While
he was shaving, fifty-five-year-old Duncan paused to look at his reflexion and
thought his face had stood the test of time, and his body wasn’t too bad for a
man at his time of life, he was still physically fit despite being a little
softer around the middle, but when he was dressed in a smart suit, he was
genuinely quite presentable for his age.
In
her room at the Beaumont Manor Anna had been having a similar internal
discussion as she stood before her own mirror, the only difference was that she
had been doing it for a few hours longer.
At fifty-three her figure was
in quite good shape, she kept fit and hadn’t given birth or had a hysterectomy,
so her body had not reached the level of decline that some of her
contemporary’s had.
Duncan
was very nervous as he drove to the Beaumont Manor that evening because he felt
very much that after their previous date things had quickly moved to a whole
new level, and although he was very comfortable with that.
His
nerves stemmed from a fear that he might blow it.
It
had been a while that he'd felt that way about someone and he didn't want to
lose her now he'd found her.
Anna
was also nervous, she had fallen head over heels for Duncan, and that wasn’t
what she expected would happen, and was out of character for her.
She
just thought she had found someone companionable to share a meal with, now the stakes
were much higher, so she dressed in her most flattering dress.
Suffice
is to say he for one was very pleased with the way she looked, and they had a
great evening, good food, good company and good conversation.
When they got to the coffee
stage he asked
“So back to the mainland
tomorrow?”
“I’m afraid so” she replied “Which
is a shame because I’m not back to work until Monday”
“Can’t you stay extra night
at least” Duncan asked
“No, I can’t get away with
another night at the trusts expense” Anna replied sadly
“You can always stay at the
farm” he suggested
His parents were away on
holiday, they were the reason he was unable to meet her on Monday as he was
dropping them off at the airport, and his children, Derek and Emily, were away
at university, so they’d have the place to themselves.
“However, I just have to say
in the interests of full disclosure I can’t promise that my intentions will be
truly honourable”
“Then I’m afraid the answer
is yes” Anna said
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