The Cat Lady (part 4)

 
Who the hell is this woman?!…

The 35mm slide machine clicked as I flipped through those pictures projected on the wall of my room. I had my staff bring that old projector all the way from Liverpool so I can see what my mother secretly hid in that shoe box.

A few months after I was sworn in as Baron, my mother’s quarters in Escrick castle was officially designated as my own. However at first I did not have the courage to remove the late Baroness stuff from her room. It took a few months of me living out of my suitcase for Jane to finally put her foot down. “You know that we have to remove her old clothes one day,” she said. “We might as well do it right now.”

Of course that wasn’t going to be an easy task. She had several walk-in closets with hundreds of rows stacked with clothes and shoes that could have clothed all the barefooted people in the world. How many shoes does one wear in a life time? I left that task in the capable hands of Mrs Little, the caretaker of Escrick castle. It took her days to finish the job. However one day Mrs Little came into my study holding a shoe box in her hands. “We found this in the back of one of the closets,” she said. “I think you should decided what to do with those yourself, My Lord.”

At first I was reluctant to pry into what my mother chose to hide. Those were her past. A past she wanted to bury in a dark closet. Who was I to look at her life and judge. Of course I was a snoop. I opened the box to find hundreds of old 35 mm slides. I figured they had been stored in that box for years. If she didn’t want me to see those she should have thrown them way years ago. I couldn’t help myself. The first few slides I looked at were a delight. By the time I got past twenty I realized I should not have done what I did. Unfortunately by then I was already hooked.

Who the hell is this woman !?…

As I was flipping through those pictures for the hundredth time, Jane came into the room and sat down on my lap. She does that sometimes whenever she needs something from me. That something usually involves sex. “You have been looking at those for days,” she said. “Find anything interesting?”

“If you consider all those pictures of mother with all sorts of ladies in all sorts of compromising positions interesting, so the yeh it’s very interesting.”

“The baroness was an interesting lady.” Jane smiled.

“Did you know that mother had always been a …?” I had to open my interesting mouth.

“What’s an a…?” Jane asked.

“You know what I mean… a woman’s woman.”

Jane chuckled upon hearing me say it like that. “This is 2024 for crying out loud,” she hit me slightly with her elbow to show me I was being silly. “You know there is an official word for that now and it usually starts with an “L”.”

“Don’t patronize me woman… did you or didn’t you?”

Jane looked at me with annoyance. “You have already figured my relationship with your mother, so why are you so surprised?” Jane replied. “Besides, this wasn’t something you announce to the world back then. As I said, Mimi was a very interesting woman. She was also a rich Baroness with lots of people depending on her. She must have had her reasons for keeping this under raps.”

“Yes. Maybe. However, seeing my mother’s old pictures with all those ladies surprised me that’s all,” I replied. “Mother and I were never so close. I did leave when I was young. We seldom talked. I guess I’m figuring out who she was just now. Besides, I’ve had the impression that you were the one with the bad influence,” trying to lighten up the mood. It didn’t work.

“Why YOU fucking SHIT..” Jane hit me once again with her elbow knocking my breath out this time. “She was the one who seduced me,” she chuckled. “I swear I was an innocent bisexual intern back then.”

“Innocent my ass.”

“If you keep this up you are not going to feel your ass for days,” a threat I knew Jane would not hesitate to inflict on my innocent ass if I didn’t try to smooth my way out of this.

I had to change the subject. “One thing that keeps nagging in my mind as I’m looking at those slides is that I don’t see any cats anywhere in her past. I never knew she was even interested in cats before.”

“She wasn’t before we met,” Jane confessed. “I guess I’m to blame for this.”

“YOU?!”

“Yes me. I’ve always had a cat ever since I can remember,” Jane added. “I got her her first cat for her birthday a year after we were together.”

“Mmmm….So it’s you I have to thank for for this cat mess I’m in.” I tried to make a joke. “One other thing that bothers me as well is that I don’t see my father in any of those pictures,” I finally added.

“Well, she did have you late in her thirties?” Jane added. “So maybe she didn’t know him back then.”

“Yes, maybe. I guess,” I didn’t buy it. “Come to think of it I’ve only seen one or two pictures of my dad myself. Everyone keeps saying he died in a training accident before I was born. Mother said he was a navy officer.”

“That’s all in the past Nathan,” Jane finally said. “Let’s think of the future now.”

“Mmm…that’s precisely the point…do WE have a future you and I?”

Suddenly Jane slipped down on her knees between my legs. “Mmmm… let’s see if you do,” she smirked as she unzipped my pants to get to my point. I didn’t know teeth can be used in such a manner. I swear she almost drew blood. That was the most painfully amazing sucking experience I could ever be given by a Bi. I guess she showed me what kind of a future I could be looking forward to if I just surrendered to her will as well as her teeth.

Who the hell is this woman?!