Temptation

Chapter 13

"Kevin?! What are you doing here?" Angelica races and covers up her breasts with her clothes as she quickly scurries fo pick them up.

"I tell you what Angelica! It's lucky I did turn up! You dirty, cheating..."

"Calm down, Kevin." I say interrupting before he could really go into full rant mode, no standing fully naked in front of her boyfriend.

I'd had some embarrassing moments in my life but this was now top of that list.

He turned to me, my eyes avert down to his now clenched fist. "I don't think you're in any position to speak, do you? You dirty old man!" He moves closer to me, almost eye to eye with his fist still clenched. I was waiting for the punch to my jaw.

"Kevin. Stop!" Angelica pushes us apart. "It's not his fault."

His attention turns back to Angelica as he steps back from me. "So, let me guess you just pinned him down to the sofa, undressed him and fucked him all against his will, right? Fuck off Angelica, I'm not that stupid."

She looked down to the floor, we had been caught red handed and there was nothing more we could do.

Kevin turned back to me. "I know you! Where do I know you from?" He scans my face as I fumble back into my clothes.

I shake my head. "I'm not sure. I don't think I've seen you before." Why did I answer? It's not the right time to get into this conversation but it's seems to be calming him down.

"No, I recognise your face. I do know you!"

"Kevin. Let's sit down and talk about this. Let him go. It's my fault and I'm sorry. But you've just been so distant from me over the past two or three weeks, I didn't think you cared about me anymore!" Now dressed, she grabs his arm and begins to stroke him in order to calm him down ever further.

"What are you talking about, Angel? Of course I still care about you. I've just been busy with the band. You should have just talked to me about it. Now look at what you've done to us?"

He crashes himself down on to the sofa, in almost the exact same spot he caught me inside of his girlfriend. Surely it's still warm from my bare ass!

Angelica looks at me and nods her head informing me to go while he's calm. I nod in return and head slowly towards the door as Kevin has his head in his hands.

I'm almost safe, he doesn't recognise me from the other day. I just need to make sure he never sees me near my house to jog his memory.

I hear mumbles as their conversation continues but I'm the stopped in my tracks and his voice bellows down the hallway.

"Hey! I do know you!"

I hold my hand on the door handle. Tempted just to bolt it out of there without acknowledging him, but he'll only follow me out and the last thing I need right now is him causing a scene outside my house for the neighbours to see and hear.

Slowly I turn back around as he stands in the lounge doorway. "Yeah, it's you!" He turns back towards Angelica who is now out of my view.

"That's your fucking neighbour!"

                                      ~~~

To say I ran would be an understatement, I didn't know I could run that fast but somehow I made it back into the house before he made his way out.

"Fuck the car!" I mumbled to myself as I rested my head against the back of the door, trying to get my breath back. I left the car parked in the next street. I'll have to go out later to get it.

"Hey honey! Everything okay?"

Shit!

I look up to see Emma walking towards me. "Hey honey! Yeah, my car broke down and it's in the middle of the road so had to run back as I couldn't find the number for the recovery service."

"Great! So that's both cars in need of repair. Hold on, let me go and get the number for you."

As she walks into the kitchen. I collect my thoughts. How the fuck am I meant to go out there again with a scorned boyfriend awaiting my next appearance?

I hear mumbles of screaming and shouting coming from outside. I know exactly where that is coming from, the voices sounded like they were getting closer. This was it. Game over.

"I should be making my way home now." I hear a male voice in the kitchen.

Looking up I see David and my wife walking out of the kitchen together.

"Okay, thank you for your help David. I don't know what I'd do without you."

He puts his arm around her. "No problem. Thats what neighbours are for, Em."

What the fuck is going on?

"Oh, hey Joe! How are you?" He holds out his hand to shake mine.

I take his hand and shake firmly. Not knowing this hand had just been all over his daughters body!

"Not bad, thank you David. Just busy with work. You know the usual."

He nods. "I know exactly what you mean. Hey, listen. Do you want me to take Emma's car to the garage for you? We just took it out as it's been playing up for a while now she said. It's choking bad, hardly any power in it."

I shake my head. "No, no. Thank you for the offer but I can take it in tomorrow, I'm not needed until the afternoon in work. Thanks for checking it out though."

"Anytime. Right, I'll leave you two in peace. Enjoy your evening."

I pull open the front door and smile as he walks out. "You too."

"SON OF A BITCH!!!"

I hear the shouting from outside much clearer now as Kevin is almost certainly near my front door now.

"Kevin? What's going on?" David asks perplexed as he walks on to our porch.

I poke my head around the door to see Kevin almost inches from the threshold with Angelica stood behind with tears streaming down her face.

This was it. This was the moment my life changes forever.

***

Anyone else smelling trouble ahead?

How would you try to explain yourself if you were in Joe's position right now?