Patty at the pool

A few hours later, Patty made it to the pool. It had been farther than the woman had implied. Patty was used to this: everything here was 'just around the bend'. But, after several hours hiking out of town into the hills, she found a pristine pool that certainly must be the glamor pool.

Patty looked around. As the woman said, the view was incredible. The pool was alongside a cliff that faced over the town, and the distant rolling hills fading off into the horizon. Undeniably, a perfect location. And after her long hike, the water looked so cool, so inviting that she just had to get in!

Patty took a long pause to look around. Sure enough, no one was about. Still, she felt extremely nervous. The woman said to be 'granted the beauty of ages', one had to bathe in the pool naked. Patty, a believer in some pretty woo woo ideas, wanted to test this myth. Also, she didn't want to hike down from the mountains in soaking wet clothes, and she had no bathing suit to wear! But, the idea of bathing naked, so exposed to the elements made her heart flutter.

Taking a deep breath, Patty slipped off her hiking bag. Next she unlaced her tall boots and set them alongside the bag. Barefoot, she began unbuttoning her blouse. She noticed her hands were shaking, and took one last chance to make sure she was absolutely alone. Then she shrugged off her blouse and put it with her other things. Fumbling with her belt for a moment she unclasped it, letting it fall to the ground before slipping it off her feet and putting it with her other things.

She now stood in just her underwear, alone on this high hill, over a cliff facing down towards town...