small entry nook of her apartment he sees a small kitchen area with a floating counter, the kitchen then blended into the living room area where she kept a cozy three-person couch across from a flat screen TV mounted on the wall. The back wall was all glass, which supplied an ample amount of natural light and, given the elevation, an impressive view of the tree tops, neighboring houses and businesses, and I-59 traffic out in the distance. To his left was a hallway that connects the living room with the bathroom and her bedroom. Fallon stands in the entry to the hallway and waves him to follow her.

"Mr. Reiner! Come to my room!", she says with a playful eagerness.

Fallon happily trots down the small hallway. At the hallway's end were two large cabinets built into the wall, most likely for storing towels and other bathroom necessities, and a juncture between the bathroom to the left and Fallon's bedroom to the right. Reaching the end, Fallon looks back to William and giggles before skipping right and around the corner into her bedroom. Following her path, he chuckles to himself at the sight of her tidy apartment space.

"Why did I think she wouldn't have a clean apartment?", he internalizes as he steps into her bedroom.

Upon entry into her room, he is immediately drawn to the pastel pink color of her walls.

"Oh, Fallon...", he thinks to himself with a smile, "You're such a girl.".

Fallon trots to her bed and turns to face William with her hands behind her back.

"Umm, so this is my bed. Heh, it's not that big but I don't need much space. I can cuddle up next to you no problem!".

"It's okay, darling, I can sleep on the couch.", he jokes.

"Um, NO! Mr. Reiner, I want you to sleep with ME!".

William drops his bag off to the side and steps towards her to kiss her. Their lips connect and Fallon moves her tongue onto his as she feels his hands cup her butt. Fallon then lets out a gasping breath as William suddenly lifts her from the ground and tosses her back onto her springy bed. Flush with excitement that she and Mr. Reiner were actually going to spend so much time together, she giggles as she props her torso up with her elbows.

"Oh my god, I can't believe you're actually in my room! The rest of this week is going to be so fun with you here!", she says with a bright smile.

With Fallon now acting goofy and rolling around on her bed, William looks around her room. From the room's entrance, her bed was positioned in the left-hand corner with a large vanity mirror and makeup counter set up in the opposite corner and thus near the foot of her bed. Along the left wall was her closet door and a long white dresser that also had various little fixtures that held necklaces, earrings, and bracelets upon it, as well as a couple of decorative jewelry chests filled with an assortment of rings. Along the right wall's corner near the entry was an impressive full-body mirror, approximately six feet in height and 3 feet in width and leaning against the wall, along with a canvas painting hung in the middle of the wall.

Fallon was now on her stomach with her head and torso slightly propped up by her arms. Holding her head in her hands, she contently sways her feet behind her as she watches William continue to survey her room.