Aisha Irani thought that she should phone Sonia Devlin, for more than one reason.
Sonia was a valued employee of Aisha's, but what had happened that afternoon needed some sort of contact before things between them got worse. What had happened that afternoon was that Sonia had gone to Aisha's house on Aisha's day off from work, because a work matter needed Aisha's input and attempts to reach her by phone had failed. Sonia knew that Aisha quite possibly had the day off to have sex with someone, but she was horrified to discover that the someone was Sonia's seventeen-year-old son, Layton.
Sonia had slapped Aisha's face, and spanked her bare arse with hand and hairbrush, before taking her son home. Although she was not a mother, Aisha understood Sonia's reaction.
Aisha did not know if Sonia would want to continue to work for her, she was certainly not going to dismiss her, so she wanted to try to clear the air a bit. Aisha rang Sonia's mobile.
"What do you want?" said Sonia on answering, when Aisha's name came up.
"Look Sonia, you have every right to be mad at me, but I think that we need to talk," said Aisha.
"Why? Are you going to sack me for tanning your arse?" responded Sonia.
"No, I have no intention of sacking you, and I deserved what you did to me," said Aisha, not adding that the after-effects turned her on.
"So what is there to talk about?" asked Sonia.
"I want to know if you still want to work for me, and to try to explain a little about what happened," replied Aisha.
"It was pretty obvious what happened, you fucked my seventeen-year-old son, as if you do not have enough people wanting to fuck you," snarled Sonia.
"We need to talk face-to-face, but not at work," continued Aisha, ignoring Sonia's remarks, although Sonia was correct.
"I don't know if I can continue to work for you, I need to think," said Sonia.
"Okay, but please do not do anything hasty until we have had a face-to-face talk," replied Aisha.
Sonia disconnected the call. She enjoyed her job, and until a few hours ago, she liked Aisha, but now she needed to think.
Sonia also thought that she needed to talk to Layton. They had not spoken on the drive home from Aisha's house, and Sonia had then returned to work, although her mind was not on it. Layton had been in his room most of the time since his mother got home. Sonia knocked on his door.
"Can I come in?" asked Sonia.
"Yes," Layton replied softly.
"I think we need to talk, is that okay?" said Sonia, sitting on the bed on which her forlorn-looking son was lying.
"Are you mad at me?" asked Layton.
"No, but I am mad at her, but it is you that I want to talk about," replied Sonia.
"What do you mean?" responded Layton.
"To make sure that you are alright," said Sonia.
"I am alright, I love her," replied Layton.
"Don't say that, you can't love her, you mustn't," said Sonia.
"That is what Aisha said, but I do, I love her," said Layton.
"I know that she is a very attractive woman, but she is not for you, please understand that," said Sonia, feeling sorry for her son.
"I do understand, but I want to be with her," said Layton, close to tears.
"You need to forget her, and find a nice girl of your age," reasoned Sonia.
"But it is Aisha that I want," replied Layton.
"You don't think that you are the only person that she has sex with do you?" said Sonia, not wanting to hurt her son, but telling him the truth.
"I know, but I love her," replied Layton, before he burst into tears.
Sonia hugged her son, and tried to comfort him. She hated Aisha Irani right now. She did not know what else to say, and she did not know if she could continue to work for Aisha.
Sonia was reluctant to go to work the next morning, firstly because she did not want to leave her son who still seemed depressed, but secondly because she would have to face the woman whom Sonia saw as the cause of Layton's depression.
Sonia went to work, and as soon as she laid eyes on Aisha, she wanted to slap her face and tan her arse again.
"Morning Sonia," said Aisha, probably accurately reading Sonia's thoughts.
"Morning," replied Sonia, for the sake of the other employees that were there, because she did not want there to be an atmosphere at work.
There was not much reason for Sonia to have direct contact with Aisha during the morning, but as lunchtime approached, Aisha spoke to Sonia.
"Can we talk at lunchtime, go for a coffee or something?" suggested Aisha.
"I am not ready to talk to you yet, sorry," replied Sonia.
"Okay, let me know when you are ready," said Aisha.
Sonia did not respond, but she knew that something had to give at some point, because work would be so difficult.
Sonia went for a walk at lunchtime to try to get herself thinking straight about what to do, she knew that it would have to involve talking to Aisha at some juncture. By the time she went back to work, Sonia had decided that they needed to talk sooner rather than later.
"This can't go on like this, we do need to talk; how about after work today?" Sonia said to Aisha.
"Yes, okay, a coffee or a drink?" replied Aisha.
"The pub might be best," said Sonia.
"Fine," responded Aisha.
Sonia sent Layton a text to say that she would be a little late home, but should not be too late.
After work, the two women went to a nearby pub, and Aisha bought the drinks. They sat opposite each other in a quiet corner.
"I cannot undo what has happened," Aisha said.
"He thinks that he loves you," responded Sonia.
"I know, he told me, I tried to explain that he mustn't," said Aisha.
"He said that you told him that, I have told him the same," replied Sonia.
"I do understand that as his mother, you must hate me right now," said Aisha.
"I wish that I had spanked you harder and longer," said Sonia, with a hint of a smile.
"Maybe another time," said Aisha, who then thought that that was probably not the wisest response.
"What do you mean?" said Sonia.
"Nothing, forget it," answered Aisha.
"Anyway, how long has it been going on? I did not ask Layton," said Sonia, deciding not to pursue the spanking conversation.
"Yesterday was the second time, the first time was last week when I had the afternoon off," replied Aisha.
"You just decided that you wanted to fuck him, not thinking about the damage?" said Sonia.
"Not quite like that, and it might not have damaged him, it might have done him some good," said Aisha.
"He was crying in my arms last night because he has fallen in love with you," said Sonia, bitterly.
"I am truly sorry about that," said Aisha.
"But why Layton? You can get fucked by just about anyone you want," said Sonia.
"When I brought that envelope to your house the other day and you were out, something just made me decide to give him the chance," replied Aisha.
"Give him the chance? So you were doing him a favour? He was not just a young cock to have between your legs, you slut?" said Sonia, raising her voice enough for Aisha to look around to see if anyone was within earshot.
"Yes, I fancied him, but a lot of youths would like to lose their virginity to a woman like me," answered Aisha.
"I bet they would," said Sonia.
"Look Sonia, I do not want to lose you but if you think that you can no longer work for me, I would understand," said Aisha.
"Do you know that sometimes I am jealous of you and all the sex that you get?" said Sonia, a bit off-topic.
"You are an attractive woman, don't you get enough?" responded Aisha, who had never thought about Sonia's sex life.
"Enough? I don't get any, I have a teenage boy at home, remember?" said Sonia.
"Yeah, I imagine that it must be difficult for you to entertain anyone," replied Aisha.
"Whereas you have your big house all to yourself and you can bed whoever you want," pointed out Sonia.
"Do people really see me as a slut?" asked Aisha.
"Well, it is common knowledge that you do a lot of fucking," replied Sonia, not directly answering the question.
"Maybe I am a slut, I love sex, with males and females," said Aisha, thinking for the first time ever that she would not mind bedding Sonia Devlin.
"Yeah, rumour has it that you go both ways," said Sonia, who had had occasional sapphic sex in the past.
"Rumour is right, in this case," replied Aisha, wanting to take Sonia's hand in hers. The women's eyes met, and for a moment they each had similar thoughts.
"We were talking about you seducing my son," said Sonia, putting thoughts about just how attractive Aisha was to the back of her head.