The Choice Ch. 33

A dream, A fantasy or maybe somewhere A reality.

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The 4th of July weekend turns out to be a very good time for me indeed. Our movie is number one at the box office. Dominic, Skip and I are over the moon. Anna's performance is masterful and there is Oscar buzz for her. Unfortunately, morning sickness is a nightmare for Anna. She has to be hospitalized for a month before it subsides enough to allow her to come home.

Marlene visits nearly every day with baby Lucia who is plump with squeezable cheeks. She and Dominic get married at the end of August in my house. Skip is his father's best man and Rachel is chosen as Marlene's maid of honor.

Brian and Daisy prepare all the food for the fifty guests invited. Daniel sends his regrets and a gift, a case of champagne. Dunge and Sheila arrive as does John and Amber. We celebrate another wedding.

Holding on to Anna's hand, she looks at me with such love. Her baby bump is barely visible and I touch my hand at her stomach. Most nights she is in my bed and I wake up at night just to look at her. "Mistress." She says in her sleep or "My wife." Sometimes she says "Bry.", but most nights she is dreaming of me.

I think of how much life has changed since Sir and I went to California to choose our submissives and wound up with three. I think back to Marlene. She is so in love with Dominic. She is also so helpful now and much less haughty then she was. The baby has made her even more beautiful. Marlene is a very good mother.

The only fly in our ointment is Rachel. She is moody. Skip has been asking her what's the matter but she only answers him with an 'I'm fine, please leave it alone. 'They have moved into their own apartment now far from the house. Skip has brought a new project to our attention. We have put an option on the John Grisham book, The Racketeer and have signed sexy black actor, Brandon Heath as Malcolm Bannister.

Skip has more than proven himself a partner and working with his father has brought them closer together. I am also learning my new partner is a pretty smart guy and I love him even more.

Brian has taken his role as my husband very much to heart. He keeps the home working smoothly and meals are always served on time. Daisy and Andrew work well with him and things are going along perfect, too perfect and I am starting to wonder when the next shoe will drop.

The fall rolls around. Between work, doctor's appointments with Anna and day to day living we are busy. Rebecca comes for a visit. She sees Rachel's mood and finally gets her to talk about it.

Rebecca who is staying with us knocks on my door one evening. "Mistress, may I come to talk to you." She says. Brian is cleaning up after dinner and Anna is helping Dominic with a project. Skip is on his way home to Rachel.

"Come in and sit down." I say. Rebecca sits on the chaise. She is biting her lip and looking down at her hands.

"what's the matter? I say and get up and sit down next to her. Anna comes into the room and I shake my head. Silently she retreats.

"Mistress, It's about Rachel. I am going to betray a confidence." She says quietly.

I take Rebecca's hand, "You can tell me. I've been worried about her."

Rebecca takes a deep breath and tells me the problem. When she is finished, I hear the shoe drop. Rachel has stage a brain tumor. She has refused all treatment and hasn't told Skip anything. She is 29 years old.

This news hits me very hard, but I know that she will not go through it alone. We will be with her, but she has to tell Skip and she has to face it.

After speaking to Rebecca, I call Dr. Heart. I arrange for him to come to the house tomorrow for dinner along with a Dr. Durant, the leading neurologist at NYU Medical Center in New York.

Rebecca thanks me. She is in her last year of residency and will be a fully-fledged doctor. Rebecca has gone with Rachel to the doctor and she knows that Rachel will only have a year or two to live.

I don't speak to Rachel when she comes for dinner, but I have spoken with Dominic who is distraught not just for Rachel but also what this would do to his son.

"Stephanie, how are we going to tell him? How is he going to deal with this? He loves this woman. Maybe something can be done?" He says staring at me as if I have the magic answer.

"That is why Dr. Heart and the neurologist are joining us this evening. However, it is not we who are going to tell him. Rachel has to do this. I'm hoping there is at least a treatment, but praying for a cure."

Rachel arrives and she looks beautiful. Her blond hair is in a chignon and she is wearing a Phillip Lin overexposed sheer appliqué dress. Skip is holding her hand. He looks stressed. Dr. Heart arrives with a beautiful honey colored blond woman. He introduces her as Dr. Mary Durante, head neurologist at NYU. Rachel pales and then shoots dagger eyes at Rebecca. She starts to tremble and manages to keep from crying even though I can see the tears start to prick her eyes.

Skip turns to look at her and Rachel bursts into tears. She runs upstairs. He starts to go to her and I stop him. "Let me. I know what's bothering her."

He looks at me puzzled. Lightly I touch his shoulder, "She will come to you when she is ready."

I speak to the rest who are gathered in the sitting room, Dominic and Marlene; the baby is with the Nanny, Anna and Rebecca; Brian is still preparing dinner with Daisy and the two doctors who both come up to me.

"Dinner will be soon. I need to go upstairs to Rachel. We will return." I take Dr. Heart and Dr. Durante with me.

When we are gone, Skip turns to his father, "What the fuck is going on? Why won't any of you tell me anything? Does everyone know what's going on with Rachel except me?"

Anna shakes her head, "I don't know anything."

"Dad?" Skip looks again at his father. Dominic is silent for a moment as Marlene touches his arm. "Son, it is up to Rachel to tell you what's going on."

Upstairs, I find Rachel in her old room lying on the bed, crying hysterically. Dr. Durante goes to her and sits on the bed while Dr. Heart and I stand in the doorway.

"Rachel?" asks the doctor. Rachel is still crying.

"Please my dear, I know you're going through an ordeal and you're scared, but maybe I can help." Dr. Durante looks at Dr. Heart and me. We leave, closing the door behind us.

Everyone comes into the dining room for dinner. Skip wants to ask questions. He looks scared and miserable. Dinner is served and the only one who seems to have a hearty appetite is Anna.

Finally, after a half an hour Rachel comes to the table. Dr. Durante sits down next to her. Her head is bowed and she looks down at her plate. Her eyes are red rimmed. Taking a deep breath, Rachel looks at all of us, her eyes resting on Skip who is sitting on the other side of her. His face etched with worry and concern.

She strokes his face, "I have something to tell all of you, but I want to tell my Skip first. So please let's have dinner and then Dr. Durante and Dr. Heart and I will go into my old room and have a talk. "She looks at me, "Mistress, while we are gone, you may tell everyone else."

I just nod. Rachel eats dinner as Skip picks at his food, a part of him dreading what she has to say. The meal is eaten mostly in silence.

After dessert, Rachel and the two doctors along with Skip get up and leave the table. Once they are gone, all eyes turn to me. Dominic bows his head and I tell them about Rachel. By the time I am finished with Rebecca filling in the blanks, Marlene is weeping, Brian is staring down at his plate. Daisy is saying a silent prayer and Andrew is just silent. Anna takes my hand, "Mistress, we will be here for her. We will do whatever it takes to help her and Skip through this."

Dominic says, "Thank you all. It's going to be hard for him to deal with this, but yes, we all will help my son move past this."

In the living room, we talk, listen to music and wait. Dominic plays a halfhearted game of chess with Andrew.

Rachel comes down with Skip, his arm around her waist. Dr. Heart and Dr. Durante ask to speak with me. Dr. Durante begins by sighing, "it took some coaxing, but Rachel has given me permission to view her medical records. She will be coming to see me next week and we'll see what we can do for her."

Rebecca joins us, "Mistress, I'd like to stay. I have asked for a leave. May I?"

I nod and she returns to Rachel's side. Dr. Heart notices me looking at Skip. He grins, "That's a really nice young man. He loves her and that will help."

My pregnant Anna kneels down in front of Rachel and takes her hand, "All of us love you. You should have told us. We will be here for you."

Dr. Durante asks me, "She needs her family. I heard they were estranged because of her lifestyle. She will need them."

I nod and say to the doctor, "I'll reach out to them and see if they will come around."

Dr. Heart and Dr. Durante stay for one drink and then leave. Dominic, Skip, Rachel and Marlene leave next. As a family, I believe they need to talk. Rachel whispers, "Thank you Mistress" to me and gives me a strong hug as she leaves. Andrew and Daisy return home.

Anna and Brian come up to me and put their arms around me. I hold out my arms to Rebecca and she collapses in tears. We all embrace her. While Brian is making Rebecca a cup of tea and sitting down with her at the dining table, I go into the bedroom and phone Sir Richard.

He and Diana are upset when I relay the news and give me the telephone number of Rachel's mother and father. I learn she also has a sister who is 20 years old. Her name is Abigail. If I cannot get through to the parents, maybe I can to her sister.

Anna is sitting on the bed watching me. It has been a long day and I am exhausted. As I hang up the phone, she kneels down at my feet. "Mistress, let me love you tonight."

I am speechless and just nod. I help her up and she goes to talk to Brian. She returns a few minutes later as I am undressing. Anna helps me undress. I am like a child. My thoughts are on Rachel and how to help her. Anna knows this. She puts on a very sexy black chemise with some black panties. She looks hot.

"Bry says goodnight and he will see you in the morning. Tonight is about you and me and..." She pauses and pats her stomach, "our little bundle here."

"Are you sure you don't want to know what it is?" I say bending down and kissing her belly still clothed. She pats my head, "no, I want to be surprised."

She lifts up my face, gently kissing my lips. "You are my whole world. I am so honored to be carrying this baby. I just want a healthy, happy, beautiful baby."

Anna hesitated a minute and put her arms around me. I looked at her knowing she wanted to say more. Biting her lip she added, "Mistress, I know that biologically I don't have any claim to this baby, but I want you to know that in every way, this baby is mine and yours."

I took her in my arms. She knew just the right thing to say. We were having a new life and looking at death at the same time. In this moment, Anna let me know that we were a family and would get through anything together.

I let my wife take the lead this night as she went between my thighs and teased my clit until I was begging her to cum. Anna kept on sucking and licking me. I am clawing at the sheets. My mind is totally, on what Anna is doing to me. She teases me until my body cannot take it anymore and I come completely apart grabbing her head and pulling her into me.

Tears spring to my eyes as I am overwhelmed by this orgasm that consumes my body. I am exploding and Anna keeps sucking me. I come again and...black out!

I awake to find Anna looking down at me, a smug smile on her face. Reaching up I pull her down to me and kiss her lips which taste of me. "Pretty proud of yourself aren't you?"

She grins and licks my nipple, "I love watching you let go like that. It doesn't happen often enough Mistress. Ever since the whole episode with Daniel, you have been very wound up. Bry and I have been worried about you." Her face clouds over, "and now with this news about Rachel, we want you to relax."

I look up at her and smile, "You and Brian have nothing to worry about. I know there is nothing I can do for Rachel except steer her to the right doctor. The person I am most concerned about is Skip. He's young and in love. This must be terribly hard for him. He is like a son to me."

"I know Mistress and he loves you also. We will all help him and Rachel get through this. I just want you to relax." She kisses me gently then puts my hand on her belly. "We have a baby coming and I don't want you to be stressed out."

"Speaking of baby, would you like to start getting the nursery together. We could go shopping this week." I say and she hugs me laying her body on top of mine. I turn her over until Anna is lying underneath me.

Lifting up the top of her chemise, I go after her nipples that are fuller and even tenderer. I suckle gently on them as she moans, "Mistress, I'm supposed to be taking care of you."

"You have, my turn now." I whisper. "In fact I plan to take such good care of you that you and our baby will sleep in my arms all night long."

She groans as I pull down the panties. I put her legs over my back and dive in.

By the time, I am finished it is 1:15 in the morning. Anna is fast asleep and to my amused surprise, snoring. I get up and put on my bathrobe to go into the kitchen for something to drink.

Rebecca and Brian are still up and talking in the kitchen. They are sitting on stools sharing some tea. As I walk in, Brian comes to me and kisses me hard on the lips. "Would my wife like some tea?"

I smile, "yes my husband, I would like some." We sit and talk of Rachel and how we are all going to see her through this.

Several days later Rebecca, Anna and I go with Skip and Rachel to NYU where Rachel undergoes a battery of tests as we sit and wait.

Skip and Rebecca stay with her overnight. At home, it is just the three of us with Daisy and Andrew. Our fish dinner is delicious, but we don't really taste it. Until the results come back, it is the longest week of our lives.

Dr. Heart and Dr. Durante come over to the house a week later. Everyone is there including three visitors. Rachel's parents, Ilich and Marion arrive as does Rachel's sister Abigail.

Abigail is a striking blond beauty. Younger than her sister, she is quiet and demur. If I weren't happily with my two, I would go for this one. She is a beauty at 5'11, a size 4 with long legs. Rachel has told me that she was a cheerleader in high school and is now studying fashion design.

Abigail's parents are staying at the Plaza while Abigail has asked to stay with us. After meeting me and seeing that I don't have horns or a whip in my hand, they agreed.

When they arrived earlier in the day with Rachel and Skip we talked. They had questions about me about Brian and Anna. I told them who I was. I talked about Sir and our life. I was honest. They asked about Sir Richard, I shared with them who he was, and finally they asked about their daughter. Skip started to answer as Rachel sat quietly.

"Your daughter is a submissive. It is who she is in the depths of her soul. Just like her blue eyes and blond hair. She is a woman who loves to serve."

Ilich looked at me, but it was Marion who asked, "It can't be that simple."

Anna answered, "yes it can be. There is no greater joy that I have than taking care of my Mistress in every way."

Marion said, "We read that book, Fifty Shades of Gray and we wondered if there was something that happened to her to make her this way."

Rachel rolled her eyes. She had, had this conversation before. Brian answered, "Nothing happened to me. I had a normal childhood, but I knew that I wanted a strong woman. I wanted someone that I could work at pleasing, who would discipline me when I did something wrong or even just for her own pleasure."

Ilich asked, "Doesn't it hurt when she um, discipline's you?"

He stared straight into Ilich's eyes and said, "Sometimes, but it also feels good. I know that Mistress is disciplining me because she loves me. She doesn't hurt me out of spite. She just makes sure that I correct the behavior or she discipline's me to..." He smiles broadly, "keep me on my toes."

Rachel slides down from the couch to sit at Skip's feet. Her father raises an eyebrow. She says to him, "I love my Master and he loves me. He takes very good care of me." Rachel looks at me, her eyes are sad, 'I also loved Mistress Stephanie's husband, Sir. He was kind, but also rough. I loved it. Master Skip is still learning. You will meet his father. Master Dominic is a Dom and a very strong Dom. His wife, Marlene is his submissive and they just had a baby. Mom, Dad, this is the life I have chosen. Please accept it. Here is where I want to be."

Marion had tears in her eyes and got down on her knees to her daughter. She held Rachel in her arms. "I have only always wanted what was best for you. We love you. We are doing our best to understand who you are."

Dominic, Marlene and baby Lucia arrive with the nanny and we talk. Ilich pulls me aside, "We don't want to lose her, but if it is her time, then we will support her in whatever she wants to do. Was there anything we could have done so she wouldn't be like this?"

I bit my lip, "No. it is like being gay. There is nothing you could do. This is who she is. This is the lifestyle she has chosen to live. All subs and Doms are different. She is very special your daughter and she's also found love, not once, but twice. My husband adored her, but Skip..." I looked over at him with love in my eyes, "He loves her, not as a Dom and a sub, but as a man. He wants to marry her. This is tearing him apart. He will stand by her; he will walk this journey with her. He will do whatever it takes to get her through this. I love this boy and have known him all his life. His mother was a submissive who fell in love and married her master. They had a wonderful marriage."

"Rachel told me she died in a car accident." Ilich says and I nod.

"Please don't worry. I will take care of all her expenses. She will want for nothing." I say and he breaks down, "She's my eldest, my brightest. We've been apart so long because of this. I'm so sorry."

I hold him close as he sobs. Marion comes into the room with tears in her eyes and I release her husband to his wife as Anna comes to my side.

Dr. Durante and Dr. Heart arrive before dinner. We are anxious and you can feel the anxiety in the room.

Dr. Durante says they can try radiation to treat the tumor, but it is in a very difficult part of the brain. Surgery is not an option unfortunately and they will do all they can do for her. Treatment will begin in a week.

Questions are asked and answered by everyone in the room. Rachel agrees to the treatment and an appointment is made. We have hope for now, but I can see on the face of Dr. Heart that there is not much hope. While everyone else is optimistic, I am going to start preparing. For the next year or so, I'm going to do everything in my power to ensure that Rachel's life is what she wants it to be.

Abigail has been quiet through the day and she comes to see me when I go to my bedroom to change for dinner.

She kneels at my feet. I am surprised and dumbstruck. "Mistress, they don't know about me. I do not want them to at least not yet. I wanted you to know."

I help her up. "Have you had a master or a mistress?"

"I've been studying with Mistress Diana in California. Rachel knows." Abigail says, "but no I haven't had a Master yet?"

I make a note to call Sir Richard and berate him for not giving me a head's up when Abigail says, "Sir Richard doesn't know that I am Rachel's sister."

"Does Diana?" I ask so I know who to yell at.