“That’s very kind of you. I am your aunt, however. We share blood. You know what that means, don’t you?”
He nodded.
“Good, then look all you want. I am going to tell you what happened, however.”
Her look made it clear. Pay attention.
“My falling out was not with your mother,” she said, “but rather your father. He was a very nice man, but had some old fashioned views. So did my parents. Your mother decided to stand with them. Contrary to what they may have told you, I did not ‘disown’ them. They disowned me. I tried many times to reconnect with them. I was ignored.”
“Even by my mother?”
“I told you I made mistakes. I should have contacted her immediately after you father died. It was just the three of us then. I was too stubborn and too proud, however. She hurt me when she stood by your father. I didn’t let it go. I will regret that for the rest of my life.”
“What did my father do?”
“Simply stated his opinion. As did my father and my mother. Women shouldn’t be doctors. Men should do those kinds of things. Women might get pregnant, or have a fit of hormone rage.”
“Are you serious? He had a female primary care doctor for years.”
“And I’m sure he is out there somewhere stating that is why he is dead.” She saw his mouth drop. She reached out and put her hand on his leg. The electricity shot down his spine and up the shaft of his penis. He adjusted and pulled slightly away. She readjusted and held his leg firmly.
“Leo, I don’t mean to say bad things about your father. Like I said, he was a very nice man. You should also know that death is another thing that doctors are fairly nonchalant about. We care, we just see so much of it. Death, nudity, and sex are part of a doctor’s life every day.”
“Sex?”
She laughed and swatted his knee. “You are just a little horndog, aren’t you? I don’t mean having sex, I mean talking about it. Some of it gets really weird, but someone has to. Can you imagine yourself asking someone if they have ever put a hamster up their ass and keeping a straight face?”
“What?”
“It gets worse than that.”
“You really ask patients that?”
“It’s my favorite, especially with the old ladies.”
“Any of them ever say yes?”
“Just one, shall I leave her number?”
“Pass.” He was beginning to think that doctors were somewhat sick. Was this really the way they were when not in an exam room with you?
“There were other things too,” she said. Her look got more serious. “I’m sure your father and possibly even my father let slip a few insulting terms to describe my…behavior.”
“I did overhear my father call you a slut.”
“How kind of him!” she laughed. “I did get around a bit back then. Now I don’t have any time.”
Her phone went off. Anna came running into the room. “Sorry Leo, duty calls,” said Veronica. Anna handed her a jumpsuit that she started climbing into.
“Can I ride with you?” he asked, trying not to sound like he was ten.
She leaned over and pecked him on the cheek. “Sorry, not on official runs. I promise to take you up when we have time and will show you how beautiful Iowa looks from a few thousand feet up.” She grinned to indicate she was joking and was off.
Her scent tantalized his nostrils. This wasn’t perfume, shampoo or sweat. He didn’t think pheromones had an odor, but he was filled with the most wonderful scent. It went straight to his penis. He turned quickly so that Anna didn’t notice and headed out of the room.
Anna was fast as lightning. She caught his arm and said, “not so fast, this gives us more time for lessons.”
“Can’t I at least go pee first?” She looked down before he could cup his hands over himself and pretend to dance. She rolled her eyes.
“Take care of that while you are in there.”
“What?”
“Oh please,” she said and rolled her eyes again. “Do you really think you are the first guy that got all hot and bothered over your aunt? You were blatantly obvious about it.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Apologies aren’t how we do things around here. Go take care of it. There is lotion under the sink.”
“It’s no longer needed,” he said. He lifted his hands to show he no longer had an erection.
She shrugged. “On with the lessons then.”
He didn’t tell her that it was the thought of her and her lessons that had killed it.
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He knew he would dream of his aunt that night. He figured it would be something like her jumping off of the chopper in the buff. He even tried to guide it that way, fantasizing about what her body would look like completely nude. It didn’t work. What he got was much better. They were lovers. They were in a resort where one end of the room was open to the sea. Warm air and the smell of sea spray filled the room.
He was inside her. They were intertwined and making love with a deep passion. It just kept going. She felt wonderful. He gazed down to look at her breasts.
There was a knock on his door. His door in real life. The room was completely dark. “Leo? May I come in?”
“OK.”
He turned to his side to hide his erection, only to find the sheets were down at his ankles. She had to have seen something, as she shut the door quickly.
“I was wondering if this might happen. I hope Anna wasn’t too hard on you. She probably got a kick out of it.”
“She told me that there was lotion under the sink.”
“Oh? She left that part out. She just mentioned that I was shamelessly getting you worked up. Was I?”