I'd Never View it as Cheating Pt. 03

"That is disgusting. I think you should leave."

"To be honest, sir—that's the only thing I've agreed with since we got here." I stood, holding Toni's hand tightly. "Don't worry, we can see ourselves out." I pulled Toni behind me and a few seconds later we stood in the front yard. I turned to face my wife-to-be. "I'm sorry about that, Toni. I had hoped we'd have a positive relationship with your folks."

"You were more optimistic than I was, Chuck and you have no reason to apologize. You were a perfect gentleman which is more than I can say about my father." She reached up to kiss me even as her father looked out the picture window.

"You knew he was watching, didn't you?"

"Of course—my parents are the biggest busybodies I've ever met. C'mon, let's go for a walk then get a bite and head home." Toni held my hand with Beth and David following us as we walked about ten blocks to Coney Island. Even though it was only April many of the attractions were open for the weekend. We strolled on the boardwalk for more than an hour as we window shopped and fed the pigeons and sea gulls before turning back in search of the Italian restaurant where we had planned to eat dinner.

I had to admit it was the highlight of the day. At least it was until we returned home—Toni's home, now our home. Beth and David were watching TV in the living room when Toni decided to excuse us for the night. "Have fun, you two!" Damn, but Beth was becoming just incorrigible! Toni just grinned as she pulled me into the hallway to the bedroom.

Once there she pulled me to her for a long searing kiss. "I've had a stressful day, Chuck." Then reaching into my slacks she continued, "I need my special stress reliever."

"I have two for you," I replied, sticking out my tongue to match my hard pulsing cock.

"I think I'd like to try the smaller one first, if you don't mind. I have two for you, too." We were naked a few seconds later and lying on her bed, her glistening cunt just inches above my mouth. I took a deep breath, savoring her musky aroma. I always loved the way Toni smelled. Slowly, I began to kiss her silky thighs, wondering as I had done with Lizzie why this part of a woman was always so soft and smooth and sexy. I must have spent five minutes on those thighs when I moved to her core. Using the breadth of my tongue I started at her clit and licked my way all the way up to her asshole.

I've never had any desire to lick an ass or stick my tongue into a filthy bowel, but...if I was to do it I'd do Toni's ass, for sure. Toni had narrow hips which gave her a firm round and muscular butt. Licking her just resulted in her making more of her pungent juice and after a few minutes of my treatment it was running like a river. Meanwhile she was doing one hell of a job on me. I knew I wouldn't last long so I amped up my efforts on her, fucking her tunnel until my tongue tired then sucking her clit through the tiny space between my teeth. Toni came so hard I had to release those nipples I was pinching to restrain her thrashing body. I erupted into her mouth just as she was coming down. She sucked me dry then licked me clean.

We lay on the bed for almost a half hour as darkness enveloped the house. Living in one house as Lizzie and I did for more than twenty years had made all the environmental noises a part of our lives. Now, in Toni's house, every squeak of the floor, every car on the street, every trash can being placed at the curb was new, unusual, and even disturbing. I woke often in those early days only to fall back asleep when I felt Toni's soft smooth skin against mine. We always slept completely nude, even into our sixties and seventies.

Toni raised her head as she placed her leg over my thigh. "Tell me about anal with Lizzie."

"Why would you want to know about that, Toni?"

"She asked me to promise...promise that I'd ask you about it. I want to make sure I'm taking the very best care of you."

"I guess I'm not the only one to make promises to Lizzie. Okay, we started after she came back from the hospital. She said something about wanting me in all her holes and then one day after she'd been home about a week she told me she wanted it. She'd had two enemas while Beth and David were running some errands. It was good, but messy. There was lube all over the bed and all over us, too. The lube made everything feel smooth even though I know the anus is loaded with muscular ridges. The feeling was one of tightness more than anything else. I know that Lizzie enjoyed it—the orgasm part of it anyway. She said it was a bit uncomfortable but that she definitely wanted to do it again. We did, roughly once every two or three months and it was always something she initiated."

"You didn't ask for it?"

"No, I had Lizzie and I had you. That was more than enough for any man. You're more than enough for me. I think we should get to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow...the biggest." Toni lowered her head and pulled the blanket around us. We fell asleep quickly. Tomorrow was our big day.

CHAPTER 13

We rose early and went to the kitchen, surprised to fine Beth and David there ahead of us. "We couldn't sleep, Dad. We're nervous and excited. Toni, now that you're going to be our mother, should we call you 'Mom?'"

"You're very sweet, Beth, but...no. 'Mom' belongs to your mother and only your mother. I'm perfectly happy with your calling me Toni. Chuck and I have talked about this and we want to remember Lizzie in our daily lives. She was a fantastic loving and giving woman. We'll have plenty of her photos around the house and, in time, we'll have plenty of your dad and me, too." I knew then, for sure, that marrying Toni was the right thing for me.

We dressed-me in my best navy blue suit and Toni in a chic cream-colored suit with matching shoes. A close friend of Toni's—a judge in the State Supreme Court—had agreed to marry us. He and his wife arrived just before ten that wonderful morning with Carl right behind them. Toni and I stood together in the living room with David as best man and Beth as maid of honor and with Carl and the judge's wife as our witnesses. It was there that our bond became legal and binding. There was no doubt it would be "for better or worse and 'till death do us part."

We left the house at 11:30 for The Snapper Inn on the waterfront in nearby Oakdale. We ate and drank and celebrated our union for hours until I felt guilty about taking up the table and suggested we return home. Judge Rogers and his wife, Adele, left for their home instead as did Carl, reminding me that we both had to be at work early Monday morning.

David drove back to Fordham that afternoon just before Toni and I drove Beth to LaGuardia for her final month at Duke. Six weeks later Toni, David, and I flew into Raleigh-Durham to attend her graduation. Beth had already been hired at a hospital in Pittsburgh and she had plans to continue her studies at least until she had a Master's.

Thus began our marriage; together, but alone as empty nesters—our children now adults elsewhere. I looked forward to getting home to be with Toni. I still remember her telling me about her first day on the job as my wife, being introduced as "The Honorable Antonia Spangler-DiNardi." We agreed that it was quite a mouthful.

"And, speaking of mouthfuls," Toni kidded me as she undid my slacks and took me into her mouth. Following a tradition established by my wonderful Lizzie my new bride insisted on sex at least once each and every day, even during her period. We never did actually do anal. I never saw the need and I guessed at the time that she didn't either.

That summer we finally took our honeymoon, flying to China for a three-week tour that was incredible, especially the five day cruise up the Yangtze past the Three Gorges Dam. Once on board we were able to upgrade from our tiny cabin with beds that barely qualified as twins to a suite with a king-sized bed and huge sitting room. We made love on one side of the bed and slept on the other. We still had a week off once we returned so we went fishing and—yes—Toni did continue our history of teasing and—worse—she actually out fished me almost every time.

There was only one thing I didn't like in our relationship—monthly dinner meetings of the Bar Association. Lawyers must not only be the most boring and the cheapest people on the planet—I bought many drinks, but not one of the wealthy lawyers ever reciprocated-but the level of their conversations was barely above that found in junior high locker rooms. Comments about this woman's ass or that woman's tits made me cringe. I pulled one guy into a men's room stall when he commented about Toni's body, letting him know that he'd get the beating of his life if I ever heard anything like that again. He bolted from the room, his tail between his legs, when I released him. Toni asked me once we were home what had scared him into leaving so early.

"I must confess...it was me. He made some crude comment about your body and I took umbrage. I hate to say this, but most lawyers are real jerks...present company excluded."

"Unfortunately, Chuck I have to agree. It's probably why lawyers have such a rotten reputation. Unfortunately, I have to attend these meetings. I'm up for reelection in November and I need their support. You can stay home if you prefer."

"And leave you alone to suffer their comments and groping...not a chance. Did you see that one guy copping a feel on the dance floor? I'll kill anyone who does that to you."

Toni reached up to kiss me before whispering, "You do realize that I've been attending those meetings solo for almost twenty years, don't you?"

"You weren't my responsibility then. You are now. I'd never allow anyone I loved to be treated like that. No, I'll be happy to fill your dance card even if my feet fall off."

"C'mon, Sir Galahad—time for your reward." She took my hand and led me to Nirvana—my heaven on earth.

Toni was reelected in an uncontested election. Let me take a moment to explain politics in Suffolk County. Think "CONSERVATIVE!" Almost every single elected official was a Republican. While that may have suited some in the county it also created a few problems. There was nobody to watch the store—no system of checks and balances in place. Over the past few years several officials had been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, either receiving graft in exchange for profitable contracts or downright bribery or misappropriation of funds. The newspapers had headlines almost every day about stings run by the state police or the FBI.

Beth phoned us at least once a week telling us about her adventures on her new job or her roommates, both of whom were nurses at the hospital. She'd been on the job almost a year when she called to tell us that she had a new roommate. Something about her tone of voice was different so Toni suggested we go to visit over a long weekend. Sure enough, the door was answered by a handsome young man. "Hi, Mr. Spangler...Mrs. Spangler, I'm Gary. Beth's still in the shower. Why don't you come in and sit while we wait for her?"

We were seated a few minutes when Gary spoke again. "Actually, Sir I'm glad to have this time with you before Beth joins us. I'd like to have her hand in marriage, with your permission. We met at the hospital where I've been an orthopedic surgeon for the past three years. I specialize in hand surgery so Beth and I have worked very closely. It was almost four months before I got up the nerve to ask her to dinner. We've been together ever since. I know that I love her more than anything and I believe that she loves me. She's told me all about your marriage with her mother and your relationship with you, Mrs. Spangler. I pray that we'll have the same kind of relationship."

"Prayer won't give it to you, Gary. It takes hard work every day...give and take and honest communication. It takes love, of course, but these days that seems to be a cheap commodity. Everyone claims to be in love, but they're more concerned with their own happiness than that of their partner. Lizzie and I always wanted the best for each other. That's why I met Toni and it's a big part of why we're married now. I'll gladly give my approval if you're prepared for total commitment to her." We heard some noise in the hall and Beth bounded in a few seconds later. She hugged me and then Toni before depositing herself in Gary's lap. They became engaged two weeks later and, following a tradition begun by Toni and me, were married very shortly thereafter.

David graduated in the top ten percent of his class then surprised all of us by taking employment with the FBI. He made quite a name for himself fighting organized crime. He was in his early thirties when he finally settled down, marrying a woman who had lost her husband in Afghanistan. She had two young children who loved David as much as they loved their mom.

Toni and I worked until I reached my sixtieth birthday. By then we knew we'd have more than enough to retire on. I had earned more than enough to support Toni and me so her full salary had been invested. Additionally, we were both entitled to hefty pensions—more than $300,000 a year and our investments were more than six million.

Toni and I took up golf in addition to fishing. We took lessons, but basically we sucked. We couldn't have cared less. We were only there to have a good time. When we weren't playing golf we were either fishing or travelling or spoiling our grandkids rotten. Once they were old enough we took them to Disney World and the other parks in the Orlando area.

We continued our sexual practices well into our sixties then we began to slow down, making love only five days a week. We still slept naked, enjoying the sensation of skin on skin through the night.

We had just celebrated our forty-second anniversary the week before. I was eighty-nine and Toni, eighty-six. I begged off on sex that night, telling Toni I just didn't feel right. She kissed me good-night then snuggled that still slender body against mine. I had just closed my eyes to sleep when I saw Lizzie standing right in front of me. She looked young again—about the same age as when we'd first met.

"Welcome, my darling—I've been waiting for you."

I looked down at my youthful body then up at my wife. "I'm dead, aren't I?"

"Yes, darling, but you'll live forever now with me."

"What about Toni? Will she be okay without me?"

"She'll be extremely upset, but she'll recover long before she joins us." When I gave Lizzie a quizzical look she continued, "It'll be almost another five years before she comes to us. C'mon, I'll show you around then I think we should go to bed."

"You mean..."

"Of course—there's no adultery here, but married couples are free to enjoy themselves as they see fit. I've been waiting for you too long."

"Then why don't we skip the tour and..." That was the first time in ages that I heard Lizzie laugh. I'd hear that musical laugh trillions of times over the next several billion years. Lizzie showed me to her...I guess it was her house although it looked more like a cloud. She led me in and we were naked in an instant. We made the most beautiful love for hours with neither of us ever tiring. I came twenty times that wonderful day and Lizzie came even more.

Five years later we were standing at the edge of Heaven holding hands when my other love joined us. I lagged behind as she and Lizzie talked and talked. I knew what they were doing—planning how they were going to share me. Yes, there's incredible sex even in Heaven—sex without limits for those who truly love each other.

*****

Although this is a work of fiction it describes a problem that impacts far too many people and far too many families. According to the Alzheimer's Association as many as 200,000 of the more than five million Americans with Alzheimer's have the Early Onset form of the disease, many affected even in their thirties and early forties. Although research is ongoing there is currently no cure and no way to control the terrible progress of the disease. I claim no expertise on Alzheimer's so if I've made a few mistakes I apologize. Luckily, I have no relatives or friends with the disease.

I readily admit to being a sucker for a happy ending so I invented the "miracle drug" that enabled Lizzie to return for those two wonderful years she was able to spend with Chuck and Toni. In real life there is only a downward spiral that ends in despair and death. Alzheimer's is the only cause of death in the top ten that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed. Thanks for reading. Senorlongo